Lindsay Brown
@lidsville
Lidsville was a surrealist 70s kids show about cartoon autocrats in an alternate reality, & now here we are. Comms/strategy on environment, energy, housing. Upcoming book on Habitat ‘76:
The YIMBY statement below is not that far off "lefty" campaigns that focus on groceries not housing. So, capitalism is supposedly going to do a bang-up job creating affordable housing [it can't, it creates housing crises] but it is bad when it comes to food? Did I get that right?
This is how the president of the Vancouver Liberals @vancouverliberals.bsky.social speaks to Vancouver voters? #vanpoli
Hey spellcheck, please get over your insistence that "financialization" is not a word. It's a thing we need to talk about, and it's most definitely a word. Take it up with the Oxford English Dictionary www.oed.com/dictionary/f...
Karma for the guy who butts his cigarettes out front several times a day and makes me pick them up
Key excerpt. Relates to the choice of Biden and the failure to confront "the sway of an operative class that had become “generationally wealthy off politics” while steering Democratic strategy."
All day 5 native yellow-faced bumblebees fed busily on one lavender plant and now they are all fast asleep on random stems
My random predictor for who will win tournaments is the calibre of a country's politics. And look, Spain! If Spain wins the cup, Israel + Trump will be delightfully furious Meanwhile if Argentina beats England, by my random rules Messi must disavow Milei in order to beat Spain #FIFA #vivaespana
Western Tiger Swallowtail on a fuchsia. Missing part of its tail but it flew off just fine
The BC NDP's lack of comms ability under Dave Eby is consistent. NDP are either silent, or tone deaf & bumbling. They can't grasp the basic fact that comms IS strategy. Eby seems to erroneously think he knows best. He doesn't. See this condo bailout. Watch the video.. #bcpoli x.com/vesperdigita...
This helicopter has been circling over us in the Downtown Eastside/Strtahcina for hours now (along with at least one more). Who does this belong to and who’s paying for it? Also, how is this allowed? Kids at the daycare are yelling to each other to be heard over this din. #FIFA #Vancouver
A must-read Mainlander Mag article on the failure of the 3 "progressive" Vancouver parties (COPE, Greens & OneCity) to protect tenants. Like me, it's also scathing about their attempt to negotiate an anti-Ken Sim coalition. Why all these mistakes? 🧵 themainlander.com/2026/06/18/a... #vanpoli
The shoddiness of the decoration for #FIFA is inversely proportional to the amount spent on aggressive policing by Vancouver police and the RCMP. Even I was surprised. Comparing the artwork in Vancouver vs Mexico City is embarrassing. Wrinkled mats around a sculpture behind hoardings:
I lost respect for Bob Woodward permanently when he did this with his Trump book. I complained about this to the friend who sent me the NYT article and she sent me this. God bless McSweeney's
Is the "it is a romantic comdey movie" blurb part of the comedy, because if it is I'll watch it @amazonprime.bsky.social
Before I continue, here's a non-paywalled version of the article on Habitat '76: archive.ph/oP5Vc
Well, this conference on the global housing crisis has been fittingly bookended by big weather: floods to open it, lightning to conclude
I was sure this was Jimmy Page leaving my hotel but front desk says that sadly he is merely the spitting image of Jimmy Page