Barb G

Hike up mountains, commute by bike, and keep learning: environmental law/climate justice/ecological economics/food security/puns

[Barb G @baaarbora]

I'm super excited to visit Long Point for bird migration in May. Are there any orgs that run bird watching tours in the area? Beginner birder here, looking for tips 😌🐦 @BirdsCanada_ON @LongPointBirdOb

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

The @cityoftoronto is set to award a contract for private security patrol parks for unhoused people. The cost of the this in year one? $2,440,160. This is a cost in addition to $48 mil for police, $53 mil for #TTC special constables, $1.7 mil/month for 80 police on #TTC ...

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

This speech is 💯. The Mayor & allies now decide whether to collect enough revenue to meet #Toronto's environmental obligations. If we're not making the investments needed to pass the environmental litmus test, it's because THEY are UNWILLING. #topoli https://t.co/coZbXGnJaj

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Bird Leaders Defend Shooting Down Aircraft That Illegally Entered Avian Airspace https://t.co/5iqPC6UR5Z

[Ontario Place for All © @ONPlace4All]

What a great #SuperbOwl at Ontario Place! Lets keep Ontario Place public and ensure a #SuperbOwl like this one visits in the future! #topoli #onpoli

[Emma McIntosh @EmmaMci]

Pretty much everything @fordnation just said about the Greenbelt at the presser just now is false or misleading. Quick fact checking thread. #onpoli

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

I’m so thrilled at reception of our report: so many people want the most just and sustainable pathway to the zero emissions future!

I’ll note that there was an error in 1 graphic in Guardian that was corrected shortly after published. Here is graphic w/ correct measurement unit

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

The world's elite at the Davos forum are enjoying every possible protection from Covid, including PCR testing, air filtration, UVGI light.
Why isn't this being offered to everyone else?
Every school, every workplace should have the same protections as the rich and powerful.

[Rosé Bautista @DesmondCole]

SPEAK OUT at the police board meeting this Monday January 9th

say no to @JohnTory's plan to give millions to cops while starving city services

sign up by Friday at Noon: https://t.co/ylKlPNdWcu or call 416-808-8080

make your deputation in person, virtually, or in writing

[terra loire @terraloire]

Hello #TOpoli budget nerds, here's a timeline of key budget dates to keep handy. These plus Councillor and Community Town hall events are also in the public Google Calendar you can subscribe to: https://t.co/VEYW2vpf2E

[Jocelyn Anderson Photography @JocAPhotography]

A Winter Wren, a pleasing orb of a bird, overlooks the field and plans on what pile of sticks should be explored next.

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

I wish more people deeply understood that being able-bodied is temporary.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Every year it's the same: Freezing temps. Winter storm alerts. Headlines saying unhoused people are at risk. Us advocates fighting for Toronto's warming centres to open.

Can we please just skip the routine? Open the warming centres every winter. AND GIVE UNHOUSED PEOPLE HOUSING!

[Barb G @baaarbora]

Reason # 57435782 why I'm missing out on getting drinks with colleagues this week.

I don't want additional *irreversible cardiac aging*

[David Fisman @DFisman]

I use a heart rate monitor when I use a rowing erg. My max HR dropped 4 beats post covid. Expected decline is around 1 beat per year.

[Barb G @baaarbora]

No idea what White Lotus is about, but now I'm interested

[Marissa Ortega-Welch @MOrtegaWelch]

I'll tell you who died in White Lotus: me, after having to listen to all those North American hermit thrushes singing in the background of a Sicilian resort. Those birds aren't found anywhere near Europe!

[Dr. Lisa Iannattone @lisa_iannattone]

Do I seem angry lately? Good. Because I am. I’m angry that this child that very clearly needed to be admitted to the hospital was SENT HOME because the deciders think a person’s right to be naked faced at Costco is more important than kids having access to healthcare.

[Jess @MeetJess]

I could barely get through this without breaking down.
Kids are DYING. KIDS

We can’t continue like this. We just fkn can’t https://t.co/xeqopzE0q9

[BeadsAgainstFascism 🇵🇸 @beadagainstfash]

Happening at Allen Gardens in Toronto RIGHT NOW. City workers trashing perfectly good sleeping bags and tents, intentionally breaking tent poles so they can't be reused, knowing full well they will turn away another 200+ people from shelter spaces today and tonight.

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

If your response to the thought of giving money to our unhoused neighbours is "they might use it for drugs", wait until you hear what your housed neighbours buy with money.