today i found out that a friend's elderly mother, who had managed to avoid covid while living in her own home, passed away recently from RSV contracted after she moved into an assisted living facility.

this makes me unspeakably angry. masks work for a multitude of airborne diseases. USE THEM - especially around the vulnerable!

I sat down this week to write about the K-12 teacher shortage in the US. Halfway through, I realized calling it a shortage absolves policymakers of their role in creating poor working conditions in classrooms and driving people out of the profession.

The way we treat practitioners is fundamentally at odds with the values we collectively espouse and a ton of folks are seeing that and looking for the exits.

https://natebowling.substack.com/p/the-canaries-are-dead-and-no-one

Environmental law charity ClientEarth, which filed the lawsuit, says it is the first case in the world that looks to hold corporate directors personally responsible for failing to prepare for the energy transition.

Failure to plan and reduce emissions should make ALL companies and boards criminally liable.

#keepitintheground
#fossilfuels
#greed
#climatecrisis

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/09/shells-board-of-directors-sued-over-flawed-climate-strategy-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit