Dominique Pelletier
@pelletierd.bsky.social
Quinquagénaire, protecteur des végétaux, science et tech, camping à l’année, papa fatigué || 50-something, plant protector, loves science & tech. and year-round camping; tired dad.
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Your choice is the shortest route (lots of red) via Innes vs the safer route (lots of green). The safer one is twice as long. This is why people bike on sidewalks in places sometimes. Your weekly commute would be five hours more. #ottbike
August 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Your choice is the shortest route (lots of red) via Innes vs the safer route (lots of green). The safer one is twice as long. This is why people bike on sidewalks in places sometimes. Your weekly commute would be five hours more. #ottbike
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My painting CANOE LANDING
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My painting CANOE LANDING
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Où allez-vous pour vous rafraîchir l’été? Au Québec, près de 90% des rives des lacs et des rivières sont privatisées. Voir le reportage complet 👉 bit.ly/4lC0RnG #baignade #été #Quebec
July 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Où allez-vous pour vous rafraîchir l’été? Au Québec, près de 90% des rives des lacs et des rivières sont privatisées. Voir le reportage complet 👉 bit.ly/4lC0RnG #baignade #été #Quebec
Deux visions du monde - La Presse+
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Deux visions du monde
L’idée qui a donné naissance à Kukum est venue d’une longue conversation avec mon amie l’écrivaine Perrine Leblanc. Elle travaillait sur Gens du Nord, son puissant roman sur le conflit en Irlande du N...
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May 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Deux visions du monde - La Presse+
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Hallway carpets in hotels is another good one too
May 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hallway carpets in hotels is another good one too
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This week marks #PlantHealthWeek, a scheme committed to protecting the health of plants 🌿🩺
Today we are exploring the important and varied roles that fungi play in plant health. Let's take a look 🍄🔍👇
Today we are exploring the important and varied roles that fungi play in plant health. Let's take a look 🍄🔍👇
May 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This week marks #PlantHealthWeek, a scheme committed to protecting the health of plants 🌿🩺
Today we are exploring the important and varied roles that fungi play in plant health. Let's take a look 🍄🔍👇
Today we are exploring the important and varied roles that fungi play in plant health. Let's take a look 🍄🔍👇
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Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769.
"They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."
"They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."
April 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769.
"They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."
"They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Same, medieval dudes. Same.
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Same, medieval dudes. Same.
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If you ever had to dig through the trash to read cooking instructions on a package, I want to be friends
April 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you ever had to dig through the trash to read cooking instructions on a package, I want to be friends
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Ya know, if it were proven that what happened today truly was planned, it sure seems to me like "risking global economic calamity for the betterment of a few billionaires" certainly meets the high crimes threshold.
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ya know, if it were proven that what happened today truly was planned, it sure seems to me like "risking global economic calamity for the betterment of a few billionaires" certainly meets the high crimes threshold.
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Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared
Jupiter in infrared
April 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared
Jupiter in infrared
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FYI.
Apparently you can’t use “beef stew” as a password. It’s not stroganoff.
Apparently you can’t use “beef stew” as a password. It’s not stroganoff.
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
FYI.
Apparently you can’t use “beef stew” as a password. It’s not stroganoff.
Apparently you can’t use “beef stew” as a password. It’s not stroganoff.
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We’re strongest when we’re united. So we must protect the things that bring us together — like CBC/Radio-Canada.
April 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We’re strongest when we’re united. So we must protect the things that bring us together — like CBC/Radio-Canada.
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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
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Lake Superior, Kewanaw Peninsula taken by my son.
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lake Superior, Kewanaw Peninsula taken by my son.
March 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Un séisme de magnitude 3,8 sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistré à une centaine de kilomètres au nord-est de Gatineau, mercredi midi.
Un séisme de 3,8 enregistré au nord-est de Gatineau
Un séisme de magnitude 3,8 sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistré à une centaine de kilomètres au nord-est de Gatineau, mercredi midi.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Un séisme de magnitude 3,8 sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistré à une centaine de kilomètres au nord-est de Gatineau, mercredi midi.
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“There aren’t as many inspections being done, and it doesn’t just put us at risk. It puts our farmers and our food chains at risk.”
DOGE cuts to USDA may open door to invasive species, higher food prices
Food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog handlers remain out of work as food spoils.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“There aren’t as many inspections being done, and it doesn’t just put us at risk. It puts our farmers and our food chains at risk.”
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!