Sheila, a family friend, a neighbour, a mother - stolen from her family as a child during the #sixtiesScoop - a woman who did everything she could to care for her community - our community, was left impoverished and without any help from the same state that destroyed her family.
She was couch surfing, staying with my uncle when his house caught fire in the middle of the night. The others barely made it out. Sheila did not.
Sheila was the first friend to go during the pandemic. There have been 9 more since then. I haven't even been able to begin process Sheila's passing.
I'm greatly looking forward to this permeant public reminder of a friend, but more importantly a role model - a person who despite having very little, gave it all. The same cannot be said about most.
May her death bring positivity, and foster a sense of community over consumption.
We are burning to death. We are killing ourselves and our future generations. We're poisoning everything. We're siphoning what little capital is left for the 99 into the pockets of the oligarchs.
We're so focused on the finish line that we've forgotten the path in front of us. Like the sci-fi trope warning technology does not solve social problems, and social problems are what doom us NOW.
I wasn't expecting good news today but here it is none the less!
#canada has a long history of exploiting remote countries for their natural resources, even murdering entire villages that stood in their way - in the 2000's!
Many of our "leaders" have profited significantly.
These laws won't bring back the slaughtered people of #Tanzania, but it might find some future justice.
#BlaineHiggs thinks #NewBrunswick is a game he plays where the object is to do as many favours for his former employer & #oligarch pals while making life as impossible and dangerous for everyone else.
This man thinks he is legitimately doing great things because of some numbers on some pages he looks at instead of opening a window or stepping into the real New Brunswick that he has decimated.
#canada is an #oil company, but it also has a storied history of "owning" mines all over the world, killing anyone who gets in their way.
#BrianMulroney is chairman of #Barrick who slaughtered an entire village at a mine in the 00s and covered it up.
Then there's #bc's First Quantum who have been destroying #panama with no plans to stop amid escalating protest where at least two have been murdered already.
"They've also approved resolutions that would ban the use of electronic voting machines, end provincial funding of supervised consumption sites and refuse transgender women in women's correctional facilities. Members also voted to approve a resolution that would oppose net-zero power rules in Canada by 2035."
Attended the #peaceful#rally in support of #Palestine in #SaintJohn#NewBrunswick. It was a great turnout of wonderful and peaceful folks. Lots of support from passers-by. I'm very happy to report that there were no hateful displays by the time I had to leave.
NL's plan: spend millions of dollars/several years on hopefully developing tech that doesn't exist yet, to store "up to" 1GT of carbon emissions (4% of global annual) from #oil & #gas.
This stuff is a waste of time. Any "solution" that encourages the burning of #fossilFuels, is contributing to our demise.