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Freddie Grendel
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motherjones.com
Emily St. John Mandel is known for her 2014 novel Station Eleven, which presciently depicted a devastating global pandemic. Her new novel, out this week, isn’t much sunnier.
Emily St. John Mandel still has hope.
The "Station Eleven" author has a new book out imagining the collapse of the United States.
www.motherjones.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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kehyslop.bsky.social
And Then There Was Pete Fry (and Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Colleen Hardwick, Ken Sim...). My piece on William Azaroff's Vancouver mayoral campaign ending on @thetyee.ca today. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
And Then There Was One Progressive Running for Vancouver Mayor | The Tyee
OneCity’s William Azaroff ends his mayoral campaign, leaving the left lane open for the Greens’ Pete Fry.
thetyee.ca
September 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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generayburn.com
This is inside you.
September 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
There’s an aggressively paid for influence op going on right now to defend AI slop as art and protected speech across platforms. AI execs realize they have a problem and don’t wanna get Marie Antoinette’d. The free ChatGPT trip is the tip of the iceberg. First person to nail it down gets a Pulitzer.
August 23, 2026 at 11:51 PM
fucketsofrain.bsky.social
People of Vancouver who don’t usually vote, this election is your time to shine. Let’s evict Ken Sim and have a mayor who wants to work for the people again.
August 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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852dude.bsky.social
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
August 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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danryckert.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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thetyee.ca
The Drug User Liberation Front’s constitutional challenge wrapped up Friday, but co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum won’t know until next year whether their efforts to save lives will land them in jail. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
DULF Founders’ Drug Law Charter Challenge Ends | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will wait months to learn if they face prison.
thetyee.ca
July 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
He murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings, and eventually it will be millions.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 23
‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge). The world’s richest person, and briefly its first trillionaire after his SpaceX company floated on the US stock exchange in June, made the confession in a wide-ranging interview with the Economist published on Thursday. He shared his positions on subjects from foreign wars to AI, and made a number of eye-opening predictions for the future. Continue reading...
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July 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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scully1888.bsky.social
If you haven't seen it yet, BBC's montage at the end of the World Cup was fucking tremendous

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Fi...
BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage
YouTube video by Pick Six Productions Xtra
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July 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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scottydo16.bsky.social
July 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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mags.colvett.online
Raffi you’re so right
Threads post from raffi_music: stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!
July 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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katelynburns.com
ACAB includes VAR
July 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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masnick.com
So there's been a lot of talk in AI circles about Jevons Paradox and @hankgreen.bsky.social has one of the best explainers of it I've seen (including that it's not a paradox), but I want to add something to it.

Towards the end of the video, Hank says...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6sY...
Unfortunately, You Need to Know What the Jevons Paradox is
YouTube video by Hank Green
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July 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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hotoldersisgf.sisc.one
Today's the only day you can repost this.
Never seen a Big Boy get on the roof !! 😂 OUT NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS
YouTube video by ThatboyFunny
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July 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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kalimurray.bsky.social
The greatest singer of Cabo Verde was Cesoria Evora, and it is because she mixed with melancholy with joy. Sodade: youtu.be/ERYY8GJ-i0I?....
CESARIA EVORA Sodade .wmv
YouTube video by SuperXavier30
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July 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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ldobsonhughes.bsky.social
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
June 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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shwrites.bsky.social
This is now the GIF of the entire tournament. Don't @ me
June 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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grumpymonoceros.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
Opinion | One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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bosh.worstpossible.world
i hope the new facebook movie includes jeremy strong re-enacting this moment
June 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
backrooms (2026)
A scene from The Rehearsal with Nathan Fielder saying "Oh, door city over here."
June 1, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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markbradley.bsky.social
I did not have ‘youtube series about about second hand Lego resellers being a potential documentary of the year about corruption in the US police system’ on my bingo card, but man. Even if the subject seems pointless, it’s so, so worth the watch:
youtu.be/wscQpkcwgNU?...
I tracked down the thief who stole $200,000 of LEGO
YouTube video by Reckless Ben
youtu.be
May 30, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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magpieofthesea.bsky.social
Lolllllll #birdCalls #EDM
May 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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notcrucial.bsky.social
If you're in the Vancouver area, you can oppose the latest proposal for data centers in Mount Pleasant. It takes under a minute to let the city know you're against these projects. Spread the word :)

www.shapeyourcity.ca/111-e-5
111 E 5th Ave rezoning application
The City of Vancouver has received an application to rezone the subject site from I-1A (industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to allow for Bulk Data Storage use within an e...
www.shapeyourcity.ca
May 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM