Isen Siel
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Before Canada had highways, before plows roared down city streets, winter ruled the land. Snow buried the tracks, stopped the trains, and cut off towns for weeks.
But in 1869, a small-town Canadian dentist named J.W. Elliott had an idea that would change winter forever.
But in 1869, a small-town Canadian dentist named J.W. Elliott had an idea that would change winter forever.
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Before Canada had highways, before plows roared down city streets, winter ruled the land. Snow buried the tracks, stopped the trains, and cut off towns for weeks.
But in 1869, a small-town Canadian dentist named J.W. Elliott had an idea that would change winter forever.
But in 1869, a small-town Canadian dentist named J.W. Elliott had an idea that would change winter forever.
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AFRICA: “Namibia deploys army to fight wildfire burning third of Etosha game reserve” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... - @theguardian.com
#Africa #EtoshaNationalPark #Namibia #Wildfires
#Africa #EtoshaNationalPark #Namibia #Wildfires
Namibia deploys army to fight wildfire burning third of Etosha game reserve
Vast tract of park that is home to 114 mammal species, including critically endangered black rhino, affected
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
AFRICA: “Namibia deploys army to fight wildfire burning third of Etosha game reserve” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... - @theguardian.com
#Africa #EtoshaNationalPark #Namibia #Wildfires
#Africa #EtoshaNationalPark #Namibia #Wildfires
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Rufous Hummingbirds undertake one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling nearly 4,000 miles from their wintering grounds in Mexico to breeding areas in Alaska and Canada. Migrants Welcome!
#birds #birdsky #birdsoftheworld #aves #birdsofbluesky #hummingbird #colibri
#birds #birdsky #birdsoftheworld #aves #birdsofbluesky #hummingbird #colibri
September 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Rufous Hummingbirds undertake one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling nearly 4,000 miles from their wintering grounds in Mexico to breeding areas in Alaska and Canada. Migrants Welcome!
#birds #birdsky #birdsoftheworld #aves #birdsofbluesky #hummingbird #colibri
#birds #birdsky #birdsoftheworld #aves #birdsofbluesky #hummingbird #colibri
I'm starting to wonder if a lot of people just don't understand the purpose of Bluesky's Moderation Lists.
September 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm starting to wonder if a lot of people just don't understand the purpose of Bluesky's Moderation Lists.
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The extreme scenario of >3 °C till 2050 is > 4 billion deaths and breakdown of human civilization (its conservative)
What they do not realize is that we will likely reach this mark by 2040 - too many feedbacks now mutually synchronizing and reinforcing...
#climate #earth #ourfuture
What they do not realize is that we will likely reach this mark by 2040 - too many feedbacks now mutually synchronizing and reinforcing...
#climate #earth #ourfuture
August 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The extreme scenario of >3 °C till 2050 is > 4 billion deaths and breakdown of human civilization (its conservative)
What they do not realize is that we will likely reach this mark by 2040 - too many feedbacks now mutually synchronizing and reinforcing...
#climate #earth #ourfuture
What they do not realize is that we will likely reach this mark by 2040 - too many feedbacks now mutually synchronizing and reinforcing...
#climate #earth #ourfuture
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Driving thought the Highlands of Iceland is just magical, an incredible experience…have you ever crossed a river on top of a waterfall? I just back from almost a month in Iceland when I go every years to run photo tours.
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Driving thought the Highlands of Iceland is just magical, an incredible experience…have you ever crossed a river on top of a waterfall? I just back from almost a month in Iceland when I go every years to run photo tours.
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Christ on a cracker. I'm tired of seeing NDP types posting 'whaaaa... he didn't give me exactly what wanted inside 100 days so he is a bad man and Libs have lost my vote forever'
Give your fucking head a shake and take a look around you... particularly south, to see wtf is really happening.
Give your fucking head a shake and take a look around you... particularly south, to see wtf is really happening.
August 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Christ on a cracker. I'm tired of seeing NDP types posting 'whaaaa... he didn't give me exactly what wanted inside 100 days so he is a bad man and Libs have lost my vote forever'
Give your fucking head a shake and take a look around you... particularly south, to see wtf is really happening.
Give your fucking head a shake and take a look around you... particularly south, to see wtf is really happening.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Democide.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Democide.
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I do get sick posting about Trump, but he’s a global threat of a kind we haven’t seen before. Every single thing he does, every policy, is damaging and they all reach out far beyond America’s borders.
August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I do get sick posting about Trump, but he’s a global threat of a kind we haven’t seen before. Every single thing he does, every policy, is damaging and they all reach out far beyond America’s borders.
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Korbessa flew into our lives as a tiny calf and has blossomed into a confident lady!
Keeper Joseph remains by her side every step. Raising newborn orphans requires years of hands-on care, providing love and guidance for their eventual wild lives.
Korbessa has come so far already: swt.bio/korbessa
Keeper Joseph remains by her side every step. Raising newborn orphans requires years of hands-on care, providing love and guidance for their eventual wild lives.
Korbessa has come so far already: swt.bio/korbessa
August 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Korbessa flew into our lives as a tiny calf and has blossomed into a confident lady!
Keeper Joseph remains by her side every step. Raising newborn orphans requires years of hands-on care, providing love and guidance for their eventual wild lives.
