Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars.

There's just gotta be a line somewhere.

Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Seeing a raccoon in your yard during the day or a skunk crossing the street on your commute may seem unusual – but it doesn’t mean the animals are unwell. Raccoons and skunks are able to adapt and shift their activity times. Here's how we can better understand their behaviour: buff.ly/B0B6E4S

Yes, it's far from perfect, but I think it's still a good exercise for a lot of people. Hopefully they'll keep tweaking the tool to make it better, but I think the big overarching point is that we need to make both personal changes and societal changes to fix this.

LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024

This is a shocking story. Congrats to @thenarwhal.ca on exposing this.

LNG Canada in Kitimat – 🇨🇦's first major LNG facility – is now one of the highest sources of GLOBAL emissions for flaring, undermining claims that we produce the cleanest natural gas in the world: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

How many planets does it take to sustain your lifestyle? Calculate your Ecological Footprint. Find out how many planets would be needed if everyone in the world lived like you?

Tried the ecological footprint calculator from @katharinehayhoe.com's most recent newsletter and it calculated my Personal Earth Overshoot Day as the same day as my birthday. Not sure if that's the universe trying to taunt me or inspire me...

Give it a go here:
www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en

Text: Generally they want to help nature and make it easier to be outdoors. They recommended safer crossing guards, more misting tents to cool people off, new ways to help bees pollinate, community gardens for kids, and better cycling infrastructure. Other recommendations include a day to celebrate childhood and a junior job program. Juliana Reyes, selected as mayor for a day, urged a city-wide contest to promote water conservation. At 10, she’s aware that having enough water is a big issue that people are talking about these days.

"The audience saw videos of eight Grade 5 students presenting their top ideas to make Waterloo a better place." #TheKidsAreAlright www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Know any young Canadians who are passionate about birds and want to learn about bird banding and migration monitoring? This opportunity in Southern Ontario is for ages 13 to 17. Only six spots available!

Well #CBC #CanadaReads wrapped up as expected. This was the first year I tried to read in advance & follow along, and I'm still undecided how I feel about the competition format overall. But it definitely motivated me to read some books I wouldn't have picked up otherwise, so👍to that!

I get you not wanting to watch - this is the first year I'm tuning in to the debates and haven't decided yet how I feel about the format.

So day 3 of #CBC #CanadaReads went as expected and I'm very happy with the final two. I just wish I'd finished reading The Cure for Drowning before that massive spoiler, but I knew that was a risk I was taking. Also, I was not expecting the hockey guy to be my favourite panelist, but here we are. 📚

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I now assume it's going to come down to Searching for Terry Punchout and The Cure for Drowning, and I'd be happy with either (technically I'm still reading Drowning, but it's excellent so far). Both have plots that pull you along and great - if very different - writing.

Now, back to reading!
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Canadians and their reading in 2024 — BookNet Canada Every year we ask Canadian readers about their reading habits, here you can also find some of the top-level highlights.

Sidebar: For anyone else curious about the "average reader" question that came up, I found this report from BookNet Canada. Seems most readers are after entertainment/enjoyment or comfort, and are looking for it in mysteries/thrillers or other genre fiction: www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/researc...
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I wasn't a big fan of the tone some of the conversation took; sometimes it felt like it was sliding towards personal attacks. But I don't usually watch competition television, so maybe I'm just not the right audience. On the flipside, I appreciated Steve Glynn's phrase "reader error".
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📚 Thoughts on #CBC #CanadaReads Day 2: I'm surprised by the elimination, but don't disagree. I guess it depends on how you interpret choosing a book that every Canadian *should* read. I'm approaching it as, people should read it because they'll enjoy it and get excited about reading.
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Also, I'm enjoying the panelists very much. I loved @stevedangle20.bsky.social writing the apology note on his voting card. :)

It's kind of weird to force people who love books to put down other books they enjoyed, but I guess if there was no criticism or voting there couldn't be a show!
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It’s Different This Time is the only one I haven't read at all, so I can't comment on the vote against that. But I will say that I saw Dela Cruz's point about A Minor Chorus - the language is so often beautiful, but sometimes tips over into distracting and makes the book less accessible.
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Okay, so #CanadaReads Day 1: I'm not surprised at the elimination. I had to push myself to finish Foe, but then when I did finish and finally understood what I'd been reading, I wanted to go back and read it again. So a hard sell as a book to build bridges, but worth the time as a unique read.
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Canada Reads This is the home page for Canada Reads, CBC's annual battle of the books.

