Barbara Y.
@barbcjy.bsky.social
Dedicated to nature on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Baby Northern Flicker peeking at the world.
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Baby Northern Flicker peeking at the world.
Yukon scenes: Midnight sun, Emerald Lake and Carcross Desert.
May 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yukon scenes: Midnight sun, Emerald Lake and Carcross Desert.
Toronto City Hall from the Sheraton.
May 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Toronto City Hall from the Sheraton.
Seen at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Sunday
May 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Seen at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Sunday
Time to revisit this Turner-Mulroney debate on the first free trade agreement - and who was right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvb...
‘You have sold us out’: Turner debates Mulroney over free trade (1988)
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Time to revisit this Turner-Mulroney debate on the first free trade agreement - and who was right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvb...
Wood duck at Mud Lake.
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wood duck at Mud Lake.
Views from cities across the States on protest day.
April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Views from cities across the States on protest day.
Reposted by Barbara Y.
Repost if you derive joy from this
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Repost if you derive joy from this
Reposted by Barbara Y.
LFG! #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION March 29
Every showroom in America
500+ around the world
Let's send these techno-fascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear. NO WAY
Plan an action or find one near you: teslatakedown.com
Every showroom in America
500+ around the world
Let's send these techno-fascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear. NO WAY
Plan an action or find one near you: teslatakedown.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
LFG! #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION March 29
Every showroom in America
500+ around the world
Let's send these techno-fascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear. NO WAY
Plan an action or find one near you: teslatakedown.com
Every showroom in America
500+ around the world
Let's send these techno-fascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear. NO WAY
Plan an action or find one near you: teslatakedown.com
Reposted by Barbara Y.
“Asked whether she believes other professors might be encouraged to leave the United States, Shore wrote that she believes many of her colleagues will consider relocating due to the current political climate, which she deemed an ‘American descent into fascism.’”
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
yaledailynews.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Asked whether she believes other professors might be encouraged to leave the United States, Shore wrote that she believes many of her colleagues will consider relocating due to the current political climate, which she deemed an ‘American descent into fascism.’”
Last night's visitor left a trail.
March 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Last night's visitor left a trail.
Not so fast, Putin. Europe offers aid to Zelenskyy, including air defence of Ukraine.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Trump’s US ‘destroying’ world order already questioned by Russia, says Ukrainian ambassador to UK – Europe live
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Ukrainian commander-in-chief, says Russia is ‘trying to revise world order but US is finally destroying it’ at Chatham House conference
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Not so fast, Putin. Europe offers aid to Zelenskyy, including air defence of Ukraine.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
If you can't get in to read this, it essentially says that Trump has isolated the US from the post-WW2 world that the US built and all of its allies have already begun to strength their ties in the new world, for better or for worse.
If you can't get in to read this, it essentially says that Trump has isolated the US from the post-WW2 world that the US built and all of its allies have already begun to strength their ties in the new world, for better or for worse.
Globe editorial: Pax Americana is over. Donald Trump killed it
The U.S. President has dismantled the post-war world that America built – and that made it great
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
If you can't get in to read this, it essentially says that Trump has isolated the US from the post-WW2 world that the US built and all of its allies have already begun to strength their ties in the new world, for better or for worse.
If you can't get in to read this, it essentially says that Trump has isolated the US from the post-WW2 world that the US built and all of its allies have already begun to strength their ties in the new world, for better or for worse.
Reposted by Barbara Y.
I tend to be more optimistic than many about how far the EU/UK and Canada alone can contain Russian aggression but far more pessimistic than most about how badly they would be hit by fallout from an America Crisis
I was asked by @nataliebrender.bsky.social where my usual instinct for optimism stood in this historical moment (I do believe a degree of whiggish optimism is an important component of secular morality). My initial answer was “in the basement.”
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
March 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I tend to be more optimistic than many about how far the EU/UK and Canada alone can contain Russian aggression but far more pessimistic than most about how badly they would be hit by fallout from an America Crisis
Northern brook lamprey. Unlike sea lamprey, these little guys are vegetarians and pose no threat to fish. But lampricide kills them too, so TBFN is working with Dept of Fisheries and Oceans to keep it from reaching up rivers and streams that empty in to Lake Superior.
March 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Northern brook lamprey. Unlike sea lamprey, these little guys are vegetarians and pose no threat to fish. But lampricide kills them too, so TBFN is working with Dept of Fisheries and Oceans to keep it from reaching up rivers and streams that empty in to Lake Superior.
Donald Trump's sports curse continues. Next time he calls, don't answer the phone.
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
Canada takes the 4 Nations Face-Off by force
Canada was reminded that we can be galvanized in many ways, but the simplest is to slip a Maple Leaf jersey on a few guys and set them loose.
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Donald Trump's sports curse continues. Next time he calls, don't answer the phone.
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
And it's Valentine's Day
February 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And it's Valentine's Day
Blue sky over Lake Superior on a cold and sunny February day.
February 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Blue sky over Lake Superior on a cold and sunny February day.
