The proposal calls on the university to refuse research and sponsorship collaborations with companies which are:
1) Developing new fossil fuel infrastructure.
2) Exploring for new FF reserves.
or
3) Lobbying against science based climate legislation.
BREAKING: @Cambridge_Uni to become the first university in the world to hold a democratic vote of academics on a proposal to refuse research funding and other partnerships with companies violating key climate criteria.
Full @nytimes story here 👇🏿
https://t.co/eVvxZmoC58
If you list your city hall as a redevelopment site in your housing element, that should be grounds for immediate disincorporation. You don't want a city government anymore? Okay, deal!
Great news #CTRiders! We’ve selected @transitapp as our official mobility-as-a-service trip planning app! And you’ll automatically be upgraded to Transit Royale, Transit’s subscription service. Download the app today at https://t.co/b9G5qff2Ra.
There's a guy (currently walking) grumbling that the "no right turn on red" signs for cars at Edmonton's pedestrian scramble intersections are unfair b/c they only really NEED to not turn while the pedestrians are walking.
Uh. Except cars haven't been good at doing that, my guy
The @CityofEdmonton and @takeETSalert are also making it harder to use bus tickets on the LRT.
What are we supposed to do if the ticket stamping machines are broken or missing??
#yegtransit
I’m proud (in every sense of the word) of this personal essay I wrote and excited to share it with all of you.
"The inaccessibility of local Pride events somehow makes me feel less queer, like an echo of how I felt before I truly accepted myself.”
https://t.co/ftmN6JRIRm
We are not ready (and by we, I include me) to accept that casual, reliable business or air travel is over. It's not coming back. It is going to take some time to accept. We're only at stage 1 or 2 (denial, anger) or at most 3 (bargaining w airlines on Twitter) of Kübler-Ross
New data: Reinfection was found to substantially increase the risk of death, hospitalization, and adverse health outcomes, making strategies preventing reinfection critical.
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