#canadian invasion

[thebunnylord]

Traintober day 25: distress signal

Belle: WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU CALL THE SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER WHEN THERE’S NO EMERGENCY?! YOU NEVER CALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IF THERE IS NO EMERGENCY!? WHY DID YOU CALL ME TO THE DOCKS WHEN THERE’S NO EMERGENCY?

Thomas: well, you see, there was but it kind of took care of itself so we don’t really need you, but trust us that we did have an emergency but now we don’t-

Salty: a huge flock of illegal Canadians invaded our shores, laid siege, and physically assaulted Porter.

Belle: what?

Thomas: he’s talking about them *points to a huge flock of geese on the dock*

The geese:

Thomas: the one that attacked Porter flew away. And every time we try to shoo them away, they come at us and nobody is able to get any work done because of the dang geese

Belle: I’ll go call the RAF.

[downmystreeandupyours]

On the bright side: The headlines and reactions acted like bright-red neon arrows in terms of identifying those who are sane from those whose brains are infected with fear-causing pus

[rotteneldritchhorror]

I desperately need more botany/gardening/solarpunk/foraging posts that aren’t so fucking American-centric

“European plants are invasive” okay, in America— but which ones are invasive HERE, like are Spanish species invasive to England? Are French plants invasive to England??

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A debilitating parasite that causes a fatal disease in fish has been confirmed in British Columbia for the first time, four months after a suspected case in the Rockies caused several bodies of water to be closed. Emerald Lake and several nearby lakes in B.C.'s Yoho National Park, roughly 175 kilometres northwest of Calgary, were shuttered after a suspected case of whirling disease was found last September. Parks Canada said on Friday that further testing confirmed the presence of whirling disease in Emerald Lake. It also confirmed the disease had spread to bodies of water in the Kootenay River watershed.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada

[kent-farm]

It took a couple tries to get here.

—Barry Allen, TheFlash, “Invasion!”

[homucifer-ryotan]

Canadians please don’t ignore this

I usually don’t make posts like this, but this is something that Canadians, LGBT or not, should know about. This internet bill is gonna cost so many problems if it become legal. Also if you’re not a Canadian but you know any Canadian(s), and you already don’t like bills like KOSA, please let them know about this post.

There is also this great video by this Canadian privacy lawyer explains the problems with Bill S-210 so well.

[vox-anglosphere]

D-Day paratroopers over Juno Beach on 6 June 1944 and in 2004

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Starship Invasions (1977)

[katiajewelbox]

Canadian Goldenrod Part 1:

While the world’s finest athletes were going for gold in Paris at the 2024 Olympic games this summer, I was going for gold in my own garden. By “gold”, I mean this gorgeous Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) plant.

If there was a plant Olympics, Canadian Goldenrod could win a gold medal in the invasive species category. This large and in-charge plant has numerous attributes that enhance its successful invasion of new habitats. Canadian Goldenrod is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 6 feet (180 cm) tall, a height which gives its airborne seeds an advantage in travelling to new areas far from the parent plant. The plant propagates via underground rhizomes that produce vast genetically identical populations that can take over an area. This species will eagerly take over habitat disturbed by natural disasters like forest fires as well as areas disturbed by human activity before other plant species can establish a foothold.

A resilient plant, Canadian Goldenrod can thrive in a wide range of climates corresponding to the USDA hardiness zones 3 through 9. Even in its native habitat northeastern and north-central North America, the plant will form natural monocultures where it has out-competed the other indigenous plants.

What happens when this plant goes to compete with native plants in other parts of the world? Find out next time.

Please note: The large bushy plant I am hugging is the Canadian Goldenrod. The other yellow flowers are a different species called Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis).

[gallimaufryish]

RIP Donald Sutherland (July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024)

[oldshowbiz]

Margaret Trudeau with the Rolling Stones

[mariocki]

Death Weekend (The House by the Lake, 1976)

"They'll go away."

"They won't go away! Can't you see that? They're not gonna go away. For God's sake, can't you guess what they're gonna do next?"

[neechees]

Everything I see that happens to Palestinians literally happened & is happening to Native Americans like its insane

[scotianostra]

One of Scotland's most famous Pipers, Bill Millin was born on July 14th 1922.

Millin was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to a father of Scottish origin who returned to Glasgow as a policeman when Bill was three.

He grew up and went to school in the Shettleston area of the city. He joined the Territorial Army in Fort William, where his family had moved, and played in the pipe bands of the Highland Light Infantry and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders before volunteering as a commando and training with Lovat at Achnacarry along with French, Dutch, Belgian, Polish, Norwegian, and Czechoslovak troops.

There's not really a lot I can add to my previous posts so will leave it to Bill himself to tell you a wee bit more, like this wee snippet "Lovatt asked me if I would march up and down the beach playing 'Road to the Isles', which I did"

In another interview Millin told how even those that disliked the bagpipes, (yes there are some!) admired him, although one called him "a mad bastard"

[sparksinthenight]

Letter to the Canadian Government Asking them to not let Azerbaijan Invade Armenia

My name is _______ and I am a ________ in _____. I am writing to ask you to urge the government of Azerbaijan to not invade Armenia. There is a chance that Azerbaijan might invade Armenia, and we need to help ensure that this doesn’t happen. The people of Armenia deserve to live in peace, freedom, security, and sovereignty. No one deserves to be subjected to war.

Many Armenians fear war with Azerbaijan, and with good reason. Azerbaijan has already captured part of the Armenian side of the border. They forced Armenians to leave the newly-captured territory, and many Armenians died in the process. Which is a grave human rights violation that cannot go unnoticed by the world. And border clashes are common in the Armenian-Azerbaijani boarder. In 2022, Azerbaijan shelled Armenian cities and advanced into Armenian territory. This is all horrific in and of itself, and it all points to the fact that maybe Azerbaijan may start a war.

If there is a war, that will be horrific for the Armenian people. Azerbaijan has already shown that they do not care about Armenian lives and are happy to kill Armenian people, especially civilians. Therefore, if there is a war, many Armenian civilians will die, and that will be horrific. If Armenia gets taken over by Azerbaijan, then the people will lose their sovereignty, their equality, and their human rights. The people will be oppressed and it will be terrible for them.

The people of Armenia deserve better. They deserve to live, and to live in peace and safety. They deserve to have sovereignty over their own nation and to not be colonized. They deserve to be equal citizens in their own nation. And they will not be able to have any of that if there is a war. The human rights of the Armenian people matter and we need to safeguard their human rights.

Canada has a lot of power in the international sphere. We have diplomatic power, we have economic power. We need to use that power for good instead of simply looking at the horrors of the world and letting them happen. We can use our power to protect people and help people, and we should use our power to protect people and help people.

We can warn the Azerbaijani government to not go to war against Armenia, and we can warn them that if they do, we will impose sanctions on government officials and military officials.

Thank you for reading my letter and please take my concerns to heart.

Sincerely,

[kirstielol]

this morning i was talking to a fellow canadian invert keeper, and they told me about a seller who's willing to send exotic roaches over the border from usa to canada 🥹 so i'm trying them out, i ordered a small starter colony of green banana roaches! this seller is apparently transparent with what they're sending over the border, they declare exactly what species is in the package, and other canadians have gotten their orders without issue.. so we'll see how this goes! 🤷‍♀️