In the home decor section of Ikea downtown, you can find Ginseng. *It's not edible however. #gardening #shopping #bikeTO

Launching today with partners: a campaign to protect sharks & rays. At #CITESCoP20, govts will decide whether to grant whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, and manta & devil rays full Appendix I protections — a once-in-a-generation chance. 🌏 Sign the petition: only.one/act/cites-2025

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent. Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income. We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Some #art therapy this aft. #painting #drawing #DIY #cats #cartoons

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

View of OntarioLine construction + CN Tower, far left. Cheap transpo, yay-- read recently having car costs avg $1,300/mo. #TOpoli #ONpoli #TTC #travel #Toronto

Fall is a great time to divide your big hostas. Bought bread knife to saw root ball in half once dug out. #gardening #growyourown #free #plants #DIY

Fun fact heard at work: "Soca" #music is that coming from "Trinny"/Trinidad & Tabago & has nothing to do w footie. #canwnt #canxnt #canmnt

Okay, funny bookstore category

With all that's going on, here's a mini escape: #fall colours starting to show in Toronto. #landscaping #photography

From 10 years ago, the previous time Canada Post threatened to cancel home delivery, @johnlorinc.bsky.social explored the logistical challenges of community mailboxes in dense urban areas. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto...

Biking downtown this weekend for @torontoWOTS (on again today Sunday) Some nice views. #photography #Toronto #books #bikeTO #shopping

$5 for some books @torontoWOTS Great finds w good company this time. On again tomorrow at new location 215 King West. #books #fiction #canlit #nonfiction #shopping #MeetMeAtWOTS

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.” 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

The Toronto Star’s City Report Card survey suggests six in 10 Torontonians believe that the city’s best days are in the past. Given the challenges Toronto faces right now, it’s an understandable position, but it’s wrong. My column on teenage Toronto. The future is bright if we….(pls read n share).

Anyone recommend a decent rug cleaning/dry cleaning place in east end? #local #EastEndLove #Toronto

Tossing stuff? www.declutter.diabetes.ca can help-- they take bedding & clothes in their bins around town. Call & they will collect☆ #recycle #reuse

#flowersonFriday & bikes in east end. #biketo #EastEndLove

If you really want to honor Charlie Kirk, demand the full & unredacted Epstein files be released as that was his last ask.

Funny and true. The numbering of duns.

At the Canada First rally & counter rally on Saturday, there was a free ice cream truck to cool the temperature-- so great to read in TorStar. We need creative ways to show Canada is a welcoming place valuing immigrant builders, peace-seekers. #cdnpoli #topoli

Any tips on landing 2026 World Cup tix here? #canmnt #canxnt #canwnt #travel #Canada

Waiting for good time to return them? Now is good. #affordablehousing #topoli

@cityofvancouver.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social #traffic

It's incredibly weird that folks have convinced themselves that the Covid vaccines - which had an ~82^% take up rate - were unpopular.

Countries like South Africa, Pakistan, and Vietnam are going solar at just astounding rates. Solar is cheap because you don’t need to extract, transport, or buy fuel — fuel that’s been controlled by a handful of corporations for decades. We can have energy without fossil fuels.

Amazing-- @redrocketcoffee has decent decaf plus friendly staff on Danforth. #local #coffee

Fall temps turning sedum pink that we planted in a row several months ago. #FlowersOnFriday #gardening #teamwork

Heard on podcast w Dr Roman Yampolskiy on @youtube that only 5 jobs might remain in 2030 due to #AI & that Sam Altman is ignoring safeguards w Chatgpt. More pressing than #climate to ban superintelligence, ensure safe use of AI. #cdnpoli cc @juliedabrusin.bsky.social @evansolomon.bsky.social

Fall, here we come... chrysanthemum flowers out! Happy #LabourDay! ~

The beaver is more than a buck-toothed rodent and national emblem. It turns out the revered creature could be a helpful ally in the battle against wildfires, a new study reveals. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...

We're moving in September, and you know what that means: Sales! Our Rummage Sale, clearing out the books that have piled up in our basement over 36 years, is on now! Drop by and check it out!

Four of my books in five languages . . . @aaknopf.bsky.social

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community: An "overwhelming majority" of respondents said that Bluesky has a "vibrant and healthy online science community," while Twitter no longer does.

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Affordable Housing for Everyone! A new risograph print by @werdmvmnt.bsky.social justseeds.org/product/affo...

"Solar panels in China are cheaper than a same-size piece of window glass. You can use panels as siding and fencing as if it’s a building material that just happens to produce some electricity The future is panels everywhere"[email protected] Thread: Solar Hockey Stick of Hope bsky.app/profile/70sb...

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Good cheaper snow removal program for seniors ... you never know. #TOpoli #dlws

Must read, hopeful new book from the great @billmckibben.bsky.social. Solar power has dropped dramatically in price and is being deployed at record rates around the world. It's not all doom and gloom. Here comes the sun!

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Eternity Tracey Metallic ~ Mi'kmaq n.d.

Good tips at #CNE on plants that are invasive (at garden show there). #gardening #biodiversity #shopping

Sarah Hood wrote about him in @spacing.bsky.social a few issues ago.

More pics of great #CNE #travel #staycation #Canada

Another pic of #CNE yesterday where there are farm animals (alpacas here) & lots to do. #staycation #travel #gardening #show

Beautiful views at CNE/the Ex today! Open an hr before start time at 10a.m., if you want to beat the line ups. #canwnt #canxnt

"The kids are alright"-- spotted pay-what-you-can pink lemonade stand today, in east end of TO. #SmallBusiness