Kat Tancock
@kattancock.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, Russian > English translator. Gardener + crafter. Syilx + Secwépemc territory, British Columbia. kattancock.com
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Women in Translation Month 2026: French, Spanish, Russian, Mayan Ch’ol, and German
YouTube video by PEN America
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For those who missed it, my reading with Riva Evstifeeva from her book Boarding School Tales (in her Russian and my English) for #WITmonth is now online, along with the other fantastic readings from so many languages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgO...
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
www.thebeaverton.com
October 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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“Juvenile white tips coming back was a great surprise,” Jenkins says.
“Over time now, we see larger sharks swimming around day and night. A sighting can be rare, but it shows our reef is supporting a larger ecosystem, and we need to carry on.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-reef-men...
“Over time now, we see larger sharks swimming around day and night. A sighting can be rare, but it shows our reef is supporting a larger ecosystem, and we need to carry on.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-reef-men...
The reef menders of Padang Bai
In this bustling port of Bali, Indonesia, a group of dedicated divers is rebuilding reefs one metal frame and piece of coral at a time.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“Juvenile white tips coming back was a great surprise,” Jenkins says.
“Over time now, we see larger sharks swimming around day and night. A sighting can be rare, but it shows our reef is supporting a larger ecosystem, and we need to carry on.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-reef-men...
“Over time now, we see larger sharks swimming around day and night. A sighting can be rare, but it shows our reef is supporting a larger ecosystem, and we need to carry on.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-reef-men...
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We have something very cute to share with you today 🦉
This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.
This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.
September 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We have something very cute to share with you today 🦉
This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.
This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.
"I think that those of us who are in liberal education, humanists especially, need to stop apologizing for what we study – to assert that no, actually, these are the most important things."
”It was all anybody was talking about,” professor Matt Dinan says of his “pedagogical breakthrough” – getting his class at St. Thomas University obsessed with Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Katrina Onstad www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
The unexpected way to get students to pay attention
A Canadian professor thinks the secret to protecting young people from the algorithm is teaching them how to ask bigger questions
www.begiant.ca
September 24, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"I think that those of us who are in liberal education, humanists especially, need to stop apologizing for what we study – to assert that no, actually, these are the most important things."
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Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.
This has been in the works for a while. What @rjjago.bsky.social delivered went far deeper than we could've hoped. It gives us a lot to reflect on in our work but also will hopefully contribute to the much wider conversation.
We've watched 1000s of public meetings, advocating for the end of prayers. In recent years, we saw the majority start opening with land acknowledgments. We asked Indigenous writer & historian Robert Jago to help us understand the history & context of this practice. www.bchumanist.ca/land_acknowl...
September 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.
just keep planting
September 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
just keep planting
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
September 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Got to dip into a little rocket science (and a lot of acronyms) for this new story for @be-giant.bsky.social.
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
The Canadian tech hitching a ride on NASA’s lunar mission
How a lunar lawn dart and its ‘CubeSat‘ companion will help expand our understanding of the moon’s geology
www.begiant.ca
September 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Got to dip into a little rocket science (and a lot of acronyms) for this new story for @be-giant.bsky.social.
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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Those airports Carney wants to privatize are making Canada more than half a billion dollars a year. But instead, billionaires and big foreign corporations are about to get a bonanza. And everyday travellers and airport workers will pay for it.
#BCLab #CanLab #CdnPoli @canadianlabour.bsky.social
#BCLab #CanLab #CdnPoli @canadianlabour.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Those airports Carney wants to privatize are making Canada more than half a billion dollars a year. But instead, billionaires and big foreign corporations are about to get a bonanza. And everyday travellers and airport workers will pay for it.
#BCLab #CanLab #CdnPoli @canadianlabour.bsky.social
#BCLab #CanLab #CdnPoli @canadianlabour.bsky.social
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"One 2023 study by researchers at Concordia University showed that the decrease in available pollen due to the presence of honeybee colonies in cities puts wild bee species at risk."
www.rewildingmag.com/the-trouble-...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-trouble-...
