Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya https://linktr.ee/apihtawikosisan
Our built world is not designed for these changing temperatures and sprawling catastrophes, and there is no plan or budget in place to address this. To make what's ahead more bearable and survivable, we will need transformative change and radical redistribution—not fucking data centers.
So many photos of the hazy orange sky in Toronto being shared on social media. Reminder: "It is estimated that First Nations communities make up 42% of evacuations due to wildfires but only make up 5% of people living in Canada." www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Rapid Review: An intersectional analysis of the disproportionate health impacts of wildfires on diverse populations and communities - Canada.caRapid review of the differential impact of wildfires due to social determinants of health and equity-related considerations.www.canada.ca
It's not enough to be against AI, you need to be pro art. You need to be a champion of the art you love, you need to share that passion and joy, and do what you can to support the artists who make it, because it's not enough to hate AI, to hate what it's doing to art and media; you gotta love.
Can we complain about there not being enough of them. JFC what nonsense.
Courtney TheriaultAlberta government creates bike lane complaint line ahead of fall legislation www.brandonsun.com/national/202...
You might not care about climate change but I can promise you it will come for you regardless
Comrades with wildfire smoke: Really do wear respiratory protection, that shit isn't just bad in the moment, it has serious long-term health implications and not just for your lungs! If you don't have an air purifier really do try to get one, if possible, and REMEMBER TO CLEAN AND CHANGE FILTERS.
When Ontario has the worst air quality on Earth just remember that the rich capitalists that run Canada from parliament and Bay Street can afford to stay indoors and avoid it. Meanwhile, you and your neighbours choke on it in small insufficiently ventilated apartments and on the streets.
THUNDER BAY: Donations can be sent to The Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre (555 West Arthur Street). Nadya was waiting for info about an online fundraising page last I checked. I will update if I can.
Open coal cars leaving Lytton will travel through these wildfires (red line) and FN communities who’ve spent the summer fighting back fires. Dozens of trains a day hauling ~200 cars full of combustibles.
CN stops for nothing. Here’s CN hauling hundreds of open coal cars south from Lytton this week, about to thread between 2 active wildfires affecting a number of First Nations communities under various evacuation alerts/orders.
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
wrote about why ICE keeps killing people. it's because they're part of a pretty explicitly genocidal project. trump wants them to kill people, and so they do. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ices-missi...
ICE’s Mission Is MurderIt is a genocidal organization and it will keep killing people.www.everythingishorrible.net