So, yeah, a mind-vaporizingly huge explosion in space *may have been from a white dwarf ripped to shreds by a black hole*. yeGADS badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-white-dw... 🔭🧪

Ever dreamed of going to the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton? Here's some inspiration for you from my Perceptive Travel colleague Kerry Dexter.

There's more to Thanksgiving week than turkey. You can also enjoy two studio tours, two pro soccer matches, a magical forest walk, multiple craft markets and fall festivals, a huge discount clothing sale and an art installation made entirely of bells! ottawaroadtrips.com/2025/10/07/2...

This strikes me as pretty bad

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

🥇Today is #Ottawa's 4th consecutive October day with maximum temperature ≥25°C which puts this run in a 5-way tie for 1st place for the longest run on record. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

From the Bug-eyed and Shameless archives (because I'm late posting a newsletter from last week): My piece, written the day before Trump's re-election, on how the reactionary right monopolized optimism and why nobody else has figured out a counter-message. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-utopia...

Poe understood the expanding Universe and was at the beginning of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka and the Big Bang | by Paul Halpern | Starts With A Bang! | Medium share.google/wnme0ptUSb7t...

These popular physics books are really enjoyable and easy to read. The author explains the strange concepts well, and the ideas sing along with what I learned in classes, but the classes are not required to understand them. I love the book covers too! #booksky #science

Albert Einstein moved to the United States on October 17, 1933. Two weeks later was Halloween. When a group of girl trick-or-treaters knocked on his door that evening, Einstein came to the front porch and played the violin for them: capitalcentury.com/1933.html #HappyHalloween2025 #ScienceSky

Pritzker’s gonna have to deploy the Illinois National Guard to defend his state from the Texas National Guard. You know, like the Civil fucking War. 🙃

Yes, very weird. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

What Does a "Warrior" Look Like? open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

13 inspiring photos of thriving deep-sea animals www.popsci.com/environment/...

This here is what we call an “Alaskan standoff” 😂

Meet the neighbours: The Andromeda Galaxy, M 31 M 32 is the little ball of stars to the lower left. M 110 is the little galaxy to the right. #astrophotography #seestar #m31

For the #spacetober_challenge @spacetober_challenge day 3 prompt space weather I thought I would share STEVE. 🧪🐡🔭 This is a hand-carved, hand-printed linocut print of a forest with night sky with the atmospheric optical phenomenon called STEVE: Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, a 🧵

🍂 🏛️ 🧪 Cancelled Pediatric Brain Cancer Research by the Administration Funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC), a 26-year-old network dedicated to advancing clinical trials for children with brain tumors, has been ended by the National Cancer Institute

Dogs who experience neglect as puppies are more likely to be fearful and aggressive in adulthood, suggests research in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4pT9hKp 🧪

Moonlight over the marsh last night, high tide… 🌖 🌱📷

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it. But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

I could not resist posting this, just as we have an unusually warm and summery October week. It won’t last.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

My cure for the state of the world is to buy a dog, secure matching furniture, and then occasionally go and look at him during the working day to remind yourself that everything might be OK.

Such a crazy and amazing experience to be on a podcast of which I'm a huge fan!

Remember when the president directed the attorney general to use the Justice Department to persecute his political opponents? Last week, was it? Has he been impeached and removed for that yet?

Policing speech is fascistic on its face. So own it. Also, you are all gaped assholes, greedheaded grifters and shitmongering liars. Which legal codes have I violated in saying these things to further hurt your feelings?

I never want to see another human trot across a crosswalk, hurry their stroller/kids/mobility device or rush a senior resident through an intersection or any road. It’s ridiculous, like we’ve been gifted some incredible act of patience and kindness from our auto overlords.

My father had a #Nash Rambler when I was about ten, in 1960 or so. It was a matte grey and yes the seats made into a bed. I wasn’t allowed to sleep overnight in it.

Aw. You just have to read this. Fortune magazine August 1952

I now believe it's real.

I've strayed into another language family, and made Finnish the subject of this month's post. Under the surface though, it's a piece about prehistoric languages, and how millennia-long linguistic contact can make foreign languages seem more familiar. dannybate.com/2025/08/03/y...

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Bookclub meet last night. No one going to USA on vacation. Good #Canadian authors reviewed and great Canadian wine enjoyed. And wonderful vacation stories shared, mine being #NovaScotia in September.

Trump is talking about protests:

““We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”” They’re not being coy about their vision for the future.

This is an evergreen, but if Joe Biden had given a speech like this, every reporter in America would’ve had their head exploded. Instead, we get shrugs.

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Today’s Tarantula Travels update. They are migrating now. And my driveway is hosting them.

Yes it is all that. My first visit will not be last.

Hi. Same in #Ottawa more or less. We just returned from #NovaScotia where we heard many others say they did not go to #USA for holidays this year. Same obvious reasons as us. We miss #CapeCod but NS was very fine. Good weather too but rain needed.

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

It is so clear. Lawrence Martin writes in Sept 5 Globe and Mail: Political scientist Lawrence Britt, who studied many fascist regimes, found they had 14 elements in common. Remarkably Mr. Trump checks the boxes on almost all of them. And his second term is only getting started.

Doug Ford like to talk tough on crime, except when it comes to lawbreaking motorists who illegally increase the risk of your kid being killed by a car.

Welcome to my new video series: Who To Call. The first edition features ANCHOR, Centretown’s 24/7 response team for people experiencing mental health and substance use crises.