Some new ink paintings with a brighter blue: pyramidal neurons and mitosis in drosophila #sciart artologica.etsy.com

Five underrated artists pushing modern jazz in exciting directions

Another writing first: I'm going to have a poem in Best Canadian Poetry! "We Go Down to the Sea of Myrrh," which originally appeared in @cv2magazine.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue, will be reprinted in the forthcoming 2027 anthology.

perks of a traffic jam . . . Hwy 8, Kitchener, ON March 26, 2026 . . . #grandriver #ontariohighways #digitalphotography #phonephotography #spring #alongtheriver

Billy Joel Reveals ‘Piano Man’ Is About a Revolting, Cronenberg-Esque Piano-Human Hybrid Driven by Primitive, Uncontrollable Impulses thehardtimes.net/music/billy-...

Just in time for Labour Day, the anthology THE BOOK OF JOBS: Poems about Work is out and includes my poem "Word Problems." Sneak peek is in the photo below; the rest of the poem and anthology are available to read for free online: oneartpoetry.com/the-book-of-...

Everyone has a stake in how tech is shaping education today—from parents, kids, and teachers to tech moguls and policy-makers. Join our "Back to School in the Age of AI" livestream AMA on Thursday, August 28. Have questions? Leave them below: wrd.cm/4mPhjSa

A friendly reminder that convenience often comes at a cost. #ai #climate apnews.com/article/ai-d...

Canada is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, and my home province is particularly hard hit. Seeing how false and misleading information about the fires is spreading online has only further convinced me social media, especially Facebook, is a social cancer.

"According to Indigenous Services Canada, as of May 30 there are 37 long-term drinking water advisories remaining in effect in 35 First Nations communities across Canada. Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario has been on a boil water advisory for nearly 31 years."

"And critically, a public grocery option could change how people see food in Canada: from something that is a commodity to something that is a human right that all people deserve access to, regardless of their income." @nolore.bsky.social #cdnpoli #foodsovereignty #foodsecurity #publicfood

"As human beings, when you’re in such terrible times, the only way you have is through poetry, writing, and art." For my column this month at @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Hind Meddeb’s about her powerfully poetic documentary SUDAN, REMEMBER US

take transit . . . . . . Gardiner Expressway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada . . . #digitalcolour #digitalphotography #phonephotography #photosky #ontheroad #roadphotography #photographyontherun #Toronto

underpass 277 . . . Toronto, Ontario, Canada . . #digitalphotography #digitalcolour #phonephotography #photosky #streetphotography #ontheroad #Toronto

Sunset from the dirtiest hotel window in Manchester A vibe 🎞 kodak ultramax #filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #sunset

“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”

Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

The StoryGraph is so much better looking than Goodreads 🫠💙 And getting better all the time!! (You can import all your Goodreads data over 😉)

🔥Today is 2025's official #EarthOvershootDay🔥 Today we pass the point where the resources we demand from the Earth exceed what it can regenerate in a year. This is the earliest Earth Overshoot Day ever recorded. But this doesn't have to be our destiny. #MoveTheDate. 🧵

How can we call on this when we are still sending Israel weapons?!

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels. roll_safe.gif

Our demands for #GlobalPlasticTreaty isn't just ⚓️ anchored on words but with solidarity campaigns.Thanks @stopfossilsubs.bsky.social @ucjglobal.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk 4 amplifying our voices & consistency. Let's get #UnitedAgainstPlasticPollution to #StopFossilFuelsSubsidies

You don’t have to accept the AI that Samsung offers you. www.wired.com/story/limit-...

Hey, friends, Are you into #photography? You might like FlakPhoto.👇📸✨

every day israel is slaughtering more palestinians and you barely hear a peep from supposed western “leaders” who love to talk about human rights and international law whenever it comes to china, russia, or iran, but go mum about them when israel comes into the mix

"The Temple of Time" (1846) by Emma Willard.⠀ From our essay by Susan Schulten exploring the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today: publicdomainreview.org/essay/e...

Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit. It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.

Bee kind to me 🐝 Canon EOS Rebel T6 Tamron SP Di #art #macro #macrophotography #photography #artyear #artshow #canon #tamron #onlybeautifulthings #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #floweroftheday ✨

It's been a minute (1.5 years) since I've had a poem out in a mag, and what a mag to be back with: @midnightsunmag.bsky.social has published "Villiform," a deconstructed villanelle whose central conceit is about disability as a kind of poetic constraint for living. www.midnightsunmag.ca/villiform/

heated river . . . . Grand River Kitchener, ON, Canada . . #heatwave #river #grandriver #naturephotoraphy #digitalphotography #kitchenerwaterloo

Liberals have been very concerned about mis- and disinformation in recent years, so when Mark Carney says carbon capture will allow for “decarbonized” oil, we should be clear that he’s engaging in active disinformation about climate change to please Danielle Smith and the Alberta oil industry.

A very emotional read - but a crucial one

While this cartoon is probably referencing a particular activist group in the UK, it tends to hold true for others, protesting different issues non violently around the world.

Was just informed that my essay "The Two Wolves Inside Me: Writer Vs. Translator" is the second-most read essay in Wasafiri this quarter! "Maybe I could give up translating and write full-time instead. I could really get all soft and nice and gooey like my author friends."

Canada Day just happened. But as folks celebrated near Parliament, a man was just elected to it who trivialized residential schools. Bill C-5 just became law, despite vocal opposition from Indigenous leaders. So I’m THRILLED @pampalmater.com is on the show this week! Here's a sneak peek:

"Bill 5 will have enormous consequences for Ontarians & the natural world around us. Together, we can overturn Bill 5 and replace it with legislation that respects the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the right to a healthy environment for all Ontarians." ontarionature.good.do/repeal-bill-...

How fortunate we are to celebrate #pride, and how tragic that so many people over the millennia have been shamed for loving whom they loved. And yet love they did. Here are some stunning LGBT love letters from those who came before us: www.themarginalian.org/2014/02/14/g...

Two documentarists taste the least savoury ingredients of the food industry, and find out that the practices stem from colonialism World premieres takes place at Raindance: dmovies.org/2025/06/24/i...

Uptown Waterloo, inside the cathedral of government services.

I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going! No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

Perfectly explained, impeccably executed, hilariously animated

Artists! Keep up the good art! And bad art... I'm not picky!

We are surfers, sailors, divers, scientists, and activists on a hero’s journey to recover ocean plastic, restore habitat, and mitigate ocean warming & acidification. “We are not strangers separated by countries; we are a tribe connected by ocean.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

Oil is violence against the earth and the violence of war and the brutal geopolitics in pursuit and defense of the dirty stuff. Climate activism is peace activism.

Music streaming services are even easier to ditch than video ones because they all have mostly the same catalogues. I dropped Spotify for Apple Music years ago, and recently made the move to Deezer instead to get off US tech.

give trains all the money, we need more trains

The Apartment was released on this day in 1960 🔑

I'm pissed! Canadians like @yipengge.bsky.social tried to march to Gaza to break Israel's siege. Despite the odds, the marchers still tried to save lives. That matters. Or it should — but some folks with the largest platforms in Canadian media felt these marchers needed to be dressed down: