Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
@benjaminwrites.bsky.social
Writer. My latest is The Art of Forgiveness, from @galleon-books.bsky.social, a collection of linked short stories about three boys growing up (roughly) in the suburbs outside Halifax. I also advocate for sustainable energy. https://chris-benjamin.ca
I’m enjoying social media clips of highlights from the new women’s professional baseball league. The number of insecure men in the comments putting down the athleticism and abilities of these women is just gross. Grow up, dudes, and find some joy in your life.
Thinking about rain from the comfort of my home office, how it's terrible for baseball and so needed by farmers & wildfire fighters & the land itself. "Then the rain came, like stammered kisses at first on the back of my neck. I unfurled my fist for the rain to caress with its lips." Carol Ann Duffy
A little PSA for readers of all ages: @runningthegoat.bsky.social makes absolutely beautiful books, without fail. Check out their catalogue.
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 4w agoA frightened cobra learns an important lesson from a wandering monk in ‘Hiss, Don’t Bite!', one of four delightful Indian folktales told in English and Tamil in Sharada Eswar’s WHEN THE BANYAN SWAYS. www.runningthegoat.com #KidLit
“The most tragic form of loss isn't the loss of security; it's the loss of the capacity to imagine that things could be different.” ― Ernst Bloch, The Principle of Hope
To oppose Net Zero is to condemn ever vaster numbers of people to death. Yet this is the defining 'policy' of Her Majesty's Opposition. Where is the outcry?
Met Office: Thousands of deaths during recent heatwaves caused by climate change
Sobering scientific analysis estimates more than 2,700 people died from heat-related causes during the May and June heatwaves in England and Wales
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Edwin Theriault for my 2012 book Eco Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada. He was fireworks all the way, a pleasure to talk with and listen to. An accidental environmentalist and a man who loved his family and community. RIP.
Stoo Metz 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈@stoometz.bsky.social · last mo.Edwin Theriault, the founder of a chain of regional thrift stores that helped transform the experience of buying and selling second-hand clothes in the Maritimes, has died. He was 94 Theriault, opened his first Frenchy's outpost in Meteghan, N.S., in 1971 #Halifax #HaliSky #NovaScotia
How much was the budget cut to the Annapolis Valley Library system? $320 K? Choices amirite. #nspoli
Tim Bousquet@timbousquet.bsky.social · last mo.Karen Oldfield named CEO of Accelerate Nova Scotia, an agency without an office, staff, budget, or much of a reason for existing, and she got the job without competing for it Morning File by me
In Nova Scotia, a full year of bird and bat monitoring is required as part of the provincial environmental assessment before putting up wind turbines. Good. So why don't the prospective gas, oil, critical mineral, uranium and frack people have to do that?
The doilie-clad warrior with the logo atop his head gives a fiery speech rousing a nation of coach jockeys. Once more unto the breach!
Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · last mo.can't stop laughing at this Poilievre: "We will reinstill a warrior culture, not a woke culture."
Maritime Electric proposing 2 new 50-MW fossil fuel-burning turbines to increase electricity reliability on PEI. A report for the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission shows batteries are the more cost-effective solution www.theenergymix.com/three-mariti... by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Three Maritime Provinces, Three Gas Plant Fights, No Regional Grid
Despite public opposition and evidence that battery energy storage systems would cost less, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick approved power plants that will burn gas and diesel for the next quarter centu...
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we must accept more extreme weather and more deadly natural disasters to achieve a few tenths of a percentage point of additional gdp growth in the short term 🥰
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.Canada Day extreme weather brought to you by climate change, which Carney announced yesterday we can’t afford to properly fight 🤗
We don’t need markets for gas. We need a market f or being healthy, sustainable and just. Let’s make that work and leave the gas in the ground.
Joan Baxter@joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2mo agoCarney’s “value(s)” are showing. They’re not pretty.
We said that? We sure did!
Peggy Blair@peggyjblair.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooking for a great beach read? Tired of cozies? Check out @cbforrest's THE WRECKING GAME. It's dark and beautifully crafted. Seaboard Review of Books says it doesn't get any better than this. Order exclusively from reboundpress.com -- we ship anywhere in Canada!
"There are an estimated 86 billionaire families in Canada..." Holy shit that's a lot of assholes. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
Show me the money: A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
taxfairness.ca
There are over six million (6,000,000!) feral hogs in the United States. Thank you #johnOliver for this knowledge.
Halifax is rife with miniature art, or perhaps simply dioramas. Eye of the beholder and all that. Regardless, it’s fun.
to congratulate JD Vance on the release of his new book Communion we’re offering bell hooks’ Communion at 25% off until the end of the month! Order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/communion
Kids love comics. They don’t need AI to ‘help’ create them. Morning File by Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Kids love comics. They don't need AI to 'help' create them. - Halifax Examiner
Outsourcing your creative work to a machine is "empowerment"?
halifaxexaminer.ca
It pains me sometimes hearing media people interview authors. It’s so clear they don’t even read.
Some significant disapproving here in Nova Scotia
Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 2mo agoPremier Approval Polling: (Current Approval // (Previous Approval)) Kinew: +28% // (+26%) Wakeham: +11% // (-2%) Moe: +6% // (+7%) Frechette: -1% // (New) Holt: -8% // (+14%) Smith: -14% // (-6%) Houston: -29% // (-19%) Eby: -30% // (-21%) Ford: -51% // (-32%) Angus Reid / May 11, 2026
Canadians are paying $20 million a year to rent a non-existent “spaceport” in Canso, Nova Scotia, from Maritime Launch Services (owned by an American). This week launches are scheduled that block lobster fishers & helicopters to the local hospital. Nova Scotia truly is Canada’s Grifter Playground.
Halifax Examiner@halifaxexaminer.ca · 2mo agoConfusion and consternation over rocket launches planned this week from Canso Reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
83% said affordable housing should be designed to reduce energy costs 91% said Build Canada Homes should emphasize energy-efficient, resilient housing. 58% said living in an energy-efficient building would make a major or moderate improvement in energy costs www.theenergymix.com/31-cutting-b...
31% Cutting Back on Groceries as Canadians Embrace Energy Efficiency to Trim Costs
Canadians see energy efficiency is an essential tool to deal with the rising cost of living, and more than three-quarters say it’s up to federal and provincial governments to help households seize the...
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Add rural libraries to the Houston Government body count: +books published, Mi'kmaw athletes trained, kids being physically active, scholarships supporting Black students, air pollution prevented, sick kids access to healthcare, restorative justice, apprenticeships, mental health supports…etc etc
