Kat Tancock
@kattancock.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, Russian > English translator. Gardener + crafter. Syilx + Secwépemc territory, British Columbia. kattancock.com
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This is one of the most endangered mammals in the world – there are fewer than 400 alive in the wild right now – so it is pretty special to watch this mom and her two pups emerge from their burrow. Kids will be kids, no matter how rare your species!
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is one of the most endangered mammals in the world – there are fewer than 400 alive in the wild right now – so it is pretty special to watch this mom and her two pups emerge from their burrow. Kids will be kids, no matter how rare your species!
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
P.S. they are Vancouver Island marmots
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"There are 14,000,000 square metres of parks, boulevards and golf courses in #Vancouver. Six million of that is lawn. We’ve transitioned 7 percent of that. We'll keep increasing as and when we can."
www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-tur...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-tur...
The city turning lawns into pollinator meadows
In Vancouver, a city-led (and research-backed) initiative is converting chunks of park land into wilder ecosystems.
www.rewildingmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"There are 14,000,000 square metres of parks, boulevards and golf courses in #Vancouver. Six million of that is lawn. We’ve transitioned 7 percent of that. We'll keep increasing as and when we can."
www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-tur...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-city-tur...
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Australia to introduce power cuts... no, wait, free power for 3 hours a day, as the solar boom has reached its, what's the new word?, abundance phase.
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Australia to introduce power cuts... no, wait, free power for 3 hours a day, as the solar boom has reached its, what's the new word?, abundance phase.
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Some news from me — I'm teaching a new class on freelancing at @ubcjournalism.bsky.social next term as the Asper Visiting Professor. jwam.ubc.ca/news/ubc-jou...
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some news from me — I'm teaching a new class on freelancing at @ubcjournalism.bsky.social next term as the Asper Visiting Professor. jwam.ubc.ca/news/ubc-jou...
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"Rewilding is not just about protecting individual species. It’s about re-establishing the relationships between them, many of which are complex and poorly understood."
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
Why rewilders shouldn’t forget about fungi
These mostly hidden life forms have a big role to play in rewilding – and need its support, too.
www.rewildingmag.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Rewilding is not just about protecting individual species. It’s about re-establishing the relationships between them, many of which are complex and poorly understood."
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
I'm still not travel writing, but I couldn't resist sharing some of my favourite spots in Vancouver with CAA Magazine: caamagazine.com/mb/adventure...
caamagazine.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm still not travel writing, but I couldn't resist sharing some of my favourite spots in Vancouver with CAA Magazine: caamagazine.com/mb/adventure...
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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I use Canada Post to ship out my prints. Its crucial for my business. Canada Post staff are fantastic when I go in to ship stuff out. Corner store depots are a NIGHTMARE for small businesses. Try going in with 30 packages while people are buying lotto. UPS and Fed Ex triple my costs.
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I use Canada Post to ship out my prints. Its crucial for my business. Canada Post staff are fantastic when I go in to ship stuff out. Corner store depots are a NIGHTMARE for small businesses. Try going in with 30 packages while people are buying lotto. UPS and Fed Ex triple my costs.
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Good read here.
Solar panels are cheap today everywhere because Germany's government created a 100,000-solar-roof program to build a pro-renewable constituency, creating the political capital for the wider subsidies that made the German industry boom and then get exported to China and made cheap
Solar panels are cheap today everywhere because Germany's government created a 100,000-solar-roof program to build a pro-renewable constituency, creating the political capital for the wider subsidies that made the German industry boom and then get exported to China and made cheap
For more than a decade, the economists have led the design of Canadian climate policies. It's time for the political scientists to take over -- and the debate over rooftop solar offers a perfect example of why. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
The political case for rooftop solar
If there’s one lesson progressive politicians should take to heart from the last decade, it’s that the durability of their climate policies is more important — way, way more important — than their eco...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Good read here.
Solar panels are cheap today everywhere because Germany's government created a 100,000-solar-roof program to build a pro-renewable constituency, creating the political capital for the wider subsidies that made the German industry boom and then get exported to China and made cheap
Solar panels are cheap today everywhere because Germany's government created a 100,000-solar-roof program to build a pro-renewable constituency, creating the political capital for the wider subsidies that made the German industry boom and then get exported to China and made cheap
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In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Residential schools still exist in our world today. This is the lesson Canadians can draw from that disturbing truth
Canadians think about residential schools as if they were a creature of the past, an ancient moral failing from which we have since evolved. But around the world new residential
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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My driver's license comes in the mail. My health card comes in the mail. My notifications about mammograms and other imaging come by mail! Some of my income comes by mail. What if we just, I dunno, used TAXES to pay for this SERVICE?
"In response to the government's attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike," CUPW said in a statement.
Canada Post workers on nationwide strike after government demands reforms | CBC News
The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government clearing the way for major reforms to Canada Post.
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My driver's license comes in the mail. My health card comes in the mail. My notifications about mammograms and other imaging come by mail! Some of my income comes by mail. What if we just, I dunno, used TAXES to pay for this SERVICE?
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@zoeyunker.bsky.social with a scoop on LNG Canada operations in Kitimat. #bcpoli
LNG Canada's fast-tracked Phase 2 breaches Canada's air standards for nitrogen dioxide in Kitimat.
That could mean growing acid rain and ground-level ozone.
"It rusts the body," said U of T prof Jeffrey Brook.
That could mean growing acid rain and ground-level ozone.
"It rusts the body," said U of T prof Jeffrey Brook.
Exclusive: LNG Expansion Brings New Health Risks to Kitimat | The Tyee
The project’s fast-tracked second phase would push a key pollutant far above current limits, documents reveal.
thetyee.ca
September 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@zoeyunker.bsky.social with a scoop on LNG Canada operations in Kitimat. #bcpoli
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“Painting the wall brought attention to it,” says Swanson. “It got people to ask questions and to marvel over the incredible beauty of this micro universe, which we often don’t even notice.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-muralist...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-muralist...
The muralist whose art is a conversation with nature
Cole Swanson turns to rocks, dirt and lichen to make murals that highlight what often goes unnoticed.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Painting the wall brought attention to it,” says Swanson. “It got people to ask questions and to marvel over the incredible beauty of this micro universe, which we often don’t even notice.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-muralist...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-muralist...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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corporations fund guys like Kirk to not only spread bullshit, but to keep the plebs fighting amongst themselves, making informed consensus and reform harder to come by.
I enjoy when writers center on this fact.
I enjoy when writers center on this fact.
The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk's extremism was fossil fueled
Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
heated.world
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
corporations fund guys like Kirk to not only spread bullshit, but to keep the plebs fighting amongst themselves, making informed consensus and reform harder to come by.
I enjoy when writers center on this fact.
I enjoy when writers center on this fact.
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New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
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“You can feel the difference,” says Sachin, Rupesh’s younger brother and a student of rural management. “Earlier, people had to migrate. Now, we work six months in the forest and spend the rest on farming or enjoying festivals. There is a rhythm to life again.”
www.rewildingmag.com/from-barren-...
www.rewildingmag.com/from-barren-...
From barren to bountiful: How a village in Maharashtra reclaimed its forests and its future
After decades of struggle, the Indigenous community of Pachgaon in Maharashtra transformed a degraded forest into a thriving ecosystem – proving that rewilding can be both ecological and equitable.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“You can feel the difference,” says Sachin, Rupesh’s younger brother and a student of rural management. “Earlier, people had to migrate. Now, we work six months in the forest and spend the rest on farming or enjoying festivals. There is a rhythm to life again.”
www.rewildingmag.com/from-barren-...
www.rewildingmag.com/from-barren-...
I wrote about some important steps to take pre-retirement - especially if you don't have kids - for MoneySense:
www.moneysense.ca/save/retirem...
www.moneysense.ca/save/retirem...
How to plan for old age when you don’t have kids - MoneySense
More and more Canadians are entering their golden years without grown children to help out should they lose their faculties. Here’s how you can prepare for advanced age in the absence of offspring to ...
www.moneysense.ca
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I wrote about some important steps to take pre-retirement - especially if you don't have kids - for MoneySense:
www.moneysense.ca/save/retirem...
www.moneysense.ca/save/retirem...
