Nicole Brandon
@nicolebrandon.bsky.social
nikita_arch on Twitter (RIP). London ON. I specialize in centuries-old garbage (aka archaeology). Environment, cycling, kindness. Trying to be better.
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“If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.” Via @theconversation.com #ClimateCrisis #HealthyCities
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.” Via @theconversation.com #ClimateCrisis #HealthyCities
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The provincial government has axed Toronto's local Green Roofs bylaw, which supports over 1600 jobs and an industry worth $75 million that's spread across the province.
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Local firms reeling as Queen's Park sinks Toronto 'green roof' bylaw
Repeal of a Toronto bylaw has sent the London-area green-roof industry into a tailspin with some calling it a “death knell."
lfpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The provincial government has axed Toronto's local Green Roofs bylaw, which supports over 1600 jobs and an industry worth $75 million that's spread across the province.
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
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Actively looking for new work: ideally in #ldnont or remote. Two decades of experience in communications (especially internal comms), talent management and employee experience, and digital governance. Mostly in public sector. Leads appreciated! Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Actively looking for new work: ideally in #ldnont or remote. Two decades of experience in communications (especially internal comms), talent management and employee experience, and digital governance. Mostly in public sector. Leads appreciated! Thank you!
It’s back! Check out the London Food Co-op’s Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday November 22 from 10 to 3 🎉. A great opportunity to explore the co-op and pick up unique gifts from local vendors 🎁. See you there! #LdnOnt
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s back! Check out the London Food Co-op’s Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday November 22 from 10 to 3 🎉. A great opportunity to explore the co-op and pick up unique gifts from local vendors 🎁. See you there! #LdnOnt
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Just watch this. Sound up.
We are in a NATIONAL crisis.
A decency crisis.
A crisis where politicians we’re paying top dollar to are nothing but memes and crisis actors for a minority in echo chambers.
We need a NATIONAL movement to return DECENCY and DUTY to politics.
#cdnpoli #mbpoli
We are in a NATIONAL crisis.
A decency crisis.
A crisis where politicians we’re paying top dollar to are nothing but memes and crisis actors for a minority in echo chambers.
We need a NATIONAL movement to return DECENCY and DUTY to politics.
#cdnpoli #mbpoli
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Thurs we ride against Ford's attack on bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrian safety, tenants rights & more! Omnibus bills that aim to distract & divide communities w many intersecting interests we need to all fight against!
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thurs we ride against Ford's attack on bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrian safety, tenants rights & more! Omnibus bills that aim to distract & divide communities w many intersecting interests we need to all fight against!
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
[https://www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_protest_ride](www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...)
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
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Friends of the London Public Library invite you to an afternoon with award-winning Canadian author Linden MacIntyre. Join us to hear him discuss An Accidental Villain and the story of Sir Hugh Tudor. 📖
📅 Saturday, December 6, 2-4pm
📍 Central Library
Register now: buff.ly/slTIgvI
📅 Saturday, December 6, 2-4pm
📍 Central Library
Register now: buff.ly/slTIgvI
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Friends of the London Public Library invite you to an afternoon with award-winning Canadian author Linden MacIntyre. Join us to hear him discuss An Accidental Villain and the story of Sir Hugh Tudor. 📖
📅 Saturday, December 6, 2-4pm
📍 Central Library
Register now: buff.ly/slTIgvI
📅 Saturday, December 6, 2-4pm
📍 Central Library
Register now: buff.ly/slTIgvI
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A local developer and city hall are at odds over the prospect of demolishing a historic building in Hyde Park that’s now home to a restaurant in order to build apartment towers #ldnont
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Should this 1870s-built house, now a restaurant, be razed for apartments?
Developer and city hall are at odds over prospect of demolishing a historic building that's now home to a restaurant to build apartments
lfpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A local developer and city hall are at odds over the prospect of demolishing a historic building in Hyde Park that’s now home to a restaurant in order to build apartment towers #ldnont
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
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We were delighted to have received a $100,000 donation from an anonymous giver yesterday. The donor understood the pressures we are facing and the timing was perfect. London is a city of giving and we thank everyone for affirming it time and time again.
