Justin Brake reports from Vancouver, where press freedom in Canada is having its day in court in Bracken/Narwhal v. RCMP.
“The man, whose tie is fastened to his shirt with a small golden pin in the shape of handcuffs, sits down two rows directly in front of me…”
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Earlier this year I bought a gorgeous pair of earrings from @beadworkbykay.bsky.social that came in such a thoughtful package. This week everything on their site is 20% off:
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This guy is killing it!
An image of 17 AI company logos. They all look like more or less stylized buttholes.
Why does the entire industry look like they had a logo drawing contest and the only rule was “eat this acid and draw a butthole”?
Tomorrow! Short films and expanded-cinema works by LA-based, Taiwanese artist Erica Sheu (徐璐). This includes films with 2 and 3 16mm projectors!
#Vancouver
Celebrated Lunar New Year tonight by attending a citizen's assembly. Putting my hopes on the fire horse for a stronger democracy this year, in so-called #Vancouver and beyond.
www.assemblevancouver.org
This starless image of the North America Nebula (NGC-7000) and Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is oriented to showcase an enormous network of dust spanning roughly 50 light years wide in front of towering pillars of hot hydrogen gas (gold) and a backdrop of atomic oxygen gas (blue). Stars were artificially removed by AI (StarNet2). Imaged with William Optics GT71 with Flat 6A-III reducer, ZWO asi2600mm camera, and Astronomik MaxFR 6nm SII, Ha, and OIII filters. Shot from La Crescenta, 9 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Rendered in "Hubble palette". 9 hours integration.
Dark Dust between North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula, Starless - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nywCHn
Happening now!
You'd think they would be able to afford a bigger crowd.
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
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Today I went to BC Supreme Court for.. fun? Press freedom? Indigenous land rights? To find out how the RCMP talk about protesters? This trial has it all..
Shooting Rockets (From The Desk of Night's Ape)
*scats
My name is cat
I hate the flap
It swings at me
I go slap and bap
All of this 👇
and children
Can I just say working on the pipeline fucking sucks
It's a shit job working in muddy ditches in -30C
12-14hrs a day 7 days a week for months on end
Living in shitty cheap hotels or a 30 year old man camp
Eating gas station food because it's all you have time for
It sucks
Is there an ap to block the found guy's face from my feed?
Join Democracy Rising in a protest against Hootsuite's involvement with #ICE. @Hootsuite.com is a #Vancouver tech company providing social media services. Their customers include the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
Boycott Pattison List🇨🇦:
- Save-On-Foods
- Quality Foods
- Nester’s Market
- Western Family
- Urban Fare
- Pattison car dealerships and media
Time to crank the pressure until Pattison cuts ties with ICE. #BoycottPattison #bcpoli
I am interested in writing a letter, but I don't really understand what Eby could do. Like, what is the ask?
It's one of the few things that look better through a phone camera. In real life it doesn't look like this. At least not in southern Canada.
REM thought shit was bad in the '80's
Remember when the RCMP were forcibly removing Wet'suwet'en land defenders so Coastal GasLink could build a pipeline? They arrested a journalist and now @thenarwhal.ca are suing them. The trial started last week..
Tax breaks for the rich, cuts for the rest of us.
We can't afford Ken Sim's misplaced priorities.
In 2023 ABC ended the City's living wage policy.
Use this tool from the Vancouver & District Labour Council to send Council a message: Restore the living wage! vdlc.ca/campaigns/te... #vanpoli
I do not watch videos of violence, much less murder. This thread gave me the context I needed without having to subject myself to it.
Titanic, great film
