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LUCAS GATES
Offscripted.
My Personal Thoughts & Blog about stuff
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To My Friends at the BC Lions: Do the Right Thing
This one isn't easy for me to write. I have friends connected to the BC Lions. I care about sports in this city, and I want our teams to represent Vancouver and British Columbia with pride. But sometimes being a supporter means saying something when something isn't right. And what happened involving Josh Hagerty and Montreal Alouettes player Liam Talbot isn't something I can simply shrug off as "football." The CFL has suspended Hagerty for two games for striking Talbot. Talbo
6 days ago
When Transit Goes Off, the Ableism Goes On
Every time contract negotiations between transit authorities and labor unions hit a deadlock, an entire city holds its breath. Commuters start mapping out secondary routes, bracing for chaotic traffic, and checking headlines every hour to see if the region’s mobility grid is about to go dark. I want to make one thing completely clear up front: I am unapologetically pro-worker. I support fair pay, safe working conditions, and strong labor representation. Transit operators perf
Aug 6
My Heart Needs a Snuggle
Welcome to Offscripted. I’ve restarted this blog more times than I can count. Every time I sat down to write, I found myself wondering what the first post should be about. Should I write about autism advocacy? Hockey? Creativity? Neurovaliant? The Assembly? There were so many places I could begin that I ended up beginning nowhere at all. Then it hit me. If this blog is going to be called Offscripted, then maybe the first thing I write shouldn’t be about what I do. Maybe it sh
Jul 8
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