On a gravel path is a Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Looked out my window a moment ago assessing for Spring Garden plans and saw a Mourning Cloak Butterfly that had come out of hibernation puddling on the still damp path 🦋😊
Renewable Energy as the standard for new installations is here. The slashing of Renewable Projects and propping up of Oil by this US Regime is the last gasp of a dying industry.
Image of a Facebook post by Rua Lupa with the following text: Rights are always fought for, the battles are often of attrition of opposition in public opinion. Non-violent Resistance has had the most success in changing that public opinion - both in time and amount. But they were rarely "Peaceful" Resistance - needing to be acts of defiance that practiced the rights desired in a very public manner. Displaying the barrier to those rights in undeniable ways and broadcasting it is the most impactful and efficient method to achieving Rights. The more creative and memorable (especially with humor), the faster the public opinion shifts. From there the representstives need to be pressured to act in response to their constituent's shifted position. Calls, Protests, Sit-ins, Advertisements (Newspapers, Buses + Stops, Billboards, phone poles, etc), Public Shaming (Tailing, especially with Comedic Mockery), and Public Demonstrations that displays that Representative's failure.
When reading on how rights have been won - for Women, Black, Indigenous, and Disabled People - they were always fought for.
The majority Public Opinion already supports Immigration. Now its time to heap more pressure on the Representatives, especially since they now Avoid Public Consultations.
More perfect union: BREAKING: The Senate just passed the legislation allowing the devastation of the Boundary Waters. The motion passed 50-49, and now goes to Donald Trump’s desk.
Republicans just handed the Boundary Waters to a foreign corporation.
For the GOP, it’s foreign billionaires first, America last.
Ranked Choice solves All the problems with First Past The Post without any of the problems of Proportional Representation, while maintaining the point of the Desire for PR - every vote matters, end strategic voting, address voter apathy, and have a government that actually represents their citizens
If you follow EU politics (TLDR news) you see how fractious PR systems are and regularly stagnates government. This has a common result of compromising with fringe parties to form a majority coalition. This is how parties based on xenophobia have gotten into government in the EU
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I saw that Avi, the leader of the federal New Democratic Party, is proposing Proportional Representation and while I agree that it is certainly better than First Past The Post, I also believe it is an outdated choice.
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IFLSCIENCE had this prompt question, "What's something society treats as normal that you secretly think is ridiculous?"
My answer, regarding humans as separate from Nature.
/|\ #Humanity #Nature #Society #Civilization #Ecosystem ( #Rewild often perpetuates this myth) #Economy #CircularEconomy
This morning the Whitetailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) had synchronized their pee pose and dance (urinating on thier tarsal glands).
#WhitetailedDeer #Deer #GardenWildlife #RewildedGarden #Wildlife #Ontario #Canada /|\
The 1st Canadian to leave low earth orbit and to the vicinity of the moon. "Artemis II will be Hansen’s first spaceflight. Although he was selected as a Canadian astronaut in 2009, Canadian flight opportunities have been limited because Canada’s contribution to International Space Station activity is less than 3%, which translates to relatively infrequent mission seats. Hansen’s seat on Artemis II was funded separately after Canada committed the Canadarm3 robotic arm to NASA’s planned Gateway lunar station." "The patch’s heptagonal shape references the Anishinaabe seven sacred laws and is paired with seven animals, each symbolizing a value that Hansen described in a CSA livestreamed Q&A: the buffalo for respect, the eagle for love, the bear for courage, the sasquatch for honesty, the beaver for wisdom, the wolf for humility and the turtle for truth. Hansen reflected on his experiences with Elders and traditional ceremonies in a 2025 CSA interview and a 2023 vision quest with Turtle Lodge in Manitoba." The Artemis II crew traveled farther from Earth than any previous human mission - about 252,000 miles into space, breaking the record set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, when it was approximately 248,000 miles from Earth. Artemis II reached the moon and this distance on April 6th.
The 1st Canadian to leave low earth orbit and to the vicinity of the moon.
The heptagonal shape references the Anishinaabe seven sacred laws and animals. Buffalo, Respect. Eagle, Love. Bear, Courage. Sabe, Honesty. Beaver, Wisdom. Wolf, Humility. Turtle, Truth
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Transport Canada wants to know your experience with being blinded by headlights.
