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Martyn Obbard

@martynobbard.bsky.social

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Retired research scientist; studied black bears, polar bears and climate change in Ontario. Humanist. Socialist. Supporter of unions. Science and modern medicine serve us all. Cancer survivor. Reconciliation with FN a must.🐻‍❄️🐻

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · Nov 27

go.bsky.app/8AJdVBs

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 12h

@aj-hamilton.bsky.social there you go!!

Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 12h

Nathan Lukes is playing today despite hammering a ball off his right knee last night, but Anthony Santander has been taken out of #Bluejays lineup with back tightness. Davis Schneider is in.

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 13h

Me too, but if they put Ernie at shortstop and Davis at 2nd, we still get Santander in Left, as I see it anyway..

AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦🍁 @aj-hamilton.bsky.social · 13h

Agree on the glove, but he strikes out to much and I want Davis!

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 13h

Think we need Gimenez for his glove, but agree Davis Schneider should get the start ahead of Santander. They don't seem to like starting Davis against righties for the most part

AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦🍁 @aj-hamilton.bsky.social · 14h

Gimenez and Santander do not belong in our lineup today.

Where's fucking Davis??

#bluejays

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Sloth Bear Day!

a black bear sitting in the grass eating a piece of fruit

Alt: a black bear sitting in the grass eating a piece of fruit

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 1d

Love that you still call it SkyDome

AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦🍁 @aj-hamilton.bsky.social · 1d

I #WantItAll 🍁⚾🍁

It's a crazy motherfucking zoo at SkyDome and I love it!

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoy visits back to Scotland, but I've loved living in Canada. No regrets. Yes, I'm a settler, but I love this country and I've tried to make a positive difference. Oh, yeah, Fuck Cancer.

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 1d

I am thankful that my parents made the decision to emigrate from economically depressed Fife, Scotland to the promise of the new town of Elliot Lake in Ontario, Canada in 1956 (Dad) and 1957 (Mum, me and family dog).

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 3d

I use yellow balls - helps me

I had a SpOoPy pony! 👻🎃 @meghancolleen.bsky.social · 3d

The biggest issue I have with golf is that I cannot see the ball once it’s in the air. Do all golfers have amazing eyesight because I cannot see shit.

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 3d

#ClimateCrisis @aederocher.bsky.social

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) @ibabearbiology.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t miss this special screening of BEAR GUARDIANS — a film that follows a father-daughter duo in Cambodia dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned sun and moon bears at Cambodia Bear Sanctuary.
Q&A with wildlife biologists to follow.

More info here: www.explorers.org/calendar-of-...

Image of sun bear clinging to tree with human standing on the other side of tree looking at the bear. Text on screen shares details of the film.

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Wait till it's Jeff Hoffman time

Jordan @jordanmackinnon.bsky.social · 5d

Like I wasn’t pacing in the living room enough already.

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Agree. Get Straw or Schneider in the game instead

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Just walk Judge ffs

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Santander is a bigger question

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 6d

Why is K-F even in the game?

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Ask him for his data showing speed cameras don't work

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 5d

Richard Southern -
WATCH - I ask Premier Ford why he saying “No” to 21 Ontario mayors who are calling for a compromise on speed cameras. They are asking for them to remain in school zones, but to only operate during school hours, and to only ticket drivers going well over the limit. #cdnpoli

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 5d

Yup, need them to step up

AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦🍁 @aj-hamilton.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning #BlueJays friends💙

Our Captain and shirtless George need to be our homer heroes today!

#WantItAll

Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 6d

Makes you think, doesn't it?

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 6d

Methinks sentence would have been harder had they been Natives or visible minorities. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Canada Freedom Convoy leaders spared more jail time at sentencing

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber led a trucker protest that gridlocked Canada's capital for weeks in 2022.

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Katie Solari @kasolari.bsky.social · 6d

Very excited to share that our work assessing the genomic diversity of snow leopards has come out today in PNAS! Spoiler alert - they have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social @elliecat.bsky.social

Exceedingly low genetic diversity in snow leopards due to persistently small population size | PNAS

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) serve as an umbrella species whose conservation benefits their high-elevation Asian habitat. Their numbers are belie...

www.pnas.org

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 6d

Who thinks Doug Ford's campaign against speed cameras was triggered by him getting a ticket?

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Nick @saintnick98.bsky.social · 6d

When the law doesn't apply to you because you're in Doug Ford's government, why worry about obeying it?
#onpoli

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca

At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.

globalnews.ca

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Martyn Obbard @martynobbard.bsky.social · 7d

Wth?

Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 7d

So, while the town only asked for 2 of the 8 beaches, Pr Ford opted to transfer 4 of the 8 beaches, using a sledgehammer policy which undermines control, protections of land/water/species at risk for ALL provincial parks.

Greenbelt theft all over again.

Once you
thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal

The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it

thenarwhal.ca

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 8d

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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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 9d

This.
Is.
Brilliant.

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Steven Guilbeault @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social · 12d

It is with deep sadness that I learned of the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall.

She inspired generations—including myself—to fight for our planet.

Let’s honour her legacy by carrying on that fight, remembering her truth: every individual matters.

Dr. Jane Goodall and Minister Steven Guilbeault

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