Michael Stonehewer

I keep being served up anti-DRIPA videos from real estate agent/influencers. I assumed the DRIPA pushback in BC is a real estate and general corporate deregulation op.

AI will not replace office workers because it does better work. It will replace office workers because there will be no more cheap laptops.

This tiny tax increase causes every news outlet to scream that the sky is falling while raising ... $0.29 billion this year. Meanwhile Lululemon alone had $2.5 billion in profit in 2024. Can we please tax the rich?

The "expert" is Brian Kingston, chief executive of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, essentially a lobbyist for incumbent automakers with something to lose.

I like to imagine Canada Post pivoting to crown corp email platform and web hosting, even e-commerce.

Everyone is hearing that there is no money. In 2024, BC's top 100 corporations alone posted $250 billion in profits. Seems like we're leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of taxes.

There is supposed to be an announcement of new fuel efficiency regulations and credits Feb 5th, and maybe the return of EVrebates. But yes, the media keeps gaslighting us about a "flood of cheap Chinese EVs" when the agreement doesn't support that idea at all.

The Supercharger confusion must be engagement bait. It's wild to think that he doesn't already know the mismatch between 800v and Superchargers, or wouldn't quickly ask a chatbot why the car charges slower. Every car influencer should have a video on the topic.

2027 headline: "Cadillac's $120,000 Chinese made electric pickup flops in Canada. Is the EV market dead?"

I don't think she, or the chatbot, understands that its a municipal election instead of provincial or even federal. Is the Courtenay council blocking new Hydro dams while approving wind turbines?

Coming off a social media break and seeing this. So... their dumb documentary about the corrupt "reconciliation industry" was made with misused public money? Every accusation really is a confession with this crowd.

I got to take the AWD version on a 1,500 km demo road trip from Vancouver through BC interior last spring. It was very enjoyable. I loved the interior and handling. Only gripe is the DC charge curve falls off faster than I expected so not the best option for long trips.

I feel seen and attacked at the same time.

Every moral panic, every divisive issue is like 3 degrees of separation from US oil money.

Elon speaks of "hard men" but does the work of Wormtongue.

I'm lucky to have independent grocery stores near my house. They focus on Canadian products and are often priced the same or less than American products at chain stores. While buy-Canadian sentiments are awesome, I hope this kind of marketing research doesn't get abused by Loblaws.

I feel both seen and attacked.

Working at home allows me to wear my mouthguard all day, which is great, but I need a new one every 3 months at least.

A raised bike lane separated from the street by a rain garden on 5th Street in Courtenay, BC.

A rain garden with flowers separates a raised bike lane from traffic on 5th Street in Courtenay, BC.

Courtenay, BC. A socialist dystopia of street calming and protected bike lanes.

There is plenty of work still to be done but I am encouraged by the gradual street narrowing and safe bike lane projects added each year in the city.

#comoxvalley #courtenay

Lol yeah the recommendation is basically: Canada is America's slave, we must protect and deregulate their auto slop.

Stellantis doesn't have an EV problem. They have a mediocrity problem.

Don was billed as a "provoking thought leader" and presented at my organization's board meeting this year. All we got was 10 yr old low-level Facebook slop about how we can't fix housing, must pump up LNG, and need to abandon renewables/EVs/heat pumps. Alarmingly uninformed and dodged all questions.

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Completely. "Economic Reconciliation" sounds like counter insurgency payments. youtu.be/jjKVIsyvcwE?...

I think the hyperbole about Eby being a threat to confederation betrays Kenney's real motive. He's pandering to the separatist base.

Since most Albertans don't want to separate, he's signalling that they can still talk about it but framing BC as the instigator.

While keeping oil in the spotlight.

Sharing this again as Danielle Smith proposes an ambiguous new pipeline to BC's coast with the implied backing of Trans Mountain crown corporation.

The US gas companies treat Northern BC like Afghanistan, and Smith's new proposal sounds like more of the same.

They also encourage it with relentless advertising and the near refusal to make anything other than a truck or SUV. It's like a small-dick-energy feedback loop.

Yeah it's wild. My dad has a 93 Dodge Ram 2500 farm truck and it looks small compared to new pickups.

I have access to a new F-150 at work (crew cab, short box) but most of the time my 2003 Honda Element is more useful because the rear seats fold away or easily unclip, making for a 6 foot covered cargo area.

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Ugh. The layers upon layers of enshittification.

Weird how we figured out socialized medicine but socialized mail is just too much. Whenever I see news like this I look up Loblaws and Rogers' net income; it sure seems like we could dial up the socialism a bit and solve a lot of problems.