Joyce Nickel

Corporate and technical writer. Editor. Book lover and Anglophile.

[moose @mooseincrisis]

notice how i didn’t interrupt the ladies sunbathing and simply minded my own business? take notes, fellas.

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
- George Carlin

[david ehrlich @davidehrlich]

the fact that the richest man of all time is also the biggest loser who's ever lived makes for an incredibly efficient argument against capitalism IMO

[Alice @AliceBunnyland2]

Playboy just posted this on Instagram and I think that’s cool and important so I’m gonna post it here as well :) yay harm reduction

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

There’s no greater nation-building project than investing in our people.

The most important job of government at every level is taking care of people and that starts with health care. As we approach the end of federal funding agreements in 2027 my message to the federal government is clear.

Universal public healthcare is part of what makes Canada, Canada. Let’s invest in Canadian health care to make our country stronger.

[David Attenborough @fandom_david]

The strange thing about humans…

We spend billions trying to discover life on other planets,

while treating the only living planet we’ve ever found as if it’s replaceable.

[ʚ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎₊˚ emi ⋆ 🦭˚｡⋆୨୧˚ @littlemiksx]

Mi parte favorita de la biblia es cuando Jesús, en vez de decirle a las mujeres como vestirse, le dice a los hombres que se arranquen sus ojos y corten las manos si no son capaces de controlarse

[Kelly J. Rose (kjrose) @kjrose]

Hey @AirCanada — I used @Aeroplan points to fly my father-in-law here in business class, and on the day of travel you downgraded him to economy. So far, there has been no refund or compensation, and I effectively paid the business-class price for an economy seat. How are you going to make this right and return the points for the service you didn’t provide?

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Climate change.

Canada’s boreal forest is far north.

Most parts of it only reach 64F (18C) averages in the heat of the summer.

Its density and climate also means it gets very little evaporation compared to its rainfall, and is subject to frost 9 months of the year, and heavy fog the rest of the time.

This kept this biome very humid, kept soil damp, and left most of the low level foliage coated in dew all day long.

Some parts of the forest even had thick levels of permafrost beneath the topsoil that on rare hot days would seep water back into the ecosystem.

Just as many wildfires started by lightning strike in previous decades as now.

The difference is they struggled to catch and spread in this damp environment.

Now extreme dry weather, record breaking heat, northern thaw, erode that protective moisture barrier, leaving the boreal forest vulnerable especially in the more southern parts.

Boreal forests previously went through this process naturally when an over density caused a drier environment you’d get high-intensity crown fires that were cyclical. Every 50-200 years depending on region.

Now we get them annually.

Boreal forest fires are much more severe than others too. The long history of cyclical burns means the soil contains charcoal, the thick multi-layer foliage adds fodder and causes the fire to spread quickly, and pine, spruce, and aspens are all some of the trees with both the most density and the best for wood burning.

It results in towering forest fires of immense heat and rapid spread.

These forests are denser than anything else in North America or Europe, and the current fire in Ontario alone, is the same square mileage as the entire state of Delaware.

From the time it ignited, to covering that size, took less than 20 hours.

While some in the US still think climate change is a hoax, we are all going to deal with the consequences of it, as we’ve turned the largest forest in the world into a tinder box, and fires in less than 0.01% of it drowns the entire continent in smoke.

[Pastel de Nata @PasteisDeNat]

Buddy, California lights itself on fire like 5 times a year, on top of Oregon/Washington fires reaching and decimating BC air quality. And are we just forgetting about the Hawaii fires that absolutely destroyed Maui?

Don't claim sovereignty over land you obviously can't properly manage.

[Kyle Brittain @BadWeatherKyle]

"Just put the fires out!"

Ever seen a boreal wildfire? I have. I used to fight them.

When fire behaviour becomes extreme, you're not getting close to them.

The radiant heat from a crown fire is face-melting from hundreds of metres away.

All attempts at direct attack will fail, because dropping water on it becomes akin to trying to spit on a campfire...it evaporates before it even hits the flames.

Additionally, reduced visibility, high winds, and turbulence makes aerial attack hazardous.

As a wildland firefighter, I've been extracted off of wildfires twice as our fires blew up, both times having our gear burned over. We returned to find firehoses and metal melted into the ash.

I've seen fireballs launched hundreds of feet high, and fires intense enough to produce lightning, influencing the weather around them. I've seen wildfires grow to the size of a major city in a short period of time.

So no, we can't just put the fire out.

Not being able to stop such a natural process is a truly humbling feeling.

[Eric Phillips @ericphillips]

@PaulEmbery “We’ll hang off the crossbar like a team of bats.” 😂

[✰. @swagoszn_]

Food trucks were supposed to be the budget option. Now they cost the same as sit-down restaurants. Eating on a sidewalk shouldn’t cost restaurant prices.

[valentine @valawakened]

I read somewhere that "When you choose a life partner you're choosing your eating companion for about 20,000 meals, your travel companion for about 70 vacations, your retirement friend, career therapist, & someone whose day you'll hear about 18,000 times" and I really can't stress this enough.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Terry Fox with the money he raised for the Marathon of Hope on July 12, 1980. Among the money are many $5 bills.
Little did Terry know that 47 years later in 2027, his face would be featured on the new $5 bill.

📸 John Mahler

[🦢 @ZainabSana2622]

Cancer surgeon here. People like to point out that childfree women have a slightly increased risk for breast cancer without mentioning they have ZERO risk for:

- Perineal tears + fecal incontinence
- Preeclampsia
- Amniotic fluid embolism 
- Bladder, uterine, or rectal prolapse
- Diastasis recti
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Postpartum depression
- Chronic pain from pelvic nerve damage

Stop shaming childfree women and start appreciating that families come in many flavors.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Bats get such a bad reputation and they are out here eating thousands of mosquitoes a night and navigating by SOUND and looking like tiny cloaked scholars. they deserve better.

[moose @mooseincrisis]

guys be honest, my nose isn’t that big right?

[Daily Ports @dailyportscom]

İki yüzme eğitmeni, mayo alırken renklerin neden önemli olduğunu gösterdi.

[moose @mooseincrisis]

it just hit me that giraffes have nowhere to hide when a storm rolls in. imagine being built like a 20-foot lightning rod and having no choice but to stand there. you really can’t help but feel bad for these long necked clowns.