jmredies.bsky.social
@jmredies.bsky.social
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Migrating here from the bird app.
Reading, writing, cooking, baking, knitting, nature, music, pets, sci fi, hiking, camping…
Gen X, we(s)t coaster/islander, surviving cancer, still coviding. Committed to allyship. Stay curious, keep learning.
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#BritishColumbia
Conservation groups fundraising in hopes of purchasing Vancouver Island marsh
The deadline to meet the conditions of the land purchase is quickly approaching

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Conservation groups fundraising in hopes of purchasing Vancouver Island's Hamilton Marsh | CBC News
The Regional District of Nanaimo, B.C., needs to secure $7.5 million by the end of January to purchase the Hamilton Marsh site, southwest of Qualicum Beach, which would turn the land that is currentl...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Exclusive: 40 million people turn to ChatGPT for health care
Exclusive: 40 million people turn to ChatGPT for health care
OpenAI's new report shows how chatbots can help navigate health care.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Hey, #yyj — a cougar was spotted by the Songhees Walkway on Friday.
Cougar sighting reported in Esquimalt
The BC Conservation Officer Service (COS) has confirmed a cougar sighting in the Esquimalt area Friday night.
cheknews.ca
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Sending love to all who need it today.
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.

It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.

The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Write your MPs and MLAs to demand this clause be removed so we can continue having great libraries in Canada.

They have never been more important than now.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Thread, long but very worth it.
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The annual reminder from knitters everywhere.

#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Knitting Has Been Helping Me Survive The Winter. I Asked A Psychologist Why
Knitting Has Been Helping Me Survive The Winter – A Psychologist Explains Why
Turns out crafting has more benefits than I realised.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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In solidarity with the sane Americans who are protesting today, let’s stand together against authoritarianism.
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
In honour of the country we love and the peoples who were here before us, today is a day to listen. Let us begin together on this day by reflecting on the ways in which we can each contribute to reconciliation.

#NDTR
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🔬 A major international study looked at what COVID-19 does to your blood vessels over time.

It found that people who had COVID - especially women - had “older” and stiffer arteries, even months later.

Here’s a simplified breakdown of what they found 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Thank you for keeping us safe
August 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Canadian House of Commons Petition e-6389 has doubled in signatures in 24 hrs. Let’s keep this going Canada

It requests the Canadian govt make it mandatory for elected party leaders to obtain security clearance.

Sign and share.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6489 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
June 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Lovely message and art from tinyBuddha.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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If you are working in oncology it’s important to be aware of this study and advocate for #Cleanair in hospitals for your patients

www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 outcomes in patients with cancer vs controls without cancer: a multivariable meta-analysis with genomic imputation
This comprehensive meta-analysis indicates that patients with active cancer with SARS-CoV-2 have a higher risk of mortality and hospitalisation than those without cancer. The risk of death was compara...
www.thelancet.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Adding my condolences and love to Vancouver’s Filipino community after this senseless and horrific attack 💙
9 dead, more than 20 injured after driver slams into Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival crowd | CBC
www.cbc.ca
April 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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By Evan Dyer CBC. This is highly problematic.
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Canada is everything.
March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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“Canada’s Song” by #AlanFrew is a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as the lead singer of the Canadian rock band #GlassTiger.
He immigrated to #Canada from #Scotland and became a key figure in the 1980s #music scene.
#CanadaStrong ❤️🇨🇦‼️
March 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Fuck it. Let’s run a give away. This dice box can be yours if you
-follow me
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If you are live in Canada let me know and you get 3 entries. I got shipping. Giveaway ends on Sunday March 9th!
Good luck!
March 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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See, if I hear ONE person say, “But Elon Musk *is* a genius...”

NO. No, he is absolutely is NOT. I’m glad @albertburneko.bsky.social has written this 👇🏼
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM