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Five things the Province can do to save lives on our streets We mainly focus on municipal issues at Vision Zero Vancouver, but the Provincial government has a critical role to play in making our streets safe. Here are five evidence-based ideas the province c…

We often focus on municipal issues, but the Province has a giant role to play in keeping people safe on our streets.

Here are 5 ideas the Province could implement, most of them nearly overnight, all of them within current budget constraints (a few even make money!) in order to save lives.

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents a busy, busy day in Washington, DC Announcing the �2025 Inner Hive Drive : Join Tom the Dancing Bug's Inner Hive, and you'll not only get weekly emails with pre-publication access to each week's comic and other content , but the ...

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A Busy, Busy Day in Washington, DC
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It's pretty sad that the USA has been so dysfunctional for so long that everybody's normalized government shutdowns

Or at the very very least, make sure the supplements filenames have the PMID or something to link to the paper

hello! I find myself in dire need of some big doom riffs, please drop your 2025 doom metal recommendations below

The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved

It was very special to work with six brilliant, thoughtful Indigenous writers — Michelle Good, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Eva Jewell, Janelle Lapointe, Anna McKenzie and Riley Yesno — on this series about truth and reconciliation, in print & online for @thewalrus.ca. thewalrus.ca/truth-and-re...

It’s #MythBustingMonday.
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵

Running a red light is running a red light, but many drivers feel that it doesn't apply on right turns 🤷🏻‍♂️

I've said it before and will say it again, it's stunning how these people will mobilize for birds but not anybody with the slightest hint of melanin

a cartoon of a penguin digging in the dirt Alt: a cartoon of a penguin digging in the dirt

Cool! now turn the TBM around and make a tunnel for more SkyTrain

Do not eat the mummified burrito

Watching the replies get shorter and snippier as the email chain between administrators from different departments, trying to figure out who f*d up and when, gets longer #academicsky

Bring Back the BC E-Bike Rebate! You Want an E-Bike? How about an E-Waitlist? In 2023, BC Provided tax rebates of $350 – $1,400 for e-bikes to low income earners. The budget was for 9,000 people to get e-bikes and the progra…

More evidence of the huge individual & societal benefit of the e-bike rebate - and it cost almost nothing! Tell the province to bring it back

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Reproduction Causes Autism | Bonfire You know what causes autism? Reproduction! Now you can help spread the word.. "NOS Magazine is one of the most exciting new initiatives of the neurodiversity and self-advocacy...

Welp, I guess it's time to relaunch our 2018 "Reproduction Causes Autism" t-shirt campaign—because anyone claiming otherwise is selling something, and/or holding a major US government position. Proceeds to benefit @autisticadvocacy.org.

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#autism #neurodiversity

It speaks so loud that there's a large bunch of loudmouths tying themselves in knots over some infected ostriches while things like this are happening. They'll see birds as people before seeing anybody not lily white as human.

What’s the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver? (FINALE) The semi-final votes are in: you’ve narrowed our 32 intersections down to the Grand Finale, pitting Vancouver’s triangular terror at Main & Kingsway against Richmond’s chaotic…

We started with 32, nominated by you. We're down to TWO intersections in the Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver finals!

Main & 7th & Kingsway? Or No. 3 Rd & Sea Island Way & Bridgeport Rd? Only one can emerge victorious. Vote now!

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Wow, his work was all in-country? Amateur.

Last week ABC's Brian Montague engaged in some seriously unprofessional conduct at city council. This is just a clip of a larger series of interruptions.

This sorts of bullying shouldn't be tolerated in civic business.

This picture of Mike Johnson seems to have been stretched vertically?

Re: last repost - instead of pushing 40lbs of ice, you can come push 40lbs down the ice
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this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

His work affected lots of us, and gives us something to point to when refuting the current idiocy!

You need to include the drop in price of Jr's coke

Tylenol and Autism Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

Assistant Coach Spotlight: Nick Bonino | Pittsburgh Penguins The Penguins will enter the 2025.26 season with a new group of assistant coaches under head coach Dan Muse: “You go through the entire coaching staff now, there's a lot of different places that these ...

@nmercad.bsky.social I found some good news for you www.nhl.com/penguins/new...

What’s the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver? (Round 4 – Semifinals) Last week, eight intersections entered our quarter-finals and four came out. According to you, these four intersections are the worst intersection in each of our sub-regions. Of course, they’…

It's your last chance to vote in the Worst Intersection in Metro Vancouver semifinals!

Main & 7th vs Boundary & Grandview. No 3 Road & Bridgeport vs Brunette & Braid. Vote now!

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Can you please work with the feds to increase, not cut, tri-council funding? People-level initiatives need program-level funding.

I switched to pdf24 recently, no issues so far

A screenshot shot of the Van311 app showing a wide array of cycling related things that ca be reported to the city.

Vancouver! Look at all the things you can now report on van311.ca and the Van311 app! Obstructions of all sorts! PARKED CARS. #BikeYVR