JPagsy
@jpagzy.bsky.social
Let’s leave things better than we found them
- Optimistic P. Eng
- Optimistic P. Eng
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Patients who wait more than 12 hours in A&E 'twice as likely to die within a month', says ONS www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Patients who wait more than 12 hours in A&E ‘twice as likely to die within a month’
Britain’s most senior emergency doctor says figures ‘too compelling to ignore’ and calls for ‘urgent political action’ to tackle crisis
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Patients who wait more than 12 hours in A&E 'twice as likely to die within a month', says ONS www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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“The phenomenon is known as #InducedDemand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” slate.com/business/202...
It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
The truth about what's happening on America's roads—and how we can stop it.
slate.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:02 AM
“The phenomenon is known as #InducedDemand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” slate.com/business/202...
As a Canadian, we need to preserve the fundamentals of our healthcare system and avoid a US system system at all costs…
The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance “prior authorizations” and found:
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
December 13, 2024 at 1:06 AM
As a Canadian, we need to preserve the fundamentals of our healthcare system and avoid a US system system at all costs…
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"Canadians, we’re polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around."
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
December 4, 2024 at 12:04 AM
"Canadians, we’re polite, we’re reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around."
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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Do the folks who want to tear up bike lanes not understand that if the cyclists are not in the bike lanes they are in the lanes with the cars? In most cases in their own cars? Which means they are now (noisy, polluting) traffic? More car lanes just means more cars.
Ontario's government has vowed to tear up Toronto's new bike lanes, stoking tensions between the city and its suburbs
In Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike Lanes
Ontario’s government has vowed to tear up newly installed cycling infrastructure, stoking tensions between the city and its suburbs over rider safety and congestion.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Do the folks who want to tear up bike lanes not understand that if the cyclists are not in the bike lanes they are in the lanes with the cars? In most cases in their own cars? Which means they are now (noisy, polluting) traffic? More car lanes just means more cars.
Over 100k people bike to work in Toronto. Still think removing bike lanes is going to ease traffic?
A six-lane motorway can carry 4,000 people per hour per direction. The Victoria Line alone can carry 40,000. Can you imagine London if it was entirely dependent on cars?
November 30, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Over 100k people bike to work in Toronto. Still think removing bike lanes is going to ease traffic?
This is a great way to get rid of trolls…
November 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is a great way to get rid of trolls…
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READ: “Policies to help people walk & cycle such as low-traffic neighbourhoods can create public health benefits as much as 100 times greater than the cost of the schemes, a long-term study has concluded.” AND the benefits continue to grow even higher over time.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds
Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per head
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:44 AM
READ: “Policies to help people walk & cycle such as low-traffic neighbourhoods can create public health benefits as much as 100 times greater than the cost of the schemes, a long-term study has concluded.” AND the benefits continue to grow even higher over time.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Pick one carefully. .
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Pick one carefully. .
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Calling Bluesky an echo chamber misses the point, because what Bluesky offers is a chance to redefine how humans treat one another online, where so many of us live. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Bruce Arthur: Bluesky may be our chance to build the type of online world that X has abandoned
Bluesky offers tools to shape your experience online, instead of being forced to exist in the echo chamber that defines X.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Calling Bluesky an echo chamber misses the point, because what Bluesky offers is a chance to redefine how humans treat one another online, where so many of us live. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
tech giants and privately funded media outlets are instrumental in the mass misinformation campaigns and manufacturing consent.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 28, 2024 at 3:08 PM
tech giants and privately funded media outlets are instrumental in the mass misinformation campaigns and manufacturing consent.
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James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
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Decarbonization is essential to achieving climate goals, but myopic decarb policies that ignore co-pollutants may leave Black and high-poverty communities up to 26–34% higher PM2.5 exposure than national averages over the energy transition. #EnergySky #EnergyJustice www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Air pollution disparities and equality assessments of US national decarbonization strategies - Nature Communications
Decarbonization is essential to achieving climate goals, but myopic decarbonization policies that ignore co-pollutants may leave Black and high-poverty communities with 26-34% higher PM2.5 exposure ov...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Decarbonization is essential to achieving climate goals, but myopic decarb policies that ignore co-pollutants may leave Black and high-poverty communities up to 26–34% higher PM2.5 exposure than national averages over the energy transition. #EnergySky #EnergyJustice www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A new paper from a pair of Alberta academics makes it clear that the cost of the carbon tax is far less than its critics would like to pretend.
Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...
Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...
The truth is coming out on the carbon tax
The truth is no match for an honestly told lie. Witness the disconnect between what we know about the carbon tax in Canada and the way it’s perceived by large swathes of the public.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
A new paper from a pair of Alberta academics makes it clear that the cost of the carbon tax is far less than its critics would like to pretend.
Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...
Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...
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After Trump was elected, I started to wonder what could the grassroots, cities, and states do to move the needle on climate change without federal support. It turns out, a lot (gift link)
What Can US Cities and States Do for the Climate Under Trump? Plenty
Federal progress on climate may stall, but city halls and statehouses are in a good position to build on recent gains.
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
After Trump was elected, I started to wonder what could the grassroots, cities, and states do to move the needle on climate change without federal support. It turns out, a lot (gift link)
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“Some 75 people were working inside the Ontario Science Centre building on the day of the torrential downpour. No warning was given to staff about danger. No one was instructed to evacuate the building. And as it happens, the roof did not fall. It did not even leak.” thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
The Killing of the Science Centre | The Local
The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.
thelocal.to
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
“Some 75 people were working inside the Ontario Science Centre building on the day of the torrential downpour. No warning was given to staff about danger. No one was instructed to evacuate the building. And as it happens, the roof did not fall. It did not even leak.” thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
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A timeline of monthly temperature change in the #Arctic from 1950 through all of 2023...
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Download high-resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... (ECMWF ERA5 data)
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Download high-resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... (ECMWF ERA5 data)
November 27, 2024 at 1:38 AM
A timeline of monthly temperature change in the #Arctic from 1950 through all of 2023...
[*Click to open*]
Download high-resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... (ECMWF ERA5 data)
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Download high-resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... (ECMWF ERA5 data)
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0.5-0.8%. When you take a step back it’s striking how much of the discussion about the carbon tax in Canada - the easiest and least intrusive environmental policy intervention available, more or less, which conservatives say drives up food prices - is predicated on a total lie.
How do carbon taxes affect food prices? In our latest paper, @dr_jen_winter and I analyze both direct and indirect impacts across the entire food supply chain: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5024885
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
It's the most detailed exploration of CTaxes and food yet! 🤓 #cdnecon #cdnpoli
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM
0.5-0.8%. When you take a step back it’s striking how much of the discussion about the carbon tax in Canada - the easiest and least intrusive environmental policy intervention available, more or less, which conservatives say drives up food prices - is predicated on a total lie.
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this is a tough but important read about the sudden closing of our beloved Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. it's written by Alison Motluk, who worked there. she writes about what it was like to get the news of the closure and have to dismantle it in just a few months
thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
The Killing of the Science Centre | The Local
The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.
thelocal.to
November 25, 2024 at 3:59 PM
this is a tough but important read about the sudden closing of our beloved Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. it's written by Alison Motluk, who worked there. she writes about what it was like to get the news of the closure and have to dismantle it in just a few months
thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
thelocal.to/ontario-scie...
It’s almost as if social programs benefit everyone…
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:36 AM
It’s almost as if social programs benefit everyone…
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Everyone, including us non-Americans.
November 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Everyone, including us non-Americans.
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Pass it on: Bluesky is fast becoming a powerhouse.
Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative
Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Pass it on: Bluesky is fast becoming a powerhouse.