TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DOES YOUR BODY NEED STRETCHING?

Suddenly I feel better about the many years of university. I was going to finally write a paper “properly”. I didn’t fail, I did a hard thing a bunch of times, and the output isn’t less because the doing was a challenge.

9 GIGAWATTS?!

Canada's oil and gas production footprint continues to grow. We are the 4th largest producer of oil in the world, and the 5th of gas. The ICJ said in last year's climate case that the increased production of oil and gas could be an internationally wrongful act. We don't care.

Lots of details I was unfamiliar with.

The sea floor is wild. What do you mean there's a species of clam that can grow up to 4 feet long, has a mutualistic relationship with a shrimp that warms it of predators, and produces a silk-like secretion once used to make paper? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinna_n...

SCOOP: McGill University's on-campus doctors are now refusing to prescribe hormones to trans youth and adults under age 19... if they're U.S. citizens. They claim liability issues, but this isn't the first time U.S. EOs have interfered with Canadian doctors. My report: celeste.lgbt/en/2026/04/d...

rape culture includes the common media trope of spontaneous penetrative sex being the pinnacle of romance

Cool. So, a) actually correct those weaknesses rather than pushing for *more* integration (especially on fossil fuels), and b) actually be transparent and make your actions match your speeches. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“When gas was available, cutting stopped for a decade and a half, and the forest increased,” says Mahmoud Tareen, an environmental activist. “It proves that the problem isn’t the people, it is the lack of alternatives.” www.thexylom.com/post/balochi...

Lots of birds in the sky these nights. Turn off those porch lights and close the shades so they can see the stars.

My aunt, the doctor, told me a new joke. She asked: Do you know why they haven’t named any of the Covid variants with the abbreviation AI? I said I did not know. So she replied: Because AI is already the name of a plague on humanity. And then neither of us laughed.

B.C. loves to say it has the cleanest natural gas in the world, but the truth is — well, more like the complete opposite of that. a real banger of an investigation at @thenarwhal.ca today by @writermjs.bsky.social & Wil Crisp. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

Canada: "Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds" “People assume that COVID-19 is done … but what our data is showing is that it’s still having a big impact on our hospitals” Source: archive.md/jmZg5

Today, the Liberals rejected our NDP motion to ban surveillance pricing - a dystopian practice that will drive up costs for Canadians if we allow it to take root. The NDP is the only party fighting to protect you from getting ripped off at the checkout.

Elizabeth May: "I just read in The Guardian that the big oil and gas companies are making $30m [*an hour] because of the wars. So why are we deciding to get rid of the excise tax on gas instead of an excess profit tax on the companies that are raking in the dough due to war?"

But let's put it in schools... s/

So they'll be mandating sufficient HEPA filtration in schools as well right? Because otherwise this sounds like punishing kids for catching covid in schools that are perfectly designed for spreading airborne disease.

This ghost octopus is facing a new threat

📉 "Defining these animals as endangered is a stark reminder of how quickly Antarctica is changing before our eyes. Without a rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and sustained conservation action, these species may be lost forever." ▶️ theconversation.com/the-beloved-...

Me whenever I see mockups of what the White House ballroom or this stupid triumphal arch are supposed to look like.

I am a family doctor and public health researcher, and I oppose Carney’s cruel cuts to refugee healthcare. I join healthcare workers in 9 cities across the country today to demand access to publicly funded universal healthcare for ALL regardless of status. #NoCutsToCare

What a cruel, shameful and shortsighted decision by @mark-carney.bsky.social and the Liberals. I’d condemn this regressive action by the Cons, and am shocked by the continued silence of Liberal partisans as Carney betrays all stated Liberal values.

“Basic income has been shown to reduce health care costs, including an 8.5% reduction in hospitalizations. As Dr. Danielle Martin [the newly elected Liberal MP in today’s by-election] has so pointedly said, “If we discovered a drug that reduced hospitalizations by 8.5%, we’d put it in the water.”

One last point: When governments talk about "age verification," they also mean "identity verification" So even if you're 55 years old, you will be virtually carded and all your social media activity will be linked to your identity. That means no online anonymity and raises privacy issues for adults

A couple weeks ago, Nicholas Keung at the Toronto Star reported on how generative AI is being used to assess immigration applications in Canada...and how it's led to refusals because of stuff the AI tool added in, that humans (clearly) failed to check. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Yay! Cute animal picture and positive story.

Meanwhile: "NDP [leader], @avilewis.ca, is calling for a moratorium on AI data centres along with other measures in a bid to rein in a technology that he says is being used by corporations to steal private data, threaten jobs and harm the environment." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli

A 2,400-year-old alerce tree in Chile hosts twice the fungal diversity of its younger peers. This underground "web of life" supports the entire forest floor, but real estate and climate change threaten these endangered conifers. @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

For #Vancouver #immunocompromised airborne-aware gang, this dentist www.4thavenuedental.ca has special immunocompromised patient days, N95s, HEPAs, minimal staff, no other patients (h/t @chantzy.bsky.social, I think?) I was able to book within a week. Currently, no long waits :-)

You see? Humans can do good

No money for housing. No money for healthcare. No money for you. But somehow, always. Enough. Money. For. War. We wrote an open letter to Carney, will you add your name to tell him to stand against Trump's war agenda? act.gp/4dJDWX7

Feeling under the weather and taking meds to help you get through the day? Many medications can help relieve your symptoms, but this doesn’t mean you can’t still spread your illness to others! Continue to stay away from others as much as possible and wear masks if you have to go out.

Hey to all my Creator friends out there: Ya might want to check your Adobe subscriptions before the next billing cycle.

I hate every bot I see. From gpa to gpt

Want to hide babybels and call them keto Easter eggs.

Bright headlights survey. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/01/t...

Giving “library inspectors” the right to look at your library card, your history, and what you’ve signed out is fascist behaviour. That's what the UCP's Bill 28 is all about.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says expanding WFH policies would “deal another blow” to businesses in downtown Follow the money. The really think we should all commute hours a day in a climate crisis so we can shop & buy $18 sandwiches www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

And the tortoise, who was NOT dead

yes? The answer is yes.

"Teachers are professionals,” he said. “They already teach the prescribed curriculum in a balanced, thoughtful and age-appropriate way. "Any suggestion otherwise is unfair and quite frankly offensive to the profession." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I know, my cautious friend, that when you find yourself being snickered at as the only masked person in the room you may feel slightly foolish, but remember, my cautious friend, that those who are acting like this pandemic is over are just fooling themselves.

When you hear it said (and you will hear it said) that the world is facing “an economic COVID-19 infection, and it's spreading,” please keep in mind that at this moment COVID-19 infections are spreading as well.

Korn ballet? Korn ballet! youtube.com/shorts/xyYme...