Maria PopovaA 100-year-old Holocaust survivor on how books save lives https://t.co/469P4i870K
ehballah 🇺🇦
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Environmentalist who believes in the power of good, or, to borrow from Spinoza "adequate", information. Concerned with how a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain world will re-shape society, and in particular the way this intersects with national security and international stability.
GG“So, when the 🇨🇦 federal government increases the carbon tax on gasoline by 3 cents/litre, Pierre #Poilievre goes bezerk.
But when oil companies increase gasoline prices by 12 cents/litre overnight, not a peep.
That's politics, folks. Pure, partisan politics.” - Marc Lévesque, former Chief Economics Strategist TD Securities
kottke.orgThe hidden potential of bicycles. “Bicycles have been used for so long as children’s toys and exercise equipment that we forget what useful technology they represent. They multiply our bodies’ speed and efficiency many times over.” https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-30/the-hidden-potential-of-bicycles/
Dr. Dan KillamSauron had a lot of problems, but he knew how to manage a wetland. The Dead Marshes were one of the environmental gems of Mordor, and an impressive nature-based solution to help remediate the environmental damage caused by the corpse issue after the Battle of Dagorlad
The TyeeThe costs of climate change are piling up, yet almost 70% of Canadians oppose the recent increase in the federal carbon price.
How to change the anti-tax discourse. Because our future is at stake. Ekaterina Rhodes writes.
I’ve never not voted, but I’m so fed up with all of the choices I’m seriously thinking about it now.
It’s been ages since I voted for a party, too. Most of my life I’ve voted strategically.
FPTP sucks and our leaders are selfish children.
BentleyCarbon tax protesters: What’s your counter-proposal for addressing climate change? Just ignore it? https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/carbon-tax-protesters-whats-your-counter-proposal-for-addressing-climate-change-just-ignore-it/
Yet another example of a politicized process resulting in a suboptimal outcome. The government’s selection is, frankly, awful. The committee’s selection looks like how a monument should, giving space to the viewer rather than insisting on a more specific interpretation.
RE: https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbctop_mirror/112213002136680269
CBC Top Stories (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Winners of Afghan war memorial design competition claim they were 'cheated' by Ottawa, threaten legal action Architect Renée Daoust and her team say they're considering a lawsuit to get what they argue is rightfully theirs: the $3.5 million contract to design and build a monument to commemorate Canada's mission in Afghanistan. #cbc #news #News #Politics https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghan-war-memorial-daoust-stimson-1.7162311?cmp=rss
Brent Toderian“Local stores next to the protected bike lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath
https://www.fastcompany.com/90182112/want-to-make-money-build-a-business-on-a-bike-lane
How to keep life from becoming a parody of itself – Simone de Beauvoir on the art of growing older https://t.co/ntJfvdiFci