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#OpEd The past decade saw a growing number of targeted groups created in Russia. Of course that made having children unappealing, writes Valery Panyushkin.
Russia Faces Declining Numbers of Schoolchildren. What Did the Kremlin Expect? - The Moscow Times
Opinion | The most horrifying story I have ever heard is that of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who first lured all the rats out of the city by playing his magic pipe.
www.themoscowtimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#OpEd The past decade saw a growing number of targeted groups created in Russia. Of course that made having children unappealing, writes Valery Panyushkin.
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Except this savings flows to the 90%, while the 10% and especially the super-rich will take a tremendous hit in stranded assets.
In other words, climate change is a class war.
In other words, climate change is a class war.
Net Zero: saving our world and saving money. Now there's a win-win - if only voters knew about it.
"New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis."
"New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis."
How reaching net zero could cut global fuel costs by $1tr a year
New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis
www.businessgreen.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Except this savings flows to the 90%, while the 10% and especially the super-rich will take a tremendous hit in stranded assets.
In other words, climate change is a class war.
In other words, climate change is a class war.
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Russian dissidents denied asylum in the U.S. fear deportation back into the arms of Putin’s security services - unless Canada intervenes.
“I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.”
My report
“I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.”
My report
Russian dissidents in ICE custody warn of deportation back to Russia unless Canada intervenes
ICE has already sent at least 80 people back to Russia this summer. Activists say a third mass-deportation flight is expected in the coming weeks
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Russian dissidents denied asylum in the U.S. fear deportation back into the arms of Putin’s security services - unless Canada intervenes.
“I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.”
My report
“I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.”
My report
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An #ElectricVehicle mandate helps create a more affordable future for Canadians.
Requiring automakers to supply more EVs drives down costs through scale, ensures greater consumer choice and provides the policy certainty needed for industry to invest in tech & infrastructure. 1/3
Requiring automakers to supply more EVs drives down costs through scale, ensures greater consumer choice and provides the policy certainty needed for industry to invest in tech & infrastructure. 1/3
September 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
An #ElectricVehicle mandate helps create a more affordable future for Canadians.
Requiring automakers to supply more EVs drives down costs through scale, ensures greater consumer choice and provides the policy certainty needed for industry to invest in tech & infrastructure. 1/3
Requiring automakers to supply more EVs drives down costs through scale, ensures greater consumer choice and provides the policy certainty needed for industry to invest in tech & infrastructure. 1/3
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Dear readers, we urgently need your help.
Without at least 15,000 regular supporters, Meduza as you know it will cease to exist. But if you come through, you know we’ll keep working for you.
Please, read our full statement here:
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Without at least 15,000 regular supporters, Meduza as you know it will cease to exist. But if you come through, you know we’ll keep working for you.
Please, read our full statement here:
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We need your help An urgent appeal from the Meduza team — Meduza
Dear Meduza in English readers,
meduza.io
September 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Dear readers, we urgently need your help.
Without at least 15,000 regular supporters, Meduza as you know it will cease to exist. But if you come through, you know we’ll keep working for you.
Please, read our full statement here:
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Without at least 15,000 regular supporters, Meduza as you know it will cease to exist. But if you come through, you know we’ll keep working for you.
Please, read our full statement here:
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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"In short: You really don’t want to be breathing wildfire smoke if you can avoid it. And that goes double if you’re in a high-risk group, which includes the very young, seniors and people who spend a lot of time outdoors, those who are pregnant..."
chatelaine.com/environment/...
chatelaine.com/environment/...
How To Prepare For A Smokier Future - Chatelaine
Forest fires aren’t going away anytime soon. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of wildfire smoke.
chatelaine.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"In short: You really don’t want to be breathing wildfire smoke if you can avoid it. And that goes double if you’re in a high-risk group, which includes the very young, seniors and people who spend a lot of time outdoors, those who are pregnant..."
chatelaine.com/environment/...
chatelaine.com/environment/...