Craig McCormick

YouTube video by HalifaxTrails.ca Hobsons Lake in Halifax's Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area

A short hike the other day to Hobsons Lake in #Halifax's Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area:
youtu.be/sBGNJpUyRFY

Membership - Friends of Blue Mountain & Birch Cove Lakes Passionate about caring for and supporting the long term survival of BMBCL? Membership formalizes your commitment and adds your name to our list of supporters.

#BMBCL Wilderness Area. If you enjoy the trails behind Kearney Lake, hiking to the top of Blue Mountain & or swimming at Susies Lake, please support the Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes: bluemountainfriends.ca/membership/

Higher in the watershed, Ash Lake looking gorgeous in the winter light.

Black Duck Brook, leading out of Hobson's Lake and eventually down to Kearney Lake and beyond.

Gorgeous winter day on Hobson’s Lake in BMBCL, which we hope Parks Canada will agree will be Canada’s next Urban Wilderness Park.
Decision in late 2026.

In apparent violation of public meeting rules, Mayor Andy Fillmore hosted secret meeting with councillors and Construction Association of Nova Scotia to talk regional plan - Halifax Examiner Coun. Sam Austin expressed concerns with that meeting, saying while he thought the intentions were "good," he asked if the invitation was the "epitome of a backroom meeting?"

@suzannerent.bsky.social continues to shine a light on shady business.

"In apparent violation of public meeting rules, Mayor Andy Fillmore hosted secret meeting with councillors and Construction Association of Nova Scotia to talk regional plan www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.

I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.

We remember them always.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte

N.S. declared intimate partner violence an epidemic one year ago. What's changed? | CBC News Nova Scotia legislators unanimously adopted a bill on Sept. 12, 2024, declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic. One expert says there's been some positive change since then, but they're looking...

Some progress on IPV in Nova Scotia recently, but this interview with Emma Halpern from the Elizabeth Fry Society lays out important next steps. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Story by @taryngrant.bsky.social

Bryony House Bryony House is a 24-room shelter. Each year, approximately 500 women and children stay with us and 2,500 distress calls are answered. Our dedicated counselors answer the 24-hour distress line…

Marking the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with annual donation on behalf of the lab to Bryony House (bryonyhouse.ca), a safe haven in Halifax for women and their families who are experiencing intimate partner violence. We’ve been doing this for 5 years now.

grid of 9 virus images in blue watercolor

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
Detail from Blue Viruses, watercolor, 2025 #sciart

YouTube video by USGS [V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)

The USGS provides several views. This is the west one.

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women The horror of December 6, 1989, was an attack on women and the values of equality, dignity, and respect that define who we are as Canadians.

My statement:
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Photo listing the names of the victims of the Polytechnique Montréal massacre.

Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.

Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.

Active holiday Vacation does not necessarily equal sofas, series and sunbathing. Fyn and the islands are the perfect playground for everyone who loves action and beautiful nature. Fire up an active vacation with hik...

"Cast a fishing line from the water’s edge (...) experience a unique ice age landscape, forests and islands, 1,100 km of coastline, rugged cliffs, 1,800 km of signposted cycle route, prehistoric finds, wild horses, hills, and much more."

This kind of travel advertising speaks to me.

#Sufficiency

They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...

YouTube video by 22 Minutes Elites pay the ultimate price during Punish the Rich Day... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

This was my favorite.

Honestly think This Hour has 22 Minutes is way better than SNL:

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.

Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

A photo of the memorial of the 14 women victims of femicide on Dec 6, 1989 at Ecole Polytechnique.

Graphic that says NOROVIRUS: YOU DON'T WANT IT. It has a figure on hands and knees with effluent coming from both ends.

Never a good sign when I have a chance to post this.

www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

Didn’t know that, Jillian. Thanks!

Phage resistance mutations in a marine bacterium impact biogeochemically relevant cellular processes - Nature Microbiology Evading infection in Cellulophaga baltica comes with cellular changes that alter carbon cycling, metabolite secretion and sedimentation rates.

#NewResearch

Evading infection in Cellulophaga baltica comes with cellular changes that alter carbon cycling, metabolite secretion and sedimentation rates.

#MicroSky #EnvMicro 🦠🌐 @sullivan-lab.bsky.social @howard-varona.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The best Dutch film scene of all time, of course, from 1973, showing how Dutch cyclists reclaimed the cities that were also clogged with cars at the time. Cycling is sexy.

“Safety Services” trucks as well. Cone bros obey no rules.

This is part of why I feel a little more vulnerable at Seymour/Vernon intersection after they take out the green flex posts for snow clearing. I wait in the bike lane for light change as I should, but chaos all around.

ghouls

Oh you're coming for Caulfield? Nuh-uh.

Let's not forget Bhattacharya and friends lobbied Trump for widespread mass infection BEFORE there were any lockdowns. And yet:

-immunity from infection wanes in months
-mass infection creates new variants
-fatalities were much higher than he predicted

30 Rock meme but with Counting Crows

This came to me in a dream

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

• Vaccinated people had lower risk of death from any cause.
In short: mRNA vaccines weren’t just safe — they were protective across the board. 🔥📉 shorturl.at/GcZeK #EMSky