Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
@benjaminwrites.bsky.social
Writer. My latest is The Art of Forgiveness, from @galleon-books.bsky.social, a collection of linked short stories about three boys growing up (roughly) in the suburbs outside Halifax. I also advocate for sustainable energy. https://chris-benjamin.ca
Pinned
Some responses from leading environmental groups across Canada to the 2025 budget. Headlines like "Nature Benched" and "mixed messages on climate action." I haven't read Carney's book but I hear he's big on climate action. Still awaiting the correspondent policies: greenbudget.ca/media/green-...
Green Budget Coalition Members Respond to Budget 2025 - Green Budget | Budget Vert
CAPE Ottawa’s budget falls short of climate change and toxics pollution reality, putting people’s health at risk CPAWS Nature Benched in Budget 2025 David Suzuki Foundation Canada’s 2025 budget sends ...
greenbudget.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Some responses from leading environmental groups across Canada to the 2025 budget. Headlines like "Nature Benched" and "mixed messages on climate action." I haven't read Carney's book but I hear he's big on climate action. Still awaiting the correspondent policies: greenbudget.ca/media/green-...
This weekend
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This weekend
Saw the incredible Sarah McLachlan cover last night. Was also impressed by the lead guitar, rhythm guitar and backup vocals. Turns out they were provided by none other than Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland!
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Saw the incredible Sarah McLachlan cover last night. Was also impressed by the lead guitar, rhythm guitar and backup vocals. Turns out they were provided by none other than Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland!
Love it! People are so funny. @gigawattconduit.bsky.social must've had this queued up for years...
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Love it! People are so funny. @gigawattconduit.bsky.social must've had this queued up for years...
Dick Cheney played with our world like it was his little toy. Now he’s finally in the cold ground. To paraphrase Blue Rodeo, for all the men he condemned i hope there’s some kind of heaven and there’s got to be some kind of hell for that motherfucker.
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dick Cheney played with our world like it was his little toy. Now he’s finally in the cold ground. To paraphrase Blue Rodeo, for all the men he condemned i hope there’s some kind of heaven and there’s got to be some kind of hell for that motherfucker.
Thank you @conormccreery.bsky.social !
October 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Thank you @conormccreery.bsky.social !
This is great work from @brucemackinnon.bsky.social
Tim Houston needs to go. He will destroy our environment, our water, our air, our communities. #NovaScotia
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is great work from @brucemackinnon.bsky.social
Today! And this evening! At Open Book Coffee.
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Today! And this evening! At Open Book Coffee.
i avoid taking halifax transit because it’s so unreliable. The best route is #1 But the last two times I’ve taken it, it has made me embarrassingly late for meetings. No wonder people with the means prefer other forms of transportation. #shouldhavebiked
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
i avoid taking halifax transit because it’s so unreliable. The best route is #1 But the last two times I’ve taken it, it has made me embarrassingly late for meetings. No wonder people with the means prefer other forms of transportation. #shouldhavebiked
Our new Minister of Equity and Anti-Racism
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Our new Minister of Equity and Anti-Racism
Subsidized driving is expensive chaos
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Subsidized driving is expensive chaos
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
Tim Houston is taking over as minister of everything, er, energy.
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
You know what? Shitty leaders think they can do everything but the best leaders hire people they trust and are capable at the job.
This kind of micromanaging doesn't end well.
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/2...
New Cabinet Will Drive Development
news.novascotia.ca
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
Reposted by Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
Where I’ve landed on hipsters:
fashionistas > fascists
fashionistas > fascists
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Where I’ve landed on hipsters:
fashionistas > fascists
fashionistas > fascists
Sean's a great writer so get yourself what promises to be your next great read.
Please join me for the launch of Shoebox!
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-4 at the Dartmouth Alderney Library
The incredible @janicelandry.bsky.social will lead a conversation; @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
will sell be there with copies for sale.
Please share for all your book-loving friends!
Thank-you
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-4 at the Dartmouth Alderney Library
The incredible @janicelandry.bsky.social will lead a conversation; @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
will sell be there with copies for sale.
