Gord Baird
@simplyliving.bsky.social
Water systems design & policy nerd, food forestry, earthen building, greywater, compost toilets, goats, community, politics and… politician.
Great conversation with Ryan from CFAX on toic of DCCs for the CRD Regional Water Supply.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Great conversation with Ryan from CFAX on toic of DCCs for the CRD Regional Water Supply.
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Curious to the global reaction and whether we begin seeing shifts away from the US$ as the fiat currency. Will BRICS lead the way?
April 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Curious to the global reaction and whether we begin seeing shifts away from the US$ as the fiat currency. Will BRICS lead the way?
Mark Carney - I am a 3 term municipal councillor, prior Green Party candidate, and love my local NDP MP. Today was a historical day in Canada with Mark Carney. I am very supportive of the outcome, message of unity, and a pragmatic approach to political decision making. Excited!
March 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Mark Carney - I am a 3 term municipal councillor, prior Green Party candidate, and love my local NDP MP. Today was a historical day in Canada with Mark Carney. I am very supportive of the outcome, message of unity, and a pragmatic approach to political decision making. Excited!
Sometimes yo wonder if more effort goes into a news title or the report. But on the sunny side I hope this case gets cracked.
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sometimes yo wonder if more effort goes into a news title or the report. But on the sunny side I hope this case gets cracked.
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Canadians are now referring to it as the “Gulf of Fragile Masculinity.”
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Canadians are now referring to it as the “Gulf of Fragile Masculinity.”
Hey Oregon and Washington. Looking for a new home? Wouldn’t that threat quickly dissolve the nonsense going on. All the Governors have to do is suggest this and we formalize our Cascadia alliance.
February 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hey Oregon and Washington. Looking for a new home? Wouldn’t that threat quickly dissolve the nonsense going on. All the Governors have to do is suggest this and we formalize our Cascadia alliance.
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Only good thing about the past few hours: Canadians are taking their flag back from the fringe who thought they could make it a symbol for their small and backward ideas.
February 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Only good thing about the past few hours: Canadians are taking their flag back from the fringe who thought they could make it a symbol for their small and backward ideas.
Hate to be a backseat analyst but perhaps if the auto sector is getting screwed anyway, huge import tariffs applied to US cars, drop Chinese tariffs, and allow the Chinese electric cars to help move our electrification goals further quickly and more cheaply. Use the tariffs to support autoworkers.
February 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hate to be a backseat analyst but perhaps if the auto sector is getting screwed anyway, huge import tariffs applied to US cars, drop Chinese tariffs, and allow the Chinese electric cars to help move our electrification goals further quickly and more cheaply. Use the tariffs to support autoworkers.
The Zero Carbon Step Code - maturing. Part 3 and 9 buildings - where local governments retain the ability to require or incentivize compliance for building to disclose operational GHG emissions. e1.envoke.com/m/95abad8e84... #BCpoli
January 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Zero Carbon Step Code - maturing. Part 3 and 9 buildings - where local governments retain the ability to require or incentivize compliance for building to disclose operational GHG emissions. e1.envoke.com/m/95abad8e84... #BCpoli
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Breaking News: An Idaho House committee passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to undo the landmark 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.
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January 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Breaking News: An Idaho House committee passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to undo the landmark 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations.
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
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January 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations.
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Medical reports starter pack please.
NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
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January 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Medical reports starter pack please.
Our community would be willing to shift our community discussion from FB to Bluesky if the development of a community feed was possible. Any idea when #bluesky may have that up?
January 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Our community would be willing to shift our community discussion from FB to Bluesky if the development of a community feed was possible. Any idea when #bluesky may have that up?
Shipment of hazardous waste from US to Canada and Mexico. Might as well spread the love right? Disgusting enough to know Canada ships garbage to developing countries.
#thedecline
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#thedecline
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‘A trash can for the US’: anger in Mexico and Canada over toxic waste shipments
Exclusive: US companies are increasingly shipping toxic waste to other countries, where some argue it poses a risk
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January 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Shipment of hazardous waste from US to Canada and Mexico. Might as well spread the love right? Disgusting enough to know Canada ships garbage to developing countries.
#thedecline
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#thedecline
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Thomas Hobbes Are his writings forgotten? Fear , anger, courage and despair as applied to today’s politics.
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What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today
Podcast Episode · Ideas · 2025-01-13 · 54m
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January 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thomas Hobbes Are his writings forgotten? Fear , anger, courage and despair as applied to today’s politics.
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Move fast to kiss ass. When wealth and power diverge from strength and courage. Weak men.
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Move fast, break things – sprint to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby | Marina Hyde
Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos are falling over themselves to suck up to the incoming president. And he’s just as keen to let them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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January 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Move fast to kiss ass. When wealth and power diverge from strength and courage. Weak men.
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Sad news this morning learning of #telegraphcove. I grew up visiting there from the late 70’s before it was a tourist town. Part of our family’s yearly foray into the rural nooks and crannies of #vancouverisland
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'A devastating loss': Fire destroys parts of historic boardwalk in Vancouver Island's Telegraph Cove | CBC News
Parts of the historic boardwalk in Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island were destroyed by a large fire, Port McNeill Fire Rescue said Tuesday morning.
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January 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sad news this morning learning of #telegraphcove. I grew up visiting there from the late 70’s before it was a tourist town. Part of our family’s yearly foray into the rural nooks and crannies of #vancouverisland
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“We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists”, said the president of EFJ, Maja Sever.
December 27, 2024 at 2:46 PM
“We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists”, said the president of EFJ, Maja Sever.
Not surprisingly as the dust settles 2024 was warmer than the rest. #climatecrisis aje.io/upx2ce
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December 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Not surprisingly as the dust settles 2024 was warmer than the rest. #climatecrisis aje.io/upx2ce
Shout out to Shelter Point Smoke Point. Truly ranking up there as the very best whiskey I have tasted. And it is local #vancouverisland #whiskey and it goes so well with our #homemade cheese from our #goats
December 15, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Shout out to Shelter Point Smoke Point. Truly ranking up there as the very best whiskey I have tasted. And it is local #vancouverisland #whiskey and it goes so well with our #homemade cheese from our #goats
Kids have moved out but someone’s kid couldn’t resist.
December 14, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Kids have moved out but someone’s kid couldn’t resist.