Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them. Thanks to ‪@tessairini.bsky.social‬ and ‪@pgreenfielduk.bsky.social‬ for this useful article. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #nature #environment #climatechange #eco #green @theguardian.com

As a Jewish man I say we need world leaders to take action against Israel's murderous actions in Gaza and the West Bank. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Not much good news these days, but here is one: Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... hashtag#womensrights hashtag#Pakistan

We're living in a time of hypernormalization. We "see that governing systems & institutions are broken. [But we] carry on as normal despite systemic dysfunction" but with fear, dread, denial & dissociation. Really interesting article by Adrienne Matei. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Talking about violence against women can make many men feel defensive. Yet as Jackson Katz points out and @kaufmanwrites.bsky.social articulated, it is closely connected to men's violence against other men and against ourselves - and we all gain from helping to end it: nowandmen.net/episode/ever...

This is both very cool and one of those times when you say, "Why didn't anyone try this before?" #health #dementia #research #medicine www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Leading countries for jailing writers in this order: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Belarus, Egypt and Myanmar. And growing concern for writers in the US. pen.org/report/freed... #writers @penamerica.bsky.social 🖋️📚💙

Happy #EnglishLanguageDay! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Qx... #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #EnglishLanguage #HistoryOfEnglish

When I took the history reporter job, I told my editor I would never "both sides" the Civil War, Confederates or slavery. I never did. But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it. I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do.

Diversity, equality and inclusion: still a critical issue in Canada and beyond. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b4db36e... #DEI #canada #business

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #climate #climatecrisis #green #cities

Universities as truth-tellers: Good piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #universities #columbia #harvard #princeton #freespeech

With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

#IdeasAtWork Hoping @mayoroliviachow.ca is able to take part. Kidical Mass Bike Ride for Kids, Families & Everyone! SAT. APRIL 5TH 2 PM - 4 PM Queen's Park, South Lawn h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social @greenpeaceca.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social #ONpoli #TOpoli #VisionZero #BikeTO

Last decade was Earth’s hottest on record as CO2 levels reach an 800,000-year high, UN report says. #climate #green #climatecrisis

Great piece, I think worth noting though that LGBTQ rights are not a mere wedge issue but have always been on the agenda for patriarchal agitators because the control & overt performative control of sexuality, gender & reproduction & of course women is a key aim; it's method as well as destination.

Must read! "The legal frameworks & civil society institutions that protect sexual & gender minorities also safeguard other fundamental democratic freedoms" by @ayosogunro.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b4db36e... #democracy #LGBTQ #rights

Brilliant, hopeful, practical: open.spotify.com/episode/2AO0... #maleally #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #DEI #fatherhood #workplace @equimundo.bsky.social

Feb 27 is John Steinbeck’s birthday. Steinbeck was student at Salinas High School in 1919 and his story is a thread that runs through Michael Messner’s new book, "The High School". @whistberry.bsky.social  @[email protected] #Steinbeck #Booksky #History #Sociology youtu.be/Kvv9dDHlzXI?...

"Our inherent cognitive biases make us ripe for manipulation and exploitation by those who have an agenda to push, especially if they can discredit all other sources of information."

Any country or organization shooting shit into the earths orbit, need to have a recovery plan… and not simply that it falls to earth and burns up. There’s so much shit up there right now, I have an app that shows what’s up there, it just blows my mind. 1/2 m.jpost.com/science/scie...

Thank You, @indianexpress.com 🙏🏾💞🌞🌷💫 #WomensHistoryMonth2025 #WomensDay Spotlight on: #ClaraZetkin #Trailblazer #Leader #Thinker-Communicator

Happy International Women's Day! Needed now more than ever. Men, let's stand respectfully by the sides of our sisters in the fight for the rights of women and girls, women's dignity, women's power! #IWD #DEI #equity #women #IWD2025 #women #ally

God I wish we had a head of State who actually did something for people.

Fantastic! Canada's national childcare program: signed, sealed and being delivered. Families will now have $10/day childcare across the country www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #childcare #children #genderequality #trudeau #canada

My grant was one of those terminated. Our team included political and climate scientists using machine learning/language models and a unique corpus of high quality media from developing countries to model the effects of climate change on climate adaptation, political stability, and conflict. (1/2)

Special Issue: The politics of transgender and nonbinary education, research and praxis: Reflecting on questions of epistemic justice www.tandfonline.com/toc/cdis20/c...

Support these courageous climate justice activists in their fight against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. This destructive mega-project is an environmental injustice and a carbon bomb that threatens all our futures. Your donation can help support their organizing! #ClimateSky #StopEACOP 🔌💡

Tonic in a very difficult time...from a very, very different time when hope and possibility, struggle and change were in the air: Peter Paul and Mary at the Newport Festival in 1963 singing Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer." #hope #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXfT...

On a Toronto transit bus: A Black history month license message plus a notice from the government of Canada: "New to Canada? We provide free settlement services. Visit us today, get informed, get settled!" #migration #immigrants #justice #humanrights

NYC congestion pricing revenue goes to the MTA to improve the city's public transit system (subway, bus, & commuter rail, etc). So far, it has generated $48.6mm in revenue, with net $37.5mm operating revenue after expenses. Yet, F47 wants it killed. Hmm #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/n...

Beautiful statement! What compassionate political leaders do: Premier Wab Kinew (who is of First Nations ancestry) on why Manitoba is bringing in two wounded children from Gaza to get medical help: www.tiktok.com/@wabkinew/vi... #politics #leadership #gaza #Canada

Some encouraging environmental news in a very bleak time: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #green #farming #science #environment #sustainable

Who is next? Conference to “re-lay the foundations of civilization” Featuring House Republican speaker Mike Johnson and UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, plus Vivek Ramaswamy, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/17/n...

Anthropogenic Global Warming, Coastal Flooding, Saltwater Intrusion, Land Subsidence, Storm Surge, & Sea Level Rise 🧵 The ocean has risen some 80 mm (over 3") since 2000 (all of that rise is on the ledger of human activities [from Slangen et al 2016]). www.nature.com/articles/ncl...

Brilliant! What has aid actually done for anyone? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #AID #foreignaid @savethechildren.org

Bezos immediately went on X/twitter to ask for advice on who should be the next James Bond. Word has it that Trump was the very first to reply, demanding the roll for himself. #jamesBond www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

exactly what we need: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm trying not to do doom posting, but George Monbiot is worth sharing: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is wonderful--both in itself and in a world that is increasingly going the wrong way. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I don't think I ever watched this interview--but it seems particularly appropriate now. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... #VAW #DEI #parenthood #fathers #equality #feminism

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked by Arwa Mahdawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #equality #equity #DEI

Bob Marley was born today (Feb 6) back in 1945. I'm glad i got to meet him in 1980. I was doing my grad research in Kingston, Jamaica and, in the midst of food shortages, brought for him from Canada a sack of rice & a jug of cooking oil. #music #reggae #Jamaica #BobMarley #birthday

Cool: Certain sounds elicit the same interpretations across languages. Eg: show pictures of a pointy star shape & a puffy cloud shape, & say one is a kiki & one is a bouba, >90% of people worldwide say the pointy thing is the kiki & the puffy cloud is the bouba magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...