Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

Had a great time at Art Blast Thursday night. Needed Friday to recuperate! I'm a member of a group of amazing artists who create interesting and poignant work. #MotherEarthArt #LiveArtChallenge #ArtCompetition #ArtistLife #Inspired #EcoArt

World Autism Awareness Day is April 2! A free library resource for those on the Autism Spectrum is Sensory Support Kits. Developed by Autism Canada, these kits offer sensory and tactile items for self-regulation, comfort, and to stimulate learning. 🔗 Visit bit.ly/426KbNc to place one on hold!

I want to do a project where I go a little deeper on scientific papers that get picked up in the news. If you see anything that might be a good candidate, hit me up!

🧵 Homelessness is out of control in Ontario. And a lot of that is because of a lack of investment in the solution to homelessness: affordable housing. But just what is Ontario doing to address the homelessness crisis? /1

Roses are red, Violets are blue, I think unhoused people need homes, And our government should too. 🫶🏻 #ValentinesDay www.homelessrights.ca/get-involved

In Canada, we understand the laws of economics. That’s why we will be masters of our own house in building the strongest economy in the G7. (3/3)

Super Bowl Confetti Made Entirely From Shredded Concussion Studies theonion.com/super-b...

Which one will make you sleep better at night? Pierre Pollievre or Mark Carney? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/o...

NEW: The Financial Accountability Officer projects the accelerated roll-out of beer and wine in corner and grocery stores could cost the province as much as $1.9 billion by 2030. Lost tax revenue not made up for by increased LCBO revenues. fao-on.org/en/report/al...

Do you have extra seeds from your 2024 garden? 🌱 We’d love your help! The library is accepting seed donations at any of our locations for our Seed Library, launching in spring 2025. Milkweed seeds are especially welcome! 💚

Missed this one: Justice Centa has rejected the Charter challenge to ON's Bill 7 which allows the govt to compel hospital patients to a LTC bed not of their choosing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Me and the kid love SciShow!! Check it out... youtube.com/@scishow?si=...

To any fellow Canucks looking to hold two fingers up to Trump, here's a great site to help you find Canadian made products and Canadian suppliers. If you want to keep your dollars domestic, give it a look see. Madeinca.ca #MadeInCanada #Canadasky

Walk around your town. Meet your neighbors. Support local businesses. Show up for people who want to make that dangerous intersection safer. Share your ideas about how to meet your town’s housing needs. Do the next smallest thing to address your town’s struggles. Do it now. And repeat.

We’re celebrating Family Literacy Day on January 27 with a special Storytime! 👪🏽 Enjoy stories, songs, and fun learning activities for the whole family. 📆 Monday, January 27, 10-10:30 am 📍 Downtown Library Visit tinyurl.com/bdhye76f for all the details!

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Arguably the thing that people treat the most dismissively that would absolutely floor pre-modern people is clothing. I don't think non-historians understand how much human labor went into pre-modern creation of clothes and fibers. A single dress is the culmination of many many hours of work

Ontario's Trent-Severn is making waves! (I'm here all week)

Fantastic to see the UK’s first drug consumption room finally open its doors in Glasgow. Congratulations to all those who made this happen. As the experience from more than 200 drug consumption rooms around the world shows, The Thistle will save many lives: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A comprehensive list of free and discounted resources for victims of Los Angeles-area fires. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Zuckerberg wants to make Facebook more masculine. As a result, the platform will no longer talk about its relationship with its Dad.

Hey plant lovers! BPL is hosting our first-ever Houseplant Swap. Bring your houseplants or cuttings to swap for something new. 🌱 📆 Saturday, January 18, 2:00 – 4:00 pm 📍 Downtown Library Visit tinyurl.com/5n7hr5vv to get all the details.

While the gangster regime from Mar-a-Lago is focused on threatening Canada, our military is on all readiness to help out people in Los Angeles. It's how we roll as a nation. #mapleleafforever #strongasfuck www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadi...

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

If the reconstruction project involves replacing the curb, don’t miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something transformative: move the curb. Read more in “Reconstructing the Street? Move the Curb!” on our site: www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023...

I don't know if this is an autistic-brain thing, but one of the thing that really freaks me out about the current reality is that I really deeply and fundamentally don't understand why anyone would ever choose cruelty over problem-solving.

So, I've come looking for Blue Skies 🔍☀️

Let's stop criminalizing the unhoused to hide our discomfort. There are solutions and we need to fund them.