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Kathrin Bussmann
@kathrinbussmann.bsky.social
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Trilingual Canadian | Toronto based | Linguistics PhD | Fan of bike lanes, renewables & electrification | Pragmatic optimist | Helping to scale climate solutions at elocitytech.com and @verbaccino.bsky.social | Opinions my own.
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Me after game 7 last night…

#WantedItAll
A little pug dog lies on a red blanket on a grey sofa looking quite deflated and sad.
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Managed to catch a show on the last day. #TorontoFringeFestival2025
Partial close-up view of a blue & orange canvas shopping bag, tucked into a bicycle’s front basket, adorned with an “I TIPPED THE FRINGE 2025” pin. Bicycle bell, cup holder & handlebar visible in the foreground.
July 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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There are 20 different topics you can read up on by selecting them from this menu.
Screenshot of article excerpt, including a Topic menu where “Climate change framing” has been selected. The text above the Topic menu feature reads: “Canada election 2025: What the manifestos say on nature, energy and climate” “Each entry in the grid represents a direct quote from one or more of these documents. The grid will be updated as each party publishes their manifesto.”
April 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The LCBO is one of the world’s largest purchasers of alcoholic beverages.
From the LCBO website: “Response To U.S. Tariffs: Q&A For the good of Ontario. For the good of Canada. ​ In response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, U.S. products are no longer available for purchase online or in-store until further notice. ​ ​Looking for an alternative? Ask our in-store team about our extensive range of Ontario- and Canada-made wine, beer, cider, spirits and ready-to-drink coolers and cocktails. You can also check out our list of Canadian and Ontario-produced products.​“
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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So how did the 45.5% of eligible Ontarians, who actually voted, cast their ballots?

Here’s the breakdown from the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

#ONpoli #Ontario #OntarioElections
From the Toronto Star, Feb. 28, 2025. In numbers: full results of the 2025 Ontario election. The Progressive Conservative Party wins 80 seats with 42.97% of cast votes. (63 seats constitute a majority.) Voter turnout was 45.5%. From the Toronto Star, Feb. 28, 2025: Seat changes from the 2022 Ontario provincial election to the 2025 election. The Progressive Conservative Party is down three seats: from 83 to 80. The NDP is the is declared the Official Opposition, with 27 seats (down from 31 in 2022). The Ontario Liberal Party regains official party status with 14 seats, up from 8 seats in 2022. (The threshold to obtain official party status is 12 seats.) The Ontario Green Party doubles its presence in the provincial legislature with two seats — up from one in 2022. For context, voter turnout increased on slightly: from a historically-low 44% in 2022 to 45.5% in 2025.
February 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Perfect (and final) day to get out & vote early in the Ontario provincial election. 🗳️ #onpoli
Screeenshot from the Environment Canada website: the weather in Toronto on Feb. 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM local time is partly cloudy and minus 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind chill of minus 10 degrees.
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The view from Canada. Imma keep calling this body of water the Gulf of Mexico, thanks.
Screenshot of Google Maps’ satellite view of the Gulf of Mexico. Trump’s “Gulf of America” designation is added in parentheses, presumably for the benefit of Americans travelling abroad.
February 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I’ll take it. 😄
Screen shot of a post from the Merriam-Webster’s Bluesky account. The text reads: “Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025. Godspeed.” Underneath the text is a GIF of a square white background in the centre of which seemingly random words in black font appear one at a time and in such rapid succession that it’s almost impossible to read them.
January 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Holiday reading: sorted. I’m giving myself the gift of @ayanaeliza.bsky.social’s new book, “What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures”.
Close-up picture of a hardcover book with the title “What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures”, by author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, lying on a red knit blanket.
December 27, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Holiday gift from my sweetie. Woohoo! Bring on the board-game nights. 😁
A square box containing the board game “Settlers of Catan – New Energies” lies on a wooden table, waiting to be played.
December 27, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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It’s this account. I don’t know who runs it.
Screenshot of a Bluesky profile called Climate News, which has 20.3K followers.
December 11, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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Definitely “Saving Us — A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” by Dr. @katharinehayhoe.com
In the foreground, a hand is holding up the book “Saving Us — A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” by Katharine Hayhoe. In the blurry background, we see part of a decorated Christmas tree.
December 11, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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Goodbye, X/Twitter. We had some great years, but now it's time for me to quit you. I'm heading into 2025 without you. I've downloaded my data archives and deleted all three of my accounts. Done. Onwards and upwards, into blue skies.
Screenshot of Kathrin Bussmann's profile page on X (formerly Twitter), moments before she deleted her account. She had joined in April 2014, had posted 3,962 posts, had 3,825 followers, and had been following 2,999. Time to rebuild on Bluesky. Screenshot of Verbaccino Inc.'s profile page on X (formerly Twitter), moments before founder Kathrin Bussmann deleted the account. Verbaccino had joined in May 2014, had posted about 18,200 posts, had 3,181 followers, and had been following 1,778. Onwards and upwards via Bluesky. Screenshot of The Worldly Marketer Podcast's profile page on X (formerly Twitter), moments before producer & host Kathrin Bussmann deleted the account. Verbaccino had joined in November 2015, had posted 691 posts, had 932 followers, and had been following 644. The podcast had a good run, with 240 episodes published, and has been on hiatus since August 2022.
December 9, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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The highlight of Day 2 of the #MaRSClimateImpact conference was hearing featured speaker, @johnvaillant.bsky.social, author of Fire Weather, talk about the unprecedented threat posed to our forests and our communities by climate-change fuelled wild fires. Very sobering presentation.
John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, speaks at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference in Toronto.
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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Interesting panel session at the 2024 #MaRSClimateImpact conference on “Plug and play: The expansive options for EV charging”, moderated by @tylerhamilton.bsky.social. My takeaway: for residential buildings, Level 2 chargers may be overrated; people care more about cost and convenience of access.
On stage at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference: a panel on “Plug and play: The expansive options for EV charging”.
December 3, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Day 1 of the #MaRSClimateImpact conference in Toronto: solid kick-off by @tomrand.bsky.social, in conversation w/ veteran CBC journalist Susan Ormiston, on “Redrawing the climate tech industry in a post-election world”.

#Cleantech
Tom Rand, co-founder at ArcTern Ventures, talks with Susan Ormiston, veteran CBC journalist, on stage at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference in Toronto.
December 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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I was wondering about that… Here’s the DM I got. When I replied that I don’t trade, the impersonator blocked me. 🤣
Screenshot of a DM from an impersonator account, asking whether I trade.
November 29, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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Hey, people who ride bicycles in #Toronto! This is happening tonight, Nov. 29, at 6 PM. Meet at the High Park main gate. Route is TBA. Wear warm clothes, clip on your bike lights & bring signs or banners letting motorists know they can thank Doug Ford for the disruption.

#BikeTO #BikeLanes #Bill212
Critical Mass event on Friday, November 29, 2024 It’s “Time to Fight Back” for Toronto’s bicycle lanes! Meet at the main gates of High Park at 6:00 PM.
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 PM