Aura ✨ (INACTIVE)

Logging in to avoid account inactivity or whatever but reminding folks that I no longer post here. I am now making a videogame, which I post progress of on Bsky alongside my regular art posts. Find me here ➡ bsky.app/profile/auraha…

@KenSimCity You evil, rancid con artist. Cannot believe you'd further bankrupt this city when it needs its essential services the most. Shameful doesn't even begin to describe this and I genuinely have no idea how you sleep at night.

Zero means zero. Today, Vancouver City Council has voted for a zero percent property tax increase for the coming year. Across Canada, families and businesses are facing growing uncertainty with rising costs putting pressure on household budgets. Today's step ensures that the City of Vancouver is doing its part to ease the burden on residents and businesses by finding efficiencies and managing taxpayer dollars more responsibly. We’re maintaining vital investments in our City’s infrastructure, while giving families and local businesses the confidence they need heading into 2026. We are fundamentally changing the way we do things at City Hall and with this upcoming budget, we’ll show what’s possible when we stay focused. We’re proud to deliver a zero percent tax increase in 2026, and our goal is to continue this approach in the years ahead. #vanpoli

@LcpVan @Vote4ABC major developers in Vancouver laid off those "literal thousands of jobs in skilled trades, design etc" because the current empty supply is so overwhelming that the market has stalled lol

Orr and co presented a terrible idea. Punitive. Unfair to those who risk time and capital to build the city we live in. Hostile to people who invest and create literally thousands of jobs in skilled trades, design etc. Tone deaf to current economic conditions. Glad you voted that sort of insanity down.

#Vancouver’s 3% Empty Homes Tax ($22.5K/yr on $750K homes) is among the highest in N. America. Sean Orr & his tax-obsessed coalition wants 5% ($37.5K/yr on $750K homes)—a reckless hike that would choke investment & slow new supply. We've hit the right balance on EHT. #vanpoli

@KenSimCity What about the motion for helping the city fund affordable housing measures that you and your party shut down because it would conflict with the developers who have you in their pocket?

Today, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously to not proceed with the Park Board recommendation to remove the Shaughnessy Restaurant from its current space in favour of a new operator. To approve that recommendation would have sent entirely the wrong message. The Shaughnessy Restaurant is a successful and well-managed establishment that has been operating in Van Dusen Botanical Garden without issue for over forty years. The fact that none of that was taken into account, especially when the vendor scores were so close, is completely unacceptable in my view. Our City risks reputational damage if a tenant with such a longstanding history of successful operations and a dedicated clientele can be discarded with no consideration for their tenure or contributions to the community. This experience has become all too familiar for Vancouverites: important decisions being mishandled, made possible only because the elected Park Board continues to operate beyond the oversight of City Council. I thank all members of Council for making the right decision on this today. The responsibility now falls to the Park Board to carry out a new process that is fair, respectful, and properly accounts for their positive track record and longstanding operation of the space.

@KenSimCity did you also plan this one in secret

Today, we're excited to announce that Vancouver has achieved its lowest violent crime rate in 23 years. That's due in no small part to the success of Task Force Barrage. The stats from the DTES speak for themselves: - 18% decline in violent crime. - 44% decline in robberies. - 23% decline in serious assaults. - 1,458 weapons seized. - 28% decline in fire response calls. - 30% decline in structure fires. This is what happens when you fully fund frontline services and direct resources toward the areas that need them the most. With today's announcements of permanent, dedicated VPD resources in the Downtown Eastside and the introduction of VanStat, we will carry the lessons of Barrage forward and keep building a safer, more liveable city. #vanpoli

@godotengine @player2aiNPC you clowns

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For those of you still choosing to exclusively be on here, I don't know what to tell you. I wish you cared about anything that didn't directly benefit you. It's exhausting to live in the world you force us to live in.

Making the decison as of today just not post anything on here anymore unless it's something critical. No more art posts, not even the cropped thumbnails. I'm gone, find me elsewhere.

on patreon, pixiv, bluesky im tired that i have to keep posting on here man i think it sucks actually patreon.com/posts/art-zone…

new art

@VancouverSun Unsurprisingly lazy, outright false, and right wing-politically leaning reporting from an American-owned newspaper.

Jewish groups condemn statements from new Vancouver councillor Sean Orr vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

patreon here patreon.com/posts/art-zone… socials etc aurahack.jp fuck this site

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hq on patreon patreon.com/posts/art-zone…

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more fun sci-fi stuff. i think if a chunk of the moon flung into earth itd be more devastating looking than that. HQ / 4k+ wallpaper on Patreon! patreon.com/posts/mooncras…

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other socials > aurahack.jp patreon > patreon.com/posts/art-hunt…

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🔴 LIVE We miiiiiight be finishing Halo: Infinite today! Depends on how fast we get through the missions but either way--more Halo, more grapple hook shenanigans! Come hang and watch~ twitch.tv/aurahack_