🇨🇦Kari O’Rourke
@merlotbay.bsky.social
A life-long learner, community engagement advocate, emergency management communicator, and nature lover. Not interested in being the 51st State.
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Reposted by 🇨🇦Kari O’Rourke
Stay up to date with the latest emergency info in BC:
• EmergencyInfoBC.ca
• BCWildfire.ca or the BC Wildfire app
• DriveBC.ca
• PreparedBC.ca
• ESS.gov.bc.ca
• Weather.gc.ca
Check with your local government, First Nation and health authority for more.
• EmergencyInfoBC.ca
• BCWildfire.ca or the BC Wildfire app
• DriveBC.ca
• PreparedBC.ca
• ESS.gov.bc.ca
• Weather.gc.ca
Check with your local government, First Nation and health authority for more.
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Stay up to date with the latest emergency info in BC:
• EmergencyInfoBC.ca
• BCWildfire.ca or the BC Wildfire app
• DriveBC.ca
• PreparedBC.ca
• ESS.gov.bc.ca
• Weather.gc.ca
Check with your local government, First Nation and health authority for more.
• EmergencyInfoBC.ca
• BCWildfire.ca or the BC Wildfire app
• DriveBC.ca
• PreparedBC.ca
• ESS.gov.bc.ca
• Weather.gc.ca
Check with your local government, First Nation and health authority for more.
'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns Amanpour
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Reposted by 🇨🇦Kari O’Rourke
MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy.
SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.
SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy.
SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.
SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.
The media landscape is shrinking and social media echo chambers are growing. Local media is vital in telling community stories & celebrating Canadians. Importantly, CBC is providing ethical non-partisan news & keeping rural communities safe.
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
SIGN THE PETITION: Stop the Shutdown of the CBC
The CBC is Canada’s voice. Now, the Conservative Party wants to shut it down while billionaires and hedge funds tighten their grip on our media. With U.S. interests shaping what we see and hear, we mu...
forwardcanada.ca
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The media landscape is shrinking and social media echo chambers are growing. Local media is vital in telling community stories & celebrating Canadians. Importantly, CBC is providing ethical non-partisan news & keeping rural communities safe.
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc
Showing the love. Happy Valentine’s Canada! ❤️🇨🇦❤️
1 acre wide flag on lake www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
1 acre wide flag on lake www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Okanagan man, friends create one-acre homage to country they love - Kelowna News
In what could arguably be the most Canadian expression of national dozen, eight Okanagan residents took to Duck Lake with their shovels Thursday and left a huge imprint for all to see.
www.castanet.net
February 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Showing the love. Happy Valentine’s Canada! ❤️🇨🇦❤️
1 acre wide flag on lake www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
1 acre wide flag on lake www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Could Canada actually become the 51st state?
YouTube video by CTV News
youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Anyone surprised?👀
With polarization at all levels of gov’t, it impacts the ability to prepare, respond & recover from a disaster.
With polarization at all levels of gov’t, it impacts the ability to prepare, respond & recover from a disaster.
January 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Anyone surprised?👀
With polarization at all levels of gov’t, it impacts the ability to prepare, respond & recover from a disaster.
With polarization at all levels of gov’t, it impacts the ability to prepare, respond & recover from a disaster.
In 2023, the McDougall Creek Wildfire impacted our community in BC wiping out 13,970 hectares (52 square miles) with 300 homes lost (a drop in the bucket compared to LA fires), but the intensity had a similar feel. We were so lucky to have firefighters from across North America and beyond assist. 🙌🏻
Through an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with British Columbia Wildfire Services (BCWS), a total of 13 employees assisted CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 at the Palisades Incident beginning January 11th through today.
January 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In 2023, the McDougall Creek Wildfire impacted our community in BC wiping out 13,970 hectares (52 square miles) with 300 homes lost (a drop in the bucket compared to LA fires), but the intensity had a similar feel. We were so lucky to have firefighters from across North America and beyond assist. 🙌🏻
Ya, I’m feeling it, too. *sigh
January 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ya, I’m feeling it, too. *sigh
I shouldn’t be surprised, but wtf #carrieunderwood
Is Carrie Underwood gonna sing ‘Before He Cheats’ at the inauguration or nah?
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I shouldn’t be surprised, but wtf #carrieunderwood
POV: Let’s have the mega fossil fuel industry help pay insurance costs of climate-driven disasters.
#disasters
#climatecrisis
#carbontaxthis
#disasters
#climatecrisis
#carbontaxthis
January 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
POV: Let’s have the mega fossil fuel industry help pay insurance costs of climate-driven disasters.
#disasters
#climatecrisis
#carbontaxthis
#disasters
#climatecrisis
#carbontaxthis
Reposted by 🇨🇦Kari O’Rourke
Dear Meta & Zuckerberg
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement | MIT Sloan
A paper in Nature suggests that the higher quantity of social media policy enforcement for conservative users could be explained by the higher quantity of misinformation shared by those users.
mitsloan.mit.edu
January 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dear Meta & Zuckerberg
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Please read.👇 Science-informed policies, please.
Study: Social media users’ actions, rather than biased policies, could drive differences in platform enforcement mitsloan.mit.edu/press/social...
Love this story! Good on you, #CityofCalgary!
'We've done the impossible' www.castanet.net/news/Canada/...
'We've done the impossible' www.castanet.net/news/Canada/...
'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks - Canada News
Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring.
www.castanet.net
January 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Love this story! Good on you, #CityofCalgary!
'We've done the impossible' www.castanet.net/news/Canada/...
'We've done the impossible' www.castanet.net/news/Canada/...
🤔 No surprise, but still interesting. Confirmation bias leads to a shrinking world view and reduces the willingness to seek and evaluate information critically.
#echochamber #medialiteracy
#echochamber #medialiteracy
🚨Important study. Leave the echo chamber!
Ideological diversity of media consumption predicts COVID vaccination www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...individuals who consumed less conservative media and had a more ideologically diverse media diet were more likely to be fully vaccinated..."
Ideological diversity of media consumption predicts COVID vaccination www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...individuals who consumed less conservative media and had a more ideologically diverse media diet were more likely to be fully vaccinated..."
November 22, 2024 at 8:12 PM
🤔 No surprise, but still interesting. Confirmation bias leads to a shrinking world view and reduces the willingness to seek and evaluate information critically.
#echochamber #medialiteracy
#echochamber #medialiteracy
📚Just finished reading the revised edition of The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley and it's a game-changer for me. It offers eye-opening insights into human behaviour during disasters, helping us all prepare better and support our communities.
#crisiscommunications #emergencymanagement
#crisiscommunications #emergencymanagement
November 22, 2024 at 7:08 PM
📚Just finished reading the revised edition of The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley and it's a game-changer for me. It offers eye-opening insights into human behaviour during disasters, helping us all prepare better and support our communities.
#crisiscommunications #emergencymanagement
#crisiscommunications #emergencymanagement