Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

When you're right, you're right.

The only thing I miss about Twitter is that I followed enough/the right accounts to give me both the news as it breaks and a broader look at emerging narratives. I want to stop even reading Twitter. Which means I want to follow more great people/accounts. Who are you really enjoying following here? Which accounts bring value to your life?

the other moral of this story is that if you are the parent of a white teenage boy, online stranger danger isn't about pedophiles. It's about making sure your son isn't getting radicalized into a violent far-right ideology.

This is especially true if your son is a "gun enthusiast," because that is not a fucking normal thing for any human being, let alone a child, to be.

They knew. They lied. They need to pay for this.
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"Oil Giant Shell Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier"

Following explosive revelations about what ExxonMobil knew about fossil fuels driving global heating, investigations in 2017 and 2018 uncovered that Shell Oil's scientists privately warned about the impact of its products in the 1980s.

However, newly unveiled records show that "Shell began collecting knowledge about climate change in the 1960s. The company not only kept well abreast of climate science, but also funded research. As a result, Shell already knew in the 1970s that burning fossil fuels could lead to alarming climate change."

Faced with a global oil crisis, rather than using its climate information to publicly sound the alarm and shift to cleaner practices, the company "focused instead on a nonsustainable profit model."

The following year, a study Shell was involved with warned that "increases in the CO2 content of the atmosphere could lead to the so-called greenhouse effect... which would be enough to induce major climatic changes." Three years later, another report warned that "the continued burning of fossil fuels will lead to a manifold increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration."

Duncan Meisel, executive director of the campaign Clean Creatives, which targets advertising and public relations firms that work for fossil fuel companies, declared Monday that "what these new documents show is incredibly disturbing."

"In the 1980s, Shell scientists laid out two pathways for the planet: one where energy companies undertook a smooth transition to clean energy and one where fossil fuel demand continued to rise, creating 'more storms, more droughts, more deluges,'" he summarized. "Since the publication of that forecast, Shell has pushed at every turn to create more fossil fuel demand, creating exactly the devastating outcomes they predicted."

The Center for Climate Integrity said the records provide the world "more damning evidence" that the company knew its business model was having disastrous impacts on the world and its people. As the group put it: "They knew. They lied. They need to pay."
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FULL STORY -- https://www.commondreams.org/news/shell-fossil-fuels-climate-1970s

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Shell

THROWBACK THURSDAY:

A look back to our Munich campaign last year when tropical ecologist Dr Lauranne Gateau and others took action against climate failure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLV1AmIjXc8

The next On The Reg pod was recorded in a proper studio - @jasondowns and I sound GOOD! Here's a taste. Full ep drops this Sunday ✅ https://onthereg.buzzsprout.com/

The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide

➡️primary vegetation was least invaded except when having high land use intensity

New #GloNAF (http://glonaf.org) study on plant invasions led by @DaijunLiu & great team
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RT @DaijunLiu
Our latest paper on NC @NatureComms is out: Thanks for all of co-authors. @FranzEssl1, @Bernd_le_ , @TimBlackburn66,@WayneDawsonEco, @sMarten_Winter,…
https://twitter.com/daijunliu/status/1646406368704831489

Today's #OntarioPlace meeting with #ThermeSpa via @onplace4all

-The new proposed public beach will be next to the sewer outlet.
- OntarioPlace was meant for all of us, for giving us nature in our backyard. A spa is the height of elitism.
- So many species of wildlife live at Ontario Place. Habitat loss is a given with the walls and roofs of glassed-in ThermeSpa
- Covid has taught us we need nature, not indoors with imported palm trees. We need fresh air and peace.

#topoli #VoteTO

#OntarioPlace part 3 via @onplace4all

💥​ What happens if the spa fails?”

ThermeSpa notes they’ll assess what the site could be used for should the spa fail. If the lease is terminated a new process would be put in place to occupy the building.

-Could an official plan amendment for a #casino be requested for the #ThermeSpa site?

Respondent answers: “yes”.

#Dofo #WellNowWeKnow #TaxpayersDime #VoteTO #Topoli #onpoli

I don’t want self driving cars. I want public transportation so solid that you don’t even need to hop in a car unless it’s a taxi situation. I want infrastructure.

Well thanks hospital masking policy. I made it 3 years negative until I spent a few days in the hospital with my mother

I wore my mask out on the floor, but would take it off in the room

Most of the staff were not masked and could not always get mine on fast enough when they entered

This is art.
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RT @karinbrulliard
Shout-out to the person who thought, "How can I illustrate an elderly deer?" and came up with this:
https://twitter.com/karinbrulliard/status/1643647880253562881

How was your week? Accomplish much?
Canada's 16yo Summer McIntosh swam in 5 events at Canada's swimming trials at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre:
- 2 world records - 400m freestyle & 400m individual medley
- 5 world Junior & Cdn records
#SummerMcIntosh #swimming #Toronto #WorldRecords #swimMeet #Canada #sports

Howard Schultz doesn’t like the “moniker” of billionaire because he “earned” all of his wealth.

Rubbish. Schultz built his fortune on the backs of workers, many of whom can barely afford to make ends meet.

The myth of the self-made billionaire is a cruel hoax.