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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Toronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visits -- from 51 units to 300. Dunn House is more humane way to helping vulnerable people, Dr. Andrew Boozary says, by @liamdevlincasey.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca @jryerson.bsky.social
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Toronto hospital to greatly expand permanent housing program that reduces ER visits | CBC News
A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier? My latest newsletter explores the concept of "the new climate denialism": sethdklein.substack.com/p/is-prime-m...
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Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier?
Unpacking “the new climate denialism”
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Deep thanks to these to these seniors. 🙏 Seniors Arrested, Charged With Trespassing During Climate Protest on Parliament Hill www.theenergymix.com/seniors-arre...
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Seniors Arrested, Charged With Trespassing During Climate Protest on Parliament Hill
Members of a self-described "climate caravan" tried to deliver hundreds of photos and stories about the effects of wildfires and flooding to MPs' desks in the House of Commons.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3,680 wildfire stories in Canadian media reporting. Only 170 mentioned climate change. Latest analysis from Re.Climate: reclimate.ca/what-canadas...
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What Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.Climate
When wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 25/09/2026
CNO's @rorywh.bsky.social was invited on Metro Morning to talk about his impressive reporting on Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments. Check it out!
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Metro Morning with Chris Glover | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Metro Morning is the audio version of Toronto's Yonge Street: a central urban artery that cuts through the heart of the city and beyond; connecting people, neighbourhoods, communities, diverse pockets...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Check it out! New 9-min video summarizing the thesis of @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s new book: End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism – video
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy Sundew Sunday! Want to learn 5 super cool facts about miniature-yet-so-complex sundew plants? Follow along to learn some unusual botany. 🧵 1/
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Ainslie Cruickshank @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's been another tough year for gray whales — as of mid-August 187 have washed up along the west coast of North America, many of them showing signs of starvation. I wrote up a summary of what's been happening over the last few years for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/gray...
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Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming
Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There will be NO environmental assessments for olearys AI data centre . That will use 3x the power of all of Alberta. Not “one” assessment. NONE required * *Unless the feds decide to voluntarily designate. Which they very likely won’t. They’re too busy appeasing Smith www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News
Kevin O’Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, t...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/09/2026
This is the government of Canada’s scientific finding. It is true. It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵 www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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Changes to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report says
The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social sums it up concisely. Renewables usually cheaper, fossil fuels more profitable "because useful reserves are limited & can each be monopolised by a single corporation, while prices can suddenly take flight in times of war or chaos." Benefitting the rich investors.
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com and @globalecoguy.bsky.social advice to people who think it's too late to do anything about climate change? 🚨 Get offline and go outside! To learn more about actions you can take that are scientifically proven to make a difference, check out: jointheshift.earth
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This Sumatran orangutang successfully healed his face wound by applying juices and chewed up plant material of Liana - #Fibraurea tinctoria - an evergreen vine known for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and antioxidant qualities. #animalintelligence #plantmedicine observed in 2022.
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When this orangutan got roughed up, he treated his wound with a medicinal plant | CBC Radio
Scientists in Indonesia watched in awe as Rakus the orangutan carefully tended to his wound with a plant that's long been known to have healing properties.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Public $ to fund gas powered Meta data centre in Alberta 🇨🇦. Scoop by @nationalobserver.com @rorywh.bsky.social and Darius Snieckus. This is why we need independent investigative journalism!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/07/2026
Who is Miatta Fahnbulleh, the radical-thinking new UK energy secretary?
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Who is Miatta Fahnbulleh, the radical-thinking new UK energy secretary?
Selection of economist formerly at helm of green thinktank marks continuation of decarbonising Miliband era
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This male pufferfish spends 7 to 9 days carving a perfect geometric circle in the sand, just to impress a mate.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 23/07/2026
The US consumes 3 billion pounds of avocados every year, mostly from Mexico. To meet the demand, Mexican forests where imperiled #MonarchButterflies spend the winter are being gobbled up. Grocery stores must adopt sourcing policies that prevent further loss of monarch habitat in #Mexico ⬇️
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Tell Trader Joe’s: Carry Monarch-Safe Avocados
With your help, we're calling on Trader Joe's to protect monarch butterflies, Mexican forests, and vulnerable nearby communities by adopting the PFA program.
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dam removal and fishways helped take it from a point of collapse to 20 million migrating alewives in Maine rivers. One river went from 800 migrating alewives 35 years ago to 9 million today. The fish are an important food web component 🧪🌿 insideclimatenews.org/news/0607202...
