I'm a bit tardy with getting started, but my Geography threads will start up tomorrow, I promise! Tuesdays: Indigenous Geographies related topics Thursdays: Political and Economic Geographies
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I'm a bit tardy with getting started, but my Geography threads will start up tomorrow, I promise! Tuesdays: Indigenous Geographies related topics Thursdays: Political and Economic Geographies
🔥 future Senator of Maine @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner rallying with Bernie…
❗️Reports of a missile strike and fire in temporarily occupied Mariupol.
Kokanee Salmon spawning at Kokanee Park West Kootenays BC Canada
Approximately two-thirds of Canadians believe that Prime Minister Mark Carney's administration should maintain a hard stance in trade negotiations, particularly in response to U.S. tariffs. Should we pay more forever? #cdnpoli
A Second Life for Pacific-Clogging Plastics via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
Another Air Force update. Ukraine’s air defense has shot down or suppressed 48 Russian drones after a renewed overnight attack from the north. Russia launched 53 Shahed drones and decoys, most targeting Kyiv. As of 16:00, new drone groups are still active over Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
BC Government Quietly Kills $20-Million School Affordability Fund via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Israelis are the white South Africans of the 21st century. End apartheid. End the occupation.
CCNow’s 89 Percent Project made news in April reporting that 80 to 89% of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger climate action. Journalists, join us on Thursday, September 4, at 12pm ET, for a webinar to talk about Phase Two of the project... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
RIP Graham Greene 💔😢 Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene dead at 73 Oneida actor from the Six Nations of Grand River in Ontario had a vast body of roles on stage and screen #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
This is what democracy looks like in San Francisco today. #LaborDay #wethepeople #resist #standupfightback #democracy #constitution #humanrights #civilrights @indivisible.org @indivisiblesf.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501ca.bsky.social
“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
I hope when Kevin Costner dies his obituary identifies him as “American Actor Who Portrayed White Characters”
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
🔥🔥🔥 Carney on Poilievre - “I honestly believe he disdains much about the country. It’s pretty awkward for him now that the country is coming together. He’s trying to find a flag to wrap himself in & play patriot. The last refuge of a scoundrel, the last time I checked.” #cdnpoli
Can a non-corporate grocery chain work across #Canada? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
US military C-17 transport aircraft and a US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft have been deployed to Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, likely as support for the unfolding situation in Venezuela. (Vanguard Intel)
Maduro claims that Venezuela is being targeted by eight US military vessels “with 1,200 missiles”. It is an “absolutely criminal, bloody threat.”
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: “Venezuela is confronting the biggest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years. “A situation like this has never been seen.”
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Van Velden's lack of *public* sector experience is showing. #NzPol
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health By Former CDC Directors William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher Jeffrey Koplan Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky & Mandy K. Cohen www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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RIP Graham Greene
NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s deployment of military forces to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a law that prohibits the use of the armed forces as a domestic police force.
Over 1,000 Rare Risso’s Dolphins Spotted Off Mexico’s Coast Wildlife lovers in Mexico were treated to an unforgettable sight when an enormous pod of Risso’s dolphins appeared near Cabo San Lucas
#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy. - don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources - naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping 1/...
No shit.
This is my 95-year-old neighbor. He's been living alone since his wife passed away from cancer, and not long ago, he also lost his loyal companion dog. Now, every day, our chicken Hei Hei escapes the yard just to visit him. She sits with him, accepts treats, and lets him pet her like an old
BREAKING NEWS (PARODY) Trump spotted in NYC this morning. Film below
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
Sadly, I can't link to the story b/c of Globe & Mail paywalls. But I feel that I have to share big news from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. It has bought at auction the plaid shirt & the Mountie costumes used in the Monty Python skit in which all sing "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay." 👀
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
President of Death! Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list #cdnpoli
I'm setting one up to heat my small one bedroom flat. A metal bucket of sand a slow burn vegetable shortening candle and a strip of copper to heat and bury in the sand using the coppers good conductivity. It would cost about $4 Aud a week. That's a crap tonne cheaper than an electric heater.
The world's largest sand battery just went live in #Finland newatlas.com/energy/large...
Video credit: itsjuliencohen Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me" This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵 #VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental
What is Canada's Favourite Album? ROUND THREE We have 224 albums from the 1960s to 2020s, grouped together by their release years. Matchups chosen randomly Two polls per day. Winner moves on to Round Four CLICK LIKE ON PHOTO TO VOTE 1. Beauty Behind The Madness 2. Round Dance And Beats
Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣
My wife gave me an envelope with "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2027" written on the front. Inside, was a list of all of the reasons why I cannot be trusted to follow simple directions!
The fuck is wrong with republicans?
September 1 - The First Overnight Sleeping Car Ride On this day in Labor History the year was 1859. That was the day the first Pullman sleeping car made an overnight trip. The first Pullman sleeper was a renovated day coach. That first trip was made on the Chicago and Alton Railroad between Bloom
“As Conservative trolls engage in deliberate disinformation campaigns, it’s a good time to remind Canadians that accusations of fake news have become a popular method among right-wing populists to strategically attack news and opinions they don’t like.” An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
Folks now know Columbus was a MONSTER but few have examined the name "America." As a Native person, there's a reason I HATE being called American, not just because theyre occupiers. Amerigo Vespucci was a killer and slaver of our people. And a pompous prick. Immortalized by a misprint in JAMESTOWN.
Happening Now — Washington DC: Pretty massive rally is forming at 14th and U NW.
Here's the scoop on how Ben & Jerry’s is diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity. https://to.pbs.org/3U5vS7U
x.com/destinationX... The niqab is not a symbol of faith - it is a tool of oppression. It reduces women to faceless shadows, stripping them of individuality, dignity, and humanity. When a woman’s face is erased, she is objectified, dehumanized - and in that void, men feel absolved of responsibility.
Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta's school library books ban with satirical story (Alberta)
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Trump's dodging the cameras as much as he's been dodging the Epstein files
Joanna Connor🎸🎶'Walking Blues' #bluesmusic
"Great" Briton was only great for Brits. Ask any residents of countries they colonized.
I've started a new exercise routine where I do crunches twice a day! Cap'n in the morning and Nestle's in the afternoon!
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
What He Said…. 🤨🤨🤨🤨
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
Bison grazing boosts grass nutrition without harming soil ->Earth.com | #Soil | More info from EcoSearch
At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in July, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) asked Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Michael Rigas about burning food that was meant for aid.
CNN confirms that the pilots landed the plane using paper maps. www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
Traveling to the US this fall??? Nope, not fall, winter spring or summer either. www.mtlblog.com/canada-us-tr...
The National Guardners
🔊ON & UP 😍👇🏾'Men's #War and #Smoke Dance // Eelŭnaapéewi Lahkéewiit Competition #PowWow, 2025 "BuckTown" #PowWow 📍 Delaware Nation at Moraviantown, ON 🇨🇦#Canada' (FB VID: Halona Media. Aug 31, 2025) #SmokeDance #WarDance #Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeAmericans
Keep up with the different surveillance technologies police are using across the U.S., from body-worn cameras to cell-site simulators. Stay informed using the Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org/
#ice are domestic terrorists. And they're being paid with our tax dollars.
The Pittsburgh Pens Elite took the top 19U title on home ice at the Labor Day Girls Fest in Pittsburgh beating Burlington in the final. Minnesota won the 16U and 14U crowns thehockeynews.com/womens/other...
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Speaks for itself if you think for yourself.
DESCRIPTION: self-described alpha male, wearing body armor, assault rifle, and wraparound sunglasses because he’s “afraid of nothing.”
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia’s top tank maker depends on more than 260 Western-made machines that require foreign parts and updates — exposing a major gap in sanctions. www.kyivpost.com/post/59254
So we are using marine lift bags, basically an air tube. We unrolled it and laid it out in the ground. It’s 12 meters long and 3 meters diameter. I swear it looks like the skinned version of a graboid from tremors lol
Oof! An 11-year-old in Houston playing ding-dong ditch rang the wrong doorbell and ended up shot dead. What has this country come to? A rite of passage for kids is now a death warrant. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The Juice strikes again... Enjoy. youtu.be/zYjooTz_1lA?...
Procceed with caution: AI is useful but we need to tread carefully. FInd out why from Honor Powrie in the latest Transactions column in Physics World. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/garbage-in...
I like the rebrand.
Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power ->Solar Daily | #Water #SolarPanel | More info from EcoSearch
Folks. Please read this. It’s just one page of simple declarations from a 10 year kid from Guatemala who doesn’t want to be sent back there. The US government is trying to do so, on a holiday weekend, and was going to just *do it* until folks started pushing back. 10. Years. Old. WTAFF?
These night patrols watch over the city to ensure that people are protected from state violence, false arrest, abduction, and harassment.
We are pumped to be launching @meidascanada.ca today. Our first Meidas Canada townhalls take place this weekend. Charlottetown is sold out but there are still a few tickets available for the official tour launch in North Rustico PEI. The revolution starts now. @meidastouch.com
Has trump recovered from not being invited to the dictator extravaganza in China yet?
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They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
This is not normal. Japan is continuing its run of astonishing temperature records. The country has just had its hottest summer for the third year in a row, and by a substantial margin. Data: JMA
