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Anna Weinstein
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Climate communicator, working on land conservation in Nova Scotia. Mom. Pun enthusiast. Coping via speculative fiction, gardening, and photos of other people's dogs.
"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but rather the certainty that something is worth doing regardless of how it turns out." ~Vaclav Havel

Contemplation for today, to fend off the doom vortex.
February 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Anna Weinstein
This is what every Democratic elected official should be saying. 👇And they should be loudly asking their Republican colleagues, as well as business and civic leaders if they will join them in defending the U.S. Constitution.

Come on people, this is NOT hard. This is stopping dictatorship 101.
The US Constitution does not grant the President this unilateral authority.

In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The thrill of having a six year old who says things like, "Speaking of Painted Turtles..."

#parentingwin
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
CRUMPLED RAG
Do you ever feel
Like a [insert lichen name here]

(This lichen got us feeling like a firework)

#lichen #nature
January 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't generally promote car-centered solutions but let me tell you the #Dartmouth drive thru blood collection clinic is awesome.
January 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you're cold, they're cold. Bring your clean clothes inside.
December 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Me, a Canadian: Boy I sure am glad we already had Thanksgiving two months ago and don't have to deal with all these tacked-on theme days for the next two weeks.

[142 emails this morning about Black Friday and Cyber Monday and and and 🫠]
November 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Update.
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Parents of five year olds, how many mysterious potions are currently on your windowsill?
November 17, 2024 at 12:16 PM
November 16, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Reply with your most 90s photo you cowards
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
100%
Women, would this work on you?
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I vividly remember when my then-boss came back from COP21, and we were all so amped and inspired and literally high fiving around the office. That was a good feeling.
Global climate summit veterans pen open letter in the middle of COP29 with the blunt message of 'This isn't working.'

Signatories include Christiana Figueres, Ban Ki-moon, Maria Robinson and numerous climate scientists and diplomats.

www.axios.com/2024/11/15/c...
Climate summit veterans call for urgent reform amid COP29
The turbulent talks in Baku have underscored problems with the process, signatories say.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
This is what I work on! Are there other land #conservation folks on here yet?

#landconservation
#climatecommunications
DYK? Across most of Canada, large areas of wilderness are Crown Lands, but not in Nova Scotia. Over 70% of the province is privately owned—and 85% of our coastline is privately owned. It's a unique #conservation challenge (and we're part of the solution).
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Revving up my 2013-era character-limit creativity with the 2024 overlay of determination/doom. Thrilling!
November 14, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Great news for news. (Also I am SO HAPPY to have access to share live news links on this platform bluesky4eva)

www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
CBC expands local and regional news coverage across Canada | CBC News
CBC has announced it's investing more in local and regional news. The coverage includes up to 25 journalists in more than a dozen communities and four new daily local podcasts.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
I just realized that I always sing it as H-O-T-T-O-T-O. You can take me, Hot Toto! I feel good about this as my first post.
a man with a mustache is singing into a microphone and saying `` i bless the rain down in africa '' .
ALT: a man with a mustache is singing into a microphone and saying `` i bless the rain down in africa '' .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:06 PM