Bridget Wayland

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.

We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.

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#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians

Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first | CBC News How would you like to lower your electricity bill and help power your home using an abundant renewable energy source — the sun? There is an affordable, do-it-yourself solution for people who own house...

@canrea.bsky.social's Phil McKay recently spoke to CBC News about the growing interest in plug-in balcony solar panels. These affordable plug-and-play units are exploding in popularity in Europe, but murky regulations are hindering uptake in Canada. 🏡 Read the full article here: ow.ly/rtOv50WQxgp

Happy International Owl Awareness Day! #internationalowlawarenessday #owl

King: see, this sort of thing always happens when people vacation in the woods
Barker: couldn't be me
Barker: if the isolation of the woods started to make me lose my grip on reality, i would simply leave the woods
Griffin: oh you would, would you, smart guy?

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

Pollinator planting for the win! #Monarchbutterflies #Milkweed

Arriving in Ottawa for meetings on climate change with smoke from wildfires hanging in the air caused by climate change @climateinstitute.bsky.social

AP editor: You get a photo of Chris Martin for the Astronomer CEO story?
AP photog: Sure did boss, real lens flare that makes him look like Jafar getting sucked back into the lamp at the end of Aladdin just like you asked.
AP editor: what

Happy solstice everyone, and may you know that the tilt of the Earth and not the distance from the Sun is the reason for the seasons.

Yikes

So much fabric!

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked

YouTube video by Clare Blackwood I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us

I'm A United States Governor, and I Don't Understand Why Canadians Have Stopped Visiting Us

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This is shocking and horrifying

the pulitzer prize implies the existence of the pushitzer prize

Sorry, but if you call my password weak I'm not going to tell you where the traffic lights are

forgive me

they were better

than mine

Pear tree blossoms about to pop

Here comes the rhu.

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.

Canada's own Neil Young.
Keep on rocking in the free world Neil.
#handsoff #elbowsup

More than $200K raised for Quebec-Vermont library following U.S. decision to restrict cross-border access https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article852811.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

A photo of the massive lower trunk and buttressing roots of the huge Birnam sycamore being admired by two men who look tiny in comparison. A leafy green woodland backdrop. Photo copyright Coralie Mills 2024

The Birnam Sycamore, Perthshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with humans for scale.

#ThickTrunkTuesday

This magnificent ‘Scots plane’, as sycamore was called historically here, is just along from the more famous Birnam Oak, on the bank of the River Tay at Birnam. My best guess at the sycamore’s age is 17th century planting.

Great pic!

"Donald Trump wants to break us because he wants to own us," Carney says. Someone shouts: "Never!"

That's got the crowd whipped up.

"They want our resources, our water, our country."

More people shouting "never!"

A thrilling little thing.

Is it missing a whole panel orrrr

it's good people aren't in our group chat because it's literally just pictures of giant hogs

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6