DEpp
@ephemerald.bsky.social
Retired. Love cats, birds, nature, cooking, good writing. Community gardener. Formerly Dieppe on Xitter.
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DEpp
@ephemerald.bsky.social
· Nov 21
After about a week of being here, I should introduce myself: a resident of Vancouver, birder, and retired a couple years ago.
My profile pic is my (late) sweet Bamboo. I can no longer have a cat, so I enjoy the ones I know or meet here immensely! Not overly political, but very interested.
My profile pic is my (late) sweet Bamboo. I can no longer have a cat, so I enjoy the ones I know or meet here immensely! Not overly political, but very interested.
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March 29, 2023.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
March 29, 2023.
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I wonder if they’ll figure out why the unemployment numbers are rising.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I wonder if they’ll figure out why the unemployment numbers are rising.
I suspect the real reason Trump is threatening to pull out of the Canada-Mexico-US trade agreement is because Carney and Sheinbaum haven't offered to pay Trump protection money. I prefer we let it lapse, or risk being complicit with his regime's murderous behaviour.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. industries love CUSMA. So why is Trump threatening to kill it? | CBC News
Over three days in Washington, nearly 150 American industry leaders representing every major sector of the economy depicted the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement as essential to their success. Yet the Trum...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I suspect the real reason Trump is threatening to pull out of the Canada-Mexico-US trade agreement is because Carney and Sheinbaum haven't offered to pay Trump protection money. I prefer we let it lapse, or risk being complicit with his regime's murderous behaviour.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Fascinating: who knew your nostrils detected smells separately? And, why did I never ask this basic question of why two nostrils instead of one big hole?
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Why we have two nostrils instead of one big hole
Our nostrils share the workload like coworkers on rotation.
www.popsci.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fascinating: who knew your nostrils detected smells separately? And, why did I never ask this basic question of why two nostrils instead of one big hole?
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
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The greatest successes come the closest to failure
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The greatest successes come the closest to failure
Persistence pays off for this crow.
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Persistence pays off for this crow.
Yes, an invasion is probably imminent. Project 2025 warned us. Those people who signed up for the US military thinking it would be a piece of cake because they believed Trump doesn't want the country embroiled in foreign wars will soon join the list of what Trump calls 'suckers and losers.'
In major breaking news this week, horrifying leaked video footage links US "Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth to international crimes. Let’s talk about it in Episode 191. 👉 youtu.be/ZOGh7CduRNk?...
#news #StayInformedBKP
#news #StayInformedBKP
Hegseth's Horror Video LEAKS - Is A US Invasion Imminent? | Ep. 291 Canada US Politics News Update
YouTube video by The Bill Kelly Podcast 🇨🇦
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December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yes, an invasion is probably imminent. Project 2025 warned us. Those people who signed up for the US military thinking it would be a piece of cake because they believed Trump doesn't want the country embroiled in foreign wars will soon join the list of what Trump calls 'suckers and losers.'
A lot of food for thought here. @mark-carney.bsky.social, you would do well to heed these voices.
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won't Admit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won't Admit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit | The Tyee
An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.
thetyee.ca
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A lot of food for thought here. @mark-carney.bsky.social, you would do well to heed these voices.
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won't Admit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won't Admit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
It's called "co-generation" and we've known about it for decades. Why aren't we using it to provide people or animals with heat instead of releasing into the environment?
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's called "co-generation" and we've known about it for decades. Why aren't we using it to provide people or animals with heat instead of releasing into the environment?
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Aww, I hope they offered dude something for his headache before releasing him. At least he aimed for the bathroom.
Aww, I hope they offered dude something for his headache before releasing him. At least he aimed for the bathroom.
Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in
The intoxicated animal suffered no injuries and was released back into the wild by animal protection once sober.
bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Aww, I hope they offered dude something for his headache before releasing him. At least he aimed for the bathroom.
Aww, I hope they offered dude something for his headache before releasing him. At least he aimed for the bathroom.
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This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. How it all began.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. How it all began.
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
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I mean this with all sincerity, and I think I speak for a lot of others: we would rather see undisciplined, amateur art by hand than shitty AI "art" any day.
You want to make fun of Pete Hegseth in a cartoon, but you can't draw? I would rather your stick figures than AI. Just draw.
You want to make fun of Pete Hegseth in a cartoon, but you can't draw? I would rather your stick figures than AI. Just draw.
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I mean this with all sincerity, and I think I speak for a lot of others: we would rather see undisciplined, amateur art by hand than shitty AI "art" any day.
You want to make fun of Pete Hegseth in a cartoon, but you can't draw? I would rather your stick figures than AI. Just draw.
You want to make fun of Pete Hegseth in a cartoon, but you can't draw? I would rather your stick figures than AI. Just draw.
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Kneesvember 2025 Day 22
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Kneesvember 2025 Day 22
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Kneesvember 2025 Day 21
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Kneesvember 2025 Day 21
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Kneesvember 2025 Day 20
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kneesvember 2025 Day 20
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Canadian publisher Kids Can Press "strongly condemns any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image" following Pete Hegseth's post:
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Canadian publisher Kids Can Press "strongly condemns any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image" following Pete Hegseth's post:
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I'd like to see the same size chunk represented on the west coast. I wonder how the US would fare without California, the fourth largest economy in the world. If the west coast were to want to join Canada, I would not be opposed (but leave your guns behind!)
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'd like to see the same size chunk represented on the west coast. I wonder how the US would fare without California, the fourth largest economy in the world. If the west coast were to want to join Canada, I would not be opposed (but leave your guns behind!)
Ah, I wish someone in Canada had the cojones to say this to Hoekstra. It would be interesting to see his reaction. After all, can he condemn it if Trump did it?
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ah, I wish someone in Canada had the cojones to say this to Hoekstra. It would be interesting to see his reaction. After all, can he condemn it if Trump did it?
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.