Anne Carbert
@accarbert.bsky.social
Here for informed views on the polycrisis & voices for justice, action, hope, & care … plus sharing some art & natural beauty!
Ontario transplant living in Cumberland NS, Mi’kma’ki
She/Her
Ontario transplant living in Cumberland NS, Mi’kma’ki
She/Her
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
There are alternatives to the austerity budget. We HAVE to stop giving handouts to the wealthy and a free pass to polluters while making everyone else pay the price while inequality spirals out of control.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... @policyalternatives.ca @beynate.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... @policyalternatives.ca @beynate.bsky.social
Alternative federal budget 2026: Taxation | CCPA
What the Canadian government should do on taxation. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There are alternatives to the austerity budget. We HAVE to stop giving handouts to the wealthy and a free pass to polluters while making everyone else pay the price while inequality spirals out of control.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... @policyalternatives.ca @beynate.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... @policyalternatives.ca @beynate.bsky.social
Reposted by Anne Carbert
That’s 2 announcements in a week from PM MC of potential trade deals with fraught human rights concerns: UAE & India. With no signs of those concerns being taken seriously. Leaving human rights out of trade policy undermines rights & is shortsighted.
Carney and Modi agree to restart stalled Canada-India trade talks
Two leaders met at G20 summit and pledged to revive trade talks that broke down in 2023 after killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That’s 2 announcements in a week from PM MC of potential trade deals with fraught human rights concerns: UAE & India. With no signs of those concerns being taken seriously. Leaving human rights out of trade policy undermines rights & is shortsighted.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Think Canada is a climate leader? Did you expect Mark Carney to be a climate leader? Are you a British Columbian worried about our coast? Read this 🧵
@mark-carney.bsky.social is edging closer to what would amounts to a 'Stupid Bargain' of historical proportions with #alberta and #oilsands companies. A mega 🧵 @theglobeandmail.com #cop30 #oil #expansion #Indigenousrights #cdnpoli #c5 #ICJ www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #StupidBargain 1/
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Think Canada is a climate leader? Did you expect Mark Carney to be a climate leader? Are you a British Columbian worried about our coast? Read this 🧵
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Latest for @pressprogress.ca:
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
As More and More Studies Expose Fossil-fuel Health Harms, Mark Carney Doubles Down
First Nations and frontline workers lead the charge against Canada's aggressive LNG expansion
pressprogress.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Latest for @pressprogress.ca:
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
One day after @amnesty.org report confirmed what First Nations + doctors have been saying — that living near oil & gas causes all kinds of health harms — 🇨🇦 PM @mark-carney.bsky.social announced more support for LNG infrastructure in BC
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
The national interest is not served by pouring taxpayer money into corporate profits. Stabilizing the market must be done in a way that includes strengthening, not avoiding, Indigenous consent requirements, regulatory safeguards, and environmental protection. www.miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
Projects of National Interest: Wrong Approach, Wrong Objective | Mining Watch Canada
www.miningwatch.ca
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The national interest is not served by pouring taxpayer money into corporate profits. Stabilizing the market must be done in a way that includes strengthening, not avoiding, Indigenous consent requirements, regulatory safeguards, and environmental protection. www.miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/11...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
New research from Stand.earth has uncovered a shocking truth: Drax, the coal giant-turned-“sustainable energy” company, is purchasing old growth in B.C, Canada and turning trees into wood pellets to fuel power plants overseas. Sign this petition to protect old growth
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...
Stand.earth - For the people and places you love
For more than twenty years, we’ve been utilizing cutting-edge research, building equitable power with frontline communities, and leveraging mass movements to make a real impact on the health and wellb...
Stand.earth
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New research from Stand.earth has uncovered a shocking truth: Drax, the coal giant-turned-“sustainable energy” company, is purchasing old growth in B.C, Canada and turning trees into wood pellets to fuel power plants overseas. Sign this petition to protect old growth
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
“Researchers have defined this kind of systemic misunderstanding of how others think as a perception gap, and one result is that politicians calculate that they can continue to cater to corporate interests and preserve the fossil fuel status quo.”
