Music Declares Emergency Canada
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Two months ago, many of you helped start a new campaign dedicated to stopping the dangerous slide toward a Conservative supermajority. Now the hard work comes! We need Carney to pick the path Canadians voted for: robust democracy & climate action. Please use your voice!
#carneypickapath
#carneypickapath
June 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Two months ago, many of you helped start a new campaign dedicated to stopping the dangerous slide toward a Conservative supermajority. Now the hard work comes! We need Carney to pick the path Canadians voted for: robust democracy & climate action. Please use your voice!
#carneypickapath
#carneypickapath
In late 2022 we curated a night of music with the ROM. One of the artists we co-presented was @aysanabee.bsky.social who was still relatively unknown. How much has changed in 2.5 years. On his first headline tour and killing it! #nomusiconadeadplanet
March 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In late 2022 we curated a night of music with the ROM. One of the artists we co-presented was @aysanabee.bsky.social who was still relatively unknown. How much has changed in 2.5 years. On his first headline tour and killing it! #nomusiconadeadplanet
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Hey Gen Z & zillenials: come to our action call tonight to learn more about the stakes our generation is facing and how we can build power ahead of the incoming federal election! Register here: act.350.org/signup/call-...
March 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hey Gen Z & zillenials: come to our action call tonight to learn more about the stakes our generation is facing and how we can build power ahead of the incoming federal election! Register here: act.350.org/signup/call-...
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Today, we launched the All of Us are Fed Up storytelling page.
Read extremely moving stories of Canadians confronting multiple crises. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Now, with an election around the corner, it's time for federal leaders to hear our voices and act. allofustogether.ca/fedup/
Read extremely moving stories of Canadians confronting multiple crises. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Now, with an election around the corner, it's time for federal leaders to hear our voices and act. allofustogether.ca/fedup/
March 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today, we launched the All of Us are Fed Up storytelling page.
Read extremely moving stories of Canadians confronting multiple crises. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Now, with an election around the corner, it's time for federal leaders to hear our voices and act. allofustogether.ca/fedup/
Read extremely moving stories of Canadians confronting multiple crises. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Now, with an election around the corner, it's time for federal leaders to hear our voices and act. allofustogether.ca/fedup/
Thank you to @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social for putting together this important letter to our new Prime Minister Mark Carney. @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social We hope he ushers in a new era of bold and ambitious climate action.
“Prime Minister-designate @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, will you introduce the necessary incentives to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall further into the “tragedy of the horizon” that sacrifices future generations on the altar of short-term profit?”
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
READ HERE 👉 ecojustice.ca/open-letter-...
March 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thank you to @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social for putting together this important letter to our new Prime Minister Mark Carney. @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social We hope he ushers in a new era of bold and ambitious climate action.
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Seen the Toronto Star’s front page? That’s why we’re in court.
The Ford government wants to tear out Toronto’s busiest bike lanes—ignoring evidence, common sense, and accountability. They know it puts lives at risk but passed a law, anyway, to shield themselves from lawsuits when people get hurt.
The Ford government wants to tear out Toronto’s busiest bike lanes—ignoring evidence, common sense, and accountability. They know it puts lives at risk but passed a law, anyway, to shield themselves from lawsuits when people get hurt.
March 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Seen the Toronto Star’s front page? That’s why we’re in court.
The Ford government wants to tear out Toronto’s busiest bike lanes—ignoring evidence, common sense, and accountability. They know it puts lives at risk but passed a law, anyway, to shield themselves from lawsuits when people get hurt.
The Ford government wants to tear out Toronto’s busiest bike lanes—ignoring evidence, common sense, and accountability. They know it puts lives at risk but passed a law, anyway, to shield themselves from lawsuits when people get hurt.
Sports and the Arts are the two places that green washing and attempting to buy social license happens the most. Good on @environmentaldefence.ca for this! @jflevin.bsky.social
Fossil fuels are trying to greenwash the sports we love
It's called sportswashing: they capitalize on people's love of sport to gain goodwill -- while continuing to fuel climate disasters
We can't let them get away with it - this morning we pushed back 👇👇
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/02/08/e...
It's called sportswashing: they capitalize on people's love of sport to gain goodwill -- while continuing to fuel climate disasters
We can't let them get away with it - this morning we pushed back 👇👇
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/02/08/e...
February 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Sports and the Arts are the two places that green washing and attempting to buy social license happens the most. Good on @environmentaldefence.ca for this! @jflevin.bsky.social
Tomorrow join this musician and teacher canvass!
Tomorrow! An important canvassing event for music folks in York South Weston! 12:30 meeting at the campaign office which is right by Eglinton & Keele The concert afterwards is going to be fun! @theweatherstation.bsky.social & more! Help elect @faisalhassan.bsky.social @musicvotesontario.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Tomorrow join this musician and teacher canvass!
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This is a good piece on qualified hope, eyes-wide-open hope, realistic hope.
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a good piece on qualified hope, eyes-wide-open hope, realistic hope.
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Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action
Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.
www.globalcitizen.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
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Tune in to CBC Q with Tom Power this morning and hear The Weather Station chat about new LP 'Humanhood' and much more www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
January 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tune in to CBC Q with Tom Power this morning and hear The Weather Station chat about new LP 'Humanhood' and much more www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Hello, Bluesky. For my first post, I'm pleased to share this op-ed I penned for @streetsoftoronto.com on the state of Toronto's small venues & their scrappy survival, looking at the success of the UK's @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social creating new means of support.
streetsoftoronto.com/where-legend...
streetsoftoronto.com/where-legend...
Where Legends Begin: Toronto’s Small Venues and the Future of Live Music
Grassroots live music venues are the lifeblood of local scenes and the crucial incubators for emerging talent
streetsoftoronto.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hello, Bluesky. For my first post, I'm pleased to share this op-ed I penned for @streetsoftoronto.com on the state of Toronto's small venues & their scrappy survival, looking at the success of the UK's @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social creating new means of support.
streetsoftoronto.com/where-legend...
streetsoftoronto.com/where-legend...
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If rumours are true, Mark Carney & Chrystia Freeland must explain how they will differentiate themselves from other parties' lacklustre climate plans. At this time of unprecedented unnatural disasters, we need more on climate from @liberalca.bsky.social - not less.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
January 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If rumours are true, Mark Carney & Chrystia Freeland must explain how they will differentiate themselves from other parties' lacklustre climate plans. At this time of unprecedented unnatural disasters, we need more on climate from @liberalca.bsky.social - not less.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Disappointing to see CIBC, TD, BMO and National Bank all flee the Net Zero Banking Alliance even though it was a mediocre climate initiative.
When LA is on fire & after the hottest year on record, climate backtracking is really out of touch.
#netzero #fires
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
When LA is on fire & after the hottest year on record, climate backtracking is really out of touch.
#netzero #fires
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Four Canadian banks quit global banking alliance aimed at meeting climate goals
BMO, TD, CIBC and National have joined a rush of lenders to leave the organization
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Disappointing to see CIBC, TD, BMO and National Bank all flee the Net Zero Banking Alliance even though it was a mediocre climate initiative.
When LA is on fire & after the hottest year on record, climate backtracking is really out of touch.
#netzero #fires
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
When LA is on fire & after the hottest year on record, climate backtracking is really out of touch.
#netzero #fires
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Wind & solar cheapest energy in the world. Albertans most energy poor in 🇨🇦 @sonyasharpyyc.bsky.social @druhfarrell.bsky.social @drluannemetz.bsky.social @climatehubyyc.bsky.social @ianhanomansing.bsky.social @lauracameron.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social
ourworldindata.org/grapher/leve...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/leve...
Levelized cost of energy by technology
The average cost per unit of energy generated across the lifetime of a new power plant. This data is expressed in US dollars per kilowatt-hour. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for di...
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January 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wind & solar cheapest energy in the world. Albertans most energy poor in 🇨🇦 @sonyasharpyyc.bsky.social @druhfarrell.bsky.social @drluannemetz.bsky.social @climatehubyyc.bsky.social @ianhanomansing.bsky.social @lauracameron.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social
ourworldindata.org/grapher/leve...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/leve...
