As always I would be thrilled for people to pick up WICKHILLS, a weird city fantaspionage (??) about a government agent assigned to look after a defector who... wait WHAT did he steal?? us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

us.macmillan.com

Nino Cipri@ninocipri.bsky.social · 4w ago

authors you should absolutely quote post this with your fall releases, I am finding out about so many cool titles that I hadn't heard about

📢📢CREW ASSEMBLE📢📢 The incredible @trbocrab.bsky.social ‘s family is in need of help after a devastating house fire!! Let’s do what we do best! gofund.me/a24b2f8a4

Donate to Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family, organized by Theresa Bazanele

Yesterday afternoon, my mom's house was engulfed in flames. W… Theresa Bazanele needs your support for Rebuilding After the Fire: Support for Mom and Family

gofund.me

Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off

Part Time Yeen@parttimeyeen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

Worth reading the whole thread, especially the thoughts around "do you want to be a cop or a teacher? You can't do both."

Captain Awkward@captainawkward.bsky.social · 5d ago

I wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.

can somebody please give david jenkins a fucking break?

More of this energy for Toronto, please.

Gabe Blanc@gabeblanc.bsky.social · 5d ago

Toronto is a gift to the world. My closing remarks from last week’s event on housing policy in Ward 11 University–Rosedale 🏘️

SCOOP: The Doug Ford government received 98.98% opposition to its plan to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act with weaker legislation, according to an internal analysis viewed by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social. The bill passed anyway. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The Narwhal

Internal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5

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'Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.'

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

We have raised one thousand dollars!! Thank you all SO much 🥹 1/3rd of the way there! It's my 50th birthday this year, in October, and "still having a place to live" would be the most incredible gift this old disabled disaster bi could ask for.

MariWho@mariwho.bsky.social · 3w ago

$3100. Please share or donate if you can. I thought we had options, but they keep falling through. I can't sleep not knowing if we're going to have a roof over our heads this winter. As always, DM me if you need verification, I 100% understand and will provide. spot.fund/rzz1zs6sc

Just because…*swoon*

Toronto!

The Biking Lawyer LLP@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks to the incredible folks at @aasustainability we have the posters translated! Gig workers, join us Monday at Danforth and Vic Park for a rider safety workshop and in return get a free delivery bag and lights! In partnership with Access Alliance, @cycletoronto and @torontobikebrigade

I've been out in Canada talking to people who fear their health will be affected if the gov't allows oil firms to treat + release tailings waste into the Athabasca River - which feeds drinking water supplies for First Nations. Hear the full report here: theworld.org/segments/202...

Yelling "No! Drop it!" while I reach for the spray bottle

𝔙𝔦𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔱@wolvendaughter.bsky.social · 2w ago

just saw the portmanteau "horroromantasy" and no. that's quite enough.

Today I got to have a moment that felt like the reveal in a magic trick. Very "Is this your card?" Met a colleague who said "I usually try to remember names by adding a detail, so you're [name] with the rosy maple moth tattoo. I recognize it because of this show I watch..." (1/2)

The flakey sketchy anon survey monkey (!) the federal government put out on the Island Airport, their "consultation," ends Friday. If you haven't yet be sure to still fill it out. There are places you can add your own thoughts like "this survey is faulty and skews towards done deal" and etc.

Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

surveymonkey.ca

In 2014, New York City lowering the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. In just the 1st year: Traffic fatalities fell by more than 22% Pedestrian fatalities fell by more than 25% The most dangerous drivers, those driving over 35 mph, slowed down the most. Via @transalt.org Speed is always a factor.

Too Fast, Too Furious: New York City’s Speeding Epidemic and the Case for Local Control of Speed Limits — Transportation Alternatives

We need immediate action to reverse the rising death toll on our streets. Passing Sammy’s Law would give the City of New York the power to set its own speed limits and create streets safe for all New ...

transalt.org

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

Like. Seriously. Canadians do not have to do this. Cruelty is a choice. We see evidence of it as a _policy_ choice every damn day; for example, when health & public safety policy is set NOT to protect health & public safety sheesh

JayIsPainting 🍁@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 3w ago

Just saw an elbows up-er crowing that Canadian lettuce is fine and our food system is amazing and USians deserve it. And just fucking stop that. carney just cut 600 positions at the CFIA, 70% of lettuce consumed in Canada comes from the US or Mexico and food supply chains are brittle everywhere

$645/$3100! Incredible progress! Love you all so much, it is so heartening knowing people are willing to help me 😭💓

MariWho@mariwho.bsky.social · 3w ago

$3100. Please share or donate if you can. I thought we had options, but they keep falling through. I can't sleep not knowing if we're going to have a roof over our heads this winter. As always, DM me if you need verification, I 100% understand and will provide. spot.fund/rzz1zs6sc

Toronto Star: Under Toronto’s dystopian haze, Canada’s pivot away from climate leadership is impossible to ignore. "We’re now actively betting against a global energy transition from the fossil fuels contributing to these events." Gift link: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Posting here for my friends who might need the encouragement. I am going to eat microwaveable lasagna because eating something is better than eating nothing. Then I am going to bed early because rest is important. Can you also pick a thing that will make things 1% better for you and do it?

830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.

How am I supposed to choose?

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Well, it was a very very close one yesterday, but we now have our two #WorldCupOfBirds finalists. On Sunday one of these guys will be crowned the best "ordinary" bird in the world. 🇨🇦 Black-capped Chickadee 🇳🇿 New Zealand Fantail Voting will open at 9am, EDT.

It's been a tough day BUT I managed a perfect board for today's Smush. So that's something. hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 17 860 pts · PERFECT 💯 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

Smush

A daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required.

hankgreen.com

If you, like many of us, find yourself suddenly In Hell, I found out about something very cool today. If you have a box fan around, with duct tape, cardboard, and five 1900-rated furnace air filters, you can make your home way more breathable.

How to build your own Corsi-Rosenthal Box - Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation

Dedicated to providing cleaner safer air for all.

corsirosenthalfoundation.org

Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 3w ago

I don’t even understand this AQI. That’s too many

Māori word 'kaitiakitanga' named world's most beautiful by language app www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m... via @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #Maori #language #langsky

Māori word 'kaitiakitanga' named world's most beautiful by language app

A Māori word describing the responsibility to care for the natural world has been named the world's most beautiful word by language-learning platform Babbel.

rnz.co.nz

Exactly what my talented sweetheart @jaketobin.bsky.social said. 💯 #ontario #onpoli

This video should auto-play under every post that says a rapid transition out of fossil fuels isn't politically feasible

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Would love to feel like anyone in power was trying to fix the apocalyptic weather with the urgency that it requires.

Sorry for the cranky reposts this morning. I'm just really angry at my government and I have a headache from the wildfire smoke and a bunch of my neighbours have it much worse than that, so, see above re: angry.