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Shirley Blair 🇨🇦🍉
@himalayanchildren.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 Boycott US and Roblaws 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦
Science, Cdn poli, archeology, prehominids. I block/mute US news. Cdn media: Canadaland, The Tyee, The Narwhal et al. Postmedia shd be banned.
In memoriam: 💔Coulten Boushie
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sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social
😤

“Wright measured the cedar's diameter at 2.79 metres, a size that should have ensured protection for the tree, along with a one-hectare buffer under provincial law.

But when he returned…the tree had been felled as part of a logging operation approved by the province.”

#Canada
#BC
Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law?
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
www.villagereport.ca
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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arealmofwonder.bsky.social
"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."
~ Aldous Huxley

The Tow Path at Argenteuil
🎨 Claude Monet (1875)
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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sandy174.bsky.social
🏠 Home for the Holidays 🏠

MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days

🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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jeremywired.bsky.social
HANDHELD MACBOOK: Hackers poking around in iOS 26 have uncovered something Apple definitely didn’t intend anyone to see: iPhones are—right now—capable of running a full, fluid desktop experience... Is this the OS the coming “iPhone Fold” will use? Read on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/your-i...
Your iPhone Already Has iPhone Fold Software, but Apple Won’t Let You Use It
Recent exploits show iPadOS windows running on an iPhone, hinting at the future of Apple hardware and software alike—while also possibly revealing its incoming foldable phone experience.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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blackpanther25.bsky.social
#CanadaStrong🇨🇦
Parks Canada sites saw 13 per cent spike in visitors with Canada Strong Pass in place
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦

ca.news.yahoo.com/parks-canada...
Parks Canada sites saw 13 per cent spike in visitors with Canada Strong Pass in place
OTTAWA — Parks Canada sites saw a 13 per cent increase in the number of visitors over the summer while the Canada Strong Pass was in effect.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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butterflieskatz.bsky.social
"Take My Hand" #mural of Harriette Tubman, in Dorset Maryland - Michael Rosato #artist

#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Wow. From sceptic to member!

The Guardian spent an evening with me at Kings College and interviewed the people who came to the Q&A.

Here's what they found 👇🏼

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Zack Polanski on the Green party boom – podcast
Three months into his leadership the Green party membership is surging. Randeep Ramesh explains why
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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butterflieskatz.bsky.social
The "Freedom Wall" Buffalo, N.Y. - African-American Heritage Corridor.

28 portraits of notable #CivilRights leaders, including: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass ...

#BlackSky #BlackHistory #StreetArt #art #murals
#WallMural #AfricanAmericanHeritage
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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blackpanther25.bsky.social
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐

www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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himalayanchildren.bsky.social
Let’s abolish pre-clearance US territory inside our airports. We should never have ceded it in the first place.

@chebert18.bsky.social @todmaffin.com @noorazrieh.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social
@ndp.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
himalayanchildren.bsky.social
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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missybbbobtail.bsky.social
There is now an immediate ban on new fur farms in Poland, and all existing farms will close by the end of 2033 at the latest.

Poland is Europe's largest fur producer.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
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.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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strategywoman.bsky.social
I want to say this.

I’m deeply thankful to Ireland for the warmth you showed Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday.

Go raibh míle maith agat 🫂
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social
I wish I had the same enthusiasm about snow as this guy. 😊

#dogsky
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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spudislander45.bsky.social
Aerial photography of eastern tip #Newfoundland &Labrador, #Canada called #CapeSpear.

@AerialPerspective_NF
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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architecture.bsky.social
Pantone ‘Stained Glass’ door by Italian designer Armin Blasbichler
Pantone ‘Stained Glass’ door by Italian designer Armin Blasbichler
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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journodale.bsky.social
Why is #PnPCBC pronouncing "lieutenant" like Americans? That's not how we pronounce it in Canada.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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chcowgirl.bsky.social
"You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you, and many are failing." — Pope Leo XIV
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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economist.com
Though most Americans would rather forget the pandemic, its cities are still feeling the consequences. We’ve crunched the numbers to show which ones are struggling the most econ.st/44KRI6f
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
himalayanchildren.bsky.social
at an indie bookshop
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Today is Giving Tuesday.

Buy a book from your favorite indie author.
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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c3peor.bsky.social
Pelucat.
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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architecture.bsky.social
Chartres cathedral in France during the annual Chartres en Lumières light show
Chartres cathedral in France during the annual Chartres en Lumières light show
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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kathleenwester.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Unfortunately in Northern #BC, my #MP and #MLA are both #Conservative. I have left messages for both #KeilGiddens, #BCConservative and #BobZimmer, federal #Conservative but neither of them has gotten back to me and it's been over a month. #NDP #AG's office responded promptly.
#bcpoli
#cpc_hq
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December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
WestJet and Air Transat passengers fight back after airlines falsely claim they can’t film disputes

Legal expert says passengers are within their rights to record airport disputes - it is perfectly legal in #Canada

www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...
WestJet and Air Transat tell passengers to stop recording on their phones – even though it’s legal | CBC News
Jason Huang says a WestJet employee grabbed his phone and threatened to deny him boarding when he began recording his conversation during airport check-in. Legal expert say passengers are within their...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM