Kaylee Skylyn
@kayleeskylyn.bsky.social
Naturalist, reader, gardener, owned by two cats. Trying not to lose hope as I watch the world collapse. Trying to be a better person. Pro-human rights for ALL. Anti-fascist. She/her. 🇨🇦
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
support fill the dishes — My Grandfather's Cat
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
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Requiring a person’s DNA and five years’ social media history to be eligible to enter the United States is extreme government overreach. Stay the hell away from that country.
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Requiring a person’s DNA and five years’ social media history to be eligible to enter the United States is extreme government overreach. Stay the hell away from that country.
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Ok, nothing to see here, no threat, just hundreds of dead wild birds - including more than a hundred in the past 24 hours. He (Miguel Higueras Ortega, head of forestry operations in Madrid) added the outbreaks did not appear to pose an environmental threat for now. Whew.
Hundreds of storks found dead near Madrid amid wider bird flu surge
Spanish authorities have detected four outbreaks of bird flu in wild birds in the central Madrid region, where forestry agents collected hundreds of dead storks over the past several weeks including m...
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ok, nothing to see here, no threat, just hundreds of dead wild birds - including more than a hundred in the past 24 hours. He (Miguel Higueras Ortega, head of forestry operations in Madrid) added the outbreaks did not appear to pose an environmental threat for now. Whew.
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Looking at the shitstorm in the United States causes some Canadians to be smug. Look at the turkeys we have for provincial premiers: Danielle Smith in Alberta, Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, Doug Ford in Ontario, François Legault in Quebec, etc. And don’t get me started on Pierre Poilievre.
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looking at the shitstorm in the United States causes some Canadians to be smug. Look at the turkeys we have for provincial premiers: Danielle Smith in Alberta, Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, Doug Ford in Ontario, François Legault in Quebec, etc. And don’t get me started on Pierre Poilievre.
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Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker.
www.fascism.link
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump is using the same lies that Putin and Hitler used to start their wars.
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
Nazis use lies as a weapon, to switch the roles of victim and attacker. www.fascism.link/p/putin-used...
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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People need to boycott the US right now.
Don’t wait for these demands to go into place.
Don’t go for the World Cup. Don’t go for the Olympics.
Don’t go to Disney or Vegas or Broadway.
It’s not safe, and your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism.
Vote with your dollar.
Don’t wait for these demands to go into place.
Don’t go for the World Cup. Don’t go for the Olympics.
Don’t go to Disney or Vegas or Broadway.
It’s not safe, and your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism.
Vote with your dollar.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
People need to boycott the US right now.
Don’t wait for these demands to go into place.
Don’t go for the World Cup. Don’t go for the Olympics.
Don’t go to Disney or Vegas or Broadway.
It’s not safe, and your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism.
Vote with your dollar.
Don’t wait for these demands to go into place.
Don’t go for the World Cup. Don’t go for the Olympics.
Don’t go to Disney or Vegas or Broadway.
It’s not safe, and your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism.
Vote with your dollar.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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Writer Julian Brave NoiseCat's new book looks at the ways colonialism has disrupted Indigenous lives, pushing many nations to the brink of annihilation and erasure — as well as the resilience and power of people who continue, writes @michellecyca.com:
thenarwhal.ca/we-survived-...
thenarwhal.ca/we-survived-...
‘We Survived The Night’: the Tlingit fight to protect herring | The Narwhal
An excerpt from “We Survived The Night” by Julian Brave NoiseCat
thenarwhal.ca
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Writer Julian Brave NoiseCat's new book looks at the ways colonialism has disrupted Indigenous lives, pushing many nations to the brink of annihilation and erasure — as well as the resilience and power of people who continue, writes @michellecyca.com:
thenarwhal.ca/we-survived-...
thenarwhal.ca/we-survived-...
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The flu... "coming up" on CBC Metro Morning. They're going to talk about "why it's up".
I can tell you why -- or at least, in part. Because people have normalized going to school and daycare and work sick. They're not taking precautions. Clean air? No. Masking? No. Vaccination? No.
I can tell you why -- or at least, in part. Because people have normalized going to school and daycare and work sick. They're not taking precautions. Clean air? No. Masking? No. Vaccination? No.
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The flu... "coming up" on CBC Metro Morning. They're going to talk about "why it's up".
I can tell you why -- or at least, in part. Because people have normalized going to school and daycare and work sick. They're not taking precautions. Clean air? No. Masking? No. Vaccination? No.
I can tell you why -- or at least, in part. Because people have normalized going to school and daycare and work sick. They're not taking precautions. Clean air? No. Masking? No. Vaccination? No.
