Catherine Winter

New Animal Welfare Laws are Improving Lives Worldwide New animal welfare laws establish severe penalties for cruelty, neglect, abandonment, and exploitation of domestic wild species worldwide.

In a massive win for animals worldwide, new welfare laws dictate that animals deserve love, care, and compassion in addition to just food and shelter, and establish severe penalties for abuse, neglect, abandonment, and exploitation.

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#animals
#animalrescue
#pets

Friday the 13th is Proving Unlucky for Epstein Co-Conspirators The information revealed in the Epstein files has horrified the entire world. Although progress is slow, a reckoning seems to be unfolding.

Although progress is going more slowly than citizens would like, there does appear to be forward momentum regarding prosecution and consequences for those named in the Epstein Files.
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#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles

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I saw insects flying around outside today.
The temperature was 2C here in the Laurentides. In mid December.

I checked the historical data for what the weather was like on Dec 17 when I moved here in 2013: -19C during the day, -27C overnight.

Nothing strange at all, here.

Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

The Onion, 23 years ago.

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Cocoa Extracts Show Startling Anti-Aging Potential Great news for chocolate lovers! New studies show that cocoa extracts may have astonishing anti-aging properties.

Do you love chocolate? Then you'll be happy to know that it's better for you than you might have thought!

New studies show that cocoa extracts reduce age-related inflammation that could harden arteries and lead to cardiovascular disease.

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#chocolate
#aging
#cocoa

The Lighthouse of a Thousand Corpses

COP30 2025 Primer: Attendees and Key Goals? The Paris Agreement has failed. As such, the COP30 climate conference this year will be looking at a new goal, and for new ways to reach it.

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The 2015 Paris climate agreement aimed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The UN has stated that it's impossible to make that goal at this point. As such, attendees at this year's conference will be looking at a new goal & for new ways to reach it.
#COP30

Just in time for spooky season: This limited collection features illustrations by Nathaniel Hebert, first created for #Hellebore Magazine.
The Autumn Equinox collection will be available until Oct 31st, after which the Yule collection will be released.
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Is there an application form for this?

Thank you. xx

Looks terribly cathartic.

My favorite Douglas Adam's quote:
"...nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change...."

All good!! There are a lot of great articles about them. There are a lot of medicinal mushrooms that are used in Eastern medicine. I've only used reishi so far, but there are so many to delve into.

No fear of death necessary: they aren't considered edible because they have a thick, leathery texture that few humans could chew through, but they're highly medicinal. In Japan, they're used in conjunction with chemo and immunotherapy for cancer treatment.
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It's SUCH a great series!

Adding that to my TBR list now.

Escapism at its best.
I'm knitting in bed, watching Tales from the Green Valley with the sparrow on my shoulder and the rabbit by my side. Learning vital life skills from the 1620s may come in handy in the near future, all things considered.

Book 2 of the Khumalo trilogy is in pre-launch on Kickstarter!
If you haven't read Book 1 yet (Breath, Warmth & Dream), I HIGHLY recommend doing so now.
It's one of the most beautiful fantasy novels I've ever read, and the opportunity to spend more time with Khumalo and Amnandi makes me so. happy.

London Fog latte and a croissant, please.

Yes! And Fortress in the Eye of Time by CJ Cherryh is a favourite of mine as well.
Also:
The Thomas Covenant books
The Jerusalem Man
Rivers of London series
Septimus Heap
The Abhorsen Series (Sabriel, Abhorsen, Lirael, Clariel)

Twinsies.

I've never read it, but it's high on my list now.

Exactly this. I had a lovely friendship with an elderly neighbour who only spoke Mandarin. We managed to communicate just fine, and shared many cups of tea and various baked goods over the years.

"Disabled By Society" Why that label might apply to a lot more of this than most people think

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The Cage

It's sunny outside.
It's just a sun
but men look at it
and then they sing.

I don't know about the sun.
I know of the angel's melody
and the hot sermon
of the last wind
I know how to scream until dawn
when death poses naked
in my shadow.

—Alejandra Pizarnik

Hahaha
Fair enough! Keep us posted as to what you chose?

Tired bronze.