Carney did not say what Canada’s new emissions targets would be in the 17-minute video but said his government is still committed to the fight against climate change.

15 Caribbean music genres everyone should know and their origins

Shadows by Man Ray, 1916 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137170

Help! I have to use Microsoft 365 on my current project and need to stop every single doc comment / reply going to my inbox. I've set up an email filter for "left a comment in" and "replied to a comment in" to skip inbox.🤞 (I changed MS 'communications preferences' but nothing on 'notifications'.)

Opinion: "cracking on" is everything that is wrong with working in tech.

When I visited Brisbane I was immediately told by friends to: "Slip, slop, slap" – slip on a long-sleeved shirt, slop on the sunscreen, and slap on a hat. #heatwave

Red-headed Woodpecker family ♥️♥️🩶

Patriotic Millionaires urge wealthy Britons to pay more tax Patriotic Millionaires UK are targeting affluent London homes with postcards urging the wealthy to back higher taxes

If you live in Scotland you might be interested in this community development trust info. Found during writing research for a client.

For the love of god we need regulations and protections or these corporations or going to kill us all. The Supreme Court is corrupt

Tangibly relieved to learn something that's perplexed me for years. Thought I mustn't yet have found this lumber type, as mine were all smaller! 'It's called a 2x4 because that is the dimensions that it is rough sawed at. It is then planed down which results in it being slightly less than 2"x4".'

President Obama says our Grand Opening is a reminder of what's possible when communities come together. Mrs. Obama calls this moment a chance to feel the possibility of leading with hope. Don't miss it—join us at 11 a.m. CT, Thursday, June 18 → obama.org

The Obama Presidential Center is finally opening! Tune in today on Obama.org starting at 11am CT as Michelle and I share what this moment means to us and celebrate with friends, family, and members of the community in Chicago.

Avoid or get rid of #TechNeck! Some exercises. According to an osteopath, all be it giving free consultations, I've got it. But not keen on the "rack" treatment in a back upstairs room they suggested to fix it, at a hefty cost. Some of the stretches are covered in yoga classes if you go to those.

There's no hiding from #ContentDesign and #ClearLanguage. If you take something waffle-y, and present it clearly, you expose anything vague. Currently writing a page on Goals, following the content pattern [H2] Goal, [H3] Challenges, [H3] Solutions, [H4] Actions. Flim flam just falls away.

Brilliant on language surrounding the Iran "deal" or "lack thereof"! #content #comms #LanguageMatters #BBC

Will be camping on the beach at the UK's most easterly point this weekend. Disproportionately excited about new sleeping bag. 🌞 ⛺ 🐚 #midsummer

Live Welsh class for beginners! Free, next Tuesday 23rd, 7pm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are missing with the aim to improve your code in the long term. piccalil.li/blog/program...

Just paid my first CAKE sub-contractor! This time it's more to do with the client set up for some project work that I put in a joint supplier proposal for – but it feels good. This is very much a direction I want my limited company to go in. 😊 🎂

Observation on categorising partner organisations... Transport have the most acronyms, but are the very easiest to definitively categorise! #Content #ContentDesign #InformationDesign

This is the same as doing #UserResearch with personas. People are multi-faceted, intersectional and unpredictable. When we test out web design, we get people to use it and observe them – rather than ask them to say what they would do. This is because even they can't predict it.

I actually genuinely believe it would be great to have an internet cut off for everyone at 10pm (matching time zone you're in). We all need a good quality rest. For emergencies, phone calls. Before bed relaxation? Watch a non-streamed film, listen to radio or downloaded podcast, read a book... 😴 💤

A lot of cucumbers in the Oddbox this week. I thought it must be from WiFi cutting out and my swaps not getting through. But no, 7 varieties of veg and fruit, including 300g of cucumber. Which translated to 3 cucumbers, one of them quite skinny. 🥒

Any company claiming to be net zero or carbon neutral, while also adopting AI, negates their own claims.

How we describe things matters. Equating 'non-native' w negative and dangerous, even in plant world, did not feel right. So I recommended: Do not use the term 'invasive, non-native plants’. Refer to these instead as: • Plants that harm other plants • Plants that damage other plants and woodland

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide "that do not align with its preferred narrative."

At 2 mins in, this is now Schrödinger's is it actually doing anything? 😹

Always look at the form, not the existing content that leads to the form, when you're designing content. The form shows you what people will actually deal with. If there's a discrepancy with content before it, either the form is out of date or the content is – ask questions. #ContentDesign #Forms

Friday question: how do we deal with non designers, who generate AI mockups that look pretty but can't work without your real content / product, show those to stakeholders who fall in love with the concept and now the designer has to make something pretty but useless/ unusable work?

Browser tab closure as motivation for task completion is real my friends! Who else out there's actively making decisions in order to close tabs?? Moving image: grey shorthair cat typing very fast on a laptop.

On way to a Podiatry appointment that I’m telling myself is 9:30 but in my soul I know it’s 9:20 😣

If you’re autistic and exhausted by strategies that assume infinite energy, perfect regulation, or motivation on demand - you don’t need more discipline. You need support that understands autistic bodyminds. That’s what 1:1 peer support is for.

Pleased to report tea drinking levels are back to normal. Our late Queen has been of assistance in this difficult time.

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A thread. The other day, I happened to clock the little AI-written bio attached to my name. It announced, quite confidently, that I was married, not to my husband, but to his brother. Particularly amusing, since my BIL is a proud member of the LGBQT community. I love him, but I am NOT his type. 🧵

Have got a big birthday coming up and trying to tick off things that have sat on the personal to do list for too long before it. This Sunday morning, ladies and gentlemen, I'll have a dentist's appointment! 🎺 😬

A content designer I respect shared her succinct views on AI with me today: "I use it to break it haha and argue that they are wrong." #Content #ContentDesign #InformationDesign

A new report warns that oil, gas, and illegal mining threaten isolated Indigenous peoples in the Peru-Brazil Yavarí-Tapiche corridor. Industrial concessions overlap with 10% of the 16 million-hectare area, risking forced contact, habitat loss, and disease. @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports.

"Cathartic describes an experience, activity, or expression that provides psychological relief through release of strong, bottled-up emotions. A cathartic moment allows you to purge heavy feelings... leaving you feeling cleansed, unburdened, or emotionally refreshed." Cambridge Dictionary definition

Is your Council ensuring all residents can participate digitally? Funded by the UK Department for Science, Technology and Innovation, our new toolkit helps local authorities make digital inclusion a core service. Find the toolkit on our website!

The globally-loved Readability Guidelines wiki is no longer live. I've posted an update with a few more details my website. #Readability #ReadabilityGuidelines #ClearLanguage #Accessibility #Content #ContentDesign #InformationDesign #UX

There might be something wrong with me. I don't feel like a cup of tea. Of course, have drunk both a tea and a coffee this morning, but would usually be going for cuppa tea 3 by now! 😮 ☕ ⛔

The Saul Steinberg Foundation has a new website, which is great because we love looking at his witty creations saulsteinbergfoundation.org

Funniest sales and services experience in a while, picking up new reading glasses in Specsavers today: “Would you have your surname on you at all?” Corporate politesse at its finest.

If you don't have a ruler and want to measure or estimate size of something, a MacBook Air is basically 30cm or 12 inches wide. And to be specific, it's 30.41 cm or 11.97 inches. No idea why it took me so long to take the time to find that out.