Guardian: Editorial: The Guardian view on Haiti’s deepening crisis: abandoning people when they most need support
A year ago, it seemed that Haiti had hit rock bottom. Violence had exploded and conditions had deteriorated following President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in 2021. Then, last February, gangs banded together to free thousands of prisoners, besiege airports and police stations, and demand that Haiti’s unpopular replacement leader departed.
Ariel Henry was ousted, but the nation has only spiralled further into crisis. Violence intensified again towards the end of last year. Armed criminals control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Already desperate circumstances have become much more so: more than a million people — around one in 10 of the population — have now been displaced, triple the level a year ago. Half are experiencing acute food insecurity.
ScienceAlert: Wolves in Scotland Could Help Reduce Carbon in The Sky. Here’s How.
Wolves (Canis lupus) were totally eradicated by human hunting in Scotland, with tradition claiming the last wolf was killed about 250 years ago (although it’s difficult to be sure of the exact year, amid local myth and legend).
Around that time, the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 fundamentally changed much of the nation’s land use. Woodland was cleared, and large shooting estates were established.
Eradicating this apex predator unraveled entire woodland ecosystems because the wolf’s prey, red deer (Cervus elaphus), could multiply unabated.
CBC: Citing Elon Musk, city councillor wants Ottawa to suspend its X accounts
Several city accounts already exist on Bluesky, though they have not yet begun posting. Ottawa Public Health is actively using its Bluesky accounts, as is the Ottawa Police Service.
As of now, however, all are also operating X accounts in tandem.
The CBC should do the same.
Wikipedia: Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions: Ripple Rock
Main article: Ripple Rock § Explosion
On 5 April 1958, an underwater mountain at RippleRock, British Columbia, Canada was levelled by the explosion of 1,375 tonnes of Nitramex 2H, an ammonium nitrate-based explosive. This was one of the largest non-nuclear planned explosions on record, and the subject of the first Canadian Broadcasting Corporation live broadcast coast-to-coast.
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