Lioness
@lionesss.bsky.social
I am about the books. Books & Medieval History. Books, Medieval History & the Environment. Books, medieval History, the Environment and the ongoing pandemic. (she/her) I remain resolutely anonymous.
Heat and smoke mean a day indoors with air filters blasting. Mask if you’re outdoors if you can - even though the heat can make masking more unpleasant. Keep windows and doors closed if you can. The heat and pollution kills - all our communities will suffer because of the fires.
I bet if they had asked a librarian, they would have had some good ideas. www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Struggling to get your kids to read a book? Here are some tips | CBC Radio
New data suggests kids and teens today aren’t reading for fun the way older generations did. What do young people lose when they don't spend time with a good book?
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers’ Residency locusmag.com/2026/08...
chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
A new federal book banning bill is under consideration in the Senate. But library advocates are making our voices head. The right to read is too important to stay silent. Tell your Senators to reject S4925: https://www.action.ala.org/campaign/S4925
Just as I don't want to read a book by someone who couldn't be bothered to write it, I *definitely* don't want to eat food by someone who doesn't want me to see that food in actual photo form. You're advertising a product that does not and cannot exist in corporeal reality. WTF.
🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪@murderxbryan.bsky.social · yesterdayHey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.
The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.
Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...
Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media
For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar
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Very cool. This is going to sound slightly medieval but I've been thinking there must be some way to embed invisible apotropaic symbols in all those 'this page intentionally left blank' pages
Richard Pace@rpace.bsky.social · 4d ago
I visited the new African American museum in Bucks County yesterday. I was so impressed I purchased a membership. It’s vital to support places that are showing our nations true history and not the white supremacy version the federal government is spewing . youtu.be/5QncbIEkLz8?...
African American Museum of Bucks County on Boone's Farm.
YouTube video by Bucks County Places
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til that herb butter was named after its inventor, Sir Herbert Butter-Knife in 1851. That it coincidentally contains both herbs and butter is just one of those wonderful happy accidents.
A med student asked me today: "If viruses have been evolving for billions of years, why haven't they just killed all of us yet?" I laughed. Then I stopped laughing. Because the answer reveals the most terrifying evolutionary truth I've ever encountered.🧵
This is why we are boycotting Tim Hortons.
Mere Smith@evilgalprods.bsky.social · 4d agogive a fascist an inch and they’ll try to exterminate you
Good column from @shawnmicallef.bsky.social and there’s a lesson in the No Jets TO victory. It’s — stay mad, Toronto.
Shawn Micallef: The Billy Bishop expansion pause was a real win for the people. But don’t put away those No Jets signs just yet
The federal government’s decision to pause the Billy Bishop expansion means that people who often win lost for once — are taking it badly.
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Last year, I was with a group of friends at a cottage, in August. I read this thread to them. They loved it.
Erik Inglis@allthebeset.bsky.social · 2y ago(In honor of August, bringing this 🧵 over from twitter) August makes me think of the best summer restaurant I ever ate at. It didn’t have a name, just a tidy hand-painted sign: “Tomato Sandwiches—all you can eat.” #tomatosandwiches
Join Consumer Reports in urging Congress to restore funding for critical food safety programs! We need clearer answers faster when foodborne illness strikes. Send your message now: https://actnow.consumerreports.org/lp/fv01ysl3
The underlying story is about bad behaviour by The Reform party in the UK but I have to ask, why would anyone feed kids to cops? And the problem is that he did so for free??? Not the cannibalism?
Got up, made some coffee, sat down to drink it and the neighbourhood lost all power. Glad I got up when I did!
Hold on now. Let's not blame the factory when deregulation is clearly the problem.
Nathan Daniel Hernandez@natedhernandez.bsky.social · last wk.Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
This was a hard won gain that took a tremendous amount of work, determination, & persistence. Thanks to everyone on the Clean Indoor Air Toronto team, and thanks to OSPE!
Dick Zoutman@dickzoutman.bsky.social · last wk.This 👇🏽 is terrific news! Now we need to replicate this across all of Ontario and Canada!!
Look, friends. I know that you don't think it's much. But the NYT Puzzles app is very much propping up the NYT's ideologically driven hate campaign against trans people. You gotta let your streak go. There are so many other puzzles out there you could be playing that won't fund hate.
Games are helping the New York Times thrive amid media chaos
A new Games app is on the way.
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seller of bigotry offsets and indulgences@anem0ne.net · 6d agoyou're worried about your streak ending i'm worried because thanks to the nytimes normalizing anti-trans rhetoric, i won't be able to renew my passport, be careful which states i even consider traveling to, watch as more and more "allies" who "don't hate" regurgitate bigotry and right-wing framing
When calling, press 1 for English (if appropriate) then 1 to speak to the right people. (None of the options seems right but #1 is correct)
Megan Kearney@spookymeggie.bsky.social · last wk.I'm absolutely appalled that Tim Hortons has chosen to partner with the Harry Potter franchise, and enrich JK Rowling, whose unapologetic and public bigotry targets a tiny and incredibly vulnerable queer minority group. You can call Tim Hortons and tell them the same at 1-888-601-1616.
Taking your doggo for a walk? We did and stumbled across this charming doggie stick library in an alley just off of Merchant Lane behind Sterling Ave in the Junction Triangle. #westendwhimsy
Yep. Here is the Toronto Public Library sucking up to Google AI No wonder they are promoting AI as something wonderful.
