Tara Sprickerhoff
@tspricker.bsky.social
Works at Farm Radio International, produces the podcast Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet.
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Just a girl making her annual pitch that Wrestling Day should be extended to the whole country: www.wltribune.com/local-news/w...
Williams Lake honours 9 decades of Wrestling Day holiday tradition
Since the 1930s people in the lakecity have taken Jan. 2 off as a civic holiday
www.wltribune.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just a girl making her annual pitch that Wrestling Day should be extended to the whole country: www.wltribune.com/local-news/w...
Reposted by Tara Sprickerhoff
“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Facing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after...
theonion.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
I don’t want anymore sportsing!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I don’t want anymore sportsing!
Reposted by Tara Sprickerhoff
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
People waiting in line at a carnival witnessed a worker get hit and killed by one of the rides Tuesday night in Prince Rupert
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Like a bad movie': Carnival worker dies after being hit by ride in Prince Rupert, B.C., witnesses say | CBC News
Mission-based Shooting Star Amusements, which operates the carnival, identified the man as a worker in a social media post Wednesday, adding he was also a "dear close friend" and a "great man."
www.cbc.ca
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
THIS! 100x THIS!
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
can i do a referendum making it illegal for people to say "western alienation" when they aren't actually referring to the most heavily populated and most western part of the country
May 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
THIS! 100x THIS!
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
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Getting voters to care about foreign aid is a tough sell, I know. But Trump's decimation of USAID is going to make the world poorer, more dangerous, and sicker. Other countries need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: On this issue, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre couldn’t be more different. But at risk are scores of lives
When President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to fund the establishment of a dedicated foreign development agency in 1961, he did so by letting them know that the world was
www.thestar.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Getting voters to care about foreign aid is a tough sell, I know. But Trump's decimation of USAID is going to make the world poorer, more dangerous, and sicker. Other countries need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hey! Sure I'd love to chat about that! Want to send me an email at tsprickerhoff @ farmradio.org?
April 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey! Sure I'd love to chat about that! Want to send me an email at tsprickerhoff @ farmradio.org?
So yeah, take a listen to Nature Answers, be inspired by all these communities this #EarthDay, and check out what you can learn from them in how to adapt to climate change! farmradio.org/earth-day-cl...
7 climate solutions from rural Africa on Earth Day
Practical tips on using local knowledge to tackle climate challenges
farmradio.org
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So yeah, take a listen to Nature Answers, be inspired by all these communities this #EarthDay, and check out what you can learn from them in how to adapt to climate change! farmradio.org/earth-day-cl...
Many rely on the climate for their food and their livelihoods, and instead of giving up and calling it quits, they are looking climate change in the face and saying "What can I do?"
And better yet, what they are trying is legitimately working. And we just get to tell these stories.
And better yet, what they are trying is legitimately working. And we just get to tell these stories.
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Many rely on the climate for their food and their livelihoods, and instead of giving up and calling it quits, they are looking climate change in the face and saying "What can I do?"
And better yet, what they are trying is legitimately working. And we just get to tell these stories.
And better yet, what they are trying is legitimately working. And we just get to tell these stories.
These episodes are genuinely a joy to edit. I get to hear from the voices from all these rural communities that @farmradio.org is working with, who are actively taking their future into their own hands.
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
These episodes are genuinely a joy to edit. I get to hear from the voices from all these rural communities that @farmradio.org is working with, who are actively taking their future into their own hands.
In this week's episode, you'll meet a community in Ghana that is literally using the land to save the land.
And they are using ancestral knowledge to do it.
And they are using ancestral knowledge to do it.
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In this week's episode, you'll meet a community in Ghana that is literally using the land to save the land.
And they are using ancestral knowledge to do it.
And they are using ancestral knowledge to do it.
It's Earth Day! 🌍 Looking for something to make yourself feel better about the state of the world? Nature may just have the answer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet
How can nature itself help us tackle the challenges of a changing world? Each episode, we dive into an inspiring story of how a community in rural Africa is harnessing the power of nature-based soluti...
lnk.to
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's Earth Day! 🌍 Looking for something to make yourself feel better about the state of the world? Nature may just have the answer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
It’s interesting to see how people in PG and Kamloops feel equally annoyed by this - as a former WL resident I always felt like this situation resulted in PG or Kamloops voters getting 2-3 representatives and rural communities getting none because of population concentrations.
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s interesting to see how people in PG and Kamloops feel equally annoyed by this - as a former WL resident I always felt like this situation resulted in PG or Kamloops voters getting 2-3 representatives and rural communities getting none because of population concentrations.
It was way more fun to watch election results come in when people had to count them slowly by hand…
February 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It was way more fun to watch election results come in when people had to count them slowly by hand…
In any case, find a way to celebrate this darling, intimate, imaginative, life-changing medium — no matter how you listen!
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In any case, find a way to celebrate this darling, intimate, imaginative, life-changing medium — no matter how you listen!
OR! You can listen to a radio program about a radio program that helped a group of women adapt to a drought — and made their community take them seriously along the way (I recommend this option).
lnk.to/natureanswer...
lnk.to/natureanswer...
Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet
How can nature itself help us tackle the challenges of a changing world? Each episode, we dive into an inspiring story of how a community in rural Africa is harnessing the power of nature-based soluti...
lnk.to
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
OR! You can listen to a radio program about a radio program that helped a group of women adapt to a drought — and made their community take them seriously along the way (I recommend this option).
lnk.to/natureanswer...
lnk.to/natureanswer...
If you’re in #Ottawa, you can register for our World Radio Day event, to be held at Carleton University with @ckculitnews.bsky.social and the NCRA. www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-radi...
World Radio Day 2025
Celebrate World Radio Day 2025 with us! This event is in collaboration with the NCRA/ANREC , Farm Radio International and CKCU.
www.eventbrite.ca
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you’re in #Ottawa, you can register for our World Radio Day event, to be held at Carleton University with @ckculitnews.bsky.social and the NCRA. www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-radi...
But back to how to celebrate:
@unesco.org has some amazing resources for broadcasters on their website: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
@unesco.org has some amazing resources for broadcasters on their website: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
World Radio Day 2025
13 February
www.unesco.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
But back to how to celebrate:
@unesco.org has some amazing resources for broadcasters on their website: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
@unesco.org has some amazing resources for broadcasters on their website: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
When I was evacuated due wildfires in 2017, one of my clearest memories, despite working for a newspaper at the time, was how important the radio was for us through the evacuation.
I wrote about that, here: farmradio.org/from-wildfir...
I wrote about that, here: farmradio.org/from-wildfir...
From wildfires to COVID: the importance of local journalism in emergencies
What covering the 2017 British Columbia wildfires taught me about the importance of local news during an emergency.
farmradio.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
When I was evacuated due wildfires in 2017, one of my clearest memories, despite working for a newspaper at the time, was how important the radio was for us through the evacuation.
I wrote about that, here: farmradio.org/from-wildfir...
I wrote about that, here: farmradio.org/from-wildfir...
This year’s theme is Radio and Climate Change. Seems appropriate given how present climate change is in our lives… and how necessary good information is whether you’re in a climate emergency or just trying to figure out how to deal…
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This year’s theme is Radio and Climate Change. Seems appropriate given how present climate change is in our lives… and how necessary good information is whether you’re in a climate emergency or just trying to figure out how to deal…
I love #radio. Does that make me the odd millennial out?
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I love #radio. Does that make me the odd millennial out?
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
So listen up for an inspiring season with people who are harnessing the power of nature to adapt, thrive and heal the planet. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
And did I mention that the latest episode features the COOLEST LOOKING BIRD EVER. Seriously. Check it out. lnk.to/natureanswer...
And did I mention that the latest episode features the COOLEST LOOKING BIRD EVER. Seriously. Check it out. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet
How can nature itself help us tackle the challenges of a changing world? Each episode, we dive into an inspiring story of how a community in rural Africa is harnessing the power of nature-based soluti...
lnk.to
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So listen up for an inspiring season with people who are harnessing the power of nature to adapt, thrive and heal the planet. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
And did I mention that the latest episode features the COOLEST LOOKING BIRD EVER. Seriously. Check it out. lnk.to/natureanswer...
And did I mention that the latest episode features the COOLEST LOOKING BIRD EVER. Seriously. Check it out. lnk.to/natureanswer...
It's been truly a pleasure to work with journalism students at @carletonu.bsky.social as they partnered with broadcasters in Ghana, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia to tell these stories.
January 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's been truly a pleasure to work with journalism students at @carletonu.bsky.social as they partnered with broadcasters in Ghana, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia to tell these stories.
We have so much to learn about how people like Joseph (featured here) are convincing their friends, families and elders - even the church - to make a change for the better and adapt to climate change in a way that benefits everyone - including the planet!
January 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We have so much to learn about how people like Joseph (featured here) are convincing their friends, families and elders - even the church - to make a change for the better and adapt to climate change in a way that benefits everyone - including the planet!
I work at the nexus of communication, climate change and international cooperation, and what is absolutely clear is that while North Americans are just beginning to feel the real impact of climate change on their lives, rural communities across the world have been facing this issue head on for years
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I work at the nexus of communication, climate change and international cooperation, and what is absolutely clear is that while North Americans are just beginning to feel the real impact of climate change on their lives, rural communities across the world have been facing this issue head on for years