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Simon Little @simonplittle

Vancouver based online journalist at CBC.

Joined April 2013
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Bluesky
@bluesky
Mar 4
If you haven't checked us out in a while, we've been busy. Doing work to make conversations less toxic and more civil, and adding new ways to help you find your friends on Bluesky. See what you've been missing: bsky.app

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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
18 Dec 2022
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
57% Yes
43% No
17,502,391 votes • Final results
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CKNW
@CKNW
10 Dec 2022
It's not just people who are heading home for the holidays. A group of harbour seals are returning to their natural habitat following a lengthy recovery. Watch Hairy Pottery, Sesame Snap and Black Tassel flop back into B.C. waters. trib.al/JCaFAU5

‘Hairy Pottery,’ 5 other rehabilitated seals released into wild: Vancouver Aquarium - BC | Global...

Other seals released into the Pacific Ocean on Friday had been named Turkish Washcloth, Sesame Snap, Black Tassel, Wakame and Bleached Brunette.

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Second drag show disrupted by protestors in one week in the Okanagan - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9339516/p…
Cleanup effort for Keystone pipeline spill to extend to next week: U.S. EPA | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9339383/k…
I'm not sure what's funnier - that the 'scandal' in the 'Twitter Files' boils down to "Social media company tried to moderate content on its platform" or that it's being rolled out in massive, unreadable Twitter threads which are the world's worst way to consume content.
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If Twitter's new owner was actually serious about transparency, he'd just release the raw data on how moderation was done before he got the keys along with *the same data* on how it's being done under new ownership.
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2 charged after pair of women allegedly held in B.C. U-Haul against their will - BC | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9339239/u…
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I don't believe in hell - but if it does exist, surely having your teeth cleaned while being subjected to Christmas music on a loop must be one of its levels.
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Then they hit you with the co-pay on your way down to the next level
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Janet Brown@JanetBrown980
9 Dec 2022
Just in: report by City of Surrey staff going before council Monday night shows retaining RCMP as police of jurisdiction is estimated to cost 925 million and continuing with transition to SPS is estimated to cost 235 million more @anitahuberman @GlobalBC @CKNW @simisara980
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Croatia fans are certainly making themselves heard on The Drive right now.
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Global Edmonton
@GlobalEdmonton
9 Dec 2022
More than two years after three people were killed in a tour bus rollover in Jasper National Park, the RCMP say no criminal charges will be laid.  trib.al/pS36eMm
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john sturgis@sturgios
8 Dec 2022
Just read the phrase "the older generation born between 1981 and 1996" and now I need a lie down
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Best part of winter: ice cold tap water. Change my mind.
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Polling Canada
@CanadianPolling
8 Dec 2022
Here's the net support in Alberta for the Sovereignty Act: Angus Reid: -20% Navigator: -18% Leger: -12% Mainstreet: -2%
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