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Scribbler (mainly nature, conservation, critters, science, climate); Geographer (Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society); Soy nature boy. https://brian.eco/

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Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was β€˜almost zero’ and finding two is β€˜unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

"Two charismatic marsupial species that had been thought extinct for 6,000 years are alive in rainforest in remote West Papua."

Oh yeah this is super cool as both the pygmy long-fingered possum and ring-tailed glider were previously only known from fossils 🀯πŸ§ͺπŸ€
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

Guys, I can’t do another one. I will retire to run a bar in Malta if this happens.

05.03.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 361 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 2

I won a car in Roll-Up-The-Rim.

05.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No.

05.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Step straight out and that snow is still over your knees … but it’s going. At some point in next week or three, our annual two-day torrent of runoff will be pouring under that bridge. That was my excuse for building it. This year could be a good one.

04.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the thin edge of the wedge that leads to their secession.

04.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Same Guinness, different location, feet extended, show-covered footbridge and pines in background.

Same Guinness, different location, feet extended, show-covered footbridge and pines in background.

Found a chair and a table in a better spot.

04.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Hand holding a short glass of Guinness  facing the sun with piles of snow in background.

Hand holding a short glass of Guinness facing the sun with piles of snow in background.

Found a dry bench at the top of the driveway in the sun. Raising a glass to the warmth and the light, to the melting snow and the coming of spring.

04.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see. I wrote Carney the moment I saw his first statement on the invasion, about same time we saw reports of the school bombing. I've actually written him a few times. Once, I got a personalized reply from his team, which tells me they do pay attention at least.

04.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The current ranks of U.S ambassadors is a dream team of morons. This may be more dangerous than the ambassador to Canada demanding apologies for a story about an insult to their Olympic hockey team, but no less stupid.

04.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The UN, though in Manhattan, is on international land, not American. Also a pretty central tenet of diplomacy is β€œwe will not take advantage of proximity to murder your people” for reasons that should be very obvious.

04.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 1683 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 16

LOL. I’m nominating Kelly immediately for Order of Canada.

04.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

01.03.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 26030 πŸ” 4730 πŸ’¬ 575 πŸ“Œ 484

FYI, thought of your story again when this post, by a harbour pilot, randomly landed in my feed today.

bsky.app/profile/bart...

01.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This guy and his enablers are the end of the Labour Party. Complete asshats.

01.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Columbia Student Is Released From ICE After Mamdani-Trump Meeting

Remarkable. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social strikes again.

"Columbia Student Is Released From ICE After Mamdani-Trump Meeting." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

27.02.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the scenes of my undergrad thesis

27.02.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I complain about CBC, because it’s not perfect, and fair criticism is allowed and appropriate. But seriously, thank God for CBC in Canada. It needs to be protected.

27.02.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 538 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 7

Thanks for posting. Headlines can only say so much. This report - which is full of practical guidance - lands as countries that adopted the 2030 targets in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are preparing their first progress reports. Actions by business are central to getting there.

26.02.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sick of people saying that veganism is 'anti-farmer'. Who do they think grows the crops used in plant-based food?

26.02.2026 09:20 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Porsche club only admits enthusiasts of electric sports cars - electrive.com The Registro Italiano E-motion is the world's first Porsche club exclusively for drivers of all-electric sports cars. Founded in Franciacorta a little over

β€œI believe internal combustion engines are an outdated concept – much like a rotary phone. Electric driving is powerful, quiet, and clean. I want people to understand that.” www.electrive.com/2026/02/25/n...

26.02.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So no blowouts but two losses. Guess that’s a wash.

26.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I live in Minnesota and I want the federal government to stop trying to kill us. And hurt us. I want them to stop attacking us.

It sucks.

We’re just trying to live our lives and take care of each other and we don’t deserve all this.

I kid around sometimes here but I’m not kidding now.

25.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 4105 πŸ” 884 πŸ’¬ 113 πŸ“Œ 35

#Toronto sports fans should be bracing for a blowout Wednesday night. In a bad way. Raps on a back-to-back host the Spurs; Leafs into Tampa facing a Lightning team riding a 19-1-1 streak that got healthier over the break.

26.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure team USA's men's hockey team is full of mysoginistic morons, but seeing them served McDonald's for dinner at the white house made me laugh πŸ˜‚

25.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The State of the Union was a zoo – and Team USA the monkeys Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team received about a two-minute bipartisan standing ovation during the address
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Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho BrazΓ£o, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos BrazΓ£o, were responsib...

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts."

massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social

paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

25.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 2045 πŸ” 727 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 58
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Over 7K 'assault-style' firearms declared by British Columbians applying to buyback program | CBC News Over 32,000 illegal firearms have been declared so far nationwide in a program aimed at eventually collecting and destroying guns that have been banned by Ottawa.

Yoinks. www.cbc.ca/news/assault...

25.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@davidreevely.bsky.social Nice piece today on GPS.

25.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This story passed the smell test.

25.02.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0