@jengilmer.bsky.social
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High-impact nonprofits you’ve never heard of—plus more personal ways to pitch in.
A dozen ways you (yes, you) can help fight climate change
High-impact nonprofits you've never heard of—plus more personal ways to pitch in.
www.motherjones.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
High-impact nonprofits you’ve never heard of—plus more personal ways to pitch in.
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Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
Science e-Books - NASA Science
From Earth and the other planets in our solar system, to supermassive black holes and the distant galaxies that contain them, explore NASA science and imagery through our library of e-books.
science.nasa.gov
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!
science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...
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Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure. Allowing dual practice will do nothing to address the system’s fundamental problems, while adding some new problems, by @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure
The solution to Canada’s health care woes is to create a market
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure. Allowing dual practice will do nothing to address the system’s fundamental problems, while adding some new problems, by @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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For seven seasons and 122 episodes, Canadian children were transported through television to the world of a department store where amazing things happened.
The show remains a high-water mark of children's entertainment in Canada.
This is the story of Today's Special!
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The show remains a high-water mark of children's entertainment in Canada.
This is the story of Today's Special!
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September 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For seven seasons and 122 episodes, Canadian children were transported through television to the world of a department store where amazing things happened.
The show remains a high-water mark of children's entertainment in Canada.
This is the story of Today's Special!
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The show remains a high-water mark of children's entertainment in Canada.
This is the story of Today's Special!
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“Mothers throughout time have always put in that extra labor because they care about the health of their families.” Now "Science Moms" are taking on the greatest threat to humanity. Of course. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Science Moms' bipartisan mission: Educate other mothers about climate change
It's "like watching them grow up: We blink and we miss it.”
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Mothers throughout time have always put in that extra labor because they care about the health of their families.” Now "Science Moms" are taking on the greatest threat to humanity. Of course. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include bolstering programs like medicare that reflect Canadian values like fairness and equity, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: ‘Nation-building’ projects should also reflect Canadian values
We can’t just focus on pipelines when health care and other soft-power initiatives are already our strengths
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include bolstering programs like medicare that reflect Canadian values like fairness and equity, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
The Agenda was such an incredible show covering a range of issues and subjects over the years in a way that made the topics accessible to everyone. In an age of click bait it was so nice to have a deeper, more comprehensive dive into topics. It will be missed!!
19 years, more than 4,000 shows, 19,000 guests, and 250,000,000 views later, @theagenda.bsky.social signs off. Thank you, Ontario. And I'll see you again soon. #media #television @tvotoday.bsky.social #Ontario #journalism
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Agenda was such an incredible show covering a range of issues and subjects over the years in a way that made the topics accessible to everyone. In an age of click bait it was so nice to have a deeper, more comprehensive dive into topics. It will be missed!!
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After 19 seasons, ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ airs its final episode tonight at 8 PM on TVO, featuring a special guest. Thanks to everyone who made it possible for Ontario viewers.
Steve continues via #onpoli, TVO.org columns and TVO Today Live.
This fall, ‘The Rundown’ fills the 8 p.m. slot.
Steve continues via #onpoli, TVO.org columns and TVO Today Live.
This fall, ‘The Rundown’ fills the 8 p.m. slot.
June 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Senate passes Carney's controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government
Mi'kmaw Senator Paul Prosper says Bill C-5 is a 'betrayal' of reconciliation, saying it shouldn't pass without proper consultation with Indigenous leaders. 'We do not want success and progress to…
www.hilltimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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I put all the Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event so you don't have to. 🇨🇦
(I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The history of Canada in Heritage Minutes - YouTube
Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I put all the Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event so you don't have to. 🇨🇦
(I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.)
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Group of virologists spanning over 40 countries warns the world is unprepared for an H5N1 pandemic, proposes 10-step preparation plan canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/05/10/p...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge
Leading virologists from 40 countries outline a plan for readying the world.
canadahealthwatch.ca
May 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Group of virologists spanning over 40 countries warns the world is unprepared for an H5N1 pandemic, proposes 10-step preparation plan canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/05/10/p...
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Voting is one of the most powerful ways we can show care for others—especially those with less privilege, voice, or power.
Your vote matters. Use it to make Canada a better place for everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦.
#Elxn45 #ItsOurVote #CanadaVotes #CanadaSky #Elxn2025 #NeverCPC #NeverUCP #NeverPoilievre
Your vote matters. Use it to make Canada a better place for everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦.
#Elxn45 #ItsOurVote #CanadaVotes #CanadaSky #Elxn2025 #NeverCPC #NeverUCP #NeverPoilievre
April 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Voting is one of the most powerful ways we can show care for others—especially those with less privilege, voice, or power.
Your vote matters. Use it to make Canada a better place for everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦.
#Elxn45 #ItsOurVote #CanadaVotes #CanadaSky #Elxn2025 #NeverCPC #NeverUCP #NeverPoilievre
Your vote matters. Use it to make Canada a better place for everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦.
#Elxn45 #ItsOurVote #CanadaVotes #CanadaSky #Elxn2025 #NeverCPC #NeverUCP #NeverPoilievre
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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PressProgress is going LIVE🎙️ this Thursday, April 17 for a pre & post debate live stream show featuring our news team and some special guests.
