Janet
@janmac229.bsky.social
transplanted east-coaster trying to save the world through carsharing | Hamilton Bike Share board ‘14-‘24 | settler | she/her | Haldimand Tract / Kitchener, ON
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I signed, and hope you will too.
If you're a Canadian citizen or resident and you haven't already, please consider signing Petition E-6864! The goal is to enable 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals to seek asylum in Canada on the basis of gender/sexual discrimination. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6864 - Petitions
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I signed, and hope you will too.
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No guarantees for any number of jobs or any local jobs. Hope the Region of Waterloo is paying attention.
Data centers are not worth the impact on electricity demand, water consumption and the environment even if they do create a handful of jobs.
Data centers are not worth the impact on electricity demand, water consumption and the environment even if they do create a handful of jobs.
Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center. www.wired.com/story/louisi...
Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No guarantees for any number of jobs or any local jobs. Hope the Region of Waterloo is paying attention.
Data centers are not worth the impact on electricity demand, water consumption and the environment even if they do create a handful of jobs.
Data centers are not worth the impact on electricity demand, water consumption and the environment even if they do create a handful of jobs.
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Between this & zero traffic deaths in Helsinki last year....
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Between this & zero traffic deaths in Helsinki last year....
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
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Framing All-Gums-No-Soul's death as "unwarranted political violence against a dude who just loved to debate people" normalizes his extremist views.
Am I surprised that an anti-choice woman led the "Boo Hoo, the Witch is dead!" statements in the House? No. But am I still outraged? Yup!
Am I surprised that an anti-choice woman led the "Boo Hoo, the Witch is dead!" statements in the House? No. But am I still outraged? Yup!
September 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Framing All-Gums-No-Soul's death as "unwarranted political violence against a dude who just loved to debate people" normalizes his extremist views.
Am I surprised that an anti-choice woman led the "Boo Hoo, the Witch is dead!" statements in the House? No. But am I still outraged? Yup!
Am I surprised that an anti-choice woman led the "Boo Hoo, the Witch is dead!" statements in the House? No. But am I still outraged? Yup!
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I worry that the way NON-right-wing media and politicians have been going overboard “honouring” Charlie Kirk’s life after his unquestionably horrible death may be doing more to normalize Kirk’s white nationalism, many intolerances, & blatantly anti-democratic work than most things we’ve seen so far.
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I worry that the way NON-right-wing media and politicians have been going overboard “honouring” Charlie Kirk’s life after his unquestionably horrible death may be doing more to normalize Kirk’s white nationalism, many intolerances, & blatantly anti-democratic work than most things we’ve seen so far.
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Something the municipal governments implementing speed cameras know and the speed camera haters don't want you to know is that travel time from point A to point B on city streets has more to do with capacity & volumes at intersections than with your maximum speed in between them
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Something the municipal governments implementing speed cameras know and the speed camera haters don't want you to know is that travel time from point A to point B on city streets has more to do with capacity & volumes at intersections than with your maximum speed in between them
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Yearly unpopular reminder that you should never post photos of your kids online, but if you're going to, you should ask them for consent.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
September 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yearly unpopular reminder that you should never post photos of your kids online, but if you're going to, you should ask them for consent.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
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*we don’t have phones anymore, really. We have incredibly small and powerful computers that we can also take calls on.
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
*we don’t have phones anymore, really. We have incredibly small and powerful computers that we can also take calls on.
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This is a detailed and sweeping article about the history and demise of Northern Pulp.
As Northern Pulp dies, a big chunk of Nova Scotia is for sale. The government should buy it back
by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
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As Northern Pulp dies, a big chunk of Nova Scotia is for sale. The government should buy it back
by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
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As Northern Pulp dies, a big chunk of Nova Scotia is for sale. The government should buy it back - Halifax Examiner
It was clear from the start of Northern Pulp’s insolvency case filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court six months after the Northern Pulp mill closed, that the outcome was never going to be good f...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is a detailed and sweeping article about the history and demise of Northern Pulp.
As Northern Pulp dies, a big chunk of Nova Scotia is for sale. The government should buy it back
by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
1/ 2
As Northern Pulp dies, a big chunk of Nova Scotia is for sale. The government should buy it back
by @joanbaxter.bsky.social
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Unless you've seen that one clip from the West Wing, it may be hard to picture the sheer breadth of Africa based on the maps you're most familiar with, so here's the real sizes of Australia *and* the United States *and* China *and* Greenland *and* Scandinavia relative to Africa on a Mercator map.
August 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Unless you've seen that one clip from the West Wing, it may be hard to picture the sheer breadth of Africa based on the maps you're most familiar with, so here's the real sizes of Australia *and* the United States *and* China *and* Greenland *and* Scandinavia relative to Africa on a Mercator map.
