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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 42m

I got to see the great Daniel Lanois tonight. What an incredible concert.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis
Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 1d

The teachers’ strike is entirely of the UCP’s making due to their efforts to undermine public education.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

www.cbc.ca

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 3d

This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 2d

Spinoza indicting our times. (Theological-Political Treatise, ch. 3 [1]).

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Ryan Turnbull @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 9d

Incredible job opportunity at VST: vst.edu/about/job-op...

Job Opportunities - Vancouver School of Theology

September 26, 2025 – Professor of Anglican Denominational Formation and Studies

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 10d

This one hits hard. A trailblazer and incredible human.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News

Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 16d

Contemplative and peaceful.

emergencemagazine.org/feature/brea...

Breathing with the Forest – by Marshmallow Laser Feast

An immersive experience of shared breath with the Amazon rainforest.

emergencemagazine.org

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 16d

Climate is doing interesting things to jays.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay

The ranges of the two parent bird species have expanded due to climate change and now overlap around San Antonio, researchers say

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 16d

“In a major surprise, the court ruled that the 70-year-old will be incarcerated despite his intention to appeal.”

America could learn something re: its felon-in-chief.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in corruption case | CBC News

A Paris court sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty on a key charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by the ...

www.cbc.ca

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 17d

Listen to climate scientists.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News

The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...

www.cbc.ca

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 17d

I love watching these guys live.

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 18d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18d

Pope Leo is said to have accepted Cardinal Dolan's resignation and to have picked his successor as New York archbishop. Will Dolan serve in retirement as spiritual advisor to Turning Point USA? In any event, his adherence to the GOP is far stronger than his adherence to the Catholic Church.

Outgoing NYC Cardinal Dolan Faces Unprecedented Catholic Backlash After Comparing Kirk to St. Paul

Pope Leo stays measured, while Dolan’s likely successor — Bishop Daniel Flores — prepares to bring a very different voice to New York.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 19d

Happy first day of autumn.

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19d

Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 19d

fry from futurama is shocked and says well not that shocked

ALT: fry from futurama is shocked and says well not that shocked

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 19d

You don’t say.

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Canada, other fossil fuel-producing nations, derailing world climate targets, report says | CBC News

Production Gap Report suggests countries are planning to produce 120 per cent more fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees, and 77 per cent more than what's ...

www.cbc.ca

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 19d

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26d

The Pope is exactly right.

No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.

We can and must do better.

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 20d

H/t @aleach.ca

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21d

This spring @pewresearch.org asked people if they were happy with how democracy is working in their country.

In the US, just 37% were satisfied.

Countries with higher #s:
Sweden 75%
India 74%
Indonesia 66%
Australia 61%
Germany 61%
Canada 60%
Mexico 51%
UK 48%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Across all 23 countries surveyed, a median of 58% of adults are dissatisfied with how their democracy is working, while 42% are satisfied.

Satisfaction with democracy varies widely in Europe, from 75% in Sweden to just 19% in Greece. There is a similarly broad range of views in the five Asia-Pacific nations polled (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea).

In Israel, as well as the African and Latin American nations surveyed, assessments of how democracy is working tend to be more negative than positive. For example, 63% of adults in South Africa are dissatisfied with their democracy, while 36% are satisfied.

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 21d

Well this is terrifying.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Long talks with chatbots left these men with 'AI psychosis' | CBC News

Reports of delusions fuelled by conversations with AI chatbots have been growing, with some cases involving psychotic breaks, hospital stays and even violence. Two Canadians have launched an online su...

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Timothy Harvie @timothyharvie.bsky.social · 22d

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 23d

This is what happens when Catholics don't learn/read Catholic Social thought.
Even the arch conservative usccb has a primer on it if Loyola Marymount management need a crash course : www.usccb.org/resources/Pr...

LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 23d

Loyola Marymount just declared its faculty union doesn’t exist anymore.

Non-tenure track professors say the Catholic university walked away from bargaining talks using a religious exemption to avoid federal labor laws—something labor advocates say has never happened before.

Loyola Marymount just declared its faculty union doesn’t exist anymore

Non-tenure track professors say the Catholic university walked away from bargaining talks using a religious exemption to avoid federal labor laws—something labor advocates say has never happened befor...

lapublicpress.org

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