@jes4climate.bsky.social
Entry-level climate activist, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us.
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Every single unmarked grave on the grounds of residential schools is a secret that Canada hid for decades. A deliberately kept secret of colonial crimes against humanity. Indigenous people. Many of us are alive who remember these days and the history is not a far off written one. It lives on in us.
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Every single unmarked grave on the grounds of residential schools is a secret that Canada hid for decades. A deliberately kept secret of colonial crimes against humanity. Indigenous people. Many of us are alive who remember these days and the history is not a far off written one. It lives on in us.
Sign the @GreenpeaceCA petition to demand action from the Canadian government: Stop arming Israel #ArmsEmbargoNow act.gp/3U7YzB4
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July 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sign the @GreenpeaceCA petition to demand action from the Canadian government: Stop arming Israel #ArmsEmbargoNow act.gp/3U7YzB4
No such thing as an underdeveloped country. However, there are loads of overexploited countries.
June 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No such thing as an underdeveloped country. However, there are loads of overexploited countries.
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Canada has already surpassed a year’s worth of charred land from wildfires. Fires are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season, by @ianlivingston.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... via @washingtonpost.com #Wildfires2025 #ClimateChange
Canada has already surpassed a year’s worth of charred land from wildfires
Fires are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Canada has already surpassed a year’s worth of charred land from wildfires. Fires are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season, by @ianlivingston.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... via @washingtonpost.com #Wildfires2025 #ClimateChange
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One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Palestinians have the right to defend themselves.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
May 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Palestinians have the right to defend themselves.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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Food, water, shelter, and electricity. I believe all are fundamental human rights. So long as you're a human being -- even if you're a shitty one -- there should never be a second where you are without access to any of this. Humanity will never progress until we reach that point.
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Food, water, shelter, and electricity. I believe all are fundamental human rights. So long as you're a human being -- even if you're a shitty one -- there should never be a second where you are without access to any of this. Humanity will never progress until we reach that point.
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People’s silence on Gaza makes me not trust the majority of people now.
It’s live streamed genocide. There is nothing else to call it.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
It’s live streamed genocide. There is nothing else to call it.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
People’s silence on Gaza makes me not trust the majority of people now.
It’s live streamed genocide. There is nothing else to call it.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
It’s live streamed genocide. There is nothing else to call it.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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When Idle No More started, before it became a national movement, it was started by four women who who were reading and paying attention to the massive omnibus bills Harper was pushing through that were going to have terrible negative impacts on the environment and Indigenous people. #BillC-69
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When Idle No More started, before it became a national movement, it was started by four women who who were reading and paying attention to the massive omnibus bills Harper was pushing through that were going to have terrible negative impacts on the environment and Indigenous people. #BillC-69
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I'm not a vindictive person by nature, but if Poilievre loses his seat in his own riding i'm throwing a party and every single one of you is invited and we're gonna livestream it directly into his TV
April 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm not a vindictive person by nature, but if Poilievre loses his seat in his own riding i'm throwing a party and every single one of you is invited and we're gonna livestream it directly into his TV
“With what conscience are you criminalizing poverty?”
This is who you should be running, this is the kind of representation you need.
The want you to “Stay poor, stay hidden and die silently”
"I am a human being" #3E
The want you to “Stay poor, stay hidden and die silently”
"I am a human being" #3E
April 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“With what conscience are you criminalizing poverty?”
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It's insane how congestion pricing in NYC has been just about *the* most unambiguously successful new policy implemented in my lifetime and still all the dumbest people in government want to get rid of it
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's insane how congestion pricing in NYC has been just about *the* most unambiguously successful new policy implemented in my lifetime and still all the dumbest people in government want to get rid of it
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“Air pollution fell substantially as [Paris]
restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Such an obvious no-brainer, it’s remarkable that so many cities HAVEN’T done the same.
restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Such an obvious no-brainer, it’s remarkable that so many cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Air pollution fell substantially as [Paris]
restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Such an obvious no-brainer, it’s remarkable that so many cities HAVEN’T done the same.
restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Such an obvious no-brainer, it’s remarkable that so many cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Regular reminder that we don't need the fossil fuel industry, fossil fuel corporations need us.
www.biv.com/news/canadas...
www.biv.com/news/canadas...
Canada's oil and gas industry received $29.6B in subsidies in 2024, report finds
The subsidies dwarf the previous years total and come as Ottawa said it would wind down direct financial support for the industry
www.biv.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Regular reminder that we don't need the fossil fuel industry, fossil fuel corporations need us.
www.biv.com/news/canadas...
www.biv.com/news/canadas...
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These women were exploited on every level
When abused domestic workers in Saudi Arabia asked Kenya's embassy for help, officials responded with insults and demands for sex and money. Read the second part of our investigation into how diplomats and foreign ministry officials profit off the misery of stranded women.
When Kenyan Maids Sought Help Overseas, Diplomats Demanded Sex (Gift Article)
Women say that embassy officials added a new level of indignity to the abuse they suffered while working abroad.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
These women were exploited on every level
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Et si ce pays Arabe tuait des centaines de travailleurs humanitaires simplement parce qu'ils soignent et nourrissent les Juifs bombardés? Pensez-vous qu'on lui fournirait des bombes et qu'on l'appellerait notre "allié", ce pays arabe? www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/m...
Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Et si ce pays Arabe tuait des centaines de travailleurs humanitaires simplement parce qu'ils soignent et nourrissent les Juifs bombardés? Pensez-vous qu'on lui fournirait des bombes et qu'on l'appellerait notre "allié", ce pays arabe? www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/m...
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A children’s rights group has accused Israeli forces of stripping, humiliating, terrorising and detaining two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, after shooting and killing their grandmother.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qb4gkm
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qb4gkm
March 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A children’s rights group has accused Israeli forces of stripping, humiliating, terrorising and detaining two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, after shooting and killing their grandmother.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qb4gkm
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qb4gkm
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Nearly 9,000 people died last year trying to cross borders, the UN agency for migration says ⤵️
Migrant deaths hit record number in 2024, UN agency says
Nearly 9,000 fatalities confirmed worldwide, but real toll likely much higher.
aje.io
March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nearly 9,000 people died last year trying to cross borders, the UN agency for migration says ⤵️
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
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Meanwhile...
Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 650,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,240,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,770,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,200,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
• about 650,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,240,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,770,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,200,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Meanwhile...
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
February 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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Absolutely the most disgusting press conference I’ve heard in my 58 years.
Palestinian people, I see you, I’m sorry, this is horrific. Absolutely horrific.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide to steal their land. I have no words it’s disgusting.
Palestinian people, I see you, I’m sorry, this is horrific. Absolutely horrific.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide to steal their land. I have no words it’s disgusting.
February 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Absolutely the most disgusting press conference I’ve heard in my 58 years.
Palestinian people, I see you, I’m sorry, this is horrific. Absolutely horrific.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide to steal their land. I have no words it’s disgusting.
Palestinian people, I see you, I’m sorry, this is horrific. Absolutely horrific.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide to steal their land. I have no words it’s disgusting.
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There is a growing movement in Canada to boycott US products and support Canadian made. My blog contains some resources to guide consumers who are taking this path. open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
Why a Trade War with the US Could Be an Opportunity for Canada
A discussion about supporting local businesses and accessing resources for sourcing Canadian-made products
open.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is a growing movement in Canada to boycott US products and support Canadian made. My blog contains some resources to guide consumers who are taking this path. open.substack.com/pub/queergra...