Tara Sprickerhoff
@tspricker.bsky.social
Works at Farm Radio International, produces the podcast Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet.
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“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Facing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after...
theonion.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
I don’t want anymore sportsing!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I don’t want anymore sportsing!
Reposted by Tara Sprickerhoff
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
People waiting in line at a carnival witnessed a worker get hit and killed by one of the rides Tuesday night in Prince Rupert
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'Like a bad movie': Carnival worker dies after being hit by ride in Prince Rupert, B.C., witnesses say | CBC News
Mission-based Shooting Star Amusements, which operates the carnival, identified the man as a worker in a social media post Wednesday, adding he was also a "dear close friend" and a "great man."
www.cbc.ca
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I’m actually gonna get out of my replies and use this story to highlight something that I haven’t for a while: the complete lack of transparency and communication from our public agencies in B.C./Canada. So here’s a thread
THIS! 100x THIS!
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
can i do a referendum making it illegal for people to say "western alienation" when they aren't actually referring to the most heavily populated and most western part of the country
May 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
THIS! 100x THIS!
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
As a British Columbian in Ontario, few things grind my gears more than this.
Reposted by Tara Sprickerhoff
Getting voters to care about foreign aid is a tough sell, I know. But Trump's decimation of USAID is going to make the world poorer, more dangerous, and sicker. Other countries need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: On this issue, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre couldn’t be more different. But at risk are scores of lives
When President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to fund the establishment of a dedicated foreign development agency in 1961, he did so by letting them know that the world was
www.thestar.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Getting voters to care about foreign aid is a tough sell, I know. But Trump's decimation of USAID is going to make the world poorer, more dangerous, and sicker. Other countries need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
It's Earth Day! 🌍 Looking for something to make yourself feel better about the state of the world? Nature may just have the answer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet
How can nature itself help us tackle the challenges of a changing world? Each episode, we dive into an inspiring story of how a community in rural Africa is harnessing the power of nature-based soluti...
lnk.to
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's Earth Day! 🌍 Looking for something to make yourself feel better about the state of the world? Nature may just have the answer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
Okay, okay, cheesy, but what if I said there's a whole podcast that shows how nature herself holds the key to adapting to climate change. lnk.to/natureanswer...
It was way more fun to watch election results come in when people had to count them slowly by hand…
February 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It was way more fun to watch election results come in when people had to count them slowly by hand…
I love #radio. Does that make me the odd millennial out?
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I love #radio. Does that make me the odd millennial out?
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
Well, yeah.. probably.
But guess what! It’s #WorldRadioDay this week, so you’re just gonna have to deal with it.
And boy, do I have some suggestions on how to celebrate!
I'm so happy to announce the latest season of Nature Answers. This podcast examines how nature its(her?)self can help us tackle the challenges of our changing world... and it does it via the stories of rural communities in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia & Uganda who are facing climate change head on.
Nature Answers: Rural Stories from a Changing Planet
How can nature itself help us tackle the challenges of a changing world? Each episode, we dive into an inspiring story of how a community in rural Africa is harnessing the power of nature-based soluti...
lnk.to
January 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm so happy to announce the latest season of Nature Answers. This podcast examines how nature its(her?)self can help us tackle the challenges of our changing world... and it does it via the stories of rural communities in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia & Uganda who are facing climate change head on.
Just a girl making her annual pitch that Wrestling Day should be extended to the whole country: www.wltribune.com/local-news/w...
Williams Lake honours 9 decades of Wrestling Day holiday tradition
Since the 1930s people in the lakecity have taken Jan. 2 off as a civic holiday
www.wltribune.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just a girl making her annual pitch that Wrestling Day should be extended to the whole country: www.wltribune.com/local-news/w...