Marilyn Anne Campbell
@macampbell.bsky.social
Writer interested in animals, nature, and the arts, but distracted by our crumbling ecosystems/society.
Uni of Edinburgh grad student in Int'l Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law
She/her | ON Canada
🐱 Charlotte, Rubin 🐰 George
https://www.marilynannecampbell.com
Uni of Edinburgh grad student in Int'l Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law
She/her | ON Canada
🐱 Charlotte, Rubin 🐰 George
https://www.marilynannecampbell.com
Yay, the the program I'm studying with has joined Bluesky!
Hello Bluesky! We're the official Bsky account for the online part-time MSc International Animal Welfare Ethics and Law at the University of Edinburgh. We're just getting our account up and running, but you can find out more about us here: vet.ed.ac.uk/education/po...
International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies | The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
A fully flexible postgraduate programme designed to address the demand for online animal welfare education suitable for working professionals and others with an interest in studying a range of animal ...
vet.ed.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yay, the the program I'm studying with has joined Bluesky!
Finally tried making overnight oats and... I do not get the hype. These are fine, I guess? Not sure why this is supposed to be better than warm.
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Finally tried making overnight oats and... I do not get the hype. These are fine, I guess? Not sure why this is supposed to be better than warm.
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Under Canadian law, animals are not considered sentient and are classified as property. Sign and share federal petition e-6955 that seeks to recognize animals as sentiment beings. Thank you to supporter Maureen Boag for initiating this petition: buff.ly/id4HukK
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Under Canadian law, animals are not considered sentient and are classified as property. Sign and share federal petition e-6955 that seeks to recognize animals as sentiment beings. Thank you to supporter Maureen Boag for initiating this petition: buff.ly/id4HukK
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
I received a doggy leg-lean from a big fluffy shepherd on the subway recently and when the person holding the leash started apologizing what I said was "Oh, no, they're fine" but what I meant was "this is magic and I have been chosen; please do not interfere."
I love when a cat head-bonks you. So good. And a doggy leg-lean? Sublime stuff. No notes.
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I received a doggy leg-lean from a big fluffy shepherd on the subway recently and when the person holding the leash started apologizing what I said was "Oh, no, they're fine" but what I meant was "this is magic and I have been chosen; please do not interfere."
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Hey ChatGPT, what is an intervention? | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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"Everyone - whether driving, walking or cycling has a role to play in keeping our community safe."
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Everyone - whether driving, walking or cycling has a role to play in keeping our community safe."
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
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The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
Texas' new 'butterfly nets' are saving monarchs from becoming roadkill
The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The roadside 'flight diverters' cut monarch deaths by about 50 percent.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
I was not expecting Canada to be involved in a penguin welfare controversy in London England, but it turns out every Canadian who has paid into the Canada Pension Plan (which is to say, had a job) is part owner of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I was not expecting Canada to be involved in a penguin welfare controversy in London England, but it turns out every Canadian who has paid into the Canada Pension Plan (which is to say, had a job) is part owner of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Nothing like having to take time to fill out the transit company's feedback form to let them know that no, actually, this bus driver was doing a fine job, because you had to listen to an attention-seeking passenger loudly phone in a complaint that the rush hour Express bus wasn't express enough.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Nothing like having to take time to fill out the transit company's feedback form to let them know that no, actually, this bus driver was doing a fine job, because you had to listen to an attention-seeking passenger loudly phone in a complaint that the rush hour Express bus wasn't express enough.
David was born for this interview.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
David was born for this interview.
Things are a little confusing out on the balcony with the Nasturtium still in bloom and snow on the ground.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Things are a little confusing out on the balcony with the Nasturtium still in bloom and snow on the ground.
Good morning from Charlotte (who would like me to get up and get her breakfast now).
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Good morning from Charlotte (who would like me to get up and get her breakfast now).
Oh good.
Now we're just straight up cooking endangered animals.
We have f'd everything up. We have f'd everything up so bad.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now we're just straight up cooking endangered animals.
We have f'd everything up. We have f'd everything up so bad.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Oh good.
Now we're just straight up cooking endangered animals.
We have f'd everything up. We have f'd everything up so bad.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now we're just straight up cooking endangered animals.
We have f'd everything up. We have f'd everything up so bad.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wildlife crossings are a valuable tool in efforts to mitigate a small portion of the harm caused by roads, but they're also an expensive undertaking. That's why I love this story out of Idaho of one man who saw life-saving potential in an abandoned bridge: www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
#RoadEcology
#RoadEcology
Osburn’s bridge to nowhere becomes a lifeline for Silver Valley’s elk - High Country News
Idaho’s newest wildlife crossing didn’t need to be built. It already existed near Coeur d’Alene.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Wildlife crossings are a valuable tool in efforts to mitigate a small portion of the harm caused by roads, but they're also an expensive undertaking. That's why I love this story out of Idaho of one man who saw life-saving potential in an abandoned bridge: www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
#RoadEcology
#RoadEcology
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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These toads don't start as tadpoles
They're born as tiny 'toadlets.'
www.popsci.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Whether it's coal, or oil, or diamonds, or cobalt, we love to fight over resources. Right now, the rush for critical minerals is sparking environmental destruction and human rights abuses. It's sending would-be miners prospecting on the very bottom of the sea, and stoking conflict around the world.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whether it's coal, or oil, or diamonds, or cobalt, we love to fight over resources. Right now, the rush for critical minerals is sparking environmental destruction and human rights abuses. It's sending would-be miners prospecting on the very bottom of the sea, and stoking conflict around the world.
I *just* learned that tonight Nature on PBS is all about pigeons! Suddenly I have some appointment viewing lined up...
#Birds
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
#Birds
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
The Pigeon Hustle ~ About | Nature | PBS
Uncover the secret world of New York and London’s resilient pigeon flocks, seeing how they adapt to the challenges of city life and thrive alongside people. Narrated by Bobby Moynihan.
www.pbs.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I *just* learned that tonight Nature on PBS is all about pigeons! Suddenly I have some appointment viewing lined up...
#Birds
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
#Birds
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
A one-seat Liberal minority with Elizabeth May retaining her seat is the exact scenario I was hoping for back on election night here in Canada, so 🤞
Dimitri Soudas, former Harper comms guy, told RadCan this morning that he's hearing Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will cross the floor to the Liberals today.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A one-seat Liberal minority with Elizabeth May retaining her seat is the exact scenario I was hoping for back on election night here in Canada, so 🤞