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Dam Removal Efforts Lead to a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives - Inside Climate News
Along most of the Atlantic coast, alewives are struggling after decades of damming and overfishing. But in Maine, the fish is rebounding—and towns’ historic harvests are growing.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
Posted while First Nations communities in Northern Ontario are literally being incinerated and the skies above Canada’s biggest cities are glowing orange
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
AND WE'RE SPENDING IT ON A U.S. DEFENCE CONTRACTOR DGKJHSLZRKGUHERALOGUNLARDFNGLZDRGNK www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Globe and Mail headline reads: Canada to buy nearly $2 billion in armoured vehicles from US defence contractor
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
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'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 18/07/2026
Smoky skies have just one fix: stop burning fossil fuels www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Prominent NDPers send message to BC govt urging renewed climate leadership. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'I can't think of a less fair future': former New Democrats call for renewed commitment to climate strategy | CBC News
On July 15, an open letter was sent to Premier David Eby and the B.C. NDP caucus. The letter was from 16 community leaders and former NDP MLAs and MPs, calling for the province to renew its commitment...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Want to know more about the area where the new Carney/Smith oil pipeline is supposed to terminate? Then have a read of this excellent piece by @arnokopecky.bsky.social: The mouth of a BC river could be ground zero for Carney's biggest environmental fight yet www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/n...
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The mouth of a BC river could be ground zero for Carney's biggest environmental fight yet
Canada’s mightiest salmon river, the Fraser in BC, is already fighting for survival. Now, here come the oil tankers.
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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
With the Odyssey in theatres, all of my media reactions will now reference Greek myths: Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
History shows us energy megaprojects often have three things in common: underestimated budgets, exaggerated jobs and royalty claims, and foreign ownership. Good piece here by @jasonmogus.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/15/a...
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Canada keeps backing the wrong megaprojects
History shows us energy megaprojects often have three things in common: underestimated budgets, exaggerated jobs and royalty claims, and foreign ownership.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The mouth of a BC river could be ground zero for Carney's biggest environmental fight yet www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/n...
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The mouth of a BC river could be ground zero for Carney's biggest environmental fight yet
Canada’s mightiest salmon river, the Fraser in BC, is already fighting for survival. Now, here come the oil tankers.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The fiscal fantasy of fossil fuels. Great new piece from @chrishatch.bsky.social on the brutal math of fossil fuel expansion... www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/o...
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The fiscal fantasy of fossil fuels
Governments spend billions fighting fires, rebuilding communities, compensating disaster victims and treating the growing health burden from climate change. Then those same governments spend billions ...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Canadian satire outlet @the-goose-media.bsky.social produces a great two-minute recap of the Mark Carney-Danielle Smith oil pipeline announcement. 👇 youtube.com/shorts/2sCuj...
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Canada’s 🇨🇦 Dumb New Pipeline
YouTube video by The Goose
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” Yet last week, he called the plan to fight climate change “unsustainable over the long term” & “too expensive.” @chrishatch.bsky.social on the new Carney doctrine. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/06/o...
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Mark Carney's new climate doctrine
Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” This week, he was calling the plan to fight climate change “unsustainable over the long term” and “too expe...
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The convoy was an attempt by far right to occupy our capital. It was a serious threat then and it’s backers are now. For US Ambassador to host them shows his true intentions for 🇨🇦 and they’re not good. We call him out on The OShow PowerCast youtu.be/sMiXi69_TS8?... @charlieangus104.bsky.social
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's impossible to pick just one quote from this detailed account of how people are surviving.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/07/2026
As the Trump administration tries to erase the legacy of slavery and lynching from the nation’s museums, Bryan Stevenson’s Legacy Sites are confronting America’s full past head-on. Hear more on this week’s episode of @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/3crr3xmj
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Obituary: The jazz master of Hornby Island leaves legacy of truth and passion vancouversun.com/entertainmen...
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As we enjoy food and flowers grown by South Asian farmworker women they have poor workplace health, safety and dignity. These women face exploitative practices like wage theft, awful access to clean washrooms and excessive, unpredictable hours. New report: Growing Justice.
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Growing Justice: Health, safety and dignity for South Asian farmworker women in British Columbia
For decades, South Asian immigrant farmworker women have faced exploitative practices like wage theft, lack of access to clean washrooms and excessive and unpredictable hours. This report seeks to address these issues via policy reform.
