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Julie Morris of the Auntifa Morrises @juliemoonthego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day is meant for reflection on the abhorrent part of our past that was the Residential Schools/ Boarding Schools that subjected kidnapped Indigenous children to a brutal regimen that was meant to “kill the Indian, save the child.”

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🧵 I'm a big fan of making it easier for parents to care for their kids, but this is *not* how to do it! What to know, with my 2 cents: 🔹️The plan "would create the only federal subsidy to pay parents to stay home and raise their children." The idea came from the... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (Gift Article)

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Early on in COVID we were talking to a friend outside, & an ambulance siren started going off near us. We discussed the Apocalyptic Vibes of the situation And then he said "Yeah it's funny & all, right? But it's when the sirens STOP that you really gotta worry." And I mean, facts.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Micah makes the very good point that although google is showing the name change first, it is likely just because they update their data more frequently (which is part of why google maps is so popular - because it's very up to date).

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think often about how different media is in Canada and the US. It really shows up not just in how this latest lake ontario bs is front page news here, but also a one sided news cycle comes across in increasingly tone-deaf american ambassadors, trade negotiators etc.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.

Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 24/08/2026

In our spring survey, 35% of Canadians said the United States is a reliable partner to their country, down from 83% in 2022, the last time we asked this question.

Chart showing decreasing shares see the U.S. as a reliable partner.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

When I cover the cloning of Dolly the sheep and have to explain that her cultural context in 1996 was such that "breast tissue=Dolly Parton" was apparently a joke people would get, students are...not impressed with the adults of the 1990s, that's for sure.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I just finished watching North of North (which was SO sweet) and now I’m wondering what people who live in the Arctic Circle sleep during the midnight sun. I remember there being blackout curtains in the summer in Scotland, but it’s not like that’s Arctic. Do people just sleep whenever?

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Okay so I saw a video about the Nanotyrannus and was talking about it with my BF. Basically as I understand it small T-Rex had been largely considered to be juvenile T-Rex but now researchers looking at some of these skeletons have posited that they're actually adults (e.g. house cats vs. Tigers)1/3

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Clearly these authors have not seen the incredibly fun short form DOT update videos out of a couple states (including utah?) For the most part we want infrastructure to be boring, otherwise something has probably gone wrong. :s

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Costs are passed onto all the single ladies.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

During the final years of my PhD my supervisor invited another student to every meeting about my research (treating this other student as a postdoc) and I never really felt like my supervisor really heard what I was saying about my work.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just found out there's a petition calling for the Canadian government to request that U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be removed. Personally I have felt he has been pretty adversarial towards Canada for an ambassador (many 9f his comments have had my blood boiling tbh) and the requests seem reasonable.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In Ottawa the city has had massive increases in requests for power, basically requiring a doubling of the city's grid and it really hasn't been talked about enough. When it has such a profound impact on infrastructure you'd think there'd be consultations and oversights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Data centres hungry for power putting 'extraordinary pressure' on Hydro Ottawa | CBC News

'By the end of this year, we will have received requests to connect that exceed the total amount of power that is used today by residents and businesses within the city of Ottawa,' says company's CEO.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 05/08/2026

Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

One of my fave fun facts is that, once upon a time, calling something a "black swan" meant it didn't exist. Then, in 1697, Dutch mariners saw black swans in Australia. So now, a "black swan" means "something completely unanticipated, but consequential." But we already have "dark horse" in English!

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just finished reading 'the ripple effect' by Maggie North, another great addition to the steminist romance genre and Canadian! Honestly the combination of the outdoors and a character struggling with a career that let her down has been just the right mix for me right now!

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I appreciate that Journalists may not always have control over titles but it feels odd that this article doesn't call out the possible femicide. I feel like it's probably the only reason an article was written. Call it what it is: suspected murder suicide of a woman. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel set decorator Mary Kate Golding dies in stabbing | CBC News

Set designer Mary Kate Golding, 34, who worked on hit television shows including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Goosebumps was found dead at her home in Queens, New York, on Tuesday.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Gimli Glider is such a wild story. Always double check your units!

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is a seriously biassed survey, but I still managed to use the comments section to let the government know that our cultural sector does not want AI shoved down our throats. If you're a Canadian creative, you can let them have it too.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

First of all, just generally wtaf. Second, what is the point of these 'dairy', 'alcohol' and 'automotive sector' lists when they can just put whatever on them? Felt like I was being gaslit just reading them. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

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Trump's new 50% tariff to hit even CUSMA-compliant goods | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to impose tariffs of 50 per cent on a wide range of Canadian exports, a dramatic ramping up of his trade war against his northern neighbour.

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 20/07/2026

“i’m twenty-seven years old. i’ve no money and no prospects. i’m already a burden to my parents, and i’m frightened” such an evergreen banger of a line lmao

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's hard to work towards goals for the benefit of humanity when BS like this could get pulled out at the highest levels. (See also the vehicle fuel efficiency, I'm not sure if I'm remembering it right but vehicles were incentivized to get 'greener' and manipulated the metrics to get bigger).

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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Canada's Boreal Forest isn't a neighborhood park—it’s one of the largest intact ecosystems on Earth. 🌲 It covers roughly 1.3 billion acres (526 million hectares). That is an area comparable to the entire United States.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

E-bikes are great, just be careful with the batteries. I remember the panic when laptops w. Lithium ion batteries started burning up in cold cars/planes. Older batteries in things like e-bikes are becoming an issue dur to increased # fires. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My university decided that even though I opted out of the grad ceremony it must just be because something came up and decided to just randomly ship the graduation hood. (They also boldly assumed I lived at the same address the degree was shipped to on Jan, which was true, but bold all the same. 1/3

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What commenters don't seem to be mentioning is how you would run into so many people you knew, it was just a matter of who. (And you'd all be hoping to get the new releases of which there would only be a handful of copies).

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/07/2026

Heat waves. Thanks to @climateadam.bsky.social's most recent video, which helped inform this comic and gave me the kick I needed to make it.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Farmer & farm worker tips on working outside in hot humid weather: First, the normal stuff. Stay hydrated. Take breaks in the shade. These are the basics! They'll get you pretty far & you won't make it without them! They are also not enough to get through a day on the farm IME!

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Absolutely unacceptable behaviour but I'm also not surprised. Funding in my PhD was terrible and my department alloted TA positions. RA positions were shrouded in ambiguity wrt when it was deserved. Faculties rather than profs should be responsible for student funding. 1/

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

More than 100 years later, this quote by Rebecca West remains remarkably relevant. One of the most enduring definitions of feminism because it gets to the core issue: women being treated as full human beings rather than expected to be passive, compliant, or subordinate.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. lonly know that people call me a feminist
Whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
Rebecca West

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I saw a ground hog in a tree one time and now I check every single time I pass similar trees/ bushes. I feel like this mirrors identifying discrimination, you don't see it until you see it... then you look for it everywhere.

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Reflecting Pool hilariously doing exactly what it was designed to do- symbolically reflecting the institutions of democracy.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I have been seeing a lot of graduation posts on my linkedin and it has been such a difficult time for me personally as a recent grad and job seeker. The posts are so positive talking about the transformative change of the degree. This was the case for my BASc and MASc so I get the tone. 1/

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 13/06/2026

sorry i know its fun to be conspiratorial about everything but let me tell you from decades of experience in labour, it's totally normal to put up a tarp for this kind of thing. Not everything has to be some grand, shady mystery.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Saw a Cecropia Moth in the [urban] wild. Such massive a body! (My keys for scale)

Moth with half moon design in the center and multi coloured band type pattern aling edges clings to concrete wall next to sidewalk. Moth body is very squat witb a red and white head and a brown and white body. Legs are red and furry and it has two black sort of furry antena.

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 03/06/2026

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

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Just another voice on the Internet @lclkrist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

As someone with 'autistic tendencies' there is nothing more horrifying than having to read a paragraph of BS small talk incase it has the info I need. What is this? Neurotypicals writing work emails? Next will we have to ask the AI how it's day is going?

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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In a nutshell:

screenshot shows Google then and Google now. Then, search results: "The thing you want". Now, "AI nonsense, 4 sponsored results, a People Also Ask box, A view products with 4 pics box etc..."

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Is AI better at coding than a junior engineer? Maybe! Will we ever have senior engineers if we replace all junior engineers with AI? We will not Is AI better at writing then a 6th grader? Maybe! Will anyone learn to write of all 6th graders use AI? They will not

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The AI boom is unsustainable because the entire thing is predicated on cannibalizing the future. Is this a better way to search? Maybe! Will there be anything new for the AI to search if no one gets web traffic from Google Search anymore? There will not.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 17/05/2026

Today is #IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia). It marks the day in 1990 that homosexuality was removed from the WHO Classification of Diseases. Celebrate queer friends, and challenge discrimination. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna... 📸 Minus18

A ribbon in rainbow pride colours. Poster says May 17 is the international day against LGBTQIA+ discrimination

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed. Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies.

The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.

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Steve T PhD @thelasttheorist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Since peer review is up again, I will just note that there's a vast pool of qualified people who could do it if they were meaningfully included in the system (but they aren't, for reasons that don't really have to do with peer review).

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