Kathrin Bussmann

@kathrinbussmann.bsky.social

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Trilingual Canadian | Toronto based | Linguistics PhD | Fan of bike lanes, renewables & electrification | Pragmatic optimist | Helping to scale climate solutions at elocitytech.com and @verbaccino.bsky.social | Opinions my own.

A little pug dog lies on a red blanket on a grey sofa looking quite deflated and sad.
Partial close-up view of a blue & orange canvas shopping bag, tucked into a bicycle’s front basket, adorned with an “I TIPPED THE FRINGE 2025” pin. Bicycle bell, cup holder & handlebar visible in the foreground.
Screenshot of article excerpt, including a Topic menu where “Climate change framing” has been selected. The text above the Topic menu feature reads: “Canada election 2025: What the manifestos say on nature, energy and climate” “Each entry in the grid represents a direct quote from one or more of these documents. The grid will be updated as each party publishes their manifesto.”
From the LCBO website: “Response To U.S. Tariffs: Q&A For the good of Ontario. For the good of Canada. ​ In response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, U.S. products are no longer available for purchase online or in-store until further notice. ​ ​Looking for an alternative? Ask our in-store team about our extensive range of Ontario- and Canada-made wine, beer, cider, spirits and ready-to-drink coolers and cocktails. You can also check out our list of Canadian and Ontario-produced products.​“
From the Toronto Star, Feb. 28, 2025. In numbers: full results of the 2025 Ontario election. The Progressive Conservative Party wins 80 seats with 42.97% of cast votes. (63 seats constitute a majority.) Voter turnout was 45.5%.
Screeenshot from the Environment Canada website: the weather in Toronto on Feb. 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM local time is partly cloudy and minus 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind chill of minus 10 degrees.
Screenshot of Google Maps’ satellite view of the Gulf of Mexico. Trump’s “Gulf of America” designation is added in parentheses, presumably for the benefit of Americans travelling abroad.
Screen shot of a post from the Merriam-Webster’s Bluesky account. The text reads: “Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025. Godspeed.” Underneath the text is a GIF of a square white background in the centre of which seemingly random words in black font appear one at a time and in such rapid succession that it’s almost impossible to read them.
Close-up picture of a hardcover book with the title “What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures”, by author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, lying on a red knit blanket.
A square box containing the board game “Settlers of Catan – New Energies” lies on a wooden table, waiting to be played.
Screenshot of a Bluesky profile called Climate News, which has 20.3K followers.
In the foreground, a hand is holding up the book “Saving Us — A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” by Katharine Hayhoe. In the blurry background, we see part of a decorated Christmas tree.
Screenshot of Kathrin Bussmann's profile page on X (formerly Twitter), moments before she deleted her account. She had joined in April 2014, had posted 3,962 posts, had 3,825 followers, and had been following 2,999. Time to rebuild on Bluesky.
John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, speaks at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference in Toronto.
On stage at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference: a panel on “Plug and play: The expansive options for EV charging”.
Tom Rand, co-founder at ArcTern Ventures, talks with Susan Ormiston, veteran CBC journalist, on stage at the 2024 MaRS Climate Impact conference in Toronto.
Screenshot of a DM from an impersonator account, asking whether I trade.
Critical Mass event on Friday, November 29, 2024 It’s “Time to Fight Back” for Toronto’s bicycle lanes! Meet at the main gates of High Park at 6:00 PM.