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Philip Loring Mar 22, 2024

It is now officially possible to follow threads accounts (including mine) that opt into the fediverse (those in the beta)

Interesting times…

Philip Loring Dec 14, 2023

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Thomas Zimmer Dec 14, 2023

We have reached a truly bizarre place in our political discourse when supposedly serious people want us to believe that the party of Trump, QAnon, and “Great Replacement” is the bulwark against antisemitism in America. 2/

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Philip Loring Oct 12, 2023

This is in response to this.. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/food-miles

Eating local is still not a good way to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet

A recent paper claimed that 'food miles' accounted for 20% of food emissions. But this is wrong.

Sustainability by numbers

Philip Loring Oct 12, 2023

Footprint thinking - prioritizing every action we might take by its purpored carbon savings, is locking us into a reductive understanding of the problem at hand, aiming our efforts at incremental changes that don't reflect systemic realities

https://conservechange.medium.com/yes-buying-local-food-is-a-climate-solution-4f22277e4d57

Philip Loring Jul 5, 2023

Brianna Wu Jul 5, 2023

I couldn’t believe this was true, so I verified it. Musk did remove a Community Note critiquing China over their Uygur genocide.

Free speech my ass. This is about protecting Tesla.

Philip Loring Jul 5, 2023

grantpotter Jul 5, 2023

The question is: what kind of agriculture do Canadians want? Growing land inequality undermines the social, economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture.

Progressive agrarian and food movements propose a different future — one based on food sovereignty. This would entail equitable access to land for farmers, sustainable livelihoods and valuing farmland for its social and ecological worth, as well as its productive value.

#food #foodsecurity #canada

https://thenarwhal.ca/prairies-farming-investors/

An investor is now Canada’s largest farmland owner. Here’s what that means for farmers — and the climate

Investors are racing to buy farmland, meaning hedge funds, pensions and wealthy individuals have a growing influence over Prairies farming and food production

The Narwhal

Philip Loring Jul 1, 2023

micropainter Jul 1, 2023

Happy Canada Day.
Also, this.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/100-years-after-exclusion-act-anti-chinese-racism-in-canada-remains-1.6882957

#CanadaDay #StopAsianHate #Racism #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

100 years after Exclusion Act, anti-Chinese racism in Canada remains | CBC Radio

Decades after the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, many Chinese Canadians say they continue to feel excluded and stigmatized in a country that remains conflicted over their presence.

CBC

Philip Loring Jul 1, 2023

Larry Neufeld Jul 1, 2023

Lets be honest about #CanadaDay. This is a country that has a ways to go to live up to the ideals of #humanrights, #equality & #justice that it was supposedly built on. We'll be able to have all those things but only if we work together to break down the barriers that divide us

Philip Loring Jul 1, 2023

Eugen Rochko Jul 1, 2023

I would prefer it if Elon Musk was destroying his site during the work week. This isn't the first time.

Philip Loring Jun 30, 2023

If Biden declared a #climate emergency he could pause #studentloan repayment indefinitely. Financial resources are well established by science as a critical prerequisite for effective climate change adaptation at all levels, from individual to household to community.

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