42aross

42aross, 3 months ago to random

Portugal's overdose death rates are a tiny fraction of U.S. fatalities

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/24/1230188789/portugal-drug-overdose-opioid-treatment

> Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.

42aross, 1 month ago to Canada

'Deeply unhappy' grocery shoppers plan to boycott Loblaw-owned stores in May

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/29/deeply-unhappy-grocery-shoppers-plan-to-boycott-loblaw-owned-stores-in-may/

> A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in May. It’s the latest sign of Canadians’ mounting frustration with the major grocers, which have been under political and public scrutiny for rising food prices and profits. “We don’t want to struggle anymore,” said Emily […]

#Canada #Ontario #loblaw

42aross, 6 months ago to random

Google Caves, Agrees to Pay News Companies for Content in Canada

https://gizmodo.com/google-will-pay-news-companies-content-canada-1851058840

> Google will pay news publishers about $74 million for content shared on its platform.

42aross, 7 months ago to random

This doctor treated HIV/AIDS patients when no one else would. His advocacy continued as he prepared to die

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/doctor-dick-smith-dies-gay-lgbtq-health-care-advocate-1.7020297

> A Winnipeg doctor hopes his legacy of providing health care to LGBTQ patients — one of only a few local physicians doing so at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis — extends beyond his life.

42aross, 4 months ago to science

Whales Once Walked Along the Coasts of North America

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whales-once-walked-along-the-coasts-of-north-america-180979027/

> Increasing fossil finds are helping researchers understand how such early whales made their way to the continent

#science #whales

42aross, 2 months ago to climate

Some people seem to be arguing that unless fighting climate change is easy, convenient, doesn't require any changes to how we live today, and doesn't cost us anything, then they don't want to support the efforts.

I'm hoping the logic error is obvious.

(1 of 2)

#climatechange #climatecrisis #science #tech #technology #Canada #carbontax

42aross, 18 days ago to climate

Mexico is about to experience its 'highest temperatures ever recorded' as death toll climbs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-heat-wave-1.7214308

> The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has already killed dozens of people, but the hottest temperatures are yet to come, officials say.

#climatechange #science

42aross, 11 months ago to Ottawa

Way to go #Ottawa

42aross, 4 months ago to science

NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/trump-tried-to-kill-it-but-nasas-new-climate-satellite-is-finally-in-orbit/

> “It has been a long, strange trip," says the top scientist on NASA's PACE mission.

#science #NASA #climatechange

42aross, 4 months ago to science

Mars helicopter Ingenuity's final resting place named after 'Undying Lands' in 'Lord of the Rings'

https://www.space.com/ingenuity-mars-helicopter-final-resting-place-lord-of-the-rings-tolkein

> There are Tolkien fans at the Jet Propulsion Lab.

#science #NASA #lotr

42aross, 4 months ago to science

First aircraft to fly on Mars dies — but leaves a legacy of science

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00248-9

> The record-setting Mars helicopter Ingenuity broke during a final, fatal flight.

#science #mars #NASA

42aross, 1 month ago to climate

Climate Action Is a Legal Obligation, European Court Rules

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/04/10/european-court-rules-that-climate-action-is-legal-obligation-00151394

> The court found that climate change is a human rights issue, providing a blueprint for Europeans to force their governments to tackle rising temperatures.

#climatechange #climatecrisis #Science #europe

42aross, 8 months ago to random

Hmm, is there a block list of bigots on Mastodon? I was thinking it might be handy to crowd source a list of bozos worth blocking.

42aross, 6 months ago to Ottawa

Consultant cited by airport authority says he never recommended cutting down trees

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/hunt-club-forest-airport-clear-cut-ottawa-1.7036570

> The author of one of several reports cited by the Ottawa International Airport Authority as justification to cut down an entire forest on Hunt Club Road says he's never made any such recommendation.

#Ottawa

42aross, 11 months ago to Ottawa

The facists are back to spout anti-LGBTQ+ hate on Wednesday.

Please join too. Let's drown out the hate.

Meet at the National Arts Centre at 9am. Thank you! 💜

#ottawa

42aross, 10 months ago to random

World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/worlds-biggest-permafrost-crater-russias-far-east-thaws-planet-warms-2023-07-21/

> Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the Batagaika crater, a one kilometre long gash in Russia's Far East that forms the world's biggest permafrost crater.

42aross, 2 months ago to random

Hundreds of Canadian artists denounce 'alarming' anti-trans legislation in open letter

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-artists-open-letter-anti-trans-policies-1.7160219

> More than 400 Canadian artists from the worlds of music, film and literature are denouncing what they describe as "alarming and destructive" anti-trans legislation in an open letter released Sunday by music superstars Tegan and Sara.

42aross, 8 months ago to Ottawa

Indigenous veterans hold cleansing ceremony in Ottawa after Nazi flag appears on monument

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/indigenous-veterans-hold-cleansing-ceremony-in-ottawa-after-nazi-flag-appears-on-monument/

#ottawa #ontario #nospaceforhate

42aross, 3 months ago to random

Florida's measles response flouts science of disease prevention

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/28/1234483734/floridas-response-to-measles-outbreak-troubles-public-health-experts

> The state has at least 10 cases of the illness to date but the state's surgeon general has not called for vaccinations or quarantining of exposed kids. This goes against science-based measures.

42aross, 9 months ago to random

Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834190/linus-tech-tips-gamersnexus-madison-reeves-controversy

> The controversy continues to grow.

42aross, 3 months ago to Ottawa

Buckle up #Ottawa. A drop of 28°C in a matter of hours strikes me as a good chance of severe weather.

42aross, 5 months ago to random

Court decision finds use of “groomer” slur against drag performers to be rhetoric based on hurtful and hateful myths and stereotypes

https://egale.ca/egale-in-action/rad-v-webster/

> On December 14, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided in Rainbow Alliance Dryden et al. v. Webster to allow a defamation suit by a drag performer and a 2SLGBTQI community organization against an individual who publicly called them “groomers” to continue

42aross, 10 months ago to random

US doctors’ group will ‘stand with’ physicians who disobey unethical laws
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/13/american-medical-association-abortion-trans-care-unethical-laws

>President of American Medical Association says doctors must balance ‘ethical obligation’ to patients in face of restrictive laws

42aross, 11 months ago to Ottawa

If you can make it, this event could use some good people to help drown out the bigots.

The event features fun music, costumes, and books read by kind people. It is child appropriate, and nothing about it is sexual.

Thank you!

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/34744

#ottawa

42aross, 3 months ago to Ottawa

Gunshots?! Near Merivale and Meadowlands

#Ottawa