The Trouble With Urban Beekeeping
Trying to help the bees? Here's why experts say it’s time to rein in the honeybee craze and turn to pollinator gardens instead.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"One 2023 study by researchers at Concordia University showed that the decrease in available pollen due to the presence of honeybee colonies in cities puts wild bee species at risk."
www.rewildingmag.com/the-trouble-...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-trouble-...
same, toad. same
Toad was lying in bed.
He had pulled all the covers over his head.
He had pulled all the covers over his head.
September 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
same, toad. same
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TORONTO! 🇨🇦 I'm coming to launch the Invisible Books edition of FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION next month at TYPE Books in conversation with Claire Foster !
More Canada dates TBA, and hopefully a New York date too...
North American edition of FAIR (3 Nov): invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/
More Canada dates TBA, and hopefully a New York date too...
North American edition of FAIR (3 Nov): invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/
September 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
TORONTO! 🇨🇦 I'm coming to launch the Invisible Books edition of FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION next month at TYPE Books in conversation with Claire Foster !
More Canada dates TBA, and hopefully a New York date too...
North American edition of FAIR (3 Nov): invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/
More Canada dates TBA, and hopefully a New York date too...
North American edition of FAIR (3 Nov): invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/
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Katrine Øgaard Jensen, ALTA: “If we think of the literary translation of a book as a cover song, just imagine if Jimi Hendrix had been asked to post-edit an AI cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ instead of creating his unique take on the song.”
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Lost in Translation
Tech developers think automation will fundamentally reshape the work of literary translators, but not everyone is on board.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Katrine Øgaard Jensen, ALTA: “If we think of the literary translation of a book as a cover song, just imagine if Jimi Hendrix had been asked to post-edit an AI cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ instead of creating his unique take on the song.”
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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A cult of losers who think you can turn a computer into god infiltrated the highest levels of San Francisco society and they want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way.
www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...
www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...
They want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way
Read to the end for Braden’s Infinite Tour Of Italy
www.garbageday.email
September 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
A cult of losers who think you can turn a computer into god infiltrated the highest levels of San Francisco society and they want you to be scared of AI in a very specific way.
www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...
www.garbageday.email/p/they-want-...
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If it's fall where you are, it's a great time to plant trees, shrubs and other perennials. Here's how to find the right plants for your region >>
www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-shop-...
www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-shop-...
How to Shop for Native Plants
So you want to put native plants in your yard – great! But where do you find them, and how do you know they're the right ones?
www.rewildingmag.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If it's fall where you are, it's a great time to plant trees, shrubs and other perennials. Here's how to find the right plants for your region >>
www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-shop-...
www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-shop-...
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“When we did our work, it was just like magic,” Roe recalls.
“The Gorge came back to life like you would not believe.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-restorat...
“The Gorge came back to life like you would not believe.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-restorat...
“The restoration is real, but the pressures remain”
Community-led cleanup work made Victoria's Gorge Waterway swimmable again. But the rewilding work has just begun.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
“When we did our work, it was just like magic,” Roe recalls.
“The Gorge came back to life like you would not believe.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-restorat...
“The Gorge came back to life like you would not believe.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-restorat...
For those who missed it, my reading with Riva Evstifeeva from her book Boarding School Tales (in her Russian and my English) for #WITmonth is now online, along with the other fantastic readings from so many languages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgO...
Women in Translation Month 2026: French, Spanish, Russian, Mayan Ch’ol, and German
YouTube video by PEN America
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
For those who missed it, my reading with Riva Evstifeeva from her book Boarding School Tales (in her Russian and my English) for #WITmonth is now online, along with the other fantastic readings from so many languages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgO...
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If you missed me and Claudia Nina reading from her beautiful novella Benedita, now you can watch the recording on YouTube! While you're there, be sure to watch the other two #WomenInTranslationMonth events hosted by PEN America.
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
September 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you missed me and Claudia Nina reading from her beautiful novella Benedita, now you can watch the recording on YouTube! While you're there, be sure to watch the other two #WomenInTranslationMonth events hosted by PEN America.
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
I was both surprised and tickled to see Irene and Jon turn up in my neck of the woods. #forsytesaga26
Here's where they might have gone swimming not long after their arrival: www.oldphotos.ca/archivos/rec...
Here's where they might have gone swimming not long after their arrival: www.oldphotos.ca/archivos/rec...
Archivos - PEN 670 | Okanagan Lake Beach
www.oldphotos.ca
September 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I was both surprised and tickled to see Irene and Jon turn up in my neck of the woods. #forsytesaga26
Here's where they might have gone swimming not long after their arrival: www.oldphotos.ca/archivos/rec...
Here's where they might have gone swimming not long after their arrival: www.oldphotos.ca/archivos/rec...
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Electrifying a fleet of school buses is a costly endeavour. But a pilot project out of B.C. could provide a way for companies to offset the cost and help power the electric grid for the rest of the community. 🚌
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
September 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Electrifying a fleet of school buses is a costly endeavour. But a pilot project out of B.C. could provide a way for companies to offset the cost and help power the electric grid for the rest of the community. 🚌
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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Every tenth of a degree of global warming matters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
September 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Every tenth of a degree of global warming matters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
Every fraction of temperature rise we avoid saves lives, reduces disease, food and water shortages, disasters.
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“Just think about how this used to look. How it used to feel,” says Grey, as much to the reader as to Ezzy.
“All I want is to see a herd of a million bison storming across the prairie.”
www.rewildingmag.com/q-a-with-aut...
“All I want is to see a herd of a million bison storming across the prairie.”
www.rewildingmag.com/q-a-with-aut...
“I started to wonder, what if?” Q&A with author Conor Kerr
The Métis writer’s new novel imagines setting a herd of bison free in downtown Edmonton – and the fallout that comes from it.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
“Just think about how this used to look. How it used to feel,” says Grey, as much to the reader as to Ezzy.
“All I want is to see a herd of a million bison storming across the prairie.”
www.rewildingmag.com/q-a-with-aut...
“All I want is to see a herd of a million bison storming across the prairie.”
www.rewildingmag.com/q-a-with-aut...
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something fascinating happened this week. after a year of cheering ICE on, milo yiannopoulos has mysteriously changed his stance on ICE deportations.
it wasn’t a slow change of opinion. it happened overnight:
www.webworm.co/milo/
it wasn’t a slow change of opinion. it happened overnight:
www.webworm.co/milo/
Milo Yiannopoulos Mysteriously Changes His Stance on ICE Deportations
David Farrier's Webworm reports on former Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos being detained and deported by ICE - and how conservative empathy is so incredibly short-circuited, it only extends to...
www.webworm.co
September 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
something fascinating happened this week. after a year of cheering ICE on, milo yiannopoulos has mysteriously changed his stance on ICE deportations.
it wasn’t a slow change of opinion. it happened overnight:
www.webworm.co/milo/
it wasn’t a slow change of opinion. it happened overnight:
www.webworm.co/milo/
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“The onus is on everyone,” Tilbrook says, to help preserve the night sky. No matter whether you work or live in a city high-rise or have a suburban backyard there is something you can do.
www.rewildingmag.com/why-and-how-...
www.rewildingmag.com/why-and-how-...
Why – and how – to rewild the night
Light pollution puts wildlife at risk. Learn why darkness matters and some steps we can take to make things better.
www.rewildingmag.com
September 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“The onus is on everyone,” Tilbrook says, to help preserve the night sky. No matter whether you work or live in a city high-rise or have a suburban backyard there is something you can do.
www.rewildingmag.com/why-and-how-...
www.rewildingmag.com/why-and-how-...
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“Barbados is one of the few places in the world where the entire landscape was plantationized.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-filmmake...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-filmmake...
The filmmaker growing food and rewilding a forest in Barbados
How Mahmood Patel has restored Coco Hill Forest into an example of agroforestry and ecosystem preservation.
www.rewildingmag.com
August 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“Barbados is one of the few places in the world where the entire landscape was plantationized.”
www.rewildingmag.com/the-filmmake...
www.rewildingmag.com/the-filmmake...