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Ontario Health Coalition @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social · 5d

Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to [email protected] ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare.

Itinerary & more info 👇

#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 4d

#FungiFriday contribution today is a splendid Turkey Tail formed in a circular array. Love those stripes! #autumn #nature #forestwalk

photograph of Turkey Tail fungi shaped in a circular array. Prominent stripes of beige and browns

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 4d

If you're fascinated by what can be created with colour and cloth, you'll want to come to this show - Nov. 14 & 15 in #Toronto. #quilts #textileArt

promotional information about A Celebration of Quilts show on Friday November 14 and Saturday November 15. Hours are from 10 to 5 on Friday and 10 to 4 on Saturday. Admission $15

Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 5d

Shaggy Mane. My thumb for reference. I wondered whether it was the last one standing, after someone collected its mates?
#fungi #nature #autumn

Photo of a large Shaggy Mane mushroom growing in moss. the photographer's thumbnail is included for reference, so show how large the mushroom was.

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 5d

"But when Premier #DougFord took office in 2018, the Labour Ministry instructed staff not to initiate any new proactive inspections aimed at preventing #wagetheft and other employment standards violations, in what it said was a temporary measure."
@thestar.com by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.

Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 15d

I counted 23 #turtles on the log in the foreground, while hiking in #RougeNationalUrbanPark, near #Toronto #Canada #nature

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · 23d

"... the right policies and support for workers could result in tens of thousands of #cleaneconomy jobs added by 2030, reaching hundreds of thousands by 2050 — far outstripping jobs lost from the #oilandgas sector."
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling... @pembina.org

Drilling Down | Pembina Institute

For many years, Canada’s oil and natural gas resources have been leveraged to provide thousands of jobs, billions of dollars of economic output, and well-paid work for generations of employees, especi...

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 25d

🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼

Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff

Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor

www.thestar.com

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Sep 22

If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth largest emitter of CO2.

These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis.

This #WorldCarFreeDay we imagine cities built for people.

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Sep 19

Some towering black spruce near Kirkland Lake, for #ForestFriday #nature

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Sep 19

Love it! Your own design?

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Sep 19

What a beauty for #FungiFriday! #embroidery #madebyhand

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 19

Kimika Hara, contemporary Japanese embroidery artist #WomensArt
#September

Embroidery of sixteen different coloured and shaped toadstools on a reddisn background

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Sep 19

Europe’s ancient Carpathian forests face a new wave of destruction.

Greenpeace scaled an IKEA megastore in Poland to say loud and clear: no furniture should come from 200-year-old trees.

IKEA must stop sourcing wood from precious forests — and help protect them.

Ancient Carpathian forest faces a new wave of IKEA-linked destruction

Greenpeace warns that a new wave of logging is about to begin in the ancient Rusca Montană Forest. Activists scaled one of the biggest IKEA stores in Poland.

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Sep 19

My first time discovering a huge Lobster mushroom (hypomyces lactifluorum) while in Esker Lakes provincial park recently. #FungiFriday #nature #forest #hiking

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Aug 16

Both quilts are goregous! Nice to see multiple #generations working on a project like this! #quilt

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Aug 10

I am not sure what specific type of bees these are on the #sunflower, but @inaturalist.bsky.social says they're in the Genus Melissodes #nature #Toronto

partial image, close up, of a sunflower with two bees gathering pollen from the centre

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Aug 4

Very pleased to see #Toronto being more serious about #nofireworks in our parks. @joshmatlow.bsky.social

Photo of a sign posted by City of Toronto stating No Fireworks

Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 29

In a few days, the UN will meet to decide whether or not they turn off the plastic tap or let it flow.

@juliedabrusin.bsky.social and Canada must lead the way and secure a binding and ambitious #PlasticsTreaty.

Let's #BreakFreeFromPlastic NOW!
👉 act.gp/3H923Ar
@greenpeaceca.bsky.social

Support a Global Plastics Treaty!

Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!

act.gp

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 27

Morning walk before the day heats up unbearably. Content to walk rather than burn #fossilfuels and take time to observe the little things. #NatureAppreciation #TorontoRavines #spiderweb

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 27

I have always thought that simply installing air conditioners is not a smart solution. Let's invest in training HVAC technicians and retrofitting residences (especially rental units)!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 27

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 22

I agree - it's time to be bold and rebuild trust.

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · Jul 21

I wrote about the state of things.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · Jul 21

Why it’s finally time for Olivia Chow to become a ‘strong mayor’ in Toronto

#Opinion from @shawnmicallef.bsky.social

Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 18

#ammonites are fascinating!

@maryfrancesness @maryfrancesness.bsky.social · Jul 18

found in a junk shop in a box of postcards
'slice of ammonites, university museum, oxford'
🔘 astonished! 🔘

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · Jul 14

Today, Toronto is experiencing both a heat warning *and* an air quality warning because forest fires.

If your home has no indoor cooling, what are you supposed to do?

Green buildings and eliminating fossil fuels is no longer a nice-to-have. We need action or this will get worse.

#topoli #onpoli

Screenshot from phone weather app that says:

2 Severe Weather Alerts

Heat Warning

Air Quality Warning

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Janet Patterson @anythingbtbeige.bsky.social · Jul 5

www.inaturalist.org/observations... “small magpie”

Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)

Small Magpie from King Edward Ave, South Bruce Peninsula, ON, CA on July 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM by Janet Patterson

www.inaturalist.org