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Equipment issue led to excessive LNG Canada flaring, docs reveal | The Narwhal LNG Canada delayed reporting ‘integrity issue’ to regulators and never fully informed the public, while locals raised concerns about noise, smoke and emissions

"The regulator told The Narwhal...it has not issued any penalties for non-compliance." Months & months of noncompliance! Think of the good the fines could do.

LNG Canada: flaring up to 15X more gas than expected: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...

#PenalizeCorporations #CorporateFines @thenarwhal.ca

“America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”

— David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics

Seriously not impressed at all.

I spent a bunch of the Olympics trying to convince myself it's ok if Americans win things because the athletes aren't the politicians but then Kash Patel parties in the locker room and the White House does this

I am sad that I am losing the winter olympics as my background noise. It's been a blast. #WinterOlympics

Proud of Team Canada and proud to be Canadian 🇨🇦

Getting a ticket to 13 concerts at TSO next season.
I am over the moon excited and want to learn some more about classical music really. I haven't "studied" it since high school music class. So whatcha got for me? Favourite books? Podcasts? etc. #TSO #ClassicalMusic #AlwaysLearning #AlwaysReading

oh wow

I wish CBC could just suck up the costs and play the whole parade of nations. We're such a diverse country! We deserve to see and hear a little bit about every country.

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief The author brings introspection and humour to their inspiring account of how a young goshawk helped them cope after the loss of their father

I've never been big into audiobooks but this maybe what gets me to try again:

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Escorted over to Ward’s Island this morning #Toronto

When did the idea rise that the government is some sort of revenue machine? That it’s run as a business?

The whole point of the government is providing public goods - they benefit everyone whether you individually go to that park or drive on that road or visit that hospital. #Socialism #ONPoli

We live in a world where wealth and resources are hoarded by the few but socialism is bad because “your work will only benefit others” - #MakeItMakeSense

Interrogation of John/Eleanor Rykener On this day (11/12/1394), John/Eleanor Rykener was interrogated in London. Rykener was assigned male at birth yet often dressed and presented as female. They were put on trial after being found “calling himself Eleanor” and dressing in women’s clothes whilst having sex with a man.[1] The trial records state that...

1394. This document is from 1394. 631 years ago. But "obviously trans people only exist now" /s

britishonlinearchives.com/posts/catego...

#Transgender #LGBTQ2S+ #EverybodyIsHuman #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe

Hey - which way of buying your book gets you the most income? Amazon vs. kobo? Thanks and hello from Toronto!

Hello #TorontoBookLovers #booksky I'm trying to come up with a bucket list of #IndependentTorontoBookstores to visit in the upcoming year. Help a #BookDragon out :)

#BookWorm #BookNerd #BookKeeper #ILoveBooks #TorontoReads #TorontoBooks #TorontoBookstores

Can anyone tell me a little bit about research in the 1970s before I get annoyed with an author? Story from 1975. I looked up a car part mentioned. It turns out the car wasn’t made until 5 years(at least) after the story says. I mean why mention the year, make, model if it’s wrong? Even in the 70s?!

Outdoor cats kill 60 million birds in Canada each year, study finds April Campbell has five rescue cats at home in Toronto and a bird feeder in her backyard. She loves watching the birds but also cares deeply for her foster cats. To protect both, she built a “catio” —...

Wow: "3.5 million cats spend time outdoors in Canada and together they kill a median of 60 million birds every year"

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/18/n...

Or stitching and watching curling / hockey.

But NOT stitching and drinking 🤣

Whenever I think of #multitasking I never think of trying to do two things at the same time - both of which requiring thought. I think of things like bringing a book for when I am stuck in line. Or listening to the news when folding laundry. Just me?

Imagine having so much power and being such an idiot.

and excluded and neglected and terrorized and killed, then the rest will be spared. And then they tell you that you have the switch and must decide who dies first. (2/2)

Except you WILL NOT BE SPARED. You're just later.

@thereframe.bsky.social

In all such cases, specific groups of people are targeted by the Republican fascists based on rationales constructed of the most laughable bullshit, with the either explicit or implicit promise that if everyone else allows the few to be harmed ... (1/2)

Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present

Oh a nice book list to read. Excepting the TERF of course. Very disappointed in #TheGuardianUK @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Nora Loreto | Substack All the news I can't break anywhere else. Click to read Nora Loreto, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Thanks to @nolore.bsky.social for a brilliantly simple summation: Low union density, especially in the private sector is the flip side of record-breaking profits. #Unionisation #Unionization #ProLabour #ProLabor #Unite

A tricolour bernedoodle sitting on a wooden floor looking up suspiciously while he tries to figure out the noises coming from upstairs. It's a bit messy in the room behind.

looking for #CanadianAuthors #CanadianWriters #CanadianPublishers to follow. I'm not in the industry, I just love to read 😍 #BookNerd #BookDragon #TorontoReads #ILoveBooks #BookSky @booksky.club

Picture of the dog because he's adorable. #Edgar

Dehumanizing others is just the first step. I want to scream from the rooftops - attacking marginalized groups just lets them see what we will let them get away with.

This is what I am working on.