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Spiral Farm (Kootenay Permaculture) @spiralfarm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Canada’s plant hardiness zone maps and website get an update
natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simp...?

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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 4d

Whilst PM @mark-carney.bsky.social plans on expanding fossil fuels prod’n, the world is reaching tipping pts, from which we can expect more severe weather events, esp in northern hemisphere:
“The findings, published on Thursday in Science Advances, examined
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...

New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate

Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 20d

CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 9d

As of September 30th, “85% of the country was classified as Abnormally Dry (D0) or Moderate to Extreme Drought (D1 to D3), including 76% of the country's agricultural landscape.”

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Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 11d

Wanted to respond to some of the arguments put forward against the idea postal banking.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 22d

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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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 29d

By investing huge amounts of money on car infrastructure and underinvesting in everything else, the government is basically creating another tax: you need a car to participate in society. It’s another cost that the government forces you to incur due to its transportation and land use decisions

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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · Sep 23

House of Commons Petition, e-6811 (Health), petition to the Minister of Health. Petition to the federal government, calling on them to enforce the Canada Health Act in Ontario where the Ford government is violating it with their private clinics.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6811 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · Sep 25

‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2025...

‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency

‘Cuts would directly impact freshwater restoration’: Leaked texts hint that Carney’s cuts will target water protection agency.

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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · Sep 25

The Goldilocks Zone of North America: Why Ontario is Worth Saving youtube.com/shorts/KUFOk... via @YouTube

The Goldilocks Zone of North America: Why Ontario is Worth Saving

YouTube video by Ontario Greenbelt Alliance

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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · Sep 27

Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts

Five well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, communities, international relations, and our chances of reaching net zero by 2...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Randall @createdbyrcw.bsky.social · Sep 26

#spoof #fakenews #notserious #andyetserious #onpoli

@gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social

Ford Now Roads Scholar?

TORONTO — In a surprise move, Ontario Premier Doug Ford follows up his decision to outlaw speed cameras with proposal to remove speed limits on all Ontario roads.

“Nobody likes speed limits,” said the Premier. “Why are we criminalizing decent Ontario citizens who are just trying to get to work or school or stores? Speed limits are an infringement of the freedoms we have fought and died for.”

This move is just the latest in the Premier’s efforts to replace municipal governments across the Province, governments that he has routinely decried as superfluous to need and just a drain on citizens’ hard-earned paycheques.

A case-in-point of his ongoing battle with municipalities is his desire to ban bike lanes, which study after study have shown improve traffic flow and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Ford argues they actually hinder traffic flow and represent a physical barrier to storefronts across all cities.

Escalating his battle with Ontario cities, the Premier has warned he may ban sidewalks.

“People have come to me complaining that the sidewalks not only limit the size of their prized front lawns, but they also block street parking on narrow urban streets,” said the Premier. “Our studies suggest that improving access to cars will eliminate the need for people to walk, which will improve pedestrian safety and eliminate hit-and-run incidents.”

Premier Ford has not yet presented a timeline for his proposed changes. Unnamed sources suggest it will come right after his conversion of Nathan Philips Square to a spa.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Sep 25

A staggering 1 in 4 Canadians faced climate impacts in their communities this summer. The evidence in clear: we need to invest in nation-building, not nation-burning, projects. Read more about why local climate leaders are saying #ElbowsUpforClimate: elbowsupforclimate.ca

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Joan Faux @joantelferfaux.bsky.social · Sep 26

Minister Calandra is very busy creating a big crisis in education he can ‘fix’.
Is the fix to improve schools? Nope. He’s going undermine democracy & get rid of elected trustees.
Also: How much taxpayer money is #Fixer Calandra wasting?
#ONpoli #onted

www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Minister Calandra blasts 5 school boards in new video

Minister Paul Calandra blasted five school boards in new video on X, including Grand Erie District School Board

www.thespec.com

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Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 26

Massive nickel mine planned north of Timmins, Ontario | The Narwhal

https://thenarwhal.ca/critical-mineral-nickel-mine-timmins/

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Jordan Roberts @corruptario.bsky.social · Sep 25

When a court ruled that the Ford government couldn't pass unconstitutional voter suppression legislation, Ford used the NWC to pass it anyway.

And then we had an election with the smallest voter turnout ever, handing a second term to Ford.

www.corruptario.ca/suppress-the...

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Sep 22

I'm the last category, so if you like this piece, share it please!

Brian Walter @bdwlecteur.bsky.social · Sep 22

The latest from the indispensable @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. "[T]here is no longer 'news' in the US: only speculation, propaganda in oligarch-run newspapers, dark money posts disguised as articles, the occasional well-researched but paywalled piece, and independent reporting blocked by algorithms."

Tunnel Vision

Do you remember September 9?

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Sep 18

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Sep 16

'Extremely unusual' discovery of wampum beads in Ferryland believed to be province's first #Newfoundland #Labrador

Seven beads were found during dig at the Colony of Avalon

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Extremely unusual' discovery of wampum beads in Ferryland believed to be province's first | CBC News

One Memorial University graduate student came across seven wampum while digging at the Colony of Avalon earlier this summer — and one archaeologist says the discovery changes what we know about life a...

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Joan Faux @joantelferfaux.bsky.social · Sep 10

Starting #r3dot0 day 2 of 2025 Global Conference - Braiding Bioregional Resilience & Regeneration with the Five Rivers & Sacred Headwaters confluence. Day 1 presentations were thought-provoking & inspiring.

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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · Sep 7

This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · Sep 6

Education Minister Calandra now 100% confirming Trustees will be eliminated by the end of the year, says his incompetent Ford crony supervisors will do a better job, again calls students “products” 🤮 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #topoli #onpoli #onted

Ontario will have a plan to get rid of school trustees by end of year: minister | CBC News

Ontario's education minister says he'll have a plan by the end of the year to possibly eliminate trustees from school boards across the province.

www.cbc.ca

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · Sep 3

As Hannah Arendt pointed out, the point of their constant stream of lies is not that we believe them, but that we cease to give credence to the truth.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've often warned the real risk of AI images is giving people the ability to deny the real images more than making them believe things that aren't true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Trump claims a video showing people throwing bags out a White House window is "probably AI generated." Doocy then plays the clip for him. Trump still insists it's AI.

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Cascadia Bioregional Movement @cascadiabioregion.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌎 What is Bioregionalism? It’s more than a philosophy — it’s a way of life rooted in place. It asks us to align our politics, culture, and economy with the natural boundaries of watersheds, soil and terrain.

Swipe through to explore how bioregionalism calls us home to place.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Aug 30

Airlines aren't the only sector where women work unpaid hours

Healthcare, education and other woman-dominated fields are often underfunded, experts say #Canada

www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/a...

Airlines aren't the only sector where women work unpaid hours | CBC Radio

Experts say fields where the majority of employees are women — particularly in healthcare, caregiving and education — tend to be undervalued, and that expectations of unpaid labour are based on longst...

www.cbc.ca

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