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Katia
@katiatee.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary public servant working to address the inequitable impacts of disasters and climate change. Urban resilience, social justice, and strategic foresight. Views my own. she/her
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Lost in translation: How Sri Lanka’s Tamils face repeated disaster warning failures https://ow.ly/KQH150XN0gU #NoNaturalDisastersky.app/profile/did:plc:uupphcixu3dajr6fljwepbzf" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">#NoNaturalDisasters Kevin Blanchard (he/him) Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative
Lost in translation: How Sri Lanka’s Tamils face repeated disaster warning failures
Language gaps left Tamil-speaking communities dangerously unprepared as Cyclone Ditwah triggered deadly floods and landslides.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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hey Vancouver, Park Theatre is re-opening!!

They're doing a soft-launch event showing a handful of classics for $10/ticket. Worth checking out if u dont have any plans in the next few days, want to support the reopening of a historic theatre, and see some good moveys! www.theparktheatre.ca
December 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Ten years in, the Paris Agreement has only had limited success in achieving its climate goals.

@jenniferhadden.bsky.social breaks down how the challenges facing the agreement can be addressed in climate governance going forward:
Why the Paris Agreement Failed—and How to Do Better
A decade after its birth, the landmark Paris climate deal is on life support. But a better model is possible for climate diplomacy.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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From late summer to fall, the grizzly and black bears of British Columbia’s Central Coast embark on an epic grub crawl, moving from stream to stream to feast on spawning salmon.
Charting a Course Through Bears’ Eyes | The Tyee
Stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.
thetyee.ca
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A toxic masculinicollie
Threads is just wild because what the fuck
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.

When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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It's only Cancel Culture if it originates in the Cancelle region of France. Otherwise, it's just sparkling consequences.

(Originally posted on the birdsite on June 26, 2020)
August 23, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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Rivers with beavers can have up to 6x more species of fish, amphibians, water insects, water plants, and dragonflies, and up to 60x more abundance, than those without.

What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing.
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Something gnawed your oak tree? Sink hole in your road? How Zurich’s beaver hotline is reassuring residents
As the number of the semi-aquatic creatures soars so can tensions. But the Swiss have a tried and tested system to calm the neighbours and restore harmony
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December 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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'Care is not your credential; it’s your calling, your skills, your knowledge, your access, your obligation to your community...The struggle is already here, and you can either enforce the harm or interrupt it. We need insurgent care, and we needed it yesterday.'

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Death Panel Presents: Health Fascism and the Anti-State State. A close analysis of the first year of Trump and RFK’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the damage it’s caused, and how to stop it

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Health Fascism and the Anti-State State (12/22/25) | The Death Panel
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December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis
www.sfu.ca
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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After more than a decade of tragedy, Christchurch emerges as New Zealand’s most ‘vibrant city’
After more than a decade of tragedy, Christchurch emerges as New Zealand’s most ‘vibrant city’
Christchurch now at the centre of the country’s fastest-growing region as lower house prices, job prospects and thriving cultural scene entice people to the city
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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"Get a bottle of dish soap. This is your new best friend."

News you can use in an atmospheric river🌧️: Seattle & King Country Public Health has released guidance on ... toilet rats, a phenomenon that can be exacerbated by heavy rains. Guidance, with comix!

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Toilet Rats: Rare, but There
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Report: Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
Report: Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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When the Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre was approached to help design a new Edmonton Transit Service bus wrap, the idea quickly evolved into something far more meaningful than an art project. 🚌 Chevi Rabbit writes.
How Indigenous Seniors Turned a Bus Into a Movement | The Tyee
‘Even when the bus is simply running its routes, it advocates.’
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Nuclear is not the safe option as an energy alternative to fossil fuels: Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants
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Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining by distance, according to a new Harvard Chan School s...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Direct link to the ACORN report: acorncanada.org/resources/ac...
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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What a Crumbling Power Grid Means for Disabled Americans – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Canada Post and the postal workers' union have reached tentative agreements on new contracts, which will be voted on in the new year.

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Canada Post, union reach tentative deals on new contracts - National | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Monday that ratification votes on the deals for its urban and rural units will take place in the new year.
globalnews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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YEAR IN REVIEW: 🏙️Learn how high-density communities in Canada can be designed to promote health and climate resilience through evidence-informed urban planning and public health collaboration. 📖 READ MORE ▶️ ncceh.ca/resources/ev...
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM