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
“As climate change worsens, leading to more frequent and destructive disasters, it will more significantly impact access to reproductive and sexual health care…”
The Center for Biological Diversity released a new report finding that most state emergency preparedness checklists fail to include basic sexual and reproductive health supplies.
Advocates and mutual aid groups are filling in the gaps.
19thnews.org/2025/12/wild...
Advocates and mutual aid groups are filling in the gaps.
19thnews.org/2025/12/wild...
Preparing for a wildfire or hurricane? Don’t forget water, documents — and your birth control.
Few states include sexual and reproductive health supplies in emergency checklist recommendations, a new report finds.
19thnews.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“As climate change worsens, leading to more frequent and destructive disasters, it will more significantly impact access to reproductive and sexual health care…”
“Families returned to the park, children had a safe space to play, caregivers could relax and socialise in the rehabilitated park, city municipality and camp members managed waste more effectively, and environmental health awareness improved.” cities4children.org/blog/making-...
Making Inclusive Urban Spaces for Refugee and Displaced Children - Cities4Children
This blog describes practical examples from Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Arsal, Lebanon, where municipalities and communities collaborate to improve public spaces and services for b...
cities4children.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“Families returned to the park, children had a safe space to play, caregivers could relax and socialise in the rehabilitated park, city municipality and camp members managed waste more effectively, and environmental health awareness improved.” cities4children.org/blog/making-...
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Our research team is conducting the first-ever, comprehensive assessment of CA’s aging wastewater infrastructure. The Phase 1 report documents our data, methods, and preliminary findings to guide investment strategies.
innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/publication/... #UCLA #UCLALuskin
innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/publication/... #UCLA #UCLALuskin
Building Equitable Wastewater Solutions in California | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
UCLA’s Phase 1 report developed data-driven methods and investment frameworks to strengthen sanitation systems and advance water equity statewide.
innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our research team is conducting the first-ever, comprehensive assessment of CA’s aging wastewater infrastructure. The Phase 1 report documents our data, methods, and preliminary findings to guide investment strategies.
innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/publication/... #UCLA #UCLALuskin
innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/publication/... #UCLA #UCLALuskin
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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we’re shooting ourselves in the foot because we’re letting racists shape the immigration and housing crisis discourses instead of taking on landlords and developers through mass public housing construction
Canada’s population fell in third quarter, driven by drop in non-permanent residents: StatsCan | CBC News
Canada’s population decreased over the third quarter of 2025 — driven by a drop in non-permanent residents, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
we’re shooting ourselves in the foot because we’re letting racists shape the immigration and housing crisis discourses instead of taking on landlords and developers through mass public housing construction
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This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
harpers.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...
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"Wherever the agents appear, even when they lean idly, chatting, we see the cold threat of violence and the fragility of freedom. And in the brave crowds who gather to confront them, scrambling their illusion of total control, we see the power of solidarity..."
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
War at Home
A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.
hammerandhope.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Wherever the agents appear, even when they lean idly, chatting, we see the cold threat of violence and the fragility of freedom. And in the brave crowds who gather to confront them, scrambling their illusion of total control, we see the power of solidarity..."
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
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Another powerful #BCStorm is in progress - causing widespread power outages for many BC Hydro customers across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
Crews are working around the clock to restore power.
For the latest outage updates, visit:
👉 bchydro.com/outages
#BCFlood
Crews are working around the clock to restore power.
For the latest outage updates, visit:
👉 bchydro.com/outages
#BCFlood
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another powerful #BCStorm is in progress - causing widespread power outages for many BC Hydro customers across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
Crews are working around the clock to restore power.
For the latest outage updates, visit:
👉 bchydro.com/outages
#BCFlood
Crews are working around the clock to restore power.
For the latest outage updates, visit:
👉 bchydro.com/outages
#BCFlood
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This morning Statistics Canada reported an unprecedented -0.2% decrease in Canada's population in the third quarter of 2025. The drop was 76,068 people, leaving the population standing at 41,575,585 on October 1, 2025. #cdnecon
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This morning Statistics Canada reported an unprecedented -0.2% decrease in Canada's population in the third quarter of 2025. The drop was 76,068 people, leaving the population standing at 41,575,585 on October 1, 2025. #cdnecon
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this is Canada’s social safety net
For @nationalobserver.com. One funding stream for free AC units in Toronto is failing the people it’s meant to protect. Just 25 recipients in 2 years. One case: an 85-year-old with multiple chronic illnesses denied for having $700 in his bank account.
A Toronto fund for air conditioners reached just 25 people over two years, despite rising heat risks
The city plans to improve access to the fund after the deputation of a family physician who has worked with several patients trying to access it flagged issues such as a grueling application process a...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
this is Canada’s social safety net
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Cycling Cities is a new German documentary by bike enthusiast and urbanist Ingwar Perowanowitsch (@ingwarpero.bsky.social) that explores how some of Europe’s most successful cycling-friendly cities have transformed themselves into liveable, people-centred places.
CYCLING CITIES - Der Film
YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch
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December 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Cycling Cities is a new German documentary by bike enthusiast and urbanist Ingwar Perowanowitsch (@ingwarpero.bsky.social) that explores how some of Europe’s most successful cycling-friendly cities have transformed themselves into liveable, people-centred places.
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As winter settles and the cold brings dropping temperatures; it deepens isolation, widens inequities and heightens vulnerability.
At Kílala Lelum, we take care to honour the teachings that remind us winter is a time to draw closer, gather and care for one another. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
At Kílala Lelum, we take care to honour the teachings that remind us winter is a time to draw closer, gather and care for one another. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
Transforming Health Care in the DTES Through Culture and Connection | The Tyee
At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our relatives to provide culturally grounded health care, harm reduction and social support.
thetyee.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As winter settles and the cold brings dropping temperatures; it deepens isolation, widens inequities and heightens vulnerability.
