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Data tinkerer by day, artist, gardener, and urbanist by night. Maritimer through and through.
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New series, live now. (My first on BlueSky!)
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
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I am going to try my darndest to spend way less time on here in November. So I just want to emphasize the wastewater data we have. People are sick out there. You hear the coughs, you see people calling out of shifts. Mask up and demand clean air. PHAC: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/ /1
Wastewater monitoring dashboard – Canada.ca
This dashboard provides data about COVID-19, flu, RSV and mpox virus levels in wastewater.
health-infobase.canada.ca
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I am going to try my darndest to spend way less time on here in November. So I just want to emphasize the wastewater data we have. People are sick out there. You hear the coughs, you see people calling out of shifts. Mask up and demand clean air. PHAC: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/ /1
Thinking of all the kids who are dressed up as windmills, kites, and umbrellas today.
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thinking of all the kids who are dressed up as windmills, kites, and umbrellas today.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
New series, live now. (My first on BlueSky!)
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
New series, live now. (My first on BlueSky!)
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
Unlike my usual subjects, "Bloom" is a series focused on the small – the birds, bees, blossoms and butterflies which have made the process of working towards a pollinator-friendly yard incredibly rewarding.
www.blueshackmedia.com/series/2025/...
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Health Canada puts out guidelines recommending N95s and clean indoor air!
Let’s do this!
Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
Let’s do this!
Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
www.canada.ca
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Health Canada puts out guidelines recommending N95s and clean indoor air!
Let’s do this!
Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
Let’s do this!
Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air.
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
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Reject the conflation of Judaism and the Jewish people as a whole with the actions of the state of Israel.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reject the conflation of Judaism and the Jewish people as a whole with the actions of the state of Israel.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Another joy of working towards a pollinator yard is getting to see visitors like this, stocking up before their long journey south!
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#bloomseries #pollinatorgarden #fucklawns #photography #nature #butterfly#monarch
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#bloomseries #pollinatorgarden #fucklawns #photography #nature #butterfly#monarch
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another joy of working towards a pollinator yard is getting to see visitors like this, stocking up before their long journey south!
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#bloomseries #pollinatorgarden #fucklawns #photography #nature #butterfly#monarch
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#bloomseries #pollinatorgarden #fucklawns #photography #nature #butterfly#monarch
At this point in the season it's mostly the small, white asters still in bloom in our yard.
This bee (and many like it) continue to visit regularly.
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#bloomseries #photography #fucklawns #bee #bumblebee
This bee (and many like it) continue to visit regularly.
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#bloomseries #photography #fucklawns #bee #bumblebee
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
At this point in the season it's mostly the small, white asters still in bloom in our yard.
This bee (and many like it) continue to visit regularly.
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#bloomseries #photography #fucklawns #bee #bumblebee
This bee (and many like it) continue to visit regularly.
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#bloomseries #photography #fucklawns #bee #bumblebee
Thinking I may start sharing more here as other platforms get worse and worse.
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Found this little snail crawling along the other day. Rewilding the front yard is getting to be a rewarding process.
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#snail #photography #fucklawns
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Found this little snail crawling along the other day. Rewilding the front yard is getting to be a rewarding process.
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#snail #photography #fucklawns
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thinking I may start sharing more here as other platforms get worse and worse.
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Found this little snail crawling along the other day. Rewilding the front yard is getting to be a rewarding process.
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#snail #photography #fucklawns
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Found this little snail crawling along the other day. Rewilding the front yard is getting to be a rewarding process.
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#snail #photography #fucklawns
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After 5 entire years we still do not have clean air in schools and daycares. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
5 years after #COVID19 started, parents and experts say the impact on kids remains. Lags in math and literacy reported worldwide, while parents note problems with social, emotional health, by Deana Sumanac-Johnson www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Pandemic's long shadow: parents, experts say kids still struggling with academics, attendance, social skills | CBC News
Five years after COVID-19 sent Canada's kids into a cycle of virtual learning and school closures, long-term effects of it still remain. Experts say international studies point to lags in performance ...
www.cbc.ca
March 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
After 5 entire years we still do not have clean air in schools and daycares. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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this morning, I spoke to Halifax regional council on workplace safety, diversity, and inclusion (again)
![A screenshot of a letter that reads: Good morning. Thank you council and staff for the opportunity to speak. My name is Ben MacLeod and I live in Halifax.
