Video footage of the Puget Sound #Waterspout that occurred this afternoon at ~3pm PDT (15 Apr 2026) about 3mi/5km W of #Magnolia #WA to the NW of downtown #Seattle WA! H/T: 🎥 BadAssBitch /Reddit #WAwx

A waterspout just moved over Puget Sound and was visible from Seattle. It appeared to be spawned by a mesoscale convective vortex. Source: imgur.com/a/seattle-wa...

Maple found three apple cores on our morning walk. It was like an Easter egg hunt except laser targeted at my bottomless-pit of a dog.

Are you a trans person in BC who has been told your pharmacy will no longer be delivering your testosterone (or other medication?) as a result of the Health Professions and Occupations Act? Please reach out - [email protected]

I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!

Imagine you have a loaf of crusty bread that's gone stale. No mold, but hard as a rock. You put it under running water & stick it in a 400°F (200°C) oven for 10 minutes. Now it's soft & delicious as fresh-baked. What strange & wonderful BREAD MAGIC is this?! Let's talk about retrogradation.

Reposting this cuz it's important, if you live in Canada and use roads *in whatever capacity* (driver, cyclist, pedestrian, public transit) our government needs to hear from you

April 12-18 is #TsunamiPreparednessWeek in British Columbia - a great time to learn more about the past and prepare for the future, starting with stories and lessons passed down from those who have lived on this coast for 1000’s of years hakaimagazine.com/features/gre... from @hakai.org magazine 🧪⚒️🌊

i feel like you all need this

I love this account because it's very funny, but I'll be That Science Dude and say this is actually a profound question with an answer that may surprise you. The person who answered it certainly will. www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

it also has this one

On April 5, 1958, Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows was destroyed using 1,300 tons of explosives to make the area safer for ships. The explosion sent debris 300 metres into the air and moved 635,000 metric tons of rock and water. 🧵 1/12

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Clues so far: Shellfish Multicultural/international cuisine Tribute to Hot-house gardening Strong flavour but not salty High-viscosity savoury sauce with chunky bits Entree, not snack.

I saw a video of the Artemis II launch from a plane this morning and it simultaneously fills my heart with hope and breaks it in half at the same time. This is the cool shit that humans should be doing with our brains; not blowing each other up. Not leaving our neighbours hungry and unhoused.

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII

Chag Pesach Sameach!

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Happy trans day of visibility, here is a wrasse design I made awhile ago because all wrasses change sexes as they age.

As TDOV approaches, Miko (@megemikoart) reminds us that trans joy is closely connected to trans visibility, because it’s only when we can see other trans people living happy and joy-filled lives that we know trans joy is possible. ✨🏳️‍⚧️🌼

Maple had her friend Whiskey over this weekend. They are very different sizes (75lbs and 15lbs) but they are good buddies who play very well together. It was abject chaos for the first hour but then they settled down for some relax time.

“Lewis, often seen as the farthest left of all five candidates, won decisively on a platform that included expanding universal health care, transitioning off fossil fuels, and publicly funded affordability measures such as government-owned grocery stores.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Universal Basic Income works. It works extremely well because what people need is cash, trust, and dignity, not paternalistic bureaucratic hoops to jump through to exist. And yes we can afford it because the lack of it is very costly. UBI should be seen as an investment with a large expected return.

Giving money directly to poor people is the most effective and efficient way of relieving poverty and improving their lives and opportunities.

Today, one year ago, the devastating Mw 7.7 Myanmar #earthquake produced the first-ever surface rupture footage, caught on a building's webcam. It shows the exact moment this section of the Sangain Fault ruptured in a right lateral strike-slip movement. 🧪⚒️ youtu.be/77ubC4bcgRM?...

No kings but drag kings

What the average person thinks HR is supposed to do for them at a job is what unions are actually for.

ICYMI: For an IOC policy about making sports fair for women, this new IOC policy sure makes sports unfair for women xtramagazine.com/culture/olym...

Like, obviously this is unfair to trans women. I'm not debating that! But it's also deeply unfair to all women! Male athletes don't have to undergo invasive and expensive sex testing. The IOC is literally making it harder for women to compete at the Olympics.

Anyone who claims to be a feminist must call the IOC trans exclusion/mandatory sex-testing policy out for what it is: a massive blow to fairness in women’s sports. It is literally harder for women compared to men today than it was yesterday. That's textbook gender discrimination, baby!!

periodic reminder that there were literally no trans women competing at either the 2024 or 2026 Olympics, it's an issue that takes up 90% of some peoples' brains and literally 0% of the last two actual Olympic competitions

“Women’s sport does not need this. It needs to be abuse-free…” Good on Semenya for pointing out the fucked-up priorities of the IOC. Nominally targeted at transgender athletes, this will just enable more abuse of ALL women competing at the Olympics.

Man, fuck this. Fuck the Olympics and this transphobic bullshit. Sex is not a binary, never has been, and forcing women to go through genetic testing is archaic and backwards.

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Canadians... Have LED headlights made driving/walking/taking the bus at night terrifying/blinding? Good news! The Government wants to know how much you hate that shit!

Is it bad I read “landslide South of Bellingham on the I-5” and I knew immediately where this must have happened? Beauty of a slide, though.

In honor of Mr. Rogers’ birthday, here’s your regularly scheduled reminder that the quote of his you keep sharing, that in times of crisis we should look for the helpers, was for his audience of children. We’re adults now. We’re supposed to *be* the helpers.

Even the Canadian government has had enough of that "bamboo" bullshit. It's fraudulent advertising if it doesn't state it's rayon or viscose, and you're to report it to the Competition Bureau.

If you have your dog off-leash in an on-leash area (and particularly a muddy on-leash area), I am going to do my level best to get your dog as muddy as possible, even at the expense of Maple also getting muddy and needing a bath. I don’t know if that guy learned anything but we had a great time.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Sir. Take my taxes. Use them to build housing for my neighbours because they’re people who need it! Use them to help my city fund civic life because we’re more than just customers! Use them to pay for new safe lives for refugees getting settled. Then tax the rich so they can do the same x1000.

Pretty big slide in Whistler! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

So B.C. NDP's decision to put #BritishColumbia on permanent Daylight Saving Time will actually put #homeless people at risk! The #unhoused will now have to exit shelters into temperatures 1 hr colder in DST than in Standard Time. DST has never been meant for, or done during winter! #Vancouver

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Using genAI to do the intellectual work for you is the equivalent of hiring someone else to lift weights for you at the gym. Yes, the weights get lifted, but eventually you'll have to demonstrate that *you* can do the workout.

READ THE FULL OP-ED: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

As we roll into Valentine’s Day, and with Easter looming- it’s time for my annual PSA- these kill cats. Period, full stop. Lily pollen is insanely toxic and will destroy their kidneys in 18 hours. If you have cats- THROW LILIES AWAY. 1/