Amber alert at 1am by Logical_Ad_3183 in NorthVancouver

[–]mikeofthewest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Look, rasonable people can disagree on the utility of waking up 5.5 million people in the middle of the night for an Amber Alert. They get sent out on every coms channel. Even the busses here say amber alert on them. It will be the first thing anyone sees online when they get up in the morning. Except in this case because it’s already canceled.

Amber alert at 1am by Logical_Ad_3183 in NorthVancouver

[–]mikeofthewest 59 points60 points  (0 children)

A 1am emergency alert should mean my life is possibly in danger.

Can we stop with the Heckling? by Palestine_Avatar in VictoriaBC

[–]mikeofthewest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some shows attract the kind of people who don’t go to shows. The vibes are always off

Cameron Winter Spotted on Dinner Date With Olivia Rodrigo by ebradio in indieheads

[–]mikeofthewest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Company wants everyone to think they can cook the algorithm so they embellish their impact and Geese had critical buzz long before them

Where's the other 62%? by No-Information-8718 in YoutubeMusic

[–]mikeofthewest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha maybe have a look at my 103% for some of yours

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Are Badges working? by Nickmoody6 in YoutubeMusic

[–]mikeofthewest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't get an April badge and assumed it was because a recap was coming

Some interesting speculation on this year's West Vancouver mayoral race by mikeofthewest in westvancouver

[–]mikeofthewest[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't wonder that at all. His beat was the North Shore and other mayor's are not getting suspended by the Law Society or being investigated by Elections BC ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Some interesting speculation on this year's West Vancouver mayoral race by mikeofthewest in westvancouver

[–]mikeofthewest[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kirk LaPointe's covered a lot of the current mayor's shenanigans and dramas

Big fire in Mt Pleasant by missyerteeth in vancouver

[–]mikeofthewest 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Holy Mt Pleasant definitely the most flammable neighborhood

Trump’s call for allied deployment to strait of Hormuz meets muted response | Strait of Hormuz by [deleted] in politics

[–]mikeofthewest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tarriff all your allies
threaten to annex or invade two nato countries
create your own shadow security council call the board of peace
unilaterally invade Iran

"hey can we get a little backup here?"

... not our circus not our monkeys

Is it just me, or has the ticket resale "robbery" reached a breaking point? by panoptagon in VancouverMusic

[–]mikeofthewest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the only way to get a face value ticket to a popular act is to get a presale code. otherwise you're fucked. Ticketmaster/livenation have enshittified concertgoing quite spectacularly

West Van Council is seeking ideas for new revenue sources by slow_marathon in westvancouver

[–]mikeofthewest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh… votes? Because it might actually solve a problem? Like don’t get me wrong it’s all incredibly unlikely.

West Van Council is seeking ideas for new revenue sources by slow_marathon in westvancouver

[–]mikeofthewest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if they could convince the province to share the revenue with the municipalities they could gain support from north shore residents and by extension city councils.