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Ontario Nature @ontarionature.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 Deadline: Nov 10 — This long weekend speak up for Ontario’s wildlife!
Ontario’s wildlife needs our voice — and our families’ too. 💚
Here are talking points about the new Species Conservation Act and how to take action before it’s too late:
👉 catalog.ontarionature.org/talking-poin...

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Talking Points – Proposals to Enable the Species Conservation Act, 2025 - Page 1

You have until November 10 to comment on the ERO posting. Use the key messages below to inform your comments: • This proposal to enable the SCA will only further undermine progress on the Ontario Biod...

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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 2d

🚨2025 #RedList Update🚨

We have reassessed 1,360 bird species. Out of the 11,185 species assessed worldwide: 

⚠️11.5% are globally threatened.

📉61% have declining populations.

But restoring habitats will help put these species on a path to recovery.🌱

Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/red-list-upd...

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Do you know if the permits/approvals the developer obtained included one from MECP for species at risk bats? I have clients removing far, far fewer trees who require an Endangered Species Act permit to do so.

Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Here's why that's not really an effective way to combat climate change, according to @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

drawdown.org/explorer/dep...

Deploy Direct Air Capture

Direct air capture (DAC) is an industrial process that captures CO2 from the air and then injects it deep underground for permanent, geologic storage.

drawdown.org

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 4d

The Devoted Friend
Jeff Dillon
2021

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 4d

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 5d

#LetsGoBlueJays!

Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 5d

Blue Jay
Patrick Hunter ~ Anishinaabe
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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 5d

#HamOnt

Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 5d

Green Job Alert! 📢

The Royal Botanical Gardens is hiring a full-time Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System Coordinator!

▪️ Contract: Nov 17, 2025 - Dec 18, 2026 with possibility of extension
▪️ Salary range: $66,300 - $78,000
▪️ Applications due Oct 19, 2025 >> buff.ly/xMkX6xp

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 5d

"The federal submission says the "temporary character" of the notwithstanding clause confirms that it cannot be used to cause "an irreparable impairment" of Charter rights."

#cdnpoli #onpoli

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5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News

Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freed...

www.cbc.ca

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 5d

And we would have less asthma cases with cleaner air resulting from climate action 🙃

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Iggy @iggydinosaur.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you again for everyone trying to donate a kidney for me.
I don't have any new updates or anything--they're still working through the list and yeah we are really beginning to run out of time. If you're on the fence but would like to try, get started at iggyland.org
Thank you everyone!

Iggy needs a kidney - Iggy's Up All Night

The TL;DR on how you can help (if you scroll down, the full story is below): In short I have a disease that requires a living kidney donor. There are no other viable options for me. I have only a few ...

iggyland.org

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 7d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 7d

The Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report is published weekly. It features data on COVID-19, influenza and RSV. health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 7d

Omg this is a huge inning!

#letsgobluejays

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 7d

Part 2 of her message is the most important.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 7d

Same!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 8d

Yes!! Nice haul!! Absolutely I would love to see this every year 😄

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome home, new plants!

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 8d

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in ER, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home. Dunn House backers say the supportive housing project saved the health system millions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home

www.thestar.com

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 8d

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But in spite of what we know, most people are opting for shorter lives lived "normally" (2019), rather than the increased chance of a longer life with better health, secured with - in simplest terms - the mild inconvenience of wearing an #N95 mask indoors, in public spaces.

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 8d

Filled up my #ebike to capacity with native plants at the sale put on by @hamiltonnature.org this morning! 8 new species to add to my yard: boneset, golden alexander, field pusseytoes, moss phlox, cardinal flower, prairie smoke and hairy & foxglove beardtongue.

#hamont

Alison and her ebike with the native plant sale in the background.

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 8d

Beautifully composed!

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 9d

Can’t emphasize enough that new studies like this come out ALL THE TIME but are usually ignored by basically everyone, including the media & the medical establishment. It’s bananas. #COVID

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

www.nature.com

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 9d

Just got the flu shot and covid booster. I believe in science. I also believe in not getting sick from anything given a lot of writing deadlines, so I mask up in crowds, airports, and use a helpful nasal spray. Really not wise to take chances if you can avoid it.

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