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They say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables. California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world. Let that sink in. #energysky #greensky

Property rights would kill the industry. Does that tell you what the industry is, finally??

This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support. This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills. This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Nobody can look at this and claim that it is moral

Brian Eno tore Microsoft a new one www.instagram.com/p/DJ6ySBKNpE...

This may sound grim, but it is a colossal underestimate of the impact of 4C heating Forget 40% poorer - this will leave billions dead and society and economy will have collapsed long before the 4C mark is reached www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb.)

“The overall risk of threats and hazards occurring in the US has increased since this administration took over, while the capacity of our emergency management system is being diminished,” said @samlmontano.bsky.social in an interview.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Before the Israeli military’s genocidal assault began, the millions of Palestinians living there were trapped by these Israeli military 16-year siege and we were dependent on 500 trucks of aid a day.

Anyone who says the fossil-fuel industry will contribute to decarbonization w funding and/or innovation should be laughed off the stage. In the 2024 election, fossil-fuel companies & associated interests gave Trump somewhere between $75 and $450 million. They knew what they were buying. 1/3

Techno-Optimism Won't Save the Day www.planetcritical.com/p/techno-opt...

"We usually say goodbye to our family members whenever we leave our families because we are uncertain if we're going to make it to the end of the day" Ghada Alhaddad from Oxfam speaking from Gaza on conditions there right now

Russia just hit Kharkiv with 17 drones. There are fires and smoke in several places in the city. The attack began at 4 in the morning, most of the citizens were asleep and didn't know about the danger.

Total sea ice extent in the Bering Sea is now very close this date last year and the 1991-2020 median. Apr 26 NWS concentration analysis shows lots of open water/low concentration ice south/west of St. Lawrence Island and in Norton Sound. In the 21st century this isn't unusual. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The world is on Zelensky’s side. Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.

Thank you for your excellent service, Charlie, you did Jack proud!

Best wishes and many thanks to all of the political candidates, politicos, poll workers, journalists and pollsters who help make our democracy work. #elxn45 #cdnpoli

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Talk to former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson long enough and it's almost possible to believe his dream of reviving Canadian environmentalism in the face of Trump's tariffs.

Just watch the Orbánization of the media in the 🇺🇸USA👇🏻, and then think about piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s bloodthirsty determination to destroy the CBC. 🍁🧐🍁 🇨🇦ElbowsUp

We're one week away from one of the most important elections in Canadian history, and the Conservatives are the only party that haven't released a full platform.

Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @theguardian.com 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Warnica. He's great.

Rooting for this reportedly leading contender for Next Pope, I swear not just for poetic reasons

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

Tilsonburg - my back still aches when I hear that word. A classic of the Canadian canon. Our bass player Tim Hadley toured with Stompin' Tom Connors. We return to the Horseshoe Tavern for two shows June 1. Book your ticket here: www.showclix.com/tickets/GAEV... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lsc...

Tax cuts are government spending!

Walt Kelly’s Pogo poster for the inaugural #EarthDay on April 22, 1970.

Art.

Have a peaceful Easter, to those who celebrate. Happy last few days of Passover, to those who celebrate, and Shabbat shalom. Canadians, please go out and vote (advance polls are open). Stand up for all that is dear to us. We’ve got this, but only if Liberals cast their ballots. #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦

I don't usually repost these (if you follow me chances are you met me through a person who is trans) but I think today especially trans people need the comfort that at least one more person welcomes them. Safety though? In these times? Maybe if we keep Polièvre out.

Denied care, given death: Ontario report details concerns over same-day MAiD www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/16/d... @cdnaffairs.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

when he sends citizens to foreign concentration camps, it’s no longer a slide to authoritarianism—it’s full blown fascism! 😔 this is not an administration, it’s a criminal regime in a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 democracy. #FightFascism #TraitorTrump #DefendLiberty 🔔

So, we're less than 90 days into this shit show and: - Grocery prices still high - Trillions in wealth lost because of dumb tariffs - People being snatched off the street and disappeared - Ukraine war still going - Thousands of veterans fired But at least they made trans people feel shitty, right?

I, for one, can't believe the Ford government didn't do due diligence while it sold off Ontario Place to a bullshit private foreign enterprise.

Not a ton of good news in public health these days. But this morning at 3am, governments around the globe reached consensus on a global pandemic treaty. „The achievement of finding consensus in a world torn asunder by the Trump administration cannot be overstated“, Lawrence Gostin told me. 🧪