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Anna Hughes
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🌊 Ocean conservation research 🪸
Mapping human activity at sea

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🇨🇦 Vancouver snowboarder, surfer, hiker, &
astrophysics PhD.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Superwoman.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
hello sir
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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🌊Marine protected areas aren’t always as “protected” as they sound.

Spain is still allowing destructive #BottomTrawling inside these sites, and that’s why we, together with @clienteartheur.bsky.social, are taking the Government to court.

#ProtectedMeansProtected #30x30

Learn more📽️⤵️
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Toronto (a suburb of Brampton),
February 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM
God, what an interview. Gisèle is such a powerful woman.

"Fighting that shame on an individual level, rejecting it for myself, also meant working for the collective. ... one of the accused kept staring at me, wanting to force me to look down. But I just kept staring back until he lowered his eyes."
‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause

What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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mum, dad, i’m trans-atlantic
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I lived it: I went to Granville Island on family day weekend
February 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Today we have forgotten the old tradition of vinegar Valentines - cards for haters. Instead of love messages, spicy Victorians sent mocking cards of bitterness to the annoying and unwanted in their lives. They ranged from lighthearted to overtly hateful, but they definitely scratched an itch.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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I searched the Epstein files for astronomy and astronomers, and consistent with Sean Carroll's posts about why his name is listed, it seems like Epstein was trying to rope in scientists they perceived as smart, and scientists tried to get financial backing from him. 🔭 Some examples:
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“We cannot reasonably expect crews to comply with complex fisheries regulations including logbooks, bycatch mitigation, finning bans, spatial closures and other requirements when they are overworked, underpaid, isolated and afraid.”
Sustainable fisheries can’t be built on exploited labor (commentary)
For decades, the global fisheries conservation community has rightly focused on the health of fish stocks, the integrity of management systems, and the long-term sustainability of ocean resources. But...
news.mongabay.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
do you like my son
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
No penalties the entire match, gotta be the most polite teams out there
who up watching the Canada Finland hockey game?
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
who up watching the Canada Finland hockey game?
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Multilingual friends, do you know of any terms for your funny bone in other languages?
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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Un Livre Ouvert
Sophie Pemberton
1900
February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Howe Sound - Yesterday, Today and Forever
W.P. Weston
1927
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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All of BC is wrapping the families of Tumbler Ridge with love.

Supports are available:

BC Mental Health Support Line: 310-6789

Kids Help Phone: Text “CONNECT” to 686868

Thank you to the emergency responders on the ground for the work they are doing.
February 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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🌱 We celebrate wāhine shaping science at the Bioeconomy Science Institute every day.

For International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we’re highlighting a few of our team's stories — what sparked their interest in science, and why their mahi matters.

⬇️ Stories below
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Devastated to hear about this.
Terrible situation out of Tumbler Ridge, a town of 2500 people in northeastern B.C., where an active shooter at a high school is now dead.

We'll be updating this page with information as we confirm it.
1 shooter dead after alert at secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: RCMP | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
reminder that SQL is pronounced squirrel
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM