David E. Dickinson
@dedincanada.bsky.social
I care about the world and the people in it. I hope you do, too!
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Don’t have smallpox or polio? Thank the World Health Organization. For its many accomplishments: www.who.int/campaigns/75...
*Someone* is feeling all powerful and can destroy orgs by defunding, so today, I’m asserting my (tiny) power by donating to @Who.int
Alone we’re tiny, together we’re big.
*Someone* is feeling all powerful and can destroy orgs by defunding, so today, I’m asserting my (tiny) power by donating to @Who.int
Alone we’re tiny, together we’re big.
January 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Don’t have smallpox or polio? Thank the World Health Organization. For its many accomplishments: www.who.int/campaigns/75...
*Someone* is feeling all powerful and can destroy orgs by defunding, so today, I’m asserting my (tiny) power by donating to @Who.int
Alone we’re tiny, together we’re big.
*Someone* is feeling all powerful and can destroy orgs by defunding, so today, I’m asserting my (tiny) power by donating to @Who.int
Alone we’re tiny, together we’re big.
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The Gulf of America sucks. It never snowed when it was the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
Winter storm brings record-breaking snow to parts of Florida
Along with the snow, ice accumulations from freezing rain may significantly impact roadways.
www.cbsnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Gulf of America sucks. It never snowed when it was the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/ne...
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i don't have a joke here, i just think it's rad as hell that this guy is making tiny tiny homes that are attached to bikes for people experiencing homelessness in toronto
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i don't have a joke here, i just think it's rad as hell that this guy is making tiny tiny homes that are attached to bikes for people experiencing homelessness in toronto
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St. Anne's survivors are holding a rally Monday 9AM at Ontario Superior Court (University/Queen Toronto).
They are asking allies to join the virtual hearing to be public witnesses for justice.
Monday 10 AM EST
Zoom Link: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Passcode: 452032
They are asking allies to join the virtual hearing to be public witnesses for justice.
Monday 10 AM EST
Zoom Link: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Passcode: 452032
January 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
St. Anne's survivors are holding a rally Monday 9AM at Ontario Superior Court (University/Queen Toronto).
They are asking allies to join the virtual hearing to be public witnesses for justice.
Monday 10 AM EST
Zoom Link: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Passcode: 452032
They are asking allies to join the virtual hearing to be public witnesses for justice.
Monday 10 AM EST
Zoom Link: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Passcode: 452032
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Lessons for Trump:
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
January 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lessons for Trump:
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
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The temperature at noon on Monday will be 22 degrees which is the same temperature it was in 1961 when Kennedy was inaugurated.
The ceremony was held outside.
The ceremony was held outside.
January 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The temperature at noon on Monday will be 22 degrees which is the same temperature it was in 1961 when Kennedy was inaugurated.
The ceremony was held outside.
The ceremony was held outside.
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Renewables and nuclear accounted for 82% of electricity generated in Spain and Portugal in 2024. Renewables made up 63.9% of the total, nuclear another 17.9%.
The two countries operate like an “energy island”, having limited interconnection with the rest of Europe (due in part to the Pyrenees).
The two countries operate like an “energy island”, having limited interconnection with the rest of Europe (due in part to the Pyrenees).
In numbers: The Iberian Peninsula’s exceptionally clean electricity mix
buff.ly
January 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Renewables and nuclear accounted for 82% of electricity generated in Spain and Portugal in 2024. Renewables made up 63.9% of the total, nuclear another 17.9%.
The two countries operate like an “energy island”, having limited interconnection with the rest of Europe (due in part to the Pyrenees).
The two countries operate like an “energy island”, having limited interconnection with the rest of Europe (due in part to the Pyrenees).
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✨️Stronger together!💖
Lessons for Trump:
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
In 2008 multinational mining giant VALE tried to break the back of Canada's nickel/copper workers. They thought Canada was a pushover.
The miners resisted with the longest strike in CDN history.
It cost a lot of pain but we didn't back down.
We were there to fight for Canada.
January 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
✨️Stronger together!💖
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Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters.
theconversation.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Good analysis of why fact checking on social media matters in a world where false claims are sticky + go viral so fast.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
But no mention of how X + Meta have altered their algorithms to suppress expert accounts & factual info.
Fact checking on those platforms isn’t a level field. It’s a steep cliff.
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What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ...
January 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ...
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Canada, UK, EU and all countries that still believe in democracy should put 200% tariffs on Tesla cars or even better, just ban them.
This one's a no brainer.
Where should we levy the first tariff retaliation?
200% TARIFF ON ALL TESLA PRODUCTS
Contact Finance Minister
dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca
Tell him that Charlie sent you.
Where should we levy the first tariff retaliation?
200% TARIFF ON ALL TESLA PRODUCTS
Contact Finance Minister
dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca
Tell him that Charlie sent you.
January 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Canada, UK, EU and all countries that still believe in democracy should put 200% tariffs on Tesla cars or even better, just ban them.
