Rooney’s old account @girls_can@social.cleverlibre.org

Super #GreatBackyardBirdCount: 12 #bird #species, including a red-bellied woodpecker! ❤️ #GBBC2023

#birding at my favourite #wetland 😍

A quarter of all kilometers cycled in Dutch cities are to/from a train station. Half of all train trips start with a bike ride.

Thanks to the trains, there is more cycling; and thanks to cycling, more train usage. A virtuous circle of sustainable travel.

https://islandpress.org/video/webinar-unlocking-multimodality-n-america

Organize, baby.

The Ford government: an open door to graft and environmental desecration.

'Caledon resident Kathleen Wilson, who advocates for good local governance, said the MZOs in Caledon are benefiting individual developers, not residents. "We're not planning with purpose. We're planning because some developer bought some farmland for a really great price and they want to make a lot of money off of it."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-caledon-mzo-greenbelt-1.6946441

#ONpoil #environment #climatechange

Touching and inspiring article on #Miyawaki Forests, a movement / mechanism to create pockets of wilderness-like #biodiversity within urban areas 🌳 ... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/climate/tiny-forests-climate-miyawaki.html?unlocked_article_code=67S-HYPjLjulrr0zySF_6WXSUhpqjKxa_zTKlwnwyXWiy-HTBZQizOCPtd8JO3yrhSDKzO-lLQ9PYBrlv1fa0c0IAGd5x3jny75YpDruYymxRA4H8b-N1Z_O16_GOOvpE1h2aF5g6uZUie7wJ8iLUrAqRASa3QqW-YnvVv-J3OcVtILqMNlGTBUOOFO8CDUg8UxwTxx_LXiB2O8e5JAgxLcqW7iXhTGyR-5N54rQ0GEii1hqVRjF3MOmToThf6N4kCSpQ3erpU8lPolmmV2bYqCJ8cijG_kajtQ3d6qrWl2V6KRMOSZeYE6wxieuCs8Ve8wX3KVgcsJVqUX7nMVL6I1Ngc26r9I&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Oh gawd this feels too real.

#satire #funny #starwars

@hannu_ikonen

Prepare to walk out, stop preaching failure, assume at least some of the government apparatuses are as willing to stop climate collapse as were willing to stop Trump on Jan6th, enough.

Enough.

Remember THIS was Canada's largest march in history 550,000 marching behind Greta.

Prepare to walk out until it stops, stop preachimg failure.

#climate

Economists calculate that the world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/study-reveals-carbon-damage-cost-corporations-paid-emissions-102541046

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Aug 24 EWE: Canada — Last week, Hamilton city council voted unanimously to formally ask the province to scrap the plan — which involves 3,000 local acres and 7,400 overall — following a scathing auditor-general report that found some owners stand to reap an $8.3-billion windfall. #Greenbelt #Climatecrisis https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/hamilton-council-s-greenbelt-stance-terribly-disappointing-tory-mpp-says/article_c2258c4f-3e1b-5c69-8c95-de70817cf198.html

Donald Trump, Andrew Tate, Michael Knowles, Andrew Bolt, Piers Morgan — these are only a few of the many powerful men who have chosen to attack Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg) for her climate activism.

In an article that might make you sad and probably will make you angry, female blogger Yael Wolfe (@yaelwolfe) says: "I Owe Greta Thunberg an Apology."
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We’re talking about some of the most influential men on the planet with huge platforms and enormous power. And what do they choose to do with it? Fight for equal rights? Support efforts for climate justice? Or even just talk about something else, something they do support?

No. They decide to take aim at a neurodivergent, underage female activist, rallying their followers with their vile ableism and misogyny.

I knew about Trump’s attempt to bully Thunberg. I saw the inflated, overblown, melodramatic dig that Tate made at her for absolutely no apparent reason that I can discern.

Foolishly, I had no idea about the rest. Keep in mind, these are only a handful of examples of the constant ableist, misogynistic attacks she has had to endure as she selflessly gives of her time and energy to accomplish something that should be recognized as important enough to demand all of our participation. And I haven’t even mentioned the death threats she and her family have received.

I’m stunned by my own blindness. I have the tiniest fraction of her visibility, and I am attacked by men online almost every day. It’s exhausting. How could I be so stupid as to not realize what she was going through all this time?

I actually believed that her age gave her immunity. Sure, Trump swiped at her. There are no codes of conduct in his world. But everyone else, I believed, would respect the fact that a teenager was doing things most adults have never accomplished. Surely they would treat her with respect, or at least a bare minimum of human dignity.

But no. She might be young, but she is a young *woman*. A young woman with purpose, determination, independence, and confidence. And our misogynistic culture will not have that.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Fliberty-76%2Fi-owe-greta-thunberg-an-apology-8df733dd58a4

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency

Widespread coral bleaching is underway as ocean temperatures hit record highs off the Florida Keys. Scientists and volunteer divers are racing to save the reef, brushing off algae and shooing away predators.

#climate #environment
https://theconversation.com/the-heroic-effort-to-save-floridas-coral-reef-from-devastating-ocean-heat-210974

@michaelgemar @gemelliz it’s a premium price service and there aren’t many competitors in the GTA. It will probably be well attended by Torontonians who don’t want to drive outside of the city for a sauna day. And it’s an alternative for families instead of Great Wolf Lodge.
It will make money.
But Toronto will pay for it for nearly 100 years to come.

🐙 🐙 🐙 🐙 ⛰️ 🔎 🌊
Why do thousands of deep-sea octopuses congregate two miles below the surface, at the base of an underwater mountain off California? Researchers now think they know the secret behind this real-life octopus garden, the largest known gathering of deep-sea octopuses on Earth....

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/23/1195028955/heres-why-6-000-octopuses-like-to-be-under-the-sea-at-an-octopus-garden

#science #octopuses #ocean #marinebiology #conservation #nature #beatles

It took him over 10 years, but Doug Ford will finally open Canada's largest #casino at the Woodbine Racetrack.
Like most Ford enterprises there are a few "connections". The new casino is located in 23 Div. which is run by Ford Family friend, police supt. Ron Taverner, who Doug tried to install as OPP commissioner a few years back. Mayoral candidate & ex-cop Mark Saunders who was also appointed to advise on #OntarioPlace is also on the Woodbine board.

#topoli #onpoli
https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/06/great-canadian-casino-resort-toronto-opening-date/

Our new paper just out in Bioscience:

Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions

https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad060

#invasionbiology #invasivespecies

Chief of staff AG report put at centre of Greenbelt controversy resigns | Globalnews https://bit.ly/47UXZMS #OntarioGreenbelt #MunicipalAffairs #Housing #Greenbelt #Resignation #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

@zazzoo @WJBL @gemelliz thank goodness none of our politicians have the power to grant pardons (or record suspensions as they are now called). https://www.canada.ca/en/parole-board.html..
I suspect that if Amato does get charged, he’s going to take the rest of them down with him.

And if you're going to ignore all the studies and data I've shared and toss caution to the wind, then please take several days or longer between social activities. Don't go to a loud, crowded concert today and see your elderly parents or immunocompromised friend two days later, please.

Care more--about yourself, your family, and the people around you--because you may be done with COVID, but it is not done with us.