Quinn MacDonald

Might I suggest that residents of #OakBayBC write to Councillors Braithwaite and Green with some ideas about how they might spend their time, other than reviewing minor variances. They simply can’t think of anything else that might be useful. #yyjpoli

It is so frustrating that this is a quote from a cop. Cyclists are supposed to act like vehicles AND it's up to cyclists to keep themselves out of the way of negligent drivers. #BCPoli

the thing that trans people ask of the world is so tiny, really. just to be able to exist as the person they are, without the rest of us being weird or cruel about it. it's a deep shame on our society that we are unable to deliver on so small a thing.

Germany to stop arms sales to Israel that could be used in Gaza after takeover plan approved - live updates Gazans say they fear more destruction and displacement, while Israeli hostages' families say their loved ones are

Big move from Germany.

Light job losses in Canada reported this morning by StatCan.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
41K (out of 21M employed, so within standard deviation/the margin of error).
Biggest sectors of loss: IT/info/culture followed by construction. (*NOT* trade-exposed)
The youngs lost most jobs.
Quick 🧵

The thing about AI is that its primary purpose for business was always to put pressure on higher skilled workers, and it was clear from the start that the pressure would be applied regardless of whether the machines could actually do the work.

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines

“Measles is spreading so quickly in Alberta, Canada, that health officials have stopped publicly releasing information about local exposures in the hardest hit areas &are instead issuing blanket warnings against travel to the northern or southern regions of the province” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

CW: colonial harms, death of children

1-800-KUU-US17 or 1-800-588-8717 is a 24 hr crisis line

This is an important and informative thread and deals with our [First Nations] children and their deaths at Indian Residential School.

Take Care.

Axing the EVs: Canadian sales plunge while global sales surge We’ve slammed on the brakes of EVs and started driving the wrong way. That's leaving Canadians even further behind.

Highly recommend this piece by @bsaxifrage.bsky.social. 👇🧵

Canadians like to think of themselves as global leaders. But on climate policy – and on EV adoption in particular – we are worse than laggards; we are surrender monkeys running backwards...

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/a...

B.C.'s life sciences sector is the fastest growing in Canada.

Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.

Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁

We're open for business.

I have incredible news for #yyj history and transportation nerds. *One* day after this post, someone scanned the 1965 "Capital Region of British Columbia Transportation Study" and uploaded it to the @victoria.ca archives. You can now download the entire document! archives.victoria.ca/capital-regi...

SD61, the Victoria BC school district, is considering using wards, and the way the trustees are to be divided up is super un-proportional.

The proposal is:

- View royal/ Highlands: ~15k ppl
- Oak Bay: 18k ppl
- Esquimalt: 19k ppl

- Saanich: ~125k ppl, 2 trustees
- Victoria: ~102k ppl, 2 trustees

Good story by @isabellazavarise.bsky.social on how Vancouver Police quoted a small community event $3,500 for two police police officers, and then nobody from the police department or the city would explain why

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

@burgundavia.bsky.social ?

"According to ICBC, the intersection of Quadra/Greenridge/Lochside Trail was the site of 11 crashes between 2020 and 2024, including five that were “casualty crashes,” meaning they resulted in injuries or fatalities."

From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the VictoriaBC community

Link for screen readers, further convo: www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC...

Saw this Reddit post about it a couple of days ago. :(

As Gazans Starve, Families in Canada Struggle to Get Loved Ones Out | The Tyee ‘We are watching ethnic cleansing live on television. Powers that could make a difference are not acting.’

A year and a half after an airstrike injured a three-year-old boy in Gaza, his aunt continues to try to get him to Canada. Nariman Ajjur says her nephew is now showing “clear signs of malnutrition” as well as the psychological effects of living in a war zone. thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Thick #wildfire smoke across Canada in recent days predicted to cross the N Atlantic & reach Ireland/UK on 5 Aug with 2nd plume following. #CopernicusAtmosphere 5-day aerosol optical depth forecast from 4 Aug atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

I often say that reporting on sex testing in sports is like reporting on a really twisted, 100 year game of wack-a-mole where we see the same things happen over and over. This is a great example. (A short thread, if you'll indulge me.)

The US economic model it's offering to the world is fartcoin, sports betting, and natural oils, the Chinese economic model is high speed rail and solar panels. Americans have rejected Geist and their country won't survive it

Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash The verdict follows a three-week trial that threw a spotlight on how Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have marketed their driver-assistance software.

A hugely important verdict.

The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.

People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.

I am once again asking the ppl who do this: what is the point of being alive then?

*dad's lol

Lol we have like a half of one of these with our surround sound system (it was my partner's Dada's) and I'm like afraid to turn it off and on cuz I always do it in the wrong order.

Canada's deportations reached "a record high last year" of 18,000.
We committed to deporting 20,000 this year and next ...in February.

What do "Canada Strong" policies look like? More deportations? More working with other nations rather than working with the U.S. to deal with "recalcitrant" ones?

Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma In Gaza, where displaced children play games called “air strike” and act out death, the lack of mental-health resources has become another emergency.

I wrote for The New Yorker about Gaza’s mental health crisis, and spoke with therapists and psychologists still trying to help others through relentless trauma, while they themselves are displaced, grieving, and surviving day by day. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn