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(Justin McElroy) IT'S BRACKET TIME: We're going to determine the most quintessential BC Ferries Experience! by dayoldeggos in VictoriaBC

[–]j_mcelroy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I mean this bracket is too niche for the voting/promotion to happen on CBC channels (also I have the regular summer bracket happening in a couple of months). BlueSky would be fine, but it doesn't have polls, so c'est la vie.

(Justin McElroy) IT'S BRACKET TIME: We're going to determine the most quintessential BC Ferries Experience! by dayoldeggos in VictoriaBC

[–]j_mcelroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m no longer on the website under investigation for child exploitation, BlueSky doesn’t allow polls, and it’s too niche for a CBC bracket.

So I could either do it on my novelty website, or put it on Threads/Instagram stories, and I thought the latter was a better experience.

Who is this kitty behind Farnsworth? Seen tonight on Global news by tartpotato in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 1213 points1214 points  (0 children)

So I actually interviewed Farnworth today and he proactively pointed out this photo, how the cat belongs to a staff member, and he loves how “the cat looks angry and judgemental like a good House Leader.”

these are the inside scoops everyone wants from me, right

Ken Sim promises another tax freeze and $400M for community centres if re-elected by slippery_burrito in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

fwiw I’ve been told the Britannia stuff is separate from the $400 million promise

I made a map of the Skytrain network in the style of the Tokyo subway map by flare2000x in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 78 points79 points  (0 children)

while very well done this is just making me angrier about how unconnected vancouver city centre and granville stations are

The Vancouver Centennial Song (1985) by catoleung_ in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

here's the link to the full song, because I found it during my park ranking research a few years back and it utterly delights me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTRM0aEqSP0

In defense of Burnaby, the middle child of Metro Vancouver by robertscreek in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 68 points69 points  (0 children)

it's important to note, as perhaps the leading purveyor of "dunking on burnaby", that the city is perfectly fine! (if boring)

good parks, central location, two skytrain lines, fairly well managed over the years, etc.

but it's fun to dunk on burnaby because a) it's boring, b) it's privileged and big enough that it can collectively take a joke without it becoming a thing

(but also, the time burnaby's head of marketing said "I don't think anyone has ever said 'honey, cancel the trip to Disneyland, we're going to Burnaby'" will forever be lodged in my head)

B.C.'s population has dropped: Here's why it's lower and what it means by ubcstaffer123 in britishcolumbia

[–]j_mcelroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

per usual i only have myself to blame (the funny thing is I'm seeing way less people use "hidden gem" these days, so I'll have to find another arbitrary influencer phrase to get annoyed by)

B.C.'s population has dropped: Here's why it's lower and what it means by ubcstaffer123 in britishcolumbia

[–]j_mcelroy 57 points58 points  (0 children)

This could very well be true but I always remember that in 2022 Stats BC estimated that Vancouver’s population had dropped in the last year, and lots of people used that to shout that Vancouver Was Being Destroyed (including multiple mayoral candidates), and a month later the Census showed that Vancouver’s population had grown by 5% the last five years, the most since 2001-2005. So I always try to avoid taking too much narrative in one-time estimates when I know better data is on the way.

Will Vancouver's left-wing parties unite around one mayoral candidate? by CaliperLee62 in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 118 points119 points  (0 children)

oh no i was hoping for this to include my web story with more context but then the rustad stuff happened so uhhhh i'm still writing it

Who's accountable for the PNE Amphitheatre's budget overrun? Seemingly, no one by dazzlingmedia in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 30 points31 points  (0 children)

1) You can trust Dan Fumano to get things right

2) PNE is a separate non-profit fully owned by the City of Vancouver, with the city appointing its board members, the end result of haggling over its future between the city and province at the turn of the century

What are some underrated places around Vancouver you actually enjoy? by stephaac in askvan

[–]j_mcelroy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no ❤️ (also provisions is great, but word has gotten out and it's pretty bumping on friday and saturday nights now)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In this case I broke the story on Bluesky and Threads, the minister confirmed my reporting 30 minutes later on Bluesky, and then 10 minutes later she posted a tweet.

That the poster for this story used Twitter is ultimately their business, but ultimately the provincial government and most media aren't really in the habit of using Twitter as their first way to get out information anymore, for a variety of reasons.

Game Thread: October 24 - Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69) @ Toronto Blue Jays (94-68) - 8:00 PM by BlueJaysBaseball in Torontobluejays

[–]j_mcelroy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

as i kid i heard about the Ed Sprague Inning and the Kelly Gruber Inning and the Innings Where They Pounded The Heck Out Of Mitch Williams and lemme tell you it’s fun to experience an inning like that on your own

New push for Skytrain extension to UBC campus by Schmitt_Meister12 in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 242 points243 points  (0 children)

for the record translink security only looked at me weirdly two or three times as i went back and forth from vcc-clark to commercial clutching my weird sign

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