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I guess since holiday gift-buying time is upon us I should remind you all that my book about the surprisingly wild and entertaining history of bird migration research is available in paperback now...
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
bookshop.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I guess since holiday gift-buying time is upon us I should remind you all that my book about the surprisingly wild and entertaining history of bird migration research is available in paperback now...
>In apparent response to the ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, the government is simply doing away with its climate targets altogether.
#onpoli #ClimateAction #GenAlpha #environment
#onpoli #ClimateAction #GenAlpha #environment
Four big things you might have missed in Ontario’s mini-budget:
• Mathur climate case likely dead
• Real beneficial ownership registry coming?
• LCBO finances are shaky
• Uber & Lyft regulation on the horizon?
By @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
• Mathur climate case likely dead
• Real beneficial ownership registry coming?
• LCBO finances are shaky
• Uber & Lyft regulation on the horizon?
By @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Four big things you might have missed in today’s mini budget | TVO Today
Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy presented Ontario’s fall economic statement. The government is making big changes beyond the headlines
amp.tvo.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
>In apparent response to the ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, the government is simply doing away with its climate targets altogether.
#onpoli #ClimateAction #GenAlpha #environment
#onpoli #ClimateAction #GenAlpha #environment
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I've been pretty quiet here lately, trying to cut down on doomscrolling for the sake of my mental health... BUT I have a new story out at @therevelator.org, on how climate change is contributing to bird population declines in multiple biomes around the world. #birds 🪶🌏
Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines • The Revelator
Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.
therevelator.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've been pretty quiet here lately, trying to cut down on doomscrolling for the sake of my mental health... BUT I have a new story out at @therevelator.org, on how climate change is contributing to bird population declines in multiple biomes around the world. #birds 🪶🌏
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"My dog is friendly.”
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"My dog is friendly.”
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
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Thank you, Toronto Blue Jays.
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Thank you, Toronto Blue Jays.
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
>So, yeah, peer review deez nutz.
I laughed, I cried.
I remember having one of these arguments with a relative, about the value of Wikipedia. They decried it, identified it as a threat. I was ambivalent-but-in-favour. Now, though? Haa ha ha ha ha wooo ugh
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
I remember having one of these arguments with a relative, about the value of Wikipedia. They decried it, identified it as a threat. I was ambivalent-but-in-favour. Now, though? Haa ha ha ha ha wooo ugh
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
>So, yeah, peer review deez nutz.
keepandroidopen.org
This will be the death of the only smartphone platform left that's truly open.
#Android #enshittification #WhoOwnsYourPhone #Google
This will be the death of the only smartphone platform left that's truly open.
#Android #enshittification #WhoOwnsYourPhone #Google
Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.
keepandroidopen.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
keepandroidopen.org
This will be the death of the only smartphone platform left that's truly open.
#Android #enshittification #WhoOwnsYourPhone #Google
This will be the death of the only smartphone platform left that's truly open.
#Android #enshittification #WhoOwnsYourPhone #Google
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
>The basics of how to fix #healthcare are simple. Make all prices in health care standardized and transparent, and try and get rid of the power of all middlemen who don’t deliver care or directly produce medicine.
#USA #monopoly #longread
>The basics of how to fix #healthcare are simple. Make all prices in health care standardized and transparent, and try and get rid of the power of all middlemen who don’t deliver care or directly produce medicine.
#USA #monopoly #longread
Monopoly Round-Up: Obamacare Is Cooked. What's Next?
With big health insurance hikes coming, another health care crisis is here. Where's all the money going? And what comes now? Plus Argentina votes for the Trump bailout, Warner is for sale and more...
www.thebignewsletter.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
>The basics of how to fix #healthcare are simple. Make all prices in health care standardized and transparent, and try and get rid of the power of all middlemen who don’t deliver care or directly produce medicine.
#USA #monopoly #longread
>The basics of how to fix #healthcare are simple. Make all prices in health care standardized and transparent, and try and get rid of the power of all middlemen who don’t deliver care or directly produce medicine.
#USA #monopoly #longread
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you guys want crime, we’re about to see some crime
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
you guys want crime, we’re about to see some crime
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If you're a renter in Ontario, you should know Doug Ford is trying to make it easier for your landlord to raise your rent or end your tenancy. #HamOnt #OnPoli
acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
Doug Ford Moves to End Rent Control
Doug Ford announced proposed changes to the LTB that would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
acorncanada.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you're a renter in Ontario, you should know Doug Ford is trying to make it easier for your landlord to raise your rent or end your tenancy. #HamOnt #OnPoli
acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo...
www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co...
This is flying under the radar and is going to be terrible for Ontarians.
#Ontario #onpoli #housing #rent
This is flying under the radar and is going to be terrible for Ontarians.
#Ontario #onpoli #housing #rent
From the ontario community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ontario community
www.reddit.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co...
This is flying under the radar and is going to be terrible for Ontarians.
#Ontario #onpoli #housing #rent
This is flying under the radar and is going to be terrible for Ontarians.
#Ontario #onpoli #housing #rent
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Who owns your local vet or dental clinic? More and more, it's private equity. Tonight on The Rundown - how private equity works - the good, the bad and what it means for you.
Private equity firms are buying up dental clinics, vet practices, and other small businesses. What do new owners mean for costs and the quality of services? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @rwasserman.bsky.social, author of The Private Equity Playbook, tonight at 8pm | Producer: Mike Attenborough
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who owns your local vet or dental clinic? More and more, it's private equity. Tonight on The Rundown - how private equity works - the good, the bad and what it means for you.
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Thread! 🪡
Chuck Dixon created Bane. I don't bring this up to argue that creating that character somehow negates his current behavior, but to talk about a problem very prevalent in comics. And that is bigoted people making bank off the very marginalized groups they later demonize and discredit.
Fuck Chuck Dixon.
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thread! 🪡
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Fun fact: Bluesky is outperforming Twitter on conversions for my Kickstarter by 900%.
Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).
Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fun fact: Bluesky is outperforming Twitter on conversions for my Kickstarter by 900%.
Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).
Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
The Ford govt speeding scandal is much worse than you thought! Stunt driving at 162 km/h! And they want to get rid of speed cams. Great reporting by @colindmello.bsky.social and @globalnews.ca
#Ontario #onpoli
The Ford govt speeding scandal is much worse than you thought! Stunt driving at 162 km/h! And they want to get rid of speed cams. Great reporting by @colindmello.bsky.social and @globalnews.ca
#Ontario #onpoli
Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca
At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.
globalnews.ca
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
The Ford govt speeding scandal is much worse than you thought! Stunt driving at 162 km/h! And they want to get rid of speed cams. Great reporting by @colindmello.bsky.social and @globalnews.ca
#Ontario #onpoli
The Ford govt speeding scandal is much worse than you thought! Stunt driving at 162 km/h! And they want to get rid of speed cams. Great reporting by @colindmello.bsky.social and @globalnews.ca
#Ontario #onpoli
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“My dog is friendly.”
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
October 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“My dog is friendly.”
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
“My dog listens to me.”
“My dog doesn’t like leashes”
We’ve heard these excuses from dog owners after a dog attack.
Just keep your dog on a leash to keep everyone safe.
Be a responsible dog owner. Learn the rules: toronto.ca/LeashYourDog
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
It's always personal with Ford, isn't it. Great reporting by @globalnews.ca
#onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #speedkills #SpeedCamsSaveLives #PremierOfToronto
It's always personal with Ford, isn't it. Great reporting by @globalnews.ca
#onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #speedkills #SpeedCamsSaveLives #PremierOfToronto
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
It's always personal with Ford, isn't it. Great reporting by @globalnews.ca
#onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #speedkills #SpeedCamsSaveLives #PremierOfToronto
It's always personal with Ford, isn't it. Great reporting by @globalnews.ca
#onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #speedkills #SpeedCamsSaveLives #PremierOfToronto
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With #Diwali approaching, remember the rules.
✅ Fireworks use on your property require a permit from the City
✅ Fireworks only allowed until 11 p.m.
✅ No fireworks are allowed in parks or on the street
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/bylaw-enforcement/fireworks/
✅ Fireworks use on your property require a permit from the City
✅ Fireworks only allowed until 11 p.m.
✅ No fireworks are allowed in parks or on the street
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/bylaw-enforcement/fireworks/
Fireworks
The Fireworks Bylaw regulates the use and sale of fireworks in Toronto. Fireworks are only permitted on your private property until 11 p.m. on Victoria Day and Canada Day. A permit is required to set off fireworks on all other days. Fireworks are not allowed in parks and on beaches. You are also not allowed […]
www.toronto.ca
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
With #Diwali approaching, remember the rules.
✅ Fireworks use on your property require a permit from the City
✅ Fireworks only allowed until 11 p.m.
✅ No fireworks are allowed in parks or on the street
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/bylaw-enforcement/fireworks/
✅ Fireworks use on your property require a permit from the City
✅ Fireworks only allowed until 11 p.m.
✅ No fireworks are allowed in parks or on the street
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/bylaw-enforcement/fireworks/
www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...
Good on the Cons. Bill C-2 is a disaster in its current form..
"...including expanding the ability to open and inspect mail and allowing officials to cancel or suspend immigration documents..."
You need a warrant from a judge, quite rightly, for these!
#cdnpoli #canada
Good on the Cons. Bill C-2 is a disaster in its current form..
"...including expanding the ability to open and inspect mail and allowing officials to cancel or suspend immigration documents..."
You need a warrant from a judge, quite rightly, for these!
#cdnpoli #canada
Conservatives won't support Liberal border bill without major changes: Pierre Poilievre
www.cbc.ca
October 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...
Good on the Cons. Bill C-2 is a disaster in its current form..
"...including expanding the ability to open and inspect mail and allowing officials to cancel or suspend immigration documents..."
You need a warrant from a judge, quite rightly, for these!
#cdnpoli #canada
Good on the Cons. Bill C-2 is a disaster in its current form..
"...including expanding the ability to open and inspect mail and allowing officials to cancel or suspend immigration documents..."
You need a warrant from a judge, quite rightly, for these!
#cdnpoli #canada
On another #Finder re-read. Genuinely one of the best things I've ever read. Will there be more Finder in the future? @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
On another #Finder re-read. Genuinely one of the best things I've ever read. Will there be more Finder in the future? @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social
🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill
Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8
openmedia.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
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The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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A recent article published by The Narwhal explores the uncertain future of Wasaga Beach - and its Piping Plovers.
Read the full article: tinyurl.com/yc4m65ej
Read the full article: tinyurl.com/yc4m65ej
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A recent article published by The Narwhal explores the uncertain future of Wasaga Beach - and its Piping Plovers.
Read the full article: tinyurl.com/yc4m65ej
Read the full article: tinyurl.com/yc4m65ej