While in Cairo at Diwan Books, I picked up this awesome read by @simkern.bsky.social…all the words you’ll need to know when you feel that.. GENOCIDE BAD. diwanegypt.com/product/geno...

Sudan💕 check out our new blogpost & drone rescue sailing-afrikii.blog

Loving this part of the world sailing-afrikii.blog/2026/03/23/d...

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Court orders cesarean « Both the doctors… mentioned recommendations (re risk of vaginal del’y) from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. However, neither one cited the organization’s stance on court-ordered C-sections, which the group has deemed to be “ethically impermissible.”

Yes! Camping in Yemen…well actually Socotra…which resembles very little of Yemen sailing-afrikii.blog/2026/03/06/s...

A new blogposts, Maldives diving with oceanic Whitetips sailing-afrikii.blog/2026/03/06/t...

Sunrise in Socotra, Yemen

While Sailing across the Indian Ocean en route to the Red Sea, my dad died back home. Once you itemize the gifts your dad gives you, you realize that your adventure started with him sailing-afrikii.blog

Currently a month in the Maldives sailing en route to Red Sea and Med. A great dive with two octopuses, so amazing! youtu.be/1xe2SyRRi0Q?...

Toronto weather warming since 1850 You can find your regional stripes here showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...

“Those who can afford the umbrellas to protect themselves from cloud fascism, who without any protest buy the burner phone, have their dignity broken too, even if they numb their heart not to feel it” Can the term ‘cloud fascism’ help us understand – and resist – the hard right?

I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪

After being inspired by the new David Attenborough film Oceans, go over to High Seas Alliance and check if your gov’t has ratified the UN High Seas Treaty—we have an opportunity to establish marine protection zones & sustainable fishing in int’l waters… highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

Red Dress Day when Métis artist Jamie Black hung hundreds of red dresses to honour Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people. It has since become an annual day, taking place every May 5 — a movement to honour lives lost, and to demand justice.

New post: Diving Komodo National Park in Indonesia sailing-afrikii.blog/2025/04/15/k...

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

“as the US demolishes its foreign-aid infrastructure and global health groups attempt to salvage the pieces, some advocates are hoping that countries will take ownership of their AIDS response and create programs that are more accountable, more innovative than before” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

when RFK’s version of the anti trans cass review comes out & people start citing it as a reason trans healthcare should be banned, i want you to remember EVERY MAJOR HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD AGREES TRANS CARE IS GOOD FOR TRANS PEOPLE. 🧵

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that! My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🐠

Uganda has declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed. Robust, coordinated response by the government, supported by WHO and partners, was critical in stopping the outbreak.

Federal leaders said much more about resource extraction and energy on the campaign trail this spring than about conservation and climate change. As we head into election day, here's a guide to environmental promises made by Canada's political parties. thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...

100% of the Conservative caucus has been designated as anti-choice by @abortionrightscan.bsky.social.

Ever wonder what nutmeg has to do with British imperialism? Dying to know how to fix a seal on your raw water pump? Check out our sailing blog here sailing-afrikii.blog

Historically, hygiene and health are reasons to have effective government. Without it, people senselessly die. Demolishing the federal government will have terrible costs. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It’s long past time these platforms were reined in. They’re knowingly creating informative environments that facilitate the spread of conspiracy theories and false information that intentional warp people’s understanding of reality and the world around them.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO WATCH THIS. bsky.app/profile/scpa...

Wonderful review of the words of @mariaressa.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

By @techtonicjustice.bsky.social (via @alexhanna.bsky.social). "government officials, landlords, employers, educators...who use AI to make decisions don’t announce it. This guide is...to help you figure out if AI is being used & what you can do about it." www.techtonicjustice.org/resources/ti...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Tsk tsk, Roche is now on my boycott list and scratched from my stocks…submission and commission

NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies. By @alecmac.bsky.social

This is incredibly important. Political and community organizing training needs to be at the forefront of everyone's mind. As many people as possible need to learn organizing skills as fast as possible. I'll add resources in the comments. #canpoli #cdnpoli #elxn2025 #CanadaStrong #UnionStrong

Those who push for aid often describe donations as acts of solidarity. But solidarity is not built on pity. True solidarity shuns charity in favour of justice.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

You know what strikes me to this day, was an episode of the Jeffersons (sticking to the Norman Lear thread) where George meets up with an old army pal who had a sex change operation. Eddie was now Edie. Of course George flipped but eventually saw reason and all ended well. This was in the ‘70s!

From communal kitchens to mass evacuations, mutual aid groups in Sudan have kept millions going as war grinds into its second year. We’ve rounded up eight powerful stories – most written by Sudanese journalist-volunteers – documenting how solidarity efforts are saving lives. ⬇️

I watched her Brexit talk...she was right and she is right again as anyone who has been paying attention knows. Please watch. The global dictators are collaborating and we, the many, need to resist even as news organizations, governments, universities, and law firms surrender to the digital coup.

"It’s important that we consistently punch up at billionaires and the politicians doing their bidding and refrain from punching down at people who voted for Trump. To break out of Trump’s story of the 'smug and condescending affluent liberal protester', we should avoid being smug and condescending."

Is democracy in decline? 🌎 I think not. 🚀 The authoritarian playbook is wafer-thin & innovation remains our societal strong suit. 🌟 Learn more via my @mctd.bsky.social keynote ⿻Plurality: From Sunflower to Global Digital Democracy with @ginasue.bsky.social. 🔽

Best endorsement ever.

"The abrupt halt has stranded -1,000 samples of gonorrhea & other sexually transmitted pathogens that had not yet been processed, & perhaps dozens more headed to the agency. There are as many as 30 freezers full of samples that now have no custodians,' 😓

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

And not in a good way…

I’ve spent nearly a decade reporting on sex, and my forthcoming book, THE SECOND COMING, is the culmination of that work: a look at how the fall of Roe v. Wade, the rise of internet porn and more are radically reshaping sex for the next generation. Preorder it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

This video is for all US citizens who are currently overwhelmed by Trump's more than 200 executive orders. THIS should be retweeted to the MAX. I never saw a more helpful video. (It's about two minutes long. It's worth a lot.)

Matt Brown & Sarah Brown, authors of She Is Not Your Rehab, have a new book out for kids and the next generation of cycle breakers

Taking the CBC Vote Compass survey and the first Q I got raises red flags for me: "The federal government should prioritize hiring visible minority candidates over other applicants." Why is "over other applicants" necessary here? That's not even necessarily what employment equity policies do. 1/n

"...Naomi Klein’s...The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism describes the situation perfectly, how power profits from disaster." "Billionaires...contributed to Trump’s first term as president and he paid them off with a trillion dollars in tax cuts."