dugaldingue ⓥ
@dugaldingue.bsky.social
Animal/s, uprooted naturalist, backyard rewilder, political bug, French translator, reader, Wikipedian, SPCA foster family
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
A Barred Owl less than a month ago, Mabou's highlands. I'll be at the rally in Halifax on Saturday to stand with the land defenders at Tqamuoweye’katik-Hunter’s Mountain and with Save West Mabou Beach, which is fighting a proposal to turn a protected public park into a millionaire's golf course.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A Barred Owl less than a month ago, Mabou's highlands. I'll be at the rally in Halifax on Saturday to stand with the land defenders at Tqamuoweye’katik-Hunter’s Mountain and with Save West Mabou Beach, which is fighting a proposal to turn a protected public park into a millionaire's golf course.
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Ou pourquoi on retrouve parfois des déversements de milliers de homards en forêt ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numeri... Respect à l'équipe de Radio-Canada pour le travail d'enquête
L’appétit pour le homard clandestin
Le homard canadien fait saliver les contrebandiers, des simples opportunistes jusqu’aux membres du crime organisé.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ou pourquoi on retrouve parfois des déversements de milliers de homards en forêt ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numeri... Respect à l'équipe de Radio-Canada pour le travail d'enquête
Same as Canada
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Same as Canada
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someone needs to ask mark carney why, if canada is the “most european of non-european nations,” all of our peers can offer pharmacare as part of their universal healthcare systems but canada still can’t after all these years?
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
someone needs to ask mark carney why, if canada is the “most european of non-european nations,” all of our peers can offer pharmacare as part of their universal healthcare systems but canada still can’t after all these years?
Bitingly fun!
Matchstick Theatre presents Michael Ross Albert’s play The Huns in Neptune Theatre’s Craig Boardroom. A cutting office comedy and nuanced exploration of today’s working world, The Huns is the first piece of Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax’s new MOMENTUM programming
September 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bitingly fun!
Eelgrass provides habitat for a range of species, including lobster. It also protects shorelines against erosions, keeps the water clear, and captures carbon. Community groups want to restore it. Nova Scotia makes them fight red tape instead. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #NSPoli
Groups conducting coastal restoration in N.S. say they face 'astonishing' red tape | CBC News
Groups conducting shoreline cleanups and coastal restoration say they're facing long delays obtaining permits or unclear requirements from the province, which are sometimes forcing them to cancel proj...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Eelgrass provides habitat for a range of species, including lobster. It also protects shorelines against erosions, keeps the water clear, and captures carbon. Community groups want to restore it. Nova Scotia makes them fight red tape instead. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #NSPoli
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Please do not use poisons, including herbocides too. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Monarch butterflies’ mass die-off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study
New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Please do not use poisons, including herbocides too. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If anyone out there wrote a letter to their councillor and/or Mayor Andy Fillmore about #bikelanes in #Halifax and they want to send that letter to me, I would love to read them. You can send me a message here or to suzanne at halifaxexaminer dot ca
Thanks!
Thanks!
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If anyone out there wrote a letter to their councillor and/or Mayor Andy Fillmore about #bikelanes in #Halifax and they want to send that letter to me, I would love to read them. You can send me a message here or to suzanne at halifaxexaminer dot ca
Thanks!
Thanks!
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The report on addressing congestion in HRM was written by transportation professionals and draws upon substantial public input.
If the Province think HRM are doing so badly, they should release the report and refer to its recommendations
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If the Province think HRM are doing so badly, they should release the report and refer to its recommendations
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Premier blasts Halifax council, cites 'serious disconnect' from citizens | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has issued a scathing appraisal of Halifax regional council, saying there’s a “serious disconnect” between the decisions being made and the desires of citizens, and ind...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The report on addressing congestion in HRM was written by transportation professionals and draws upon substantial public input.
If the Province think HRM are doing so badly, they should release the report and refer to its recommendations
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If the Province think HRM are doing so badly, they should release the report and refer to its recommendations
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Je viens d’entendre un prof d’université dire que «Rome avait conquise le bassin méditerranéen». Je retourne ma veste: je milite désormais pour qu’on garde les règles d’accord du participe, même si elles ont été inventées par un grammairien enrhumé tombé dans une bouche d’égout au XVIe siècle.
