Lauralee Dukeshire (she/her) @LauraleeDukeshire@qoto.org

B.C. governments portray the province a climate leader.

Yet six other provinces have surpassed B.C. in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. 🌎🇨🇦

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/21/BC-Lags-Most-Provinces-Cutting-Emissions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_content=042123-m&utm_campaign=editorial

Imagination conjured up organ transplants, the surveillance state and talking to our computers.

“I question how good we are at imagining climate action.“

Jude Isabella on how to get unstuck on a fossil fuel future. 🌎
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/21/Nuclear-Weapons-Fossil-Fuels/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_content=042123-m&utm_campaign=editorial

You know about binary, at least a little. Its a numbering system. The one you know best is the base ten system. You count up to ten, and that becomes a group called ten, two are called twenty, etc. Binary counts to two. One, ten, eleven, "a hundred" (its not called a hundred) 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000

Some inuit kids invented a written system for the ancient inuit base 20 numbering system.

The inuit count in base 20. And the numbers are fascinating.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaktovik_numerals

And just like that, Twitter’s blue checkmark is the new MAGA hat.

Danielle Smith has been fixated on privatizing health care for her entire career.

Putting her in control of public health care is having the fox guard the hen house.

#ableg #abpoli #abhealth
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-smiths-health-care-guarantee-goes-against-her-own-basic-plans-and-convictions

I want to tell parents of trans kids under attack in the red states something:

This is simply horrifying. Like you, we can't understand how any politicians could stoop so low as to attack the most vulnerable among us.

You are strong, and we will fight for and beside you. And though we may lose these initial battles, your love and strength will help win this in the end. I know that to be true.

Totally captures how I feel these days.

@hannu_ikonen It's not an accident that fascists seek to instill a state of nihilism in the portion of the population they know they are unlikely to convert or able to adequately enforce.

Great to see Ed Yong back with another critical piece about why some are so invested in minimizing #LongCOVID and the people who are being most impacted by this pandemic.

"The people who still live with #COVID are being ignored so that everyone else can live with ignoring it."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/long-covid-symptoms-invisible-disability-chronic-illness/673773/

#OnMyWalk to a hedge of beautiful azaleas! Pink flowers are SOOO festive! Hope you have love and flowers in your life! Sending you some from me! #BeKind #ReachOut #MaskUp Sending Love To You All💗🌷💗🥳💗🌸💗🎉💗🌼💗🥳💗🌸💗🌷💗🥳💗🌸💗🌷💗🎉💗🌼💗🌷

**Europe**
**Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need**
https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

In fairness
it is rather difficult
to see new waves forming
when your head
is already underwater.

My father had to have a chunk of his ear removed, so we had a little photoshoot.

In a conversation on reddit today someone asked if other languages have phrases like "rightie tightie, leftie loosie" to remember which way to turn screws/lids/etc. And one person answers that in Spanish, the phrase is:

"La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera."

or:

"The right oppresses, the left liberates."

(Now I kind of want to put this on a t shirt)

I ride my bicycle
down streets without bike lanes
and I walk home alone
late at night
I go on hikes
without compass or map
and I have an impatient
tendency to jaywalk
I do not consider myself
to be particularly risk averse
though I will admit
I remain quite plague averse.

We all know someone
who just can’t handle spicy food
a friend a relative
whoever they are
dishes described as hot or medium
destroy them
even that which gets called
mild
is more than they can stand
which is worth keeping in mind
when you hear
a new plague variant called mild.