Kris

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Indie horror game developer (writer/programmer) I follow fellow Vancouverites ☔️ She/her :)

Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union About 50 of the approximately 100 positions at the Government Operations Centre have been eliminated under the federal 'comprehensive expenditure review,' according to the largest public sector union. Author of the article:By Ben Andrews Published Jul 22, 2026 Last updated 6 hours ago 3 minute read 5 Comments Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to a public servant at the Government Operations Centre Prime Minister Mark Carney during a visit to the Government Operations Centre meeting with workers at the federal emergency preparedness operation, to discuss the wildfire situation in northern Ontario, in Ottawa on July 19, 2026. PHOTO BY PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Article content Before discussing wildfire smoke with U.S. President Donald Trump at the World Cup final on Sunday, July 19, Prime Minister Mark Carney posted photos on social media from a visit to the federal Government Operations Centre (GOC). Article content “This morning, I met with federal workers in Ottawa who are supporting the wildfire response efforts in Northwestern Ontario and across the country,” the post read. Article content Article content Advertisement 1 STORY CONTINUES BELOW Article content With Trump threatening new tariffs on Canada over smoke that blanketed much of the northeastern U.S. last week, Carney highlighted the government’s efforts to co-ordinate the response to “one of the most intense wildfire seasons in Canadian history.” Article content But under the Carney government’s plan to reduce the size of the public service, the centre featured in the post had lost about 50 positions, or nearly half its workforce, according to Canada’s largest public sector union. Article content “The government operations centre (GOC) is responsible for coordinating our national emergency response,” Sharon DeSousa, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), said in a written statement. A…
Article: He said the situation was particularly dire in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, where there is a higher concentration of small apartments, many without air conditioning. Picture: A Metro Vancouver apartment building photographed from the ground. All the windows open Picture caption: Many people didn't have air conditioners and were left to leaving their windows open to try to get some air flow, such as at this Vancouver apartment building seen on June 28, 2021. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
He pointed out that young Canadians have experienced no such good days -- their entire lives having been impacted by the shocks and crises of global wars, financial strife and COVID-19.
Those changes stem from Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC-council’s direction to pursue a freeze on property taxes.
The maneuvering culminated in last week’s disqualification of Appadurai, after the party’s executive voted to accept the results of an internal investigation.
Q: What was the Gitxaała case about? A: In this case, Gitxaała and Ehattesaht challenged BC’s mineral claim regime, which allowed mineral rights to be acquired in First Nations’ territories automatically online with small payment ($1.75 a hectare) without consultation, consent or even notification of impacted Nations. Gitxaała and Ehattesaht argued that this system violated the provincial government’s constitutional duty to consult and was inconsistent with the UN Declaration. The case was the first to rule on whether the commitments made in BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) could be enforced in court.
Eby has said passing legislation to pause sections of DRIPA will be a confidence vote, and if it fails his government would fall.
A red steel trash can that looks mostly similar to a mailbox. It has a custom texture in the side that looks like the Canada Post logo. The mailbox is located outside the corner store and has a scooter parked next to it. Kris’ avatar is wearing an attempted approximation of a mail person’s uniform with a hi-vis vest, comfy walking sneakers, and shorts.
Statue of “The Woman with the Handbag”, immortalizing an older woman who smacked neonazis with her handbag in Sweden in the 80s
Ms. Rachel and Zohran Mamdani pantomiming crying
PREAMBLE FOR THE PARTY OF WORKING PEOPLE Canadian Labour Congress; Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge WHEREAS: WHEREAS the New Democratic Party is the party of working people. BE IT RESOLVED THAT: BE IT RESOLVED that the Preamble of the Constitution be amended by replacing the second paragraph with the following: New Democrats are proud of our political and activist heritage, rooted in working people and the labour movement, and our long record of visionary, practical, and successful governments. The New Democratic Party was founded to give a political voice to working people and to advocate for the rights, dignity, and economic security of everyone. Our heritage has distinguished and inspired us since the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933 and the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961.
Hafermalz has been using it for help with growing a mini lotus flower, as well as learning the basics of investing in stocks and even sparking ideas for what to make for dinner.
Screenshot from Total Recall where the car looks like a dinky Toyota and a cybertruck had a baby
Kris’s avatar in a bathroom. She’s throwing confetti onto a Simple Panel that’s had the frosted tile texture put on it. There’s a steaming bathtub nearby, a little shelf, a Japanese painting of ocean waves, and incense nearby
Screenshot from Slay the Spire 2 where the enemy art looks like goatse
Animal Crossing screenshot. There’s a little plot of land set up by the river, with four plots for tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and pumpkins, all of which are ripe and ready to be picked. There’s plenty of foliage surrounding the space, including apple trees, shrubs and lead piles. There’s a toolshed, an apiary, and some bunny lawn decorations.
A screenshot of an enemy in Slay the Spire 2. It’s three separate millipede monsters fused together front-to-back
Half an hour into the meeting, someone, most likely a right-wing troll, interrupted the meeting with a racist slur. The meeting descended into chaos. What followed was blame and counter blame among the activists about the failure to establish safe spaces.
Picture of an Animal Crossing living room. It’s maximalist with lots of little knickknacks on the surfaces and has a cherry wood and brick theme
Achewood comic where a character is wearing electronic shoes that say “Here comes a special boy!” with every step
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Allam — ABC’s former campaign manager and more recently, its most outspoken critic — has publicly mused in recent weeks of running for office and had set up committees made up of mostly former B.C. Liberals to gauge the level of support he’d have in a run.
Allam was largely credited with masterminding ABC’s sweeping victory in 2022, when the upstart party won majorities in council, park board, and school board. He served as Sim’s chief of staff for 89 days until he was removed from the position in February 2023.
A cheapo blue toilet seat with cooling gel inside that attaches on top of your regular seat
Carignan’s comments come as the Conservatives call for a parliamentary debate before any sort of Canadian military deployment in the ongoing war.
Chameleon subtly shifting from green to blue, its eyes darting around as if it’s checking to see if anyone noticed
Kris’ avatar throws confetti while Audie sits on a toilet making an upsettingly satisfied face. The room decoration is extremely cute, pink and frilly. Marina chills nearby
—I’m starting to understand your criticism of Carney - can’t believe he supports the horrors Israel and America just started!
Comic of a guy in glasses smiling but looking kind of resigned. Caption: “yea”
Excerpt from this morning’s membership mailer: “We’ve heard the feedback — all of it — and I want to be clear about the intent here. This wasn’t an ultimatum or an escalation. It was conviction: conviction that Vancouverites deserve a coherent progressive opposition, and a real plan for how we win a progressive majority in City Hall.”
Mark Carney in a sweater posing with his cat Nico
Wikipedia link for Tiny Tim (musician), writer of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”
Truly terrible scribble sketch of what would later becomes Sans
It’s an old, beat up book on dinosaurs. Some kid has gone through and highlighted every instance of the word “archaeopteryx”.
Indianapolis police detained one protester after he ripped a pro-Trump flag from the hands of a counter-protester. The counter-protester ran after him but tripped and fell. His left elbow was bleeding as he showed officers his scuffed knee.
The poster for the anime. It’s shows the two main characters (a man and a woman) in front of a cement wall in Kowloon. A bunch of the poster text is rendered like a neon sign to make it pop against the grimy urban environment of the background
Peter Waldkirch at the 1780 East Broadway rezoning hearing at Vancouver City Council playing the accordion in support of building more housing
Screencap of indeed.com where a search has been done for “writing jobs”. The results are absolutely flooded with postings looking for AI trainers/prompt generators, and very few actual writing jobs
Discord chat screenshot. A greybox level layout of a sharply angular staircase is drawn over in MS paint, making it smoother and more arch-shaped. The accompanying production note from me to my friend reads "Not sure how it'd fit with the architectural language you're establishing, but the ideal would be vagina shape"
A greybox video inside of unity. The player can walk up to a grey capsule representing a character and interact to start a dialogue. The dialogue eventually offers dialogue options, where one button is clickable and the second is greyed out and has a tooltip when hovered. Clicking the top option shows the player some unique lines of dialogue, then joins them back into the main conversation. After the conversation is over, the player can walk away and come back to have a second conversation with the character where they say they have no more dialogue for the player.
Screencap of a clothing set from the game Shining Nikki. It's a black bodycon dress with a black choker, and the caption reads "Even the serious programmer wants a perfect late-night party."
A magazine article. It reads: David Lynch is recalling a day in 1981 when, he says, he quote-unquote "rescued" five Woody Woodpecker toys that he saw hanging up as he drove past a petrol station. "I screech on the brakes, I do a U-turn, go back and I buy them and said their lives," he says seriously. "I named them Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob and Dan and they were my boys and they were in my office. They were my dear friends for a while but certain traits started coming out and they became not so nice." Looking straight ahead he says with a grim finality: "They are not in my life anymore."
Simple greybox level in unity with a grey capsule of a character. It can be implemented to run some basic test dialogue lines, though there is more functionality than last time. The nameplate of the character changes with dialogue, and more complex and customizable actions are happening codeside.
Mech pilot smirking and saying "I'm a genius!" before getting hit and yelling "oh no!"
"See you, space cowboy..."
A scene in unity where the player can walk up to a greybox capsule and press a button to interact. Interacting plays a couple lines of basic test dialogue. The UI looks borked, but it works
It's just a code screenshot of a lerping value
It’s Pokemon Puzzle League
I got a used copy of Silent Hill 2 with the Born from a Wish DLC there
A cream coloured dog with an underbite stands in front of a screen showing Rotwood, where the player character is also a cream coloured dog with an underbite
Tweet from February 2022 of famous Silent Hill artist Masahiro Ito saying “I wish I had t designed fuckin Pyramid Head”
Research by Glyn Thompson, a former lecturer in art history at Leeds University, asserts that Fountain could not have been the idea of Duchamp and that he had instead stolen it from a German Dada artist, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.