Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand.

Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand.

Celebrating National Public Health Week | UNews

This week is National Public Health Week!

Here is the related newsletter posting about our programs, innovative teaching methods and opportunities for students to gain experience in #research...

#publichealth

Before Amsterdam was the great #cycling city that we look up to!! 🚲

Including cancer research for kids.

Total dirt bags.

One Microsoft data center in West Virginia could raise the company's emissions 44%: report Microsoft’s use of 1.35  gigawatts of processing power in West Virginia will be entirely powered by emissions-producing natural gas.

@microsoft.com can’t claim to be a leader on climate and then build out massive fossil-fuel facilities that emit millions of tons of climate pollution and poison the people living next door.

Except that's exactly what they're doing.

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

More cities need to follow the example of Paris! 👏

Germans know that from experience...

Influencers tout injectable peptides as key to youth and beauty. Scientists say they're 'a giant scam' | CBC Radio Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers...

A good rule of thumb is that if it's promoted only by influencers, it's likely 💩

L’Europe veut taxer les profits des groupes énergétiques Hausse des prix des carburants: cinq pays de l’UE appellent à la mise en place d'une taxe sur les bénéfices exceptionnels des entreprises énergétiques.

Excellente idée! 👍

Another excellent reason to ditch fossil fuels and ride a bike!! 🚲

Here's the ultimate solution to this—and all future—oil price shocks:

The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Non-Middle-East-Oil-Burning,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.

Alberta tables bill to reduce child access to sexually explicit images in public libraries | CBC News The Alberta government is looking to make changes in all public libraries to ensure children and young teens don't have access to graphic sexual images.

Apparently, Danielle Smith and the government of Alberta don't know that #internet exists...🤡 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...

Overlooked impacts of the #AI Klondike:

"Data centres are warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people"

Temperature increases affected areas up to 6.2 miles (10 km) away from data centres. 😱

Stop Premier Smith’s Scapegoating of Immigrants Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Vote NO on her racist referendum.

✍️ Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Say no to her discriminatory referendum. Join me and sign up here.

We're calling on the federal government to get fossils OUT of the picture ❌⛽and invest in a resilient, people- and nature-centred future for Canada — powered by renewables. ⚡🌿
Add your voice: dsfdn.org/RejectABsPip...

Now that mainstream media has abdicated their duty to truthfully inform the public, the heroes of the day are the cartoonists.

They tell truth.
@deadder.bsky.social

Wildlife advocates concerned over feds' decision to allow potent gopher poison | CBC News Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.

That's indeed a very short sighted decision and there are better nature-based solutions as discussed in the article

Tell the Canada Pension Plan: Divest from ICE Millions of Canadians trust the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to safeguard their futures, yet breaking research from Stand.Earth shows they have been investing our retirement savings in companies tied to ...

Important petition to tell the Canada Pension Plan to divest from #ICE. Not a single penny should be invested in an organization that does not respect #humanrights.

Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

'MAID is not death on demand': Physicians decry proposed Alberta assistance in dying bill | CBC News Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse pract...

#MAID should be an individual decision and the government should mind its business.

Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥

It wasn't until my late 30s that I realized we don't have to follow the boring, textbook "adult" progression of driving everywhere.

Discovering e-cargo bikes reconnected me with the youthful joy of riding. It puts actual fun back into the mundane reality of day-to-day mobility.

Great read!

It's been ~23 years since my temporary license expired. I don't miss it!

Help us tell MPs Canadians don't want our money to support dirty fossil fuel expansion share.nwmd.social/s/rJf7c1P2

What Osaka Taught Us About Raising Independent Kids And why we're now looking for a new home that gets it, too.

Great post! Even big cities can support children's #independentmobility

Carney: Say no to Military Action in the Middle East As Canadians, we are deeply concerned about reports that Canada could become involved in another military conflict in the Middle East. Military conflicts cost billions of dollars that ultimately come...

Related petition to sign!

'This is a dumb war,' Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says in letter urging PM to take action to stop Iran conflict | CBC News Manitoba's premier is calling on Mark Carney to help stop the war in Iran.

"Not a single Canadian should ever be put in harm's way to defend Donald Trump's foolish Iranian war [...] "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein war." 💯🎯

Le Canada ne devrait pas payer un sous pour ce problème qui est la faute des États-Unis et Israel.

New provider or pay out of pocket: Province gives Lethbridge ambulance ultimatum | CBC News The province says Lethbridge and six other municipalities are spending too much on emergency services. The province says these municipalities who combine fire and emergency services must either foot m...

Penny wise and pound foolish sounds like a pretty accurate description of the provincial government on this issue

Women are being secretly filmed with smart glasses. Outdated privacy laws make it tough to get videos removed | CBC Radio Smart glasses make it remarkably easy to film someone without their consent. And those who study covert filming say it can create a physical and psychological threat, from stalkers to increased anxiet...

"Meta did not agree to an interview, but a spokesperson said the company's terms of service outline that people have to comply with local laws and use the "Ray-Ban Meta glasses in a safe, respectful manner."

This is similar to the 💩 argument from the gun lobby that guns don't kill people 👎