Amy Stephen

On this day in 1813, the Battle of Chateauguay was fought near present-day Ormstown, Quebec. A combined force of British, Canadian and Mohawk repelled an American force who were attempting to invade Lower Canada. 🎨 Henri Julien

If the B.C. election result stings for you tonight, remember that this province once forced a majority government to back down on a tax it had just brought in. A new government still answers to the same people who hired it.

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

The US-Israel war on Iran represents an unprecedented application of AI in warfare. The Pentagon’s Maven Smart System uses Anthropic’s Claude AI to “semi-autonomously rank targets by strategic importance, drafting automated legal justifications for each strike along the way."

A massive diesel spill at a New Jersey data center has dumped roughly 5,000 gallons of fuel into wetlands connected to the Meadowlands. Local officials say a “computer glitch” caused the backup generator system to keep calling for fuel. The diesel entered Anderson Creek,

The main distinction between the AI resignations and pronouncements is that while they say there is a >10% chance AI will wipe us out, there is a 100% chance that emissions from all the fossil fuel reserves that exist on these companies balance sheets will wipe us out.

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

Charlie Angus just UNLOADED on Trump over his latest attack on Canada: “Your fight with Canada is the beginning of your end.”

Wab Kinew reacts to Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario: "You know when a rock band is really over the hill and you see them in a casino playing some song from like 50 years ago? I think that's the part of Donald Trump's presidency we're at now."

We’re not changing it.

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts. Original post

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.

Carney on the US: We cannot accept what they’ve offered, and we will not give what they’ve asked.

This is how you know we need a wealth tax

I thought this deserved another repost

Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.

Where war is concerned, always follow the money. We could make war obsolete if it weren’t for the profits made by the arms investors

The greed of some will kill us all unless we stop them

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries

As always when it's my birthday, I like to offer you all something, a few words, to say thanks for all the kindness and care over the years. My best to you all. D x 🙏🏿 #SundayThoughts #birthdayvibes

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Jane Fonda just laid out how authoritarianism operates: war is a distraction technique to strip rights at home while focusing eyes abroad. Manufactured conflict is about power consolidation. If you cannot see through the blatant playbook by now, you are willfully blind.

"The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good." —Pope Leo XIV

Possibly unpopular opinion? I think artists should get to sign the art they make for book covers. It should be right there, on the front, because it’s never been more important to showcase the humanness of art. And also there are many times when I see a beautiful cover and wonder, “Who made this?”

Not gonna lie, I still have PTSD from watching the Challenger exploded all those years ago so I found the Artemis launch incredibly stressful. Hoping space travel has some benefits for all of humanity here on earth - not holding my breath but you never know. #artemis

My octogenarian mom just made us a lovely pasta meal and proudly proclaimed all the ingredients to be from Canada, Italy, and Mexico. “Nothing from the USA!” She is stocking her kitchen the same way (as we all are) 🇨🇦 and hoping the best for Americans in these scary times

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Happy MLK Day to all my American friends. May love for all humanity, with attention to civil rights, justice, and elimination of all prejudice permeate your culture and help make the world a better place. Sending all the good vibes and hopes from Canada, where we also need to focus on these things.

I know it’s daring to feature an accordion in my profile pic, but I’m gonna go with it and stay the course 🪗🙂 Happy to be on Bluesky now. #music #accordion #sing #writesongs #makemusic