Snowshadow

Snowshadow, 1 month ago to random

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to news

🚨 ⚠️ Ok fedivese...Let's see you do your stuff...

Please read article ⬇️ and BOOST

👉 You could be the key to SAVING a Navan, Ont. MAN'S LIFE as he seeks a living liver donor

(information in article...as i understand it you only need to give a portion of your liver and it will regrow)

@gemelliz
@GottaLaff

#News
#Help #Transplant #Donor #healthcare

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/you-could-be-the-key-to-saving-a-navan-ont-man-s-life-as-he-seeks-a-living-liver-donor-1.6826517

Snowshadow, 26 days ago to news

So all those of you protesters refusing to vote for Biden I hope you realize this is your future with a Trump presidency:👇

" Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen"

@TonyStark
@GottaLaff

#News #Protests #Biden #Trump #Gaza
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/trump-protesters-gop-marco-rubio-palestine-college-deport/

Snowshadow, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

#introduction
Hello. I took a break from social media when youknowwho bought what became that awful site.
I thought I would give Mastodon a try.
I am an (old)Canadian. Interests include but are not limited to:
music, climate crisis and solutions, politics, social justice, science, art, literature, humour, and health.
I don't post a lot but enjoy discussing/replying to others.
Looking forward to meeting you, listening, & learning.
Have a wonderful day.😀
I auto-block racists and anti-LGBTQ+

Snowshadow, 5 months ago to random

Snowshadow, 5 months ago to Health

🎅 👩‍⚕️💉 😷 ⚕️

Let's all give a shout out
to all
HEALTHCARE
WORKERS
working during this holiday.
❤️ ❤️

Thank you.

Please boost

#Doctor #Nurse #Health #Joinin #Christmas #Family #Worker #Physician

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to internet

@GottaLaff

One of your followers asked for tips how to spot online foreign disinfo bots/trolls so here are a couple of links for people to read:

The second link is to an interactive article so we can judge the difference between a real account and that of a bot/troll.

#SocialMedia #Election #Bot #Troll

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-do-i-spot-fake-social-media-accounts-bots-and-trolls/a-60313035

This one is interactive:

https://spotthetroll.org/start

Snowshadow, 1 month ago to news

⚠️ 🚨 April 27 & 28🚨 ⚠️

Avoid this: It is NOT a book festival

Ottawa Book Festival Platforming Far-Right Speakers Uses Fake Employees and Misleading Sponsors

"But not only will this year’s event platform several far-right speakers linked to the 2022 Freedom Convoy occupation, a number of the festival’s corporate sponsors and key employees also appear to be misleading or fake."

👉 Info about organizers in article.⬇️ Please read it.👀

#News #Books #Festival #Ottawa
https://pressprogress.ca/ottawa-book-festival-platforming-far-right-speakers-uses-fake-employees-and-misleading-sponsors/

Snowshadow, 22 days ago to news

🚨 ⚠️ Please Boost⚠️ 🚨

U.S. issues worldwide alert amid threat of violence against LGBTQ2S+ community

"WASHINGTON -

The U.S. State Department on Friday issued a worldwide caution security alert..."

"Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution," the department said in a statement"

#News #LGBTQ+ #USA
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-issues-worldwide-alert-amid-threat-of-violence-against-lgbtq-community-1.6891798

Snowshadow, 4 months ago to Parenting

⚠️ 🚨 🚨 ⚠️

Please BOOST

⚠️ WARNING TO PARENTS⚠️

Children's pain and fever medicine recalled due to acetaminophen overdose risk

#Parenting #Children #Health #Recalls #Medicine

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/children-s-pain-and-fever-medicine-recalled-due-to-acetaminophen-overdose-risk-1.6731739

Snowshadow, 4 months ago to news

Alberta Wildfire warns of extreme danger come spring 2024

⚠️ 👀 The numbers are astonishing:

🚨 👀 In the middle of winter, Alberta wildland firefighters are battling 57 fires across the province.

#News #Alberta #Drought #ClimateCrisis
https://globalnews.ca/news/10279556/alberta-wildfire-spring-2024-warning/

Snowshadow, 4 months ago to news

😟 🙁We are killing the earth

Sparse snowpack levels across B.C. raise fears of severe drought this year

Snow levels in province's mountains are 39% below normal, according to new data

#News #ClimateCrisis #Drought #BC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drought-snow-levels-plunge-to-40-normal-1.7109143?cmp=rss

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to news

😢 Please take the time to read past the headline...and please Boost this because I am sure it applies to children worldwide.
Thank you.

In Australia, research shows 43% of children aged 10 to 14 are worried about the future impact of climate change,
👉 and one in four believe the world will end before they grow up.

#News #ClimateCrisis #Parenting #Education #Children

https://theconversation.com/how-long-before-climate-change-will-destroy-the-earth-research-reveals-what-australian-kids-want-to-know-about-our-warming-world-226122

Snowshadow, 1 month ago to news

🚨 What We Risk by Normalizing Poilievre’s Politics

"We face losing nothing less than Canadian decency, decorum and democracy. Do news media recognize this?"

"Demonizing opponents, intimidating journalists, disrespecting institutions, politicizing the rights of the vulnerable and undermining truth are warning signs for democratic erosion."

"Now is the time-For Canadians concerned with.....our politics to resist giving in to despair."

(1/2 continued)

#Canpoli #News

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/26/What-We-Risk-Normalizing-Poilievre-Politics/

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to news

The real threat to gender-diverse children is the politicization of care issues like puberty blockers and detransition

Under the pretext of protecting children, Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has said he is opposed to the use of puberty blockers for gender-diverse children.

#News #Politics
#LGBTQ+ #Healthcare

https://theconversation.com/the-real-threat-to-gender-diverse-children-is-the-politicization-of-care-issues-like-puberty-blockers-and-detransition-223170

Snowshadow, 4 months ago to Futurology

More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record

The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg

#Research #Science #News

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03974-8

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to news

This article should be read by everyone--it goes beyond borders.
We need to push back!

Please BOOST

Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested

⚠️ How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian
👉 populism is being employed here and around the world.👈

#News #Fascism #Politics #Democracy

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to news

USA and CANADA!
This is the result of voting for people like Trump and Pierre Poilievre👇

Despair’: Argentinian researchers protest as president begins dismantling science

Javier Milei’s actions after taking office have research institutions facing shutdown.

@gemelliz
@TonyStark
#News #Politics #Science

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00628-1

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to news

👍 HarperCollins made a tiny tweak to its book design—and has saved thousands of trees as a result

In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of each book, they’re tweaking fonts, layout, and even the ink used. The goal is to pack more into each page, while ensuring that the pages are as readable as ever. And so far, these subtle, imperceptible tweaks have saved 245.6 million pages, equivalent to 5,618 trees.

#News #Books #Ecology #Conservation
https://web.archive.org/web/20240403054930/https://www.fastcompany.com/91071102/harper-collins-made-a-tiny-tweak-to-its-book-design-and-has-saved-thousands-of-trees-as-a-result

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to news

🇺🇸 For US followers

Biden wants people to know most of the money he's seeking for Ukraine would be spent in the U.S.

As U.S. President Joe Biden pushes House Republicans to pass needed aid, he wants voters to understand that nearly two-thirds — or nearly US$40 billion — of the money for Ukraine would actually go to U.S. factories spread out across the country including plants in Lima, Ohio and Scranton, Penn. as well as Mesquite.

@TonyStark
#News #USA #War
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/biden-wants-people-to-know-most-of-the-money-he-s-seeking-for-ukraine-would-be-spent-in-the-u-s-1.6776819

Snowshadow, 1 month ago to politics

@tonystark I found this article...not sure if you have come across it.

How Conservative Policies and Rhetoric Kill People

Study after study says it: Right-wing policies and rhetoric lead to more homicides and suicides. Why don’t more people know this?

#Politics USpoli #NEws
https://newrepublic.com/article/180829/conservative-policies-rhetoric-kill-people

Snowshadow, 1 month ago to news

⚠️ "Half of all plastics ever manufactured were produced in the last two decades, and production continues to rise at an alarming rate, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons in 2015. "

👉 "..the amount of plastics is expected to double by 2050, with irreversible pollution on land, air and waters, including the ocean. "

👉 Russia, Iran, Cuba, Saudi Arabia are holding hostage the U.N. Treaty against plastics

#News #ClimateCrisis #Plastics #UN #Health

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/24/opinion/holding-un-plastics-treaty-hostage

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to news

:pensive_party_blob: Good News🥳

Good news for salmon recovery in Petitcodiac River

New bridge making it easier for fish to swim upstream, juvenile population on the rise, says biologist

#News
#Conservation #Fish #Environment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/salmon-recovery-petitcodiac-1.7112582?cmp=rss

Snowshadow, 2 months ago to news

⚠️ 🚨 🇺🇸 RECALL-FOOD⚠️ 🚨

Please boost

Turkey sausage recall: Johnsonville recalls more than 35,000 pounds of meat after rubber found

Sold in these states:
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Washington
California
Oregon
Idaho
North Carolina
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota

#News #Recall #Food

https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/money/food/2024/03/11/johnsonville-turkey-sausage-recalled-rubber/72931514007/

Snowshadow, 25 days ago to news

🔥 👩‍🚒 Wildfire growth prompts another evacuation order in northeastern B.C.

Two more communities under evacuation orders:

Doig River First Nation and the Peace River Regional District as a fire threatens nearby.

#News #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/wildfire-growth-prompts-another-evacuation-order-in-northeastern-b-c