CBC's Canada Reads 2026 kicks off in an hour! I'll be trying to avoid spoilers until this evening. This is the first year I've tried to read the books beforehand and I'm at 3.5 out of 5 read. So I'm more invested than usual, but also not ready to declare a favourite: www.cbc.ca/books/canada...

I'm glad it was being recorded, as there's no way I could have taken notes fast enough to keep up. The Q&A was an additional goldmine. Watch for the recording to show up in the archive; when it does it should be required viewing for Canadian Senators & MPs: liberalarts.humber.ca/current-stud...
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A man in glasses speaks into a microphone at a podium labelled Humber. The bottom corner of a screen with a slideshow is visible behind him, currently displaying a graphic of a pink pig with a slot in their back like a piggy bank. Someone in militaristic boots stands next to the pig.

On Wednesday I heard Cory Doctorow (@doctorow.pluralistic.net ) give a truly excellent talk at Humber - "Disenshittification Nation: How Canada Can Fix the Internet, Win Trump's Trade War, and Make a Genuinely Astonishing Amount of Money."
If you ever get a chance to hear him live, take it.
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So far I've finished 3 of the Canada Reads contenders, and my hold on a 4th just came in from the library. I doubt I'll make it through all 5 before the debate begins April 13, but I'm still excited to follow along. Will you be tuning in?
#CanadaReads #CBC #Books #Canada
www.cbc.ca/books/canada...

The next Animal History Group online seminar is next Wednesday the 15th. We will be hosting Mady Rodrigues-Raby who will be telling us about how people thought about raccoons in early 20th century Canada. Tickets are free, all welcome. 🦝🇨🇦

Already registered and very excited for this one! 🦝

Did u know? If you have a cattle grid close to you, install a ramp inside each subterranean compartment so that small souls like hedgehogs, mice & amphibians can escape if they inadvertently fall in. We made some simple brick steps in ours. Works perfectly. 🙏🌍🦎🐸🐀🦔

This planetarium at U of T was created as a gift to citizens. Decades later, it’s being demolished The Royal Ontario Museum opened the McLaughlin Planetarium in 1968, welcoming more than six million visitors in its 27 years of operation.

For the past 30 years, every time Conservatives have been elected to govern Ontario, they start vandalizing cultural institutions. Mike Harris destroyed Sam McLaughlin’s gift of a planetarium.
Doug Ford destroyed the Ontario Science Centre and Ontario Place.
Next?
🙄
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...

Thanks to everyone for sharing!

Tagging on to say that Cornell Lab's Project FeederWatch has been running a bird-glass collision study. If you're a FeederWatch participant, you can contribute to the science on avoiding window strikes! feederwatch.org/windows/

A poster by Bird and Moon for Flap dot org. In a comic-style format, a bird explains for humans that window collisions kill billions of birds worldwide each year. Birds don't really get windows, and instead see a safe space past the glass, reflected outdoor plants, a reflected rival bird (themselves), or outdoor plants viewed through transparent corner windows. What can you do? There are cheap, easy, attractive fixes. Create a visual barrier for birds to see using window tape for vertical lines, string or ribbon hanging down, decals, or window film. Put these on the outside of the window, spaced 2 inches or 5 centimeters apart or less. You can also make window strikes less deadly. Keep bird feeders and baths close to windows. One point five feet or a half-metre away or closer. You can also u screens on the outside of windows. To learn more visit FLAP dot org. Thank you, bird hero.

It's the start of National Wildlife Week in Canada and the start of spring migration, so it's the perfect time to make sure your windows are as bird-friendly as they can be.

This great poster by @rosemarymosco.com summarizes the problem of window collisions; learn what you can do at birdsafe.ca