Contributor: Sean Orr

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Sean Orr started writing letters to the editor right around when he dropped out of Geography at UBC, although the two are unrelated. Shortly after that, this thing called blogging was invented and he started writing for Toronto (boo) based Beyond Robson. Sean held that ship afloat with his Morning Brew column until Andrew Morrison came to him with Scout. It was clearly the better choice. Other than being really good at stirring things up, Sean is a photographer, frontman in the hardcore-punk band Needs, laptop producer with his project Tassels, dishwasher at L’Abattoir, and proud DTES (Gastown) resident.

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On City Hall Still Kissing Developer Ass and Bad Things Media Companies Do for Clicks

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds the trouble with billionaires and stories designed to provoke rage.

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On Satan’s Enduring Public Erection and Bad Newspapers Doing Stupid Things

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr discovers dangerous white dudes and the media profiting from hate.

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On Vigils For Vancouver’s Favourite Bird and Making Cultus Lake Great Again

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds heroin buyers clubs and a penchant for unsung heroes.

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On Developers Learning New Tricks and Talkative Politicians Still Sucking

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr wonders at public toilets and admits getting it wrong about artwashing.

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On Being Too Overworked to Revolt and Incompetent City Councillors Totally Blowing It

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds inspired vandalism and a racist getting her five minutes.

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On Governing Spinelessly and Having Trouble Finding Vancouver’s Awesome

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr wonders whether laziness exists and ponders pouring rain price surges.

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On the Forgotten Code of the Downtown Eastside and Climate Change Being Good for Canada

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr opines on eviction notices and the latest sinophobic pearl clutching.

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On Microscopic Plastic Falling From the Sky and Chip Wilson’s Awesome Little Pep Talk

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr learns about intergenerational housing and corporate media doing bad things.

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On Mounties Being Jerks and Cosplaying Nazis Dying Alone in the Wilderness

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr rekindles his love of soccer and gives zero stars to a garden tour narc.

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On Faulting Millennials For Everything and Making Fun of the Dinosaur Institute

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds great joys ruined and rich people still moaning about taxes.

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On Dangerous Beaches and Politicians Giving Away Our Public Lands to Public Enemies

In his latest read of the local news, Sean Orr finds hate for rail and yacht owners taking poisonous craps.

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On Bad Things Getting Worse and Pitched Battles in the War on Science

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds opines on an opinion piece and wonders about the soul of our city.

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On Mayors Dreaming, Renters Wielding Pitchforks and Sunny Afternoons

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds holes in Canadian smugness and a cooling real estate market.

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On Economists Saying It’s All Good and Clearing the Homeless From Oppenheimer Park

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr learns of China Creek's anniversary and what it's like in topsy-turvy land.

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On Millionaires Amazed by Poverty and Making Every Debate on Rentals Toxic

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr recommends the Dutch Reach and learns of landlords needing house slaves.

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On the Staggering Ineptitude of Babies and the Wisdom of Paid Content

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds Straight Pride celebration ideas and Surrey parties from 30 years ago.

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On Metaphors Writing Themselves and Imagining an End to Vancouver’s Housing Crisis

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr feels for a misjudged seagull and wonders about the price of real estate.

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On Developer Incentives and Speeding Up Vancouver’s Revolving Restaurant by 500%

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds a juicy rumour and finds gas companies behaving like gas companies.

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On Seizing Convertible Corvettes and Doing Whatever it Takes to Banish Airbnb

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr calls out Vancouver drivers and remembers Gassy Jack's sordid history.

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On Park Board Bummers, Speculation Tax Whiners and Doing Donuts on the DTES

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr opines about the true nature of time and the end of a short-lived radio station.

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On Feral Chicken Revolutions and the Mysterious Theft of Dali’s Golden Egg

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr ponders prisons, looks for stolen goods and wanders a Surrey cul de sac.

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On Something Smelling Fishy and All These Damn Poor People Leeching Off the System

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean opines on the closing of the Cambie and letting the homeless sleep in malls.

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On Ostrich Heads Stuck in the Sand and Building a Statue of Andy Yan

in his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr finds cops protecting soldiers and the testament of a Tent City.

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On Drinking Brad Marchand’s Tears and Trying to Listen to False Creek’s Orcas

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr wishes we could clone Jean Swanson and says bye to a few old white men.

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On Bankrupt Journalism and Stupidly Mistaking Vancouver for Hong Kong

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr scolds lit cigarette tossers while letting dumpster fires burn themselves out.

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On Rich People Behaving Badly and Scandinavian Solutions to Greed and Incompetence

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr wonders at shaming plastic bags and the people who think money laundering is OK.

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On Smuggling Cheese and Vancouver’s Inability to Function Without Money Laundering

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr searches for a lost deer and wonders at the deflation of housing bubbles.

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On Chip Wilson’s Erection Problem and Paying Young People Less

In his latest read of the news headlines, Sean Orr considers sumo suits and the media not treating climate change as an emergency.