Joel Calabrese

Unceded Mi’kma’ki. peace and friendship treaty 1725. #neurodivergent he/him;love wife,kids. #thegoodway #archaeology #wearealltreatypeople #research #consultant

[Joel Calabrese @jolabreeze]

Never been great at pithy tweet communication but I like retweeting and commenting.

[Joel Calabrese @jolabreeze]

The oil and gas industry is raking in record profits while fuelling climate chaos. Why is Canada still handing them billions of our tax dollars? Sign the new @350Canada petition and demand an end to all public financing for Big Oil: https://t.co/1STooaKFxs

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

The Feb 19-25 Canadian COVID Forecast and associated data are now live.

SEVERE: NB, NS
VERY HIGH: CAN, BC, MB, ON
HIGH: NL, PEI, QC, SK
ELEVATED: AB, North

About 1 in 43 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected. New surge/wave has started in multiple provinces.

[Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability RCRCE @cnca_rcrce]

A Canadian company running a gold mine in Papua New Guinea knew about alleged killings, torture, gang rapes and beatings by mine security and police. Little was done. If Canada had real corporate due-diligence laws? Things would be different. Read on:
https://t.co/J6qry4c1LG

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

Canadian COVID Forecast Feb 12-18, 2023

NOVA SCOTIA

SEVERE

About 1 in every 33 people is infected.

HOW TO HELP:
Mask, get your booster, avoid non-essential indoor public places, social gatherings.

Higher risk: also avoid outdoor social gatherings.

[Dr. Deanna Santer @drdeannasanter]

Hmmm... 1 in 33. #CDDW is in just a few weeks & scientific conferences have not always been great examples for thinking of others at risk. I'll hope for the best, but probably will be in the minority 😷 to ✈️ to Halifax & during crowded sessions... would ❤️ for more to join in 😀

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

There’s a recent attack on the idea of planning cities so things are closer and more accessible without needing a car, by right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists. As usual, they are using lies and fear as weapons. Read this thread, & help make sure this doesn’t succeed.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

4/ These objections are rooted in a psychology that centres the objector, not the people they have the capacity to protect. It is also a psychology that favours the status quo over adaptation.

In short: never forget that objections to basic NPIs are ideological /end

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

3/ The elaborate argumentation I have witnessed on this platform against this very basic level of NPIs in society is generally nothing more than a faux-intellectual justification of two qualities of the authors: selfishness, and 'I don't like masks'.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

2/ Mandatory masking on public transport and in health / social care settings is a very small ask that fundamentally is a minor inconvenience for most people, but hugely important for those that are vulnerable.

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

1/ The single most dispiriting element of the whole pandemic response thus far to me is how obvious it has become that the vast majority of people are unwilling to make the smallest alterations to their daily lives in order to protect the vulnerable.

[ACP OTD, OTR/L @DrAPearson]

It's been said over and over by the disabled community, and I'll repeat it for good measure: if we designed society and our systems around the needs of disabled people, life would become immensely more enjoyable and productive for everyone. Literally everyone would win.

[Joel Calabrese @jolabreeze]

@sujo_dree Also, my kids get some kind of knife/multi tool when they turn 7. The girls have appreciated it and the youngest is looking forward to it.

[Joel Calabrese @jolabreeze]

@sujo_dree Always and every day. Mine has a seat belt cutter and window/glass breaker on it.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

BREAKING: The City of Toronto has officially voted against implementing 24/7 warming centres to protect unhoused people from suffering & freezing to death.

The way this city treats unhoused people is just disgusting.

[Joel Calabrese @jolabreeze]

Is it just me or is there a similarity? #LastOfUsHBO #ellie https://t.co/J7ZFrHuM5g and https://t.co/HKjimsgu3N

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

@JustinTrudeau it would be great if one of the strings attached to funding is timely, complete reporting of COVID data by provinces to @GovCanHealth .

As of today, 72,176 COVID hospitalizations up to March 31, 2022 have not yet been reported to PHAC.

Yes, 2022. Not a typo.

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

I’m glad to see @ChiefRoseAnne call out PMJT’s exclusion of First Nations Leaders from the First Ministers’ Meeting on Health scheduled for tomorrow!

Another example proving PMJT likes symbolism not substance in his Reconciliation approach!

[Dr. Tara Taylor @tara_taylor]

This is not acceptable.