Worth the read. And I agree with those who wrote: *if* things south of the border show signs of a change, it will take a generation to dull the sharp edges.

Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦@jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · yesterday

"Flip both chambers of Congress, show the world America will hold this man accountable, and the boycotts start coming down as a gesture of good faith. Another said restore the rule of law & she’s on the first plane to Arizona with her vacation money." #USA rossboulton1.substack.com/p/to-my-fell...

As Suzuki first told iPolitics, “If we pass one boundary, we should be shitting our pants. We’ve passed seven!” ricochet.media/climate/davi... #environment #cdnpoli

David Suzuki refuses to give young people ‘hopium’ about the future

David Suzuki has looked back on his life’s work with mixed feelings. "I have failed," he lamented to Ricochet's Adrian Harewood.

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ZipRecruiter can stick their shoddy, misleading and data harvesting application where the sun does not shine. That is all.

Tuesday

Wow; it's rare that you can actually smell the salt air in Halifax anymore but with the current fog and windstorm it's coming in through the windows. 🌬️

A few days ago I mistakenly read the opening line to a post as "The Tulip Administration" instead of "The Trump Administration" (not enough coffee I guess). Anyhoo, now I deliberately read "Tulip" every time I see the name "Trump". It kinda makes things a bit less horrid...🌷🌷😅

The weather center says it's 100% humidity out there but I'm sure it's at least 150% 🫠 I am literally dripping with moisture from my 45 min walk.

This was my happy place today

Macro photography by explore with Dara. Incredible

"Food safety is a great place but can be overdone. ... I'm not saying it's not important, there are definitely important pieces there, but we're overregulated in that." WRONG ANSWER. That's why the USA is in the state it's in. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canada could add billions to its economy by processing more food. Here's what it's trying | CBC News

The federal government's national food security strategy is pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to scale up Canada's food processing industry. CBC's The House spoke to Ontario farmers and innovat...

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Nothing I’ve written has ever been as good as “comparison is the thief of joy”

🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”

This has been identified in a Lunenburg, NS woman as well: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Suspected tick-bite allergy leaves Nova Scotia woman unable to eat meat or dairy | CBC News

A Pictou County woman says she is afraid to leave her house after she developed a rare allergic reaction to meat and dairy linked to lone star tick bites.

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Pestilence@pestilence4all.bsky.social · 4d ago

Alpha-gal syndrome is on the rise, a meat/dairy born allergy that can be gotten from Lone Star tick bites. These lil bastards also carry the bourbon virus. I know it sounds good, especially if it is aged in the right oak casks, but it can kill you. Thank your local climate change and white tail deer

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... We were really hoping they'd kick him off the lake. Damn.

Convicted drug trafficker to keep Halifax-area lakeside home, but will pay $240K fine | CBC News

Gary (Boo) Boudreau, who was targeted by a major cocaine and cannabis investigation, will not lose the million-dollar lakeside home he built partly on the proceeds of crime, but has instead been order...

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Is it muggy? It feels a bit muggy to me...

Barika the Curly-Haired Sheep

Alt: Barika the Curly-Haired Sheep

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This is kinda fun; My 5 words: Year (none of your business ;) * artsy-fartsy *bait and switch (my favourite descriptor of a political double cross) *pookie (my nickname in jr. high) *ten-speed *interrrobang (use this all the time ?!)

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

Got bored so I watched Best of Fail Army on Youtube; came to the conclusion that all males aged 10-40 should just wear jock protection 24-7.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/... I would have peed my pants if I was in one of those houses looking out at this happening 😱

Giant iceberg turns over near Greenland's coast

Video captured by a passerby showed the moment the iceberg collapsed, creating a big wave.

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A scary story with a great ending; I'd say that mountain definitely left an impression on him...🙃

Pestilence@pestilence4all.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good morning. Enjoy your day. Thought I share this crazy story.

Cheers to @mackinnonart.bsky.social! Always happy to see your spot-on commentary.

@floatyflake.bsky.social · 7d ago

www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

www.cbc.ca/news/science... Why do we continue to strive to f**ck up the earth we all live on?

ANALYSIS | U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications? | CBC News

Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. W...

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There are few things on social media these days that make me laugh, but this set of responses did it. Doesn't matter what they were talking about - even out of context the words ring true 🤣

NEW: OpenAI’s “rogue” AI agent didn’t just breach Hugging Face — it also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services. It's now clear that the incident was more extensive than the company initially disclosed.

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.

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Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

The double-crossers at StupidStore are at it again. NoName cheese is the same price ($6.79 ea) as the brand name cheese - you only get a discount if you buy *2* of the NoName cheese blocks. 😠

Well, this is encouraging

In the age of AI, how do we teach young people to think critically? | CBC News

How are we teaching critical thinking to students? Some want to see more explicit methods of guiding students from elementary through post-secondary to practise and build their critical thinking skill...

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Gas is $1.93 a litre in Halifax, but the oil execs need to complete their underground bunkers before the impending apocalypse so I guess it's reasonable. 🤷‍♂️

Regarding workforce reductions within the federal government, it's said the people who are left are the ones who feel the greatest impact. In this current economic and political reality, however, the suffering is being felt on both sides of the line, Mr. Prime Minister. @mark-carney.bsky.social

More than 9,100 federal workers apply for early retirement as deadline arrives | CBC News

More than 9,100 federal public servants have applied for the government's early retirement incentive program ahead of today’s deadline.

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