Amber Minnings

In search of bluer skies @

[AirSpot Health @airspothealth]

Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights

https://t.co/FgKwEtdnBB

[Vittoria @vitt2tsnoc]

Gisèle Pelicot waived anonymity in a mass rape trial, so that "macho, patriarchal society that trivialises rape" could change. Her courage unfathomable, no honour too great, she stood up for ALL women, changed history and yet Time's Person of the Year is a male sexual assaulter:

[Dame Sa 🐝 3.5% @LongCovidHell]

“People who had COVID at least 2x experienced higher rates of short and long-term health effects, including heart & brain issues, compared to those only infected once.”

Rather than “building immunity”, repeat Covid infections are killing us.

#LongCovid https://t.co/wvDQtUX6vs

[Mary Siever (she/her) @mary_siever]

Canada Post is a public service and we should NOT expect it to make a profit. Do we expect parks to turn a profit? Or emergency services? Do roads turn a profit? Canada Post provides a broad service to Canadians and SHOULD be government funded and maintained.

[holocene @holo_cene]

covid is a feminist issue. women are twice as likely to develop long covid and predominantly occupy the jobs with the most covid exposure: teaching, retail, childcare, etc. why aren’t feminist orgs talking about this?

[Kathryn @kadamssl]

“…to feel like your health is free-falling in a world, a system, a country that does not value disabled people & does not value people without their labor has been clarifying to me on how I want to be able to show up for someone else.” https://t.co/ePUs3LYaWM

[Rob Shaw @RobShaw_BC]

NEW - New BC cabinet. Same size as previous one. Many new portfolios. Follow this thread for them one by one.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

#WomensArt #Friday_Motivation 💜♀ 🧡💜

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

Canadians shouldn’t feel smug, as if a victory fueled by fear and division can’t happen here.

[Connie Walker @connie_walker]

Tonight, I’m thinking about Justice Murray Sinclair and of the times that I was lucky enough to hear him speak about his work with the TRC. This moment stands out for me. It’s his answer when he was asked, “Why can’t you just get over it?”

[Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin88]

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. https://t.co/30LQbg26Q2

[Neighbourhood Solidarity with Unhoused Neighbours @nsun_victoria]

Shelters Are Not Homes - Victoria Times Colonist investigates…

“I didn’t realize you had to pay to be in a shelter, because I kind of thought that would be the place to go in the event that you didn’t have any options available to you,” he said. https://t.co/gcz5xPJKPV

[PHS @PHScss]

One supervised consumption site can prevent 83 new cases of HIV in a single year, saving more than $17 million in future healthcare costs - Canadian Public Health Association.

Harm reduction saves lives and money.

https://t.co/pM4EAoI3ET

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

Abortion bans kill another woman. On the day of her baby shower, Nevaeh Crain went to the ER bleeding & feverish. She was diagnosed with sepsis, a deadly infection - but her fetus still had a heart beat. She was sent home. After her 3rd ER visit, she died.
https://t.co/IC59CS8R6G

[Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna]

This is what the climate emergency looks like. We have the solutions, we need to implement them now. We have no time to waste. #COP29

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet.

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #cop16 #cop16cali