Lisa Kadonaga
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'Gives us some hope': Afghan women at risk of deportation due to USAID cuts look to find home at U of R | CBC News
The University of Regina and a Vancouver-based non-profit are looking to raise $500,000 to bring 25 Afghan scholars facing deportation in Qatar to Saskatchewan
www.cbc.ca
Please circulate -- U of Regina has stepped up to host displaced female Afghan students, with a safe place so they can complete their degrees and not be sent back to Afghanistan from school in Qatar. (Lost funding due to destruction of USAID.)
Hoping to raise $500k.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hoping to raise $500k.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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#COP30 is about implementation.
We've made #ParisAgreement progress, but not enough as @unep.org #EmissionsGap data shows
That does not mean we give up.
It means we become more determined.
In Belém UNEP is supporting proven solutions on:
🌍 Methane
🌎 Sustainable cooling
🌏 Buildings & construction
We've made #ParisAgreement progress, but not enough as @unep.org #EmissionsGap data shows
That does not mean we give up.
It means we become more determined.
In Belém UNEP is supporting proven solutions on:
🌍 Methane
🌎 Sustainable cooling
🌏 Buildings & construction
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#COP30 is about implementation.
We've made #ParisAgreement progress, but not enough as @unep.org #EmissionsGap data shows
That does not mean we give up.
It means we become more determined.
In Belém UNEP is supporting proven solutions on:
🌍 Methane
🌎 Sustainable cooling
🌏 Buildings & construction
We've made #ParisAgreement progress, but not enough as @unep.org #EmissionsGap data shows
That does not mean we give up.
It means we become more determined.
In Belém UNEP is supporting proven solutions on:
🌍 Methane
🌎 Sustainable cooling
🌏 Buildings & construction
"romance fraud is far closer to grooming and abuse than it is to theft or burglary"
‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminals
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"romance fraud is far closer to grooming and abuse than it is to theft or burglary"
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Sign up to speak and/or write a letter to the mayor and councillors, urging them to rethink what would be a disastrous decision.
You can find a letter tool here: act.stand.earth/page/90450/a...
You can find a letter tool here: act.stand.earth/page/90450/a...
[URGENT] Protect Vancouver from cowardly budget cuts
Decades of progress toward making Vancouver a greener and more livable city are on the line
act.stand.earth
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Sign up to speak and/or write a letter to the mayor and councillors, urging them to rethink what would be a disastrous decision.
You can find a letter tool here: act.stand.earth/page/90450/a...
You can find a letter tool here: act.stand.earth/page/90450/a...
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91 votes separate the candidates. 91!!! (For you kids, that's 24 more than 67). It has never been more important to make sure your vote counted in the Seattle Mayoral election! It's quick and easy to check, and quick and easy to fix if there's an issue! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
HEY! Did you vote for the Mayor of Seattle and think that you're DONE with this election already? Well, I'm here to tell you you're NOT! There's 1,794 ballots from Seattle alone that aren't counted due to signature issues! But good news: you can check and FIX IT if it's you!
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
91 votes separate the candidates. 91!!! (For you kids, that's 24 more than 67). It has never been more important to make sure your vote counted in the Seattle Mayoral election! It's quick and easy to check, and quick and easy to fix if there's an issue! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
RIP John Cleary, one of the nine students who survived being shot by the National Guard at Kent State in 1975
www.kent.edu/today/news/r...
www.kent.edu/today/news/r...
Remembering John Cleary
A Kent State University student whose darkest day was seen around the world on the cover of Life magazine has died. John Cleary, 74, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away Oct. 25 at his home surrou...
www.kent.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
RIP John Cleary, one of the nine students who survived being shot by the National Guard at Kent State in 1975
www.kent.edu/today/news/r...
www.kent.edu/today/news/r...
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 50 years ago today. Check out the post quoted below that remaps older satellite data and uses ERA5 reanalysis to look back at the #weather on that day. #history 1/2 🧪
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker!
Canadian-born author David Szalay awarded 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker!
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status 😢 And with that, the only region of the world of eliminate measles - the Americas - goes with it
What is elimination and why does it matter?
Tl;dr: more work for already overstrained healthcare and public health systems
🧵👇
What is elimination and why does it matter?
Tl;dr: more work for already overstrained healthcare and public health systems
🧵👇
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status 😢 And with that, the only region of the world of eliminate measles - the Americas - goes with it
What is elimination and why does it matter?
Tl;dr: more work for already overstrained healthcare and public health systems
🧵👇
What is elimination and why does it matter?
Tl;dr: more work for already overstrained healthcare and public health systems
🧵👇
Reposted by Lisa Kadonaga
⚠️An updated forecast for this week's #AtmosphericRiver set to impact the U.S. West Coast.
