Rose R
@rinrat86.bsky.social
Every day cyclist - its how I get around, not a statement but I don't have a death wish so fight for safer spaces for anybody not in a car.
Volunteer in Fish Creek and other conservation orgs because I love nature.
Maker of Dinoramas.
Fiercely Canadian
Volunteer in Fish Creek and other conservation orgs because I love nature.
Maker of Dinoramas.
Fiercely Canadian
Awesome
Nova Scotian becomes first woman to bike entire 22,000 km length of Pan-American highway #NovaScotia
Halifax's Ashleigh Myles completed her solo trip from Alaska to Argentina in December, biking the route in 118 days.
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Halifax's Ashleigh Myles completed her solo trip from Alaska to Argentina in December, biking the route in 118 days.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Nova Scotian becomes first woman to bike entire 22,000 km length of Pan-American highway
Halifax's Ashleigh Myles completed her solo trip from Alaska to Argentina in December, biking the route in 118 days. The CBC's Brett Ruskin caught up with her to hear the story.
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Awesome
Well see that play perfectly into Loewen's goals to add grizzlies to his outfitting business - as they are driven from the mountains they will become conflicts
Palm: If you build it, they will avoid it: new mines in the Canadian Rockies will further diminish habitat connectivity for G-bears 🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Changing grizzly bear space use and functional connectivity in response to human disturbance in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
We use simulated trajectories from fitted integrated step-selection functions to predict grizzly bear movements, space use, and functional connectivity in southwest Canada under three scenarios of hu....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Well see that play perfectly into Loewen's goals to add grizzlies to his outfitting business - as they are driven from the mountains they will become conflicts
Reposted by Rose R
It’s time to play, “Describe that Video!” This Hour Has 22 Minutes at its most blistering - and prescient. This was posted yesterday. But it couldn’t be more timely. Whether or not you can bear to watch “that” video today, you need to watch this one. #Minneapolis #CBC
It's time to play... Describe! That! Video! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It’s time to play, “Describe that Video!” This Hour Has 22 Minutes at its most blistering - and prescient. This was posted yesterday. But it couldn’t be more timely. Whether or not you can bear to watch “that” video today, you need to watch this one. #Minneapolis #CBC
Awesome
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Awesome
I'll repost for #caturday... esp since the hashtag got auto-corrected on me
I should save this for #Saturday but we all need something to smile about and our kitten* made me laugh today and I cant believe I was able to video it.
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'll repost for #caturday... esp since the hashtag got auto-corrected on me
We'll give 2 million to plan upgrades to ACH if you raise the money first but let's just give 900 MILLION to our O&G buddies...
Impressive!
**$900 MILLION** Alberta taxpayer dollars spent by Order in Council!
No legislative debates No meetings. No press conferences. I just signed my name and *POOF* that money is sent to my friends in the oil & gas industry!
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
**$900 MILLION** Alberta taxpayer dollars spent by Order in Council!
No legislative debates No meetings. No press conferences. I just signed my name and *POOF* that money is sent to my friends in the oil & gas industry!
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We'll give 2 million to plan upgrades to ACH if you raise the money first but let's just give 900 MILLION to our O&G buddies...
I should save this for #Saturday but we all need something to smile about and our kitten* made me laugh today and I cant believe I was able to video it.
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I should save this for #Saturday but we all need something to smile about and our kitten* made me laugh today and I cant believe I was able to video it.
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
*he's actually 10ish years old but thats his nickname
This is excellent. I only wish I had a photo of the flock of eagles from Prince Rupert and discovered the bald eagle is just another scavenger.
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #TailsUp, a regal bald eagle – the embodiment of America – perched high and proud, doing what it does. #birds
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is excellent. I only wish I had a photo of the flock of eagles from Prince Rupert and discovered the bald eagle is just another scavenger.
For those tired of doom scrolling, I highly recommend finding a Zooniverse project to help out on. I am currently finding grey seals (and maybe some ponies) of Sable Island.
Zooniverse
The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.
www.zooniverse.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 AM
For those tired of doom scrolling, I highly recommend finding a Zooniverse project to help out on. I am currently finding grey seals (and maybe some ponies) of Sable Island.
Yes, @ucalgary.bsky.social should leave the home of racists, misogynists and child pornographers
Friends, I’d like to show @ucalgary.bsky.social that @bsky.app is where the cool kids hang out and that they should start posting here more and less/none at TheBadPlace™️. Show them some love by reskeeting this 100000000x. 🧪
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Yes, @ucalgary.bsky.social should leave the home of racists, misogynists and child pornographers
I've got a bowling trophy from when I was a kid i can donate. It's for 5 pin so little balls to match the little hands.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I've got a bowling trophy from when I was a kid i can donate. It's for 5 pin so little balls to match the little hands.
It's a shit day in my world. Can you post something that makes / made you smile, maybe explain why?
Here is a wee highland calf with milk dribbling from its mouth as it takes a break from nursing to look at us.
Here is a wee highland calf with milk dribbling from its mouth as it takes a break from nursing to look at us.
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
It's a shit day in my world. Can you post something that makes / made you smile, maybe explain why?
Here is a wee highland calf with milk dribbling from its mouth as it takes a break from nursing to look at us.
Here is a wee highland calf with milk dribbling from its mouth as it takes a break from nursing to look at us.
Not quite one per day... how's that pledge for safer streets going?
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Not quite one per day... how's that pledge for safer streets going?
Alberta doesn't have compliance stats that I have seen, but a year ago the UCP scrapped speed photo radar cameras and in 2025 both Calgary and Alberta had a 10 year spike in vehicle related deaths. I guess that wasn't high enough because the UCP is now proposing to increase speed limits on highways
Ottawa sees dramatic drop in speed compliance after photo radar scrapped #Ontario #FordFail
Before the cameras were installed four years ago, roughly 17 per cent of motorists followed the posted speed limits. (cont'd)
/1 thread
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Before the cameras were installed four years ago, roughly 17 per cent of motorists followed the posted speed limits. (cont'd)
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Ottawa sees dramatic drop in speed compliance after photo radar scrapped
City of Ottawa data from a handful of former photo radar sites show a steep drop in driver compliance through school and community safety zones.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Alberta doesn't have compliance stats that I have seen, but a year ago the UCP scrapped speed photo radar cameras and in 2025 both Calgary and Alberta had a 10 year spike in vehicle related deaths. I guess that wasn't high enough because the UCP is now proposing to increase speed limits on highways
AER is giving just 4 days for feedback on Northback's Grassy Mountain. You have until FRIDAY th 16th.
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Alberta regulator opens public input for Northback coal mining project proposal | CBC News
Alberta’s energy regulator has opened public input into an Australian-owned mining company’s revised proposal for a coal mine in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains after the company’s previous ...
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
AER is giving just 4 days for feedback on Northback's Grassy Mountain. You have until FRIDAY th 16th.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Helpful links of Canadian senators and their key interests/focus
This is a very kind wish. But I'd also like to ask you to follow other Canadian senators who are already here, and who haven't been as lucky as I have in connecting with an audience. I convinced a fair few Senate friends to give this platform a try, but many didn't feel it worked for them. #cdnpoli
#canadiansky Let’s get the Senator’s follower numbers up to demonstrate engagement here is good comms strategy.
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Helpful links of Canadian senators and their key interests/focus
Weird number of flocks of pine siskins over the Kootenay Pass, too many and too stupid to avoid all.
On the bright side, the crows and ravens were well fed.
On the bright side, the crows and ravens were well fed.
January 11, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Weird number of flocks of pine siskins over the Kootenay Pass, too many and too stupid to avoid all.
On the bright side, the crows and ravens were well fed.
On the bright side, the crows and ravens were well fed.
Big surprise - the added costs of new infrastructure and the demands for low taxes meant we would not pay for proper maintenance and replacement schedules.
NEW: The independent panel’s review of the Bearspaw Feeder Main break in 2024 found it was the result of two decades of underinvestment, aging infrastructure, rapid population growth and insufficient risk and asset integrity processes, fragmented management and limited governance
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Big surprise - the added costs of new infrastructure and the demands for low taxes meant we would not pay for proper maintenance and replacement schedules.
Well, ya censorship works better when what you censor is completely secret so nobody can see what you aren't allowed to see.
#firetheucp
#firetheucp
Colleague Jo Horwood and I tried to find out, how many books were pulled off Alberta school shelves as a result of the gov't order? And what books were they?
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta school divisions remove handful of titles from shelves as new school library rules take effect | CBC News
A newly enacted provincial order on school literary materials prompted some divisions to remove a couple of dozen books from school shelves, but the names of those titles are secret.
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Well, ya censorship works better when what you censor is completely secret so nobody can see what you aren't allowed to see.
#firetheucp
#firetheucp
Keep seeing this... but I don't see anything talking about how the original statement was crafted.
Fwiw also not on those statements are leaders of Iceland, Sweden, Norway...
There are subsequent statements from Canada and the PM supporting Denmark.
Fwiw also not on those statements are leaders of Iceland, Sweden, Norway...
There are subsequent statements from Canada and the PM supporting Denmark.
Mark Carney did not join NATO allies in signing this joint statement reaffirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland:
Joint statement on Greenland signed by the leaders of 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇵🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧🇩🇰
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."
January 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Keep seeing this... but I don't see anything talking about how the original statement was crafted.
Fwiw also not on those statements are leaders of Iceland, Sweden, Norway...
There are subsequent statements from Canada and the PM supporting Denmark.
Fwiw also not on those statements are leaders of Iceland, Sweden, Norway...
There are subsequent statements from Canada and the PM supporting Denmark.
I get flushing is needed, but if they are telling us to save every drop, why isn't this water being g flushed into trucks that can take it to our outdoor drinks or simply back into the Glenmore Reservoir.
➡️ Flushing starts tomorrow, January 6th and will continue for a few days.
➡️ This means, even though we are still asking everyone to save water, you may see crews releasing water from fire hydrants in this area.
➡️ This means, even though we are still asking everyone to save water, you may see crews releasing water from fire hydrants in this area.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I get flushing is needed, but if they are telling us to save every drop, why isn't this water being g flushed into trucks that can take it to our outdoor drinks or simply back into the Glenmore Reservoir.
Strange question I don't know how to find an answer to... shingles vaccine has been shown to reduce dementia risk. Is there any info that shows it is due to,the vaccine, or simply due to not dealing with the ravages of shingles? @drjengunter.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Strange question I don't know how to find an answer to... shingles vaccine has been shown to reduce dementia risk. Is there any info that shows it is due to,the vaccine, or simply due to not dealing with the ravages of shingles? @drjengunter.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social
Are their bonus points for watching your Merlin Bird of the Day?
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Are their bonus points for watching your Merlin Bird of the Day?
Bwahahaha
huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Bwahahaha