As you all know, the Strategic Priorities Plan set out the municipality’s priorities and values. It was drafted in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and it outlines how some of council’s priorities translate to action against the pandemic. For instance, the plan states that Corporate Safety will “play a key role in responding to COVID-19” by helping business units develop “effective workplace safety plans [and] safe work practices”.
I spoke on the same topic during last year’s meeting.
I stated that COVID-19 remains a workplace safety issue that the municipality is failing to mitigate, contrary to the commitments to safety outlined in the Strategic Priorities Plan as well as the municipality’s obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. I also stated that the municipality, in failing to provide safe and healthy work environments, also fails fundamentally to deliver on its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Since then, Human Resources has told me that the municipality still does not have any COVID-19 mitigation in place. In other words, nothing has improved, so I make my plea again today.
According to the Strategic Priorities Plan, evidence-based decision making is one of the municipality’s key values. What is the evidence driving the municipality’s policies on COVID?
The World Health Organization stresses that the pandemic has not ended. COVID-19 continues to widely circulate, kill, and disable.
COVID is not benign. It has been linked to a host of ailments affecting practically all human organ systems. Even mild cases can have long-term consequences. Repeated infections do cumulative damage. With each infection, you roll the dice. There is no cure for Long COVID.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xwlgxzjlrxt3tnmmevc53fqe/bafkreicdqm3cjoh63u5fyaty6hio6igg3ga2n26z6qjdk5axo7cvpy3zoa@jpeg)
February 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
this morning, I spoke to Halifax regional council on workplace safety, diversity, and inclusion (again)
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Fascinating how Houston can complain about climate change destroying the isthmus, while simultaneously refusing to take action to stop climate change. 🎭
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Fascinating how Houston can complain about climate change destroying the isthmus, while simultaneously refusing to take action to stop climate change. 🎭
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at what point does, or should, activism become radicalism?
November 25, 2024 at 9:18 PM
at what point does, or should, activism become radicalism?
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With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know?
“Wolak said teachers should still open windows to ventilate the rooms and clean the air in crowded areas, helping minimize kids’ exposure to an airborne virus”
globalnews.ca/news/1086417...
“Wolak said teachers should still open windows to ventilate the rooms and clean the air in crowded areas, helping minimize kids’ exposure to an airborne virus”
globalnews.ca/news/1086417...
With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know? | Globalnews.ca
Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite this flu being a single case.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 AM
With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know?
“Wolak said teachers should still open windows to ventilate the rooms and clean the air in crowded areas, helping minimize kids’ exposure to an airborne virus”
globalnews.ca/news/1086417...
“Wolak said teachers should still open windows to ventilate the rooms and clean the air in crowded areas, helping minimize kids’ exposure to an airborne virus”
globalnews.ca/news/1086417...
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According to Moriarty Lab (not here yet) almost all of Canada is at severe levels again. 1 in 31 people are currently infected. Be careful out there! Well-fitting N95s really help reduce the spread!!
November 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM
According to Moriarty Lab (not here yet) almost all of Canada is at severe levels again. 1 in 31 people are currently infected. Be careful out there! Well-fitting N95s really help reduce the spread!!
Formatting test.
November 12, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Formatting test.
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We gotta rebuild Science Twitter on BlueSky! Just followed all the climate scientists on this great list. Thanks, @katharinehayhoe.com
October 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
We gotta rebuild Science Twitter on BlueSky! Just followed all the climate scientists on this great list. Thanks, @katharinehayhoe.com
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Gonna be real hard to build trust in public health if the media keeps doing stuff like this:
March 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Gonna be real hard to build trust in public health if the media keeps doing stuff like this:
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I don't understand how COVID can possibly still be around. We were ignoring it so hard. It's almost like that strategy sucked.
October 5, 2023 at 4:41 PM
I don't understand how COVID can possibly still be around. We were ignoring it so hard. It's almost like that strategy sucked.