Andrea Reimer

It’s Day 2 of Eastside Culture Crawl in #vancouver, starting tonight at 5pm.

Here are 11 artists you can visit at 1000 Parker Street studios - including me.

These are friends and neighbours in my building.

It was always 10 pm. A unanimous vote of council could extend past 10 pm.

Vancouver’s climate leadership exists because people across the political spectrum fought for it, putting planet before partisanship. Let’s do that again. 🌿

Request to speak at a Council meeting Request to speak at a Council meeting

If you’re able, please speak up today.

📬 Write to council — especially Councillors Dominato and Meiszner, who seem less tied to the mayor’s anti-climate agenda.

🎤 You can also sign up to speak directly to Council until 5 pm today. vancouver.ca/your-governm...

Will speaking out help? Hard to say — this council has made it harder for residents to participate in decisions, and it’s easy to feel cynical about how much they’re listening. But staying silent definitely won’t help. 📢

Now Mayor Sim says cuts are about “austerity”…but is proposing major police budget increases after 3 straight years of steep property tax hikes. 🤔💸🚓

And guess what?
Climate action in Vancouver has NEVER been partisan. 🏛️🫱🏼‍🫲🏽
NPA, COPE, Vision, OneCity, Greens, independents — all helped build this legacy.

Local governments control over 50% of emissions sources in Canada. What Vancouver does matters — here and worldwide. When federal governments stalled climate action (remember the Harper era?), cities like Vancouver kept pushing forward — helping build momentum toward the Paris Agreement. 🔥➡️✍️🇫🇷

🌍✨ Vancouver’s Climate Work Is On the Chopping Block
Mayor Ken Sim + ABC councillors plan to cut major climate action programs. For 35 years, Vancouver has been a global leader in local climate action — starting with the 1990 Clouds of Change report. 🌱

#BornReady

That’s so awesome! I was sorry I couldn’t join you all at the event. Can’t wait to get the book!

BREAKING: President Trump issued a memo calling for government-wide "terrorism investigations" into political opponents.

His administration is trying to use political violence as an excuse to investigate and intimidate the president's perceived enemies.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

As I was saying…

Navigating Power for Collective Action <p>How many times have you seen great ideas for better climate policy fail because people or politics got in the way? Effective climate action requires the ability to identify and leverage power in st...

Registration is now open for the power course that Lyndsay Poaps and I co-teach! Explore how to navigate power in the workplace and community to achieve meaningful collective action in the next @cs-sfu.bsky.social course starting on Nov 5. Save your spot: ow.ly/Xx5650OBnXg

#PowerU

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

Today’s ad in The Globe & Mail says what so many of us have been feeling: E.M., you are not alone. We stand with you — and with all survivors of gender-based violence. 💜

See the ad. Share it. Post with #CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM

Add your name here: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...

Survivor-Centred Safety - Where Do BC Cities Stand? - BWSS

Beyond virtue signalling: wondering what your local government is actually doing about gender-based violence? @endingviolence.bsky.social has an important new accountability tool to track progress in BC #DesignedWithSurvivors www.bwss.org/survivor-cen...

Canada will recognize Palestine in September, Mark Carney says The move comes amid increasing international pressure and outcry over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

#Breaking: Mark Carney says Canada will recognize Palestine as a state

Tsunami Advisory for B.C. - EmergencyInfoBC Tsunami - A magnitude 8.7 earthquake has occurred 80 miles (136 km) SE of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia. A Tsunami Advisory is in effect for B.C. Tsunami Notification Zones A, B, C and D. This incl...

If you live in coastal areas of the north Pacific: there is a serious tsunami advisory/warning as a result of a major earthquake off the coast of Russia. Please immediately look up and follow local advice. BC alert info here: www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunam...

Climate justice gets legal backbone as ICJ clarifies States’ duties on climate and human rights The International Court of Justice has given climate justice legal force, affirming that governments and corporations are obliged to cut emissions, protect human rights, and repair climate harm. PICAN...

For those looking to understand more about the ruling, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) has a great summary here: www.pican.org/climate-just...

In the long fight to compel governments to action, today is a big day. Giant congrats to the big team that has spent over six years pursuing this landmark ruling. The substance matters: the hope and energy it is mobilizing matters even more.

Concentration Camp Labor Cannot Become Normal

An important read from @timothysnyder.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Andrew Cuomo just conceded to a socialist and I am not even sure we are at peak 2025 yet

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?

You’re kidding.

#17!

Polling data from Harris & Associates 1966. Q: Do you approve of what Freedom Riders are Doing? 22% approve 61%disapprove18%no opinion.

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

🚨 An important read