Vania
@dawookie.bsky.social
- Proud cat herder & homeostatic vibe-shifter
- Devil's advocate & altruism bully (in recovery)
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
- Devil's advocate & altruism bully (in recovery)
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
When you teach kindness to children, show them its POWER. When you teach pragmatism, show them how WEAK selfish cruelty is.
Wherever they find the limits of YOUR compassion, make YOURSELF bigger. Kids are going to need WIDE perspectives to fix the world we've broken.
#ClimateEmergency
#BetterDems
Wherever they find the limits of YOUR compassion, make YOURSELF bigger. Kids are going to need WIDE perspectives to fix the world we've broken.
#ClimateEmergency
#BetterDems
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When you teach kindness to children, show them its POWER. When you teach pragmatism, show them how WEAK selfish cruelty is.
Wherever they find the limits of YOUR compassion, make YOURSELF bigger. Kids are going to need WIDE perspectives to fix the world we've broken.
#ClimateEmergency
#BetterDems
Wherever they find the limits of YOUR compassion, make YOURSELF bigger. Kids are going to need WIDE perspectives to fix the world we've broken.
#ClimateEmergency
#BetterDems
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“Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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This is corporate manslaughter!
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Shell ready to invest more in Italy if drilling permits unlocked
Shell is ready to invest more in Italy to boost hydrocarbon production, the head of the energy group's Italian unit said on Wednesday, urging the government to allow new drilling.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is corporate manslaughter!
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
No dead animals, only cutie-pie live ones?
Grandpa teaching cooking lessons?
EXCELLENT messaging.
Happy Thanksgiving!
#BetterDems
Grandpa teaching cooking lessons?
EXCELLENT messaging.
Happy Thanksgiving!
#BetterDems
Happy Thanksgiving, Ohio!
From Connie, Franklin, Walter and me
From Connie, Franklin, Walter and me
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
No dead animals, only cutie-pie live ones?
Grandpa teaching cooking lessons?
EXCELLENT messaging.
Happy Thanksgiving!
#BetterDems
Grandpa teaching cooking lessons?
EXCELLENT messaging.
Happy Thanksgiving!
#BetterDems
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
Forever thankful to anyone who never posts photos of dead animals like enjoying the slaughter of innocents is something to be proud of.
#BetterDems
There are things we do to survive & there are things we do because we're a selfish, destructive species.
There is no perfection, only progress.
#BetterDems
There are things we do to survive & there are things we do because we're a selfish, destructive species.
There is no perfection, only progress.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Forever thankful to anyone who never posts photos of dead animals like enjoying the slaughter of innocents is something to be proud of.
#BetterDems
There are things we do to survive & there are things we do because we're a selfish, destructive species.
There is no perfection, only progress.
#BetterDems
There are things we do to survive & there are things we do because we're a selfish, destructive species.
There is no perfection, only progress.
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Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
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Four residents of Pari Island, near Jakarta, vowed to fight one of the most climate-damaging industries: cement. They filed a lawsuit against Hochin cement giant in Swiss www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-...
Four Indonesian islanders take on Swiss cement giant Holcim
A report from Pulau Pari, Indonesia, where four residents have vowed to fight a major Swiss company in one of the world's most polluting industries.
www.swissinfo.ch
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Four residents of Pari Island, near Jakarta, vowed to fight one of the most climate-damaging industries: cement. They filed a lawsuit against Hochin cement giant in Swiss www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-...
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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“We all benefit — regardless of our age, our gender, our ability, our socioeconomic status — when our cities are more balanced, where cars are not the dominant force.”
An absolute honour for Melissa to be featured in the @nytimes.com’s Women in Leadership Special Report this week.
nyti.ms/3XhNIWX
An absolute honour for Melissa to be featured in the @nytimes.com’s Women in Leadership Special Report this week.
nyti.ms/3XhNIWX
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“We all benefit — regardless of our age, our gender, our ability, our socioeconomic status — when our cities are more balanced, where cars are not the dominant force.”
An absolute honour for Melissa to be featured in the @nytimes.com’s Women in Leadership Special Report this week.
nyti.ms/3XhNIWX
An absolute honour for Melissa to be featured in the @nytimes.com’s Women in Leadership Special Report this week.
nyti.ms/3XhNIWX
Canada, your elbows have turned to jell-o and melted onto the ground.
If you want a better world, you're gonna have to FIGHT for it.
If you want a better world, you're gonna have to FIGHT for it.
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Canada, your elbows have turned to jell-o and melted onto the ground.
If you want a better world, you're gonna have to FIGHT for it.
If you want a better world, you're gonna have to FIGHT for it.
An EPIC demonstration of COWARDICE and IRRESPONSIBILITY.
ELBOWS UP, MY ASS.
#BetterDems
Canadians, GET FURIOUS. This is how we LOSE the PLANET.
ELBOWS UP, MY ASS.
