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On May Day, a reminder that fighting for workers' rights also means fighting for workplace #COVID protections like sick pay, ventilation, free PPE, and more.

A snapping turtle emerges from weeks of sleeping beneath a muddy lake that had dried up.

Image credit: Timothy C. Roth
Further reading: livescience.com/64215-earth-tu

Last we played was . In this dice-based you roll to determine which 🍩 to add in an attempt to make a row of 4 before the cheeky mouse can steal 3! The tongs are a nice element. The patterns allow for some but fun with 4 y olds regardless of whether they strategize or not.

Another good we played was - the co-operative game. I thought the 4 y olds would be too young, but they liked being able to use the helper cards and matching the plant symbols to the trouble cards to solve problems.

Hey Ontario...
👉​ "The private healthcare sector is designed to deny care. Its first duty is to its shareholders, not its patients, and every dollar spent on care is a dollar not available for dividends."
- Cory Doctorow

#Onpoli #ontario #dofo #Alberta #abelxn #abpoli
#OHIPCard vs #CreditCard #cdnpoli
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If you’re enjoy telling , eeboo has a great called Fairytale Story Elements where you spin to get your choice of villains, heroes, magical helpers and objects. This was a great treasure we inherited from @jjvenky. Not sure if it is still for sale, but a really popular creative game in our house.

@girls_can we used to like Kinder Catan and Gula Gula. I played a simple version of Royal Turf with them too, because they liked rolling dice and moving the little horses

@girls_can My 8-year-old nieces had a lot of fun with Spot It! at our place recently. More pattern-matching than dexterity, but the speed and pointing aspects kept them engaged for probably 20-30 min over many rounds.

@girls_can My 7 year old really likes these two, both having to do with stacking.

Unicorn Glitterluck: Cloud Stacking
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26

Disney Mad Tea Party
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33

And the whole family enjoys The Haunted Mansion as well. Great set collection that even my 7 year old can understand.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30

it is raining again. Time for some to try an entertain these bored kiddos. Which are your favourites for young ? We like , , and . Games with tactile pieces get the kids most engaged. So dragon’s breath is a big hit too. Lots to love by , , and

Thinking about the death of . Cities are harsh habitats, plagued by many types of pollution, but is one of the most insidious. Especially during migration seasons, light pollution kills , but it also harms their insect food and messes with plant hormones. The pulse of light and synchronizes our biological clocks and light confuses this . Please, turn off your porch lights. Don’t illuminate empty rooms. Save $ and save the dark.

Climate Change, Megafires Crush Forest Regeneration

High-intensity fires in western states kill mature trees and their seeds while warmer, drier conditions stress seedlings. But forest managers can still intervene to change this trajectory

eos.org/articles/climate-chang

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateDiary #Climate

"But why are you still on Twitter?"

Listen. I am an internet ancient. I stood amidst LiveJournal as it crumbled while I watched the fall of Flickr. I was there both times Tumblr burned down, toasting marshmallows over its smouldering ruin, laughing at the folly of Verizon. The death of Twitter was foretold by the dark prophecies of the forgotten internets. I am there to witness its passing as the old internet is dying and the new internet struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.

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