if anything horrific horrific happens i’m here i used to say if you need me call me and i meant if the darkness makes you feel lost i’ll be your gallows humor i’ll find you by your laughter i used to say if something bad happens let me know and i meant i will close any distance to catch you before you fall i only need a white flag

then if anything unprecedented happens text me i love you but my ringer’s off so many phone calls have ruined my life and i am trying to build one of the arks to carry us through this one horrific isn’t enough we have witnessed humanity dragged by the hair to hell we have seen the charred earth as each day brings unholy tantrums from men who hate the word no

today the president of the united states threatened the annihilation of a people the dictator of reality tv is jealous of the moon in an age of celestial mechanics he fetishizes a nuclear option today we know the names of every coward who claims power but cannot seem to shift a tide to save a life i’d rather worship a rock in the vastness i’d rather cry with astronauts

so if anything horrific horrific happens i’m here screaming NO with you grieving home with you raging ourselves free with all the people of earth at odds with our governments and if i can’t hold you close or again i will name the brightness for you i will be steadfast – an earthling choosing earth choosing earth

choosing earth adriennemareebrown.net/2026/04/08/c...

I am very excited to read this book, and no one could have marketed it better to me than Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has. I ordered the book from my library, put it on the top of my birthday list, and told 6 friends about it. Thankful that authors talk about their books on Bluesky.

I had no particular interest in Greenland Sharks before reading this. It may be the best essay I have ever read.

BC Transit not providing funding for bus service to new Cowichan hospital - Cowichan Valley Citizen CVRD considering taking service hours from existing routes

This is ludicrously poor planning and prioritizing of funding. The provincial government picked the new hospital site years ago. We need transit to the hospital. #bcpoli
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BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.

B.C. has quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, the long-running agency that produced and implemented climate policy across government ministries. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

As a big fan of you and your posts, I’m always delighted to read them and be inspired to act more like you, and I can’t wait to buy your book and encourage all the library systems to stock it. Sending a message as a stranger to also encourage you to give yourself grace amidst chaos.

‘First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,’ Rustad Tells Crowd | The Tyee Conservative MLAs held a town hall to criticize DRIPA. Community members and Indigenous leaders pushed back.

A Conservative town hall in Smithers was meant to discuss DRIPA, the groundbreaking Indigenous rights legislation the party wants to repeal.

Instead, the community came out in force to correct misinformation and call for unity.

My latest for @thetyee.ca.
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BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner | The Tyee The province is neglecting safer supply and housing, which are proven to reduce harms, says Lisa Lapointe.

“The only people, frankly, benefiting from the current model are organized crime and some of these private residential treatment centres who are charging exorbitant amounts to families... without any evidence that those are effective,"

Read @thetyee.ca full article here: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

In light of Jean Chrétien's most recent denialist comments - story to come, basically he downplays the harm of the IRS system - I went down the rabbit hole researching how far Indigenous leaders lobbied him, as Minister of Indian Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s, to close the system 🧵

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Confronting the far-right’s war on reconciliation As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. As professor and author Sean Carleton explains, w...

As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation.

What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.

If Carney gives a dime to this we should riot on Parliament Hill.

“Drug policy must mature in this province, not regress. While 5 people die every day from the toxic drug crisis in B.C., the NDP government is backing away from evidence-informed policy supported by many, including its former chief coroner, Lisa LaPointe,” said MLA Valeriote.

#bcpoli

If the problem was really “public drug use,” the obvious public health response would have been drug consumption spaces

CPR As a Civic Responsibility A story about a city all learning at once

Another thing I think more people should be doing in their communities given the state of things is skilling up on People's First Aid. Elise Granata wrote a few weeks ago about CPR as a civic responsibility. I think we need to broaden that out. open.substack.com/pub/grouphug...

In 2019, BC MLAs unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

It was hailed as a watershed moment for reconciliation

Now, the government is vowing to change the law to block the courts from enforcing it and the official opposition is calling for DRIPA's repeal #bcpoli

BC Greens Reject Plans to Amend DRIPA: Eby Must Defend Indigenous Rights BC Greens stand firm against changes to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) to protect Indigenous rights.

The BC Greens reject any amendments to weaken the Declaration Act. The work of reconciliation is complex, but that is precisely why we cannot weaken the framework designed to make it real. #bcpoli #UNDRIP
READ MORE:
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"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."

Eby screaming YOU WERE USING YOUR RIGHTS WRONG SO WERE TAKING THEM AWAY

kinda wacky how he hates the law

Agree 100%

Why is it so hard to fix a wheelchair in B.C.? Disabled people say companies are struggling to service their equipment, which can trap them in bed or at home.

Why is it so hard to fix a wheelchair in B.C.?

For those living in communities without Defund PD campaigns, these kinds of budget inflations are happening everywhere, and we are losing invaluable services to fund them. Community based services make our world safer for everyone. More police is not what we need.

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.

Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.

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Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.

BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem

The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.

Read on 👇
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Evidence should speak for itself.

It should never be smothered.

This is a sample of Carla 's Anderson's baking. Up The River is the the name of her bakery. They're at the Come Toward The Fire Festival this weekend.

B.C. library directors warn of service cuts, call on province to double funding | CBC News Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant.

Sorry, public libraries, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

4/ Just maybe you could rally for support under an "elbows up" strategy (this would have some logic - tarriff-reduced economic slowdown is partially responsible for the huge deficit)

But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?

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