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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot
The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
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Blow up boats, seize oil tankers... next they'll just take over the Panama Canal. You really think an invasion of Canada is an impossibility? We still buying planes from these motherfuckers?
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Blow up boats, seize oil tankers... next they'll just take over the Panama Canal. You really think an invasion of Canada is an impossibility? We still buying planes from these motherfuckers?
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"The Ford govt gave ~$2.5M from its Skills Development Fund to businesses owned by an entrepreneur that the Ontario Securities Commission penalized a few years ago for allegedly misleading investors with inaccurate press releases."
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Two companies under firm of Ontario Securities Commission-sanctioned CEO got Skills Development Fund grants
Another of Sayan Navaratnam’s companies was hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties for allegedly ‘misleading’ investors
www.thetrillium.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The Ford govt gave ~$2.5M from its Skills Development Fund to businesses owned by an entrepreneur that the Ontario Securities Commission penalized a few years ago for allegedly misleading investors with inaccurate press releases."
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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When a developer carved a path through a wetland, the extent caught neighbours and Severn Township by surprise — but there was little anyone could do. Wetlands are disappearing across Ontario, along with the rules meant to protect them. thenarwhal.ca/severn-ontar...
Ontario is losing wetlands: Severn's is an example | The Narwhal
A developer built a trail through a wetland near Orillia, catching neighbours and the township by surprise. Across Ontario, wetlands are getting harder and harder to protect
thenarwhal.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When a developer carved a path through a wetland, the extent caught neighbours and Severn Township by surprise — but there was little anyone could do. Wetlands are disappearing across Ontario, along with the rules meant to protect them. thenarwhal.ca/severn-ontar...
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Individual medical model insurance approved “evidence based” psychotherapy cannot save us from collective problems that we pretend are individual problems.
Only collectives, communities can do that
Only collectives, communities can do that
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Individual medical model insurance approved “evidence based” psychotherapy cannot save us from collective problems that we pretend are individual problems.
Only collectives, communities can do that
Only collectives, communities can do that
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We've seen how putting a tech CEO in charge of the gov't turned out for the U.S. - now Carney is championing this idea for Canada
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
“These aren't charities. They're not altruistic organizations. Why would a tech company want to allow their employees to work for the government and pay 100 per cent of their salary..." — Simon Enoch at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We've seen how putting a tech CEO in charge of the gov't turned out for the U.S. - now Carney is championing this idea for Canada
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
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Of course, the Trump regime is meddling in Canada’s internal affairs. Pete Hoekstra is trying to gaslight people. We Canadians know better.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Hoekstra downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canada’s politics
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America’s new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Of course, the Trump regime is meddling in Canada’s internal affairs. Pete Hoekstra is trying to gaslight people. We Canadians know better.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Put another way, we’ve been convinced that cars represent “freedom” in places where we’ve built car dependency. That dependency took away our freedom, and the car industry convinced us that we could ONLY get it back if we paid whatever increasing costs of car ownership they demand.
Some “freedom.”
Some “freedom.”
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Put another way, we’ve been convinced that cars represent “freedom” in places where we’ve built car dependency. That dependency took away our freedom, and the car industry convinced us that we could ONLY get it back if we paid whatever increasing costs of car ownership they demand.
Some “freedom.”
Some “freedom.”
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"ON does not maintain a public record of how many companies hold water-taking permits, or how much water is withdrawn each day... without strict oversight, mining can drain rivers and aquifers, increase water pollution and harm ecosystems." 🤨
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required
Ontario is proposing changes that would allow hundreds of mineral exploration companies to take water for early-stage work without a permit.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"ON does not maintain a public record of how many companies hold water-taking permits, or how much water is withdrawn each day... without strict oversight, mining can drain rivers and aquifers, increase water pollution and harm ecosystems." 🤨
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
#onpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/09/n...
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A new study shows the danger of pesticides isn’t only in what they kill, but in what they change. When bees forage less and fish behave differently, ecosystems begin to fail long before we notice the losses.
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
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Researchers issue warning after observing concerning change in animal behavior: 'Much more far-reaching than previously assumed' — The Cool Down
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A new study shows the danger of pesticides isn’t only in what they kill, but in what they change. When bees forage less and fish behave differently, ecosystems begin to fail long before we notice the losses.
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
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The next step in Ontario’s plan to expand the number of private clinics offering publicly funded health care will roll out early next year, with four centres offering hip and knee replacements. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1156871...
globalnews.ca/news/1156871...
Ontario to fund hip and knee replacements at private clinics | Globalnews.ca
The next step in Ontario's plan to expand the number of private clinics offering publicly funded health care will roll out early next year.
globalnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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"A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this. The message is clear: protecting ourselves still matters."
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this. The message is clear: protecting ourselves still matters."