ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd)
@zoestodd.bsky.social
Fish nerd. Artist. Storyteller. Proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation.
The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present).
https://fishphilosophy.org/
https://thebulltroutshow.buzzsprout.com/
The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present).
https://fishphilosophy.org/
https://thebulltroutshow.buzzsprout.com/
Pinned
we are running FISH SCHOOL at the Hollyhock Centre on Cortes Island this October 2-6, 2025. We still have room for six participants.
If you're a prof or organization with funding to sponsor tuition for a student or community member, please get in touch. 🐟 💜
hollyhock.ca/programs/754...
If you're a prof or organization with funding to sponsor tuition for a student or community member, please get in touch. 🐟 💜
hollyhock.ca/programs/754...
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This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.
September 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This should concern us all. The BCNDP has said nothing about this. It is a disgrace if NOLS gets their application approved.
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“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
International Overdose Awareness Day commemorated in B.C. as hundreds continue to die of toxic drugs | CBC News
The day is being marked with ceremonies across B.C. on Sunday, as the province continues to lose more than 100 people each month due to unregulated drugs, amid a public health emergency declared nine ...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hero.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
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August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is a long shot, but does anyone recall the name of the building that was demolished to make way for the Katz building on the University of Alberta campus?
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a long shot, but does anyone recall the name of the building that was demolished to make way for the Katz building on the University of Alberta campus?
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
I worked in it for my first year (2001) but cannot remember the name. (We then moved to Dent/Pharm which is apparently now ‘Uni Commons’)
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I am once again saying that clean energy is inherently cheap, and the reason we don't benefit from that is because the energy market doesn't let us. Great stuff here from my colleague @chrisgalpin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds
Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I am once again saying that clean energy is inherently cheap, and the reason we don't benefit from that is because the energy market doesn't let us. Great stuff here from my colleague @chrisgalpin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
BC Parks, First Nations clash over Joffre Lakes opening | The Narwhal
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks
thenarwhal.ca
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
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Actually I will reopen this. This culture has real stakes - like the time a pair of men were on a killing spree but rcmp described it as a suspicious death and missing persons and didn’t mention the camper full of bullets where the suspicious death took place
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
High-profile homicides reopen debate over public right to know | CBC News
A former police officer is questioning why RCMP waited four days to reveal they were investigating a double homicide in B.C. that would later turn into a cross-Canada manhunt for a pair of men suspect...
www.cbc.ca
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Actually I will reopen this. This culture has real stakes - like the time a pair of men were on a killing spree but rcmp described it as a suspicious death and missing persons and didn’t mention the camper full of bullets where the suspicious death took place
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada).
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
People waiting in line at a carnival witnessed a worker get hit and killed by one of the rides Tuesday night in Prince Rupert
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
August 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada).
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.
Writing my memoirs (for real), and the funniest thing would be to just not mention Carleton University once. 😂
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Writing my memoirs (for real), and the funniest thing would be to just not mention Carleton University once. 😂
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Reader: what’s this uh 7 year gap?
Me: oh <kicking the trap door closed over the repressed memories from that period>, nothing. Nothing at all.
Time travel, Alberta edition
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Time travel, Alberta edition
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
<takes a pull on imaginary cigarette>
I had to travel back in time + tell my 9 year old self that Ralph Klein would look competent in 33 years. Then I sped along to 2008 to tell my 25 year old self Stelmach was relatively cogent compared to <waves at dumpster fire> 😭
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I wonder if it's a coincidence that on this same day the AER issued a costs award in favour of intervenors and against Northback Holdings for the Grassy Mtn exploratory drilling hearing in the amount of about $92,000.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
static.aer.ca
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wonder if it's a coincidence that on this same day the AER issued a costs award in favour of intervenors and against Northback Holdings for the Grassy Mtn exploratory drilling hearing in the amount of about $92,000.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
Perhaps Northback will be seeking a meeting with the CEO.
