Anne Madeleine Stadlmair 🦫 🍁 🫎 🦬 🇨🇦
@airannewater.bsky.social
Kindergarten, Grade Two, Music Teacher. Now retired human. Caregiver to a backyard menagerie, and a garden of native plants. Love living and bicycling in Toronto in spite of humans in cars thinking they own the road.
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Pierre Poilievre denounced the NDP's national dental care plan as "socialistic."
He told Jordan Peterson he would "fiercely resist" our socialist policies.
But his numbers are tanking.
Now he says he will support dental care.
You can't trust MAGA-MINI Pierre.
www.youtube.com/shorts/pagfv...
He told Jordan Peterson he would "fiercely resist" our socialist policies.
But his numbers are tanking.
Now he says he will support dental care.
You can't trust MAGA-MINI Pierre.
www.youtube.com/shorts/pagfv...
Charlie Angus - If you Love National Dental Care You'll Hate Poilievre
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
Thanks Charlie for stating the facts i.e; Canada’s dental care plan was proposed and fought for by the NDP as was the national school food program, and are great examples of what can be achieved when governments work together.
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Excellent summary by @dpcarrington.bsky.social +Jonathan Watts in @theguardian.com of heartbreaks, small triumphs, leadership+sabotage in #Belém as #COP30 ends. #Colombia, Pacific #SIDS +other climate-committed countries moving outside COPs is significant.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Compromises, voluntary measures and no mention of fossil fuels: key points from Cop30 deal
A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Excellent summary by @dpcarrington.bsky.social +Jonathan Watts in @theguardian.com of heartbreaks, small triumphs, leadership+sabotage in #Belém as #COP30 ends. #Colombia, Pacific #SIDS +other climate-committed countries moving outside COPs is significant.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Read this series "Antidote to Autocracy." Highly recommended.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Read this series "Antidote to Autocracy." Highly recommended.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I wanted to walk up to Government House but my physio told me to take it easy.
I still walked home and I may have overdone it. But we will see.
I mean, how do you not take a slightly longer route home on a gorgeous November day like today?!
Clearly the clock is ticking on the last leaves.
I still walked home and I may have overdone it. But we will see.
I mean, how do you not take a slightly longer route home on a gorgeous November day like today?!
Clearly the clock is ticking on the last leaves.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I wanted to walk up to Government House but my physio told me to take it easy.
I still walked home and I may have overdone it. But we will see.
I mean, how do you not take a slightly longer route home on a gorgeous November day like today?!
Clearly the clock is ticking on the last leaves.
I still walked home and I may have overdone it. But we will see.
I mean, how do you not take a slightly longer route home on a gorgeous November day like today?!
Clearly the clock is ticking on the last leaves.
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With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff.
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff.
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!!
Yes, really.
My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:
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'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt
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We are coming up to the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Here is my story about the great ship and the great song that captured how it went down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtPs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtPs...
Canada & USA SHARE A HARD ANNIVERSARY !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We are coming up to the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Here is my story about the great ship and the great song that captured how it went down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtPs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtPs...
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The settling of North America has some very dark moments. But Canada chose to rise above the intolerance to build a country based on diversity, equity, inclusion, democracy.
Canada is a nation but it also a choice that we make.
And we will defend that choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhI...
Canada is a nation but it also a choice that we make.
And we will defend that choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhI...
CANADA IS A CHOICE WE MAKE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The settling of North America has some very dark moments. But Canada chose to rise above the intolerance to build a country based on diversity, equity, inclusion, democracy.
Canada is a nation but it also a choice that we make.
And we will defend that choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhI...
Canada is a nation but it also a choice that we make.
And we will defend that choice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhI...
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Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin sculpture, Naoshima Island, Shikoku. #womensart 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin sculpture, Naoshima Island, Shikoku. #womensart 🎃
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
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One more inning, Blue Jays, and you got Game 4. Tied series. Let's go!
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
One more inning, Blue Jays, and you got Game 4. Tied series. Let's go!
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In Western arts over time cats could be included in paintings as symbolic of ideas of mystery or female sensuality. Black cats particularly were associated with witches (aka wise women who had skills in healing).
Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, Two Cats and a Lady, 1958 #womensart
Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, Two Cats and a Lady, 1958 #womensart
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In Western arts over time cats could be included in paintings as symbolic of ideas of mystery or female sensuality. Black cats particularly were associated with witches (aka wise women who had skills in healing).
Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, Two Cats and a Lady, 1958 #womensart
Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, Two Cats and a Lady, 1958 #womensart
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Had to share this with @bikesky.social
Looking forward to police forces across the country asking drivers to leave their vehicles at home during Halloween. Prioritize the safety of ALL vulnerable road users.
h/t @jameswsthomson.com #VisionZero #BikeTO
Looking forward to police forces across the country asking drivers to leave their vehicles at home during Halloween. Prioritize the safety of ALL vulnerable road users.
h/t @jameswsthomson.com #VisionZero #BikeTO
Very frustrating to still see public campaigns like this from Delta PD telling kids to wear bright reflectors on their costumes and people to leave their bikes at home.
The risk to pedestrians on Halloween comes from drivers, not cyclists.
The risk to pedestrians on Halloween comes from drivers, not cyclists.
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Had to share this with @bikesky.social
Looking forward to police forces across the country asking drivers to leave their vehicles at home during Halloween. Prioritize the safety of ALL vulnerable road users.
h/t @jameswsthomson.com #VisionZero #BikeTO
Looking forward to police forces across the country asking drivers to leave their vehicles at home during Halloween. Prioritize the safety of ALL vulnerable road users.
h/t @jameswsthomson.com #VisionZero #BikeTO
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October 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Sending love to everyone who has discovered that their core values do not actually align with those of their loved ones.
You deserve better.
You deserve better.
a knitted gnome is playing with a ball of red yarn
Alt: a knitted gnome is playing with a ball of red yarn and making yarn hearts
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Sending love to everyone who has discovered that their core values do not actually align with those of their loved ones.
You deserve better.
You deserve better.
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I have never seen such a perfect image
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I have never seen such a perfect image
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After more than a decade of growing his career in cancer research in Australia and then being recruited to a coveted position in the U.S, Canadian-born scientist Wes Wilson packed up his lab at Penn Medical in Philadelphia & has moved 800kms north to Toronto. #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada’s brain gain: A scientific migration amid U.S turmoil
More than 600 scientists – about half from the U.S. – ‘raise their hands’ as they compete for positions at a Canadian Hospital.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
After more than a decade of growing his career in cancer research in Australia and then being recruited to a coveted position in the U.S, Canadian-born scientist Wes Wilson packed up his lab at Penn Medical in Philadelphia & has moved 800kms north to Toronto. #Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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This is what's happening in Milton, Illawarra, Coffs Harbour, Mt Alexander (VIC), the Hunter and Central West NSW. knittingnannas.org/2025/10/19/r...
Knitting Nannas Regional News
Discussions at this month’s Regional Knitting Nanna Zoom meeting included Milton’s giant fig, Illawarra and new planning laws, Rising Tide Protestival, and reports from Coffs Harbour, Mt Alexander …
knittingnannas.org
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is what's happening in Milton, Illawarra, Coffs Harbour, Mt Alexander (VIC), the Hunter and Central West NSW. knittingnannas.org/2025/10/19/r...
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Upholding due process isn’t just legal, it’s the foundation of democracy. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects everyone from arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and government overreach.
#CharterRights #DueProcess #HumanRights #CDNPoli #Justice(1/3)
#CharterRights #DueProcess #HumanRights #CDNPoli #Justice(1/3)
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Upholding due process isn’t just legal, it’s the foundation of democracy. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects everyone from arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and government overreach.
#CharterRights #DueProcess #HumanRights #CDNPoli #Justice(1/3)
#CharterRights #DueProcess #HumanRights #CDNPoli #Justice(1/3)
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開光の儀 56
#art #photo #photography #temple #ceremony #documentary #culture #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
#art #photo #photography #temple #ceremony #documentary #culture #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
開光の儀 56
#art #photo #photography #temple #ceremony #documentary #culture #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
#art #photo #photography #temple #ceremony #documentary #culture #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
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October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Spent Thanksgiving Monday hanging out with the buffalo at Bison du Nord near Earlton. My friend Pierre Belanger has always been a huge inspiration and it was great to see how he has built up the largest buffalo herd in eastern North America - right here in Northern Ontario.
October 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Spent Thanksgiving Monday hanging out with the buffalo at Bison du Nord near Earlton. My friend Pierre Belanger has always been a huge inspiration and it was great to see how he has built up the largest buffalo herd in eastern North America - right here in Northern Ontario.
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After way too long (7 years), construction will start on these parks next year. But it's Toronto so we'd never consider something like say... blocking off Wellington to car traffic through the park to connect it into one larger park.
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
After way too long (7 years), construction will start on these parks next year. But it's Toronto so we'd never consider something like say... blocking off Wellington to car traffic through the park to connect it into one larger park.