Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

2022 has seen many gaps grow wider

Equity gap
Health gap
Wealth gap
Caring gap

May 2023 spark the action towards change

And may the influence of those who serve only themselves shrivel

#HappyNewYear
#Welcome2023
#HappyNewYear2023

The first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.
The first unionized Chipotle in the U.S.
The first unionized Apple Store.
The first unionized Trader Joe's.
260+ unionized Starbucks stores.
370+ worker strikes across the country.

2022 was a monumental year for worker power.

For our #GreatLakes lower trophic group, 2022 was a very productive and busy year. We sampled for the #WinterGrab in Feb, produced reports for year end, published 5 manuscripts, organized two conference sessions, hired a new biologist to join our team and two sets of students, completed fieldwork in Hamilton Harbour, Toronto Harbour, and coordinated 🇺🇲🇨🇦 Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Huron #CSMI for a total of 64 days at sea. None of this could have been completed without the talented team.👍

A Guaranteed Livable Income/ Universal Basic Income would solve a lot of problems.

#cdnpoli #basicincome #ubi #gli

Brilliant new paper by Naomi #Oreskes, concluding that "our overall situation suggests that it does not suffice for scientists simply to supply #factual #information, and leave it at that. Scientists need as well to engage actively with the recipients of that information." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43538-022-00121-1

#FossilFriday For year's end the rear ends of two Edmontosaurus at the American Museum of Natural History

Received some book cases for Christmas. Spent some time geeking with my collection. Many were inherited from my father (a limnologist and zoologist) or gifted to me from retirees. Many of them are getting older now. Like classic cars. But I do plan to disperse duplicates, and cull about 10%.

#IPCC scenarios are #projections, not #predictions.

"The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

We get to decide what the world will look like in #2100.

https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/3571/2020/

Increased COVID vaccination in nursing home staff cut cases, deaths https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/increased-covid-vaccination-nursing-home-staff-cut-cases-deaths

Remember this? A simple, creative way to make the really important point about the need for child-safe, all-ages & abilities PROTECTED bike-paths. Paint isn’t safe infrastructure, any more than stuffed animals are — if you wouldn’t let your kids ride in it, it isn’t safe, Period. #Berlin via @umwerfer.

#LetKidsBike #Urbanism #BikeLanes #Cities #transportation #bikes #cars #city #kids #car

Wall Street has consolidated into 5 giant banks.

Airlines have merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of drug companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control over 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

The National Grid is supposed to be capable of running without fossil fuels by 2025 but, looking at these numbers, it is getting very close to doing it for the first time already. Gas is producing just 1.42GW within a total demand of 35.1GW. That’s 4%. Coal adds another 0.8%. Wind, meanwhile, is making 19.66GW. Excuse me if I’m excited but the first time Britain runs without fossil fuels — even if it’s just for ten minutes — will be a big deal.

https://grid.iamkate.com

“The city is poised to require owners of vehicles weighing over 6000 pounds to pay an annual $500 vehicle registration fee, almost 7X the cost to register a modest sedan. No other US jurisdiction has created such a forceful financial disincentive against the biggest, heaviest car models.” Via @davidzipper

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-26/a-new-way-to-curb-the-rise-of-oversized-pickups-and-suvs

#cities #urbanism #trucks #SUV #cars

GRETA, NOW DO ELON.