Bridget Wayland
@birdyway.bsky.social
Language, absurdities & old trees.
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We've long said that climate policy is industrial policy. Our President Moe Kabbara and VP, Future Economy @bentleyallan.bsky.social dig into what that means and how it's reflected in Budget 2025's shift in Canada's approach to climate policy.
Read it here: transitionaccelerator.ca/blog/budget-...
Read it here: transitionaccelerator.ca/blog/budget-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We've long said that climate policy is industrial policy. Our President Moe Kabbara and VP, Future Economy @bentleyallan.bsky.social dig into what that means and how it's reflected in Budget 2025's shift in Canada's approach to climate policy.
Read it here: transitionaccelerator.ca/blog/budget-...
Read it here: transitionaccelerator.ca/blog/budget-...
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The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.
grist.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
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@canrea.bsky.social's Phil McKay recently spoke to CBC News about the growing interest in plug-in balcony solar panels. These affordable plug-and-play units are exploding in popularity in Europe, but murky regulations are hindering uptake in Canada. 🏡 Read the full article here: ow.ly/rtOv50WQxgp
Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first | CBC News
How would you like to lower your electricity bill and help power your home using an abundant renewable energy source — the sun? There is an affordable, do-it-yourself solution for people who own house...
www.cbc.ca
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@canrea.bsky.social's Phil McKay recently spoke to CBC News about the growing interest in plug-in balcony solar panels. These affordable plug-and-play units are exploding in popularity in Europe, but murky regulations are hindering uptake in Canada. 🏡 Read the full article here: ow.ly/rtOv50WQxgp
Happy International Owl Awareness Day! #internationalowlawarenessday #owl
The snowy owl, or ukpik (ᐅᒃᐱᒃ) in Inuit, is the avian symbol of Quebec.
Since May 2025, the species has been designated as “threatened” by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
📸 NaturesPhotoAdventures - CC BY-SA 3.0
Since May 2025, the species has been designated as “threatened” by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
📸 NaturesPhotoAdventures - CC BY-SA 3.0
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Happy International Owl Awareness Day! #internationalowlawarenessday #owl
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King: see, this sort of thing always happens when people vacation in the woods
Barker: couldn't be me
Barker: if the isolation of the woods started to make me lose my grip on reality, i would simply leave the woods
Griffin: oh you would, would you, smart guy?
Barker: couldn't be me
Barker: if the isolation of the woods started to make me lose my grip on reality, i would simply leave the woods
Griffin: oh you would, would you, smart guy?
July 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
King: see, this sort of thing always happens when people vacation in the woods
Barker: couldn't be me
Barker: if the isolation of the woods started to make me lose my grip on reality, i would simply leave the woods
Griffin: oh you would, would you, smart guy?
Barker: couldn't be me
Barker: if the isolation of the woods started to make me lose my grip on reality, i would simply leave the woods
Griffin: oh you would, would you, smart guy?
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Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
Pollinator planting for the win! #Monarchbutterflies #Milkweed
July 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pollinator planting for the win! #Monarchbutterflies #Milkweed
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Arriving in Ottawa for meetings on climate change with smoke from wildfires hanging in the air caused by climate change @climateinstitute.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Arriving in Ottawa for meetings on climate change with smoke from wildfires hanging in the air caused by climate change @climateinstitute.bsky.social
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AP editor: You get a photo of Chris Martin for the Astronomer CEO story?
AP photog: Sure did boss, real lens flare that makes him look like Jafar getting sucked back into the lamp at the end of Aladdin just like you asked.
AP editor: what
AP photog: Sure did boss, real lens flare that makes him look like Jafar getting sucked back into the lamp at the end of Aladdin just like you asked.
AP editor: what
BREAKING: A tech company CEO resigns after controversy over a video captured at a Coldplay concert.
Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert
A tech company CEO has resigned after controversy over a video captured on the big screen at a Coldplay concert.
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July 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
AP editor: You get a photo of Chris Martin for the Astronomer CEO story?
AP photog: Sure did boss, real lens flare that makes him look like Jafar getting sucked back into the lamp at the end of Aladdin just like you asked.
AP editor: what
AP photog: Sure did boss, real lens flare that makes him look like Jafar getting sucked back into the lamp at the end of Aladdin just like you asked.
AP editor: what
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Happy solstice everyone, and may you know that the tilt of the Earth and not the distance from the Sun is the reason for the seasons.
June 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Happy solstice everyone, and may you know that the tilt of the Earth and not the distance from the Sun is the reason for the seasons.
Yikes
When I searched to see if Mary Shelley and Jane Austen could have met in Bath, Google AI informed me that they were, in fact, sisters...
June 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Yikes
So much fabric!
Today I discovered that people have been uploading old stock photo CD-ROMs to the Internet Archive and now I'm obsessed with the mid-'90s business-core aesthetic.
May 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So much fabric!
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I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbA...
I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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May 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbA...
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the pulitzer prize implies the existence of the pushitzer prize
May 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
the pulitzer prize implies the existence of the pushitzer prize
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Sorry, but if you call my password weak I'm not going to tell you where the traffic lights are
May 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sorry, but if you call my password weak I'm not going to tell you where the traffic lights are
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forgive me
they were better
than mine
they were better
than mine
I have drunk
the milkshakes
that were in
the yard
and which
you were probably
saving
for all the boys
the milkshakes
that were in
the yard
and which
you were probably
saving
for all the boys
May 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
forgive me
they were better
than mine
they were better
than mine
Pear tree blossoms about to pop
May 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pear tree blossoms about to pop
Here comes the rhu.
April 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Here comes the rhu.
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The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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More than $200K raised for Quebec-Vermont library following U.S. decision to restrict cross-border access https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article852811.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
More than $200K raised for Quebec-Vermont library following U.S. decision to restrict cross-border access
www.montrealgazette.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
More than $200K raised for Quebec-Vermont library following U.S. decision to restrict cross-border access https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article852811.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
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The Birnam Sycamore, Perthshire 🏴 with humans for scale.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
This magnificent ‘Scots plane’, as sycamore was called historically here, is just along from the more famous Birnam Oak, on the bank of the River Tay at Birnam. My best guess at the sycamore’s age is 17th century planting.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
This magnificent ‘Scots plane’, as sycamore was called historically here, is just along from the more famous Birnam Oak, on the bank of the River Tay at Birnam. My best guess at the sycamore’s age is 17th century planting.
March 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The Birnam Sycamore, Perthshire 🏴 with humans for scale.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
This magnificent ‘Scots plane’, as sycamore was called historically here, is just along from the more famous Birnam Oak, on the bank of the River Tay at Birnam. My best guess at the sycamore’s age is 17th century planting.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
This magnificent ‘Scots plane’, as sycamore was called historically here, is just along from the more famous Birnam Oak, on the bank of the River Tay at Birnam. My best guess at the sycamore’s age is 17th century planting.
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"Donald Trump wants to break us because he wants to own us," Carney says. Someone shouts: "Never!"
That's got the crowd whipped up.
"They want our resources, our water, our country."
More people shouting "never!"
That's got the crowd whipped up.
"They want our resources, our water, our country."
More people shouting "never!"
March 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Donald Trump wants to break us because he wants to own us," Carney says. Someone shouts: "Never!"
That's got the crowd whipped up.
"They want our resources, our water, our country."
More people shouting "never!"
That's got the crowd whipped up.
"They want our resources, our water, our country."
More people shouting "never!"