#BetterDems
Canadians, GET FURIOUS. This is how we LOSE the PLANET.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
An EPIC demonstration of COWARDICE and IRRESPONSIBILITY.
ELBOWS UP, MY ASS.
#BetterDems
Canadians, GET FURIOUS. This is how we LOSE the PLANET.
ELBOWS UP, MY ASS.
#BetterDems
Canadians, GET FURIOUS. This is how we LOSE the PLANET.
I started opting out of participating in holiday get-togethers when I went vegetarian at 12 and my born-again uncle wouldn't stop trying to convince me that his infinitely loving deity of choice INSISTED that cruelty was CORRECT.
We CHOOSE the limits of our compassion.
Think BIGGER.
#BetterDems
We CHOOSE the limits of our compassion.
Think BIGGER.
#BetterDems
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I started opting out of participating in holiday get-togethers when I went vegetarian at 12 and my born-again uncle wouldn't stop trying to convince me that his infinitely loving deity of choice INSISTED that cruelty was CORRECT.
We CHOOSE the limits of our compassion.
Think BIGGER.
#BetterDems
We CHOOSE the limits of our compassion.
Think BIGGER.
#BetterDems
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We were delighted to support the national emergency briefing on climate change and biodiversity loss in Westminster this morning.
Nature is critical infrastructure for an equitable and resilient future.
Nature is critical infrastructure for an equitable and resilient future.
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We were delighted to support the national emergency briefing on climate change and biodiversity loss in Westminster this morning.
Nature is critical infrastructure for an equitable and resilient future.
Nature is critical infrastructure for an equitable and resilient future.
Doing the work, today and every day.
Saving the planet is a BIG job that requires BIG perspectives.
If you can't SEE the way, trying bumping out the circle of your compassion a bit bigger. It's like taking two steps back. CARE more to GET MORE DONE.
#BetterDems
Saving the planet is a BIG job that requires BIG perspectives.
If you can't SEE the way, trying bumping out the circle of your compassion a bit bigger. It's like taking two steps back. CARE more to GET MORE DONE.
#BetterDems
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Doing the work, today and every day.
Saving the planet is a BIG job that requires BIG perspectives.
If you can't SEE the way, trying bumping out the circle of your compassion a bit bigger. It's like taking two steps back. CARE more to GET MORE DONE.
#BetterDems
Saving the planet is a BIG job that requires BIG perspectives.
If you can't SEE the way, trying bumping out the circle of your compassion a bit bigger. It's like taking two steps back. CARE more to GET MORE DONE.
#BetterDems
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ICYMI: I spoke out against ICE’s violation of constitutional rights at Broadview.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
ICYMI: I spoke out against ICE’s violation of constitutional rights at Broadview.
HELL YEAH.
This Thanksgiving? Let's FIGHT.
But in more compassionate ways, yeah?
Wherever your ego bumps, that's your selfishness talking. Thank it for its service and take a break to breathe.
#BetterDems
This Thanksgiving? Let's FIGHT.
But in more compassionate ways, yeah?
Wherever your ego bumps, that's your selfishness talking. Thank it for its service and take a break to breathe.
#BetterDems
This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
HELL YEAH.
This Thanksgiving? Let's FIGHT.
But in more compassionate ways, yeah?
Wherever your ego bumps, that's your selfishness talking. Thank it for its service and take a break to breathe.
#BetterDems
This Thanksgiving? Let's FIGHT.
But in more compassionate ways, yeah?
Wherever your ego bumps, that's your selfishness talking. Thank it for its service and take a break to breathe.
#BetterDems
The holiday season is here — a time for good food and good company! 🍽️ It’s also a reminder that reducing food loss and waste is one of the most effective climate solutions available today.
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
Learn more about action you can take in the Take Action section of each solution! ⬇️
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ia789A
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
SUBSCRIBE for the infectious enthusiasm. STAY for the tasty expertise. PUSH for the planet.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
I would love to be thankful for the 1,000 subscribers of @heatpumped.org today... But we're not quite there yet!
Can you help me make it happen?
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Can you help me make it happen?
Subscribe here: buff.ly/kJGBnMJ
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
SUBSCRIBE for the infectious enthusiasm. STAY for the tasty expertise. PUSH for the planet.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
Heroes poke at the limits of villains' compassion, sure, but ALL compassion has limits. If you DON'T recognize that dead animal on the table once was a sentient being innocent of causing harm, LEVEL UP.
We'll fail to save our planet if we don't SEE how big our compassion needs to get.
#BetterDems
We'll fail to save our planet if we don't SEE how big our compassion needs to get.
#BetterDems
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Heroes poke at the limits of villains' compassion, sure, but ALL compassion has limits. If you DON'T recognize that dead animal on the table once was a sentient being innocent of causing harm, LEVEL UP.
We'll fail to save our planet if we don't SEE how big our compassion needs to get.
#BetterDems
We'll fail to save our planet if we don't SEE how big our compassion needs to get.
#BetterDems
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Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
