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Mary Anne Schleinich

@interactionfirst.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 therapist, dancer, writer, local climate leader- courageously facing reality and committed to the global family. www.marystherapy.ca

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · Aug 3

What's wrong with us? Pretending something isn't true won't make it go away. Turn to @news.rte.ie @theguardian.com & @aljazeera.com. I get more relief there than from the milky statements by @mark-carney.bsky.social. The truth can galvanize action such as this www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

100,000 people came out to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge, police say – as it happened

This blog is now closed

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 15h

B.C.’s Peace River Region faces ongoing severe drought, oil & gas set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase. Take action now calling for common-sense changes to oil & gas water regulations: Stand.earth/FrackingWithFreshwater
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Fracking with Freshwater 2025 - Stand.earth

At a time where we should be making every effort to conserve water and phase out fossil fuels, oil and gas companies in B.C. withdrew and polluted enough freshwater for more than 110,000 households – ...

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 2d

Today I’m suggesting an amendment to the government’s proposed legislation for a Cente for Disease Control. I’m pushing the govt to include preventative health care- like considering the mental health impact of gambling harm- from its first day.

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 1d

#yyccc gets an F from me for bike lanes. They do not separate cars (read trucks of all kind, SUVs) from people on cycle or on foot. Three deaths this summer. Friend struck, 88yo, went under the car. I nearly hit a mother and child (literally did not see them, each of us right on the paths.

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Montreal’s public bike share system (BIXI) was featured in the TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame for 2008, not far from the iPhone and Google Street View.

While not the very first bike sharing system, it was one of the earliest and it was the model for many other systems, from NYC to London.

TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame

See the most iconic inventions of the past 25 years

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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, someone who understands the First Amendment and democracy in America. @justprotest.bsky.social

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR

"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."

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Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected

In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 1d

Hollywood's nightmare.

Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu-... OMG!! We can transition to 100% clean #renewable energy using less land than O&G, and we can clean up the O&G stranded assets. Also--we can hold O&G accountable for the cost of clean up. @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Busting a myth on how much land is needed for the U.S. to run on 100% renewables vs fossil+biofuels

YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEd1... Great forum! Even if your candidate is not here, you'll learn a lot about things that matter to us and how to ask your questions yourself. Thanks @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social #yyccc @calgaryclimatehub.ca @mykeatkinson.bsky.social @davidbarrett.bsky.social

Ward 7 CERT Municipal Election Forum with Anthony Askew, David Barrett, and Mike Atkinson

YouTube video by The Gravity Well with Jenny Yeremiy

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 4d

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... @naheednenshi.bsky.social @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social @anthropocenempg.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 4d

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
@anthropocenempg.bsky.social @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @climatecasino.net @robb-barnes.bsky.social @cape-bc.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social

Tell the CRA to Stop Funding Israel’s Illegal Occupation Through UIAC’s Tax-Subsidized Funds

The United Israel Appeal of Canada, Ltd. (UIAC) is a Canadian registered charity that states its purpose is to ““conduct social welfare programs in Canada and Israel.” These programs include “resettle...

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 4d

"When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @climatecasino.net @calgaryclimatehub.ca @maxfawcett.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 4d

Educated (propaganda), trained (mandatory military), supplied (US backed) to kill, and here are the results. We need to realize this is part of humanity, and then do something about it.

Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 4d

"The criminal Israeli army said it had stopped its attack... so this family chose to return to the northern part...

This family was supposed to be prevented from returning, either by warning shots or by loudspeaker..
But these criminals found it easier to kill..."

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 6d

Boycotting Timmy’s

Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 7d

Spend $14M on Alberta students via Alberta Education.

Sarah!!!!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ #1 GOOhNer @queerandangry.com · 7d

“We need pipelines” no we don’t. I would like to live on a planet that isn’t on fire. But nenshi cares about shareholders, not albertans

Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 7d

Danielle Smith's 'plan' for a pipeline is nothing but a pipe dream.

There's no route, no partner, no funding, and no consultation. Just another $14 million of taxpayer funds wasted on a project that does nothing and goes nowhere.

Alberta's New Democrats got it done once, and we'll do it again.

Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 7d

A world enabled and protected by justice for all This work has achieved much to make us proud www.justiceforallcanada.org/callitgenoci... #RohingyaGenocide #Burma 2019 Myanmar to ICJ. UyghurGenocide. #callitgenocide

Call it Genocide

Since October 7, 2023, we've witnessed unbearable scenes in Gaza. Palestinian children starve because food is blocked, families hunted by snipers, whole neighbourhoods, hospitals, schools, and places ...

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 8d

I meant to write, Israel does not own the Med, nor Palestine. Their military and president are using the Israeli people and hostages to achieve their own goals, even if it brings the shame of #genocide to them.

Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 8d

No drilling and dashing on my dime! All in 🇨🇦 want a safe environment and are sick of the ways we subsidize the richest so that they collect more wealth for themselves. Have your say here →https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4A-EaUyLeuDGy7KFmu0=/b #ableg @naheednenshi.bsky.social
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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 8d

Hope you are also keeping your ears out for a general strike in Italy against the continuing #callitgenocide by US backed, now war crime state of Israel. I'd like to see that level of intolerance for the unilateral decimation, with unlimited access to weapons.

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 8d

Send a message to your MLA, tell them to clean up the oil and gas mess!
#cleanupyourmess
www.cleanupyourmess.ca/write-your-mla

Write to Your MLA

Send a digital letter to your MLA about the Mature Asset Strategy in under 2 minutes.

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 9d

US -backed war crime state of Israel does not won the Mediterranean, nor Palestine. @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca protect Canadians now! 🇨🇦
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud flotilla vessels: What we know so far

Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 9d

Canadians are part of the Sumud Flotilla. Call your MP to insist that Israel stop attacking this mission of peaceful humanitarian activists. Israel has no right to oppose them. US - backed Israeli military is acting illegally. @coreyhogan.ca @keiragunn.bsky.social canadaboatgaza.org/2025/10/01/c...

CBG Press Release: Despite illegal Israeli attacks, we continue to challenge the illegal blockade of Gaza - Canadian Boat to Gaza

For immediate release Israel has, one more time, violated International law and attacked the Sumud Flotilla boats attempting to break its illegal blockade of Gaza, in international waters. Israel may ...

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 9d

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 10d

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me... This is long over-due!!

Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows

I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...

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Mary Anne Schleinich @interactionfirst.bsky.social · 10d

@forourkidscanada.bsky.social @cape-bc.bsky.social “We anticipate increased noise and visible emissions from the flare,” ... LNG Canada posted notifications related to flaring 23 times since September last year, some of which have included “unplanned flaring” events. thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-lng-...

Noise, smoke from LNG Canada plagues residents of Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal

Residents near LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., say the constant noise and toxic smoke is ‘hell’ — and threatens serious health impacts

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