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#Canada #Survey #Vehicles #Transportation #Commute #Highway #Drive #RoadTravel #Government #CanPoli #CanadianPolitics #PoliticsCanada #Headlights #Regulations
On April 6, four astronauts will make history by traveling farther from Earth than any humans before-surpassing the record set during Apollo 13. They will fly around the Moon's far side, capturing new images of its surface, and come within about 4,000 miles of the Moon at their closest approach. Important Times: 1:56 p.m. EDT (1756 UTC): Artemis II crew surpasses the Apollo 13 distance record 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 UTC): Lunar observation period begins 6:47 p.m. EDT (2247 UTC): Predicted loss of communications as Artemis II heads behind the moon (roughly 40 minutes) 7:02 p.m. EDT (2302 UTC): Artemis II's closest approach to the Moon 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 UTC): Artemis II reaches its furthest distance from Earth #nasa #artemis2 #moon
Artemis II Lunar Flyby Today!
On April 6, four astronauts will travel farther from earth than any humams before, fly around the Moon's far side, capturing new images of its surface, and come within about 4,000 miles of the Moon at their closest approach.
#nasa #artemis2 #moon
Avi Lewis: "When Israel commits a genocide in Gaza, we call them out. When the US and Israel start an illegal and reprehensible war against Iran that sets the world on fire, we say Canada should have absolutely no role in it whatsoever."
Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson, Tony McQuail, Tanille Johnston, and Rob Ashton cheering on stage together at the 2026 NDP Convention in Winnipeg.
The NDP family is bursting with talent.
Tanille, Tony, Rob, Heather — each of your incredible campaigns have made our movement so much stronger. Let's get to work and rebuild this party together.
Source: "Birth of a White Nation" by Jacqueline Battalora
The Ultra Wealthy / Elites / Capitalists became afraid when that majority was projected to no longer be the case, and thus no longer have control. Hence the "Great Replacement Theory" being peddled by these very same people.
"White" is a leash.
Over time "White" was expanded to include other groups - the Italians, Greek, Irish, Poles, etc. and then limited immigration of groups outside this arbitrary definition in order to ensure their controlled group remained the majority.
Colonial Anglo-Saxon lords invented "White People" in 1681 to prevent the laborors from unifying to form another Bacon's Rebellion. These lords gave laborers of the same ethnic background added privileges over the other laborers to convince them to identify with the lords over other laborers.
Identifying as "White" is, by its very design, saying you are a bootlicker. I know it can be confusing but that is how its always been since "White People" were invented in 1681. It was created by the Anglo-Saxon lords in the colonies in reponse to Bacon's Rebellion. In order to prevent the laborors from unifying to form another rebellion, these lords gave laborers of the same ethnic background added privileges over the other laborers to convince them to identify with the lords more than other laborers. Over time "White" was expanded to include other groups - the Italians, Greek, Irish, Poles, etc. and then limited immigration of groups outside this arbitrary definition in order to ensure their controlled group remained the majority. The Ultra Wealthy / Elites / Capitalists became afraid when that majority was projected to no longer be the case, and thus no longer have control. Hence the "Great Replacement Theory" being peddled by these very same people. "White" is a leash. Source: "Birth of a White Nation" by Jacqueline Battalora Image Description: 3 Panels in column of two men sitting at a table - scenes captured from the 2010 film 'Inception', the resulting meme format is known as "We need to go deeper." 1st Panel: Man on left states, INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS TO BENEFIT WHITE PEOPLE. 2nd Panel: Man on right responds, THAT IS WHITE PRIVILEGE- ITS A LEASH INVENTED BY COLONIST LORDS TO DIVIDE LABORERS AND PREVENT REBELLION. ITS ALWAYS BEEN TO BENEFIT THE ELITES. 3rd Panel: Man on left squints and glares at man on right.
Identifying as "White" is, by its very design, saying you are a bootlicker. I know it can be confusing but that is how its always been since "White People" were invented in 1681.
For an explanation, read the alt text in the image or the following thread
#White #Racism #WhitePrivilege
Snow covered in Whitetailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) tracks, scat, and urine.
I was wrong again! Someone pointed out how they were urinating on her tarsal glands, so I went out for a closer look and confirmed with much greater confidence that they were right!
Just got a phone call from the township and was told we Won! 😁
Honestly thought we lost because it has been over a month since the competition 😅
The USA is probably going to collapse in the near future if they don't address the national debt ASAP. And if Canada makes the right moves can come out on top, not just geographically, but on the world stage.
Deer scat on snow
Nope, twas a poop droop, confirmed with better visual in daylight
On snow covered winter morning in a Rewilded Garden in Northern Ontario Canada, A Whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) licks the face of another deer the deer that received the face lick raises their hoof to push away other deer.
What captions do you think the deer should have?
In a snow covered forest scene, a Whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Raises themselves up on their hind legs, plucks an Eastern White Pine sprig (Pinus strobus) off the tree and eats the pine needles casually
In a snow covered forest scene, a Whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) balances on their front legs, dropping their haunches, and wiggles their hind legs beneath them.