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It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Signed! Go sign this petition 🖊️
Canadians should sign House of Commons Petition e-6681, linked here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Watch video for some reasons.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Watch video for some reasons.
Platforms hate this topic - so we’ll speak in code. #canada #petition
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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August 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Signed! Go sign this petition 🖊️
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You probably won’t be shocked to hear that after losing his seat in the Canadian election & barely putting any effort into his safe seat “campaign” in Alberta that he needs, Pierre Poilievre STILL refuses to complete the normal security check and try to get the standard, ordinary security clearance.
Reminder: Pierre Poilievre STILL refuses to apply for the normal, usual security clearance, the Canadian media is STILL under-reporting that, and I’m STILL choosing to assume under these dangerous and scary circumstances that it’s because he knows that he wouldn’t pass the security check.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asked US administration to "put things on pause" to help Poilievre get elected as PM x.com/cspotweet/st...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
You probably won’t be shocked to hear that after losing his seat in the Canadian election & barely putting any effort into his safe seat “campaign” in Alberta that he needs, Pierre Poilievre STILL refuses to complete the normal security check and try to get the standard, ordinary security clearance.
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They’re not failing to prevent it Mark, they’re purposefully causing it! Starving and executing an entire population while you gently wag your finger
Carney condemns Israel for failing to prevent humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The prime minister’s statement is the latest sign of rising international alarm over the starvation and deaths of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory.
www.thestar.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
They’re not failing to prevent it Mark, they’re purposefully causing it! Starving and executing an entire population while you gently wag your finger
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Unacceptable to do so little against these constant genocidal acts. When will this government suspend the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, impose sanctions on Netanyahu, and press for international interventions to stop this.
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Unacceptable to do so little against these constant genocidal acts. When will this government suspend the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, impose sanctions on Netanyahu, and press for international interventions to stop this.
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To Prince Edward Island
Alex Colville
1965
Alex Colville
1965
June 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
To Prince Edward Island
Alex Colville
1965
Alex Colville
1965
Friends of Bluesky 🦋, my friend Mark needs a helping hand. He’s a tireless cycling safety advocate in Hamilton and beyond, and if you have the means to send some cash his way, I’d be so grateful. 💕🙏
If I don’t come up with $250 by Monday, my phone gets cut off.
No lifeline. No appointments. No support. No connection.
If you can help—or boost—I’d be incredibly grateful.
💛 e-transfer: manderson4@gmail.com
☕ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/sharpieguy
#ODSPPoverty #MutualAid #HelpNeeded
No lifeline. No appointments. No support. No connection.
If you can help—or boost—I’d be incredibly grateful.
💛 e-transfer: manderson4@gmail.com
☕ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/sharpieguy
#ODSPPoverty #MutualAid #HelpNeeded
Support Mark Anderson
Support Mark Anderson
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June 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Friends of Bluesky 🦋, my friend Mark needs a helping hand. He’s a tireless cycling safety advocate in Hamilton and beyond, and if you have the means to send some cash his way, I’d be so grateful. 💕🙏
Friends of Bluesky 🦋, my friend Mark needs a helping hand. He’s a tireless cycling safety advocate in Hamilton and beyond, and if you have the means to send some cash his way, I’d be so grateful. 💕🙏
June 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Friends of Bluesky 🦋, my friend Mark needs a helping hand. He’s a tireless cycling safety advocate in Hamilton and beyond, and if you have the means to send some cash his way, I’d be so grateful. 💕🙏
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Today, Parliament passed Bill C-5 — fast-tracking “national interest” projects while sidelining science, public input, and Indigenous rights.
Evidence for Democracy is sounding the alarm. Read our full response here: evidencefordemocracy.ca/press-releas...
Evidence for Democracy is sounding the alarm. Read our full response here: evidencefordemocracy.ca/press-releas...
June 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today, Parliament passed Bill C-5 — fast-tracking “national interest” projects while sidelining science, public input, and Indigenous rights.
Evidence for Democracy is sounding the alarm. Read our full response here: evidencefordemocracy.ca/press-releas...
Evidence for Democracy is sounding the alarm. Read our full response here: evidencefordemocracy.ca/press-releas...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
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When the world feels like it's on fire, switching off is tempting. But we need to stay involved now. more than ever. How do we stay engaged and informed without losing our minds... or stamina? Here are 10 tips from the research:
June 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
When the world feels like it's on fire, switching off is tempting. But we need to stay involved now. more than ever. How do we stay engaged and informed without losing our minds... or stamina? Here are 10 tips from the research: