@laurendw

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When I'm not lurking, subjects are mostly XML + the climate crisis (and related). Covid-cautious, LC recovery.

Here’s a petition by MP Jenny Kwan to the House of Commons to withdraw Bill C-22

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

Simply:

1) Withdraw the bill
2) Don’t collect & retain metadata
3) Don’t weaken or break encryption, now or forever more

Please sign

#billc22 #canada #canpoli

Input opportunity 📣 We've been asked to share a new initiative by a research team at UBC. Right now, they're setting priorities for new research around "healthcare barriers related to respiratory infection risk" - and they want to hear from people across BC about what to focus on!

Do you live with chronic physical health conditions that increase risks from respiratory infections? Are you a family member, caregiver, or advocate for people with chronic physical health conditions? Your input can help shape future research projects!

👉 Take the anonymous survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xtweXavuikuiOy (Note: if you comment, like, or share this post you may become publicly identified with the study.)

Questions? Email: [email protected]. More about who's working on this initiative: https://heet.nursing.ubc.ca

#BCHealthcare #KeepMasksInHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #N95sSaveLives

even solar panels from the 80s are still operating at 80% and those are much older tech... the panels being installed today are gonna last forever* and that's why warranties are longer now

*for values of forever = much longer than anyone currently is expecting
https://environmentamerica.org/center/updates/solar-panels-lasting-longer-than-previously-thought/

Solar panels lasting longer than previously thought

A new study highlights long term effectiveness of solar panels

Environment America Research & Policy Center

I just emailed a strongly worded letter
to my government representative to oppose Bill C-22.

If you are Canadian, you should too: https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1

#BillC22 #Privacy #HumanRights #Canada #CanPoli #CndPoli

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

1) Think your privacy matters?
2) Want to help stop Bill C-22?
3) Have two minutes to spare?
4) LFG! ✏️

#CdnPoli #politics

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

Petition e-7416 - Petitions

Health is Political by Brittani James
“Long COVID Changed Everything”

https://www.blog.brittanijamesmd.com/p/long-covid-changed-everything

Description from Science for ME @s4me update:

Good blog post by Family Medicine physician Dr. Brittani James on what illnesses such as #LongCovid & ME reveal about medicine's limits.

#pwme #mecfs @mecfs @longcovid

Long COVID Changed Everything

What a mass disabling event revealed about medicine’s limits

Health is Political

This article absolutely nails it.

“Canadian prime minster Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein”

#CDNPoli #MarkCarney #Canada https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/21/mark-carney-climate-canada

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought

While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on

The Guardian

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ashesx2xashes/116607802749727681

We have no reason to trust; we remember CSIS spying on innocent people and then sharing that data, police brutality, racism, and incompetence, and more.

Canada’s former environment minister says a new proposal by the federal government to allow major projects to proceed even if they result in wildlife extinctions is “morally wrong.” #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/20/Even-Harper-Did-Not-Put-Extinction-Table/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Even Harper ‘Did Not Put Extinction on the Table’ | The Tyee

Carney’s proposal to allow major projects that threaten species at risk is ‘morally wrong,’ former environment minister says.

The Tyee
What's the equivalent word to racism or sexism, but for religion? I can't think of one. Words such as bigotry or prejudiced are too general; I'm looking for one that is specifically about religions.