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I need happy endings. I need movies and books showing a better future--realistic, believable, with social equity and a community coming together to fight the Climate Crisis. Not a cartoon utopia; I still want drama, tension, humour. Give me those. #NoMoreDystopias

@MikeHudema Mike Hudema, are you on other platforms? This one no longer feels safe, but I’d like to keep following you.

A reindeer under the incredible Northern Lights. Nature is amazing. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity

@tedhsu Mr. Hsu, you might want to think about moving from this platform to one where the skies are blue. Ps. You are the best choice for Kingston!

Thank you to everyone who joined my campaign kickoff yesterday afternoon! It was great to feel the support and momentum of the campaign! #ygk #kingston #ontarioelection

Wow! Only at page 37 and this new sci fi novel is astonishing me with its prescience- a vivid scene surviving Californian wildfires. Author Yumi Kitasei, ⁦@Flatironbooks⁩ , I am so impressed by the writing! Love the characterisation here, & a gripping plot. #climatefiction

A message to America. Sent with love.

Read something hopeful! The hardcover is from Flame Tree Press, UK. Ask your library to carry these anthologies. People love short stories but they aren’t easy to find. #Solarpunk ⁦@flametreepress⁩ Insta: @worldweaverpress

This is wonderful. ⁦@thenewquarterly⁩

Yep, I know our Prime Minister just resigned. Well done, Mr. Trudeau. But this is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month & I want to highlight this incredible community in Nashville at Thistle Farms.org - Jerri

Cutoff to apply for January is tonight (Sunday) at 11:59 pm! 👇

Canada needs a coalition government like France. Can the parties put their egos aside?

Please read this. It’s important. No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election this year, one thing will be true — a significant percent of Canadian voters and media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians, with smart pricing mechanisms well understood to be one of the most effective ways to support badly needed #ClimateCrisis mitigation, ALL because of a continually repeated political slogan as lazy as “axe the tax.” It should take a lot more than that to get us to do something so dumb, so self-defeating, for our own future. Why am I including the media in this? Because instead of media doing their job and constantly informing the public that the “carbon tax” is in fact a strategic rebate program that more than makes most Canadians financially whole every single time the “ax the tax” messaging is reported, they gave up on that quickly (if they did it at all). They instead fuelled a false narrative of “affordability vs climate action” that was never true (“Canadian voters are just more concerned about affordability than climate action,” I just heard that false choice again on the news). Most media eventually just started referring to the program with shorthand like “the unpopular” or “the controversial” or “the polarizing carbon tax.” Those shorthand statements are factually accurate, but they leave out that the program is unpopular because of the highly successful misinformation campaign that the media itself helped. In other words, they reported the controversy and ignored the more important story that the controversy was manufactured based on misinformation and the media itself played role in it. At best, that’s lazy and unprofessional, and at worst that’s complicit. We’re essentially all responsible though. We should all be a lot harder to manipulate than this. And sadly, the consequences of being such “easy marks” are going to be huge. #ClimateCrisis #CarbonTax #AxeTheTax

Beautiful article. cbc.ca/sports/tennis/…

Writing is the perfect space to try something different. Be asking yourself "What if..." Those two words can go a long way. What if the tone was different, or a chapter was moved around, or if the story focused on a different character? Always be willing to experiment.

@MarkBourrie Kevin O’Leary does not speak for Canada.

I will die as a Canadian or in exile before I will live in a Canada annexed by Donald Trump and his fascist gang.

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Robots Past & Future | Call for Submissions - We're delighted to announce a new call for submissions which is now open! The theme is Robots Past & Future Short Stories. Do you have a story for us? 🤖 Deadline: 1st January 2025 flametr.com/3ZUC7PB

Every massive Russian strike requires time for preparation. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a deliberate choice – not only of targets but also of timing and date. Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane? Over 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and more than a hundred attack drones. The targets are our energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for a blackout in Ukraine. According to preliminary reports, our defenders managed to shoot down more than 50 missiles and a significant number of drones. Unfortunately, there have been hits. As of now, there are power outages in several regions. Power engineers are working to restore power supply as soon as possible. I thank everyone who is working for the country, who is on combat duty, who is protecting our skies. We will restore the maximum. Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not spoil Christmas.

Kingston couple transforms the former LaSalle Causeway bridge into a historic art project thewhig.com/news/local-new…

“French parking lots could soon generate as much electricity as 10 nuclear power plants” buff.ly/3lj015G We have so many solutions. Stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal