This summer I have seen no bats or fireflies, this is incredibly disturbing. We are doing our best, planting native flowers and plants. We have never used pesticide on our grass for 35 years. If everyone just did a little for the environment, it would be a beginning. Lawns are sterile and useless.

Laura Phillips@lauraphillips.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

We have 3 adult Monarch caterpillars and this baby, just discovered today.

Brewery that promised free beer when Trump dies loses alcohol permit www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Brewery that promised free beer when Trump dies loses alcohol permit

A brewery whose owner once offered free beer when President Trump dies is set to lose its alcohol permit but vows to fight the decision.

usatoday.com

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Congratulations Saba!

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · last wk.

Gaza teen triumphs despite war, loss and displacement. Just days before her final school exams, 18-year-old Saba Rabah had to flee her home. Yet against overwhelming odds, Rabah achieved top marks in the first Palestinian national high school exams held since 2023 u.afp.com/Sr2y

This 👇🏽 is terrific news! Now we need to replicate this across all of Ontario and Canada!!

A Major Win for Indoor Air Quality: Toronto's Board of Health Moves to Adopt Stronger Ventilation Standards

The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers celebrates a major win for indoor air quality with stronger ventilation standards in Toronto.

ospe.on.ca

My first attempt at a Jimothy painted rock, hopefully I will improve with practice. #Jimothy

Please take covid seriously, covid is not over.

Jon Douglas@atranscendedman.bsky.social · last wk.

Mount Sinai Hospital, 142 infants. Babies exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before birth showed typical development at 12 months, but clinician testing at 22 months found 52% scored below expected in at least one area, most often language. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Honestly it’s time to stop the oh it won’t be so bad, let’s wait and see, he doesn’t mean it, courts will prevail, guard rails will hold, we can ride this out again approach. Once he has declared martial law and set his released pardoned January 6 mob loose it’s game, set + match!

Sad mama dog Cora shut down in the shelter after her puppies were taken from her—until rescuers found them and brought them back. The moment she saw them again… Pure healing. Original post

I don't understand why Americans aren't doing this everywhere. You can't sit home and expect things to change.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social · 2w ago

Justice for Corey!

In this insane world, I am just here celebrating my first Monarch caterpillar in my Milkweed nursery.

I love Ukraine.

Updated pic of Mitch McConnell.

Frail Creature: Dying, Hungry, Thirsty

ALT: Frail Creature: Dying, Hungry, Thirsty

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I’m glad that the walls seem to be closing in on Andrew Tate, but it took criminal investigations across three countries, dozens of outspoken victims, and a hit TV show implying he drives boys to murder girls for this to happen—and he still hasn’t been convicted yet. This is why 98% get away with it

Fuck Sportsnet. This Bruins fan has had enough. 39% increase? Shove it up your asses.

No one will ever be a better Ebenezer Scrooge than Alistair Sim. Same old tired remakes are pathetic.....and he was always Scrooge, it is his last name. Bunches of idiots thought this tagline was good? This world astounds me.

🎉 Great news! Declawing, debarking, & ear cropping are finally BANNED in Ontario! Countless cats & dogs will be spared from painful, unnecessary cosmetic surgeries 🐱🐶 Let’s add tail docking, too: https://bit.ly/4wOC7yi

Colorado residents paying tribute to Canadian firefighter Nicholas Dale as his body was taken to Denver airport. "We’re all family at the end of the day and we support each other," said Josh Boyles, the chief of Genesee Fire Rescue in Jefferson County. Respect. This is what neighbours do.

This has been obvious to anyone paying close attention. Unfortunately most of Canada's political leaders (Smith, Moe, Kinew, Ford, Eby, Carney, Poilievre) were asleep during class. They've yet to learn the road to fossil fuels is a dead end #EnergyTransition #CleanTech www.bbc.com/news/science...

World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says

The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.

bbc.com

Another great post by a great Canadian politician who didn’t retire into boredom like so many.

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2w ago

Senator Mike Sheehy rants about Canada's public firefighting response. His former company received $235 mil for privatized fire services. Seems his company has a problem meeting safety standards and he is fighting US Fire Services to cancel inspections. #MAGAGRIFT www.youtube.com/shorts/M8ibx...

Roughly 40% of the Canadian landmass is forests, amounting to 369 million hectares. Sure Donald, we'll grab our rakes and get right on that. Also, glass houses..

The US is responsible for a huge amount of smog that has been impacting us for decades.Where is our compensation? www.ontario.ca/document/air...

Transboundary influences on Ontario’s smog | Air Quality in Ontario 2022 Report

Learn about the state of ambient air quality in 2022 and long-term trends for key airborne pollutants affecting Ontario’s air quality.

ontario.ca

My wife is a smarty pants. I'll just add in that the Carney gov't has also drastically cut many of the ministries responsible for food safety, consumer protection and forest fire mitigation since coming into power so we've got a reckoning of our own coming.

Jen the Feisty Librarian@feistywaters.com · 3w ago

Americans thinking Canadian wildfire smoke shouldn’t affect them and Canadians thinking FDA cuts won’t affect our food supply. We’re all on this continent together, buckos. Smoke, parasites and viruses don’t care about borders.

Carney is the most regressive PM of my lifetime and more conservative than Harper. Fine, you voted Liberal to prevent Poilievre from winning. Now fight back to prevent Carney from implementing most of the same policies.

Dr. Tanya Lentz, R.Psych.@pednpsy.bsky.social · 3w ago

People defending Mark Carney by justifying their vote for the Liberal party because of the far right Conservatives. I get it. However, we as Canadians need to have expectations of whatever government is in power. We need to question and expect answers. They work for us.

If you want something done about the abrupt disappearance last week of 570 NewsRadio in Kitchener, plus five other radio stations across Canada, there is now a petition you can sign — and a chance for change to happen, writes Luisa D'Amato. www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...

A petition in Parliament is your chance to protest against radio station shutdowns

If the petition attracts lots of public support, it could change the way the Canadian government regulates the owners of radio stations, Luisa D’Amato writes

therecord.com

Keep boycotting the US. Everyone. Everywhere.

Dr. Tanya Lentz, R.Psych.@pednpsy.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.cbc.ca/news/world/p... The US plans to penalize Canada for Canadians not wanting their products because the US keeps threatening to annex Canada. Basically as always they do not want consequences for their actions.

I'm so sad about Sam Neill. He was one of my favourite actors and a wonderful person. RIP Sam, a huge loss.