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Forest dweller, father, grandfather, pet servant and chicken wrangler.
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There is also the Wilberforce Museum in Hull which is dedicated to explaining the horrors of the slave trade.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’ve stopped buying green bananas but not ready for this.😆
#birds #vultures #PhotographyBreak
September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Another day of 37°+, hanging in a pond is a good idea.
#toads #PhotographyBreak
July 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Pollinators on thyme.
#pollinators #bees
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIC DAY IN EUROPE
39.3 Germany Dozens of records (next tweet)
39.0 Netherlands
40.6 France including monthly record 38.4 Guebwille
38 Czechia, 37 Poland

34.0 Holbek DENMARK all time record
etc etc

Another day for history book in Europe
July 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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If you're wondering what's going on with IBEW 993 (bsky.app/profile/ibew...) right now, we're running a photo campaign in response to a contractor posting a sign with our organizers face on it saying that he wasn't permitted on site. Follow IBEW 993 and stop by our hall to get you own pic taken ✊
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
15 seconds of Charles Lee Creek.
May 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Join us for an inspiring Stockholm Seminar with Rich Wilson, CEO of the democratic innovation centre Iswe, on the potential of the new UN Global Citizens' Assembly.

Thursday 22 May, 15:00-16:00 CEST
Stockholm Resilience Centre/online

Learn more here:
www.stockholmresilience.org/news--events...
May 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
May 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A view from Granville island. #Vancouver
April 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Adolescence might be difficult viewing for those experiencing systemic and institutional failure.
@jessehirsh.com evocative piece on this Netflix series is helpful.
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
144: Adolescence and the Failure of Grown-Ups
The System Isn’t Broken—It’s Working as Designed
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Why should 🇨🇦 create a new civil defence corps?

Because we’re among the only NATO countries that doesn’t train its population in emergency response, first aid and cyber threats — and we need everyone’s talents to meet the crises ahead.

I talk to CBC’s Fresh Air

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
March 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"If you want peace, prepare for war—an ancient lesson Canada must remember"

In a new @theglobeandmail.com op-ed, the Cascade Institute's Thomas Homer-Dixon urges Canada to bolster its defenses against the threat of an authoritarian and imperialist U.S. regime.

cascadeinstitute.org/prepare-for-...
If you want peace, prepare for war—an ancient lesson Canada must remember - Cascade Institute %
Cascade Institute Executive Director Thomas Homer-Dixon urges Canada to bolster its defenses against a the growing threat of an authoritarian and imperialist U.S. regime.
cascadeinstitute.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tools for the future?
@katharinehayhoe.com
New study explores how AI and digital social networks influence climate emotions.

“Emotions shape everything from public support for climate policies to individual actions,” says lead author Victor Galaz, SRC.

AI can amplify or manipulate this at an unprecedented scale.

tinyurl.com/5xtarhtr
March 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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On April 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. PDT, join us for a special Cascade institute Speaker Series event: "When Societies Collapse: Energy, Ideology, and Violence", featuring Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University Visiting Fellow Luke Kemp.

Details: cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/
March 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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