Ian Robertson

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’ Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’ Zelda Williams, the daughter of the late actor and comedian Robin Williams, has spoken out against AI-generated content featuring her father. “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” Zelda wrote in an Instagram story on Monday. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want. Continue reading...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’

In Understory, An Ecologist Reflects on the Grief of Losing Nature • The Revelator In this excerpt from the new memoir, the former supervisor of Banff National Park examines the loss that surrounds us — but still offers reasons for hope.

This exclusive @therevelator.org excerpt from ecologist Kevin Van Tighem's new memoir broke me down and built me back up again: therevelator.org/understory-e...

Trump says the US is in "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

Meanwhile, his DOJ is disbanding a task force that took on cartels.

Trump doesn't care about stopping drug trafficking — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.

This is a power grab.

Canada’s climate contradictions come with economic risks Overinvesting in oil and gas is not just a problem for the climate — it also poses serious risks to the Canadian economy.

Up to 66 per cent of future capital investment in Canadian oil and gas projects (2025–2040) is at risk of becoming stranded, writes Nichole Dusyk www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/o...

YouTube video by Peter Waldkirch ABC's Brian Montague being a bully at Vancouver council #vancouver #yvr

I put up a video on YouTube shorts that should be easier to share, btw:

www.youtube.com/shorts/mLL0Z...

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 is fucking suspicious given the current political climate

Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: sources Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.

Grr! Why isn't the federal government getting tougher on crime?! Grr!
Oh, but traffic crime? That's just fine. No need to enforce that. It's not like cars aren't giant death machines, particularly for children.

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Screenshot from https://bccdc.shinyapps.io/respiratory_wastewater/ "The wastewater surveillance program has implemented some new changes starting September 11, 2025: 1) The number of wastewater treatment plants tested has been changed to eight province wide, as opposed to previously twelve wastewater treatment plants. 2) There will now be one sample collected per wastewater treatment plant per week, as opposed to previously three samples per treatment plant per week. 3) Sequencing of wastewater samples will change from weekly to every two weeks."

Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks.

THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.

PROTEST IT.

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 8/28 - 9/3, there would've been 929 cases/day in #BC (〰️ 941, 8/21 - 8/27).

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🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 8/19 - 8/25, there would've been 996 cases/day in #BC (⬆️ 764, 8/12 - 8/18).

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🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 8/14 - 8/20, there would've been 897 cases/day in #BC (⬆️ 693, 8/7 - 8/13).

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This is a Warning British Columbia has measles

My letter to BC Premier David Eby, BC Health Minister Josie Osborne, my local MLA, and my local MP on measles in BC. Please feel free to share, or weep, or whatever you find appropriate. Many thanks to @beansproutsmom.bsky.social for motivating me to keep up with the data, which led to this letter.

🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 8/7 - 8/13, there would've been 694 cases/day in #BC (⬆️ 652, 7/31 - 8/6).

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Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings

Great way to relate the impact of a car crash with something people can directly understand!
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#yegbike

#FreeDC Says, Make Noise!

Be loud -- every night at 8:00 p.m. for as long as this occupation goes on, go outside and bang pots and pans for five minutes and post your noisemaking on your social media.

Get Involved: freedcproject.org?utm_source=u...

"heating Kitsilano pool with Bitcoin mining" is something the Mayor of Vancouver thinks about while helping the VPD extort the city for million$ so they can prance around the DTES and get paid overtime to steal from the poor

You know, I’m not surprised that the people who have been bringing us “alternative facts” for like a decade now are planning to share fake jobs numbers and tariffs numbers and Smithsonian museum exhibits but it does scare the shit out of me how much they’re intent on destroying our shared reality

Regardless of whether you think it ought to matter, if you're pitching the hill on strategy, it does matter that the House is not in session right now

NEW: Gavin Newsom makes major announcement

The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

In goose meme form.

the "Nanaimo cyclist" is Keihachi Ishikawa, 78, and possibly the coolest person in the world

its really not very journalism to use the police's euphemisms to describe the police's actions but since you're copypasting their release, this isn't journalism at all but it is a massive disservice to the public that creates yet another barrier to police accountability and it is reprehensible