Alison Forde
@n8rnerd.bsky.social
🐍 Consulting Ecologist with a focus on Species at Risk and Impact Assessment/Mitigation
🐢 Educator 🎻 Musician 🍪 Baker 🎲 Boardgamer 🏒 Leafs Fan 🌎 Explorer 🌿 iNaturalist obsessed
#Novid 😷 Based in #HamOnt. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 She/her.
🐢 Educator 🎻 Musician 🍪 Baker 🎲 Boardgamer 🏒 Leafs Fan 🌎 Explorer 🌿 iNaturalist obsessed
#Novid 😷 Based in #HamOnt. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 She/her.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Polar bear
Boreal caribou
Beluga whale
Spotted turtle
Green sea turtle
Polar bear
Boreal caribou
Beluga whale
Spotted turtle
Green sea turtle
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Blue-spotted salamander
Maned wolf
Ant-mimicking katydid
Bullet ant
Island scrub jay
Blue-spotted salamander
Maned wolf
Ant-mimicking katydid
Bullet ant
Island scrub jay
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Leopard slug
American giant millipede
Yellow-spotted millipede
Long-tailed salamander
Red-bellied woodpecker
Leopard slug
American giant millipede
Yellow-spotted millipede
Long-tailed salamander
Red-bellied woodpecker
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Polar bear
Boreal caribou
Beluga whale
Spotted turtle
Green sea turtle
Polar bear
Boreal caribou
Beluga whale
Spotted turtle
Green sea turtle
Shoresy Fall Classic!
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Shoresy Fall Classic!
I mean, it's illegal for many businesses and advertisers to lie to the public. No more "alternative facts". Opinion is not fact.
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I mean, it's illegal for many businesses and advertisers to lie to the public. No more "alternative facts". Opinion is not fact.
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Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
Alberta faces $6.4-billion deficit as falling oil prices and trade troubles take toll
This year’s budget represents a massive multibillion-dollar swing from an $8.3-billion surplus last year
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
I'm not religious and I think this is so stupid. Does Quebec want negative growth by making all non-francophone and religious people unwelcome?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals | CBC News
The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offe...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm not religious and I think this is so stupid. Does Quebec want negative growth by making all non-francophone and religious people unwelcome?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
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For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
projects.thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
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Via The Architect’s Newspaper:
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Via The Architect’s Newspaper:
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
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BREAKING: Yesterday the Ford government passed Bill 68, the Plan to Protect Ontario Act, quietly legislating the removal of lands from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, including public access beaches and critical habitat for endangered piping plovers. #ONpoli
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
Ontario uses budget bill to remove parklands
Wilderness Committee condemns the sell-off of portions of Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkTORONTO / TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES OF MISSISSAUGAS OF THE CREDIT, ANISHNAABEG, CHIPPEWA, HAUDENOSAUNEE AND WENDAT —...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday the Ford government passed Bill 68, the Plan to Protect Ontario Act, quietly legislating the removal of lands from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, including public access beaches and critical habitat for endangered piping plovers. #ONpoli
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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Carney is reportedly preparing to push forward a pipeline to the coast. Catherine McKenna has been here before, and has some words of warning.
'I would never trust them' Catherine McKenna warns as Carney-Smith deal looms
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Carney is reportedly preparing to push forward a pipeline to the coast. Catherine McKenna has been here before, and has some words of warning.
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Food loss & waste is a huge issue, when ~40% of the world's food is never eaten.
That means that ~40% of the world's agricultural land, water, chemical inputs, and greenhouse gases *weren't even necessary* to feed the world.
And much of this waste ends up in landfills, where it releases methane.
That means that ~40% of the world's agricultural land, water, chemical inputs, and greenhouse gases *weren't even necessary* to feed the world.
And much of this waste ends up in landfills, where it releases methane.
The holiday season is here — a time for good food and good company! 🍽️ It’s also a reminder that reducing food loss and waste is one of the most effective climate solutions available today.
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
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Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Food loss & waste is a huge issue, when ~40% of the world's food is never eaten.
That means that ~40% of the world's agricultural land, water, chemical inputs, and greenhouse gases *weren't even necessary* to feed the world.
And much of this waste ends up in landfills, where it releases methane.
That means that ~40% of the world's agricultural land, water, chemical inputs, and greenhouse gases *weren't even necessary* to feed the world.
And much of this waste ends up in landfills, where it releases methane.
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
So does that exceed the cost of cleaning the air in schools, workplaces, gathering spaces, etc.?
Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
So does that exceed the cost of cleaning the air in schools, workplaces, gathering spaces, etc.?
Don't be fooled by her cuteness. Earlier she was throwing her veggies down the stairs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Don't be fooled by her cuteness. Earlier she was throwing her veggies down the stairs.
Among my winter Blue Jay residents is this one-eyed individual who has been around for a little over a month now. Resilient! 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Among my winter Blue Jay residents is this one-eyed individual who has been around for a little over a month now. Resilient! 🪶
Scored some free #MapleLeafs tickets tonight! #GoLeafsGo
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Scored some free #MapleLeafs tickets tonight! #GoLeafsGo
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"The Ontario Skills Development Fund— one of Ford’s signature programs and now perhaps the biggest scandal to hit his government since the Greenbelt — is rotten to the core."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s skills training slush fund is a disgrace. It’s also a sign of a much deeper rot in his government
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The Ontario Skills Development Fund— one of Ford’s signature programs and now perhaps the biggest scandal to hit his government since the Greenbelt — is rotten to the core."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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I agree with Marit Stiles. @mark-carney.bsky.social @markgerretsen.bsky.social .. Two years have passed and we are still waiting on the RCMP Green Belt Scandal reports.
Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. IAgreeWithMaritStiles.ca
Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. IAgreeWithMaritStiles.ca
I Agree With Marit Stiles
I agree with Marit Stiles: Doug Ford and his government are corrupt.
IAgreeWithMaritStiles.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I agree with Marit Stiles. @mark-carney.bsky.social @markgerretsen.bsky.social .. Two years have passed and we are still waiting on the RCMP Green Belt Scandal reports.
Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. IAgreeWithMaritStiles.ca
Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. IAgreeWithMaritStiles.ca
This is pretty interesting, sounds safer, more comfortable and more economical than a colonoscopy.
scitechdaily.com/a-glow-in-th...
scitechdaily.com/a-glow-in-th...
A Glow-in-the-Gut Pill Could Make Colonoscopies Optional
Scientists have created swallowable microsphere “pills” packed with engineered bacteria that can detect signs of gut disease, without the discomfort of a colonoscopy.
scitechdaily.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is pretty interesting, sounds safer, more comfortable and more economical than a colonoscopy.
scitechdaily.com/a-glow-in-th...
scitechdaily.com/a-glow-in-th...