Christine Condy 🇨🇦
@ccondy.bsky.social
Seeking balance between soul crushing empathy and a psyche left intact. On a mission to save a small lake in Muskoka.
#muskoka
#comprehendsecologicalovershoot
#muskoka
#comprehendsecologicalovershoot
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There’s a lot of crazy stuff going on in my other feeds so I end my #bluesky sessions here in the #gardeningfeed. It’s important to stay informed but more important to keep my humanity. Thanks for all your beautiful pics! 🌱 Grandson takes a sniff at the sweet williams.
#muskoka
#muskoka
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🦠📢If, like us, you lie awake at night wondering how cyanobacteria can be so good at adapting to any conditions, or if you just think they're cool and need an excuse to visit #Montreal, please consider submitting an abstract to our session by November 25th #ASLOSIL2026 www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-2026/
October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🦠📢If, like us, you lie awake at night wondering how cyanobacteria can be so good at adapting to any conditions, or if you just think they're cool and need an excuse to visit #Montreal, please consider submitting an abstract to our session by November 25th #ASLOSIL2026 www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-2026/
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For those going to Montreal for the joint @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social meeting in May 2026, note special session SS059 on #lakenutrients #cyanobacteria and #climatechange hosted by @ferroproject.bsky.social Olga Tammeorg and other colleagues.
💦Abstracts due 25 November
💦Abstracts due 25 November
October 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
For those going to Montreal for the joint @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social meeting in May 2026, note special session SS059 on #lakenutrients #cyanobacteria and #climatechange hosted by @ferroproject.bsky.social Olga Tammeorg and other colleagues.
💦Abstracts due 25 November
💦Abstracts due 25 November
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For those following global surface temperature anomalies, October 2025 is going to finish 1.50C above the pre-industrial baseline and 3rd hottest on record since 1940.
Which also means that October, 2025, is likely the 3rd hottest October in the last 120,000 years.
Which also means that October, 2025, is likely the 3rd hottest October in the last 120,000 years.
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For those following global surface temperature anomalies, October 2025 is going to finish 1.50C above the pre-industrial baseline and 3rd hottest on record since 1940.
Which also means that October, 2025, is likely the 3rd hottest October in the last 120,000 years.
Which also means that October, 2025, is likely the 3rd hottest October in the last 120,000 years.
So many different hydrangeas in our new place! What should I be doing before the snow hits? Zone 4.5 Ontario 🌱
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So many different hydrangeas in our new place! What should I be doing before the snow hits? Zone 4.5 Ontario 🌱
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"In the end, the most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned. And the hotter it gets, the bigger that gap will grow."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-...
"In the end, the most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned. And the hotter it gets, the bigger that gap will grow."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-...
The Heat Will Kill You First
New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents a "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) examination of the impact that temperature rise wi...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"In the end, the most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned. And the hotter it gets, the bigger that gap will grow."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-...
"In the end, the most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned. And the hotter it gets, the bigger that gap will grow."
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-...
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Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was first to observe 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was first to observe 🧵
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Cyanobacteria, which thrive in nutrient-flooded water, are often the result of septic and fertilizer runoff. Now, lawmakers are working on ways to mitigate the increasing blooms in the state's lakes. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
To get ‘toxic stew’ out of state's lakes, legislators eye new ways to fund cyanobacteria mitigation • New Hampshire Bulletin
Lake-minded New Hampshire legislators are gearing up to tackle water quality once again this session, after some measures aimed at preventing and treating cyanobacteria blooms were voted down or…
newhampshirebulletin.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cyanobacteria, which thrive in nutrient-flooded water, are often the result of septic and fertilizer runoff. Now, lawmakers are working on ways to mitigate the increasing blooms in the state's lakes. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
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The #IFHAB Workshop 16-17 October at Hamilton #Ontario. #Freshwater #HABs. Still time to register. www.ifhabworkshop.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The #IFHAB Workshop 16-17 October at Hamilton #Ontario. #Freshwater #HABs. Still time to register. www.ifhabworkshop.com
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Only a massive shock that is both severe and durable can open the window of opportunity wide enough that we will achieve the systemic changes that are needed to attain sufficient climate action."
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
"Only a massive shock that is both severe and durable can open the window of opportunity wide enough that we will achieve the systemic changes that are needed to attain sufficient climate action."
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
Saving Ourselves | Columbia University Press
We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the ch... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Only a massive shock that is both severe and durable can open the window of opportunity wide enough that we will achieve the systemic changes that are needed to attain sufficient climate action."
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
"Only a massive shock that is both severe and durable can open the window of opportunity wide enough that we will achieve the systemic changes that are needed to attain sufficient climate action."
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Nearly half of all CPC supporters think the prick to the south who’s trying to tank our economy and think we should be the 51st State is doing a great job.
This is why Maple MAGA can’t be allowed to win an election in this country.
🖕the CPC
#MapleMAGA #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #Poilievre
This is why Maple MAGA can’t be allowed to win an election in this country.
🖕the CPC
#MapleMAGA #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #Poilievre
45% of Conservatives approve of the way Trump is handling his job compared to 1% of Liberals. New EKOS poll of Canadians, Sept 5-12, 2025. #cdnpoli
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Nearly half of all CPC supporters think the prick to the south who’s trying to tank our economy and think we should be the 51st State is doing a great job.
This is why Maple MAGA can’t be allowed to win an election in this country.
🖕the CPC
#MapleMAGA #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #Poilievre
This is why Maple MAGA can’t be allowed to win an election in this country.
🖕the CPC
#MapleMAGA #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #Poilievre
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
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Despite its manifold and clear benefits, rewilding (along with other NCS) is not a pancea for all our troubles, many of which are rooted in the systemic issue of human ecological overshoot, and it is this that must be addressed to begin fixing the current global polycrisis.
Allowing Space for Nature: Rewilding to Heal the Earth
The term “rewilding” often elicits strong
emotions, especially as presented in the media. Thus, anger is provoked that
farmers will be forced to waste precious cropland, letting it return to the
wild,...
www.sciepublish.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Despite its manifold and clear benefits, rewilding (along with other NCS) is not a pancea for all our troubles, many of which are rooted in the systemic issue of human ecological overshoot, and it is this that must be addressed to begin fixing the current global polycrisis.
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I have just seen this video on the Charlie Kirk thing which explains the background to the shooter and I now feel both more informed and stupider than before
youtu.be/d2Sj2OlsZ8k?...
youtu.be/d2Sj2OlsZ8k?...
Right on Right Crime, Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk,& Brain Rot Meme Culture - Groypers Explained
YouTube video by roterote
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September 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have just seen this video on the Charlie Kirk thing which explains the background to the shooter and I now feel both more informed and stupider than before
youtu.be/d2Sj2OlsZ8k?...
youtu.be/d2Sj2OlsZ8k?...
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Symptoms > Cause =
"Ibuprofen wipes out gut bacteria in a fashion similar to #antibiotics."
"Drugs should have two labels—one label for its effect on the host, and another for its effect on the microbiome,” says Dr. Figeys, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology.
"Ibuprofen wipes out gut bacteria in a fashion similar to #antibiotics."
"Drugs should have two labels—one label for its effect on the host, and another for its effect on the microbiome,” says Dr. Figeys, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology.
September 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Symptoms > Cause =
"Ibuprofen wipes out gut bacteria in a fashion similar to #antibiotics."
"Drugs should have two labels—one label for its effect on the host, and another for its effect on the microbiome,” says Dr. Figeys, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology.
"Ibuprofen wipes out gut bacteria in a fashion similar to #antibiotics."
"Drugs should have two labels—one label for its effect on the host, and another for its effect on the microbiome,” says Dr. Figeys, professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology.
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Extreme heatwaves plagued Europe once again this summer: "around 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths were the result of climate change – equating to a tripling of the number of deaths in the heatwave due to global warming"
theecologist.org/2025/sep/01/...
theecologist.org/2025/sep/01/...
Climate triples heat deaths in Europe
Climate breakdown tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves – study.
theecologist.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Extreme heatwaves plagued Europe once again this summer: "around 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths were the result of climate change – equating to a tripling of the number of deaths in the heatwave due to global warming"
theecologist.org/2025/sep/01/...
theecologist.org/2025/sep/01/...
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Glyphosate is an antibiotic & was patented as such. We spray 2 million metric tons per year. It is mainly applied as a herbicide. We destroy the ecosystems, soils & our own immune system.
Role of glyphosate in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria?
academic.oup.com/jac/article/...
Role of glyphosate in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria?
academic.oup.com/jac/article/...
August 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Glyphosate is an antibiotic & was patented as such. We spray 2 million metric tons per year. It is mainly applied as a herbicide. We destroy the ecosystems, soils & our own immune system.
Role of glyphosate in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria?
academic.oup.com/jac/article/...
Role of glyphosate in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria?
academic.oup.com/jac/article/...
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"Perhaps the most striking aspect of our depredations against the forest has been the confident arrogance with which we do it, and the consistent regularity with which we discover we were utterly wrong." ~Chris Maser (retired USFS/BLM forest ecologist) #ForestFriday
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Perhaps the most striking aspect of our depredations against the forest has been the confident arrogance with which we do it, and the consistent regularity with which we discover we were utterly wrong." ~Chris Maser (retired USFS/BLM forest ecologist) #ForestFriday
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This wins Bluesky today 😂😂😂😩
August 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This wins Bluesky today 😂😂😂😩
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Blue-green algae identified in Halifax-area lake
Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified. #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified. #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Blue-green algae identified in Halifax-area lake
Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Blue-green algae identified in Halifax-area lake
Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified. #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified. #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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Kitahama Beach, Kashima Island
July 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Kitahama Beach, Kashima Island