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T.Dot dweller from the West Coast. Professeure de littérature franco-canadienne. Lover of books, history, politics (world, Canada, Ukraine), art, humour, gardens, cats. RTs are not endorsements.

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How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

“It isn’t that I’m more afraid of public speaking than death; it is that public speaking feels like it could cause my death. But I do it every month because I am a high school librarian in the state of Texas in times such as these.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@la-cac.org

www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-...

11.03.2026 21:28 👍 271 🔁 81 💬 1 📌 7

Canadians buy made-in-Canada goods to support their local businesses and local economies.

We’re doing the same, at scale, with the Buy Canadian Policy — by building housing, infrastructure, and defence projects with Canadian materials, Canadian technology, and Canadian workers.

12.03.2026 15:48 👍 1148 🔁 221 💬 55 📌 15
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Colourful collage of four stylised Black female figures in dresses with umbrellas on grass under a blue sky

Colourful collage of four stylised Black female figures in dresses with umbrellas on grass under a blue sky

Ekua Holmes (born in 1955), artist and illustrator known for her mixed media collages #womensart

12.03.2026 15:15 👍 385 🔁 74 💬 1 📌 5
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Your kitchen on Thursday afternoon, when Russia is your neighbour

This is Mykolaiv today, after Iran Shahed drone bombed the roof of apartment building

12.03.2026 12:15 👍 106 🔁 49 💬 7 📌 1
A close-up of a hot pink and white salvia flower in bright sunlight, with ruffled petals fading from deep pink at the top to pale white at the bottom. More red salvia flowers and green foliage are visible in the blurred background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A close-up of a hot pink and white salvia flower in bright sunlight, with ruffled petals fading from deep pink at the top to pale white at the bottom. More red salvia flowers and green foliage are visible in the blurred background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Baby Sage mimicking hummingbirds
(Salvia microphylla)
Sebastopol, California
#art #photography #flowers #macrophotography

11.03.2026 22:50 👍 247 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 4
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Giant lizard that can grow up to 6 feet is invading South Florida's ecosystem Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the ecosystem in South Florida as an invasive species.

Giant lizard that can grow up to 6 feet is invading South Florida's ecosystem

The Nile monitor has an aggressive temperament and thrives in Florida's climate.
abcnews.com/US/giant-liz...

12.03.2026 04:13 👍 391 🔁 113 💬 44 📌 23
Screenshot of someone signing "evaporation"

Screenshot of someone signing "evaporation"

I learned about a brilliant project yesterday to support British Sign Language (BSL) users, creating new signs for scientific terms in chemistry, oceanography, data science & more.
And they're fabulously descriptive. Do have a look and share!

www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/index.ht...

12.03.2026 09:27 👍 479 🔁 136 💬 13 📌 6

Elections matter and Ontario voters need to vote for change because Ford is destroying everything

12.03.2026 08:48 👍 215 🔁 99 💬 19 📌 9
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Canada issues travel advisory update for Germany and the U.K. | National Canada has issued a travel advisory update, warning travellers heading to the U.K. or Germany of a potential health risk.

Updated travel advisory for Canadians heading to Germany and the U.K. due to the risk of polio.

Get your vaccines, why, because you didn’t see what we saw when people got sick, their lives were destroyed. 🤬

This vaccine has proven effectiveness to save lives!

dailyhive.com/canada/uk-ge...

12.03.2026 10:00 👍 227 🔁 133 💬 18 📌 19

Ukrainians watching Real Madrid - Manchester City game while discussing can there be a nuclear war and what are the differences between tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. Or, what I call, just a usual Wednesday night

11.03.2026 21:08 👍 67 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Hey Canadians!

If this is a topic close to your heart, please take a moment to sign the online government petition.

12.03.2026 02:42 👍 44 🔁 35 💬 1 📌 0
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A tiny sketch of apples of my apple tree..

#watercolor #art #artchallenge #photography #nature #appletree #sketch #peace

11.03.2026 23:12 👍 519 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 0
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Put pressure on the aggressor, not the victim!

11.03.2026 20:01 👍 479 🔁 103 💬 12 📌 9
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Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is ‘an affront to democracy’ | CBC Arts Today on Commotion, Ira Wells, author of the book On Book Banning and the president of PEN Canada, explains why book bans are becoming more common in schools across Canada and the U.S.

When ‘your freedom of choice’ is diminished, are you truly free?

Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is ‘an affront to democracy’

Professor Ira Wells explains why the government order is ‘quite demeaning to Alberta's high school-age kids’

www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

12.03.2026 00:44 👍 157 🔁 66 💬 14 📌 5
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Yup

Vive le Canada! 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli

12.03.2026 02:08 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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“But let’s also be very clear that if the party opposite wants more information, the leader of the opposition can go get his security check...” - Gary Anandasangaree

PoiLIEvre was absolutely cooked in the House of Commons today. 😂😅🤣

🎥 Credit TheJasonPugh / 𝕏
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️

12.03.2026 00:42 👍 111 🔁 36 💬 11 📌 2
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Don't Steal This Book 10,000 authors publish an empty book to protest against the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

I joined thousands of authors in publishing an empty book, Don’t Steal This Book. It’s a demand to tech companies to stop stealing intellectual, creative, artistic, and other work to train AI models.

www.dontstealthisbook.com

10.03.2026 21:05 👍 29 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0

the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy quote I think of most often these days is, “What do you mean, why’s it got to be built? It’s a bypass. You’ve got to build bypasses.”

Any connection to certain modern technologies is purely coincidental, and mostly harmless.

11.03.2026 14:03 👍 1634 🔁 218 💬 79 📌 14

Ah, I see legal just got back from their mountain retreat.

11.03.2026 21:11 👍 57 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

“A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.”

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#Stoicism
#stoicquotes
#mindfulness

11.03.2026 19:09 👍 944 🔁 137 💬 0 📌 8

Coming up on 30 years since the Dunblane school shooting massacre (13th March 1996) and watching another documentary about it. The families wanted to end legal handgun ownership and we passed those laws. We’ve not had a school shooting since. I ache for all Americans who cannot get this done there.

11.03.2026 18:02 👍 3126 🔁 715 💬 139 📌 30

One day this video will become obsolete because Poilievre will finally get his security clearance, but, as Aragorn once said, it is not this day.

11.03.2026 22:33 👍 126 🔁 18 💬 6 📌 0
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A super quince flower in today’s garden…

11.03.2026 20:10 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Alright fam, here it is

Moby-Dick Rocks!!!; or, put down the AI and read a fucking book.
by
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

earrings by Ear Art by Ebony London

11.03.2026 17:34 👍 695 🔁 183 💬 43 📌 50
White blossom, probably blackthorn, against a clear blue sky.

White blossom, probably blackthorn, against a clear blue sky.

It's beginning to look a lot like Spring. I think this is blackthorn blossom.

11.03.2026 16:14 👍 552 🔁 47 💬 13 📌 4

I take your point. However it is irresponsible of any party leader, once they become leader, not to apply for security clearance so that they can access the full information they need to do their jobs.

11.03.2026 19:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

All 🇨🇦 party leaders should be required to get their security clearance. Poilievre has no good argument for not doing so. Citing Mulcair to support his decision is ludicrous. Tom who, you say?

11.03.2026 18:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Here’s how much it will cost to cross the Gordie Howe International Bridge The six-lane crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, MI, is scheduled to open sometime this spring.

Here’s how much it will cost to cross the Gordie Howe International Bridge #Canada #US

Passenger vehicles will pay C$8 or US$5.75 per crossing

Breakaway program will receive a 25 per cent discount, lowering the cost to C$6 or US$4.35 per trip.

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

11.03.2026 18:38 👍 45 🔁 25 💬 9 📌 2