Claire Eamer
@eamer.bsky.social
I live on a small 🇨🇦 island and write stuff. Often about science. Often for kids. But not always. Website: http://www.claireeamer.com/?m=1
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate theconversation.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate
Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.
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Lookee! It's a real thing! Or at least the first version of a real thing. The ARC, advance reading copy, of my new book for @orcabook.bsky.social is available now in digital and paper forms. #Winter2027
The move makes the country the latest to signal a shift away from a colonial past by changing its name. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Nauru, the world’s 3rd-smallest country, changes its name
Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language.
seattletimes.com
Imagine the tax payer dollars that will go to removing all this tacky shit when this man is finally out of office.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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I love the title of this book! I bet kids will too.
Casey Lyall@caseylyall.bsky.social · 3d agoOne week away! 💙🐳💙 On Sunday, August 9th, join me and Kathryn Durst at Type Books Junction (2887 Dundas St. West, Toronto) for a Whale, That was Unexpected storytime followed by some extra fun! I'll also have lots of swag to hand out! Hope to see you there!
Atlantic puffins typically live between 20 and 30 years in the wild. They are monogamous and mate for life, returning to the exact same burrows and partners each year. They perform a tender billing ritual by topping and rubbing their beaks together, reinforcing their bond
In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.
This epic thread appears to be *still going* and it’s 🎯 😘
Yooty@yooty.bsky.social · 5d agoThe conservative solution for the “male loneliness epidemic” and decentering men is to just remove women from public spaces.
Here's a worthy nation-building project for us, @mark-carney.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
Europe is on fire
And it needs a Canadian plane to put it out
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Buddy used his café to rally his town to break up Canada. Folks decided to buy their coffee elsewhere. He went out of business. Treason doesn't pay. Check out this article. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Separatist Café Owner's Cold Lake Business Goes Under Due to Hosting Separatist Events
This is just a warning shot to Albertans who think separation is the answer to our problems. This guy thought so, and it led his customers to separate from his business.
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She has my vote for the Order of Canada
CTV News Kitchener@ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 6d ago‘Seemed appropriate’: Vancouver Island artist uses horse manure to paint Trump portrait - When Vancouver Island artist Wendy Chartrand decided to paint a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump, she used a new medium she thought “seemed appropriate” for the subject—horse manure.
This is very cool: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
14,000-year-old archeological find affirms Heiltsuk Nation's ice age history | CBC News
An ancient settlement uncovered on B.C.'s Central Coast has been carbon dated at 14,000 years old — one of the oldest ever found on Pacific Northwest Coast — supporting the oral history of the Heiltsu...
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Such an amazing list of great Canadian books! Do you have a fave that should be included? Just click on the link, donate to a great cause (kid literacy) and be heard! (See if you can guess the 4 that I nominated) @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social bookcentre.ca/pages/canada...
Canada's Favourite Kids' Books Nominations
The votes coming in! Canadians are voting for their favourite Canadian kids' books through the CCBC's 50th anniversary FUNdraiser—Canada's Favourite Kids' Books campaign. The donate to nominate FUNdr...
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Where are all these secret places GOPers go that are constantly making them show photo ID for everything, I apparently go to none of them ever, is this some sort of fetish thing, should we be worried about them
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
Donald Trump's war on Iran gets most of the headlines, but his economic terrorism against Cuba remains a humanitarian disaster. Canada, which has always defined American embargos on the island, ought to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Trump’s White House is spinning a wild conspiracy tale about this country. Canada needs to step in to defend it
While Trump and Marco Rubio spin theories about Cuba, Canada needs to do what it can to protect Cuba’s residents
thestar.com
Great nations don't die, they just stop being taken seriously
Great nations don't die, they just stop being taken seriously
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Wrong, we’re doing that all over Europe and Scotland exports more energy than it uses.
Portugal runs 70-80% annually on renewables. Solar/wind/hydro.
The Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.
Edmonton plans separation referendum to separate from Alberta separation referendum
Edmonton plans separation referendum to separate from Alberta separation referendum
EDMONTON - With the October 19th Alberta Separation referendum approaching, residents of the provincial capital have announced that they will be holding their own referendum to separate the city of Ed...
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