🌍 The vast majority of people want governments to take climate action, but most wrongly think they're in the minority.
Amy Westervelt explores the media's role in this “perception gap" in this piece for @thenation.com
Amy Westervelt explores the media's role in this “perception gap" in this piece for @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Researchers have defined this kind of systemic misunderstanding of how others think as a perception gap, and one result is that politicians calculate that they can continue to cater to corporate interests and preserve the fossil fuel status quo.”
Reposted by Anne Carbert
The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Budget 2025 does little to contain the cost-of-living crisis or rising rates of poverty. Important programs are targeted for cuts, others to be starved of funds. Is this the route to an inclusive future? #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind - CCPA
The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Budget 2025 does little to contain the cost-of-living crisis or rising rates of poverty. Important programs are targeted for cuts, others to be starved of funds. Is this the route to an inclusive future? #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
Who is responsible for the affordability crisis?
youtube.com/watch?v=kxYl...
youtube.com/watch?v=kxYl...
Who is responsible for the affordability crisis?
YouTube video by Migrant Rights Network
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Who is responsible for the affordability crisis?
youtube.com/watch?v=kxYl...
youtube.com/watch?v=kxYl...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
If Tim Houston is so concerned about democracy, he’d sit in the legislature for more than eight days, wouldn’t override decisions of Halifax regional council, would talk with reporters, and wouldn’t consider giving part of a provincial park to a private developer for a golf course.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If Tim Houston is so concerned about democracy, he’d sit in the legislature for more than eight days, wouldn’t override decisions of Halifax regional council, would talk with reporters, and wouldn’t consider giving part of a provincial park to a private developer for a golf course.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
I really wish some news outlets would stop regurgitating Houston’s tweets verbatim.
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatoon prosecutor upset she is not allowed to wear a poppy in court | CBC News
A Saskatoon prosecutor says she should be allowed to honour veterans by wearing a poppy in court. Lana Morelli was told that she cannot.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I really wish some news outlets would stop regurgitating Houston’s tweets verbatim.
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Anne Carbert
I dealt with a lot of fossil-fuel propaganda in my book, but the lie that “by doing what we’re already doing we’ve avoided the bad outcomes” has in the past two years turned out to be the most popular and the most pernicious of all the disinformation I discussed.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I dealt with a lot of fossil-fuel propaganda in my book, but the lie that “by doing what we’re already doing we’ve avoided the bad outcomes” has in the past two years turned out to be the most popular and the most pernicious of all the disinformation I discussed.
“Cutting aid to those who need it most, and threatening decades of progress in the fight against AIDS, does not represent a “Canada Strong.” It represents a Canada that has lost its moral compass.”
Read the full statement at theslf.org/Statement-on-Budget2025
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Cutting aid to those who need it most, and threatening decades of progress in the fight against AIDS, does not represent a “Canada Strong.” It represents a Canada that has lost its moral compass.”
The government of Canada knows the deadly impact of the dismantling of USAID and just cut foreign aid in this week’s federal budget. Beyond shameful.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The government of Canada knows the deadly impact of the dismantling of USAID and just cut foreign aid in this week’s federal budget. Beyond shameful.
Reposted by Anne Carbert
PEN Canada joins 43 organizations and 123 individuals in open letter opposing “National Sprint” consultation on AI strategy, which proposed a mere thirty-day window on short notice.
pencanada.ca/news/open-le...
pencanada.ca/news/open-le...
Open Letter to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing “National Sprint” consultation on AI strategy - PEN Canada
pencanada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
PEN Canada joins 43 organizations and 123 individuals in open letter opposing “National Sprint” consultation on AI strategy, which proposed a mere thirty-day window on short notice.
pencanada.ca/news/open-le...
pencanada.ca/news/open-le...