Everyone I know who has put in the work to be good at something or who simply cares about anything right now:

I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.

This is the reason the gas plant is going ahead on the Chebucto Isthmus. These two developments are intertwined. We need to fight them both.

It shouldn’t be a struggle for anyone to afford food. That shouldn’t be something that we’re okay with as a human species. Everyone should have a decent home to go back to and enough to eat.

On June 4, 1726, Mi’kmaw, Wəlastəkokewiyik, and Peskətəmohkatewey leaders gathered at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, to ratify a treaty with the British Crown. The Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1726 was signed at Fort Anne. Today, we are all still Treaty people.

very important report from a bunch of political scientists: the VRA hugely increased the representation of Black policy views in Congress and state legislatures. abolishing it will have the opposite effect prospect.org/2026/06/03/r...

Yeah he’s the grown up 🤦🏻‍♀️

A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works: www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...

Gonna just drop this in family chat.

Scott Pelley has released a statement to employees at CBS News and "60 Minutes" after being fired by new Executive Producer Nick Bilton on Tuesday. thedesk.net/2026/06/memo...

Politicians keep telling us “it’s good for the economy” but what the fuck is the economy even for if we can’t keep our libraries open?

Ivanka and Jared Kushner are building a massive resort on Sazan Island, a private island in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania that used to house a Soviet military base which reportedly contains more than 3,600 nuclear bunkers. Seems like a story deserving of more investigation overall, tbh.

If there's one thing I'm learning about interviewing the mayors of Nova Scotia is that towns are interesting and working to improve, build infrastructure, and attract more people. The province isn't doing its part, however!

My favourite American thinkers today may be @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Life is full of surprises. Also, I beg everyone to listen to Bill at 31:18 of this pod on the humanity of Trans folk. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

It is Indigenous History Month. Throughout this month, I will be sharing the stories from Canada's Indigenous history. Today it is Shaaw Tlaa, the woman who played a big role in starting the Klondike Gold Rush.

There is a read-in in Kentville today at John Lohr’s office. A block from the closed library.

Libraries should be the last places to close if govt’s understood their importance.

Annapolis Valley Regional Library reaches the breaking point: 5 of 11 branches to close Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Extremism cannot exist without extreme misogyny

The depressing thing is This is just Year 1 of cuts from public entities They are expected to do the same amount in each of the next 2 years as well

Nova Scotia's all-fronts assault on libraries is of a piece with its efforts to force universities to do more vocational training.

Valley folks are piiiiiisssssed. This is going to get loud.

They came for the Public School Libraries then for the NSCC Libraries now Public Libraries next Timmy is going to snatch Goodnight Moon right out of your kids hands

Brutal. Note that this is 5 out of 11, so almost half.

“3,400 deaths in a day: India's extreme heat days are deadlier than we imagined.” #ClimateCrisis

Add rural libraries to the Houston Government body count: +books published, Mi'kmaw athletes trained, kids being physically active, scholarships supporting Black students, air pollution prevented, sick kids access to healthcare, restorative justice, apprenticeships, mental health supports…etc etc

There's already one rally planned to protest these library closures. #NovaScotia

Amazing addtl detail about Scott Pelley telling off Nick Bilton (via NY post) “You wouldn’t do very well in a ’60 Minutes’ interview," Pelley said. "Scott, I’m not intimidated by you,” a ticked-off Bilton said in response. “Enjoy the bagels,” Bilton added before getting up and leaving the room.

This is horrible. I spent a few minutes at the Middleton library recently on a random Friday morning and it was buzzing. The librarian also knew every patron personally.

I am worried about the people who use these branches in person. But I’m also worried about whole network. Will Kentville town council still be willing to support AVRL if it’s not in town ? Inter-municipal funded projects are very fragile in the Valley.

It takes strength to look the person who could fire you in the eye and tell them that both they and their boss are giant pieces of trash. You usually don't win, but you definitely leave a mark, and you write your place in history. That's what Scott Pelley did today.

Turns out when we allow our provinces to destroy universities, it has an impact. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...

Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.

There will be no AVRL public library in the provincial finance minister’s riding. (There is a tiny independent library in Canning).

This is a tragedy, completely manufactured by the province for refusing to fund our libraries. Again.

Also in Trenton: the town announced its closing the outdoor pool for good. Municipalities and towns can only do so much. The province needs to step in. www.pictouadvocate.com/news/trenton...

And with that, the phrase “Enjoy the bagels” joins “pivot to video” in the Lexicon of Cursed Media Industry Slogans. 🎁:

Here's a Gift article for y'all in case you run into a paywall👇🏼 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/b...

Scott Pelley is correct.

I don’t romanticize 60 Minutes but lol Scott do your thing keep going

Terrible news. The Kentville branch is particularly beautiful, but all of them provide an essential service.

Racial profiling, including of US citizens, in Kavanaugh Immigration Stops is now routine. As in the time of legalized slavery, one racialized group, regardless of immigration status, bears the brunt of the full force of the federal government's resources in punitive immigration enforcement.

This is a fundamental problem with a lot of efforts to "streamline" governance. Cutting workers often increases costs---either through contractors or overtime. Most agencies operate with a shoestring workforce. You aren't cutting the amount of work, just the resources to do it.

Time for another Axios story how a Iranian peace deal is imminent

Pwhl Minnesota Frost’s Mae Batherson the headliner at hometown parade.

people spend enormous amounts of time fighting online about whether to talk about epstein and corruption or affordability and, look, it’s really not that hard to do both at once

unnoticed by whom, npr

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”