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“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.” ― Seamus Heaney who died August 30, 2013

Thought if your talented kid, Julie Wright | Ward 7 Councillor!

In a new Weekend Essay, Ted Chiang argues that artificial intelligence can’t make real art. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-UQFZr

Last barrier to the free flow of the #klamathriver is down - by me azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Fantastic to see thousands of Pink #Salmon running up streams in and around Ketchikan in #Alaska. Interesting to hear that fish farming has been banned in Alaska since 1990 to protect wild fish populations. Something we may need to get our heads around in due course in the UK.

From Ted Chiang's recent New Yorker essay about AI. I totally agree with this:

Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, two editors of the now-defunct Stand News, have been convicted on baseless sedition charges. The Hong Kong government is sending a dire message to journalists that reporting on issues of public concern will get you thrown in jail.

time to repost this one in honour of the end of summer

Finally trying to intro more #PlantBased food into my diet. I haven't eaten meat very often for a decade or more. But I'm open to a goal of all plant-based if I can switch. In #Canada, what brands taste best for moving to vegetarian/vegan diet so I'm not turned off. Taking recs!

My heart!! 🥹❤️🐾

“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order, a timetable not necessarily - perhaps not possibly - chronological… it is the continuous thread of revelation.” - Eudora Welty

I’m excited to be headed to Oslo this week for the #NobelPeaceConference, where RSF, PEN America, Front Line Defenders & Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی will be formally launching the #FreeNarges Coalition! Register to follow online. nobelpeacecenter.org/en/nobel-peace…

What a beauty. 🙌🏻✨

This made me recall the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows' definition of "Sonder— noun. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." Sometimes the lives others are living are far more complex than mine is, has been, or will ever be.

I love that google street view has blurred out Emperor Trajan’s identity.

‘Better than medication for me’: prescribing nature works, project shows - Major scheme helping thousands of people in England connect with nature led to better mental health, report finds Story by me theguardian.com/environment/ar…

"We were told it was never going to happen. That it was foolish to even ask for one removal. We were asking for four." - Brook Thompson BBC bbc.com/future/article…

Momentous: The UK, home to the world’s first coal power station in 1882, will stop using coal to generate electricity this month, the 1st G7 country to do so Coal supplied 80% of UK electricity in 1990. Remember: they said it couldn't be done ft.com/content/516418… #climate

writing about sleep. i love dürer's pillows.

Join the EAC and Our HRM Alliance for our Hike the Greenbelt fall hike series! Hikes will take place from Sep. 21 till Oct. 20 with everything from an Autumn Equinox hike, a fungi identification hike to an invasive species survey! Register today at ecologyaction.ca/halifax-green-…