While visiting family I am getting some rug hooking in - here are some beginning- and end-of-afternoon work-in-progress photos. The fingering technique is Not My Favourite and I am being the biggest baby about this #RugHooking project (whine moan complain).

Never mind jobs you had, tell me 5 classes on your university transcripts: Science History & Communication Lipids & Lipoproteins Nature Writing Sustainable Residential Interiors Textile & Surface Design + 101 in classics, chemistry, biology, physics, calculus, psychology, botany, colour theory

observations from my NS visit: - it's a damp cold, it chills you to the bone, and prairie living has made me soft - heat pumps handle this cold just fine - my family are a delight and are spoiling me with many meals out - this view is alright I guess

Alberta's new legislation opens the door to American-style, two-tier health care, & with it, massive repercussions for people all across the country. Our friends at Parkland Institute are launching their new report on Bill 11 with an important and timely webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 3—Don't miss it!

If journalists could do a few histories on what Quebec separatism did to their economy, listicles of all the perks of being Canadian that an independent province would lose, and explainers about legal punishments for sedition, that would be helpful?

Disputes over a hypothetical new pipeline have devolved into a rote debate that pits environment against economy, @michellecyca.com writes. Meanwhile, First Nations in B.C. are demonstrating that protecting the environment creates wealth and jobs: thenarwhal.ca/environment-...

Perhaps it’s time for Canadian cities to look for a safer alternative to these large trucks, since their production is also moving to the U.S.?

Alberta judges urge respect after Smith said she wants to 'direct' them NEWS from me and @reportrix.bsky.social today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style,or our modes of protest...are not, as we keep being told, the problem" It's not a "comms" problem; it's a morality&power problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:

Fascinating story! It sounds like the grid-scale batteries really helped this weekend. More rooftop PV and home/vehicle batteries will create resilience against this situation too.

Dear Canada, Maybe right now is a good time to reconsider the huge investment into US owned AI.

"When I get into these funks, it’s like I start believing that climate change is something separate from state violence—and it’s not."

(Simon and Garfunkel voice) hello darkside my old friend I'm in my childhood room again

You do NOT need to watch it. At all. It's instant PTSD. You watching does nothing. Save your mental heath.

Hey, pocket friends, we all need distractions from The Horrors: show me what you're making! I'll go first: (deets in Alt Text)

...y'all should Dan Quayle this loser

I had a great conversation with @jenstden.bsky.social yesterday about Carney’s speech which she writes about here. Bottom line: it is a good analysis but cuts to aid/GAC aren’t going to help us in this new order. Carney also needs to meet his words with action.

Not only are ICE’s operations hiking up everyone’s grocery bills, they're also (contrary to administration claims) making the housing crisis worse. If Dems wants to ease the affordability crisis, they’ll campaign on reining in the paramilitary force making everything more expensive. trib.al/1pXUyyq

there's a nonzero chance that being briefed about someone else being praised for a very good speech made him stroke out hypothetically and that his spite and jealousy could do the job is an encouraging thought

I know I have boreal forest biologists among my mutuals and I hope they'll comment on what that ecosystem collapse is forecast to look like, beyond drought/wildfires.

Way too many of you are happy to repost "BREAKING" news stories without a linked post from an anonymous account that is very excited about gambling on prediction markets, use your brains and stop spreading unfounded rumours

Around the world, people are drawing down reserves of fresh water faster than they can be replenished. The heedless consumption of water, combined with worsening drought globally, has ushered in a new era of “water bankruptcy,” according to a U.N. report.

Fun to see the G&M piece on prospective guerilla warfare to defend Canada being shared and discussed by Americans. And by fun I mean [screaming crying throwing up]

This is quite a good speech. I disagree with him on policy details and which industries he's pushing, but the overall geopolitical message was clear & strong. They finessed his lack of French fluency with a carefully-polished set of highlights from the rest of the speech. Getting better I think?

The Aviary in Edmonton needs our support after fire damage. They are asking folks to buy gift certificates, and plan to reopen soon. This size of venue is very important for the arts community here. Please support as you are able...sharing helps! #Edmonton #yeg #yegArts #TheAviary the-aviary.net

Please tell me SIRT is less of a farce in Atlantic Canada than it is in Alberta, where they haven't found the police did anything wrong in shooting a suspect in what seems like forever.

Why is NS allowing an explicitly religious nonprofit to administer mental health services? What guard rails are in place against Souls Harbour's volunteers proselytizing to vulnerable people in crisis?

A talk with Tyson Yunkaporta on his incredibly important work to bring Euro-Settlers into landconnection through working with the fox, an old trickster figure in Northern Europe, but destructive invasive species in Australia. youtu.be/r-jLt6Oj-MY

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is restricting clean energy investment and jobs for the sake of Big Oil. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #abpoli #climate

Euro-western society replaced the Divine Right of Kings with the Divine Right of Celebrity and Divine Right of Capitalists and shunted all the teleology and hierarchy from its religion into its (extractive, possessive) versions of science, technology, and ‘democracy’. Shocking that it’s failing.

Please read the whole thread, and also the brilliant linked post here. Dr Todd spitting fire about pretendians and the vast divide between Indigenous ways of understanding rooted in interrelation and the scientific 'rationalism' that enables settler-colonial extractivism:

Germany has 847 energy co-ops, and there are 713 in the Netherlands. Canada has 82. While central electricity generation and distribution has worked well in the past, community energy co-ops could play an important role in a more distributed system that is resilient under climate change

As anti-Indigenous politics intensify in Canada, the far-right is weaponizing residential school misinformation to undermine truth and reconciliation. What appear as isolated historical “debates” are part of a coordinated strategy to erode confidence in Indigenous testimony and survivor truth.

Another day another random-numbers at myatproto.social follower who I have to block so my notifications aren't clogged with fundraising pleas that I have no way to vet. Sighhh

This is the insanity that took over the White House. At home, in Alberta, separatists are dutifully collaborating. This insanity poses a real national security threat for Canada and, eventually, for the world. Separatists aren’t just angry convoy truckers, they’re dangerous. #cdnpoli #ableg

Inuit from Alaska and Canada stand with our relatives in Greenland 🇬🇱 Quyana @ayyu210.bsky.social for organizing this video

I wonder if the Canadian Navy is taking notes. #ReadyAyeReady

Ruin a band by changing one letter: RAM

...and that's if they don't use NATO defence of Greenland as a pretext for annexing Canada.

Indigenous adults are 33% of the population in custody in the six provinces reporting data (PEI, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC). A third of the population! Even higher overrepresentation for Indigenous women. And Black adults are 3x overrepresented. Here's the full report:

Team of three plows and three mini-plows are currently clearing our residential street of the ankle-deep oatmeal 💕

Scandinavians have been in Greenland for a very long time. This video looks at the surprisingly robust amount of Old Norse texts written in runes that are preserved there, including the world's furthest-north runes. youtu.be/VeSjyN5hi3s?...

Congratulations everyone! We did it.

Have the fellas who are very concerned about birth rates ever considered that being racist misogynist weirdos who mock the normie "wine moms" volunteering to make their neighbourhoods safer... is a self-defeating reproductive strategy?

Very cool multi-proxy study showing that past warming led to unstable and extreme rainfall events. Builds on work that we did in Bristol several years back but takes it in exciting new directions - but with very concerning implications for future water resources. www.earth.com/news/earths-...

We spoke with seven outdoor guides in B.C. and Alberta about how they are navigating taking people to the places they love as the climate changes. "It’s hard not to get depressed," one guide told us. thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-guid...

Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘four apps appear to collect sensitive information, like race, pregnancy details, political opinions, and so on. Surfshark points to Nike Training Club as one of the four apps that collect sensitive information and share it with third parties’.

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...