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Wildlife exploitation, including for the pet trade, is a major driver of the global #ExtinctionCrisis. One million species are on track to face #extinction in coming decades unless action is taken to address species loss.
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wildlife exploitation, including for the pet trade, is a major driver of the global #ExtinctionCrisis. One million species are on track to face #extinction in coming decades unless action is taken to address species loss.
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' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
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A day in the life of an infant orphan elephant is filled with milk bottles, cuddles, mudbaths and games. Why? Because decades of raising elephants has revealed an orphan's psychological health is as important as their physical needs.
Learn how we raise these babies: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
Learn how we raise these babies: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A day in the life of an infant orphan elephant is filled with milk bottles, cuddles, mudbaths and games. Why? Because decades of raising elephants has revealed an orphan's psychological health is as important as their physical needs.
Learn how we raise these babies: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
Learn how we raise these babies: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
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The orphans in our care have forged their own families, finding strength in one another. As deeply tactile creatures, they seek comfort in closeness – a trunk draped gently over a friend's back, simply being together. Family, after all, is who shows up for you.
Thank you for showing up for them.
Thank you for showing up for them.
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The orphans in our care have forged their own families, finding strength in one another. As deeply tactile creatures, they seek comfort in closeness – a trunk draped gently over a friend's back, simply being together. Family, after all, is who shows up for you.
Thank you for showing up for them.
Thank you for showing up for them.
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A warm welcome to the winter solstice on Dec 21st (at 11:03am AST if we would like to be specific). This is the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where the Earth reaches its maximum tilt away from the sun.
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A warm welcome to the winter solstice on Dec 21st (at 11:03am AST if we would like to be specific). This is the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where the Earth reaches its maximum tilt away from the sun.
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So good
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
So good
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In the 1930s, the U.S. tried to bully the world. Here’s the story of how Canada resisted… by simply being boring. #cdnpoli #tariffs
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
The Case for Boring
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In the 1930s, the U.S. tried to bully the world. Here’s the story of how Canada resisted… by simply being boring. #cdnpoli #tariffs
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
And one of the pieces of advice that we were given was that every story should have an enemy, and to make sure that you knew who the enemy was when you were making your plans about communicating about the story.” Becky Druhan
Tim Houston fuels the politics of division and hate
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
Tim Houston fuels the politics of division and hate - Halifax Examiner
Every issue is framed as an "us simple and sane people" versus "those unserious evil people."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And one of the pieces of advice that we were given was that every story should have an enemy, and to make sure that you knew who the enemy was when you were making your plans about communicating about the story.” Becky Druhan
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From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition by Indigenous #Australian painter Barbara Merritt #WomensArt #December14th #Peace🕯
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition by Indigenous #Australian painter Barbara Merritt #WomensArt #December14th #Peace🕯
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A great and terrifying read
open.substack.com/pub/letterke...
open.substack.com/pub/letterke...
An Open Letter to Our American Friends
The NSS and the Return of the Ugly American
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A great and terrifying read
open.substack.com/pub/letterke...
open.substack.com/pub/letterke...
A beautiful, much-needed perspective as we approach the year’s shortest day.
When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/when-shado...
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/when-shado...
When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter
When winter’s long shadows stretch across our mornings and swallow our afternoons whole, we find ourselves called to kindle something precious within—a quiet flame that no early sunset can extinguish.
gurdeeppandher.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A beautiful, much-needed perspective as we approach the year’s shortest day.
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My latest piece for @thecoast.ca about how Houston and his staff keep trying to silence dissent in the ranks, the public, and most dangerously in the nonprofit sector.
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Why the ability to speak truth to power matters, and why Houston and his staff are quelling dissent - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
On Nov. 28, former Justice Minister and Attorney General Becky Druhan participated in a panel discussion and made a public admission that many of us in the advocacy space have long suspected: the cent...
www.thecoast.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My latest piece for @thecoast.ca about how Houston and his staff keep trying to silence dissent in the ranks, the public, and most dangerously in the nonprofit sector.
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
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See also this government’s current project to break universities’ autonomy (and completely break our universities in the process).
My latest piece for @thecoast.ca about how Houston and his staff keep trying to silence dissent in the ranks, the public, and most dangerously in the nonprofit sector.
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Why the ability to speak truth to power matters, and why Houston and his staff are quelling dissent - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
On Nov. 28, former Justice Minister and Attorney General Becky Druhan participated in a panel discussion and made a public admission that many of us in the advocacy space have long suspected: the cent...
www.thecoast.ca
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
See also this government’s current project to break universities’ autonomy (and completely break our universities in the process).
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"For more than a decade, senior editor Alan Taylor has made it an annual tradition to compose an essay of uplifting images from the past 12 months—an effort to seek out and recognize some of the abundant joy and kindness present in the world around us."
#GiftLink 🎁
#GiftLink 🎁
Hopeful Images From 2025
Year after year, rounding up his news photos of the year has proven to be an exercise in sorting through difficult and disturbing imagery. For more than a decade now, senior editor Alan Taylor has mad...
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"For more than a decade, senior editor Alan Taylor has made it an annual tradition to compose an essay of uplifting images from the past 12 months—an effort to seek out and recognize some of the abundant joy and kindness present in the world around us."
#GiftLink 🎁
#GiftLink 🎁
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Voi just witnessed the most glorious homecoming – long-absent ex-orphans returned to debut two new babies! Meet Kihari leading the group with brand new baby Kiki. Somehow everyone knew to gather this morning: 54 orphans, ex-orphans, and wild-born babies in total: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Voi just witnessed the most glorious homecoming – long-absent ex-orphans returned to debut two new babies! Meet Kihari leading the group with brand new baby Kiki. Somehow everyone knew to gather this morning: 54 orphans, ex-orphans, and wild-born babies in total: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news
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Why Canada’s quiet superpower is institutional independence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7vV61...
www.youtube.com/shorts/7vV61...
The Wiring Within the Walls
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Why Canada’s quiet superpower is institutional independence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7vV61...
www.youtube.com/shorts/7vV61...
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Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
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An American for-profit healthcare companied tried to hire me this week. Here's how that went. 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
A for-profit American healthcare company tried to hire me
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
An American for-profit healthcare companied tried to hire me this week. Here's how that went. 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
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'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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Crochet mandala street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Crochet mandala street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
Reposted by Mary Kate 🇨🇦
Reposted by Mary Kate 🇨🇦
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause
Advantage held even after removing coronavirus-related deaths from the mix
medpagetoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...