Cherry blossom season is upon us in Vancouver. Want to find the best spots for viewing? Interested in specific species of cherry trees? My treemap has you covered. mountainmath.ca/vantrees
A rough, rubbly looking terrain that looks like that weird lint crap that builds up in crawlspaces.
This photo was taken on the surface of an asteroid.
The 2026 VWF Youth Writing Contest is open now! Tell an aspiring young writer in your life.
We run two annual writing contests for students in BC: one for grades 5β7, and one for grades 8β12.
Deadline: May 31, 2026
Read the rules and enter:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth-writing-contest
Feels weird being in a world where the App Store promotes the AI, rather than the women leading the companies/apps, especially on International Women's Day
E-cargo bikes are back! π²β¨
Join us for a FREE E-Cargo Demo Day with Evolve and HUB Cycling on Sat, March 7 from 10AMβ2PM at Lynn Creek Community Recreation Centre in District of North Vancouver.
Come test ride, ask questions, and see how an E-Cargo bike can help you get around the North Shore!
And now a 1 vote difference!
And proud to see the City of North Vancouver win the Greatest Leap Award for progress on cycling infrastructure.
A reminder that so much of this eprogress comes from volunteers pushing things forward year after year. π
#HUBCycling #NorthVan #ActiveTransportation
Images posted to Alpha Athletikaβs Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one memberβs workout clothes.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social reports.
Perfect @zachweinersmith.bsky.social cartoon
Join us on Mar 3 @ 12PM for the next session of our webinar series featuring a panel of Ukrainian authors/scholars who will speak on the rise of authoritarianism and neo-imperialism and connections between the Russo-Ukrainian war and other world events.
Details and registration: ow.ly/5etW50YlGY9
Whoa
"LNG Canada told the BC Energy Regulator it needed to flare an additional 170,000 cubic metres of gas daily to mitigate the issue, which would produce roughly 430 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per day β equal to driving a gasoline-powered car roughly 1.5 million kilometres." #bcpoli
North Shore Womenβs Centre opens program for neurodivergent youth
They also had a rocket launcher from Belgium
"uno de fabricaciΓ³n rusa tipo RPG y otro modelo RL-83 Blindicide de origen belga"
Still no update regarding The Savant, which was one of the few shows I was looking forward to last year, about "a woman who ... infiltrates online hate groups in order to prevent large-scale public attacks."
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Of course it is Cannon again
It took 937 days for Trump to be indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election on Jan 6th
482 days later, the case was dismissed without prejudice
It took 442 days for Yoon Suk Yeol to be charged, convicted, and sentenced for attempting an insurrection on December 3rd 2024
The court has found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty as the ringleader of the insurrection. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has been found guilty of performing critical duties in the insurrection.
For softness is great and strength is worthless ...
When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable.
But when it's dry and hard, it dies.
Hardness and strength are death's companions.
Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.
- Director: Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker (1979)
When BC's consumer carbon tax was first introduced, it was accompanied by tax cuts to both personal and corporate taxes to make it revenue-neutral. But when it was eliminated last spring, these tax cuts were not reversed. The result is a $2 billion hole in BC's finances. #BCBudget
I'm a fan of Chancho
Which one do you like, it is hard to find good Mexican places in Vancouver
www.chancho.ca
A large gondola sitting atop of a pallet in a warehouse.
cariad.keigher.ca/2026/02/15/s...
I had the privilege to visit a gondola that may be the future of transportation for those going to Burnaby Mountain. I wrote my thoughts on the whole thing plus there are photos of the thing within. π₯°
This is a rewriting of history
To call American culture as having English-Scotts-Irish origins, is to undervalue the many other cultures existing alongside, whether it be indigenous groups, enslaved Africans or mixed groups
All cultures are multicultural by the nature of movement and relationships
*chefs kiss
The District of West Vancouver welcomes BCAAβs Evolve as the new operator for the North Shore E-bike Share Program. Visit our website to learn more at westvancouver.ca/e-bike.
#WestVan #westvancouver
The North Shore E-Bike Share Program has launched in the District of West Vancouver. As a result, for the first time, we will have one e-bike share provider across the North Shore (encompassing the DWV, CNV, DNV, SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh Γxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and sΙlilwΙtaΙ¬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).
SFU community members: please sign and share this petition demanding the university terminate its relationship with @hootsuite.com. The company's refusal to cut ties with ICE is abhorrent, and SFU needs to hear from us on this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1LpQ...
Map of the Mackenzie River Basin
Had a bit of fun updating an old map of mine of the Mackenzie River Basin
!["Some people also ascribe the following to him. They say that Plato saw [Diogenes Laertius] scraping vegetables. Approaching him, he told him in a confidential tone of voice that he wouldn't have to submit to such work if he would only join [the tyrant] Dionysius' entourage. To which he answered, in just as discreet a manner, that he, Plato, would not have to be part of Dionysius' entourage if he were not too proud to scrape vegetables. (34)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yn4rvg5r5ndxuqntymjc6eap/bafkreihn6pbshdt6jz2tmupixunyo5ib43kva5yoqwrpioayyoqxm3bl7u)
"Some people also ascribe the following to him. They say that Plato saw [Diogenes Laertius] scraping vegetables. Approaching him, he told him in a confidential tone of voice that he wouldn't have to submit to such work if he would only join [the tyrant] Dionysius' entourage. To which he answered, in just as discreet a manner, that he, Plato, would not have to be part of Dionysius' entourage if he were not too proud to scrape vegetables. (34)"
The Ancient Greek Cynics were more hardcore than I initially appreciated, and in this era of widespread capitulation to far-right forces, they are resonating with me more and more
