JoJo Beattie
@jojobeattie.bsky.social
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Artist in the margins
"...we continue to write, despite the fact that writing consumes the last of our available energy."
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Living without coffee in Gaza - We Are Not Numbers
Newton’s law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed, but this law does not apply in Gaza.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"...we continue to write, despite the fact that writing consumes the last of our available energy."
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Why Canada’s next big infrastructure investment should be in biomanufacturing
Why Canada’s next big infrastructure investment should be in biomanufacturing
As Canada faces renewed trade tensions with the United States, investing in domestic biomanufacturing could strengthen both national security and economic independence.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why Canada’s next big infrastructure investment should be in biomanufacturing
I love this. Victoria could really benefit from more spaces that promote community connection and less social isolation… it’s always been a hard city to break into and find friends. There’s also very few outdoor networking spaces! www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/trav...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love this. Victoria could really benefit from more spaces that promote community connection and less social isolation… it’s always been a hard city to break into and find friends. There’s also very few outdoor networking spaces! www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/trav...
An 11.6 billion dollar deficit…reliant on a lawsuit for income? What the hellyy.. on days like today I think about how far China has come in solar and wind power, and what BC could look like if we actually had the guts to go all in on new energy.
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B.C.'s provincial deficit now sitting at record $11.6B | CBC News
The provincial government is in the red to the tune of $11.6 billion, a record high deficit forecast for the current fiscal year, laid out by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey in the first quarter financ...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
An 11.6 billion dollar deficit…reliant on a lawsuit for income? What the hellyy.. on days like today I think about how far China has come in solar and wind power, and what BC could look like if we actually had the guts to go all in on new energy.
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Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
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I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...
ChatGPT Is Becoming A Religion
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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June 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...
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Conservatives confident attacking female journalist will distract from Poilievre’s comments about women’s “biological clocks”
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Conservatives confident attacking female journalist will distract from Poilievre’s comments about women’s “biological clocks”
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"When Trump says he prefers a Liberal they know an endorsement would be kiss of death for Poilievre! It's reverse psychology. Why would anyone believe any words coming out Trump's mouth?"
Green Party of Canada Co-Leader Elizabeth May calls out Trump's BS 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky
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Green Party of Canada Co-Leader Elizabeth May calls out Trump's BS 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky
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March 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"When Trump says he prefers a Liberal they know an endorsement would be kiss of death for Poilievre! It's reverse psychology. Why would anyone believe any words coming out Trump's mouth?"
Green Party of Canada Co-Leader Elizabeth May calls out Trump's BS 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky
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Green Party of Canada Co-Leader Elizabeth May calls out Trump's BS 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky
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Rumsfeld Matrix feeling real bcpoli
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RUMSFELD / KNOWNS
YouTube video by CNN
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March 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Rumsfeld Matrix feeling real bcpoli
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California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
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#CA #California #Electricity #Renewables #Energy
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#CA #California #Electricity #Renewables #Energy
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
Are renewables reliable? A new study says California ran on renewables alone for a record number of days last year.
grist.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#CA #California #Electricity #Renewables #Energy
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#CA #California #Electricity #Renewables #Energy
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Wearing an N95 or receiving a third COVID shot were ultimately individual choices, but breathing safer air in indoor spaces required buy-in from bigger players, Roxanne Khamsi writes:
America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wearing an N95 or receiving a third COVID shot were ultimately individual choices, but breathing safer air in indoor spaces required buy-in from bigger players, Roxanne Khamsi writes:
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The BC Coroners Service reported 458 people experiencing homelessness died in BC in 2023, nearly three times the number reported in 2020. We mourn every one of these lives lost, and remain committed to evidence-based solutions to this crisis.
#bcpoli
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March 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The BC Coroners Service reported 458 people experiencing homelessness died in BC in 2023, nearly three times the number reported in 2020. We mourn every one of these lives lost, and remain committed to evidence-based solutions to this crisis.
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
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In this op-ed, @angiejaime.bsky.social
explores the ways women are still subjugated and oppressed this International Women's Day.
explores the ways women are still subjugated and oppressed this International Women's Day.
Celebrating International Women’s Day As Women’s Rights Crumble
Platitudes don't replace progress
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March 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In this op-ed, @angiejaime.bsky.social
explores the ways women are still subjugated and oppressed this International Women's Day.
explores the ways women are still subjugated and oppressed this International Women's Day.
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We're hiring!
YCCBC is launching a program in Courtenay, and we're looking for youth to facilitate community climate resilience. If you're looking for a meaningful job, apply at the link below!
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#Hiring #CourtenayBC #ClimateAction #YouthJobs #GreenJobs
YCCBC is launching a program in Courtenay, and we're looking for youth to facilitate community climate resilience. If you're looking for a meaningful job, apply at the link below!
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#Hiring #CourtenayBC #ClimateAction #YouthJobs #GreenJobs
March 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We're hiring!
YCCBC is launching a program in Courtenay, and we're looking for youth to facilitate community climate resilience. If you're looking for a meaningful job, apply at the link below!
careers.risepeople.com/youth-climat...
#Hiring #CourtenayBC #ClimateAction #YouthJobs #GreenJobs
YCCBC is launching a program in Courtenay, and we're looking for youth to facilitate community climate resilience. If you're looking for a meaningful job, apply at the link below!
careers.risepeople.com/youth-climat...
#Hiring #CourtenayBC #ClimateAction #YouthJobs #GreenJobs
Good to see Canada add PFAS to the toxic substances list!
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Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list | CBC News
The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of...
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March 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Good to see Canada add PFAS to the toxic substances list!
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Only Mike Meyers could read the room like this
Canadian BlueSky summarized:
Canadian BlueSky summarized:
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Only Mike Meyers could read the room like this
Canadian BlueSky summarized:
Canadian BlueSky summarized:
Rich CEOs get ketamine for "leadership coaching" framed as innovative, healing or even luxurious. But when people who use drugs need more harm reduction strategies like safer supply it's met with reluctance and lack of support. Hypocrisy is wild.
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The ketamine-fueled ‘psychedelic slumber parties’ that get tech execs back on track
Hello, and welcome to WIRED Start: your weekly roundup of the most important stories, landing in your inbox every Monday. Don’t forget, you can get the very latest from WIRED with our daily newsletter...
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February 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Rich CEOs get ketamine for "leadership coaching" framed as innovative, healing or even luxurious. But when people who use drugs need more harm reduction strategies like safer supply it's met with reluctance and lack of support. Hypocrisy is wild.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ketami...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ketami...
To protect affordable housing we’ve got to seriously start cracking down on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and other financialized landlords
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When Your Landlord Is a Billion-Dollar Corporation | The Walrus
Real estate trusts are sending rents soaring and reshaping Canada’s cities
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February 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
To protect affordable housing we’ve got to seriously start cracking down on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and other financialized landlords
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"Upper Pine, with students in kindergarten to Grade 8, is one of them. There have been times when as many as six buses were parked outside its doors with drivers on standby in case a sour gas leak at a nearby well required an emergency evacuation."
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Imagine If Fracking, and Quakes, Were in Vancouver | The Tyee
People in BC’s northeast shouldn’t be forced to accept big risks to their lives and homes.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Upper Pine, with students in kindergarten to Grade 8, is one of them. There have been times when as many as six buses were parked outside its doors with drivers on standby in case a sour gas leak at a nearby well required an emergency evacuation."
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In 2014, finishing a stint as a baby intern, I blew the whistle about Canadian Geographic providing cover for the oil industry to sneak propaganda into classrooms. A report this week exposes that campaign and much more (and mentions my small role, too!) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/n...
Fossil Fuel industry actively shaping climate education in Canada: report
A new report has found evidence of a deliberate strategy by the fossil fuel industry to promote industry propaganda and viewpoints to obfuscate responsibility for the causes of climate change.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In 2014, finishing a stint as a baby intern, I blew the whistle about Canadian Geographic providing cover for the oil industry to sneak propaganda into classrooms. A report this week exposes that campaign and much more (and mentions my small role, too!) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/n...
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B.C. physicians' group calls on province to create space in hospitals for overdose prevention www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @courtneydickson.bsky.social @docs4saferdrugs.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
February 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
B.C. physicians' group calls on province to create space in hospitals for overdose prevention www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @courtneydickson.bsky.social @docs4saferdrugs.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Populist sentiment, precisely because it is rooted in the irrational exuberance of pride and unity, cares little about facts, logic or veracity. theconversation.com/trumps-lurki...
Trump’s lurking assault on Canada rests on endless lies and irrational populism
Donald Trump’s relentless threats against Canada are based on a series of lies that he continues to tell.
theconversation.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Populist sentiment, precisely because it is rooted in the irrational exuberance of pride and unity, cares little about facts, logic or veracity. theconversation.com/trumps-lurki...
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1/4: The BC Coroners Service has released its report on unregulated drug deaths, reporting 2,253 lives lost in 2024.
February 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
1/4: The BC Coroners Service has released its report on unregulated drug deaths, reporting 2,253 lives lost in 2024.
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I'm now a regular panelist on CBC Radio's Early Edition with Stephen Quinn. Have a listen how the different parties are reacting to the tariff war.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm now a regular panelist on CBC Radio's Early Edition with Stephen Quinn. Have a listen how the different parties are reacting to the tariff war.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#bcpoli