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Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Canada continues to export live horses to Japan, to be slaughtered for sushi,they are transported inhumanely. I presented a petition on the behalf of Canadians to end this cruelty as soon as possible. For more visit Jann Arden’s website at horseshit.ca. My video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uik...
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HORSESHIT - Stand with Jann Arden to Ban Live Horse Export
Jann Arden's HORSESHIT campaign to end legislation allowing Canada to export live horses under conditions of duress for human consumption.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Let's go Wales. £1 bus fares. Rent controls. Tomorrow is the day for a Greener Wales! 💚
Polanski says opportunity to make history at the polls for Greens in Wales.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Don't Like Floor-Crossing MPs? Then Back Electoral Reform via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Don’t Like Floor-Crossing MPs? Then Back Electoral Reform | The Tyee
A more representative democracy would empower MPs and encourage co-operation.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Upper Nicola Band, a First Nation within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District introduced 11 burrowing owls at its Douglas Lake reserve, marking a decade of owl conservation. #endangeredspecies #burrowingowls #rewilding
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Upper Nicola releases burrowing owls
Upper Nicola Band, a First Nation within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District introduced 11 burrowing owls at its Douglas Lake reserve, marking a decade of owl conservation.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂
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Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The FN Leadership Council is calling on all MLAs in BC to vote against Premier Eby's bill to suspend the Declaration Act. They've offered alternatives. Every one was rejected. Eby declared suspension "non-negotiable" & then accused FN of refusing to compromise: khelsilem.substack.com/p/first-nati...
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First Nations Leadership Council Urges BC MLAs to Vote Down Declaration Act Suspension Bill
BC's Premier facing growing backlash for his attacks on Indigenous Rights
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Normalizing atrocity and going on with your life is a long-standing human pattern. And it's one we absolutely must break if we are to end the atrocity. (Photo credit - Berlin’s Topography of Terror Museum, 1939) www.weekendreading.net/p/call-trump...
Image of a couple cuddling on a beach surrounded by Nazi flags taken in 1939, is featured in Berlin’s Topography of Terror Museum as a reminder of how casually everyday “good Germans” used to accept Nazism.
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Over 500 BC organizations pay living wages, guaranteeing over 22,000 workers and contract staff wages that actually match the cost of living in their communities. We are proud to calculate these wages with Living Wage BC. Learn how they benefit workers and businesses.
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What Does a Living Wage Look Like in Practice? | The Tyee
Seven BC workplaces share how paying a living wage is possible and why it matters.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
1/7 Hindustan Times seems to have the closest approximation of Iran's 10-point plan: www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/i...
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Inside Iran's 10-point proposal to end war after rejecting US ceasefire deal
Tehran has rejected the plan and said only a permanent end to the war would be acceptable, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Gob, #endangered Vancouver Island marmot named after Will Arnett character. “It was a bit of an inside joke that escaped containment when Gob tried to get back into containment.”
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Wayward marmot gets second chance after return to Island recovery centre
A Vancouver Island marmot with a knack for coming back home is getting a second chance at life in the wild - this time, a little farther away.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Words mean things and to call giving millions of human beings a reprieve from mass murder "chickening out" implies that carrying out this crime would be a courageous thing.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The correct response to this missive is Two Weeks to Impeach & Remove. Anything else is aiding and abetting these crimes.
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chudes.bsky.social @chudes.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"Perhaps most immediately, it creates a pathway toward voter and political disenfranchisement. Casting doubt on the citizenship status of tribal members, even indirectly, risks undermining their eligibility to participate fully in U.S. elections and civic life." #Indigenous
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The Dangerous Misreading at the Heart of Trump v. Barbara
Guest Essay By Suzette Brewer & J. Eric Reed On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a birthright citizenship case that put the legal foundation of Native Am...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/03/2026
A fin-tastic victory for imperiled species: President Trump's #EndangeredSpeciesAct rollbacks have been overturned 🙌👏 Today, a federal court ruled that four key provisions that implement the #ESA, issued in 2019 under the first Trump administration, are unlawful. Stay up-to-date ➡️ bit.ly/4cu2DpR
Picture of a fjord with mountains on the shoreline. The tail of a whale breaks the surface of the water in the lower-right corner. A text box centered over the image reads: “America’s endangered wildlife will see stronger protections for their critical habitat and federal agencies won’t be able to shirk their duties to ensure they don’t drive species to extinction.”
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