This winter is already racking up thin ice fatalities, so before you venture out, make sure the frozen water is thick enough! #winter #safety

It is easy for autistic people of all support levels and communication abilities to become stressed or overwhelmed, so creating quiet places can help them stay calm. From WikiHow, which has more on How to Support an Autistic person: www.wikihow.com/Support-an-A... #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Cookie Cutters. Free weekly comic from our archive. Please consider subscribing to our Patreon where you’ll get two brand new comics every week. patreon.com/lifeofsharks

GenAI is for guys who don't know how to think or learn and are gonna make it everyone else's problem. Which is why it appeals so very much to the exact people who have *always* done this: billionaires and executives

IT'S TIME FOLKS! SOLSTICE IS ALMOST HERE! EVERYONE is invited to our annual Solstice Toast: Dec. 21, 2025 - 10 am PST Toast on the dot - then post a pic of you & your beverage OR just your beverage OR just post a hearty "Sláinte " as we wave buhbye! to the ever darkening days! #SolsticeToast

Hey Ottawa! Our dashboard shows that flu activity has continued to increase, with flu activity now being very high. Flu-related hospitalizations are also very high - higher than this time last year. Levels of COVID-19 are moderate and increasing and RSV levels are high and increasing.

Last spring, two remote, northern First Nations took the Canadian government to court over housing and now the federal court ruled in their favor. The court said Canada has a legal duty to provide housing to remote reserves.

My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs. When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.

Hi everyone. 😊 Could you do me a big favour please. 🙏 Go and have a quick look in my birdy shop here; www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 No need to buy anything, (although amazing if you do!)😁 Just looking is a big help to me! ❤️ Thank you! 🙏🥰🐦

Coyote Watch Canada is hosting an information session about coyotes in suburban settings and how to foster safe human-coyote interactions. 📆Thursday, December 11 2025 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Tony Graham Recreation Complex, Hall A 100 Charlie Rogers Place No registration is necessary, and it's free.

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada, to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989 in an act of gender-based violence and to remember those women.

In remembrance: Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #EcolePolytehnique

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte #RememberThem #16Days #VAW #Dec6

Geneviève Bergeron Maryse Laganière Hélène Colgan Maryse Leclair Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Lemay Barbara Daigneault Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Annie StArneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Annie Turcotte Never forgotten #Dec6 #EcolePolytechnique

"The 'male spotlight problem' with autism diagnosis is baked in all the way along the pipeline. Because teachers don’t think of girls being autistic, GPs tend not to refer girls for assessments, which themselves have thresholds that boys are more likely to pass." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-autis...

just a quick holiday psa because it's almost december and i see people make this mistake in their festive art every year without fail

Canadian friends!! My Feathers and Fur 2026 wildlife wall calendars featuring some of my best photos from the past year are ready to go! Price is $23 including shipping within Canada. If you buy more than one, each additional calendar is only $19! Makes a great gift! Thanks!

It’s that time of year again. This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text. I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there? #SciArt

Good evening #OttCity, our team is hard at work clearing and treating sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network. Crews will continue to work this evening and overnight to ensure the transportation network is in good condition for the morning commute. Travel with care. bit.ly/3zAe1Mw

If you're looking for gifts for family and friends, I have a lot of stuff on my Topatoco shop, including a Blöödchëëp Shirt and many prints of comics! topatoco.com/collections/...

I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/

Nerrrrrrrrrrrds! To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really! Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC... Terms and conditions in thread below:

Quebec Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has made the decision to resign from being a cabinet minister for the prime minister. This is in protest of the MOU signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.

Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day. This Black Friday, support a small creator. Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s. No NSFW. No AI. Here’s mine: dragonsofwales.etsy.com

Here are some avoidable issues that may upset autistic people to the point of self-injury or aggression, yet parents or caregivers might be told such behavior is “just autism,” or that the autistic person needs behavioral conditioning therapy. At TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti... 1/

It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year. merl-shop.co.uk (and, yes: we ship internationally!) 🧵

I still have lots of my 2026 Birds calendars for sale... they make ideal Christmas gifts for nature lovers, and much nicer than cheap generic calendars in supermarkets etc. 🙏😀🥰🐦 You can buy them here; www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 🐦

Holiday gatherings can be really hard for autistic kids and adults. And the reasons why aren’t always obvious. So please use and share our guide to helping autistics avoid meltdown triggers. At TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti... #autism #neurodiversity #autistic #sensory

Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!

Why does skunk spray smell so bad, and what are some science-backed methods for removing the stench? The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social takes a look: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #ChemSky 🧪

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Our auction comes to a close tonight at 11:59pm! And if you’re unable to bid on any items but would still like to donate directly to a public media station in need, you can at JohnOliversJunk.com! Thank you all for a wonderful season, we’ll see you in February!

Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025 SEVERE: AB VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC MODERATE: none About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org

🎁 Le père Noël se promène à nouveau! Ce matin au centre-ville, notre autobus du père Noël prendra part au Défilé pour venir en aide au père Noël afin de répandre la joie et de soutenir une bonne cause. Si vous nous voyez le long du chemin, n’hésitez pas à nous saluer! 👋

🎁 Santa’s on the move again! Our Santa Bus is joining the Downtown Help Santa Toy Parade this morning, spreading cheer and supporting a great cause. If you see us along the route, make sure to give us a wave! 👋

"Surprising no one who follows evidence, a recent review has found no clear link between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and having an autistic child. Yes, we are sick of all of this, too." @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the latest TPGA newsletter: buttondown.com/TPGA/archive... #autism #pseudoscience

Copycat! She often does this, it’s adorable but still makes him nervous.

Our auction to benefit public media is live at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not just items we mentioned on the show! For the next 3 days, you can bid on things like this neon sign from a sketch about Medspas starring Rachel Dratch, AKA Wanda Jo.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Friday blog in which survival is not a competition. sharonleewriter.com/2025/11/frid... #writingcommunity

Conditions in the Carp River Watershed and Mississippi River Watershed have improved to Level II (Moderate) Low Water conditions in accordance with the Ontario Low Water Response Program, according to Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority. ☔️

Instead of interacting with the lady who uses a photo of herself holding the skull of an ancestor (the same photo that got her banned from working with remains) for a book cover, watch these clever videos in honor of Native American Heritage Month! After you block Beth, of course. gonenative.tv

As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.

You have until Sunday at 11:59pm to bid in our auction to benefit public media at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not all Bob Ross paintings. There’s also this absolutely gorgeous custom Minor League Baseball jersey, featuring John Oliver's face. Their idea, not ours.