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Good grief, this hits home.
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Usually using these kinds of socials to check in on my community (Ottawa), country (🇨🇦) and other weird stuff.
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Good. Ban the pervert glasses from every event for decent people.
Hypervisible“The vast majority of the talent and agents at our events felt that these were a violation of their privacy and were damaging and spoiling the interactions at the tables. Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if they were being recorded in secret.”
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Yeah ... time to start voting like the climate matters! www.cbc.ca/news/science...
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC NewsSmoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.www.cbc.ca
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A good reminder. It's not a huge deal to be super prepared where we're located. We're within hours of other cities, and we don't have high degrees of isolation. That said, If ~1 million people decide to be uprooted. Our city couldn't even handle 8k 😂 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What to know about preparing go bags and emergency kits | CBC NewsAs wildfires burn across northwestern Ontario, many communities have been evacuated, and many more have been notified about potential evacuations. Here are some things to keep in mind when putting tog...www.cbc.ca
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Ontario's jails are using an artificial intelligence tool that disproportionately places Black prisoners in maximum security The government anticipated its tool AI would produce biased outcomes, but used it anyway My latest @breachmedia.ca investigation breachmedia.ca/black-prison...
Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI ⋆ The BreachOntario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilitiesbreachmedia.ca
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NEW: Trump is now threatening to punish Canada for wildfire smoke blowing into the U.S., as a GOP senator intros a bill to sanction Canadian officials “responsible” for the fires driven by climate change. “Insane," says one leading Canadian enviro group. www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...
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Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...thebeaverton.com
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Don’t you love when Canadian media is controlled by foreign billionaires with strong partisan alignment?
‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the rightCanada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscapericochet.media
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Ottawa Public Health has a map of where to cool off during this extreme heat. Climate change extreme weather is the greatest threat facing the City of Ottawa and it must be made a bigger priority by all orders of government. ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-heal…
Extreme Heat and Humiditywww.ottawapublichealth.ca