Mike McCulloch 🇨🇦

@vancitymike.com

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Vancouver-based insulin dependent human man-person, now with Internet connectivity.

per: https://www.sportico.com/business/sales/2024/jose-bautista-buys-usl-las-vegas-lights-1234762101/ Ex-MLB Star Jose Bautista Buys USL’s Las Vegas Lights FC By Asli Pelit January 16, 2024 5:55am Facebook Twitter Linkedin Print + additional share options added Jose Bautista Bautista is joining a list of former and current athletes who invested in USL clubs, including soccer star Didier Drogba, NBA coach Jason Kidd and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow. Photo art by Lorenzo Gordon Retired Major League Baseball All-Star José Bautista has reached an agreement to purchase United Soccer League’s (USL) Las Vegas Lights FC. As a primary investor,u
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering hangs his head, hands (out of frame) on knees, after throwing the ball away at the plate to lose the game to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Star Wars 'right?' meme. panel one Anakin labeled Ken Sim. Text reads "$0 tax increase in '26 = $100m in service cuts." In the second panel Padme, labeled Vancouver residents, with text reading "defund the VPD, right?" Anakin doesn't respond on panel three, and Padme restates "defund the VPD, right?"
per this: https://krisp.ai/blog/are-airpods-waterproof/ AirPods Model IP Rating Waterproof or Water-Resistant AirPods (1st Generation) none Neither AirPods (2nd Generation) none Neither AirPods (3rd Generation) IPX4* Water-Resistant AirPods Pro (1st Generation) IPX4 Water-Resistant AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) IPX4 Water-Resistant AirPods Max none Neither *The IPX4 rating indicates that a device is resistant to water splashes from any direction. This means the device can handle exposure to small amounts of water, such as sweat or light rain, without damage.
Eric Lauer signs my kid's ballcap at a Jr. Jays Sunday in August.
Screenshot of the Wikipedia entry detailing the participating acts for the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which reads: Participating acts edit The comedians scheduled to appear at the festival include:[4][5] Mo Amer Aziz Ansari Wayne Brady Hannibal Buress Bill Burr Jimmy Carr Dave Chappelle Louis C.K. Whitney Cummings Pete Davidson Chris Distefano Omid Djalili Zarna Garg Ben Hart Kevin Hart Gabriel Iglesias Jim Jefferies Jimeoin Maz Jobrani Jessica Kirson Jo Koy Bobby Lee Sebastian Maniscalco Sam Morril Mark Normand Nimesh Patel Russell Peters Jeff Ross[6] Andrew Santino Andrew Schulz Tom Segura Ali Siddiq Aries Spears Chris Tucker Jack Whitehall Tim Dillon, who was originally intending to participate in the festival, was removed from the list of performers due to jokes he made on his podcast about slavery in Saudi Arabia.[7][8]
a mock up of a red maga-style Trump hat that reads "MAKE CRIME ILLEGAL AGAIN" in white text.
a red maga-style cap reading "SO MUCH WINNING" in white text.
a screenshot of the url charliesmurderers.com displaying a DNS error. "DNS address could not be found. diagnosing the problem. DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE"
Body of email to abuse@namecheap.com reads the following, and in spite of a typo, you're welcomed to borrow or adapt as you see fit to send your own email as soon as possible. email follows: Hi namecheap: It has come to my attention that a website registered with your service today in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination is targetting people the publishers have deemed to be "Charlie's murderers." This is incitement of further violence, and must be stopped immediately. The URL in question is Charliesmurderers.com and it was registered today put of Reykjavik, Iceland. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Mike McCulloch
AIR Quality Alert - Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Wildfire smoke is affecting air quality in Metro Vancouver today. Based on advice from Vancouver Coastal Health, we’re taking steps to help protect the health of students and staff. All outdoor activities were moved indoors today. We understand this may affect families in different ways. If you choose to keep your child home if the air quality advisory continues in the upcoming days, please let your school office know. We will continue to follow the advice of Vancouver Coastal Health and will share updates as needed. Vancouver School Board
Photo of U.S. President Donald Trump sitting in the back of The Beast waving while staring forward, as posted to Twitter/X by Andrew Leyden
Steve Irwin image from Wikipedia. The two breast pockets on his shirt are reminiscent of the four pockets on the shirt featured in the original message.
