Lyn Adamson

In 3 yrs this #solar installation at an Arkansas high school turned the district’s budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus. They're using the surplus to pay teachers more We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #NoWarNoWarming

Israel wipes out village after village in South Lebanon. Centuries-old historic villages completely erased from the map. Then Israel builds illegal military bases on top of the homes it just destroyed. And the international community watches in silence.

This week I had the privilege of witnessing a historic moment in student organizing in Nova Scotia. Students launched a province wide strike involving major universities to demand lower tuitions, support for international students, and divestment from fossil fuels, exploitation of sovereign indigenous land, and weapons manufacturing that fuel war and genocide. Students are not only studying and learning about history, but they are writing and making history as conscious observers and active participants in a society that must shift from an economy of war and militarism towards an economy of care and wellbeing. The struggle for human rights for all is interconnected with the student and labour movement. They are one and the same. A collective struggle.

Another blackout has hit Havana. We were at a cultural centre hosting a huge funday for local families. Suddenly it's over, no lights, music, food. Small kids with their lives impacted by US cruelty & aggression. As Mandela said: "The USA does not care about human beings."

I am deeply saddened to share that Amanda Lathlin, the first First Nations woman elected to the Manitoba Legislature and MLA for The Pas-Kameesack, has begun her final journey. In a 2015 by-election, Amanda made history in Manitoba: though Indigenous women have been here since time immemorial, she became the first to serve in the provincial legislature. The barrier she broke helped pave the way for other Indigenous women to serve as MLA and Minister. It also contributed to my eventual election as Premier. Amanda was a one of a kind voice for the north, The Pas, and her community of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, where she’d previously served as councillor. Amanda was a great retail politician who loved to visit and laugh with her constituents. The first time I visited Trappers’ Fest in The Pas she blew me away by greeting every single person we met by their first name. Amanda was very proud of legislation she passed to provide stronger services for sexual assault survivors in the north and compassionate leave for those who miscarry. Amanda also fought for Oscar’s Place, a homeless shelter in The Pas, which was her late father’s legacy. Amanda’s dad, Oscar Lathlin, was an NDP Cabinet Minister who served in the Doer government before his passing in 2008. Amanda was proud of the Cree language. She began incorporating it into her remarks in the legislature starting when we were in Opposition. Amanda and I had a relationship like no other. I had her back through the many challenges she faced in the last few years. And she kept speaking to me in a way that few people do these days: we laughed, we argued, and sometimes she’d just tell me “awas!” Through these ups and downs she became a sister. The last time I spoke to her she made fun of me for wearing a suit to visit her in the hospital. Amanda was a devoted mother who, in the months before her passing, became a grandmother. Above all else, she loved her family deeply and devoted her life to her girls. My prayers are with Amanda’s loved ones in The Pas, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, and across Manitoba, as well as all who were touched by her leadership and friendship. Kinanaskomitin Amanda, for all you have done for Manitoba. Your girls are healthy and strong. Tell Oscar we miss him too.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!" npr.org/2019/09/23/763…

Israel is now starving ONE MILLION PEOPLE in Gaza while spraying ONE MILLION PEOPLE in Lebanon with banned phosphorus and relentlessly bombing MILLIONS of PEOPLE in Iran violating international law with absolutely no consequences This's what real threat to world peace looks like

🇨🇺⛵️Solidarity cannot be blocked! We are just about to leave Mexico for Cuba as part of the Nuestra América Convoy! We are a flotilla carrying 14 tons of food and medicine, 73 large solar panels, a power generator, and a lot of solidarity! We have a few days of travel ahead of us

Former astronaut Ron Garan returned from space convinced that humanity is “living an enormous lie.” During his 178-day mission aboard the International Space Station in 2011—spending nearly six months in orbit and covering over 71 million miles—Garan experienced the transformative “Overview Effect.” From 250 miles above Earth, the planet appeared as a single, delicate blue marble suspended in the void, with no visible borders, nations, or divisions. Political lines vanished; instead, he saw a fragile, interconnected biosphere wrapped in an astonishingly thin atmosphere—the sole protective layer sustaining all life against the deadly vacuum of space. This perspective shattered his prior worldview. He observed an iridescent, teeming world of life but no trace of the global economy that humans prioritize. Garan realized the “enormous lie” we perpetuate: the illusion that we are separate from one another, from nature, and from the planet itself. Our systems treat the Earth’s life-support mechanisms—air, water, ecosystems—as mere subsidiaries of the economy, when the orbital view reveals the opposite truth: the planet comes first, then society, then economy. In his words, this realization highlighted how crises like climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss stem from this fundamental misperception of separation. Garan argues that embracing this unified, fragile reality—seeing ourselves as crew members on “Spaceship Earth”—is essential for collective survival and effective global stewardship. The view from space didn’t just change his outlook; it underscored an urgent call for humanity to realign priorities with the undeniable interconnectedness of our shared home.

Brazil’s President Lula slams Trump: “We can’t have someone thinking he’s the owner of the world and wakes up in the morning: I'll take Greenland I'll take the Panama Canal I'll take Cuba I'll take Venezuela I’ll bomb Iran Countries have sovereignty. And it must be respected.”

UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese reports that Israel is using 'exceptionally ruthless physical and psychological abuse' on imprisoned Palestinians since Israel started its genocidal war on Gaza aje.news/hg4vzw

I don’t think people understand how fast we are heating the planet @bbcnews @skynews @itv @itvnews @ITNProductions

His name was Chadi Ammar. Israel killed him while he was repairing the internet connection of a village in southern Lebanon. Chadi had a name, a family, hopes and dreams, but his hopes and dreams will never be realised. 💔

Every word in this book was written while I was living in my tent, under the sound of shelling. I wrote it while I was hungry. I wrote it while I was afraid. My words are honest, born from pain, straight from the heart. That is why I encourage you to read my book. 💔 beaconbooks.net/products/diary…

One dot “.” can scream louder than silence. Will you leave one for me? The link is my family's only lifeline; who will stand by me? If you're browsing, please leave a dot. It's just a dot💔

The rapidly warming Arctic is reshaping our atmosphere by weakening the temperature gradient. This change allowing polar air to spill farther south & produce intense cold outbreaks even as global average temperatures continue to rise.

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest.

Capitalism has set up warming of 2.1-3°C and rising by the 2040s - a predicament billions won't be able to cope with. IPCC's AR6 report shows adaptation will be beyond us.

The evil Zionist regime is still carrying out genocide in Gaza. The only reason to restrict medicine and other essentials is because this barbaric colonial entity wants as many Palestinians to die as possible with the fewest headlines.

More Iranian girls and women being liberated by the US and Israel, which the dimmest among us still actually believe is one of the goals of this war: