Wife of LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR’s future with $80M gift NPR also received an anonymous $33 million donation in April

She has a fucking name all of her own tou know @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

We were talking about books we love today and our little said her favourite author is @taekeller.bsky.social and her favourite book is probably When You Trap a Tiger. Love to see their love of reading continue grow with time!

A new app highlights the safest and fastest cycling routes around Ottawa The Kichi Zībī Mīkan Parkway. The Trillium Pathway along the light rail system. Or the Trans Canada Trail near Britannia Beach. These are just some of the

Yesterday, running errands in parts of #Ottawa I'm rarely in, reminded me how much I love the Cycling Guide app!

It routed me on low stress pathways and residential streets, and when at my destination near an industrial park, the colour coding told me it was time to hop on the sidewalk.
#Ottbike

Image of a book entitled End Times Fascism - and the fight for the living world. A wide burst on a yellow background with red letters.

One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr

“Researchers in Italy discovered they could use poetry to jailbreak the large language models into giving them instruction in how to build a nuclear bomb. This is more than a metaphor. Revel in it.” 🤢

April Fools Day is CANCELED this year. We have been through ENOUGH

Your life was a blessing Stephen Lewis.
Rest now. 🥲

New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states Researchers say the strain could evade protection from current Covid shots

I mask everywhere.

I've traveled the world; gone to the movies; gone to comedy shows; I've presented in rooms of 1,000s.

1x someone made a passive aggressive comment to me about it. One time!

If you've stopped masking, it is not too late to start again. Please take care of your health.

Generative AI isn't ethical.
Minors using generative AI isn't ethical.

bsky.app/profile/thev...

The only thing it feels worthwhile for me to say right now is pay attention to whether your feelings & the information you’re absorbing are paralyzing you or prompting you to meaningful action, whatever that is. Paralysis helps no one but the enemy.

This is Why Toronto's Housing Crisis Won't Go Away #housingmarket #housingcrisis #realestate #nimby The City of Toronto approved six-storey units on major roads. But the bureaucracy is still killing these projects.

I love, absolutely love, this new short from Cara, on how the Scarborough committee of adjustment is rejecting perfectly legal housing projects due to vibes. Toronto's housing crisis in a nutshell.

Thank you, that’s all helpful! I wouldn’t have thought about the dog being able to get in/out on their own.

Pet owners and especially folks with service dogs, do you have any suggestions for things to think about when purchasing a vehicle?

#dogs #serviceDogs

Some rough numbers:
Arts contributes about $131B to Canada's GDP on roughly $1B in subsidies
Oil & Gas contributes about $200B on roughly $30B in subsidies
Arts supports about 1.1 million jobs in Canada
Oil & Gas supports about 900K jobs in Canada

Also, the arts just makes our lives better.

Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.

Allergy Misinformation Across Social Media Platforms www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @sabivm.bsky.social et al.

"Allergy misinformation achieves high engagement with limited public correction..."

31%: natural cure promotion

24%: IgG testing endorsement

18%: medication fearmongering

Not sure who recommended The Many Lives of Mama Love but thank you. It’s a beautiful book and the author does a great job narrating the audiobook. I shed many tears as I listened to the last few chapters this morning. #booksky

Watching commentators still refusing to see the white nationalism of this administration and arguingTrump is targeting Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit because they are blue cities is just, it’s got to be intentional at this point. There are a ton of blue cities. These are majority Black cities.

The StoryGraph A site for you to track your reading and choose your next book

All my reads are up on Storygraph. It would be fun to connect with other folks with similar reading tastes! app.thestorygraph.com/profile/...
I love learning about how people live through non-fiction and historical fiction. I have a soft spot for quirky, intelligent protagonists like Flavia De Luce.

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart. I read this book and then encouraged both my littles to read it. It’s beautiful and funny and a great story of grief and love.
#booksky

The space we’re in by Katya Balen (middle reader, hard cover). Read this book with my littlest. It was devastating but beautiful. I loved how it invited the reader along for the growth of the young protagonist.
#booksky

Saffiyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan (historical fiction, audio). This is a young readers book but I learned a lot. It was a recommendation from someone on mastodon and it is excellent.
#booksky

I read quite a few young reader gems this year, too. First up: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll (audio). I loved this book and it was a great piece about advocacy.
#booksky

Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker. This is an important read regarding abortion and I learned so much reading it.
#booksky

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankel (audio). I’m not sure how I hadn’t read this before, but I can see how it has moved so many people. Difficult but important read.
#booksky

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Also a challenging read and I reread sections. It’s an excellent memoir.
#booksky

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Excellent, challenging book.
#booksky

Evicted: poverty and profit in the American city by Matthew Desmond was also an excellent read.
#booksky