Tune in for in-depth commentary and analysis of the Federal Leaders' Debate, starting at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT, and then again after the debate. Register below:
Tune in for in-depth commentary and analysis of the Federal Leaders' Debate, starting at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT, and then again after the debate. Register below:
Federal Leaders’ Debate – Live Stream Show
Join the PressProgress news team before and after the English Federal Leaders’ Debate for in-depth commentary and analysis as Canada’s main party leaders go head to head on Thursday, April 17, 2025. R...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
PressProgress is going LIVE🎙️ this Thursday, April 17 for a pre & post debate live stream show featuring our news team and some special guests.
Tune in for in-depth commentary and analysis of the Federal Leaders' Debate, starting at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT, and then again after the debate. Register below:
Tune in for in-depth commentary and analysis of the Federal Leaders' Debate, starting at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT, and then again after the debate. Register below:
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Alberta public health system losing staff and funding as province increases spending on private facilities www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social @alonghurst.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Alberta public health system losing staff and funding as province increases spending on private facilities www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social @alonghurst.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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I really want to write something on how arts and crafts carried a significant role in acts of resistance through the ages. From the visuals and cookbooks of the suffragists to the knitting spies of WWII, it really is such a rich topic
March 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I really want to write something on how arts and crafts carried a significant role in acts of resistance through the ages. From the visuals and cookbooks of the suffragists to the knitting spies of WWII, it really is such a rich topic
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"Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada," by Gregory P. Marchildon, highlights medicare's difficult birth and Canada’s need for another Tommy Douglas. Book review by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/r... via @theglobeandmail.com
Review: New book about medicare highlights Canada’s need for another Tommy Douglas
Gregory P. Marchildon’s new book is not a biography, but the story of a man who was able to pursue a project like medicare and succeed
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada," by Gregory P. Marchildon, highlights medicare's difficult birth and Canada’s need for another Tommy Douglas. Book review by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/r... via @theglobeandmail.com
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We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like. Why vaccines are important, in 7 charts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #pediatrics #vaccination
Opinion | A Reminder of What Pre-Vaccine America Was Like
The worst manifestations of preventable diseases have faded from public memory.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like. Why vaccines are important, in 7 charts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com #pediatrics #vaccination
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Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
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Trump paused US Foreign Aid. These are the types of programs affected:
➡️ Food to children and lactating women in Haiti
➡️ Clean water to tens of thousands of people in Colombia
➡️ Protection from violence to women in Yemen.
➡️ Clinics treating severely malnourished children in Yemen
➡️ Food to children and lactating women in Haiti
➡️ Clean water to tens of thousands of people in Colombia
➡️ Protection from violence to women in Yemen.
➡️ Clinics treating severely malnourished children in Yemen
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Cut Off Funds for Severely Malnourished Toddlers
"If we can't treat them, they have a very high risk of dying."
www.motherjones.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump paused US Foreign Aid. These are the types of programs affected:
➡️ Food to children and lactating women in Haiti
➡️ Clean water to tens of thousands of people in Colombia
➡️ Protection from violence to women in Yemen.
➡️ Clinics treating severely malnourished children in Yemen
➡️ Food to children and lactating women in Haiti
➡️ Clean water to tens of thousands of people in Colombia
➡️ Protection from violence to women in Yemen.
➡️ Clinics treating severely malnourished children in Yemen
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There are perennial warnings that America is coming for Canada's freshwater and 99 times out of 100 you can ignore it as alarmism not grounded in fact.
This is what "coming for our water" would look like in reality, and not just alarmism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
This is what "coming for our water" would look like in reality, and not just alarmism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
March 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
There are perennial warnings that America is coming for Canada's freshwater and 99 times out of 100 you can ignore it as alarmism not grounded in fact.
This is what "coming for our water" would look like in reality, and not just alarmism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
This is what "coming for our water" would look like in reality, and not just alarmism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
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'Morgan’s remains were found as part of a humanitarian search and recovery mission, initiated by the Manitoba government at the request of the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran'
Province says Morgan Harris' remains identified at Winnipeg landfill
Manitoba says the remains discovered at the Prairie Green Landfill on Feb. 26 are those of Morgan Harris who has been missing since 2022.
www.aptnnews.ca
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
'Morgan’s remains were found as part of a humanitarian search and recovery mission, initiated by the Manitoba government at the request of the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran'
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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On this day in 1935, Alex Janvier was born.
He became one of the most acclaimed painters in Canadian history and his work is found nationwide.
Let's learn more about this amazing First Nations artist.
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He became one of the most acclaimed painters in Canadian history and his work is found nationwide.
Let's learn more about this amazing First Nations artist.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On this day in 1935, Alex Janvier was born.
He became one of the most acclaimed painters in Canadian history and his work is found nationwide.
Let's learn more about this amazing First Nations artist.
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He became one of the most acclaimed painters in Canadian history and his work is found nationwide.
Let's learn more about this amazing First Nations artist.
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“Our political parties don’t have capacity for big thinking anymore, we don’t protect civil & informed conversations about national priorities & the federal bureaucracy is both inflexible & risk averse, he says. …We need to invest in serious long-term thinking & conversation about Canada’s future”
Q&A | Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump years. But it's going to be one, tough fight, and the country can't be divided.
Trump wants Canada economically weak and politically divided, says author of ‘The Adaptable Country’
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March 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Our political parties don’t have capacity for big thinking anymore, we don’t protect civil & informed conversations about national priorities & the federal bureaucracy is both inflexible & risk averse, he says. …We need to invest in serious long-term thinking & conversation about Canada’s future”