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Journalist-writer, sci-tech-health. Hatha & restorative, yoga teacher. Creative arts (multi-arts media, pianist, dance). Avid reader & eternal student, ex-Euro resident, Gaia activist, advocate of Yuzuru Hanyu, most complete GOAT figure skater!
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A reminder for these times.

In just one week, over ** 14,000 Canadians ** have signed up to protect the CBC. Will you join them? The CBC—and Canada—depend on it. protectcbc.ca

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Donald Trump is threatening our democratic right and values. The boycott grows and goes international. Everyone can play their part.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

I have to congratulate Canadian stores and companies in adjusting so quickly and letting us know what products are Canadian. Buy Canadian! 🇨🇦

Random zuzucat of the day - Here's your daily cat 🐈‍⬛🥺 #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦 #DailyZuzucat #羽生くんが大好き

The Atlantic: There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing—regime change??? Spineless coward, Call it what it is: a COUP! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Or to put this another way, action to prevent climate shocks could save global economy from 50% loss in GDP (plus add $xx trillion in economic opportunities). www.theguardian.com/...

@archiscot.bsky.social great to see you here, Scott! I think you will like it. Here’s a starter pack you’ll appreciate :-) go.bsky.app/L5W2gnJ

Mindset reset: Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life. If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

He didn’t get the memo apparently.

Have you signed the Pledge for Canada? We have almost 50,000 names. Let's get to 60,000. Sign and share. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Thank you, George! You’re still my hero “on the bridge” of the Enterprise!! 🎉🎊🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦

🍁🍁Make sure you know what you’re getting. This will be a project in educating ourselves!🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁

Tonight, I'm kicking off John Carroll University's "Envisioning a Livable Future" virtual conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si. Join Ben Sovacool, Nancy Tuchman and I as we discuss the current state of climate science & solutions. Register here: www.jcu.edu/livable-future

So here’s why it’s safer to be here!! Oh! 🇨🇦 !!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

Canada’s beloved outdoor ice rinks are melting away - National Geographic 😢😭😭😭😭 For years we’ve lost a beloved winter activity. Now… even cities say they can’t offer outdoor public skating. We know why! Let’s join “Fearless Cities” movement together to change the future!🧊❄️

A Canadian man narrowly avoided being struck by a meteorite that crashed into the walkway outside his home. The offending space rock has since been bagged & tagged. 🧪 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two widely believed illusions: 1. The “self” (“you” live inside of—yet separate from—your body/brain). 2. Free will (you create/control your thoughts, choices, and/or actions). Her spouse, Sam, also discusses this, but I prefer her summary. #self #freewill #neuroscience youtu.be/_Ig9MOv54cg?...

Good friends & neighbours help each other in crises! Three provinces sent water bombers! Ontario sent thousands of firefighters with extra supplies of shovels, axes & other firefighting equipment. We wouldn’t have it any other way!

BREAKING: California has banned insurers from canceling or not renewing residential property policies in the Los Angeles neighborhoods that were affected by the massive wildfires across the city. This ban is in place for one year.

How maddening is this news! Justice for privilege. Meanwhile the rest live - or risk their lives over choices made by layers of the 1%. 😠😡🤬What happened to equality?!

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

I didn’t include YouTube in this comparison because it isn’t a text-based social media platform… but I happened to notice today that it has limited access to my video about wildfire myths and facts.

As climate changes, wildfires across western NAm are getting bigger and a lot faster: and faster fires are much more dangerous and destructive. The conditions @afreedma.bsky.social describes below are becoming less and less rare as climate change loads the weather dice against us.