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Math teacher in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Born in Hong Kong🇭🇰 Former Torontonian #Birding #FungiFriends 🍄 My handle on iNaturalist is @minmintong
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hey, this is fucking unconscionable. these are human beings, and every single us resident should be furious that the government is defunding medicaid to allocate more money to the kidnappers stealing our community members and making it unsafe for friends in other countries to visit us.

Imagine being against gay marriage when it’s literally just this

CTV Kitchener is now posting news to our BlueSky account! Follow @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social and support local news. 👀🤘 (it took a while bc we were waiting for our CMS to offer a BlueSky plugin)

i would just like to thank all of you, on behalf of every journalist on here, for actually clicking the links

13 women risked their safety and livelihoods to reveal how Andrew Cuomo treated them. It’s easy to forget just how bad it was—so let their words remind you. And share them with any voter you know who’s still on the fence. (and, help us run this as a final ad: actblue.com/donate/dream...)

free journalism idea: a snopes-esque website that takes ultra viral images/videos/stories and determines if they're AI/fake or not.

Has anyone found a replacement for Google Jamboard? I need a free, simple online whiteboard collaboration tool.

What hurts me most is that everyone has become accustomed to Gaza’s suffering. Painful news has become the norm. If there is a normal, non-painful day, it is the unusual thing. We are human beings. I swear that we are human beings. We feel everything, just like you.

i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc. FOR FREE.

Lead my first paid nature walk today. Took a small group in the morning to #HuronNaturalArea, #Kitchener before the heat ramped up #Birds: We saw great blue herons, pileated woodpeckers, American goldfinches, northern house wrens, cardinals and even an indigo bunting. Everyone had fun!

Happy #Solstice. Midsummer by Freya Hartas freyahartas.co.uk

We did it, Joe

Telling my kids this is ChatGPT

It's hard getting to work when this happens every morning 🐱

Was looking at Pinterest for decorating and painting ideas, but I eventually got frustrated by the sheer volume of AI-generated images that I gave up and just closed my browser.

Define your music taste in 7 artists Mother Mother Bon Iver Jay Chou Billie Eilish Metric Queen Chappell Roan

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

*israel takes a quick break from genocide to attack iran, killing dozens of civilians* mark carney: iran’s missile attacks are a threat to peace 🫠

My cat is asking me for asparagus

Sometimes I check on mycology Bluesky. I call that shroomscrolling.

so how’s everyone feeling about the president’s birthday parade next weekend. pretty good timing for a big beautiful display of troops in a major city.

Police continue to shoot directly at protesters. Multiple protesters are bleeding with wounds

Just submitted the first draft of a new novel to my publisher so maybe I’ll finally be able to start posting here regularly

I knew #Bill5 was always going to pass because colonial governments will act like colonial governments and colonize; however, I was still holding onto hope that our voices would be heard. More and more this country acts like a few industries not so cleverly dressed up in a trench coat. /1

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s govt has passed #Bill5, giving itself the power to suspend provincial laws and bypass First Nations' approval for resource projects deemed to have economic importance. Furious First Nations warn confrontation is brewing. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

ICYMI: Last week, Anna Baggio issued a clear warning - #Bill5 & #SpecialEconomicZones would strip away environmental protections, trample Indigenous rights, and silence local voices. This isn’t saving #Ontario. It’s dismantling it. 🛑 Say NO to Bill 5: buff.ly/fLHRm0D

This may be the biggest fight the provincial government of Ontario has seen in a long time. It is going to be intense and ugly. Ford and his PCs have earned everything coming their way. They skate consequences all the time. This is not democracy, and it's not what Ontarians want. #Bill5 #OnPoli

Here's the moment MPP Sol Mamakwa for Kiiwetinoong was removed from the legislature. He was removed for saying the Premier is telling "untruths" about First Nations and Bill 5. "That is the truth,” he replied when he was asked to withdraw his comments. Bill 5 must be scrapped. #onpoli #bill5

On the lawn of Queen’s Park with First Nations from across #Ontario who are protesting Doug Ford’s draconian #Bill5. #onpoli #landback

Very sad news: Region of Waterloo says 550 acres have been secured for Wilmot land assembly project Source: CTV News search.app/nk6vm

New to #birding and live in #Waterloo / #Kitchener? Come out tomorrow evening with me and learn how to use apps like eBird and Merlin You do not need to be a member of #WaterlooRegionNature and the event is free! Register at the link: waterlooregionnature.ca/event/learn-... #KWAwesome #WatReg