#lLdnOnt
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November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We were delighted to have received a $100,000 donation from an anonymous giver yesterday. The donor understood the pressures we are facing and the timing was perfect. London is a city of giving and we thank everyone for affirming it time and time again.
#lLdnOnt
#lLdnOnt
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The Conservatives' budgetary demands include fiction.
There are no "hidden taxes" on food. The industrial carbon price doesn't apply to agriculture. There is no "food packaging tax," and plastic regulations largely exempt food packaging. The clean fuel standard "17¢" was one scenario over time. 1/2
There are no "hidden taxes" on food. The industrial carbon price doesn't apply to agriculture. There is no "food packaging tax," and plastic regulations largely exempt food packaging. The clean fuel standard "17¢" was one scenario over time. 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Conservatives' budgetary demands include fiction.
There are no "hidden taxes" on food. The industrial carbon price doesn't apply to agriculture. There is no "food packaging tax," and plastic regulations largely exempt food packaging. The clean fuel standard "17¢" was one scenario over time. 1/2
There are no "hidden taxes" on food. The industrial carbon price doesn't apply to agriculture. There is no "food packaging tax," and plastic regulations largely exempt food packaging. The clean fuel standard "17¢" was one scenario over time. 1/2
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What’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. It's a flashing red light signaling rot, with a party on the brink of combustion.
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
Sharan Kaur: Inside the Conservative Party’s culture of fear
Canadian politics has never been for the faint of heart. Every party has its fractures, leadership wars, and moments of chaos. But what’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. It's a flashing red light signaling rot, with a party on the brink of combustion.
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
This isn't a political party; it's a cult. #cdnpoli
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November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
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I’m in my lane when I say that you can’t call yourself religious if you are not feeding the hungry & clothing the naked & welcoming the stranger.
Period.
From the great sage Hillel: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary— ”
Period.
From the great sage Hillel: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary— ”
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’m in my lane when I say that you can’t call yourself religious if you are not feeding the hungry & clothing the naked & welcoming the stranger.
Period.
From the great sage Hillel: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary— ”
Period.
From the great sage Hillel: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary— ”
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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The contemporary political right really is a fucking cancer.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The contemporary political right really is a fucking cancer.
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This isn’t the first time. Or the second. Allegations related to sexual harassment and assault involving Smith go back over 20 years.
Breaking: Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault in Halifax www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault in Halifax
Assault is alleged to have occurred in December, 2017, but documents do not include additional details of the allegations
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This isn’t the first time. Or the second. Allegations related to sexual harassment and assault involving Smith go back over 20 years.
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Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca
If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund:
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Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca
If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund:
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November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca
If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca
If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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Understaffed FAA Recommends Pilots Just Go With Their Gut https://theonion.com/understaffed-faa-recommends-pilots-just-go-with-their-gut/
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Understaffed FAA Recommends Pilots Just Go With Their Gut https://theonion.com/understaffed-faa-recommends-pilots-just-go-with-their-gut/
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I feel sorry for American towns that rely on us but all of this just speaks to refusing to understand that for people like me, who see that the United States has gone full Nazi, we KNOW the only thing that destroys fascism is a bad economy.
We are DOING OUR JOB. We are FIGHTING FASCISM.
We are DOING OUR JOB. We are FIGHTING FASCISM.
California PR push hopes to lure Canadians back amid U.S. travel boycott
California PR push hopes to lure Canadians back amid U.S. travel boycott
With many Canadians still boycotting U.S. travel, leaders from California’s tourism industry are in Vancouver hoping to lure locals back to sunshine and fun.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I feel sorry for American towns that rely on us but all of this just speaks to refusing to understand that for people like me, who see that the United States has gone full Nazi, we KNOW the only thing that destroys fascism is a bad economy.
We are DOING OUR JOB. We are FIGHTING FASCISM.
We are DOING OUR JOB. We are FIGHTING FASCISM.
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The "richest" country on Earth, they say... While reality shows that after all the US are just a huge 3rd world country with a despotic oligarchic regime and loads of billionaires...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The "richest" country on Earth, they say... While reality shows that after all the US are just a huge 3rd world country with a despotic oligarchic regime and loads of billionaires...
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