Dean MacLanders 🍁
@dmaclanders.bsky.social
Technologist, photographer, maker, baker, progressive.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
www.cbc.ca
August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Niagara Police are looking for the driver of a white dodge ram pick up who hit, ran and killed a cyclist around 6pm on August 12, Welland Rd and Effingham St. Send them info if you got it! This shameless horrific act cannot stand:
www.cp24.com/local/niagar...
www.cp24.com/local/niagar...
Police searching for driver after cyclist struck and killed in Pelham
A cyclist has died after being struck by a vehicle in the Niagara Region last week.
www.cp24.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Niagara Police are looking for the driver of a white dodge ram pick up who hit, ran and killed a cyclist around 6pm on August 12, Welland Rd and Effingham St. Send them info if you got it! This shameless horrific act cannot stand:
www.cp24.com/local/niagar...
www.cp24.com/local/niagar...
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🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers,
Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.
An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.
An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
August 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers,
Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.
An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet.
An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Don't let Canada become part of the US surveillance state.
Bill C-2 lets Canadian cops demand users' info without a warrant—and it paves the way for that info to go to U.S. government agencies.
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borde...
www.eff.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Don't let Canada become part of the US surveillance state.
Sunset at the dome, Dawson City, Yukon. 12:21am
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Sunset at the dome, Dawson City, Yukon. 12:21am
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On days like this I find it so hard to reconcile our human actions with the almost impossible odds that we exist at all. I wish we treasured and valued each other. I wish we realized there’s more than enough for everyone. That we belong to each other, we need each other. That we are all we have.
July 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
On days like this I find it so hard to reconcile our human actions with the almost impossible odds that we exist at all. I wish we treasured and valued each other. I wish we realized there’s more than enough for everyone. That we belong to each other, we need each other. That we are all we have.
Kathleen Lake, Kluane Nat. Park, YT
July 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Kathleen Lake, Kluane Nat. Park, YT
I feel like we're missing out on the next scene here. Where he stands in the hallway with a lampshade on his head while the crowd runs past.
June 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I feel like we're missing out on the next scene here. Where he stands in the hallway with a lampshade on his head while the crowd runs past.
New Bill C-5 is sidestepping environmental laws to fast-track dirty energy projects. But burning #fossilfuels isn’t the answer.
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Canada: Let's Build a Climate-Forward Nation!
Canada wants to become an ‘energy superpower,’ but at what cost? Tell the Carney government that our strength as a country lies in climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.
act.environmentaldefence.ca
June 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New Bill C-5 is sidestepping environmental laws to fast-track dirty energy projects. But burning #fossilfuels isn’t the answer.
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
Tell #cdnpoli that our strength lies in #climate leadership, not in accelerating pollution.Take action ⤵️
act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/173069/...
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Marc Garneau, wise until the end, was warning about the inherent dangers of creating a society in which nothing is knowable...
This was his final tweet.
This was his final tweet.
June 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Marc Garneau, wise until the end, was warning about the inherent dangers of creating a society in which nothing is knowable...
This was his final tweet.
This was his final tweet.
The wind at work. I am in Prince Albert National Park at the moment, surrounded by fires, have crystal clear skies, and there is smoke in the UK. Small planet we live on.
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The wind at work. I am in Prince Albert National Park at the moment, surrounded by fires, have crystal clear skies, and there is smoke in the UK. Small planet we live on.
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#Polio vaccinators are heroes! So we decided to hop on the generative AI trend and show you what a polio vaccinator starter kit looks like. Did you know❓ Polio eradication efforts have directly averted 20 million cases of paralysis. Yes, #VaccinesWork! #EndPolio
April 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#Polio vaccinators are heroes! So we decided to hop on the generative AI trend and show you what a polio vaccinator starter kit looks like. Did you know❓ Polio eradication efforts have directly averted 20 million cases of paralysis. Yes, #VaccinesWork! #EndPolio
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If you haven’t seen this @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #TEDTalk, I urge you to watch it. Absolute 🎯. “This is a digital coup”
We are in the early stages of techno-authoritarianism.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
We are in the early stages of techno-authoritarianism.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If you haven’t seen this @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #TEDTalk, I urge you to watch it. Absolute 🎯. “This is a digital coup”
We are in the early stages of techno-authoritarianism.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
We are in the early stages of techno-authoritarianism.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
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Bill Nye the science guy... restricted 14+ for language.
March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bill Nye the science guy... restricted 14+ for language.
If you see this, post a bridge.
February 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you see this, post a bridge.
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January 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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For anyone who is voting by mail in Ontario and is having as hard a time as I was finding the application link, here it is.
votebymail.elections.on.ca
votebymail.elections.on.ca
The official home page of the Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Elections Ontario, Special Ballot.
votebymail.elections.on.ca
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For anyone who is voting by mail in Ontario and is having as hard a time as I was finding the application link, here it is.
votebymail.elections.on.ca
votebymail.elections.on.ca
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Hey Canada and US friends, please take the time to read this statement from the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism on the Russian influence campaign
Be wary of any Canadian appearing on, funded or featured by RT (and there are a number of them! incl wannabe politicians)
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Be wary of any Canadian appearing on, funded or featured by RT (and there are a number of them! incl wannabe politicians)
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) statement on Russian Influence Campaign
Today, Canada alongside other G7 RRM member states (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States) as well as G7 RRM Observer states (Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden...
www.canada.ca
January 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey Canada and US friends, please take the time to read this statement from the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism on the Russian influence campaign
Be wary of any Canadian appearing on, funded or featured by RT (and there are a number of them! incl wannabe politicians)
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Be wary of any Canadian appearing on, funded or featured by RT (and there are a number of them! incl wannabe politicians)
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Provoking Falls, Algonquin Provincial Park, January 5, 2025
January 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Provoking Falls, Algonquin Provincial Park, January 5, 2025
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100%.
Harper allowing Americans to buy out Canadian newspapers changed the game.
Then tech bros compounded it by their takeover & manipulation of social media.
Then organized foreign bot farms led attacks on liberal politicians, drove conspiracies.
Nothing changes until we tackle these things.
Harper allowing Americans to buy out Canadian newspapers changed the game.
Then tech bros compounded it by their takeover & manipulation of social media.
Then organized foreign bot farms led attacks on liberal politicians, drove conspiracies.
Nothing changes until we tackle these things.
You know what Canada bungled? Allowing US foreign ownership of 🇨🇦 media.
January 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
100%.
Harper allowing Americans to buy out Canadian newspapers changed the game.
Then tech bros compounded it by their takeover & manipulation of social media.
Then organized foreign bot farms led attacks on liberal politicians, drove conspiracies.
Nothing changes until we tackle these things.
Harper allowing Americans to buy out Canadian newspapers changed the game.
Then tech bros compounded it by their takeover & manipulation of social media.
Then organized foreign bot farms led attacks on liberal politicians, drove conspiracies.
Nothing changes until we tackle these things.
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What Banksy says…
December 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM
What Banksy says…
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Bill 212 is now law, and it’s worse than we ever imagined. This anti-bike lane legislation will put lives at risk by removing bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University—three of Toronto’s busiest and most critical cycling corridors.
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December 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Bill 212 is now law, and it’s worse than we ever imagined. This anti-bike lane legislation will put lives at risk by removing bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University—three of Toronto’s busiest and most critical cycling corridors.
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You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.
November 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.