Mihai Cirstea

Agree, had the exact same thought. (And I'm sure it's already happening)

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The $28,000 in annual repairs is about 2% of what we spend on the police... in a single DAY.

On the one hand this is pretty funny, on the other hand it should be a wakeup call about AI (in case people still need a wakeup call for some reason)

Without evidence, CDC changes messaging on vaccines and autism On Wednesday, the agency reversed its long-held position that there's no link between vaccines and autism. Outside experts said they are "appalled" by the change.

"Without evidence?" Terrible headline. There is in fact an overwhelming amount of evidence. Hundreds of massive population based studies showing no link between vaccines and autism.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

This is all fine and don't worry AI will definitely serve the betterment of humanity rather than the corporations and billionaires who own the algorithms

They say a picture tells a thousand words, and this picture of a woman complaining about the "view of her garden" being blocked by a new Lime station says that maybe the Sun needs to find better things to write about

This speaker had a very insightful line: the zero means zero budget "is almost an addiction to a strategy." Absolutely right. We're going to slash city services and lay off hundreds for a slogan. I hope (but don't expect) that council snaps out of it.

City staff are estimating that sponsorship and naming rights will generate $9.5M for the city next year. The problem is that all local events, artists, non-profits, shows, etc need the same dollars and now have to compete with the city. I don't see how this isn't a huge loss for them.

Listening to the Vancouver council budget meeting. City staff just presented the budget survey results which "is meant to guide Council" as they set the upcoming property tax rates and budget.

Except council already did this weeks ago 🤔 Guess they didn't want to hear from the public this year.

Deep gratitude for the activists and political leaders advancing a Vision Zero agenda. Traffic violence is not inevitable. Stopping it is possible and necessary.

Get ready for a lot more of this

"Establish eye contact" have the people who made these PSAs ever tried walking at night?

A story in 3 parts

Our event with @thewaroncars.bsky.social is ONE WEEK AWAY! 😱

Tickets are still available. This is going to be a super fun night, and also a fundraiser for us. If you support the work we do, and if you want to be part of a discussion on the future of transportation in Vancouver, get tickets now!

Begging publications to stop treating existential threats as if they're fun hypotheticals. "What would it mean for Canada to become the 51st State?" "What's the path to a Trump 3rd term?"

This isn't a college term paper. Do your jobs

Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.

It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.

vancouverpd on Instagram: "Halloween is almost here! We’re got some tips for your trick-or-treaters to help ensure they stay safe and have fun." Halloween is almost here! We’re got some tips for your trick-or-treaters to help ensure they stay safe and have fun.View all comments

Source: www.instagram.com/p/DQXLGYyklx...

All victim blaming; even the "minimize distractions and keep your phone down" one actually seems aimed at kids, not drivers.

Certainly nothing about avoiding non-essential driving.

I found 5 other years of PSAs, all the same. Anyone else?

In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:

I see the city's recent "return to office" mandate doesn't include our mayor

Maybe the reason Brian Montague brought forward the amendment to kill this Halloween safe streets motion is that he's still recovering from the time children "intimidated" him with their climate change art.

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Here's an amendment brought by @christineboyle.bsky.social when Sim was first trying to abolish the park board. Sim voted against it

This is a pretty hilarious take given that Sim didn't engage with the City or First Nations at all when he decided to spontaneously get rid of the park board over a personal upset

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

New billboard in town 👀

Bitcoin fans (including unfortunately our own mayor) love talking about how two of Bitcoin's greatest assets are that it isn't used for crime and that it's outside government control. Both of which are consistently shown to be untrue.

This budget is reckless. Our infrastructure is crumbling, our amenities are quite literally falling apart. A 0% increase combined with a raise for the VPD means big cuts to already struggling services and infrastructure, no matter how ABC wants to spin it.

I'm realizing that I don't know the name of a single judge on Canada's Supreme Court and how that's probably a good thing

Stumbled on the grand opening of the new public plaza in uptown New West, complete with wider bollard protected sidewalks along 6th. Looks awesome!

Stop handing money back to drivers for no reason, there's another ~half a billion

Our "progressive" government will bend over backwards to make driving slightly cheaper (gas prices didn't even go down btw good job lining the pockets of the oil & gas industry) but won't do anything to prevent about one death per day on our roads.