This is such a great weather/climate guide for Canada newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...

Is today’s weather normal? Search for your town or city to compare it to previous years

The CBC News Climate Dashboard tracks temperature and precipitation and compares them to historical trends. Check back daily to see breaking records and the forecast for where you live.

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@cameronmahler.bsky.social any interest in community solar?

"The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer" — Anthony Trollope's novel Phineas Redux (1873)

🗳️ Check your inbox, Ripple Makers! Your ballot for the 2026 Drupal Association At-Large Board Election has been sent. Head to your email and cast your vote before August 14th! Get to know the candidates and find all the details you need on our Election page 👉 www.drupal.org/association/...

@ecologyottawa.bsky.social I have a few too many ideas for a form for Steal These Ideas! Nice campaign btw www.ecologyottawa.ca/steal_these_... I do hope that others steal the idea too to push for good, green policies.

Election candidates: Steal These Ideas!

ecologyottawa.ca

“The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived." -- Leo Rosten

Big ideas often sound unrealistic until they become inevitable. Shiv Malik explores why incremental thinking won't solve today's housing crisis, and what it would take to build a city for a million people. challengercities.substack.com/p/challenger... #Cities #Housing #UrbanPlanning #FutureCities

Challenger Cities EP90: It Only Sounds Mad Because We Think Small with Shiv Malik

Listen now | A journalist, a few thousand pounds and forty people working for free want to build a city for a million people next to Cambridge. The maddest thing about it is how sane it is.

challengercities.substack.com

Installing #solar 1 house at a time leaves a lot of value on the table. What if neighbours planned together? How about #Ottawa & specifically #Centretown - Shared buying power - Lower costs - Better #battery options - More resilient communities - Less #CO2 mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...

I´m still hoping for a new approach of an EU powered project, not wasting +2 millions for some not accessible PDF-Slides ;-( cordis.europa.eu/project/id/7... Or can´t Canada start something? Germany just proved yesterday, that no company will be harmed for EAA "Human rights violations".

Web Accessibility Directive Decision Support Environment | WADcher | Project | Results | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission

Deliverables, publications, datasets, software, exploitable results

cordis.europa.eu

@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social this might be interesting too mgifford.github.io/accessible-b...

@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social great monologs. Thought you would like mgifford.github.io/inclusive-em...

In early June, we announced that we had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. (the German Institute for Standardization) to strengthen open source participation in international standards development. Photo: Peter-Paul Weiler

Simple quote seen at UN Open Source Week: "be the catalist that makes the world work better" #UNOSW #NYC #OpenSource

Final stretch at UN Open Source Week! 🏁 Today, we're joining the Community-Led Side Events organized by RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), @openforumeurope.org, @curiossorg.bsky.social, and Red Hat, hosted by IBM.

🏛️ Got insights on how government agencies can maximize #Drupal? Share them at #DrupalGovCon! The #CallForSpeakers is open until June 26, so lock in your topics today! ⏰ 📆 August 11–13, 2026 🏫 University of Maryland, College Park 🔗 Apply to speak here: sessionize.com/drupal-govco...

Day 2 of UN Open Source Week! Focused on Open Source AI. Inspiring words from Adriana Groh & Thomas Jarzombek ("Public Money, Public Code"). Great to be with the #Drupal community, including Timothy Lehnen & Tiffany Farriss.👇 #UNOSW #OpenSource #FOSS

The second #Maintainathon at #UNOpenSourceWeek brought together more than 100 participants across two tracks and 15 sessions: maintainers, governments, NGOs, researchers, OSPOs, and open source communities speaking openly about what it actually takes to sustain critical digital infrastructure.

🇺🇳 United Nations Open Source Week 2026 has officially kickstarted today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York! The Drupal Association is honored to be part of this premier global forum. Stay tuned for more updates! 🌐✨ #Drupal #OpenSource #AI #UNOpenSourceWeek

Two tracks are run in parallel: Technical Maintenance room brings maintainers together to share knowledge on the practice of open source maintenance. The Capacity & Stewardship room is focused on how organizations, institutions, and governments can better support critical open source technologies.

If you can't be here in NYC for the UN's Open Source Week, you can still access the live feed online from Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check out: www.unopensource.org#process #UNOpenSourceWeek #UNOSW #UnitedNations #OpenSource

I am in NYC for the UN Open Source Week! Anyone want to get together tonight for dinner? #UNOSW #UnitedNations

This is about as uplifting as you would expect. Still a good listen www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp... #AI #Palestine #Israel

Computer Says Kill: The Palestine Laboratory w/ Antony Loewenstein

Author of The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein explains that for Israel, precision warfare is just performative.

themaybe.org

What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup & home electrification easier and more affordable? I'm exploring a community-led model for Ottawa that focuses on transparency, resilience & reducing costs through neighbourhood-scale adoption. mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...

What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? I'm exploring a community-led model for Ottawa. No sales pressure. No exclusive vendors. Just transparency and shared learning. mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...

@kojordan.com I just archived this but you might be interested mgifford.github.io/eu-plus-gove...

How can societies balance innovation with the need for transparency, interoperability, and public oversight? #AIQ #AI

How can societies balance innovation with the need for transparency, interoperability, and public oversight? #AIQ #AI

What characteristics should critical digital infrastructure possess if it is to remain accountable to the communities that depend upon it? #AIQ #AI

How might the principles of good participation guide the design and governance of digital infrastructure? #AIQ #AI