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Carlos Silva

@arcvancouver

he/him/his - local GIS guy. Apparently, "king of the well chosen gif" thx KB! Opinions here are my own, not reflective of my employer! 49.25°N, -123°W

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Granville Street Pedestrian Zone » FIFA World Cup Vancouver Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver will be a pedestrian zone during the FIFA World Cup this summer from June 11 to July 20, 2026.

Part of Granville Street will turn into a pedestrian zone during the FIFA World Cup this summer
@downtownvan.bsky.social

05.03.2026 02:35 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Barry's Borderpoints Observing life on the edge

Cool site for the geo folks here barrysborderpoints.com

Via @densediscovery.bsky.social

04.03.2026 20:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a hockey player with the number 57 on his back ALT: a hockey player with the number 57 on his back

Well, goodbye Chaos Giraffe. You'll be missed here.

#Canucks

04.03.2026 17:36 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Tyler Myers arriving in Dallas.
#Canucks

04.03.2026 17:54 👍 32 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
When lit up at night, this badminton academy in Bhubaneswar,... When lit up at night, this badminton academy in Bhubaneswar, India looks like a shuttlecock.

Heh, so cool! 👏

kottke.org/26/03/004847...

04.03.2026 03:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nobody wants to host the Olympics: Calgary balking at 2026 bid is emblematic of wider trend | CBC Sports It’s not that Calgary bid on the 2026 Winter Games and lost out to an Italian proposal. The city famously declined to bid at all, putting the idea to a plebiscite in November 2018 that saw more than h...

Good long read on the economics of hosting the Winter Games in the modern era

www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

03.03.2026 17:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When Geospatial Is Consumed at AI-Scale In February 2026, Gary Gale published a brief post describing a problem that, on its face, looked mundane. A volunteer‑maintained mapping project called Vaguely Rude Places had experienced an abrup…

A good read on the impact of AI and its crawlers, from the geo side of the internet

blog.geomusings.com/2026/03/02/w...

03.03.2026 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#Canucks

02.03.2026 03:27 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Reminded me of the early days of Fitbit, I used to check in to see where I was on the leaderboard for steps. This approach seems better! Thanks for sharing

02.03.2026 07:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pep Guardiola didn't back down about the boos at Elland Road as play paused to allow Muslim players to break their fast for Ramadan.

“It’s a modern, modern world, right? You all [saw] what happened in the world again today, right? Respect the religions, respect the diversity, that is the point.”

28.02.2026 23:21 👍 2113 🔁 319 💬 76 📌 25
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While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.

www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

28.02.2026 21:49 👍 6325 🔁 934 💬 79 📌 60
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Seems to be the pattern…

28.02.2026 23:19 👍 16648 🔁 5058 💬 444 📌 189

More of this please.

27.02.2026 15:52 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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All y'all going to jail

26.02.2026 03:01 👍 13989 🔁 2592 💬 1246 📌 325
Pink Shirt Day reminds us to:
Listen
Speak up
Choose kindness
...every day

Pink Shirt Day reminds us to: Listen Speak up Choose kindness ...every day

Pink Shirt Day reminds us that kindness matters every day.

Reaching out, offering support, and speaking up can make a real difference. Together, we can show young people that they are valued and that they belong.

Find anti‑bullying resources at gov.bc.ca/erase

25.02.2026 19:24 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 👍 11883 🔁 2362 💬 66 📌 134
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The grift that keeps on grifting.

23.02.2026 21:47 👍 5242 🔁 2006 💬 321 📌 95

i don't think it's wild to ask that people be held criminaly accountable for this

22.02.2026 22:39 👍 866 🔁 208 💬 13 📌 0

Reminder of how they plan to build out and furnish the ICE camps:

22.02.2026 19:41 👍 440 🔁 196 💬 17 📌 11
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Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

Hey @bencarlson007.bsky.social - Russ’ on Alpine Ave is near you I think!

www.instagram.com/reel/DUjqTjF...

22.02.2026 23:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Classless.

22.02.2026 17:15 👍 16057 🔁 2318 💬 3079 📌 614
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This one hits hard.

21.02.2026 22:59 👍 35616 🔁 10541 💬 778 📌 593
Federal income tax rates for 2026
Tax rate	Taxable income threshold
14%	on the portion of taxable income that is $58,523 or less, plus
20.5%	on the portion of taxable income over $58,523 up to $117,045, plus
26%	on the portion of taxable income over $117,045 up to $181,440, plus
29%	on the portion of taxable income over $181,440 up to $258,482, plus
33%	on the portion of taxable income over $258,482
See how amounts are adjusted for inflation.

Federal income tax rates for 2026 Tax rate Taxable income threshold 14% on the portion of taxable income that is $58,523 or less, plus 20.5% on the portion of taxable income over $58,523 up to $117,045, plus 26% on the portion of taxable income over $117,045 up to $181,440, plus 29% on the portion of taxable income over $181,440 up to $258,482, plus 33% on the portion of taxable income over $258,482 See how amounts are adjusted for inflation.

It is wild that someone making ~$258k is in the same tax bracket as Galen Weston (>$12 million)

www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

20.02.2026 20:10 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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a woman says i 'm so relieved in a sequined top ALT: a woman says i 'm so relieved in a sequined top

What a game….!

20.02.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

bluesky, the canadian sports app

20.02.2026 18:07 👍 780 🔁 104 💬 35 📌 26
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America isn't exceptional — it's the exception America has self-importance in abundance. What it lacks is the data to back it up.

Via @densediscovery.bsky.social and @ashendruk.com, America is the exception www.not-ship.com/america-isnt... (cc: @profgalloway.com )

17.02.2026 18:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.

Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽

17.02.2026 16:40 👍 11272 🔁 2614 💬 227 📌 144

Welcome, CBS, to the “Your Storied Brand Is Now Dogshit” world the Washington Post lives in now.

17.02.2026 12:53 👍 565 🔁 98 💬 4 📌 0
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

17.02.2026 17:37 👍 5728 🔁 2654 💬 257 📌 195

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

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