An update on the Zanclean Megaflood!
In 2025, researchers from Italy’s University of Catania found types of rock on top of hills in Sicily that must have been carried there by the floodwater.
Those hills were well over 100 metres high - & yet the flood still roared right over them.
GOOD GRIEF.
ICYMI, my sister's SFF adaptation of P&P will be published by Inanna in Sept'26. Living on a generation ship with clockwork machines & greenhouse agriculture alters Regency society and the trajectories of much-beloved characters! No spoilers but a much-beloathed character dies!
Bookmark (a treasured independent bookstore in downtown Halifax) will sell signed pre-orders for my #PrideAndPrejudice retelling in space, Aether and Ego! I'm really pretty excited about this. #SmallPress 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #booklovers #Austenesque #Austenauts
Here's the Anthropic complaint against basically every federal agency
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
❗On Friday evening, the CAJ learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists.
https://loom.ly/z22FRzg
We should also ask what kind of political, media, and economic environment makes russian style disruption so effective in the first place.
Because for us that is where the real vulnerability lies.
And now, you know.
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Then they looked at differences between genders. Girls and boys of equal roaming range had roughly equal spatial math skills. But girls have smaller roaming range in most countries.
In Norway & Singapore, girls score higher than boys. Boys & girls both enjoy mobility autonomy in those countries
It’s honestly hard to get accurate info on this war at all. Some of the OSINT accounts are doing a great job trying, but information is being locked down everywhere.
Even the MDA account in Israel is being censored now. We went from constant updates to radio silence.
*One* work? I have no idea. Not trying to duck the question, but I’m at a loss to say.
It depends on “when” and “where” and “what genre” I think. 1/4
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I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's business section is at it again.
I'll be taking two pieces into the ol' woodshed today. Let's start with this one:
This letter was written by someone in the world that cares. It was delivered to you at random whenyou opened this page. •• Hello, My letter is for you. I'm so glad you're here to read it... I promise with all my heart, you are not alone & you matter more than you know. During hard times we all need someone, even a stranger to remind us of that. It is not always possible to see it or believe it when times are hard.
know this to. I really do. It sometimes feels like everyone else has things together. But we all struggle & sometimes we just need someone to understand, to encourage us & to share our journey with. I have been where you are, I didn't even know it was possible get out of, but I did. And you will to. You deserve your life. Focus on the small stuff, the free stuff, as it turns out, the best stuff; looking closely at a flower, a leaf, a feather and marvelling over how beautiful it is, how much work went into creating that & how much more went into creating you.
Birds singing, a smile from a stranger, sun on your face, the shoes on your feet. There is an endless list, take a moment to notice those little things. We are all unique, anyone who has ever lived was created uniquely. We all have our special qualities that make us, us. We all do good things and we all make mistakes & that is fine. Jou are worthy of your place and you are special for being the only you that ever existed. You matter to this world, you matter enough to me that I wrote this letter for you. One day you will be able to write your letter and tell your story of how you got through a tough time and how grateful you are to be here in this wonderful life that was waiting for you all along. Cheering you on always, Sam
A man lost his sister to suicide and wanted to help other people not make that choice.
He asked random strangers around the world to write “Reasons to Stay” letters. Thousands did.
And now his website saves lives.
Also always good for a pick-me-up. This is lovely.
reasonstostay.co.uk
The Middle East War: Objectives, Geography, and Consequences
A detailed analysis of the Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran, regional escalation, energy chokepoints, regime structure, and global consequences.
www.onestnetwork.com/the-middle-e...
And the others chomping at the bit for war because $$$$$
When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...
The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Violet King shown in a formal graduation portrait, wearing a dark academic gown and mortarboard cap with a tassel. She holds a rolled diploma in one hand and wears a corsage of light-colored flowers pinned to the front of her gown. Her hair is styled in soft curls, and the background is plain and softly lit.
Violet King was the daughter of Black immigrants who came to Canada from the United States.
She went on to become the first Black Canadian to earn a law degree in Alberta, and Canada's first Black female lawyer.
This is her story.
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I am trying to think new thoughts, so I am going to clear out a couple of paintings I love because I am finding them distracting. 40% off til March 1!
1. Consolation
30"x36" oil/linen
Here: www.coreyhardeman.ca/product-page...
2. Revel
30"x30" oil/canvas
Here: www.coreyhardeman.ca/product-page...
One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada #Propaganda #Canada
According to the report, just 100 users are responsible for almost 70 per cent of all online conspiracy claims in Canada.
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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/n...
Maclean's approached me about writing a personal essay on Alberta Secession and my opposition to it.
It was published today.
macleans.ca/politics/i-d...
When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched.
I dug into it. Could confidently write here:
"It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
USians as a culture are inherently racist (sorry if you aren’t but that’s how it’s viewed), especially to allies like Mexico. Traditionally Mexican social media keeps to itself in Spanish so it doesn’t even have an opportunity to correct US lies or disinformation. Yesterday’s operation changed that.
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
My mother was a nine year old refugee when she came to this country. She and her sister spoke no English. There were no ESL classes then. But good teachers in the small town of Barrhead where they lived taught them, and taught them well. They all became voracious readers with beautiful diction.
My latest: With his new auto sector strategy and a plan to double grid capacity, Mark Carney isn't just talking a good game on diversifying our trade relationships away from America.
He's also building a roadmap to Canada's low-carbon future. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o...