At Kílala Lelum, we take care to honour the teachings that remind us winter is a time to draw closer, gather and care for one another. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
At Kílala Lelum, we take care to honour the teachings that remind us winter is a time to draw closer, gather and care for one another. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
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This funding exists because I fought for it.
Until we have the resources for a city-wide water strategy, we need bottled water for the growing numbers of homeless people who are ending up in the ER from heat-related illness.
You either pay for bottled water or ER costs, Holyday.
Until we have the resources for a city-wide water strategy, we need bottled water for the growing numbers of homeless people who are ending up in the ER from heat-related illness.
You either pay for bottled water or ER costs, Holyday.
Councillor Stephen Holyday has a motion to eliminate a $50,000-a-year program to give bottled water to homeless people.
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This funding exists because I fought for it.
Until we have the resources for a city-wide water strategy, we need bottled water for the growing numbers of homeless people who are ending up in the ER from heat-related illness.
You either pay for bottled water or ER costs, Holyday.
Until we have the resources for a city-wide water strategy, we need bottled water for the growing numbers of homeless people who are ending up in the ER from heat-related illness.
You either pay for bottled water or ER costs, Holyday.
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The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: latest research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable.
Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, a scarcity of homes, displacement, homelessness and the quiet exclusion of people from entire neighb
bcpolicy.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: latest research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
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I read some very racist stuff yesterday, and this is my report from deep down the rabbit hole, looking into the guy who was too extreme even for OneBC #bcpoli
The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Who Is Othman Mekhloufi, the Far-Right Poster Behind OneBC’s Strife? | The Tyee
A 22-year-old OneBC staffer who claimed to work for Trump and posted antisemitic comments is being blamed for the implosion.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I read some very racist stuff yesterday, and this is my report from deep down the rabbit hole, looking into the guy who was too extreme even for OneBC #bcpoli
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‘Officials delayed government scientist Colin Cooke from submitting a study about selenium pollution for months after it was complete. Cooke was not permitted to participate in media interviews or speak to a community group about his research, raising concerns the province is muzzling scientists...’
“What our paper, I think, makes fairly clear is that there’s pretty much an utter failure of environmental management regulation and enforcement in relation to coal mining,”
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
thenarwhal.ca
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
‘Officials delayed government scientist Colin Cooke from submitting a study about selenium pollution for months after it was complete. Cooke was not permitted to participate in media interviews or speak to a community group about his research, raising concerns the province is muzzling scientists...’
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Mark “Elbows up” Carney’s $83 billion military spending spree has to get funds from somewhere: today it’s stripping libraries of mission-sustaining cost controls. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Mark “Elbows up” Carney’s $83 billion military spending spree has to get funds from somewhere: today it’s stripping libraries of mission-sustaining cost controls. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Best story I've seen on the claim against Shell, filed by survivors of the devastating 2021 #Odette
“The poor are getting even more poor because we are recovering fr the typhoon & then there is another typhoon all over again, & then recovering again”
@roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
“The poor are getting even more poor because we are recovering fr the typhoon & then there is another typhoon all over again, & then recovering again”
@roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Best story I've seen on the claim against Shell, filed by survivors of the devastating 2021 #Odette
“The poor are getting even more poor because we are recovering fr the typhoon & then there is another typhoon all over again, & then recovering again”
@roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
“The poor are getting even more poor because we are recovering fr the typhoon & then there is another typhoon all over again, & then recovering again”
@roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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We live in hell
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We live in hell
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“Civilians are now wading through sewage, mud and debris, with no proper shelter. This is not a failure of preparedness or capacity; it's the direct result of the systematic obstruction of aid.”
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social
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@oxfaminternational.bsky.social
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REACTION: STORM BYRON FLOODING IN GAZA | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Civilians are now wading through sewage, mud and debris, with no proper shelter. This is not a failure of preparedness or capacity; it's the direct result of the systematic obstruction of aid.”
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
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if you get a dvd player you can also use it to listen to the cds currently gathering dust in the sleeves of you your cd zip notebook
if you never had a cd zip notebook enjoy the splendor of your youth and your springy knees
if you never had a cd zip notebook enjoy the splendor of your youth and your springy knees
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
if you get a dvd player you can also use it to listen to the cds currently gathering dust in the sleeves of you your cd zip notebook
if you never had a cd zip notebook enjoy the splendor of your youth and your springy knees
if you never had a cd zip notebook enjoy the splendor of your youth and your springy knees
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The City of Abbotsford has declared a State of Local Emergency and has issued an evacuation order for 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West due to risk of flooding. Residents in the affected area must leave immediately.
For the most up-to-date information: www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne... #BCFlood
For the most up-to-date information: www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne... #BCFlood
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The City of Abbotsford has declared a State of Local Emergency and has issued an evacuation order for 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West due to risk of flooding. Residents in the affected area must leave immediately.
For the most up-to-date information: www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne... #BCFlood
For the most up-to-date information: www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/ne... #BCFlood
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Because of a risk of flooding, avoid travel in the Fraser Valley unless necessary until the atmospheric river passes and water levels subside. Highway 1 and other provincial roadways could close with little or no notice. Follow DriveBC.ca for the latest info. #BCFlood
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Because of a risk of flooding, avoid travel in the Fraser Valley unless necessary until the atmospheric river passes and water levels subside. Highway 1 and other provincial roadways could close with little or no notice. Follow DriveBC.ca for the latest info. #BCFlood