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Exporting more O&G to the U.S. to help avoid Trump's threat of 25% tariffs is a key plank of Canada's diplomatic maneuvering, but it reveals a longstanding problem for the Canadian economy: we're severely vulnerable to an unpredictable neighbour www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/17/a...
Boosting oil exports central to Canada's charm offensive on Trump
Increasing the flow of oil and gas to the United States to help avoid Trump's threat of 25 per cent tariffs is a key plank of Canada's diplomatic maneuvering, but it reveals a longstanding problem for...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Exporting more O&G to the U.S. to help avoid Trump's threat of 25% tariffs is a key plank of Canada's diplomatic maneuvering, but it reveals a longstanding problem for the Canadian economy: we're severely vulnerable to an unpredictable neighbour www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/17/a...
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The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan. #CongestionPricing #pollution #traffic www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/17/n...
How NYC’s controversial congestion pricing plan will help fight pollution
Driving into lower Manhattan is now more expensive, but the toll promises cleaner air, safer streets, and improved subways.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan. #CongestionPricing #pollution #traffic www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/17/n...
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I crossed the floor once before and betrayed my own party for my own gain.
What makes you think I won’t cross the floor again and betray my own nation?
#ForSale #HighestBidder #abpoli
What makes you think I won’t cross the floor again and betray my own nation?
#ForSale #HighestBidder #abpoli
January 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I crossed the floor once before and betrayed my own party for my own gain.
What makes you think I won’t cross the floor again and betray my own nation?
#ForSale #HighestBidder #abpoli
What makes you think I won’t cross the floor again and betray my own nation?
#ForSale #HighestBidder #abpoli
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Super compelling piece here on the case for a Youth Climate Corps by my @climateunit.bsky.social colleague Juan Vargas Alba, in today's @nationalobserver.com. Highly recommend 👇
Big action on climate can help young people find meaningful work www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/16/o...
Big action on climate can help young people find meaningful work www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/16/o...
Big action on climate can help young people find meaningful work
What we need to help solve youth unemployment is a green jobs guarantee, a Youth Climate Corps.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Super compelling piece here on the case for a Youth Climate Corps by my @climateunit.bsky.social colleague Juan Vargas Alba, in today's @nationalobserver.com. Highly recommend 👇
Big action on climate can help young people find meaningful work www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/16/o...
Big action on climate can help young people find meaningful work www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/16/o...
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Journalists - Do Your Jobs. These mega-fires have called forth a mega-failure by much of the news media. A review of coverage shows most journalism is still not accurately representing how the climate crisis is upending our civilization by driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
The media needs to show how the climate crisis is fueling the LA wildfires
With few exceptions, the news has shied away from showing how the unfolding climate crisis plays a large role in the disaster
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Journalists - Do Your Jobs. These mega-fires have called forth a mega-failure by much of the news media. A review of coverage shows most journalism is still not accurately representing how the climate crisis is upending our civilization by driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
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The incoming, hypocritical Trump administration in a nutshell:
Bribe-taking liar, Pam Bondi, and adulterer and tongue-talkin’ con artist, Paula White, doing what Jesus forbade (praying so that other people can see you do it--Matt 6:5-6) to prove just how gosh-darn holy they are, y’all.
Bribe-taking liar, Pam Bondi, and adulterer and tongue-talkin’ con artist, Paula White, doing what Jesus forbade (praying so that other people can see you do it--Matt 6:5-6) to prove just how gosh-darn holy they are, y’all.
January 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The incoming, hypocritical Trump administration in a nutshell:
Bribe-taking liar, Pam Bondi, and adulterer and tongue-talkin’ con artist, Paula White, doing what Jesus forbade (praying so that other people can see you do it--Matt 6:5-6) to prove just how gosh-darn holy they are, y’all.
Bribe-taking liar, Pam Bondi, and adulterer and tongue-talkin’ con artist, Paula White, doing what Jesus forbade (praying so that other people can see you do it--Matt 6:5-6) to prove just how gosh-darn holy they are, y’all.
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Donald has already proved that crime pays.
Now, he's proving that extortion works.
Now, he's proving that extortion works.
January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Donald has already proved that crime pays.
Now, he's proving that extortion works.
Now, he's proving that extortion works.
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"... we’re going to have to go through some much worse consequences before our behavior changes. I’m afraid nature is going to force the change."
‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’
In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” explains.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...
In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” explains.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...
‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’ - Inside Climate News
In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” explains.
insideclimatenews.org
January 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"... we’re going to have to go through some much worse consequences before our behavior changes. I’m afraid nature is going to force the change."
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They could've straight up rented 1 bedroom apartments at market rates for over 300 people for the year for that amount. It certainly would've done more good than whatever they did.
January 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
They could've straight up rented 1 bedroom apartments at market rates for over 300 people for the year for that amount. It certainly would've done more good than whatever they did.
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LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.
Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for climate goal, MPs promised
Lifestyle change, such as diet and travel, are not in the scope of the 2035 goal
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.