a man climbed to the top of a boat mast, set against the skyline of downtown Vancouver as viewed from False Creek, a few hundred metres west of Granville Island.
three Orcas in the Burrard Inlet breach the surface as they swim to the West, just East of the Lions Gate Bridge.
Tim Heidecker as his conservative crank comic character.
Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of the United States Donald J. Trump April 29, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. President Trump congratulated Prime Minister Carney on his recent election. The leaders agreed on the importance of Canada and the United States working together – as independent, sovereign nations – for their mutual betterment. To that end, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future.
Preliminary Results Kitchener Centre Party Candidate Votes Conservative Kelly DeRidder 19,420 Green Party Mike Morrice 18,731 Liberal Brian Adeba 16,406 NDP-New Democratic Party Heather Zaleski 1,094 People's Party - PPC Wasai Rahimi 318 Animal Protection Party Ellen Papenburg 102 United Party of Canada (UP) Margaretha Dyck 93 Total number of valid votes: 56,164 Polls Reporting: 209 of 213 (98.12 %) Voter Turnout: 56,164 of 85,885 registered electors (65.39 %) -- does not include electors who registered on election day. Population: 113,404 Number of electors on list: 85,885 Last updated at 01:30 ET
Preliminary Results Vancouver Centre Party Candidate Votes Liberal Hedy Fry 9,840 Conservative Elaine Allan 7,174 NDP-New Democratic Party Avi Lewis 2,726 Green Party Scott MacDonald 333 People's Party - PPC Christopher Varga 100 Independent Drew William McPherson 46 Total number of valid votes: 20,219 Polls Reporting: 174 of 201 (86.57 %) Voter Turnout: 20,219 of 85,775 registered electors (23.57 %) -- does not include electors who registered on election day. Population: 115,964 Number of electors on list: 85,775 Last updated at 00:46 ET
Preliminary Results Nanaimo—Ladysmith Party Candidate Votes Conservative Tamara Kronis 17,582 Liberal Michelle Corfield 13,500 Green Party Paul Manly 9,858 NDP-New Democratic Party Lisa Marie Barron 9,512 People's Party - PPC Stephen Welton 212 Total number of valid votes: 50,664 Polls Reporting: 165 of 205 (80.49 %) Voter Turnout: 50,664 of 102,177 registered electors (49.58 %) -- does not include electors who registered on election day. Population: 122,857 Number of electors on list: 102,177 Last updated at 00:54 ET
Activities and spending of political entities during the election period During the election period (starting on the day the election is called), many activities of political entities are subject to specific rules. Here is a non-exhaustive list: All election advertising by registered parties, candidates and third parties must have a tagline stating who authorized the ads. Election advertising in an electoral district is not allowed on election day before the close of all polling stations in that district. Results of election surveys that have not been previously transmitted to the public in an electoral district may not be transmitted on election day before all polls close in that electoral district. Expenses incurred by registered parties and candidates to directly promote or oppose a party, party leader or candidate during an election period are subject to a limit. Expenses for election advertising, partisan activities and election surveys by third parties are subject to limits (in a given electoral district and overall).
Star Wars character Emperor Palpatine straight face.
Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, aka Agent 86.
Andrew Sheer from the Conservative Party bar ad cut to sound like he's saying "fucking meth. Meth." In the original he is actually saying "we're talking meth. Meth."
