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Kari G Elliott

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Transit advocate, hockey fan ... fighting for a better city.

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In further proof that this stupid RTO policy was not well thought out, our dept has just announced that we don't have space for people to work in office 3 days per week. I swear, this is keystone cops level of competence. They didn't ask if it was possible.

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If ONLY the NYT used its influence to push for climate change mitigation with the same zeal they push Biden is old. Could you imagine?

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Considering the shaky state of democracy in the US, I am endlessly surprised that there is so little demand for electoral reform.

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It's not very democratic, is it?

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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So ... Bannon was supposed to go to jail last Monday. Does anyone know if he actually spent a night there?

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Kelly Black's avatar Kelly Black @kellyb.bsky.social
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Sure would be cool if media simply asked universities: “Are you invested in weapons manufacturing and businesses operating in illegal settlements?” And then reported the answer. Unfortunately, that seems too much to ask

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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Read this great thread below. We can build a climate community on Bluesky. Here’s a starter pack for folks to follow some people who work on climate. go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ

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David Weiskopf's avatar David Weiskopf @weiskopf.bsky.social
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Biden has forgiven or otherwise cleared $144 billion in debt for 3.96 million student borrowers. Spread the word.

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Ariel Troster's avatar Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social
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We had so much interest in this week’s open office hours discussion on downtown revitalization, that we had to switch venues! Join us on the Red Apron patio on Friday from 11-1. I have it on good authority that they are serving lobster rolls for lunch, plus many vegetarian options.

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The New York Times's avatar The New York Times @nytimes.com
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Donald Trump is leading President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters and nine points among registered voters, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. The findings show that the debate took yet another toll on the public’s already diminished view of Biden, Nate Cohn writes.

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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Yikes, I was never close. Wordle 1,108 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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There was an even bigger difference in the comments received. All on Threads and all but one here were positive, constructive, or neutral (one person was just being a jerk, not a troll). Only 18% on X were positive or neutral. The rest were negative, many highly so.

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And NO GBA done at all. It's infuriating.

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Radical Graffiti 's avatar Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
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"Genocide isn't self-defence" Spotted in Bristol, UK

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Ashton Pittman's avatar Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
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In 2016, Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Wisconsin about the importance of the Supreme Court.

She warned that 2016 was "make or break" for the court—and the country.

National media—focused on her emails and Trump's antics—barely covered the speech.
www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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Vince Mpls's avatar Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social
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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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Doubling down on making office workers commute for NO EFFING REASON is bad climate policy. As far as I can see, it only makes sense because the general public doesn't like public servants so making us miserable is an election winning strategy.

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This is an awesome newsletter. Thanks! I'm a public servant in Ottawa and I do not know a single person who is happy about the govt forcing us back into the office. Seems like parties think making PS miserable is a winning strategy for upcoming election. 😠

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And I don't want to keep beating this drum, but encouraging more work-from-home instead of forcing public servants to commute unnecessarily is a simple, popular step towards reducing emissions.

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We are also well positioned to make huge changes. Build better transit in urban areas, build good interurban rail, build wind and solar farms - if we had the political will, we could be leading the pack in climate mitigation.

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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“But our population is so small, we’re not contributing much anyways. Go talk to China!” they then say. Again, NO. We Canadians have some of the highest per capita emissions in the world, and our national cumulative emissions add up to 2% of the total. That’s enough to make us #9 globally.

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People have to stop voting for the party that advocates for destroying our healthcare system if they expect to access care when they need it. Rural voters keep acting shocked when they vote for the party that closes hospitals.

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Vancouver Is Awesome's avatar Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social
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Can ambitious political leadership restore Canada’s health system? It can, and it will depend on you and me to demand it.

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Why is the NYT so obsessed with handicapping the Dems? Have they EVER suggested that Trump should step down? You know, for the good of the country?

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kth's avatar kth @ktheintz.bsky.social
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Republicans have never made the lives of rural Americans materially better, nor have they tried. That is an objective, bare-bones fact with which every analysis of rural voting must begin.

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They have been suspended. I tried to find them (in order to block and report) and I got a message saying that these accounts are no longer available.

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That's the best news I've heard all day. Putting my champagne in the fridge in the hopes that he will eventually (finally) spend a night in jail.

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Breaking News: Steve Bannon will have to go to prison Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his final effort to stave off a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. nyti.ms/3xOIKYm

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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Isn't school mostly out for summer vacation?

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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I didn't say what I wanted to say because it was a work event, but holy hell. Does this person think that my house stops using energy when I am not home? Do they think that I consume more energy WFH than in an office? Do I emit more emissions walking down the stairs than commuting? GRRRR

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And some nitwit said that it wasn't clear that WFH reduced emissions since, you know, you use heat and water while you're working from home. ....

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I was in a training session on how to deal with climate anxiety and I got mad at someone. Basically, I complained that the govt was stupid to make employees commute more which contributes to climate change ...

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Chris Kluwe's avatar Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social
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Someone got paid actual, real world money, the fundamental ability to survive in our capitalist society, to write this, and it is an indictment on us all that we haven’t sent the NYTimes management to a farm upstate in Albany yet.

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I know, but it's foolish. Profits on SUVs aren't like a law of nature - they are a policy choice. Would be awesome if govts charged more for things that are bad for the environment and gave rebates for things that combat climate change.

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Jen's avatar Jen @envirojen.bsky.social
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There’s a group of kids on the corner selling lemonade. They yell “LEMONADE” at every passing vehicle, but the only people I have seen stop for a drink so far are on foot or bike. There is no shortage of free parking on the street. Maybe this is analogous to local business districts. 😉

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Kari G Elliott's avatar Kari G Elliott @kbyrd.bsky.social
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Same with dealing with car salesmen - they like the growl of noisy inefficient SUVs and I can see them rolling their eyes when I say, I just want something small, quiet, and efficient.

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Side effect of new heat pump is that basement is freezing cold (like a walk-in freezer) while top floor is pretty hot. Why would air circulation get worse just because we replaced the A/C?

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Brent Toderian's avatar Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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If you widen that highway you won’t reduce emissions or congestion. What you WILL do is spend a lot of public money to induce even more cars emitting even more GHGs & pollution in the same or worse congestion with people still telling you to widen the highway. Period.

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We know what works, but we lack political will.

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Polling Canada's avatar Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social
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"Do you agree or disagree that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip?" Agree: 45% Disagree: 23% Unsure: 32% Leger / June 2, 2024 / n=1529 / Online

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Brent Toderian's avatar Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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“15-minute cities are beneficial for everyone, especially women. We know that women are more likely to walk and use public transit. Their trips are shorter, have more stops, and are more frequent since they are more likely to make caregiving trips…”
www.womeninurbanism.ca/words/15-min...

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