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Carly Ziter

@carlyziter.bsky.social

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Urban & landscape ecologist thinking about nature-based solutions for biodiversity, people, and climate in the cities we live in. Prof @ Concordia. Probably talking about trees on the radio. Potter. Knitter. Baker. Gardener. Year-round cyclist. 🇨🇦 (she/her) .. more

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hi, Bluesky! 🇨🇦 urban & landscape ecologist here - tweeting at the intersection of ecology and urbanism + mentorship and work-life balance. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal

On the off-hours: pottery, knitting, all-weather cycling, & the embarrassment and enjoyment of learning a new language as an adult!

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 2d

“A recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation study concluded that every $1 invested in eviction prevention and housing stability saves $2 to $6 in emergency system costs. In other words, it’s far cheaper to ensure people remain housed.” @thephilanthropist.ca
thephilanthropist.ca/2026/02/on-t...

On the front lines of eviction prevention - The Philanthropist Journal

“A little goes a long way” in keeping people housed, advocates say, and the social costs of not addressing the housing crisis are immeasurable.

thephilanthropist.ca

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Dr Manu Saunders @manusaunders.bsky.social · 2d

On this day that supports inclusive futures for women and girls in science, let's not forget all the women that were sidelined, ignored, or forced out of science because they:
- had children
- prioritised family/caring
- did science differently
- questioned boundaries & norms
- fought the patriarchy

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 2d

The new mayor of Montreal is moving forward with her “audit” of bike lanes. Possible outcomes still unclear.

Continually framed as for “safety”. But if serious, why not focus on roads without bike lanes?

Complaints about bike lanes are mainly not about safety. They’re about loss of space for cars.

Montréal réévaluera plusieurs pistes cyclables

Soraya Martinez Ferrada veut évaluer la sécurité des pistes cyclables. Son administration lance des audits sur quatre d’entre elles, dont la très achalandée piste Rachel, sur Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, ce...

www.lapresse.ca

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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 7d

The NATURA Network is pleased to share the Asia Report as part of the Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions, now live on our website.

Read the report: buff.ly/CU8tw68
#NATURANetwork #NatureBasedSolutions #Urban #Resilience #Asia #NBSRoadmap

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 7d

A little studio progress this evening. Gonna have to gift a lot of mugs, since ceramics are not a priority suitcase item! (Except for the others people’s ceramics I’ve accumulated 😬)

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8d

‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?

HOPE, FOR ME, COMES
FROM THE PAST’
BY ESSAYIST REBECCA SOLNIT
‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting
quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that
can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul
a thrashing salmon out of rough waters? People tend to think
hope is fluffy and frail, but it’s the force that has kept people going in the worst circumstances, the commitment to pursue the possibilities even when they seem remote.
There are so many things hope is not: it is not optimism, which
assumes that the future will be fine, and which requires nothing
of us, any more than cynicism, despair, defeatism and doomerism do. It is not a prophesy of the future, since it arises in part from recognising that we make the future in the present and that it will be shaped by countless factors, visible and invisible, including our own participation. It is not an upbeat feeling or a feeling at all, since people in the worst circumstances have hoped that their efforts to free themselves might be met with success, that their bleakcondition might not be permanent or that their children might live to see a better time.

second half of text with second post/photo

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Stephen Murphy (smurph) @smurph.bsky.social · 10d

Biologist here. The 'reality of biological sex' is that in humans & many species do not have a binary expression of sex-linked traits. Some (fungi!) more than others, but even humans are complex in genotypic & phenotypic origins & expression.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 10d

One of the world’s best universities has been captured by ‘gender critical’ transphobes and the christo-fascist right (and backed by mummy, the prominent National UK journalist! 🙄😣

The privilege. The nepotism. The propaganda… It’s all so predictable and manipulative…

The Telegraph
Thea Sewell
One of the world's best universities has been captured by trans-obsessed zealots
Students ostracised me at Cambridge for believing in the reality of biological sex

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 10d

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 11d

Right? It’s a genuinely good idea! Just, maybe one that someone who isn’t half responsible for my mortgage can try 😆

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 11d

If academia doesn’t work out, Eric’s put a slightly alarming amount of thought into this touton food truck 😆

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 11d

I feel like poutine would go over very well in Germany! Potatoes, cheese, sauce… it’s got it all!

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 11d

As a born and raised Ontarian, downright insulted by the lack of butter tarts on this menu 😂

Eric Pedersen @ericjpedersen.bsky.social · 11d

I'm slightly disturbed about what Germans seem to think Canadian food consists of

Picture of a menu labelled at the top as "Canadian steakhouse", featuring such Canadian foods as "pasta bolognese", "burger and sandwich" and "salad"