Ex-corp. guy/consultant. Aware of my privilege. Boards: @EnviroCentre, @CPAWS_Ottawa. Aging like fine 🍷: more nuanced, smoother but a bit flabby
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Important news from @esprit_ai !
They will be demonstrating the use of advanced bed sensors and an AI-powered alert system to reduce falls, enhance sleep quality, and improve resident safety at Menno Place einnews.com/pr_news/76653104…
An unstoppable transition is underway.
16.5% ZEV sales in Canada for Q3 2024: a new record!
It's a 24% increase compared to Q3 2023 (13,4%).
Canada is expected to surpass its 2026 20% ZEV sales target.
Source: spglobal.com/mobility/en/res…,)%20volume%20decreased%20by%206.8%25.
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Bluesky is the future of social media, says Chris Stokel-Walker, thanks to the ability to choose your own algorithm and control what you see. newscientist.com/article/245…
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Instead the kids can witness the sale of one of our society’s most dangerous hard drugs at their local convenience store on the way to school courtesy of the govt.
Building this highway is literally bulldozing species at risk.
Here are some of the species at risk in the path of the #BradfordBypass. Pretty sure they will not love 24/7 construction. #undemocratic #LakeSimcoe #endangeredspecies #saltpollution #lakesimcoe #nature #birdwatching #ClimateChange #simcoecounty #yorkregion @OntarioNature
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We have to fill the $120 million gap on the #OttCity transit budget. Rather than charge seniors $708 more per year for a seniors pass, or charge youth $432 more year on a youth pass, another way is to have the average homeowner pay an additional $38 more on their transit levy.
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This is Doug Ford admitting that his policies will kill people.
#Breaking: Ford government to ban lawsuits against province if cyclists are hurt or killed on streets where bike lanes were removed trib.al/Wr39Had
It’s always a “narrative” with this government.
You develop a narrative when you’re trying to pull one over on your audience rather than govern responsibly.
FOI records show Ford govt officials were crafting a narrative to justify the immediate closure of the Ontario Science Centre long before releasing an engineering report on the building’s condition. (That report didn’t call for immediate closure) globalnews.ca/news/10878274/… #onpoli
It’s a great time to subscribe to @Ottawa_lookout. Apart from excellent local #OttCity news, they’re donating 30% of new subscription revenue to a great cause. ottawalookout.com/p/city-wal… via @Charlie_Senack
“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake," Trump said in the announcement.
Good God, America is doomed. npr.org/sections/shots-healt…
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Don’t know how this got into my feed but sure glad it did.
One of the great values of social media (even Twitter!) is the occasional glimpse into parts of the world you might otherwise be blind to.
This is excellent news.
#OttCity needs an urban park too.
Some good news: Rouge National Urban Park expanding thanks to transfer of conservation lands in Pickering | INdurham durham.insauga.com/rouge-nat… #cdnpoli
Trudeau strikes again.
Price increases in Russia this year 📈
• Potatoes: +73%
• Butter: +30%
• Inflation: +64%
• Mortgage rates: 28%
• Interest rates: 21%
express.co.uk/news/world/197…
COP has really become more of a tradeshow than anything else.
Some hopeful signs of some useful work on carbon credits though.
More than 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists are attending the U.N. climate negotiations now underway in Azerbaijan.
Read more @YaleE360: bit.ly/3ObwTIu