Vote for 2) 108 ORR, SeanLeading COPE 14,975 105 MALONEY, LucyLeading OneCity 14,887 109 HARDWICK, Colleen TEAM 6,543 112 REILLY, Annette GREEN 6,193 107 STEIN, Jaime ABC Vancouver 4,243 104 KAISERS, Ralph ABC Vancouver 4,097 110 ABBOTT, Theodore TEAM 4,058 106 DECENA, Jeanifer 272 100 DUBÉ, Guy 201 101 LITZCKE, Karin 188 102 ROLLERGIRL 172 103 LING, Charles 145 111 MCGUIRE, Gerry 123
Rank Date Close Change Ref Net % 1 2020-03-16 20,188.52 −2,997.10 −12.93 [29] 2 2020-03-12 21,200.62 −2,352.60 −9.99 [30] 3 2020-03-09 23,851.02 −2,013.76 −7.79 [31] 4 2020-06-11 25,128.17 −1,861.82 −6.90 [32] 5 2020-03-11 23,553.22 −1,464.94 −5.86 [33] 6 2020-03-18 19,898.92 −1,338.46 −6.30 [34] 7 2022-09-13 31,104.97 −1,276.37 −3.94 [35] 8 2020-02-27 25,766.64 −1,190.95 −4.42 [36] 9 2018-02-05 24,345.75 −1,175.21 −4.60 [37] 10 2022-05-18 31,490.07 −1,164.52 −3.57 [38] 11 2024-12-18 42,326.87 −1,123.03 −2.58 [39] 12 2022-05-05 32,997.97 −1,063.09 −3.12 [40] 13 2024-08-05 38,703.27 −1,033.99 −2.60 [41]
Val Kilmer as Batman in Batman Forever.
a cluster of starfish against a rock at low tide at a beach in Tonquin Park, Tofino.
a starfish sits on a rocky beach. the sky is cloudy and gray, a narrow band of the ocean is visible, and the purple sea star is pictured on the lower and right third of the image.
scene from The Walking Dead with a door painted with the words, "Don't Dead" followed by Open Inside" when read left to right, but was meant to convey "Don't Open" and "Dead Inside"
A trailer COUNTERCULTURE - 20 YEARS OF CIVL RADIO IN THE FRASER VALLEY, premiering April 5th in Chilliwack.
A warning sign that reads "YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE"
Copy of the original Venn diagram with "I want stable services," "more density," "I want low taxes," all circled, with the word Vancouver added.
Popular vote projection per 338canada.com. Current polling projections are as follows. CPC: 53% ±8% LPC: 33% ±7% NDP: 7% ±3% GPC: 4% ±4%
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"One of the things that really upset me by someone vandalizing my sign, showing to me that, even in my own country, I can't express my opinion or my patriotism about my own country. That was the main issue that really bothered me, on top of everything. Canada is a good country and people that were born in, Canada, they don't realize what a jewel they have, the diamond they have, in their hands.. And they are just used to everything. We should really go to the idea that we can lose that and get together and fight against it.
an image of a silver Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition handset.
a border booth, with a guard inside, flipping the sign over to read "closed," while in his other hand, he holds a white bowl, which the viewer can surmise is filled with soup that he will proceed to consume in the following scene.
flag of Russia.
white, blue, and red horizontal bars. The middle blue bar is narrower, with an image of a tomato in the centre, with red and white horizonal lines to the right of the tomato. there are two thicker white and red bars on the top and bottom of the label. And the words Tomato Soup are written on the bottom third of the label in white and yellow text, respectively. Next to the can reads the sentence "some soups leave a tariff aftertaste."
elderly man, sporting glasses and a bushy white beard, mid spit take. American tomato soup flies from his mouth toward the camera.
Vancouver mayor Ken Sim stands at a lectern that reads a new era
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Use the Three Way Calling Feature With three way calling, you can conference a call with two other callers with local numbers. Dial the first person’s phone number as you normally would. Once they have answered, ask the first person to hold while you conference someone else into the call. Press and release the hang-up (link/flash) button quickly. You will hear a new dial tone. Dial *71, followed by the second person’s phone number. Once the second person has answered, press and release the hang-up (link/flash) button quickly. Both the first and second parties should now be on the line with you.
a screengrab from the credits of Severance season 2 episode 8 (208) crediting Newfoundland & Labrador (N.L) as the location.
Rosalind Campbell, lawyer and Musqueam elected councillor, puts her right hand to her chest and glances up as she experiences a wave of emotions.
Musqueam Elected Chief Wayne Sparrow.
Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations at Musqueam Community Centre, announcing self government agreement between feds and Musqueam First Nation.
Mike Myers stands on stage during the closing credits of Saturday Night Live. He is standing next to guest host Shane Gillis. Stage right. Myers is wearing a t-shirt which reads Canada is not for sale, and features a prominent Canadian flag, which Myers is holding each side of in order to make the message more legible. Then, Myers appears to twice mouth the words elbows up while raising his left elbow in the air above his head.
Tim Heidecker in his hair slicked-back conservative crybaby blowhard routine making a frowny face.
U.S. president Donald Trump, slouched shoulders, seated at his cabinet meeting, while Elon Musk stands and delivers the government agenda to his cabinet.
🚨 Katherine Brodsky @mysteriouskat · 12h That's the dumbest thing I've heard. We don't take away citizenships for murder, but we should for opposing political views? If we're going to start doing that, we all have a lot of names to add to that list. Is this really where we want to go? Quote PoliticsVideoChannel @politvidchannel · 17h BREAKING: Over 170,000 Canadians Just signed an official Government petition asking the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship for his role in the Trump administration and his attempts to "attack Canada's sovereignty" Show more Elon Musk @elonmusk Canada is not a real country 6:08 PM · Feb 24, 2025 · 232.9K Views 🚨 Katherine Brodsky @mysteriouskat · 11h Okay, I changed my mind. 🚨 Katherine Brodsky @mysteriouskat · 11h If it's not a real country, no need for citizenship.
Quisling Kevin O'Leary holds up four fingers while appearing on the CBC program Cross Country Checkup to pitch caving to the United States. He says there are three ways that he'd like to see Canada and the US combine economies.
short out of context clip of Ken Sim, he is standing at a lectern that reads New Era.
Wikipedia screenshot of Betteridge's law of headlines: Betteridge's law of headlines Article Talk Language Download PDF Watch Edit Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." It is named after Ian Betteridge, a British technology journalist who wrote about it in 2009, although the principle is much older.[1][2] It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not. The adage does not...
a child-drawn pen sketch of stick figures with smiling faces, and belly buttons.
Alt-text of an email screenshot follows: Hello Mike, My name is Tarryn and I am the embassy Spokesperson and manage Ambassador Hillman’s media engagements. Thank you for your interest in speaking with her! Ambassador Hillman has been on the record a number of times over the past few months on the question of the 51st state comments, as well as border comments. At this stage we don’t have anything new to add to the conversation – but I’d be happy to point you to those instances where she discussed it: CNN The Lead with Jake Tapper (December 2, 2025, again in late January 2025) Bloomberg Balance of Power with Joe Mathieu (first week of December and again in January 2025) CBC’s Power and Politics with David Cochrane (Jan 15) Radio Canada Les Coulisses du pouvoir (Jan 19) PBS Newshour (Feb 2) MSNBC (Feb 2) ABC This Week (Feb 2)
Screen grab of the zxzxcv.bsky.social account replete with troll and fully automated reply guy tags applied.
Kurt Cobain, left, wearing a colourfully patterned light pink dress, and a red ladies turtleneck sweater. Krist Novoselic, centre, wearing a red dress with what appears to be a large white and yellow flower print, and a black ladies sweater with vertical red, pink, purple, and yellow stripes with his midriff exposed. Dave Grohl, right, wearing a teal dress with some sort of white floral pattern, and a short red, orange, and black ladies sweater, midriff showing. In this shot Grohl's legs are mostly not visible off frame, and his arms are extended out past the right frame as well. All men posed in fem stances.