This. Is. Not. Working.

Canada could basically singlehandedly shape our understanding of ancient ecosystems. Who knows what's already sitting there in the warehouse - probably whole new dinosaurs

Stop screwing around and just build, train, and hire!!

@mark-carney.bsky.social Canada demands more dinosaurs!!

you know it’s bad when they bring out the water taxis

Tiny African fish caught climbing to the top of a 50-foot waterfall For over half a century, people in Central Africa have told tales of the fish seen climbing waterfalls, but these claims have never been officially confirmed. Now, these fish have finally been caught ...

Tiny shellear fish in central Africa scale a 50-foot vertical waterfall using suction cups and tiny hooks. This convergent evolution places them with some island gobies and Brazilian bumblebee catfish, who all do world class bouldering. 🐟🌍

phys.org/news/2026-04...

He rolled down his window and started yelling out the window. Just for...what? I don't even know. Even gently suggesting that I don't trust him with my life and will wait for him to actually stop before crossing?

There's something about driver's entitlement that is baffling...and dangerous.

Crossed a street (as a ped). Cars have a stop sign. Some dude in an Evo comes speeding up, so I wait for him to actually stop before crossing. He slow rolls through, mocking me.

This is 1 block from where the nanny was hit while in a marked intersection.

Vancouver, our drivers are not alright.

Welp, we now have more sturgeon than gars @garlab.bsky.social. No April Fool’s.

And no I will NOT be renaming the lab 😅

Video ALT: short video clip of several juvenile Lake Sturgeon swimming in a cooler.

A fish scientist holds a juvenile Bigmouth Buffalo (fish) above a transport cooler before the fish is moved into GarLab.

I think we’ve got more Bigmouth Buffalo than gars @garlab.bsky.social now too 😅

Poilievre calls for federal tax holiday on fuel as gas prices spike | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the government to temporarily pause federal taxes on gas and diesel for the remainder of the year.

It sure would be nice if CBC reporters introduced some facts into these sorts of stories.

Such as: How much is the federal gas tax? How much are provincial gas taxes? And how do they contribute to the overall cost of gasoline? #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The news that YVR is raising its transit fee yet again has me really annoyed. While full-on road pricing is a political non-starter for the moment, tolls (as @bushfield.ca suggested) into Sea Island would be a great start.

So here's a little dashboard to play with how it could work. A short 🧵

a good thread but I want to add: literally all of every sport favors people with genetic advantages

but no one complains when cis men have them

Michael Phelps’ muscles produce HALF the lactic acid as an average cis man, meaning he can go twice as long before tiring

is that unfair?

nobody cared

Kémy Adé was shocked by the immigration refusal letter she received. In rejecting her permanent residence application, the Immigration Department cited her current job duties, which included wiring and assembling control circuits, building control and robot panels, programming and troubleshooting. The department said these duties didn’t match the Canadian work experience she claimed. Well, no, they didn’t. Adé is a post-doctoral research fellow and guest teacher at McMaster University — and those skills are not part of her repertoire. Nor are they what she submitted in her immigration application a year ago. “I saw this language about this job description that has nothing to do with me,” said the health scientist from France, who has a PhD from Sorbonne University in the immunology of aging. “I was disoriented how this could happen.” But a disclaimer at the bottom of the refusal letter might provide a hint. It’s believed to be the first time that the department explicitly referred to the use of generative AI to support application processing in immigration refusals. The disclaimer also noted that all generated content was verified by an officer and that generative AI was not used to make or recommend a decision.

Today in AI:

Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials.

Everyone involved should be fired.

archive.is/ELrCI#select...

This is worth reading. Lots of insightful bits, I think this is the elevator pitch:

Will Ken Sim pivot back to bitcoin?

The trucks are probably in a ditch on the Coquihalla

Have feedback on Vancouver's parks? Vancouver Residents (18+): Take this 10-minute survey to help improve your parks! We're a group of UBC students conducting a class project for our Geography methods course and are interested in studying how people value, access, and use parks in Vancouver post-pandemic.

Hey #Vancouver folks: you should take this survey on Vancouver's parks! ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Pine St Link – Arbutus to Seaside Greenways We’re improving cycling connections between two of Vancouver’s most popular walking and cycling routes: the Arbutus and the Seaside Greenway.

Changes are coming to Pine St between W1st Ave and the Arbutus Greenway! Good changes; this will connect the Seawall with the Greenway. Check out the city's final design here: vancouver.ca/files/cov/up...

Visit vancouver.ca/streets-tran... for more information, and a link to a survey.

#bikeyvr

First Nations Tell Aaron Gunn: ‘Chillax, Bud’ | The Tyee The MP denounced land acknowledgements Tuesday. By Wednesday, the response had gone viral. A Tyee Q&A with Hegus John Hackett.

Four First Nations with territories in Aaron Gunn’s North Island–Powell River riding had a message for the Conservative MP last night: “Chillax, bud.”

Mayor Sim should apologize to the city and resign

The video of Mayor Sim responding to questions from the press was bizarre. He needs to apologize to the city as well as Councilor Orr and then he should resign. His behaviour is unacceptable.

City staff are probably working on a six-month, 200 page report on the options available.

Vancouver council is meeting today, which means they will once be providing text updates *only* for subscribers of a website under investigation by multiple countries for child exploitation

Staff were told by council months ago to post elsewhere, but haven't

And they're doing it for 12 accounts

I am SO MAD.

@seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social @wazaroff.bsky.social

Figure out your political cope-green-onecity differences, check your egos, and find a way to unite and FIX THIS CITY. We literally will not survive another 4 years of Arrive By Car policy.

Older parks in Vancouver have public washrooms and most are cleaned and well maintained. Newer parks lack facilities and who ever decided it was ok to put in a playground but no toilet should be punished. You know parents will be escorting their kids into local shrubbery.

And no toilets

I've chatted with Peter a few times and he always impresses me with his willingness and energy to teach and answer any questions I have about housing, urbanism, transportation, etc or anything really.

I can imagine him creating some really great change on Vancouver city council

Oak Origins From ancient acorns to future forests, the story of how oaks evolved and the many ways they shape our world. An oak begins its life with the precarious journey of a pollen grain, then an acorn, then a...

I just finished Oak Origins by @andrewlhipp.bsky.social. If you like oaks, plants, or some great natural history, I highly recommend it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

That is a fine looking sculpin

Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.

That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)