Korbessa has come so far already: swt.bio/korbessa
Keeper Joseph remains by her side every step. Raising newborn orphans requires years of hands-on care, providing love and guidance for their eventual wild lives.
Korbessa has come so far already: swt.bio/korbessa
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Massive Ukrainian drone attack now taking place across the whole of occupied Crimea. Multiple targets. Several jet-powered drones in action.
#explodey
#explodey
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Massive Ukrainian drone attack now taking place across the whole of occupied Crimea. Multiple targets. Several jet-powered drones in action.
#explodey
#explodey
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August 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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It’s worse than depicted in the graphic created with 2019 data.
Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint.
By Karen Hao
June 6, 2019
www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/2...
Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint.
By Karen Hao
June 6, 2019
www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/2...
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s worse than depicted in the graphic created with 2019 data.
Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint.
By Karen Hao
June 6, 2019
www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/2...
Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint.
By Karen Hao
June 6, 2019
www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/2...
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Multiple US politicians and billionaires are getting involved in the BC ostrich farm dispute. Why?
"I think the Canadian people and the people of the United States are one people."
They see the border as illegitimate, and are setting themselves up as saviours and liberators.
#canada #cdnpoli
"I think the Canadian people and the people of the United States are one people."
They see the border as illegitimate, and are setting themselves up as saviours and liberators.
#canada #cdnpoli
U.S. billionaire tells why he's helping fund court fight to stop B.C. ostrich cull
A New York billionaire who is an avid supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump says he is helping fund the legal battle by a B.C. ostrich farm against an order to cull their flock.
cheknews.ca
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Why a #Quebec food can maker reshored its supply chain back to #Canada from the U.S. #IdealCan
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Why a Quebec food can maker reshored its supply chain back to Canada from the U.S. | CBC News
With U.S. tariffs still weighing on Canada's steel and aluminum sectors, a Quebec-based food can manufacturer is expanding its operations — and bringing the American portion of its supply chain back h...
www.cbc.ca
August 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Why a #Quebec food can maker reshored its supply chain back to #Canada from the U.S. #IdealCan
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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It’s your last week to take advantage of the Canada Strong pass and see some of what our beautiful country has to offer! The last day is September 2nd. Get out there and explore Canada! 🇨🇦
August 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s your last week to take advantage of the Canada Strong pass and see some of what our beautiful country has to offer! The last day is September 2nd. Get out there and explore Canada! 🇨🇦
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The US President has ordered the creation of ”specialized” military units to “quell civil disturbances” in all 50 of our states.
Military units under his personal control.
Deployed across our homeland, in peacetime.
Little time is left to stop this insanity.
Military units under his personal control.
Deployed across our homeland, in peacetime.
Little time is left to stop this insanity.
Trump Orders Major Expansion of National Guard’s Role in Law Enforcement
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The US President has ordered the creation of ”specialized” military units to “quell civil disturbances” in all 50 of our states.
Military units under his personal control.
Deployed across our homeland, in peacetime.
Little time is left to stop this insanity.
Military units under his personal control.
Deployed across our homeland, in peacetime.
Little time is left to stop this insanity.
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Ah, yes, the negotiations with the governments of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to decide the conditions to bring about the end World War Two.
Featuring the famous negotiators fat man, little boy, and bullet in the head in a bunker.
Featuring the famous negotiators fat man, little boy, and bullet in the head in a bunker.
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ah, yes, the negotiations with the governments of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to decide the conditions to bring about the end World War Two.
Featuring the famous negotiators fat man, little boy, and bullet in the head in a bunker.
Featuring the famous negotiators fat man, little boy, and bullet in the head in a bunker.
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World’s first megawatt-level ‘windmill’ airship set to generate power in China - Interesting Engineering interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
China to flight-test world’s first megawatt-level 'windmill' airship
The airborne 'windmill' produces power equal to a traditional 328-foot wind turbine.
interestingengineering.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
World’s first megawatt-level ‘windmill’ airship set to generate power in China - Interesting Engineering interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
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GOOD NEWS: Luigi, [...] made a safe return home with the help of ferry workers and a pet rescue group. [...]
"Somehow he got off of the ferry and out at the Tsawwassen terminal," said Neelya Herbert, Luigi's owner. "He hasn't told me how he did it yet."
"Somehow he got off of the ferry and out at the Tsawwassen terminal," said Neelya Herbert, Luigi's owner. "He hasn't told me how he did it yet."
Cat that went missing on B.C. Ferries vessel found safe at terminal
About two weeks after escaping out a vehicle window on the Coastal Inspiration, Luigi is back home
www.nanaimobulletin.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
GOOD NEWS: Luigi, [...] made a safe return home with the help of ferry workers and a pet rescue group. [...]
"Somehow he got off of the ferry and out at the Tsawwassen terminal," said Neelya Herbert, Luigi's owner. "He hasn't told me how he did it yet."
"Somehow he got off of the ferry and out at the Tsawwassen terminal," said Neelya Herbert, Luigi's owner. "He hasn't told me how he did it yet."
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Sometimes the march to authoritarianism is more obvious.
August 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sometimes the march to authoritarianism is more obvious.
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‘I would not feel safe’: Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I would not feel safe’: Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe
As relocation firms report a surge in inquiries, US citizens who have made the move talk about why they left – and what they think could happen back home
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
‘I would not feel safe’: Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...