literally every day my wife or I go outside with our daughter people go out of their way to be friendly, offer aid or a kind word, no matter where we've traveled. it's nice to remember that hostility as default mode of interaction is not destiny, much as it benefits some to pretend it is
EU’s energy crisis response is broader than expected: remote work mandates, heat pump subsidies, EV leasing schemes — plus electrification targets and new laws to tax electricity below fossil fuels.
Hey it's Friday and the Canadian oil industry made $1.5 billion in profits this week.
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“an increasing number of governments … are designing policies with long-term demand trends in mind, including the prospect of declining fossil fuel use and the risks of stranded assets” 🙌
A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.
If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.
This image shows gauges with the Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.3 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.0 Manitoba: HIGH - 6.2 New Brunswick: HIGH - 6.6 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.2 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.6 Ontario: HIGH - 6.9 Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 10.9 Quebec: HIGH - 8.2 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 7.3 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
Canadian COVID Forecast: Mar 28 - Apr 10, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL
About 1 in 84 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
State surveillance is part of a wider retaliatory scheme meant to silence. In my case the govt tracked my movements, social media infringements, etc b/c we filed a human rights case v the feds to help children. www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-security-infiltration-george-manuel-9.7145083
Excellent article showing arts and heritage funding has a multi-layered positive impact in rural communities. And cuts amount to loss after loss for youth: “A lot of the services these small cultural and arts organizations offer to kids used to be considered essential — and were offered by schools”
“Exhortations from political leaders like Carney to simply “take the world as it is” condition citizens to believe in inevitability, to conclude that we are without choices and, comfortingly, that we are without responsibilities.”
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“The report also called on Canada to review its participation in the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S. Under the pact, Canada and the U.S. recognize each other as a safe place to seek refuge.”
Ok, here it is, massively updated with today's news. I haven't gone through the program cuts myself yet but I will at some point!
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A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.
Bill C-12 is a dangerous law that could expand deportations, deny refugee protection, and give the government new powers over migrants’ lives.
Join @migrantrightsca.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on March 18 to get updates and learn how to get ready
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As Carney Travels the Globe for New Alliances, He Looks Away on Human Rights
Canada’s prime minister chooses pragmatism in a turbulent world, which means doing business with countries that do not share Canada’s democratic values. Some critics see this as weakness.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...
For the first time in 70 years, the UN broke from consensus at the Commission on the Status of Women.
The US cast the sole "no" vote on the #CSW70 annual outcomes document, marking a turning point in global gender politics.
Follow for more coverage. https://go.outrightinternational.org/CSW70-PR
Do the Premier and the Minister of Culture even know what museums in rural areas do?
“Atkins said one of the biggest losses will be to outreach programs that bring science education to schools and community events across Cumberland County.”
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The Canadian Bar Association is urging the Senate to press pause on Bill C-12, as its immigration provisions could put Canada at odds with its international law obligations and disproportionately affect vulnerable groups. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
"The [federal] cuts will include slashes to program budget for the housing program, supports for economic migrants and health care cuts... And 4 municipalities (Toronto, Montreal, the Peel Region + Ottawa) will likely face increasing costs to house asylum seekers."
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How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
Take action now to stop Bill C-12, which would put our friends and neighbours at risk. Despite outcry from human rights groups, the Bill was rushed through the House.
Learn more and act now: takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/173197/...
Rally up! He really is trying to break our communities so he can frack, mine, deforest the f out of this place. He’s working fast , so must we!
Its always unnerving to see people talking about war like its sports game, supporting their respective teams, like its not something with extraordinary destruction that, under the BEST of circumstances, those who haven't been obliterated, will need to spend many decades attempting to rebuild from.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has also stated, "As the Carney government is planning to transfer health care costs to refugees and cut processing capacity, it is also proposing sweeping immigration changes that undermine the rights and protections of migrants and refugees.“
Humanitarian fallout from escalation in Middle East is increasingly daunting.
International law is best protector against vicious cycle of violence and war. Humanitarians will hold line, and continue to save as many lives as we can.
A stocktake of the crisis and our response:
Yesterday, students across Europe walked out against militarisation and conscription. Young people are saying loud and clear: we don’t want a future built on war while schools and social programs are cut. Solidarity with the student strike movement. ✊
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
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If you're looking around for a model of courage against repression, may I recommend the latest @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast episode with @ninalakhani.bsky.social on the late great Berta Cáceres? drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
The Beginning Comes After The End
Don’t miss @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in conversation with @billmckibben.bsky.social, hosted by @thirdactorg.bsky.social
Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00 pm ET
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By me: Today marks 10 years since the assassination of Indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres, a rare leader whose death marked a before and after for many including me. Despite some justice, the extractive economic model and its criminal modus operandi continues apace.
drilled.media/news/berta
