@sweetd3mon.bsky.social
Descended on one side from storytellers (teachers, Baptist clergy, financial advisors) and on the other from keen observers of the natural and human environments (farmers, woodsworkers, infantry snipers). Questioning authority since 1635. She/her/elle
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Kudos to Edward Zhu for this initiative.
Bottom line however is that wider crosswalks, particularly at intersections, must be far better lit.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Bottom line however is that wider crosswalks, particularly at intersections, must be far better lit.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Nova Scotia teen takes on nighttime safety initiative to help pedestrians, drivers
Edward Zhu enjoys the freedom he feels while flying a plane. It's being on the ground where he sees a little trouble.
www.saltwire.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Kudos to Edward Zhu for this initiative.
Bottom line however is that wider crosswalks, particularly at intersections, must be far better lit.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Bottom line however is that wider crosswalks, particularly at intersections, must be far better lit.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
This balsam fir smells heavenly. Please support Xmas tree growers: buy a real tree.
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This balsam fir smells heavenly. Please support Xmas tree growers: buy a real tree.
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Plastic was never designed to be recycled, Enck explains in the book. The only aspect of plastics actually being recycled is the myth that recycling will stop plastic pollution. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
Peeling back the curtain on Big Plastic’s false solutions
Environmental policy expert and environmental justice champion Judith Enck says in a new book that it’s possible to move beyond society’s dependence on plastics — if we each play a part.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Plastic was never designed to be recycled, Enck explains in the book. The only aspect of plastics actually being recycled is the myth that recycling will stop plastic pollution. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
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As Canada's housing crisis worsens, co-ops and Community Land Trusts have become attractive alternatives. Writer Ludovic Viger highlights how these models promote affordability, resilience, and democratic participation within communities. thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-t...
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As Canada's housing crisis worsens, co-ops and Community Land Trusts have become attractive alternatives. Writer Ludovic Viger highlights how these models promote affordability, resilience, and democratic participation within communities. thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-t...
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Our candidate challenges the powerful.
Movements deserve nothing less.
Movements deserve nothing less.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Our candidate challenges the powerful.
Movements deserve nothing less.
Movements deserve nothing less.
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No wonder the authorities want to tear the encampments down *without doing anything else about the matter*.
Homeless encampments: “Each tent is a reminder that we have collectively failed as a society”
Homeless encampments: "Each tent is a reminder that we have collectively failed as a society"
The City of Montreal is currently developing a protocol for homeless encampments, one that “respects the dignity of occupants.”
cultmtl.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No wonder the authorities want to tear the encampments down *without doing anything else about the matter*.
Why is everything sad . . .
This farmer is one of four young Canadians suing the country's largest pension manager. One issue? Its investments in fossil-fuel companies. https://macleans.ca/the-year-ahead/the-fight-for-my-farming-future/
The Fight For My Farming Future - Macleans.ca
I’m suing the country’s largest pension manager to protect my retirement fund
macleans.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Why is everything sad . . .
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Beekeepers call for import ban on non-North American bees as deadly mite spreads #Canada
Beekeepers and honey producers around the world have been keeping an eye on a parasite called the tropilaelaps mite, which feeds on young bees and can be devastating to hives.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Beekeepers and honey producers around the world have been keeping an eye on a parasite called the tropilaelaps mite, which feeds on young bees and can be devastating to hives.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Beekeepers call for import ban on non-North American bees as deadly mite spreads
Canadian beekeepers are sounding the alarm about a pest that’s spreading in parts of Asia, and a Conservative MP is calling on the federal government to change a long-standing policy on importing bees...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Beekeepers call for import ban on non-North American bees as deadly mite spreads #Canada
Beekeepers and honey producers around the world have been keeping an eye on a parasite called the tropilaelaps mite, which feeds on young bees and can be devastating to hives.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Beekeepers and honey producers around the world have been keeping an eye on a parasite called the tropilaelaps mite, which feeds on young bees and can be devastating to hives.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
That's a very interesting result.
"The profit system..."
Teaches people the value of hard work and success: 46%
Brings out the worst in human nature: 40%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
Teaches people the value of hard work and success: 46%
Brings out the worst in human nature: 40%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's a very interesting result.
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Jon Stewart and I agree:
AI must work for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.
AI must work for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Jon Stewart and I agree:
AI must work for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.
AI must work for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.
Somebody needs to stop Smith now.
So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta?
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens.
Just say no Mark.
it's pretty straightforward.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth and adults.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Somebody needs to stop Smith now.
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Golf courses are a blight apon the landscape, as are the people who own them.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Golf courses are a blight apon the landscape, as are the people who own them.
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“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
COP30 Launches Declaration Against Climate Misinformation
The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate calls on governments to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists.
ift.tt
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
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Also, Neoliberalism seeks to supplant democracy (and the messy things democracy includes, like morality, individuality and human rights) with a more mechanical approach to public policy that sees everything as a cost-benefit analysis.
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Also, Neoliberalism seeks to supplant democracy (and the messy things democracy includes, like morality, individuality and human rights) with a more mechanical approach to public policy that sees everything as a cost-benefit analysis.
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Housing policy should be centered on people (who need housing) not investors, developers, realtors and "the industry".
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Housing policy should be centered on people (who need housing) not investors, developers, realtors and "the industry".