Peter Muscat 🇨🇦🇲🇹

Multimedia Storyteller | A/V Tech | Known To Point Camera At Things. King of the GIFS ☺️✌🏻❤️ (he/him)

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[DJ @DjCheshier]

Canada’s boreal forest — the source of much of the wildfire smoke drifting into the U.S. — isn’t like our managed forests in the lower 48.
It’s the largest intact forest ecosystem on Earth: roughly 1.3 billion acres (about 78 times larger than Alaska’s Tongass, our biggest national forest, and 7 times larger than all 154 U.S. National Forests combined). It stretches in an almost continuous belt from the Yukon to Newfoundland.
Why can’t they just do controlled burns like we do here?
Because most of it is remote, roadless wilderness.
• Less than 9% of Canada’s population lives in the boreal region.
• Less than 1% of the forest itself is developed.
• Vast areas have no roads and are only accessible by aircraft or winter roads.
You can’t send crews in to do prescribed burns across a billion+ acres of inaccessible terrain the way we can in populated areas near roads and communities in the U.S. Wildfire has been nature’s primary management tool in these ecosystems for thousands of years.
Smoke reaching the Northeast isn’t new either. It happened in 1950, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2025, and now 2026. Weather (especially upper-level wind patterns) determines where the smoke goes, not just where the fires are burning.
Blaming Canada’s government for “not controlling” these fires is political theater. The scale and inaccessibility make large-scale suppression or prevention across that wilderness fundamentally different — and in many places, practically impossible — from managing forests near U.S. population centers.
Nature runs that forest. Politicians don’t. Let’s stop pretending otherwise.

[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.

[Simpsons Quotes @Simpsons_tweets]

This is a simple lie detector. I'll ask you a few yes or no questions and you just answer truthfully.

[Brandon Gonez @brandongonez]

Houston tour guide says Canadians are the BEST people in the world 🥹❤️🇨🇦

#WorldCup

[Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano]

Toronto ❤️

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

Bonne Saint-Jean! ⚜️

[Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice]

WANTED FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

Jordan Sangwin, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant following a double homicide, was last seen near High Park in Toronto around 11 p.m. last night and is believed to be travelling on foot.

Desc: Medium build, short salt & pepper hair, clean shaven. Wearing: Grey long sleeve shirt, dark shorts and carrying a black duffle bag.

He should be considered armed and dangerous. Do NOT approach. Call 911 immediately if seen.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police. REMINDER: Individuals who assist, harbour, or conceal a person wanted by police may face criminal charges.

[Police Montréal @SPVM]

C’est avec une immense tristesse que nous confirmons le décès de l’un de nos policiers dans l’exercice de ses fonctions. D’autres détails suivront.

[Police Montréal @SPVM]

It is with great sadness that we confirm the death of one of our police officers while on duty. Further details will follow.

[Streetcar Museum @streetcarmuseum]

Ride old streetcars at our museum in Milton, Ontario!

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Cat calculating physics.. 😅

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Flower of Scotland in Foxborough

#TartanArmy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

World Cup vibes in Mexico City are immaculate….check out the goose 🤣

[Reuters @Reuters]

🦛 The Berlin Zoo announced the name of its newborn pygmy hippopotamus — a rare mammal native to West Africa: Broetchen, which is German for ‘bread roll’

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Norway releases its World Cup team photo

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[Alex Glista 🇨🇦 @AlexanderGlista]

If you look hard enough some of Toronto Union Station’s old iconic beige and orange tiling still exists. I can almost smell the Cinnabon.

[Peter Muscat 🇨🇦🇲🇹 @Peter_Muscat]

@BlueJays @kinsellawarren

[crocodile @crocodilecrisis]

DELETE RIGHT NOW!

[Peter Muscat 🇨🇦🇲🇹 @Peter_Muscat]

Hi @WestJet the app isn't loading the "Trips" page. This is all I get, a blank screen. App issue? I need this page for my flight.