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Vancouver based engineer. Fan of whisky, good cocktails, board games, and whatever helps combat this growing sense of existential dread.

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Because he has so many more terrible ideas to force on us.

24.01.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

20.01.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 20595 πŸ” 6575 πŸ’¬ 829 πŸ“Œ 1064
North America's Elevator Problem
North America's Elevator Problem YouTube video by About Here

The United States has the fewest elevators in the rich world, with Canada only a bit ahead. We teamed up with @uytaelee.bsky.social of About Here Videos to investigate why, exactly, North America sucks at elevators.

11.01.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 27

It’s literally Idiocracy down there.

06.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is ludicrously damp out there.

17.12.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The really sad thing is the ABC majority won’t care regardless of how many people show up in opposition. As demonstrated by the budget being passed unchanged.

04.12.2025 02:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Way to crater my personal credit score over a $124 water check fee for my entire strata building.

02.12.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love when the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social misaddresses an invoice to you (that should’ve gone to strata in the first place), and then sends it to collections when you’re never even seen it because it was sent to the wrong address.

02.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Only in Yukon would that ever make the screen.

04.11.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone had fun with the Halloween decorations at Kingsgate Mall.

23.10.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's a consolidated thread with some of our more recent #SingleStair explorations.

We've been doing these with the aim to influence vancouver zoning and building code deliberations, and because we want to understand what the potential is.

First up: 33x122 lots, 4 and 5 storey, fronting a park

22.10.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Agreed. I’m really not that excited by the BRT that’s proposed. A lot of it seems to still be in traffic at key places, which will continue to jam everything up.

03.09.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The real problem is we still have multiple heavy use trunk lines served with buses that really should be grade separated rail already.

02.09.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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B.C.'s life sciences sector is the fastest growing in Canada.

Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.

Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁

We're open for business.

06.08.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 468 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 17
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reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody

19.07.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 1638 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 83

Glad to hear you and everyone on your team are okay.

27.06.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of new Skytrain car at a station with β€œtesting in progress” sign blocking the doors

Photo of new Skytrain car at a station with β€œtesting in progress” sign blocking the doors

Finally saw the Mark V trains in person! Hopefully they wrap up testing and start service soon.

18.06.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a discussion to be had about our limited ship building capacity as a country, but that’s a separate conversation from this contract award.

We need the ships as soon as possible. There was a competitive bid process. The contact was awarded. Time to move on. [2/2]

18.06.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reporting on the BC Ferries contract award is verging on journalistic malpractice. So many stories calling out the government for not building them in BC or Canada, and just glossing over the fact that there were no bids from Canadian shipyards.

[1/2]

18.06.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if he saw the scope of proposed cuts and no longer wanted the role.

31.05.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its minister moonbeam now.

13.05.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some real Fyre Fest 2 vibes here.

10.05.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pakistan is saying at least two mosques were hit. So that might actually be worse. Extremely concerned who’s which this might spiral.

06.05.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This seems bad.

06.05.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some real 4D chess indeed.

06.05.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And also moving all government communications off X. It’s still used by a frustrating number of agencies for real-time updates.

28.04.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US campaign entices Canada tourists: β€œCome visit America and also maybe El Salvador!” OTTAWA - Following months of declining Canadian travel to the USA, Americans have launched a tourism campaign inviting Canadians to visit locations like New York, Austin, and possibly even take an all...

US campaign entices Canada tourists: β€œCome visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”

14.04.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 2759 πŸ” 918 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 96

I really don’t understand why there hasn’t been a push by government to switch to an alternative. Particularly now that Bluesky has a similar feature set (and likely a more engaged audience too).

15.04.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The rollercoaster continues. So was yesterday just the biggest ever dead cat bounce, or an orchestrated pump and dump?

10.04.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We really are in the dumbest (and darkest) timeline.

03.04.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0