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A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

This is from 1975.

11.03.2026 07:02 👍 4481 🔁 1695 💬 50 📌 40

I do t think they laid. It was reported he was guessing and they wouldn’t correct him.

We all know what he thinks about the size of his hands.

11.03.2026 13:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think Trump knows exactly what he's doing with the shoes, it's another humiliation thing.

If it wasn't, they'd just rebuy the exact same Florsheim shoe in the right size and wear that. But they know he'd notice those aren't the clown shoes he gave them, so they can't do it.

11.03.2026 12:43 👍 943 🔁 193 💬 50 📌 21

Pretend to be better.

11.03.2026 01:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, of course. This "heritage stretch" def. needs protecting. There are some SFHs to the south of the site, but the rest is low rise industrial and commercial.

11.03.2026 01:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

May I point out that they "created" the nuclear arsenal. So even back then he knew he was lying.

11.03.2026 01:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Car Free Day: SAVED. Elect progressives, get results.

I moved this urgent motion today with Cllr Orr and was thrilled that it was approved unanimously by Council.

11.03.2026 00:50 👍 133 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 4
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You know a really cursed echochamber?

Traffic engineer LinkedIn.

"90% of the time, speeding is just a perception"
"It's just a handful of people with a 'slow is always safer' mentality"
"Speed humps have a detrimental effect on slowing policy and fire"

10.03.2026 23:32 👍 133 🔁 11 💬 16 📌 13
How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That
How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That YouTube video by CBC News

How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That youtu.be/rI8ZmDG5Msw

10.03.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lawsuits are expensive. Unlike Ken, Sean wasn't elected as a wealthy man with friends in high places. But he does have you.

If you don't have much to give, give $16 (the number of times Ken apologized in one interview). If you have more, please give more.

SueKenSim.ca

Please share.

10.03.2026 21:59 👍 67 🔁 32 💬 0 📌 1
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it’s my birthday and unfortunately it’s incredibly easy for people in my life to troll me

10.03.2026 20:58 👍 337 🔁 4 💬 23 📌 0
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Chillhop Essentials Spring 2026 Chillhop Essentials Spring 2026 by Chillhop Music

It may not feel like it today in Vancouver, but Chillhop has declared spring! michael.kalus.ca/chillhop-ess...

10.03.2026 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wish you success @seanorr.bsky.social

10.03.2026 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sean Orr has filed legal action against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for saying to media without evidence that Orr was dealing drugs on Christmas Day

10.03.2026 19:20 👍 499 🔁 93 💬 25 📌 43
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Michael Kalus.ca thoughts, musings & media

A new domain for my blog.

I have been moving away from the michaelkalus.ca domain to the much more fashionable michael.kalus.ca domain for the blog.

I intend to post more on there than once a month and start also writing again regularly. Add it to your RSS reader. No paywall ;)

10.03.2026 18:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

You wake up in the morning. Morning light is a big part of it.

It's much easier to "stay awake" then to "become awake".

But yes, we'll find out in due time. I already know that this is messing with my clubs morning ride schedule in the winter, lots of people can't squeeze the morning ride in now.

10.03.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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IN Iran?

10.03.2026 04:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am not surprised. When I took the test I only chose AI for the poetry.

The problem with the AIs writing is that it "over explains" and generally uses more simple structures. If you don't read a lot, this will read better to you.

So, I guess I should read more poetry.

10.03.2026 03:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Burrard Bridge

Burrard Bridge

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10.03.2026 02:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This was a vote buying decision. They really don't care about all the negative consequences, because the loudest people are the night owls who don't crawl out of bed until 8 or 9 and then get pissed when they have no more daylight after work.

10.03.2026 02:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Simple, the only people allowed to vote were the ones that attended the CPC love fest in Calgary.

See Pierre soar!

10.03.2026 02:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The only way this story could be better if they were all Cybertrucks.

10.03.2026 00:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.

A senseless, criminal waste

10.03.2026 00:26 👍 12065 🔁 3327 💬 588 📌 172

I see the special military operation is progressing as planned /s

09.03.2026 22:00 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Car parked in a pedestrian crossing.

Car parked in a pedestrian crossing.

Oh look, instant parking spot again because the city refuses to move the barriers to protect the crossing.

But hey, Starbucks runs are important. @seanorr.bsky.social @visionzerovancouver.ca @lucymaloney.bsky.social

09.03.2026 20:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of francesbula.com

Screenshot of francesbula.com

Unrelated question, but why is your website "reviewing" casinos? Did you get hacked?

09.03.2026 19:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very simple: PTSD is caused by a singular event. cPTSD is caused by prolonged abuse / trauma.

I am sure there's a gray area with regards to this, but that's sort of the rule of thumb I am going with.

09.03.2026 18:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Having been on a similar journey, though with Professional support, I found two books rather helpful: The Body Keeps the Score, and cPTSD from surviving to thriving.

The latter one really hit home hard. Gave me a headache when reading it.

09.03.2026 15:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0