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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5h

Que pensent les électeurs de l’(in)action climatique?

Les annonces de Québec ne sont pas alignées avec ce qu’une majorité de la population souhaite.

www.ledevoir.com

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Thomas Gerbet @thomasgerbet.bsky.social · 8h

« Le cri du cœur du sous-ministre de l’Environnement est un appel qui doit être entendu », réagit la co-porte-parole de Québec solidaire, Ruba Ghazal. « J’invite tous les hauts-fonctionnaires à tenir tête au gouvernement de François Legault. »

Thomas Gerbet @thomasgerbet.bsky.social · 9h

Le sous-ministre de l'Environnement du Québec n’a pas digéré de devoir mettre à pied plus d’une centaine de fonctionnaires de son ministère et il l’a fait savoir à ses employés, révèle un enregistrement d'une rencontre interne, obtenu par Radio-Canada. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

Coupes à l’Environnement: « Terrible », dit le sous-ministre

Le sous-ministre à l'Environnement n’a pas digéré de devoir mettre à pied plus d’une centaine de fonctionnaires et il l’a fait savoir à ses employés.

ici.radio-canada.ca

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 18h

This is how you comeback against a team from Seattle. Oui, c’est possible.

#gohabsgo

A spotlight on an empty net, in tribute to Ken Dryden.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 1d

Doing something socially, environmentally, and personally beneficial shouldn't be dangerous.

Yet 100% of the cyclists I knew (in Toronto) had been hit or pushed off/ into the road by a car.

To me, the #MTL bike system means we're a city where people care about each other and about well-being.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 1d

Every time I hear someone ranting against bike lanes, what I actually hear is someone proudly declaring they do not care if:
- their neighbours get hurt
- municipal infrastructure is affordable
- people can be physically active and healthier
- air & water are protected

It makes me sad.

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Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social · 2d

“My concern is that due to the feeling that we can’t understand AI, we are undemocratically giving the technologists an immense power to shape our society.” https://macleans.ca/technology-3/railway-tycoons-shaped-canada-dont-let-ai-barons-do-the-same/

Railway Tycoons Shaped Canada. Don’t Let AI Barons Do the Same. - Macleans.ca

History shows that when a few people control a transformative technology, they control a nation’s future

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 3d

“Postmedia is the nation’s leading supplier of climate change denial and pro-oil industry propaganda, so it’s not surprising that they would dismiss academic research and rail against bike lanes when they provide an inexpensive solution to interrelated emission, pollution and congestion problems.”

Latest bit of Montreal 'bikelash' sidesteps the facts to please bike-lane haters

The findings of a study about bike lanes vs car infrastructure have been twisted by a Montreal publication in a cheap bit of bikelash.

cultmtl.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 3d

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her | Malala Yousafzai | The Guardian

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen…

www.theguardian.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 3d

The thing I love about science is how people in the same field build on past knowledge.

They push against a common barrier, and when one breaks through all break through.

WIRED @wired.com · 3d

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks. www.wired.com/story/new-me...

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

www.wired.com

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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 3d

Montreal's voter registration deadline for the municipal election is next week. Here's how to register

The registration deadline is Oct. 16 in-person and Oct. 15 online.

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Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · 4d

Library and Archives Canada is now on Bluesky.

Give them a follow!

#Canada #CanadaSky

@library-archives.canada.ca

Library and Archives Canada @library-archives.canada.ca · 6d

Library and Archives Canada has entered the chat! 🍁

As the continuing memory of the federal government, we safeguard Canada’s distant past and recent history for generations to come.

Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery!

#Libraries #Archives #History #CanadaSky

View of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau from across a pond.

Two people spread a very large map across the floor of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau.

A crowd of people listens to a presentation in the Pellan Room at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

A small group of people gathers inside the Art Vault at Library and Archives Canada to view several large, gold-framed paintings.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 4d

This is what Waterman brings to the field. Sigh.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 4d

The Carney, Saputo, Infanto lineup was … confusing? Crowd had no idea what to do. #cmnt

KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5d

Trying to understand the environmental impacts of AI? Or data centres in general? This is a great, up-to-date article that explains the link between "futuristic" tech like AI and old-school, polluting power systems.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 5d

Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

www.theglobeandmail.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5d

Friday afternoon strategy writing background music.

Pre-Millennium Tension par Tricky sur Apple Music

Album · 1996 · 11 chansons

music.apple.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 5d

Montreal is a soccer city.

Ahem. #CFMTL

Match Canada-Australie à guichets fermés | Montréal, « une ville de soccer » selon Jesse Marsch

« Quelle pelouse ! », a lancé Nathan Saliba, dans l’uniforme du Canada, en posant ses crampons sur la surface du stade Saputo, jeudi après-midi. À ses côtés, quelques pas derrière, Ismaël Koné lui a r...

www.lapresse.ca

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 6d

Writing is one of the most valuable fundamental skills in social change work. In an org setting, writing takes more than ordering words around. The process of developing ideas, drafting, editing, approving, publishing, and promoting lays the groundwork for impact. Why don't we talk about it more?

Entremission @entremission.com · 6d

If you lead, you write.  
If you fundraise, you write.  
If you speak, you write.  
If you report, you write.

Writing isn't just for "writers" in social impact work. It's the foundation for all social change.

Writing to change the world | The Organizer #26

Writing is part of every aspect of nonprofit work, from leadership to planning to fundraising to advocacy to service. Have you found your system?

www.entremission.com

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 6d

"And the Blue Jays have done it."

Nice. I was there the last time they won, on bat flip night. This is a totally different, happy, joyous vibe. Smiles all around.

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 7d

Yay. Whales.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 7d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 7d

My choice of operating systems now seems to be "cram AI you don't want into everything" or "eff you and your astigmatism , you don't need to read these screens anyway."

When I have to turn on all accessibility settings and put on glasses just to read the time on my watch, Apple done messed up.

Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Official Video)

'If I Could Turn Back Time' is the lead single from Cher's nineteenth studio album 'Heart of Stone' released in 1989. The official video has been restored in HD quality. Follow Cher: ⋆ Instagram:…

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KrystynT @krystyntully.com · 8d

Data centres dot the Canadian landscape, and more are coming. They consume huge amounts of water but there isn't much transparency or monitoring.

More articles like this and a rousing debate, please.