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Excited to see the new CBC Nature of Things episode, "Empire of Bats" is now streaming on CBC Gem (singup is free): gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...

Episode features Jerrica Jamison flying 🦇 as well as running vampire bats, of course!

@utscbiology.bsky.social @utsc.utoronto.ca
Empire of Bats | The Nature of Things | CBC Gem
New hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan take on The Nature of Things, the world's longest-running science documentary series.
gem.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...
Open Positions
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July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says

www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says
President Trump's acts of clemency often release criminals with "no further fines, restitution, probation or other conditions."
www.cbsnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Newsom’s social media team is killing it. (This isn’t an old picture. It’s from right now. I asked.) 😂😂😂😂
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Deploying the military on U.S. soil as law enforcement against Americans was on page 555 of Project 2025.

So don’t say “I didn’t vote for this,” because you did.

This isn’t a response.
This was always their plan.
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This is what Canadians discussing politics sounds like... At least a lot of the time! (....not all the time...) Here's an issue. No demonizing, focus on issues. Cuz he's Canadian.
Drew Scott, thank you for speaking up
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Trump is refusing to release the guest list of his pay-to-pay crypto dinner, as his press secretary Karoline Leavitt argues that the dinner is in his “personal time."

Personal time that brought in $147,586,796.41.
https://trib.al/6v14y1y
Karoline Leavitt Says You’ll Never Know Who’s at Trump’s Crypto Dinner
Trump’s press secretary made a shocking defense of the obvious pay-to-play dinner with Trump.
trib.al
May 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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It only takes 4 Republicans in the House, or 4 in the Senate to stop this.
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top.

#HandsOff2025
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I urge Canadians, news organizations, and officials to boycott Musk’s platform. I dont want to host bots forever—Bluesky is decentralized, transparent, and free from billionaire control.
March 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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10:50 a.m.: WisDems issue a press release saying Elon Musk "committed a blatant felony" in his post about his plans to "hand over two checks for a million dollars each" in Wisconsin on Sunday.

Just over a half hour later, reports show Musk deleted the tweet.
March 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I knew this was coming. Time to donate (more), people.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Mar 25
A U.S. House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called the chief executives of the nation's two largest public broadcasters to Capitol Hill to testify on Wednesday, with an eye to wiping out the federal funding their institutions receive.
Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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“Sir, sir, you can’t go in there,” said head of guest services Melanie Cole, gently taking the vice president by the elbow and escorting him back out the front door.
JD Vance Reminded Caddies Not Allowed In Clubhouse
WEST PALM BEACH, FL—Finding himself stopped upon entering a building at the Trump International Golf Club, Vice President JD Vance was reportedly reminded by a staff member Tuesday that caddies are no...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
...after warning that universities that allow protests won't get feds $$ and that protesters shouldn't wear masks. So they're afraid of student protests? (China, ahem!) Let's bring on the student protests, before they bring out the tanks.
March 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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You’ve seen the mouse by now. Now read @sabs.bsky.social’s take. ⬇️
March 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
February 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM