Alice
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She/her Pro-science, anti-Covid. Trans rights are human rights. 🍉
He is really mad, but I swear its not at me. Well, maybe a little. This wild male Vancouver Island marmot was a tad upset with one (just one) of the new marmots we released to his colony. The 2 girls were okay, but the new male needed to know who the boss was.
I’m doing a giveaway for people who preorder Children of Owl & this is one of the beaded medallions that will be gifts. It’s all random. Still need to put backing on this and do the edges with beads.
A perfect conceit for the 20s: the world's biggest bookstore has become a destroyer of books
evy kwong@evystadium.bsky.social · 3d agoamazon being so secretive we gotta apple airtag a book shipment to see that they’re buying and destroying them for AI but also having this on the warehouse front door:
Using AI for political attacks is deceptive and disturbing, never mind it looks BAD (next time, hire some BC talent over at the Animation Guild — we ❤️ IATSE 938) The only party fighting to regulate AI is the BC Greens. Have a say in its future and sign our petition: bcgreens.ca/petitions/mo...
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
"BC is facing a new perennial emergency. ‘Fire weather’ due to our changing climate is responsible for uncontrollable wildfires, enormous costs, and immense suffering," BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote told The Watershed yesterday. Great piece by the Lions Bay Watershed 💚 #bcpoli #greensky
MLA Tells Governments to 'Wake Up'
Valeriote addresses fossil fuel choices in light of BC wildfiresLocal MLA Jeremy Valeriote is asking both the province and the federal government to wake up when it comes to support for fossil fuel pr...
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At the hullo ferry terminal in Nanaimo, a male brewer's blackbird the staff has named Fred has learned to open the motion sensor doors and clean up any food on the floor. Today he was fed a pistachio as a reward for his ingenuity. @hulloferries.bsky.social
Vancouver Kelp Fest is Sun Aug 23! kelps.ca Terrific @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview with UBC’s Ruby Burns, masters student @martonelab.bsky.social @ubcbotany.bsky.social. That was A+ science comms ➡️ energetic, clear, paint a picture for listener, explain what kelp is *and* why it matters.
Vancouver Kelp Festival
Vancouver Kelp Festival's official website!
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Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built
We need to a moratorium on AI data centres, until the province can assess the risks and regulate this industry. bcgreens.ca/petitions/moratorium-ai-data-centres/
Petition: Moratorium on AI Data Centres
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Hey nobody told me this was happening BUT LIBRO.FM HAS EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END ON HUGE DISCOUNT AND I HAVE EARNED OUT ON THIS AUDIOBOOK SO THAT'S HEADED FOR MY POCKETS Did I mention it won a nebula award and its a USA Today bestseller and January laVoy is the narrator? libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Even Though I Knew the End Audiobook on Libro.fm
C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the lov...
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HELLO did you know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 on ebook platforms? YES ALL! :D And they are helpfully rounded up here! An interesting old-growth forest, some independent kids, a pretty pretty unicorn, and... wait is that an altar Surely not
The Butcher of the Forest
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...
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From July, immediately following the release of 3 endangered Vancouver Island marmots to the wild. This year, we have released and translocated 53 of these marmots to mountains on the Island as part of our recovery efforts for this incredible species.
What are we doing? "In an urgent and unprecedented plea, five former chairs of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are sounding the alarm about a Carney government proposal that would allow the “wilful extinction” of species across the country." thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
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BC is burning and the status quo is a lit match. #wildfires #bc
Trans Mountain Looks to Slash Pipeline Shipping Fees via @thetyee.ca. The deal would leave the public on the hook for more of the TMX megaproject’s cost overruns. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Trans Mountain Looks to Slash Pipeline Shipping Fees | The Tyee
The deal would leave the public on the hook for more of the TMX megaproject’s cost overruns.
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It's Monday after a week away in the field away from the office. Your email is waiting, but you can't even look.
me: hey do you have this movie I want to watch? Disney: no Netflix: not anymore Apple: ew no CBC Gem: yes and it’s free Prime: maybe I do, maybe I don’t. Maybe it costs $5 for no reason, even though you already pay for this. Maybe you should fuck off into the sun.
This is the $300M mega yacht owned by billionaire Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg that didn't answer a distress call from a much smaller cruise ship that ran out of fuel in Alaska this week. Photo Credit: Arno Lippert.
Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 2w agoCruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by, writes @alaska.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruis...
A great response to people who claim kids need to learn "A.i." to be job-ready: "But the tech of today looks nothing like it will in five or even two years’ time: it’s the equivalent of selling your child’s intellectual liberty in exchange for a penny-farthing bicycle."
My heart hurts for all the people being evacuated from towns burning down from wildfires and rages at politicians and shareholders who continue with pipelines and data centres like it’s business as usual.
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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For the past three days, I helped Erin and Heather release 3 marmots to Steamboat Mountain in Clayoquot Plateau Provincial Park. This is one of those releases, Lottie, asking just what is up with all these mosquitos. You and me both Lottie. You and me both.
Throwback Thursday to Mildred's feathers drying into angry eyebrows
The billionaire who endorsed giving more votes to wealthy Canadians is backing the AI data centre push. The anti-democracy, anti-working class face of Big Tech is showing itself. Sign our petition for an AI data centre moratorium. bcgreens.ca/petitions/mo...
The rest of the world is racing ahead on renewable energy, leaving Canada behind.
As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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