RedNotebook is a desktop journalhttps://rednotebook.appIt lets you format, tag and search your entries. You can also add pictures, links and customizable templates, spell check your notes, and export to plain text, HTML or LaTeX. RedNotebook is Free Software under the GPL. #linux #windows #macos #opensource #productivity #softwarethis post was made on firefox-opensuse-laptopwindows users get the older version, it has auto preview and tags
It lets you format, tag and search your entries. You can also add pictures, links and customizable templates, spell check your notes, and export to plain text, HTML or LaTeX. RedNotebook is Free Software under the GPL.
Since 2018, Ontario’s nature protections have been repeatedly weakened. While a few stories such as the ongoing changes to Conservation Authorities or the Greenbelt scandal made headlines, dozens of major changes have flown under the radar, buried deep inside massive government bills. It has been a lot to track, even for us.
Today, Ontario Nature is releasing a comprehensive new resource: Tracked Changes: The Decline of Ontario’s Legal Protections for Nature since 2018. We tracked every single
Since 2018, Ontario’s nature protections have been repeatedly weakened. While a few stories such as the ongoing changes to Conservation Authorities or the Greenbelt scandal made headlines, dozens of major changes have flown under the radar, buried deep inside massive government bills. It has been a lot to track, even for us.
Today, Ontario Nature is releasing a comprehensive new resource: Tracked Changes: The Decline of Ontario’s Legal Protections for Nature since 2018. We tracked every single piece of legislation that weakened legal protections for nature and biodiversity from the first term of the current provincial government to today. We broke it all down in plain language, cutting through the legislative jargon to reveal exactly how our environmental laws have been rewritten.
Our review, detailed in the full report, catalogs the changes made bill-by-bill and schedule-by-schedule. Over the past seven years, key environmental laws, built over decades, have been systematically dismantled.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a primary target. Changes began with Bill 108 in 2019, which created a “Species at Risk Conservation Fund.” Critics called this a ‘pay-to-slay’ scheme, allowing proponents to pay a fee instead of being legally required to provide an “overall benefit” to the species they are harming. This process culminated in 2025 with Bill 5, which fundamentally rewrote the ESA to prioritize economic considerations over science-based recovery and even created a new law, the Species Conservation Act, to eventually replace it entirely.
Conservation Authorities (CAs), our frontline defenders against flooding and protectors of wetlands, have been substantially weakened. Bill 229 in 2020 forced CAs to issue permits for developments authorized by a Minister’s Zoning Order, even if those projects would be denied under their own standards for flood protection. The Auditor General criticized this move for shifting environmental decision-making from qualified professionals to political processes.
Public oversight and democratic accountability have been sidelined at every turn. The independent Environmental Commissioner of Ontario was eliminated in 2018 through Bill 57. The government has repeatedly circumvented the Environmental Bill of Rights, sometimes passing legislation before public comment periods on those very proposals have even closed, as happened with Bill 150 in 2023.
Few of these changes got the headlines they deserved. Nearly all of them were buried inside massive omnibus bills. These are bills that bundle dozens of changes into a single piece of legislation.
For example, Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, was a single bill that:
Cancelled environmental agreements for the Eagle’s Nest mine project and exempted the Chatham-Kent waste site from certain approvals.
Centralized mining authority in the Minister, enabling fast-tracked permits.
Removed public consultation rights for permits related to the Ontario Place redevelopment.
Established Special Economic Zones where selected projects can be exempted from provincial and local laws, including environmental protections.
This strategy of putting so much into a single bill ensures that major changes to environmental protections pass into law with little media coverage or public awareness. Our new resource cuts through this volume, separating each schedule so you can see exactly what changed and how.
These changes didn’t happen all at once, and taken together, they systematically dismantle many of Ontario’s most significant legal environmental protections.
This report is designed as a tool for advocates, journalists, and anyone who wants to understand what has happened to nature protections in Ontario over three terms of the current government. We hope this will make it easier for people to see the full picture and understand not only what laws have changed, but how these changes have circumvented democratic transparency.
Fear Godzilla, Eat Tortilla, Use Mozilla.https://www.seamonkey-project.orgSeaMonkey is a free and open-source Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code,[6] which itself grew out of Netscape Communicator and formed the base of Netscape 6 and Netscape 7.SeaMonkey Internet Application Suite.The Internet browser TabbedThe Email Client POP3 IMAP SSLEasy-to-use WYSIWYG HTML Editor,#mozilla #opensource #browser #freebee #linux #wine
SeaMonkey is a free and open-source Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code,[6] which itself grew out of Netscape Communicator and formed the base of Netscape 6 and Netscape 7.
SeaMonkey Internet Application Suite.
The Internet browser Tabbed The Email Client POP3 IMAP SSL
DokuWiki is an open source wiki application licensed under GPLv2 and written in the PHP programming language. https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwikiIt works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki.(When you are testing out xampp in your computer localhost. the first thing to try is DokuWiki which does not require database)Image below shows a do
It works on plain text files and thus does not need a database. Its syntax is similar to the one used by MediaWiki. It is often recommended as a more lightweight, easier to customize alternative to MediaWiki.
(When you are testing out xampp in your computer localhost. the first thing to try is DokuWiki which does not require database)
openSUSE Tumbleweed https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/Continuously UpdatedYou install it once and enjoy it forever. No longer do you have to worry every six months about massive system upgrades that risk bricking your system.We have KDE, Xfce, Gnome optionsI am trying out Xfce on a 15 year old computer and it works well.Screenshot 1.6 MB png format was converted to jpg 360 KB. Carbon friendly.#linux #opensource #tech #desktop #laptop #computer #productivity
You install it once and enjoy it forever. No longer do you have to worry every six months about massive system upgrades that risk bricking your system.
We have KDE, Xfce, Gnome options
I am trying out Xfce on a 15 year old computer and it works well.
Screenshot 1.6 MB png format was converted to jpg 360 KB. Carbon friendly.
XAMPP Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perlhttps://www.apachefriends.orgXAMPP is the most popular PHP development environmentXAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.#linux #lamp #php #opensource
XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment
XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.
K-9 Mail | F-Droid - Freehttps://k9mail.apphttps://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/K-9 Mail is an open source email client that works with basically every email provider. POP3, IMAP, SMTP#email #freebee #opensource #android #apk
From what I have seen over the years. gentoo is the great grandfather of Android.You can derive a new Phone OS or Tablet OS from that.https://www.gentoo.orghttps://fosstodon.org/@gentoo#linux #gentoo #android #opensource
Doodle: Live Wallpapers | F-Droid Doodle is an open-source Android app that provides colorful live wallpapers with auto dark mode and power-efficient animations.https://f-droid.org/en/packages/xyz.zedler.patrick.doodle/This is very Pleasant and Soothing.#android #wallpaper #opensource #freebee #apk
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