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dyckron, 1 month ago to random

Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax
https://theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-subsidies-cost-canadians-a-lot-more-money-than-the-carbon-tax-226482

dyckron, 1 month ago to random

Unnecessarily competitive apes should be the name of the species rather than humanity, imho.

Competitive workplaces don’t work for gender equality
https://theconversation.com/competitive-workplaces-dont-work-for-gender-equality-222689

dyckron, 1 month ago to random

Could we also bury all the nonsensical management pseudo-science he promoted for so long, while we're debunking yet another executive cult of personality?

Boeing's shakeup and GE's fall: 2 more black eyes for Jack Welch's legacy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeings-shakeup-and-ges-fall-2-more-black-eyes-for-jack-welchs-legacy-100047645.html

dyckron, 1 month ago to random

Celebrate your forthcoming Pyrrhic victory, that's real classy. Only a good thing if you're a climate denier, and the boring and outmoded clock-like cycling of first-past-the-post electoral dynamics is going to defeat the Liberals all on its own 🙄

Sask. premier says change in federal government the only way to solve carbon tax dispute
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/premier-says-change-in-federal-government-only-way-solve-carbon-tax-dispute-1.7158950

dyckron, 1 month ago to random

Opinion: False equivalencies are hurting the housing conversation
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-false-equivalencies-are-hurting-the-housing-conversation

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/27/amazon-dark-pattern-design-fine/

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

This billionaire is buying up homes in Duluth — and bashed 'small-minded community' for questioning her plans
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-buying-homes-duluth-bashed-100300952.html

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Chemicals Found In Popular Household Products Potentially Linked To Autism, Multiple Sclerosis, Study Suggests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/03/25/chemicals-found-in-popular-household-products-potentially-linked-to-autism-multiple-sclerosis-study-suggests/

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

You mean, authoritarians collude? 🤯
/s

Brazil summons Hungarian envoy to explain why Bolsonaro hid in embassy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/jair-bolsonaro-hiding-embassy

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

What's another dimension of "increased productivity," I wonder 🤔

ChatGPT linked to declining academic performance and memory loss in new study
https://www.psypost.org/chatgpt-linked-to-declining-academic-performance-and-memory-loss-in-new-study/

flexghost, 2 months ago to random

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dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Activity is not productivity. It’s time to try a slower, more sensible approach at work
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/management/article-activity-is-not-productivity-its-time-to-try-a-slower-more-sensible/

Unpaywalled https://archive.ph/o5y6u

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

🫡

One of Metro Vancouver's last milkmen makes his final rounds
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/one-of-metro-vancouvers-last-milkmen-makes-his-final-rounds

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change – new research
https://theconversation.com/food-prices-will-climb-everywhere-as-temperatures-rise-due-to-climate-change-new-research-226345

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

With organic fields next door, conventional farms dial up the pesticide use, study finds
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/organic-fields-next-door-conventional-154529930.html

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Carbon capture plants are underperforming — why are we so optimistic about them?
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/climate-change/carbon-capture-plants-are-underperforming-why-are-we-so-optimistic-about-them--95163

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Bell terminates workers on virtual group meetings
https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/bell-terminates-workers-virtual-group-meetings

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Rogers wants to offload nine data centres to reduce Shaw merger debt: report
https://mobilesyrup.com/2024/03/20/rogers-offload-nine-data-centres-reduce-shaw-debt-report/

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Waste from trashed electric devices piles up and recycling isn’t keeping pace, UN says
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-waste-from-trashed-electric-devices-is-piling-up-and-recycling-isnt/

Unpaywalled https://archive.ph/wDr5h

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

"Electric cars are supposed to be sustainable, they're supposed to be environmentally friendly, but they want you to squash your car after 10 years and buy a new one — if it lasts that long"

Huh. It's almost like cars of any kind are the problem. 🤔

More Leaf owners with battery problems say Nissan has abandoned them
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/leaf-nissan-owners-legal-action-battery-service-1.7148537

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

"to maintain its current 88.6 per cent utilization rate, the division would need to add 55,000 student spaces by 2033 — equivalent to opening 58 new K-9 schools."

"there have been some considerations in school design, such as shrinking spaces used for vocational purposes"

"The ... provincial budget ... includes money to build a new public school for grades 7 to 12 in southwest Edmonton."

Enrolment growth at Edmonton Public Schools reaches levels not seen in 60 years https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/enrolment-growth-at-edmonton-public-schools-reaches-levels-not-seen-in-60-years-1.7149375

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

😆👍

Defaced Recall Gondek sign repainted to 'Respect Gondek'
https://calgaryherald.com/news/vandals-defaced-recall-gondek-sign

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

AHS staff face job terminations and transfer offers in midst of health-care overhaul
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ahs-staff-jobs-health-care-overhaul-1.7148502

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

Should anyone bringing such a petition be required to disclose the names of any individuals or companies providing free assistance with it? This is at least partly a UCP stealth attack on councils it doesn't like.

City prepares for arrival of large petition to recall Mayor Gondek
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/city-recall-mayor-gondek-1.7146011

dyckron, 2 months ago to random

"Canada, long considered as having some of the cleanest air in the western world, became the worst for PM2.5 last year due to record wildfires that ravaged the country, sending toxic spoke spewing across the country and into the US."

Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/19/air-pollution-health-report