What if, on May 22 and onward, there was a MASS drop-off of viewers on CBS, a mass cancellation of Paramount+, and other consequences for Paramount Global/Skydance? Cancelling Colbert is even worse than what they did to Kimmel, but they cancelled Colbert slowly, which shouldn’t make any difference.

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My hottest parenting take is that Raffi is not only the great to ever do it, but he’ll probably never be bested. Michael Phelps-ass children’s songwriter.

FOR THE WRITERS: A Trip Through Time & Terroir: A Parksville Museum Sensory Writing Workshop on June 5 from 1-3 Tour the museum while grounds while honing your descriptive writing skills for a different sense at each stop! For both beginner & advanced writers.✍️ www.facebook.com/share/18uNns...

Where are all the west coast readers asking for more bookish events?🇨🇦 Something big coming to Vancouver Island!👀 parksvillemuseum.com/Storyteller-Festival 2 dozen+ events all June in beautiful Parksville, BC! Mid-island book girlies (nongendered), we’ve got SO MUCH FUN planned:

UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...

(Apologies to any worms. It's not you, you are great.)

"Do I expect the author to go through and check all the citations?" YES I FUCKING DO. I do it now! I check every fact and every source, even when a fact checker is doing it too! Because I take some actual PRIDE IN MY DAMN WORK you pathetic worms.

I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article.

Low tide at Goose Spit, Comox, on Vancouver Island, with snow-topped Coastal Range mountains on the mainland in the distance. It's possible we had the best weather in Canada this holiday weekend.

These pieces have seen things, things you wouldn't believe. Longships on fire off the shoulder of Dundee, watched axes glitter in the dark at the gates of Rothesay. All of those moments are now lost to time, like tears in the rain. Check and mate.

I'm so here for this list

Alphonso Davies is one of world’s greatest soccer players and captain of Canada’s World Cup team. He came to Edmonton as a refugee and got his start in a community soccer program. Now he’s a national hero. That’s the Alberta way. The Alberta I love.

Alberta depends on immigrants for economic and social success. Surely, we want to encourage social integration, especially for immigrant and refugee children, who often rely on community centres to keep them active and engaged.

This is appalling. And it is the perfectly logical consequence of the Alberta government’s anti immigrant rhetoric and referendum questions. #yyc #ableg #abpoli #referendumb2026

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The birding community is a big part of the Northern community. And "community" is the important word there. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you raise your hand & say you’re going to be net zero by 2050, you need to do the work: short-term targets, credible transition plan, real emissions going down, money going from fossil fuels to clean, no new investment in fossil fuel infrastructure. UN “Integrity Matters” report I chaired.

Reminder that USA is the only country to have ever invoked NATO article 5, and the rest of NATO countries came to their aid, spilling much blood in a long war defending the US

The United States is ABSOLUTELY in RAPID decline thanks to Trump and his many awful enablers. My only continuing question is, is Trump doing it on purpose, or is it a side effect of his corrupt and moronic indifference, or both?

Like the War of 1812, First Nations come to 🇨🇦's rescue once again. First Nations' treaty rights saving our bacon from American-loving insurgents. (One of these days, maybe this country will show treaty rights the respect they're due): www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

No, it's not too much to ask at all. In fact, waaaaaaay back when I was in Journalism school, they taught us that we were to be public arbiters of fact. Not give our opinions, but tell people what's true and what isn't. Seems that's not a thing any longer.

The Cybertruck is the Donald Trump of vehicles

This was me 15 years ago. Growing up, my dad was a newspaper editor--I can't say he wasn't nervous about my choice.

I really, really hate to sharing this, but last week, we @biographic.bsky.social learned that the California Academy of Sciences will no longer be providing the magazine with financial support, including money we were expecting to receive this year. We're in a real bind.

Last week the @biographic.bsky.social team learned that, owing to an ongoing deficit, the California Academy of Sciences will no longer provide us with financial support. We're reaching out to foundations that support environmental journalism. We've got plans, we just need some help!

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Canadians Can Now Protect Themselves https://PeaceLoveCanada.ca

For his entire life, every word out of his mouth has been a lie. And the media stopped caring a long time ago that he lies as he breathes. Hopefully one day soon the American people will say they’re tired of being lied to every single day.

They’re organizing in self-defense. And it sounds like they’re doing it well—built on lessons from last year. This is how you build resistance. Community and cooperation are key.

Gathering Spring Plants Eegyvudluk Ragee ~ Inuk 1984

Serene Sunrise Monica Morrill n.d.

🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...

A surprisingly upbeat mood at this conference on the global economy in (and after) the age of Trump: Le Canada semble prêt à s’adapter au nouvel ordre mondial www.ledevoir.com/economie/978...

In 1978, a Dawson City construction crew made an incredible discovery. While excavating the site of a swimming pool, they found 533 reels of silent films and newsreels from 1908 to 1929. Many were thought lost for years. This is the story. 📸 Kathy Jones-Gates 🧵 1/8

Pink Spring Sky Robert Newton Hurley 1972

There's a lot to be said for being ignored -- as we used to be. Apparently the playground bullies have noticed us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Louise Arbour: “I will be the representative of the crown in a constitutional arrangement that has served Canada extremely well throughout our history, even more in recent decades." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

In honour of missing and murdered indigenous women… red dresses - picture taken in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg

Like how, for all major world crises, @aljazeera.com makes use of interactive maps to not only show "where" but to explain "why the where" matters. All major news providers should do the same #geography #maps #media

If true, she is a worthy successor to the estimable Mary Simon. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The one thing in Canada that actually works, so of course Ottawa wants to sell it.

"The Aurora awards are voted on by the members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA), a national registered non-profit society. Membership is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents for just $10 per calendar year." 2/2

Today's word is FREE. Today's #BookQW from Direct Descendant (@dawbooks.bsky.social 2025) a contemporary fantasy/cozy horror nominated for a 2026 Aurora Award. There's a mystery to solve, true love to be acknowledged, and rather too many tentacles in the lake... Shop indie if you can. 1/2

A wholesome story for nerds: On Saturday, I was signing books at a local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day. The store had a signing-palooza with new authors every hour; toward the end of my hour, a woman came up and asked what my book was about. "Dictionaries," I said, and she lit up. 1/n