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lyndar.bsky.social
Here for the silly and the serious. Botany, ecology, landscape architecture, LGBTQIA+
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"The Sunshine List may have been begun in bad faith, but calls to scrap it are misguided. It’s one of the few ways we can talk about class and it reveals which workers we value highly and which we value less," says @shawnmicallef.bsky.social and I absolutely agree! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Goodbye Rafah 😥 Rafah destroyed as many cities in Gaza its dreams and memories buried and huge displacement. In Gaza, death never stops, and nowhere is safe, Please spred the word and help me my husband and my children to survive. Your support means everything now 🤍👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🇵🇸 gofund.me/0580344a

PLEASE support Palestinians however you can as the genocide continues Israel murders Gazans at will (over 1,200 people since breaking the ceasefire) and kills survivors by preventing all aid - food, water, fuel, meds - from reaching people desperately in need 💕💸🍉 gofund.me/0580344a

Believe me, I can't always be there, and post to reach my voice.. The Situation is very bad, please share the post so that it reaches everyone.. Please, Please, please 😢😢😢

My bus, my main source of income, has been out of service for over a month due to a major breakdown that also caused burns to my face. I'm struggling and urgently need to fix the bus so I can get back to work and support my family. Any help would be deeply appreciated. 💔💔

Drones entered people's homes in Shujaiya last night. Every house that gave off any light (such as a cell phone flashlight) was entered by these drones and opened fire. There were many injuries.

I would like to issue an ENORMOUS fuck you to Sanofi for the Nozinan shortage. You fucked my kid up. He's in withdrawal and there's not a fucking thing I can do about it. I *hate* you. I sincerely hope you get Luigi'd by God. May you rot in hell.

Mark Carney's Liberals are dodging questions about a CDN company's contract to supply the Israeli military with up to $78.8 million of artillery propellants, despite Joly's promise to block military exports to Israel last year. @readthemaple.bsky.social www.readthemaple.com/the-liberals...

FACT CHECK FRIDAY IS ALIVE THANKS TO @jameswsthomson.com, @emilybaroncadloff.bsky.social AND THE @nationalobserver.com!! Read the first one here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/04/a...

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

We need to talk about @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia tinyurl.com/mwtpfbze

Major Gaza Land Grab Underway as Israel's Ethnic Cleansing Escalates www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

This heavy night never ends! Strengths have failed, souls are exhausted, and the road is still paved with blood and body parts. Silence in the presence of death is more eloquent than any words! Keep me in your thoughts Hug me in your hearts at least trying to help me survive by donating if you can.

This is, in large part, pandemic revenge. As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do. They can't keep spewing carbon. They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying. They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

SAVE OUR BIKE LANES! PROTECT OUR KIDS! Join Kidical Mass, @cycletoronto.bsky.social, Femmes & Friends, Greenpeace Canada & For Our Kids Toronto on Saturday, April 5 at Queen's Park to tell Ford's government to leave our bike lanes alone! People of all ages and abilities are welcome. Ride with us!

If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. She is a truth teller. pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...

To be super clear: CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...

The bakeries are closed. Flour is gone. Prices are rising, and we can’t afford what’s left. My family in Gaza is running out of food and water. There’s still some left—but not for long. Please help us while we still have a chance. Every dollar, every share could keep them alive #stopfamine

@jeigh91.bsky.social Hi, I'm Aseel. Today is the second day of Eid. We were given an evacuation order, but my father lost everything he owns and can't get us out of the danger zone to a safe place. Help me, my life and my family's life are in your hands. Donate and save us from this hell.

542 days 🇵🇸💔 Our hearts are broken Our bodies are extremely exhausted Our minds can no longer think We have lost everything, Alhamdulillah, but we just want to survive 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🙏 Please repost or quote, and donate if you can your support is our lifeline now 🤍🫂 gofund.me/0580344a Endless nightmare 💔

Hello, I am Aseel and this is my family who lost everything beautiful in their lives. Our home was destroyed and my father lost his job. I am in dire need of your donations to try to stay alive. My life and the life of my family are in your hands. Save us from hell. gofund.me/da1d4d2f

We might have FINALLY met our match… #WorldBollardAssociation

For a fun board game featuring the symbiotic relationship between trees and fungi, check out Undergrove by @elizhargrave.bsky.social! Great game mechanics inspired by nature & beautiful artwork to go with it. #2025MMM

"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."

Today, as we recognize Trans Day of Visibility, over 200 trans, queer and allied organizations across Canada are publishing an open letter urging party leaders in the 2025 federal election to pledge to uphold freedom, equality and human rights for 2SLGBTQIA+ people.

For no reason, just a reminder that the last AG report indicates she is unable to track billions of dollars earmarked for healthcare in Ontario. Going back at least five years.

We received evacuation warnings before the army entered on the second day of Eid. Where will I go? I'm almost hating myself and hating this life

1/ On April 5, there are nationwide protests happening literally everywhere in the US. Find more details here: handsoff2025.com

Morgan and I just put a friendly wager on when PP resigns. I said by Friday, she says by Wednesday.

Organized crime runs on online gambling. It's an incredible way to make and launder billions. After purchasing the Toronto Star, Bitove and friends received an online casino license from the Ford government.

Public health needs to be independent. During COVID, I experienced firsthand how political pressure twisted science—and nearly destroyed reputations. A short thread on conflict-of-interest theatre, redacted emails, and lessons we still haven’t learned.

You probably have to view full-screen to see what is happening here-- baby great horned owl is watching his upstairs neighbor, the starling, who is watching the baby owl. Just incredible to witness! 🪶

Last night people bikes rode in the rain for bike lanes. Immediately @torontopolice.bsky.social were antagonistic. A dozen bike cops arrived early & took over the main gathering point. The bike cops attending were the same ones who had arrested the @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social Stantec protestors.

Sad to very much agree with this

In this thread: people discover that Canada is a country and has history, culture, and customs.

St. Thomas Ontario has cut homelessness by 30% in 7 months - by building supportive housing & improving outreach www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7185563

There remains a deafening silence by mainstream Canadian medical institutions on the genocide in Gaza, the targeted attacks on hospitals, and the murder of healthcare workers. Our colleagues are being slaughtered in Palestine by Israel, and not so much as an acknowledgement.

‘Gigil’ has long been a favourite untranslatable: finding something or someone so impossibly cute you just want to squeeze them (not always great for the squeezee). www.bbc.com/news/article...

Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.

Apropos of nothing... a series of Pride and Prejudice memes.

A thread of interdimensional portals I've found on walks in the British countryside.

”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"

I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.