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
An #AtmosphericRiver is forecast to bring heavy rain and mountain snow to California this week. The NWS Weather Prediction Center has issued a marginal risk of excessive rainfall for much of coastal California.
See our latest AR Outlook for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
See our latest AR Outlook for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
⚠️An updated forecast for this week's #AtmosphericRiver set to impact the U.S. West Coast.
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
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Heads up for the Northern Hemisphere -- try to get a flu shot, because Australia's experience during their winter is a warning about how bad it could get
cosciencehub.copangroup.com/australias-2...
cosciencehub.copangroup.com/australias-2...
Australia’s 2025 Flu Season Peaks, Widespread and Severe – What This Means for Europe’s Next Winter | Copan
The 2025 Australian influenza season peaked between June and July, much earlier than the historical average. Its early onset, rapid growth, and widespread community transmission make this year’s wave ...
cosciencehub.copangroup.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Heads up for the Northern Hemisphere -- try to get a flu shot, because Australia's experience during their winter is a warning about how bad it could get
cosciencehub.copangroup.com/australias-2...
cosciencehub.copangroup.com/australias-2...
I'd forgotten Shopify is Canadian.
This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'd forgotten Shopify is Canadian.
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please don't miss that the link goes to a site that gives you AI-generated cliffs notes of the books so you don't have to actually read them!!
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
please don't miss that the link goes to a site that gives you AI-generated cliffs notes of the books so you don't have to actually read them!!
Sadly, it's common to have food banks on college and university campuses now.
Yep. University of California reports that as of 2022, 48% of undergrads experienced food insecurity. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/mar2...
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sadly, it's common to have food banks on college and university campuses now.
Reposted by Lisa Kadonaga
Édouard Manet and Claude Monet are two of the best-known French artists of the 19th century. The two artists have been confused for over 100 years. Here’s how to tell them apart:
www.getty.edu/news/whats-t...
www.getty.edu/news/whats-t...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Édouard Manet and Claude Monet are two of the best-known French artists of the 19th century. The two artists have been confused for over 100 years. Here’s how to tell them apart:
www.getty.edu/news/whats-t...
www.getty.edu/news/whats-t...
What's pasta is prologue
Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What's pasta is prologue
such great news from @uregina.bsky.social
"The university, as well as the advocacy group Women Leaders of Tomorrow, raised money to help relocate some of the women to Saskatchewan to continue their education after the United States government suspended their scholarship funding in Qatar."
"The university, as well as the advocacy group Women Leaders of Tomorrow, raised money to help relocate some of the women to Saskatchewan to continue their education after the United States government suspended their scholarship funding in Qatar."
Three female students at risk of being deported to Afghanistan arrive in Regina
REGINA – The University of Regina says it has welcomed the first three female students in a group facing deportation to Afghanistan, where they are at risk of being killed, jailed and tortured. ...
www.brandonsun.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
such great news from @uregina.bsky.social
"The university, as well as the advocacy group Women Leaders of Tomorrow, raised money to help relocate some of the women to Saskatchewan to continue their education after the United States government suspended their scholarship funding in Qatar."
"The university, as well as the advocacy group Women Leaders of Tomorrow, raised money to help relocate some of the women to Saskatchewan to continue their education after the United States government suspended their scholarship funding in Qatar."
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The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
Reposted by Lisa Kadonaga
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
I'd known that white supremacists have claimed the old Red Ensign flag (we got the Maple Leaf one in 1965, and they associate that with modern Canada, multiculturalism, independence from the British Empire, etc.). I hadn't realized until now that they also want the pre-1950s version of the flag
I see they've co-opted part of the national coat of arms (that appears on the old Red Ensign flag, which they've also appropriated at their rallies). Not just that, but the maple leaves on the shield appear green. I'd recalled them being red, and when I looked into it -- they're going very far
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'd known that white supremacists have claimed the old Red Ensign flag (we got the Maple Leaf one in 1965, and they associate that with modern Canada, multiculturalism, independence from the British Empire, etc.). I hadn't realized until now that they also want the pre-1950s version of the flag
Don't they teach the basics about magnetism in elementary school?
elementarynest.com/how-to-teach...
elementarynest.com/how-to-teach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Don't they teach the basics about magnetism in elementary school?
elementarynest.com/how-to-teach...
elementarynest.com/how-to-teach...
The perfect time!
I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The perfect time!
Claimants have to get the exact date and the location right! You do not have to give them even 50% credit if they only have one of those things.
![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Claimants have to get the exact date and the location right! You do not have to give them even 50% credit if they only have one of those things.