Suzanne Kettley

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I'm that crazy lady you saw on the National talking about moving off natural gas and installing a heat pump, in Ottawa! Trying out this site in case things go south on Twitter. Update: grateful to have a refuge.
My research student and I did an analysis of lawsuits in Canada challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates on a variety of grounds - Charter, labour law, human rights legislation. Finding: not a single one was successful.
Ontario Federation of Labour is planning rallies across the province to say enough is enough on low wages, high housing costs, and long hospital wait times. They're looking for participants. By RSVP'ing you can find the rally closest to you. It's time we all rose up. https://ofl.ca/event/eie-day-of-action/
Ontario says: Enough Is Enough!

On June 3, join the day of action to say: enough is enough!

The Ontario Federation of Labour
I don't post much here. The site's ok but I prefer the interface of Post. Too bad Musk has decentralized experts. I'll miss that aspect of social media, having access to informed takes all in one place.
Thread by @TO_Resident on Thread Reader App

@TO_Resident: #ONpoli So many problematic statements from Doug Ford today… (Thread 🧵 of a few of them) 1) Ford thinks that he can just say “I can’t be bought” and “I’ve been a politician for years”...…

PSA: Infection with #Covid19 leads to an increased risk of stroke, of blood clots in the legs and the lungs, and of heart failure and heart attacks… even if your infection felt “mild” at the time, even if you don’t have any underlying risk factors… and the risk persists.

RT @[email protected]

COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/gilmcgowan/status/1612068315853389829

COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

New evidence suggests anyone infected with COVID is at higher risk for heart issues—a risk that persists even in relatively healthy people long after the illness has passed.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
This also makes international travel sound very unappealing.
Time for this seasonal favourite, from my dear friend Michelle Wille (duckswabber on the birdsite) #Partridge #PearTree #DadJoke #phylogenetics
Does anyone else feel like this is the first day in a new high school and we're all excited to find friends from junior high school who we haven't seen all summer?

Berlin is considering the possibility of a car-free area larger than Manhattan. The citizen-driven plan would create the largest car-free area in a city anywhere in the world.

Leadership can come from many places when it comes to transforming cities. Via #FastCompany
https://www.fastcompany.com/90711961/berlin-is-planning-a-car-free-area-larger-than-manhattan

#cities #Berlin #Germany #urbanism #cars #carfree #transportation #mobility

HSBC to stop funding new oil and gas fields as part of policy overhaul

HSBC <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/HSBA.L" target="_blank">(HSBA.L)</a> will stop funding new oil and gas fields and expect more information from energy clients over their plans to cut carbon emissions, the banking giant said on Wednesday, as part of a wider update of its sector policy.

Reuters