jackiegirrl

Former prairie girl, now an 🏝girl. Advocating to protect the forest and meadows at Cable Bay #savecablebay RDN/Nanaimo🌿🌲🦉

[TizzyEnt @TizzyEnt]

Feel Good Friday: All creatures great and small.

[Celeste George @cie1947]

First Nations step up efforts to have Dryden, Ont., paper mill shut down over mercury contamination
Dryden Fibre Canada, mill's owner, says they 'adhere to Ontario’s strict health and environmental standards'
Advocacy efforts have ramped up since spring
https://t.co/abnCgzqgtq

[jackiegirrl @jackiegirrl2]

Are you expert? Did you speak at the recent public hearings? Please email a copy of your speech, or submission to [email protected]. We want to help ensure the info shared by scientists, professionals/experts is documented as the City did not transcribe it. #Nanaimo

[VisuallyBetter @Isuckatpicking]

In a province full of Danielle Smith’s, be a Wab Kinew. #ForeverCanadian

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Erin Brockovich has launched a website and has begun tracking all data centers in America and logging resident complaints

In just 1 week it’s already logged 1,690 resident complaints

For this who don’t remember

Erin Brockovich was the paralegal responsible for winning out a case against PG&E, Hinckley in California, because their wastewater runoff was seeping into rural areas and creating a lot of health issues for, for the surrounding neighborhoods

That case brought in a $333 million settlement that went to the families affected by the situation because a lot of them either had staggering medical bills due to their tap water was no longer safe

So why is this important, well residents all over America are reporting their tap water and river water is being heavily polluted by data centers

Her map of data centers is new, she just launched it

The website features an interactive US map showing operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, overlaid with community-reported complaints

Residents can submit reports with details, photos, and locations. Within days of launch, it received a surge of submissions over 1,600 in the first week, and reports of 1,800+ from 47 states shortly after

Common Resident Complaints Being Logged

- Water usage
- Raising utility bills for residents
- Noise pollution: Constant 24/7 humming from fans, generators, and cooling systems disrupting sleep, daily life, and wildlife.
- E-waste from frequent hardware upgrades, pollution including PFAS concerns

[Harewood.life @harewood_life]

Multiple Bear Sightings in Harewood Area

Residents in the Harewood, Buttertubs Marsh and Westwood Lake areas have reported multiple black bear sightings this month.

One recent sighting posted in a local wildlife tracking group described "two large bears together" wandering between Weber Street and 9th Street on Howard Avenue.

Another post from the City of Nanaimo said "a bear has been spotted around Buttertubs Marsh. Park crews have put up signage to indicate there is a bear in the area."

There have also been recent reports in Facebook comments of a bear in the Colliery Dam area.

Click the link below to read the full story!

#Harewood #Nanaimo

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

A stunning, rare white raven has been spotted on Vancouver Island, Canada.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Breaking news: A Ford dealership in Kansas can't release a sold F-250 because a robin moved in first.

An employee at the dealership located outside Kansas City noticed a robin building a nest on the tire of a brand new F-250 that was already sold. The robin laid four eggs and successfully hatched them.

The truck is now stuck on the lot until the chicks fledge, because the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 makes it illegal to disturb an active nest of any native bird in the United States.

The buyer has been a good sport. The dealership called it the only F-250 in America currently protected under federal law.

[Rex @rexjonesnewz]

Yall should be following this guy

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

SICKENING: AOC Just showed off the Georgia drinking water from Meta's AI Data Centers. Thank you @AOC:

"This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia. Right after a data center was constructed, the metadata center was constructed, the only difference between the clean water and this was that data center. I have another one as well. So this wasn't just one well, these wasn't just one family's situation. This is what the drinking water now looks like next to that data center. And I think both of us can agree that neither one of these things are drinkable. These families now have to ship, in a rural area, have to ship water to their house in order to cook and bathe themselves."

[Dean Guzman Wyrzykowski @deanguzmanw]

I’m now facing 31 years in prison — even more than before!

Prosecutors just added 3 more felony charges against me before my arraignment today.

All because I volunteered to save beagles from criminal abuse at Ridglan Farms.

[Jared Wesley @DrJaredWesley]

If you believe there are 300,000 valid signatures on the Stay Free Alberta petition, I have a privately-owned pipeline to the West Coast to sell you.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

People who keep rocks for no reason, who touch leaves when they walk by, who stop to watch insects like it actually matters, who feel calmer the moment they step into nature… you’re my type of people.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out

[Sitka Media @sitkamedia]

The BC Greens are calling for a moratorium on AI data centres “until the regulatory safeguards are in place to protect people and planet.”

Leader @Emily_Lowan explains why she thinks that’s the right move 👇

[jackiegirrl @jackiegirrl2]

#Nanaimo! Tomorrow! Speak up for the 7,390 trees that are proposed to be clearcut as close as 50M to Cable Bay Trail! Speak up for the animal habitat, ecosystems and the environment!

[World's Amazing Things @Hana_b30]

Canadian photographer Steve Biro captured a remarkable photo of a bald eagle flying with a perfectly symmetrical reflection in the water.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Even if it takes me 20 years I'll follow back anybody who reposts this thread

[jackiegirrl @jackiegirrl2]

@jaketapper Trooper, such a sweet boy❤️! We have 2 rescued coonhounds as well! Hound dogs are the best! Trooper meet Harlow (Walker/Red tick). She recently turned 13 and Watson (Red tick) who turns 10 in a few days!

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Erasing kids with cancer is some kind of bold...

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli