Joseph Jones
@jonesj
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Librarian and Textician § Inopinum intactumque – Martianus Capella
East Vancouver
Joined December 2008
Guess what? Since start of covid, I've gone dowwwn to "downtown" less often than once a year ... #Vancouver so tower-dead NASTY at its developer-plundered heart === Now those profiteers are out to murder my 'hoods #blowback #poeticjustice
#eastvan #dtes
https://t.co/CwnK8XHyzY
vancouversun.com
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Canada ... not needing a military is baked into our national identity – and that creates a psychological bind. https://t.co/fnGtisDqRS
theguardian.com
For centuries, Canada hasn’t needed to prioritize its military. But the US transformation calls for a Finland-style approach
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Every time the Yemeni Armed Forces fire toward Eilat or Tel Aviv, it’s CENTCOM destroyers in the Red Sea and Eastern Med pulling the trigger on SM-3s and SM-6s. Every time Iran arcs a missile barrage, it’s U.S. early warning satellites feeding Israel’s Arrow batteries the firing
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The brainless Gallic rooster can't let go of the idea of sending troops to 'Ukraine.' It's been explicitly stated: NO NATO troops as peacekeepers. Russia won't accept such a "security guarantee." But the hoarse, pathetic bird continues to crow to prove it's king of the coop.
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When @cityofvancouver sez Do’s: Give dogs space: Step aside or pause when passing a dog ... ———————— I take encouragement to follow in the footsteps of Diogenes the Cynic ———————— while κύων "trumps" άνθρωπος in our arfl 21st century 🤪 –––––––––––––––– File: #HumanRights
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The latest update to @firefox totally broke @FamilySearch – Any way I can step back to the previous until the mess in the browser update gets fixed?
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Fun to see my experiential recollection of the November 2024 turn to Bluesky quantified ————— https://t.co/8gDMkqC6ti
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File under: Does NOT Compute ——————————————— ... but then, hasn't that always been the #vanre shyster story in every rotten dimension? ——————————————— Fright for booty! Wasn't that the WasteBunk slogan?
Vancouver developers in 2016: Foreign buyers are less than 5% of purchases, calm down everyone… Vancouver developers today: Without foreign buyers the entire real estate market will collapse and we will go bankrupt… 🤷♂️
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Brilliant diplomacy! Iran has internalised the hard lessons of past negotiations. In a firm and unapologetic statement, Foreign Minister @araghchi declared that U.S. presidential envoy @SteveWitkoff has requested a meeting—but that Tehran will only consider talks under two
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Israel shot its shot—years of planning, sleeper cells, decapitation strikes meant to collapse Iran’s government & draw US into a big war. Trump got on board until it was clearly going sideways. It ended in a ceasefire, not because it was limited in design—but because it failed.
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Irrational behavior can never be predicted: Some here knew how vulnerable 🇮🇱 was... ... imagine how irritated I was to see 🇮🇱 hitting civilian apartments in Tehran... Giving the 🇮🇷 Aerospace-Force; 🟢-light ➡️ The outcome was clear: Devastation, resulting in a quick ceasefire
A single Iranian missile left about 2,000 residents of Bat Yam homeless, and will likely require the demolition of 27 buildings. -Ynet
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My article in The Tyee today about the city’s plan to gentrify the DTES: Downtown Eastside Residents Didn’t Ask for This Plan | The Tyee
thetyee.ca
A proposed new plan would allow more for-profit housing in Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood.
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Vancouver is a community garden of evil
Vancouver’s Planning Dept sacrificed its integrity in a misleading report to try to bail out the CURV luxury condo development. To no avail. No matter. Millions in private profit have already been extracted from the property. https://t.co/PckVgmE7wH
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🚨BREAKING: Twenty members of the Arafat family, including all of these children, were buried under the rubble after the Israeli army bombed their home. Some were killed instantly, while others can still be heard alive beneath the debris. Rescue is nearly impossible,Gaza’s
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Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.
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Netanyahu pledged victory in Gaza almost two years ago. The end result: military quagmire, facing arrest warrant for war crimes, and 200,000 new Hamas recruits. In Iran, he dreamed that he could erase 40+ years of peaceful nuclear achievements. The end result: every one of the
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Basically 🇮🇱 got its shot, using: + element of surprise + one free strike by Trump + covert assets in 🇮🇷 + long built-up stand-off missile arsenal ➡️ Why should 🇮🇱 try it again? For what different outcome? ➡️ How does it protect itself? Couldn't last time under best conditions..
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Israeli soldier sets himself on fire, committing suicide after participating in Gaza genocide, war on Lebanon — Hebrew media sources report that Israeli soldier Daniel Edri committed suicide yesterday after returning from the Gaza Strip, suffering from severe psychological
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