Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

@AlisonCreekside @LALegault @CodieneC

If Canadian women don’t vote in record numbers in the next federal election, #Poilievre will become PM.
He's going to work with #Conservative premiers to further privatize our healthcare system, limit women’s reproductive rights, and cut social programs like $10 a day daycare.
And he's already vowed to reduce the Canada Pension Plan.

#canada #women #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli

Interesting that on the ctvnews web site, there is now a big headline about Doug Ford asking Bank of Canada to not hike interest rates, and the Clark resignation story requires a lot of scrolling down to see. What a shocker! Canadian media are such RW enablers! #OnPoli

#onpoli

Black Mastodon users are writing in frustration that people don’t believe that #racism exists on Mastodon. As a new moderator, I can assure you that racism is very real here. Be sure to report it when you find it so that we can stamp it out.

Jean L’Hommecourt Wants You to Know What the Oil Sands Are Doing to Her People and Their Land
Jean L'Hommecourt is a Dene member of Treaty No. 8. And she has a lot to say about the #oilsands and local pollution. #abpoli #landback https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca/jean-lhommecourt-and-the-oil-sands/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

What If Monday.

What if 30 years ago our politicians had listened to climate scientists.

What if 30 years ago Trump had been held responsible for the crimes he was already committing.

Mayoral bullshit:
> Mayor aims to boost police resources to fight gun crime after shooting outside wedding reception

> Ottawa had the sixth-lowest crime severity index of 35 metropolitan areas in Canada.

Criminology Professor Waller said it's especially sad because "we know what to do," since there are street outreach programs supported by studies that reduce crime. He said the police have a role, but they aren't the only or even the best way to reduce homicides.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mark-sutcliffe-shooting-guns-crime-wedding-1.6956553

The next #Greenbelt Corruption Protest is this Friday evening - Sept 8, 2023 in Kitchener Waterloo. It has been planned to coincide with the Premier's Fordfest BBQ. 🔥​

#onpoli #Kitchener #Waterloo #Fraudfest #greenbeltscandal #ontario #toronto #bill23 #dougFord

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At least five large U.S. property insurers — including Allstate, American Family, Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway — have told regulators that extreme weather patterns caused by climate change have led them to stop writing coverages in some regions, exclude protections from various weather events and raise monthly premiums and deductibles.
"""

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/natural-disaster-climate-insurance/

#ClimateChange #insurance #usa

😳"New Minister Paul Calandra has already cut his teeth on the housing file, pushing for MZOs to benefit the corporation Southbridge, which let seniors die from dehydration, starvation and neglect."
- #Ontario NDP Press Office

#DougFord #corruption #seniors #Greenbeltscandal #calandra
https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/province-issues-mzo-to-expand-long-term-care-home-with-horrific-record-7148482

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets

It’s the “Paid for by the Government of Ontario” at the end of the damage control radio ads about the Greenbelt corruption that really bothers me.

If you want to lie to me, that’s one thing. But don’t spend my money to do it. #onpoli

Update: Two of the three people who ought to resign over the Greenbelt controversy have done so, and the lands have not yet been returned. Problem not yet solved. #onpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/steve-clark-resigns-greenbelt-1.6956402

If you are a TV exec, or know one, please, please, please make this happen.

#reality #TV #TVshow

"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down." -- Charlie Chaplin

"Unless you're 30,000 feet in the air." -- This lucky airborne photographer

@Amy_Hupe when I feel really low and situations big and little really suck sometimes I’m able to take a breath and make next moment a little bit better. One of ways I’ve often done this in the past is helping someone else smile or feel better. The last few years with increased social isolation has made these ephemeral bits of domestic magic harder to come by. Here’s a picture of Saffron I grew last fall … not really practical, just for joy.

#Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66387537

"The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health.
The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, according to the EU's climate change service Copernicus.
It reached 20.96C (69.73F) - far above the average for this time of year."
#ClimateChange #SurfaceTemperatureBroken

“Her arrest was part of a crackdown on non-violent Indigenous-led protests opposing the expansion and rerouting…a 1,097-mile tar sands oil pipeline with a dismal safety record, that crosses more than 200 water bodies”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/mylene-vialard-us-pipeline-protester-convicted