Planting trees in cities saves lives. A new study in Chicago estimates that planting 14,000 trees per year to increase shade would save 104 lives annually Conversely, eliminating urban trees increases deaths from heat agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Increasing Urban Tree Canopy Associated With Reduced Mortality: A Longitudinal Analysis of Chicago Neighborhoods

Total canopy cover was not associated with mortality, but year-to-year increases were linked to lower all cause and cause specific mortality Year-to-year tree canopy loss is significantly associa...

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This could be trouble for anyone with a cat

CT⚡️@stormspeed.bsky.social · 2h ago

My dream living room.

Even trying to *get* a protection order put my life at risk. The most recent femicides here in Ontario involved women being killed by men they had protection orders against. The system needs to change.

The Canadian Anti-Stalking Association (CASA)@antistalkingcanada.bsky.social · 1h ago

The Law Commission of Ontario has released a new report about protection orders. Based on surveys with survivors AND professionals, they found: The vast majority of participants agreed that protection orders matter. Yet only a small minority said that protection orders are working well.

Come on Ontario, get out and vote once these byelections start, every seat Ford loses will help. Ford could call byelections in 3 #Ontario ridings today Wednesday is deadline for premier to call byelection in Scarborough Southwest www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford could call byelections in 3 Ontario ridings today | CBC News

Wednesday is the last day Premier Doug Ford can call a byelection in Scarborough Southwest, where the provincial seat has been vacant since February. But he could call elections in two other ridings w...

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623 words on “Once Is Enemy Action,” a science fiction novel about the origins of modern technofascism. (1336 words total) #dailywords

A co-founder of Dominion Society of Canada, a group promoting "remigration," has quit. Greg Wycliffe resigned from its board on July 30 after photos and posts revealed his past work at a Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ radio station and participation in Pride events. www.antihate.ca/dominion_soc...

Dominion Society of Canada Co-Founder Resigns After Being Outed As Former 2SLGBTQ+ Radio Station Host

Wycliffe was previously a radio host for PROUD FM, a since-shuttered Toronto radio station that catered primarily to a 2SLGBTQ+ audience. Images still visible on his personal Facebook account, which w...

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There's nothing more tiresome than "I'm not a right-winger! I'm a moderate who opposes extremists on both sides (though the only ones I ever get really angry at are the ones to my left)!" That's Bari's message, too, and it's pure bullshit.

I just picked up Alice Feeney's My Husband's Wife and I am completely FLOORED and CREEPED OUT by Chapter 1. The chapter's openig sentence: "Everybody lies and everybody dies." #sentenceoftheday #amreading #MyHusbandsWife Full steam ahead. #booksky

Its publication day for my friend Laura’s latest book, and debut adult fantasy, THE CASTLE AND THE CLOISTER!! An absolute banger of a five star read. High fantasy, political machinations, revs up slowly and goes for the throat; matriarchal religion vs patriarchal rulership, incredible FMC….

It says something unflattering about our country that so many Americans are not concerned that the nation’s president is a money launderer who rapes both adults and children.

When scientists say it’s not too late to address the climate crisis, we really mean it. Resources to work through your climate emotions and then get involved in activism are always linked in my bio.

I don't mean to brag, (Obviously, I do, because otherwise I wouldn't post it) But I just replaced the side brush module on my Roomba. All by myself.

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Great Canadian alternatives to Scotts Miracle-Gro include: Pro-Mix, Golf Green, and Acadie. These brands offer reliable water-soluble, liquid, or organic-based plant foods and soils made by Canadian companies.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d ago

And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Alberta and Washington are run by women who like to serve young women up to adults.

This US resident has insurance and this is the bill he got for a single visit to the ER Canadians, we have so much to lose and nothing to gain from a two-tier system with private insurance like the Alberta gov is pushing

Too Big to Fail@toobigtofail.bsky.social · 2d ago

I realize the Europeans have largely gone to bed, but: I got bitten by a dog yesterday and had a bad reaction to it and ended up throwing up all night last night. My wife made me go to the emergency room; I've gotten IV fluids and an abdominal ultrasound. This is what I had to pay. I have insurance.

👀 Nathan Robinson takes full advantage of a chance to explain to Katie Pavlich why Democratic Socialism is on the rise 🔥

I've never used #Spotify. Because I don't have an account, like others, we can't see your music links from there. I have specific reasons not to use Spotify, the biggest being the inaccuracy of newly rated (chart) music for charts that already existed, decades before Spotify. It's RERated.

I ran Spotify through a 1960s media theory to predict what kills it.

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French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

Oh, he was a partner in PE firm. Thats why he wants to destroy this place

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

And here's my piece from last week about his calendar this year (I received 17 weeks' worth), which showed that he was out of town 40 percent of the time that we know about, including four known trips to his family home in Chicago and mostly blank weekends. publicola.com/2026/07/29/p...

Partial, Altered Schedule Shows Police Chief Out of Town Nearly 7 Weeks So Far This Year - PubliCola

Barnes, under fire after we reported on his absence from the city during Sunday’s mass shooting, had planned a half-dozen…

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Another policy of the new “Apartheid Alberta,” apparently working as intended. #Canada #Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

Leeta 🇨🇦@micropainter.bsky.social · last wk.

Just saw the term “Apartheid Alberta.” That’s what Danielle Smith and the UCP are creating with their racist, separatist referendum questions. #StayInCanada #Never51 #Canada #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #FireTheUCP #ForeverCanadian @lukaszukab.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Mark Carney has: -scrapped consumer carbon tax -scrapped oil/gas emissions cap -cut $1.3B from environment Canada -weakened industrial carbon pricing -axed 2 billion trees program -approved 1M barrels/day pipeline -weakened greenwashing laws While this is happening:

I made dinner for a man who abused me more times than I can count thinking I could fix things. It never stopped the abuse. It created the expectation that he could do whatever he wanted and then be fed. Max Miller is trash. If the GOP won’t say it, I will.

Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians. What to know, who is involved, and how you can act. bookriot.com/arkansas-act...

Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas

A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.

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KUOW says that "influencers" like me are the reason you should give them money. If you want "police say" statements, I guess go for it. If you want deeply sourced, in-depth investigative reporting by someone who's been a journalist in Seattle since 2001, support PubliCola! publicola.com/support/

The one that’s going up in my hometown ~by their own numbers~ will take more power and water than the city already uses in a year. I don’t think data centers are objectively bad. But, building them in known wetlands, by manipulating small town officials, and sidestepping env regs infuriates me

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.