A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Did he actually say that himself? That would be an astounding admission by someone whose main job is to weigh evidence and reach conclusions based on that evidence.

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

The FBI raid on Fulton County’s election offices should concern each and every person in this country. This is not business as usual and we cannot pretend it is.

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Why "Heated Rivalry" Isn't Nominated For Golden Globes 2026 The success of Heated Rivalry isn't measured in awards validation so much as it is in social media timelines and group chats.

If you’re wondering why #HeatedRivalry didn’t get any Golden Globe nominations, it turns out the Golden Globes really just honour golden Americans www.teenvogue.com/story/why-he...

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

This is bonkers. It’s hard to imagine the context for a government to be too busy to deal with a well-organized and efficient structure for connecting with community in order to make better decisions than you would otherwise make because you’re too busy to deal with community in less efficient ways.

Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...

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It’s Day 2 of Eastside Culture Crawl in #vancouver, starting tonight at 5pm.

Here are 11 artists you can visit at 1000 Parker Street studios - including me.

These are friends and neighbours in my building.

It was always 10 pm. A unanimous vote of council could extend past 10 pm.

Vancouver’s climate leadership exists because people across the political spectrum fought for it, putting planet before partisanship. Let’s do that again. 🌿

Request to speak at a Council meeting Request to speak at a Council meeting

If you’re able, please speak up today.

📬 Write to council — especially Councillors Dominato and Meiszner, who seem less tied to the mayor’s anti-climate agenda.

🎤 You can also sign up to speak directly to Council until 5 pm today. vancouver.ca/your-governm...

Will speaking out help? Hard to say — this council has made it harder for residents to participate in decisions, and it’s easy to feel cynical about how much they’re listening. But staying silent definitely won’t help. 📢

Now Mayor Sim says cuts are about “austerity”…but is proposing major police budget increases after 3 straight years of steep property tax hikes. 🤔💸🚓

And guess what?
Climate action in Vancouver has NEVER been partisan. 🏛️🫱🏼‍🫲🏽
NPA, COPE, Vision, OneCity, Greens, independents — all helped build this legacy.

Local governments control over 50% of emissions sources in Canada. What Vancouver does matters — here and worldwide. When federal governments stalled climate action (remember the Harper era?), cities like Vancouver kept pushing forward — helping build momentum toward the Paris Agreement. 🔥➡️✍️🇫🇷

🌍✨ Vancouver’s Climate Work Is On the Chopping Block
Mayor Ken Sim + ABC councillors plan to cut major climate action programs. For 35 years, Vancouver has been a global leader in local climate action — starting with the 1990 Clouds of Change report. 🌱

#BornReady

That’s so awesome! I was sorry I couldn’t join you all at the event. Can’t wait to get the book!

BREAKING: President Trump issued a memo calling for government-wide "terrorism investigations" into political opponents.

His administration is trying to use political violence as an excuse to investigate and intimidate the president's perceived enemies.

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As I was saying…

Navigating Power for Collective Action <p>How many times have you seen great ideas for better climate policy fail because people or politics got in the way? Effective climate action requires the ability to identify and leverage power in st...

Registration is now open for the power course that Lyndsay Poaps and I co-teach! Explore how to navigate power in the workplace and community to achieve meaningful collective action in the next @cs-sfu.bsky.social course starting on Nov 5. Save your spot: ow.ly/Xx5650OBnXg

#PowerU

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

Today’s ad in The Globe & Mail says what so many of us have been feeling: E.M., you are not alone. We stand with you — and with all survivors of gender-based violence. 💜

See the ad. Share it. Post with #CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM

Add your name here: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...

Survivor-Centred Safety - Where Do BC Cities Stand? - BWSS

Beyond virtue signalling: wondering what your local government is actually doing about gender-based violence? @endingviolence.bsky.social has an important new accountability tool to track progress in BC #DesignedWithSurvivors www.bwss.org/survivor-cen...

Canada will recognize Palestine in September, Mark Carney says The move comes amid increasing international pressure and outcry over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

#Breaking: Mark Carney says Canada will recognize Palestine as a state

Tsunami Advisory for B.C. - EmergencyInfoBC Tsunami - A magnitude 8.7 earthquake has occurred 80 miles (136 km) SE of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia. A Tsunami Advisory is in effect for B.C. Tsunami Notification Zones A, B, C and D. This incl...

If you live in coastal areas of the north Pacific: there is a serious tsunami advisory/warning as a result of a major earthquake off the coast of Russia. Please immediately look up and follow local advice. BC alert info here: www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunam...

Climate justice gets legal backbone as ICJ clarifies States’ duties on climate and human rights The International Court of Justice has given climate justice legal force, affirming that governments and corporations are obliged to cut emissions, protect human rights, and repair climate harm. PICAN...

For those looking to understand more about the ruling, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) has a great summary here: www.pican.org/climate-just...