Laura Fry 🇨🇦
@weaverlaura.bsky.social
Weaver. Teacher. Author. Love to talk threads. Threads of threads. Weaving threads of thread and words. http://laurasloom.blogspot.com
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Or, we could stop building AI hubs that drain the grid and pollute the ground water? Just a thought.
Interview very much worth reading if you're interested in the future of power in B.C. (which you should be!) www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Head of BC Hydro on Wind Power, Dam Megaprojects and More | The Tyee
Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.
www.thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Or, we could stop building AI hubs that drain the grid and pollute the ground water? Just a thought.
I’d watch it on tv just to make sure they actually plant him. 😑
What if you had a President’s funeral and no one came? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’d watch it on tv just to make sure they actually plant him. 😑
Not one of our finest moments but I remember the show and yes, I do use the phrase. Or did. Obviously time to revive the phrase (not the show!)
I was today years old when I learned this was specific to Canada.
have lived in the US for 15 years and this is how I learned that “it’s a bit of a gong show” is a Canadian figure of speech
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not one of our finest moments but I remember the show and yes, I do use the phrase. Or did. Obviously time to revive the phrase (not the show!)
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Hey people getting ready for holiday season with your folks! Have you considered building a CR box? It's cheap, easy and because MERV 13 furnace filters are industry-standard, you won't be beholden to some bespoke air filter manufacturer.
DIY instructions here...
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DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hey people getting ready for holiday season with your folks! Have you considered building a CR box? It's cheap, easy and because MERV 13 furnace filters are industry-standard, you won't be beholden to some bespoke air filter manufacturer.
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
DIY instructions here...
itsairborne.com/pc-fan-corsi...
Blame the victim. Sure. That tracks.
AI is like a 4 year old with no moral compass.
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Blame the victim. Sure. That tracks.
Yo, where are all the 2nd amendment folk again? Haven’t they been saying for decades they need personal hoards of guns to remove a tyrant?
Seems they are content to have a tyrant after all. 🤷♀️
Seems they are content to have a tyrant after all. 🤷♀️
“11/25/25👺ICE abducts two Americans; eight hospitalized after chemical munitions & police beatings in St. Paul, MN. This is not public safety-it’s state violence” Hart ‘28 Dem 🇺🇸🙏
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yo, where are all the 2nd amendment folk again? Haven’t they been saying for decades they need personal hoards of guns to remove a tyrant?
Seems they are content to have a tyrant after all. 🤷♀️
Seems they are content to have a tyrant after all. 🤷♀️
When Dear Leader gets to say what is legal, or not, just because he says it, what’s that called again?
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The Criminal tries to explain what he sees as a "Crime"
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When Dear Leader gets to say what is legal, or not, just because he says it, what’s that called again?
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With the demand for O&G declining, why build more infrastructure? And I do not want the govt to pay for it. I would LIKE to address climate change and stop killing our 🌏
There is no planet B.
There is no planet B.
In the whole discussion about a possible pipeline, I don't get how no one wonders whether there would still be a viable market for oil by the time the pipeline gets built. It's just assumed that Asia will continue to buy the oil forever into the future which seems most unlikely.
Some B.C. Liberal MPs concerned about prospect of a new oil pipeline: sources | CBC News
With Prime Minister Mark Carney poised to sign a "grand bargain" with Alberta later this week, some B.C. Liberal MPs are raising concerns about Ottawa possibly giving the greenlight to a new oil pipel...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
With the demand for O&G declining, why build more infrastructure? And I do not want the govt to pay for it. I would LIKE to address climate change and stop killing our 🌏
There is no planet B.
There is no planet B.
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
The cultural break is the cruelty to people and the stripping of human rights. At least for this Canadian.
They refuse to acknowledge that a huge reason Canadians aren't coming there is because they're led by a man who gets off on throwing innocent people in Venezuela torture prisons and checking our phones at the border for subversive memes. It's almost fascinating.
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U.S. senators say tariffs causing ‘cultural break’ in relations with Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
Maine Senator King said the lingering rift between Canadians and Americans is particularly troubling in a state that borders on New Brunswick and Quebec.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The cultural break is the cruelty to people and the stripping of human rights. At least for this Canadian.
Max Fawcett nails my attitude.
What @maxfawcett.bsky.social said.
Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Max Fawcett nails my attitude.
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Several of these have very interesting textile activities and opportunities to learn! 🧶
THIS JUST IN
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Several of these have very interesting textile activities and opportunities to learn! 🧶
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Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...
syilx children plant shrubs to help salmon | The Narwhal
Elementary students plant native trees and shrubs to help salmon migrate through a new fish passageway at the Okanagan Lake Dam
thenarwhal.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...
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Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
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THIS JUST IN
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
THIS JUST IN
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
2026 special tours to Cusco Peru are now available for registration at abbysyarns.com/webshop/product-category/fu/travel
These are truly unique and can’t miss opportunities you absolutely can’t get with anyone else
Questions? Email [email protected]
When does it become more economical to just call a new election? A vote of confidence by the people, for the people?
6! Ah-ah-ah-ah!
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
When does it become more economical to just call a new election? A vote of confidence by the people, for the people?
Washed off last years planning calendar because I need to prep for ‘26. I have 3 presentations for guilds booked and I need to remember when and which topic I agreed to do.
Considering I didn’t know if I would be able to do it I am very lucky. 🧶
Now to make sense….
Considering I didn’t know if I would be able to do it I am very lucky. 🧶
Now to make sense….
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Washed off last years planning calendar because I need to prep for ‘26. I have 3 presentations for guilds booked and I need to remember when and which topic I agreed to do.
Considering I didn’t know if I would be able to do it I am very lucky. 🧶
Now to make sense….
Considering I didn’t know if I would be able to do it I am very lucky. 🧶
Now to make sense….
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Trump has threatened these kind people with a military takeover and continually denigrates their Prime Minister!
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November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Trump has threatened these kind people with a military takeover and continually denigrates their Prime Minister!
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Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
$270-million SINAA agreement funds Nunavut conservation | The Narwhal
The SINAA agreement aims to protect nearly 800,000 square kilometres and build a conservation economy in the Qikiqtani region
thenarwhal.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
Today’s blog post. Photo is of the ‘shed’ of a warp, through which the shuttle passes.
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
For What It's Worth
New weavers don't always realize that there is a name for that space through which the shuttle runs to get the weft from one side to the o...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today’s blog post. Photo is of the ‘shed’ of a warp, through which the shuttle passes.
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
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ICYMI: in light of the rise in residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism, Phyllis Webstad, Willie Sellars, and I sat down for a conversation about how to confront denialism and put truth before reconciliation: youtu.be/RorHgy5Kl5c
Truth Before Reconciliation: Addressing Residential School Denialism
YouTube video by GreenpeaceCanada
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November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Actually it's attempted extortion.
So if we buy the F35s, does the US threaten to use the kill switch every time we don't do as they please? Cause that's how extortion works - the stakes get higher and higher
So if we buy the F35s, does the US threaten to use the kill switch every time we don't do as they please? Cause that's how extortion works - the stakes get higher and higher
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Actually it's attempted extortion.
So if we buy the F35s, does the US threaten to use the kill switch every time we don't do as they please? Cause that's how extortion works - the stakes get higher and higher
So if we buy the F35s, does the US threaten to use the kill switch every time we don't do as they please? Cause that's how extortion works - the stakes get higher and higher
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She let me pet her at the end 😭❤️🩹 Beautiful song by Will Anderson
YouTube video by Plumes
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November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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While JD Vance and US Ambassador Hoekstra are accusing Canada of Political interference, they are with the help of Pierre Poilievre and the American owned National Post trying to bring down our government. Gaslighting and dividing Canadians along the way so they can finish what they started.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
While JD Vance and US Ambassador Hoekstra are accusing Canada of Political interference, they are with the help of Pierre Poilievre and the American owned National Post trying to bring down our government. Gaslighting and dividing Canadians along the way so they can finish what they started.