JenniferD
@juniperd.bsky.social
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Ambidextrous Ragamuffin. Bookish.
Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward.
Over-thinker. Disabled.
Canadian. She/Her
Prev: Writing & Editing in the Book Industry
Politics • Health • Bioethics • Science • Publishing
Ambidextrous Ragamuffin. Bookish.
Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward.
Over-thinker. Disabled.
Canadian. She/Her
@kateatherley.bsky.social: Not sure if you know already, but @annehelen.bsky.social has created a fabulous gift guide, and your 'Math for Knitters' has been included! 🎉 🎄 🎁
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@kateatherley.bsky.social: Not sure if you know already, but @annehelen.bsky.social has created a fabulous gift guide, and your 'Math for Knitters' has been included! 🎉 🎄 🎁
Humans are so goddamn careless. What a sad mess.
Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth.
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Humans are so goddamn careless. What a sad mess.
As Ontario (Ford and his PCs) continues to favour big grocers, and returning empty booze bottles and cans continues to be a sore spot, other countries are making it easier for people to recycle. (Don't love the private-public partnership idea, but imagine making things easier for people! Bonkers! 🤣)
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created its hugely popular deposit return scheme
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As Ontario (Ford and his PCs) continues to favour big grocers, and returning empty booze bottles and cans continues to be a sore spot, other countries are making it easier for people to recycle. (Don't love the private-public partnership idea, but imagine making things easier for people! Bonkers! 🤣)
Our resources are limited, but we'restill doing the best we can to keep it Canadian with all our shopping.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
As Black Friday heralds the holiday shopping rush, are we still dedicated to Buying Canadian? | CBC News
Despite recent data suggesting the Buy Canadian movement is losing steam, some business owners are hopeful the boom they've been seeing will continue through Black Friday sales and throughout the holi...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our resources are limited, but we'restill doing the best we can to keep it Canadian with all our shopping.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
"First Nations groups in B.C. ‘loudly’ oppose agreement..“We will use every tool in our toolbox to ensure that this pipeline does not go ahead,” said Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett. Today’s MOU does nothing to improve the chances of a north coast pipeline ever becoming reality.”
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
'The answer is still no': B.C. chiefs react to new pipeline agreement | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement to make way for a new bitumen pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to the B.C. coast. 'We will use every tool in our too...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"First Nations groups in B.C. ‘loudly’ oppose agreement..“We will use every tool in our toolbox to ensure that this pipeline does not go ahead,” said Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett. Today’s MOU does nothing to improve the chances of a north coast pipeline ever becoming reality.”
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Doug Ford’s government handed $2M from the Skills Development Fund to a company run by his family’s own dentist.
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
www.thetrillium.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Doug Ford’s government handed $2M from the Skills Development Fund to a company run by his family’s own dentist.
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Hmm.
Guilbeault resigning from cabinet over energy deal with Alberta | CBC News
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is quitting cabinet over the federal government signing Thursday’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta. He will stay on as a Liberal MP.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hmm.
Reposted by JenniferD
Just watched Carney's conversation with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and now I'm watching his response to reporter questions.
To reporters, he's saying if there's no private proponent there won't be a pipeline and that this MOU is about way more than a pipeline.
To reporters, he's saying if there's no private proponent there won't be a pipeline and that this MOU is about way more than a pipeline.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just watched Carney's conversation with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and now I'm watching his response to reporter questions.
To reporters, he's saying if there's no private proponent there won't be a pipeline and that this MOU is about way more than a pipeline.
To reporters, he's saying if there's no private proponent there won't be a pipeline and that this MOU is about way more than a pipeline.
Reposted by JenniferD
But to the chamber of commerce, he went on about how so many measures in both the MOU and the budget help to "de-risk" the idea of investing in a pipeline for a private investor.
Not inconsistent positions, but certainly different framing and emphasis!
Not inconsistent positions, but certainly different framing and emphasis!
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But to the chamber of commerce, he went on about how so many measures in both the MOU and the budget help to "de-risk" the idea of investing in a pipeline for a private investor.
Not inconsistent positions, but certainly different framing and emphasis!
Not inconsistent positions, but certainly different framing and emphasis!
Thanksgiving in Detroit!
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanksgiving in Detroit!
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🥸MOU not even shared with Cabinet until days before the announcement.
🤡Does not appear to prevent #Alberta from double crossing Ottawa.
❌After the last pipeline deal with Ottawa, Alberta & the #oil industry turned their back on the agreement.
Regretful McKenna said
“I would never trust them”
🤡Does not appear to prevent #Alberta from double crossing Ottawa.
❌After the last pipeline deal with Ottawa, Alberta & the #oil industry turned their back on the agreement.
Regretful McKenna said
“I would never trust them”
Eye on the ball folks! It seems the pipeline piece may well be a distraction. While a pipeline remains very unlikely, the practical impact of this deal are all the immediate concessions to oil & gas industry & the federal abandonment of core climate policies.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
R.E.M.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Peter Gabriel
The Black Crowes
Sarah Harmer
Bonus: Guns N' Roses with Skid Row 🤣
R.E.M.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Peter Gabriel
The Black Crowes
Sarah Harmer
Bonus: Guns N' Roses with Skid Row 🤣
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
David Bowie
Warren Zevon
The Who
Pink Floyd
B-52s
David Bowie
Warren Zevon
The Who
Pink Floyd
B-52s
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
R.E.M.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Peter Gabriel
The Black Crowes
Sarah Harmer
Bonus: Guns N' Roses with Skid Row 🤣
R.E.M.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Peter Gabriel
The Black Crowes
Sarah Harmer
Bonus: Guns N' Roses with Skid Row 🤣
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
"...Carney, who, before entering politics, developed credentials as an economist guiding capital markets towards a net zero future. Now, he must sell a plan that appears at odds with those values."
"Values": Building a Better World for *Some*; Screw Everyone Else
Fixed his book title.
#CdnPoli
"Values": Building a Better World for *Some*; Screw Everyone Else
Fixed his book title.
#CdnPoli
Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations
Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide opposition
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"...Carney, who, before entering politics, developed credentials as an economist guiding capital markets towards a net zero future. Now, he must sell a plan that appears at odds with those values."
"Values": Building a Better World for *Some*; Screw Everyone Else
Fixed his book title.
#CdnPoli
"Values": Building a Better World for *Some*; Screw Everyone Else
Fixed his book title.
#CdnPoli
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Tanille Johnston wants to help the NDP get back in touch with the working class.
She’s got a lot on the go — as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the First Nations Health Authority, as well as a Campbell River city councillor.
Now, she’s running for the NDP leadership.
She’s got a lot on the go — as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the First Nations Health Authority, as well as a Campbell River city councillor.
Now, she’s running for the NDP leadership.
‘We Need to Support the Working Class’ | The Tyee
NDP leadership candidate Tanille Johnston says she wants a renaissance for the working class. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tanille Johnston wants to help the NDP get back in touch with the working class.
She’s got a lot on the go — as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the First Nations Health Authority, as well as a Campbell River city councillor.
Now, she’s running for the NDP leadership.
She’s got a lot on the go — as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the First Nations Health Authority, as well as a Campbell River city councillor.
Now, she’s running for the NDP leadership.
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WestJet's arbitrary weight restrictions violate the rights of people who use wheelchairs to travel safely in Canada. When will this government close the loopholes in the Accessible Canada Act, uphold disability rights, and hold airline executives accountable when they violate these rights?
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
WestJet's arbitrary weight restrictions violate the rights of people who use wheelchairs to travel safely in Canada. When will this government close the loopholes in the Accessible Canada Act, uphold disability rights, and hold airline executives accountable when they violate these rights?
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A bunch of white nationalists donned their little costumes, stood on a London, Ontario overpass and demanded to be taken seriously.
Of course, this was Second Sons Canada, Diagolon's more militant arm.
I spoke with extremism experts about what they hope to accomplish with these temper tantrums:
Of course, this was Second Sons Canada, Diagolon's more militant arm.
I spoke with extremism experts about what they hope to accomplish with these temper tantrums:
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A bunch of white nationalists donned their little costumes, stood on a London, Ontario overpass and demanded to be taken seriously.
Of course, this was Second Sons Canada, Diagolon's more militant arm.
I spoke with extremism experts about what they hope to accomplish with these temper tantrums:
Of course, this was Second Sons Canada, Diagolon's more militant arm.
I spoke with extremism experts about what they hope to accomplish with these temper tantrums:
#GiftLink 🎁
"As vital as interoception is to our survival, Dr. Nord and other researchers suspect that it is also responsible for many disorders. If the brain misinterprets signals from the body, or if those signals are themselves faulty, the brain may send out commands that cause harm."
"As vital as interoception is to our survival, Dr. Nord and other researchers suspect that it is also responsible for many disorders. If the brain misinterprets signals from the body, or if those signals are themselves faulty, the brain may send out commands that cause harm."
Mapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#GiftLink 🎁
"As vital as interoception is to our survival, Dr. Nord and other researchers suspect that it is also responsible for many disorders. If the brain misinterprets signals from the body, or if those signals are themselves faulty, the brain may send out commands that cause harm."
"As vital as interoception is to our survival, Dr. Nord and other researchers suspect that it is also responsible for many disorders. If the brain misinterprets signals from the body, or if those signals are themselves faulty, the brain may send out commands that cause harm."
"A special weather statement is in effect for all of southern Ontario including Toronto and east to Kingston for strong winds up to 90 km/h.
"Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind," the statement said."
"Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind," the statement said."
Winter wallop expected to hit parts of Ontario and Quebec thanks to 2 different weather systems | RCI
'Travel will likely be hazardous. Road closures are possible,' Environment Canada warns.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"A special weather statement is in effect for all of southern Ontario including Toronto and east to Kingston for strong winds up to 90 km/h.
"Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind," the statement said."
"Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind," the statement said."
This was such a good read!
Well this, on "gong show," was a damn delight:
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This was such a good read!
"Intentionally or not, the real-life consequences of King’s story is that his inability to find out the truth of his own identity, which apparently wasn’t hard for others, meant Canadians were duped, Indigenous peoples were marginalized, and all of us are left to ask a lot of questions."
Opinion: The inconvenient truth: Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Cherokee hits hard
As it turns out, the author of The Inconvenient Indian is inconveniently not an Indian. On Monday, the Globe and Mail published an exclusive interview with bestselling author Thomas King — and an op-e...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Intentionally or not, the real-life consequences of King’s story is that his inability to find out the truth of his own identity, which apparently wasn’t hard for others, meant Canadians were duped, Indigenous peoples were marginalized, and all of us are left to ask a lot of questions."
Jesus Christ. TW. Violation of bodily autonomy.
"Louise Beriot, a lawyer for several of the women, said of the alleged druggings: “Under the pretext of a sexual fantasy, this is about power and domination over women’s bodies … through humiliation and control.”
"Louise Beriot, a lawyer for several of the women, said of the alleged druggings: “Under the pretext of a sexual fantasy, this is about power and domination over women’s bodies … through humiliation and control.”
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Jesus Christ. TW. Violation of bodily autonomy.
"Louise Beriot, a lawyer for several of the women, said of the alleged druggings: “Under the pretext of a sexual fantasy, this is about power and domination over women’s bodies … through humiliation and control.”
"Louise Beriot, a lawyer for several of the women, said of the alleged druggings: “Under the pretext of a sexual fantasy, this is about power and domination over women’s bodies … through humiliation and control.”