A reminder that this is the person who wants to open up Alberta’s eastern slope headwaters to deleterious and devastating metallurgical coal mining (portrait by Vincent Namatjira)
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A reminder that this is the person who wants to open up Alberta’s eastern slope headwaters to deleterious and devastating metallurgical coal mining (portrait by Vincent Namatjira)
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Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
Petition e-6751 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
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End Homelessness Winnipeg says a street count revealed the highest number of people experiencing homelessness in the city since 2015.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
Winnipeg census reveals highest homelessness count since 2015 | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
End Homelessness Winnipeg says a street count revealed the highest number of people experiencing homelessness in the city since 2015.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
It says a point-in-time census from November 5, 2024, identified 2,469 unhoused individuals, 80 per cent of whom were Indigenous.
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Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...
August 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...
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Same regiment that laid siege to the Mohawk community of Kanehsatà:ke in 1990 and took part in the occupation of Afghanistan in the 2000s. Members of the regiment also went to Ukraine in the last half of the 2010s to train soldiers there.
5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges
"Incident is the latest alleged case of right-wing extremism to rock the military"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Incident is the latest alleged case of right-wing extremism to rock the military"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges | CBC News
The Canadian Army is now dealing with another incident of alleged hateful conduct that involves Quebec-based soldiers caught on video allegedly partying while some of them delivered Nazi salutes. It's...
www.cbc.ca
August 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Same regiment that laid siege to the Mohawk community of Kanehsatà:ke in 1990 and took part in the occupation of Afghanistan in the 2000s. Members of the regiment also went to Ukraine in the last half of the 2010s to train soldiers there.
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Southern mountain caribou are critically endangered, but the B.C. gov is approving logging in their habitat.
These herds can still recover, but only if their forests are protected.
Speak up today 👇
#BCPoli #Conservation
These herds can still recover, but only if their forests are protected.
Speak up today 👇
#BCPoli #Conservation
Stop the chainsaws in southern mountain caribou habitat!
wildernesscommittee.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Southern mountain caribou are critically endangered, but the B.C. gov is approving logging in their habitat.
These herds can still recover, but only if their forests are protected.
Speak up today 👇
#BCPoli #Conservation
These herds can still recover, but only if their forests are protected.
Speak up today 👇
#BCPoli #Conservation
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"When the integrity commission’s findings can be disregarded, it indicates the system itself isn’t strong enough." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #vanpoli
B.C. Insider: Integrity commissioner criticizes Mayor Sim’s party
ABC’s secret policy meetings violate Vancouver’s code of conduct and undermine the democratic process, says commissioner
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"When the integrity commission’s findings can be disregarded, it indicates the system itself isn’t strong enough." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #vanpoli
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I keep saying "city halls are legally designed to be the most collaborative and least political form of government", and local politicians keep going "but what if that wasn't the case".
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
McElroy is bang on.
City councils are not parliaments, which are designed to be antagonistic. City councils are boards of governance. Different rules and standards apply.
City councils are not parliaments, which are designed to be antagonistic. City councils are boards of governance. Different rules and standards apply.
Here's my video on why Vancouver's Integrity Commissioner ruled that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver councillors violated the city's code of conduct
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
August 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I keep saying "city halls are legally designed to be the most collaborative and least political form of government", and local politicians keep going "but what if that wasn't the case".
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
The controversies differ by municipality but the root causes tend to be remarkably similar.
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Gus Speth: "I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...”
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gus Speth: "I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...”
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Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
lol.
lol.
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
lol.
lol.
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Vancouver mayor, councillors violated charter discussing upcoming votes in private: watchdog
Vancouver mayor, councillors violated charter discussing upcoming votes in private: watchdog
Private discussions between Vancouver’s mayor and ABC councillors regarding upcoming votes violated the city’s charter, according to a scathing new watchdog report.
bit.ly
August 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Vancouver mayor, councillors violated charter discussing upcoming votes in private: watchdog
Western science — which split itself from western philosophy which itself is secularized western religion, as Vine Deloria Jr (1979) argues — was so busy policing non-western practices as ‘pseudoscience’ and dismissing the need for ethics that it forgot to guard itself against fascism.
August 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Western science — which split itself from western philosophy which itself is secularized western religion, as Vine Deloria Jr (1979) argues — was so busy policing non-western practices as ‘pseudoscience’ and dismissing the need for ethics that it forgot to guard itself against fascism.