Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

Under appreciated challenge in the EV transition: How car dealers could derail America’s EV boom
Some customers say auto dealers have steered them away from buying electric cars and trucks https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/11/09/car-dealerships-ev-sales/

“We keep overlooking this fact: The skyrocketing price of heating oil and gas being paid by Canadians isn’t caused by the carbon price where all the money is given back."
– Catherine McKenna, former Canadian environment minister
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
@theenergymix https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/11/06/blame-fossil-profits-not-carbon-tax-for-skyrocketing-prices-mckenna/

Remembering Leonard Cohen, who left us 7 years ago today, with his poignant reflection on preparing for death https://t.co/uXolyT7U7j

The Alberta government under the NDP made deals with energy companies which has MADE Alberta 186 million dollars from GREEN energy since 2015.

So OF COURSE the United Conservative Party government cancelled those deals. Because it's never been about what is good for Alberta but about their ideology.

To add insult to injury, we don't know what the UCP did with that money either.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231029135316/https://globalnews.ca/news/10046492/alberta-renewables-windfall/

#abPoli

Pigeon River, Michigan #michigan #hiking #naturephotography

Rare photo of UK workers moving the stones at #Stonehenge back an hour.

#timechange

#onpoli #NeverVoteConservative #fordgovernment
When you go digging in a septic tank, you know exactly what you're going to find:
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/10/30/18-mzos-granted-to-guests-at-premier-fords-daughters-wedding-ndp/

Folks, I realised that I'm a zest expert who is struggling with my zest.
Let's turn that realisation into something useful for us all!

Integrity is really important to me as a coach. While I am not perfect and I don't have everything sorted (and I am totally fine with that), it's important for me to be open and honest about my own challenges. That's something I do want to have high standards about.

I don't want you to look at my posts and think everything is fine with my life, and that I have some weird and unattainable level of skill for crafting my life that you'll never attain. I want you to know that many of my challenges are also or have been your challenges, at some point.

And that those challenges can be surmountable rather than insurmountable!

So I am being open and honest with you about my own zest struggles this week...and share what I am doing about it in case it helps you.

Zest is a feeling of being alive, energised, enthused and motivated. Zesty people have "get up and go" and do things that bring them joy and make them feel charged up.

When we are busy and we have responsibilities or deadlines, it can be tempting to cancel or avoid activities that are fun but not essential to completing those tasks.

I realised this weekend that this is often a false economy. I have a busy work period right now and I have a lot of external deadlines to meet. As a result, I've been spending my time and brainpower on just getting those tasks done. Yes, I've made some progress but...

...I feel rubbish. My mood has dropped a little. My energy levels are down. And, actually, I notice that I'm less able to engage with the things I need to do, and I'm having to "force myself" a bit more to concentrate. (That's never a good sign, personally.)

I spoke to my own coach and realised that I *know* what brings me zest BUT I am not making little zest pockets in my schedule to get energy from those things.

As a result, I committed to booking in 20 minute zest pockets into my diary - yes, just 20 minutes - to allow myself to indulge in things I am deeply interested in.

The research in psychology tells us that the emotion of interest can calm the nervous system and give us juicy brain chemicals that boost mood and make us feel energised...so booking in zest pockets is a small, doable and effective way to help myself feel better. And I'll be able to do my tasks better by taking some time out. Sometimes, doing the fun thing is actually the best thing to do to move your work/life admin forward! (I think we need to stop feeling guilty about this, as it is what we need to do what we want to do!)

My first zest pocket was to reconnect with a beautiful special interest from childhood.

As a child, I used to sit in the garden late at night and use my dad's binoculars to look at the night sky and tick off all the constellations I could see in my little i-spy guide. (How they didn't realise I was autistic, I don't know but, hey, it was the 80s.)

Last night, I went out to a dark field near my home for just 20 minutes and picked out some constellations. Then I came home and info-dumped what I'd seen to my very patient girlfriend, who listened and supported me to access my zest. The photos show some of what I saw.

I experienced such joy from stargazing again. And it only took 20 minutes of my time. This morning, I feel enthused and motivated, and my mood has improved a little.

Therefore, I am asking you...

- What are you deeply interested in that you've neglected?
- Could you spend 20 minutes with it to boost your zest this week?
- How would you feel and what would the benefits be if you did so?

And when are you going to do it? Make that commitment to care for yourself by boosting your zest - even if it's in 2 weeks' time, schedule in a brain-date with yourself. It might just help.

I'll keep sharing my own zest journey with you in case it helps.

Reach out to me at any time if you have questions about how to boost your zest!

#Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Zest #Coaching @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd

It's time to banish the notwithstanding clause, the slow killer of Canada's rule of law

https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-banish-the-notwithstanding-clause-the-slow-killer-of-canadas-rule-of-law-215106

> The only solution to the ominous threats posed by the increasing use of the notwithstanding clause is to amend Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This is why we need art