Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time - Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hey, thanks, Ron. Yes, the book (written with tax prof Neil Brooks) explains how a modest wealth tax on ultra-wealthy Canadians could raise billions a year, and make this a much more equal country. If billionaires chose to leave, they'd face a hefty exit tax. #canlab

@lindamcquaig.bsky.social has a new book coming out in January about the case for a wealth tax on billionaires could shift some of the pie back towards regular CDNs. See: www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...

Toronto Public Library expanding social, crisis support services to more branches www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 1/2

Comics can't make jokes, journalists can't report on... skinny people riding bicycles? Censorship of free speech is out of control in every corner of the world, it seems

Lucky Loser is very much worth reading: get it from your local library or indie bookstore: www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

At least two librarians I know will not be getting much work done once this is on (LM and JLQ, you know who you are)

The more I learn about Amazon, the more disgusted I am: www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Great new article from Laura Warner: The Summer I Discovered Summer open.substack.com/pub/laurawar...

True Colors by @elisegravel.bsky.social trans. Montana Kane is a totally tubular time capsule of growing up in the early 1990s filled with colourful hobbies, true-blue friends and undiagnosed ADHD. Here’s my ⭐ @quillandquire.bsky.social #bookreview: bit.ly/46biqGm 📚👍 #KidLit @dandq.bsky.social

Yes please!

In a Head Full of Clouds by Joanne Schwartz illus. Afsaneh Sanei, a girl wakes up from a dream she can't shake. This unique dream of a #picturebook is grounded in solid storytelling with surreal surprises. Here's my ⭐Booklist #bookreview: www.booklistonline.com/products/980... #KidLit #CanKidLit

I've heard various Albertan politicians say over the years "we're not like the rest of Canada, we're more like Texans!" Are you sure you want to brag about that? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.

The New Yorker…

In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]

"Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night" -- RIP, Terence Stamp apnews.com/article/tere...

RIP Greg Iles apnews.com/article/greg...

Fans celebrate the 80th birthday of the Moomins, Finland’s most lovable literary cartoon family | AP

Time is running out to get your tickets to Goatchella. See: hautegoat.com

In Amelia Bothe's arresting picture-book debut, a young girl grapples with guilt over surreptitiously taking something that isn't hers. Here's my ⭐ Booklist review: www.booklistonline.com/products/981... #KidLit

Adam, La Revue de L'Homme May 15, 1937

According to a recent report, for every dollar spent by the Town of St. Marys on the town’s library, users of the library saw $4.50 in social benefits last year and the library generated more than $2.7 million in economic benefits for the town and the surrounding area. 2/2

City librarian retiring after 25 years on TPL’s executive team www.cp24.com/video/2025/0... Vickery Bowles looks back at her 25 years with the Toronto Public Library’s executive team ahead of her retirement.

A key piece of evidence in the Carroll v. Trump trial: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump run into one another a few days after Trump's assault in the Bergdorf's dressing room, and Trump "regales" Epstein with the "torrid details." Chapter 34 of NOT MY TYPE.

JD Vance Accused of Changing Water Levels for Kayaking Trip https://twp.ai/4ip8Vf

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Author and former MI5 director general Dame Stella Rimington, dies age 90. See: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rest in peace, dear Nick. Legendary music promoter Nick Panaseiko's profound impact on the music scene will not be forgotten. Read about Nick's storied life and career in Promo Man: Backstage Tales from the Vinyl Jungle by Bob Klanac.

I Would Give You My Tail by @tanyatagaq.bsky.social illus Qavavau Manumie is an exquisite mediation on gratitude, kindness and kinship. Here's my ⭐Booklist #bookreview: www.booklistonline.com/products/980... #CanKidLit #KidLit

Worth a read folks. If you are a cyclist here is some mythbusters you can use against car brained folks. #Winnipeg #ActiveTransportation momentummag.com/your-comebac...

This app needs more happy goats... 😊

RIP/P, Bill Exley #NihilistSpasmBand

Rest in Peace, News of the World author Paulette Jiles: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

A look at new rules for school library books and what won't be allowed on shelves www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen... The Alberta government is putting new rules in place for school libraries starting Oct. 1.

Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.

Summer day '75. A 16-year-old girl carrying a Silvertone🎸took4️⃣ buses from Canoga Park to Huntington Beach. At the door she was greeted by another 16-year-old. The 2 strangers climbed to the above-garage recroom. Sandy sat down at her red Pearl🥁set. Joan plugged in her🎸.... #Remembering #SandyWest

An immediate add to my TBR stack (tower?): @blairbraverman.bsky.social's description of "holding my breath as I read at top speed, wandering rooms in search of someone to read aloud to, and placing the book facedown, arrested by quiet statements that left me reeling" is my favourite kind of reading.

Brilliant ride by Holmgren! cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

Elbows up, even when you’re holding a book www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... Trying to keep from buying American products? Consider who is publishing the books you’re reading.

The real love story was always the friendship open.substack.com/pub/laurawar...

Our editor enthuses about books piling up on her mind and on her nightstand. What's on our radar this month? 1983 Grenada, a Novel to Warm Your Heart, Gritty Vancouver Crime Fiction! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

Nice idea... steal it, CDN libraries!

New reading list out from our friends @49thshelf.bsky.social See: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

There otter be a picture book of all your book/dress match ups, @lindamludke.bsky.social

Museum London's exhibition Fashion: Grit, Glamour and Guts, on until Nov 2, explores fashion as storytelling. I'm tickled pink to be a contributor. My love of vintage clothing is matched by my love of children's books; both are well-crafted and artfully designed. #KidLit #CanKidLit

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