#Today I was in a news story about environmental #compensation policy and I didn’t hold back my true feelings about it. People in #ontario are upset about the #greenbelt land “swap” but I hope they can recognize that it is just one example of how forthcoming habitat #compensation and #restoration schemes will drain our natural assets in a #paytoslay faustian bargain.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/26/news/canada-conservation-doug-ford-ontario-greenbelt
War on empathy: Legacy media’s attacks on advocates for strong COVID-19 prevention https://therealnews.com/war-on-empathy-legacy-medias-attacks-on-advocates-for-strong-covid-19-prevention?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
ICYMI - 2022 was the hottest year on record for our oceans...
+ Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-023-2385-2
+ Summary: https://carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-how-the-world-warmed-in-2022/
#Google could give EACH of the 12,000 employees it just laid off a $1,000,000 severance and still have $5 BILLION in profits left over from its last quarter alone (Q4 profits were $17B)
Instead, they just dumped 12,000 people onto the job market, which affects everyone, in a society in which such things as healthcare rely on employment.
When are we going to stop giving corporations that leech off us a free pass on civic responsibility?
#layoffs #googlelayoffs #capitalism #corporations #healthcare
Jay Kuo writes,
"It has been more than four years since the Senate confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by a narrow vote of 50 to 48, despite credible accusations of sexual assault while Kavanaugh was at Yale. But the full extent of his criminal sexual acts has never truly been exposed. That is because, as the film explores, the FBI hid it from all of us on purpose."
#SupremeCourt #corruption #BrettKavanaugh #FBI
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UK minister admits 200 asylum-seeking children have gone missing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/23/uk-minister-admits-200-asylum-seeking-children-missing-home-office?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Moonrise near #Winter #Harbour in #Maine #Photography #silentsunday #Waves #Beach #Sunset #Calm #Landscapes
Twilight in June (1950). Edwin Holgate was a member of the Beaver Hall Group in the 1920’s and was invited to work with the Group of Seven in the 1930’s. He is, perhaps, better known for his portraits but his landscapes, like this one, are beautiful. #CanadianArtist #painting #landscape #mastoart
I've been reading a lot recently on the major threat of #invasivespecies (transported by humans) on native #biodiversity.
This thought-provoking new piece in @theconversationau explores the potential for future #evolution or, at least adaptation, for some of the animals introduced to #Australia by humans. A sobering read on the impact of our own migration:
They found a policing approach that works! Is it harsher enforcement? Zero tolerance? Throwing more people in jail? Bigger military-style weapons? More macho bullshit?
No.
I moved to girls_can@TheCanadian.social Posts about #ecology #teaching #biodiversity #contaminants #university #academia #ONpoli #CanPoli #conservation #nature #GreatLakes #parenting she/her