blefrancois
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blefrancois
@blefrancois.bsky.social
Poet, writer, educator
Arsenal FC supporter
Mad Studies, Critical Disability Studies, all things cats
Free Palestine!
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#climate #journalists take note. The big #LNG push is on.
Journalists writing about liquefied natural gas, LNG, should know this study. Not just any research paper, but a peer-reviewed study from Cornell University, an Ivy League School: "Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal | Cornell Chronicle
Liquefied natural gas leaves a carbon footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study.
news.cornell.edu
December 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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What a fucking speech
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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#MadSkyChat tonight for all mad and/or neurodivergent people at 8pm UK time. An hour to chat or lurk.

See you there if you can make it.
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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A remarkable story about a kindergarten teacher in Gaza doing everything possible for the kids they teach.

electronicintifada.net/content/chil...
The children the world forgot
Teacher marks World Children’s Day with rare treats for 5-year-olds suffering loss, displacement and trauma.
electronicintifada.net
December 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Thanks to City News for being the only media outlet to mention the SPVM has gone over budget by $48 million this year - and that this money could be spent to meet people's needs.
montreal.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
Montreal police 2025 budget: $824M
"Stop increasing the budget of the SPVM," said Laurent Trépanyer Capistran, HIV Info-Rights Service Coordinator at COCQ-SIDA, as the Montreal police detailed their 2025 budget – at $824 million. Adriana Gentile reports.
montreal.citynews.ca
December 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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‘Though some people want the right to die, many of us are still fighting for the right to exist.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot | Liz Carr
Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights a...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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www.newarab.com/news/us-gene... There will be a truce between #Israel and #Hezbollah and, just to keep things fair, Israel’s main weapons supplier will oversee the agreement.
US general to head Lebanon-Israel ceasefire committee: report
The international panel will be made up of at least five countries, but not much is yet known about the US general who will head the committee
www.newarab.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:49 AM
November 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM