Brent Ward
@geobrentatlarge.bsky.social
SFU Earth Sciences, Quaternary Geologist, Cordilleran Ice Sheet, purveyor of Natural Hazards, Climate Change of the past and the future, Long suffering Canucks fan, loves woolly mammoths (he, him, his)
A trio of earthquakes (M4.9-5.4) struck ~120 km off northern Vancouver Island during the past 18 hours. These were too far offshore to have any impacts - but good reminders that this is an active earthquake zone. Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php ShakeOutBC www.shakeoutbc.ca ⚒️🧪
Large black bear beside our house this morning. Looks well fed! Hope he makes it. Conservation officers have twitchy trigger fingers!
It’s 1970 and ELTON JOHN takes out a crumpled piece of paper and plays “Tiny Dancer” for the first time in front of his lyricist BERNIE TAUPIN and Taupin’s wife Maxine (for whom Taupin wrote the song).
My top 4 Crow Full Moon shots tonight. P L E N T Y of video to edit someday! 🪶 🐦⬛
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 3d agoomg I got DOZENS of crows in front of the Moon, mostly like this shot. can't wait to go home and find the best one. tho. I can. because I need to buy some broth first. 🪶 🐦⬛
Gran Paradiso Aug. 1980 | Sept. 2026 Incredible repeat photography of the Gran Paradiso glaciers 46 years apart, showing the magnitude of man-made glacial collapse in the Alps - which will never be white again! 🧊🔥 📷 Antonio and Riccardo Bussano 🙏
It can be difficult to say with precision and confidence what the impacts of this will be across British Columbia, but a wide range of extreme scenarios should be considered as possibilities at this point.
Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social · last wk.I have zero faith that most Canadian politicians are taking this seriously or preparing for it in any significant way.
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.chat is that good
Ouch! Serious shade that may result in more tariffs from the orange baby.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · last wk.Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
This animated map shows Europe from 24,100 BC until today. The crust sags under the ice and rebounds after it, and the sea drops 130 m as the water is locked up. The interactive version allows you to tilt the map: buff.ly/Pfj3exH
There's a reason previous Liberal governments looked at privatizing airports and didn't go through with it. Private investors don't want a stake in our public assets to make them better. They’re in it to make as much money as possible for themselves - while workers and passengers pay the price.
This is a thread of memes about Kash Patel’s defense of bestiality sent to me by current and former FBI employees. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 🧵 1/
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
She deserves that dog: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug: 🧠 DEMENTIA DONNIE RUNS A DEMENTED CAMPAIGN - Brought to you by the intrepid Inner Hive, including long-time member Veronica Santa Monica and new member Hunter X. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive ) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
"That doesn't help rebuild the good relationship that we once had and that I want us to have again," Collins told CBC News.. Who is killing the relationship? Who? I am sure you are "very concerned" about this Susan, as you usually are, but don't tell us what to do. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News
A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
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Hey I am on Tic-Tok! I did an interview for West Harbour Heros on the effects of a subduction zone earthquake on Tofino. Lots of takes and editing made me look good!! I guess this is an add for it? I will have to watch the whole 1 hour episode! They interviewed a bunch of people.
I like to make a strong fashion statement in the field! Thanks @geocron.bsky.social for helping me look good!
You have to wonder if someone put this in the new regulations so he has to defend bestiality to make him look bad. Well to look worse……
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoKash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."
Road deaths are not inevitable. dailyhive.com/vancouver/sa...
'Road deaths are not inevitable': Metro Vancouver leaders push for safer B.C. roads | Daily Hive | Urbanized
Municipal leaders are pushing for safer B.C. roads, but they're saying they need help from other levels of government to take action.
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YVR is the best airport in North America, one of the best in the world. What exactly is the urgency to “fix” his? We have serious shit to fix in this country that a rush to sell off assets doesn’t solve. news.yvr.ca/yvr-recogniz...
YVR recognized as Best Airport in North America for record 15th year, 10th Best Airport in the World
Skytrax Award recognition as voted by millions of travellers follows record-breaking year for both cargo and passenger volumesVancouver International Airport (YVR) has once again been named Best Airpo...
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Hey I am on Tic-Tok! I did an interview for West Harbour Heros on the effects of a subduction zone earthquake on Tofino. Lots of takes and editing made me look good!! I guess this is an add for it? I will have to watch the whole 1 hour episode! They interviewed a bunch of people.
Looks like food prices at YVR (Vancouver International) and going up even more!! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada's 4 largest airports to be opened up to private investment, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment, but that Ottawa will maintain ownership of "underlying land and assets."
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Let me guess? An Alberta separatist supporter? He loves him some US gun laws! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police say man threatened to shoot someone in Calgary grocery store in fight over U.S. tariffs | CBC News
A man is facing charges following a grocery store dispute about tariffs in southwest Calgary, where police say he threatened to shoot a man in front of his family.
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1. In late Sept. 2002 just a year after the Al-Qaeda led Sept. 11th attacks on the US & in the midst of the so called War on Terror that followed #9/11, #MaherArar, a Syrian-born-McGill University-educated engineer, was on his way home to Canada following a family trip to Tunisia.