Please share for all your book-loving friends!
Thank-you
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sean's a great writer so get yourself what promises to be your next great read.
What Elder Bernie Francis (Mi'kmaw linguist and historian) is fundamental to understanding our history and should be mandatory education for all elected officials (and law enforcement too): www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What Elder Bernie Francis (Mi'kmaw linguist and historian) is fundamental to understanding our history and should be mandatory education for all elected officials (and law enforcement too): www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Reposted by Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
In this week's article, we take a look at the resurgence of sodium-ion batteries - the unsung sibling of lithium batteries - and how they may just be the answer to some of our current and upcoming battery and mineral woes.
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/lith...
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/lith...
Lithium’s unsung sibling — Climate Stories Atlantic
Why a turn towards sodium-ion batteries might soon make a lot of sense.
www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In this week's article, we take a look at the resurgence of sodium-ion batteries - the unsung sibling of lithium batteries - and how they may just be the answer to some of our current and upcoming battery and mineral woes.
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/lith...
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
www.climatestoriesatlantic.ca/stories/lith...
Explaining why they had continued airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave, Israeli officials warned Monday that Gaza was still harboring hundreds of doctors. theonion.com/israel-warns...
Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors
TEL AVIV—Explaining why they had continued airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave, Israeli officials warned Monday that Gaza was still harboring hundreds of doctors. “It...
theonion.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Explaining why they had continued airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave, Israeli officials warned Monday that Gaza was still harboring hundreds of doctors. theonion.com/israel-warns...
Reposted by Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
I love small towns, little halls, hardware stores, and free parking! This Friday’s show checks all those boxes. I think there are still a few tickets left
Oct 17 Clarksburg ON Marsh Street Centre
Doors: 7:00 / Show: 8:00 sharp.
Oct 17 Clarksburg ON Marsh Street Centre
Doors: 7:00 / Show: 8:00 sharp.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love small towns, little halls, hardware stores, and free parking! This Friday’s show checks all those boxes. I think there are still a few tickets left
Oct 17 Clarksburg ON Marsh Street Centre
Doors: 7:00 / Show: 8:00 sharp.
Oct 17 Clarksburg ON Marsh Street Centre
Doors: 7:00 / Show: 8:00 sharp.
"if for some reason you feel you really must drive downtown and you’re irritated at sitting in your car alone going nowhere, blame Tim Houston. He’s the one who ordered all those government workers back to the office. He’s the one who took the tolls off the bridge, increasing traffic by 10%....
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"if for some reason you feel you really must drive downtown and you’re irritated at sitting in your car alone going nowhere, blame Tim Houston. He’s the one who ordered all those government workers back to the office. He’s the one who took the tolls off the bridge, increasing traffic by 10%....
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves, the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows
—L.Cohen
Through the graves, the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows
—L.Cohen
October 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
Through the graves, the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows
—L.Cohen
Through the graves, the wind is blowing
Freedom soon will come
Then we'll come from the shadows
—L.Cohen
Can’t wait to read this!
@kurtsasso.bsky.social is an incredible interviewer, and this one is no exception - he made @jibolaf.bsky.social and I dig DEEP, and to really think about the legacy of Fela.
@conormccreery.bsky.social & @jibolaf.bsky.social discuss their latest graphic novel; Fela: Music Is The Weapon available now from Harper Collins publishing. But we dive into the legacy of the musician and the 10-year journey with co-creators Jibola & Conor
youtu.be/Fv3mqicm2dQ
youtu.be/Fv3mqicm2dQ
October 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Can’t wait to read this!
I love this so much. Stand tall. we will win.
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I love this so much. Stand tall. we will win.
Reposted by Chris Benjamin Nova Scotia Writer
The great derangement syndrome. As the world blows past the 1.5 degree red line Trump and Carney talk about reviving Keystone XL.
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL
Well, that was unexpected.
substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The great derangement syndrome. As the world blows past the 1.5 degree red line Trump and Carney talk about reviving Keystone XL.
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...