So shocked that we are blaming a (yes, very horrible) woman for his ravings😐

There's a dynasty unfolding in Kenya. The matriarch? Edie, an orphan we rescued in 1999 after she fell into a well and was abandoned by her family at first light when herdsmen arrived. Today, she is 27 years old and a mother of five – her newborn Enid joining Eden, Ella, Eco and Enzo.

TLDR: this agreement does not maintain a path to net zero by 2050

Still have some spots open for this offer.

These are Vietnamese Mossy Frogs.

The system is rigged to minimise the lives of Trans+ people, to deny credit for their contributions.  Learn about this Trans+ composer whose name is too often forgotten 👇

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 15,1943

Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 — thanks to “the removal or weakening of climate policies” over the last year, according to a February report by the Canadian Climate Institute.

Oil price volatility highlights urgency for federal investment in clean power grid. Organizations meeting dozens of MPs in Ottawa say renewable & connected grid would lower energy costs & create jobs, while improving public health & supporting Indigenous ownership. cape.ca/press_releas...

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

A collector recently acquired a suite of 12 deconstructed American Flag prints. While these works are not publicly available through my shop, custom print editions can be arranged. This body of work, along with many other of my American flag pieces, will appear in my forthcoming book, FLAGGED.

This is just a lie: …natural gas "has one of the lowest emissions intensities in the world," which "allows natural gas to play multiple roles, including supporting peak demand, bolstering system reliability during periods of stress or low renewable output and meeting baseload generation needs."

"Solar" is mentioned 7 times. "Wind" 9 times. "Natural gas" is mentioned 24 times. That pretty much sums up how the feds are thinking about electricity right now.

The federal government has released its long-delayed electricity strategy: natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-sourc...

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

All scrolling is doomscrolling if the world sucks enough

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Nate Erskine-Smith: "If you are old guard establishment, if you are accepting of the practices we saw over the weekend because that's just the way it's always been done and that's the way we maintain control, then yeah you probably don't want to see me as the leader because we need to clean house."

Why our campaign appealed the results of the SSW nomination race. www.uncommons.ca/p/heres-why-...

Morning Kitten “The perfect box does not exis—“

Recent research from other jurisdictions has emerged about the effectiveness of gender-affirming care for youth and the harms of restricting access to it. Corinne L. Mason and Leah Hamilton write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

I’ve watched Nate’s video on this, and he presents a very convincing argument. I hope the OLP takes this seriously and makes some much needed changes to the nomination process.

"I'm not saying you couldn't improve the process. But trying to jam through projects & making major changes, similar to what we saw under Stephen Harper, isn't going to do that. It's going to result in a lack of trust…protests…lawsuits. And that's going to be a lot slower and a lot more divisive.”

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

THREAD. A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...

Critically: You must INTENTIONALLY REQUEST expedited processing by including a letter with your citizenship request explaining your situation, along with supporting documentation.

Rather than being on the verge of a “massive energy and economic boom not seen since the early 2000s,” as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s chief of staff wrote on social media, the industry is in the midst of the last oil boom any of us will ever see, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.

“The Reflecting Pools in Washington, D.C. were designed for one purpose: reflection. They are supposed to mirror the beauty, dignity, and symbolism of the monuments around them. They were never intended to look like a chlorinated Olympic swimming pool where you can count pennies on the bottom.”

Toronto keeps building parks that try to do everything at once - and end up doing nothing well. A look at how the city’s parks dept has lost the plot on design, process and public space. And yes: We can do better.

Just stripping away anything that works well, presumably to make consumers so desperate for structure that AI tools will seem appealing.

Media: Did you sell the jet or not? Doug Ford: You know what made my brother Rob such a great mayor?...

Doug Ford is going to pay pharmacy for professional advice that was once part of the profit margin in selling over the counter remedies. This does not improve health care access, it only shifts more public money to the Weston's off shore accounts. Brutal. #onooli www.torontotoday.ca/local/health...

Audit finds Ottawa police projects lack proper budgets, oversight www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bluesky is good many things. But it’s pretty bad at sharing pieces of writing that are not about political anger but it’s worth your time to take a few minutes – more than a few minutes honestly but it’s worth it – and read this. And then share it. Like I’m doing now.

There is no way to do anything interesting in any sustained way in any field without immersion in that field. That's just a fundamental fact of being human, and there's no getting around it.

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I see this this all the time and it's the most tired talking point about speed cameras. We have data showing they change behavior, leading to less speeding and fewer fines. It's also worth noting how cops have basically given up on traffic enforcement (fewer cop interactions is also a positive).

Credit to Stephen - The Diary of a CEO The rich are leaving you behind

Balanced reporting from TVO’s Paikin. Worth your time if you’re interested in the LPO’s leadership race.

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

I can only sigh and yet again lament that Stuart Gordon never got his White House set Re-animator sequel off the ground.

these guys, maybe, since this is a (small) city and they were city trees. www.treesforcities.org/get-involved...

Spooky Science Lab is back with a new episode! This week: Nick reveals the shocking surprise explorers discovered in a cave on the Greece-Albania border: the world's biggest spiderweb, home to over 100,000 spiders and part of a fascinating and bizarre ecosystem. (1/2)

I love this.

Being normal about trans people, instead of politicizing their lives for wedge politics.

From the Fort Worth Zoo (@fortworthzoo.bsky.social) FB & just in time for Mother's Day, freshly-hatched masked lapwing chicks (Vanellus miles). Native to Australia, NZ, NG, they're fierce parents, willing to charge/swoop at animals that threaten their babies.

Good morning all! Nice busy day so far, lots going on in the city, and the traditional maternal day of celebration is upon us. You know what's a great last minute gift? A book! Stop by either @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social location and we'll hook you up! 🧡👻📚

Our conservatives vs America’s conservatives

Prime Minister Carney endorses Nate Erskine-Smith: "It hurts in some respects you're going, but I understand it ... working at the provincial level, working for the folks, I hope, in Scarborough, making lives better, and we'll be right there alongside."

What made John Brown a great man was not actually that he was a "great" man. It was that he recognized himself as a regular man that rejected white supremacy. And was willing to die for that. That when he saw another Black face, he saw a human like himself. May 9, 1800 he was born