Visuals of some local, suburban #rewilding efforts in #RoyalOak. Much of the area has been heavily developed. There's lots of fab rewilding work being done in some areas - almost all due to local volunteers/nature stewards & kind donations from public.
The efforts have paid off, after several decades of community volunteer efforts. Many wildlife & pollinators have safer habitat to live in. There's enough food for them to share in rewilded areas.
This Canadian Member of Parliament asked ChatGPT for a list of capital gains tax rates by country, got a nonsense answer, screenshotted it, and then tweeted the incorrect information.
The Migrations conference starts today, woot! See attachment for a list of free-to-attend lectures - I'll be moderating the film keynote on Friday. It'd be great to see people!
Today in Labor History June 19, 1938: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Vancouver cops attacked strikers with tear gas and clubs on Bloody Sunday. Over 100 were injured, with over 43 hospitalized. The strikers were primarily unemployed men, affiliated with the Communist Party. They had been on strike for months and had occupied hotels, the Vancouver art gallery, and post office. Events began on May 20, when 500 unemployed workers began a sit-down strike in the Hotel Georgia, in Vancouver, British Columbia. In early ’38, the government had cut grants to the provinces. As a result, many of the relief camps shut down and jobs dried up. In response, protesters occupied the Hotel Georgia, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the main post office beginning on May 20. They were led by communist organizers. The owner of the hotel refused to call the cops, fearing major property damage in the melee that would ensue. So, he bribed the men to leave. However, those in the post office and art gallery remained for weeks.
#Mosses & #lichen growing off a #SoapFlower tree. Lichen looks like hammered shield lichen but I'm not totally sure. I don't know what type of mosses these are. There's lots of fallen, tiny, soap berry petals on them.
#CFP for "Symposium on Black Methods in Science, Technology, and Innovation Research in Canada and Beyond" closing today -- there's still time to submit!
Young nature lovers will love this Animal illustrated series ! It mixes fun-filled animal facts with intricately detailed illustrations about Arctic animals. Each volume contains first-hand accounts from authors who live in the Arctic, along with interesting facts on the behaviors and biology of each animal.
#Italy PM #GiorgiaMeloni, a hard-line #conservative, has been intent on changing language that was included in last year’s G7 communiqué to exclude mentions of #abortion or reproductive rights. #POTUS, along w/the leaders of #France, #Germany & #Canada, pushed for its inclusion, & Biden threatened to not sign the doc if it was not included.
The Canadian government sees it. A great unraveling, already in-progress this decade, detailed in a report titled Disruptions On The Horizon. Link below. #usa#canada#21stcentury#crises#civilwar#donaldtrump
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are rapidly rising in UK, France, USA, Spain, and #Canada.
Mounting evidence shows that #Covid infections can create lasting differences in some people’s immune systems leaving them more susceptible to other diseases.
Whooping cough is one of the most infectious diseases in the world with a reproductive number of 12-17… similar to measles.
#Biden also outranked #Trump w/neighbors #Mexico & #Canada, though Mexicans were not particularly confident in either leader: 36% said they had confidence in Biden to do the right thing, & 12% said they trusted Trump to do so.
The gap in opinion was much narrower in #India, where 44% said they were confident in Biden & 42% said they were confident in Trump; & in #Israel, where 57% said they trusted Biden & 54% said they trusted Trump. #Security#ForeignPolicy#USpol#geopolitics#BidenHarris2024
Former head of CSIS Richard Fadden re: #NSICOP report.
"The alleged behaviour is not treasonous as there is no [longer] an offence of “foreign interference.”
"Under the guise of "improving" it, former PM Stephen Harper had 🇨🇦 treason statute revised, severely narrowing it's scope to military & scientific matters only, so now the recent allegations of MP's colluding with foreign powers no longer qualify as treasonous acts."
And so it begins…classified ad in Sunday’s Washington Post for a 50-acre “idyllic refuge” in northern Italy asks “Worried about revenge and retribution?”