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Re: Danielle Smith's defection from team Canada over Trump tariff threat
It shows that resource dependency threatens Canadian sovereignty
This is what has informed debates about Canadian industrial policy and trade through our economic history.
More 👇
#cdnpoli
It shows that resource dependency threatens Canadian sovereignty
This is what has informed debates about Canadian industrial policy and trade through our economic history.
More 👇
#cdnpoli
January 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Re: Danielle Smith's defection from team Canada over Trump tariff threat
It shows that resource dependency threatens Canadian sovereignty
This is what has informed debates about Canadian industrial policy and trade through our economic history.
More 👇
#cdnpoli
It shows that resource dependency threatens Canadian sovereignty
This is what has informed debates about Canadian industrial policy and trade through our economic history.
More 👇
#cdnpoli
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Los Angeles, I see you. I see your tears, your generosity, your creativity, your beautiful mutual aid. You were never an old or stable city; you were a city of invention and imagination and change. You are maybe right now you are your best as well as most devastated self. 1906 account.
January 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Los Angeles, I see you. I see your tears, your generosity, your creativity, your beautiful mutual aid. You were never an old or stable city; you were a city of invention and imagination and change. You are maybe right now you are your best as well as most devastated self. 1906 account.
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The upside to this litany of horrors is that we've entered a golden age of science communication:
@leahstokes.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @elizkolbert.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
@leahstokes.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @elizkolbert.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The upside to this litany of horrors is that we've entered a golden age of science communication:
@leahstokes.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @elizkolbert.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
@leahstokes.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @elizkolbert.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
This is important. But let's not ignore the root causes and the need to raise money for the fight against climate change too.
FireAid, the massive LA wildfire benefit concert, will reportedly feature Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Jelly Roll, Gracie Abrams, and more
LA Wildfire Benefit Concert FireAid Will Feature Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, & More
Within days of the wildfires that have consumed so much of the Los Angeles area, plans for an all-star benefit concert began to take shape. The event, known as FireAid, will take place on Jan. 30, and...
www.stereogum.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is important. But let's not ignore the root causes and the need to raise money for the fight against climate change too.
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If you are interested in exploring how the arts and culture sector can respond to climate related disasters and become more resilient, consider applying to participate in this project we are a part of and being led by the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts.
January 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you are interested in exploring how the arts and culture sector can respond to climate related disasters and become more resilient, consider applying to participate in this project we are a part of and being led by the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts.
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"Canada’s New Feeling Co-op is one of the most interesting models of co-op music writing that currently exists."
Huge ty to the excellent @lizpelly.bsky.social for this shoutout in her interview with @joshokane.bsky.social about her new book, Mood Machine!
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Huge ty to the excellent @lizpelly.bsky.social for this shoutout in her interview with @joshokane.bsky.social about her new book, Mood Machine!
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
In Mood Machine, author Liz Pelly tunes in to how Spotify has changed the music industry
The Globe and Mail spoke to Pelly about ‘ghost’ musicians, how streamers have changed how music is produced and consumed and what it all means for artists
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Canada’s New Feeling Co-op is one of the most interesting models of co-op music writing that currently exists."
Huge ty to the excellent @lizpelly.bsky.social for this shoutout in her interview with @joshokane.bsky.social about her new book, Mood Machine!
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Huge ty to the excellent @lizpelly.bsky.social for this shoutout in her interview with @joshokane.bsky.social about her new book, Mood Machine!
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
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A list of Los Angeles music people who have suffered losses from the fires & links where you can help them.
Created by friend of the label & true mensch @judymotormouth.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Created by friend of the label & true mensch @judymotormouth.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Support The Music Community - Fire Loss + Resource Tab
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January 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A list of Los Angeles music people who have suffered losses from the fires & links where you can help them.
Created by friend of the label & true mensch @judymotormouth.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Created by friend of the label & true mensch @judymotormouth.bsky.social.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ICYMI: Our latest episode celebrates the visionary @leahstokes.bsky.social, winner of our 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner
We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICYMI: Our latest episode celebrates the visionary @leahstokes.bsky.social, winner of our 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication