Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

Why I prefer Star Trek.

By 2040, Dutch railways will operate 700,000 bike parking spaces at 410 stations nationwide.

Every single one is free of charge—at least for the first 24 hours—because they realize their purpose isn’t to create a new source of revenue… it’s to create a new source of passengers.

Mathematics has many daughters. Nearly all are beautiful. Physics & Chemistry are dutiful and visit home often. Life science is always away on some exotic research trip, hardly has time to write. Three of the girls live at home: Statistics, Computer Science ... and The Other One.

Statistics spent some time in a sanitarium, no one talks about it. She's doing better now & dotes on her mother. Computer Science puts on a suit each day for her Big Important Job. But she still never moved out. 1/

“In this status quo, people are expected to ignore the threat of infection, pay through the nose if they get sick and face stigma and ridicule if they become disabled. Journalism can and should repudiate that bargain. We are not neutral actors…”

Must read opinion piece on Long Covid by Ed Yong

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.uIuH.1cxnoufWl1xp&smid=url-share

It bears repeating.

"Carbon tax accounts for 0.3 percent increase in food prices. That's 30 cents on a $100 grocery bill."

"Canadians are going to be disappointed when "axing the tax" does not result in promised affordability at the grocery store."

"Axing the tax' will bring such miniscule savings nobody will notice except for low income people who will no longer get the rebate checks."

"Axing the tax will on average benefit the wealthy and hurt everyone else."

#poilievre cc @bhundey
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/12/05/ucalgary-carbon-tax-affordability-study/

So many people going into work symptomatic as they test SARS-CoV-2 negative on RATs where they have the option of working from home, only to make their colleagues sick who go through the same “symptomatic but testing negative routine” until they eventually test positive.
If you can’t work from home, wear a well fitted mask for the sake of your colleagues.

No, no, no. In my youth I was a NY Times copy editor. I would not have permitted this—no one would. We’re not inside the heads of Trump’s lawyers. They SAY they believe the judge is biased, but that doesn’t mean they really do.

People with a special interest in climate change and climate crisis may appreciate our efficient regular compendium "SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup."

Our 49th edition for 2023 provides ledes and links for 28 items. This week's coverage is of course heavily dominated by COP28. But our main highlight is about an intriguing tool from #CarbonBrief helping to understand pathways to meeting the Paris Agreement goal.

#ClimateInformation
https://skepticalscience.com/2023-SkS-Weekly-News-Roundup_49.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

The #library card is *the* emblem of a child’s standing in civic life: their direct access to a public service, not mediated or controlled by others. The library card grants rights to the politically voiceless and powerless.

It’s more radical than the idea of #democracy itself.

Reducing road salt use 'not something that can wait' as Ontario lakes see oxygen depletion, researcher says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/road-salt-use-ontario-lakes-salinization-waterloo-study-1.7037693?cmp=rss

Defending turf

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Hey #Canada let’s reduce funding to #Hate groups. Yesterday I meet with my MLA and asked her to remove the statutory property tax exemptions from organizations that promote hate and don’t respect the #Canadian Charter of #Rights and #Freedom. I’ve asked that any organization that gets the exemption file an annual compliance with the Charter and with provincial legislation, otherwise they loose the exception and have to pay property taxes. Please boost let’s get this going across Canada.

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must

https://theconversation.com/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-as-many-as-140-countries-shrinking-this-war-machine-is-a-must-119269

> If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.

GLOBAL POP ICON P!NK TEAMS UP WITH PEN AMERICA TO GIVE AWAY 2,000 BANNED BOOKS AT FLORIDA CONCERTS

https://pen.org/press-release/pink-teams-up-with-pen-america-to-give-banned-books/

Theo Moudakis / Toronto Star

#cdnpoli #canada #poilievre

Based on the principles of “neighbourliness, care and mutual respect”, the treaty is a result of a request by Tuvalu for Australia to support and assist its efforts on climate change, security and human mobility.