July 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Je viens d’entendre un prof d’université dire que «Rome avait conquise le bassin méditerranéen». Je retourne ma veste: je milite désormais pour qu’on garde les règles d’accord du participe, même si elles ont été inventées par un grammairien enrhumé tombé dans une bouche d’égout au XVIe siècle.
Canada introduces new nutrition warning labels, but plain milk, yogurt, and cheese are exempt. Thanks to the dairy lobby for keeping our bones and their profit margins strong!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada — meet your new nutrition warning labels | CBC News
The food industry has until Jan. 1, 2026, to comply with Health Canada's new labels that warn people if a food is high in sugar, sodium or saturated fat. Some companies are getting a head start.
www.cbc.ca
July 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Canada introduces new nutrition warning labels, but plain milk, yogurt, and cheese are exempt. Thanks to the dairy lobby for keeping our bones and their profit margins strong!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Spain feels like a furnace these days—and we have just entered Summer. What is truly baffling is our collective resignation. How are we not outraged? How are we not demanding accountability from the actors driving climate change? The heat is real, but so is our apathy—and that’s part of the problem
June 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Spain feels like a furnace these days—and we have just entered Summer. What is truly baffling is our collective resignation. How are we not outraged? How are we not demanding accountability from the actors driving climate change? The heat is real, but so is our apathy—and that’s part of the problem
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Some of the people that added their notes to this map of the proposed AT network for Spryfield left incredibly thorough and thoughtful notes.
This is the last week to add notes about walking, wheeling, cycling, and transit infrastructure this side of the rotary. Public engagement ends Friday.
This is the last week to add notes about walking, wheeling, cycling, and transit infrastructure this side of the rotary. Public engagement ends Friday.
Remix
platform.remix.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Some of the people that added their notes to this map of the proposed AT network for Spryfield left incredibly thorough and thoughtful notes.
This is the last week to add notes about walking, wheeling, cycling, and transit infrastructure this side of the rotary. Public engagement ends Friday.
This is the last week to add notes about walking, wheeling, cycling, and transit infrastructure this side of the rotary. Public engagement ends Friday.
Le journalisme part en vrille. Est-ce la faute de Radio-Canada?
June 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Le journalisme part en vrille. Est-ce la faute de Radio-Canada?
Albro Lake Rd x Wyse Rd in Dartmouth. Looking good!
May 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Albro Lake Rd x Wyse Rd in Dartmouth. Looking good!
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Net-Agreement With:
Require Candidates To Attend One Public Debate: +50%
Implementing Proportional Representation: +41%
Mandatory Federal Voting: +32%
Declare Election Day A Public Holiday: +30%
Research Co / Apr 29, 2025 / n=1201 / Online
Require Candidates To Attend One Public Debate: +50%
Implementing Proportional Representation: +41%
Mandatory Federal Voting: +32%
Declare Election Day A Public Holiday: +30%
Research Co / Apr 29, 2025 / n=1201 / Online
May 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Net-Agreement With:
Require Candidates To Attend One Public Debate: +50%
Implementing Proportional Representation: +41%
Mandatory Federal Voting: +32%
Declare Election Day A Public Holiday: +30%
Research Co / Apr 29, 2025 / n=1201 / Online
Require Candidates To Attend One Public Debate: +50%
Implementing Proportional Representation: +41%
Mandatory Federal Voting: +32%
Declare Election Day A Public Holiday: +30%
Research Co / Apr 29, 2025 / n=1201 / Online
I bet drivers on Limardo Dr. wonder why cyclists ride in the middle of the road. The The height difference is about half an inch.
April 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I bet drivers on Limardo Dr. wonder why cyclists ride in the middle of the road. The The height difference is about half an inch.
I had a nice chat with a bumblebee yesterday. #CityNatureChallenge #iNaturalist
April 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I had a nice chat with a bumblebee yesterday. #CityNatureChallenge #iNaturalist
My better half this morning on his way to the polling station
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My better half this morning on his way to the polling station
Sand pond x Fresh River
April 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sand pond x Fresh River
Best of luck to cyclists on the 308 #NovaScotia
April 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Best of luck to cyclists on the 308 #NovaScotia