So many people panicking about hantavirus but stopped wearing masks to protect against much more transmissible covid. Ok.

Nanaimo! Covid shots are available to book by phone at Wallace Pharmacy in Old City Quarter. They had a range of dates and times available. Easy peasy!

Well well well looks like those art degrees aren't so useless after all

Jane Jacobs, author of the influential 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Her criticism of so-called "urban renewal" projects helped cancel the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have levelled many NYC neighborhoods. #BicycleBirthday May 4 (1916-2006)

If I lived in NYC (I most definitely do not!) I would be headed to the @thehigh-line.bsky.social first plant sale on May 30. Looks like there’s a series of short talks about different site conditions and biodiversity considerations, too. Delightful! www.thehighline.org/events/high-...

Scenes from the yard. Some of my native plant landscape beds are really reaching their ‘leap’ years of ‘they sleep in their first year, creep in their second year and leap in their third year’ saying that is often used for perennial gardens.

Really great series of wildflower hikes at Harewood Plains in Nanaimo coming up. The plains are an extremely delicate and beautiful ecosystem (vernal pools!) with rare native plants, some found only in that small area. www.eventbrite.com/d/canada--br...

Was pleasantly surprised by self seeded Tall Oregon Grape in one of my native plant beds this spring. There were so many berries last fall + conditions were such that they germinated like wild. I’ve got a lot of seedlings on my hands! I’ll be potting these up over the next while. #nativeplants

BC spring Covid boosters are now available. You can call 1-833-838-2323 to book.

Bertie continues to make himself at home. Just the best guy!

“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest

Please admire my son. This was yesterday which also happened to be the two week anniversary of Bertie coming home with us! I think he’s settling in nicely. Photo by my person.

Gotta get my annual viewing in this weekend! 🪩

‘An Altadena landscape designer prepares to reseed her devastated town in the aftermath of the 2025 wildfires.’ lareviewofbooks.org/article/alta...

🚨 New friend alert 🚨 Meet Bertie! He’s about 5 y/o, full of affection, playfulness, vocalizations + purrs. We lost our old cat a couple of years ago (RIP Kaz) + are now ready to welcome a new guy. He’s settled in so well over the past week; we’re so pleased!

Gardening could easily slip into a sad bourgeoisie bullshit (look at the French), but Dan Pearson really connects with the land and makes it beautiful. It is no surprise that he is also the only white landscape designer and horticulturalist who has been consistently vocal about Palestinian genocide.

Ewwww. Ai slop image.

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day. One of the best things you can do to support people with Long Covid is wear a mask (ideally a respirator like an N95). Masks break chains of transmission. They prevent infection. The only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid!

I went to the March class and it so fun- first in-person exercise class since early 2020. Masked, windows open, air filter running. Safe + friendly!

This Nanaimo project already destroyed a rare Garry oak ecosystem during site clearing afaik. The nearby area is slated for similar dvlpmt potentially wiping out pockets of rare native species. Vegetation surveys aren’t done or req’d so we just continue to lose beautiful + essential ecosystems. 🫠

Happy international women’s day to everyone who supports intersectional feminism.

Working in a pandemic world is just listening to colleagues say “there must be something going around” on a weekly basis for years and trying to decide if you wanna remind them it’s covid or silently scream into the void again.

Another interesting talk! Looks like some good stuff for those of us on Vancouver Island. 🌱

This webinar looks great! I just registered. 🌱

As a cyclist + walker I support trails but the way this was carried out was destructive + dismissive. Local ecosystem experts offered ideas on minimizing damage once they saw preliminary work. Their suggestions were not taken. A number of us scrambled to save native bulbs over a rainy weekend. 😥

Found some nice things in my yard last weekend. Fighting the horrors by tending to growing things + making plans to grow more things (plant more native plants!).

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with February 15 data - London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, PEI, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

I don't know if she's on here, but Michelle Tsai's legendary pigeon sweater pattern was released on Ravelry today! Exciting times for knitters 🧶, bird enthusiasts 🦆, and Jeopardy fans ❕- aka 95% of Bluesky www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Mushrooms turn dead wood into food and medicine which is better than anything any tech start up has ever done

This seems like a beautiful project that could be duplicated in my neck of the woods here in Nanaimo…

Verified Tumbler Ridge fundraiser organized by Parent Advisory Council

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026 SEVERE: AB, MB, NB, PEI, SK VERY HIGH: CAN, North, NS, ON, QC HIGH: BC, NL MODERATE: none About 1 in 122 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social Happy Black History Month

Help Bailey raise funds to get to Winnipeg for the Indigiqueer Art Program!

it is not shameful to wear a respirator. frankly, it should be far more shameful to not take simple steps to prevent needless infection to community members. is keeping each other safe not the point?

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She always made me laugh. Delia, Kate, Moira, Cookie, Mickey + more. #CatherineOhara I illustrated this over 10 years ago when we were all falling in love with Catherine as Moira Rose.

Goddamn.

I think I actually haven't shared this one here before! Charcoal and ink goblinette and boar. #goblinweek

I was reminded of this investigation I did with @ethancox.bsky.social and @brishti.bsky.social the other day, watching police indiscriminately attack protesters and then make up excuses after the fact. It happens here, too.

Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours. To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom

I don't want tax cuts that give me a new pittance every month, I want the government to tackle affordability at the top with a wealth tax and more corporate oversight.

I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

This thread is 🔥 and illustrates Carney is a Conservative in Liberal clothing who is not rising to the moment.

Earlier this week, the BC Climate Emergency Campaign released its annual Progress Report on the BC gvt's progress (or lack thereof) on taking 10 urgent actions to confront the climate crisis... The news release is here: bcclimateemergency.ca/press-releas...

Residential school deniers will be speaking outside the Indigenous Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC tomorrow. As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026 SEVERE: MB, NS, SK VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC HIGH: BC, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

"These artists have helped me remember that my life is valuable and worth protecting." Grae Salisbury, an artist with #LongCOVID, rounded up some of their favorite illustrators who bravely explore the ongoing pandemic in their work. bit.ly/4jQ2gY9

I kept seeing Swayze in Connor through the HR series. We need this biopic!