Robyn

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David Harvey, On Sraffa’s Trail, NLR 152, March–April 2025 David Harvey recalls a lifetime of encounters, actual and intellectual, with the enigmatic Piero Sraffa. Interlocutor of Wittgenstein, Keynes and Robinson; devastating critic of neoclassical economics...

The American empire that has sheltered capital for so long is starting to crack. This is a moment of opportunity as well as of peril. A little bit of optimism of the intellect is called for, if only to jump-start the optimism of the will.

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and to people, events and political currents that open doors to new ways of thinking, hopefully more adequate to confront the central contradictions of our times. It is, however, one thing to open doors but quite another to pass through en masse, to explore what might exist on the other side.

For anyone aware of the tragedy at Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival, here's a thread of GoFundMe's available to help support the many victims. (copy pasted from my friend 'J' in the Vancouver Filipino community)

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Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre has a face that needs glasses.

I can hear how he practiced saying "House of Commons"

Sean Fraser is toning down his Nova Scotia accent on CBC right now, and I'm upset!

Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.

We should all be thanking Chrystia Freeland, yes?

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

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You can tell CBC has never cast a ballot in Vancouver civic election

Stop the count!

Gunn is a guy who might not lose, but deserves to lose

Seeing Cheryl Gallant losing, even with a total of 12 votes counted, is giving me a little bit of life

In Canada, when our head of government needs to make an extremely important decision, we call that "going for a long walk in the snow."

🙏 Malpeque please, no

No one warned me I’d have to see Jason Kenney’s face today 😖

Have been looking at the polls closely and it's clear they predict you should go and vote right now if you haven't already.

Please help us correct misinformation!

Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".

We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.

Find out more @ translifeline.org

Support for Trey Helten’s partner and kids. Ashtrey forever. The Downtown Eastside is reeling.

Fundraiser for Trey Helten’s partner and son, for anyone able to contribute.

Even if you don’t chip in, please take a few seconds to read about Trey and maybe think — how can you help others off this murderous conveyor belt? This isn’t normal.
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Canadian Blood Services | Canada's Lifeline There are many ways to join Canada's Lifeline. Discover how you can make all the difference for someone in Canada today.

if you are feeling helpless, a simple but incredibly valuable thing that many of us can do after a catastrophe is sign up to donate blood and plasma. www.blood.ca/en

I finally watched it this year, and have decided I fully agree that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Capital City should be required reading for planners and urbanists these days

Vancouver council votes to demolish dilapidated downtown hotel The building at 500 Dunsmuir Street, owned by Holborn Properties, has been empty since 2013. It will be demolished within three weeks

So Council's voted to demolish the building and will explore "any avenues ... to seek compensation." 🙄 Holborned again. What Stein calls the Real Estate State, in which developer power is so structurally embedded that even politicians who want to push back can't. vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

I regret to inform you it’s once again time to figure out dinner :(

Holborn should be banned from owning property in the city of Vancouver.