Sylvia Izzo Hunter
@sylwrites.bsky.social
ScholComms professional, accessibility advocate, knitter, choral singer, mom, writer, fan. 🩷💜💙 she/her. Opinions, errors & omissions my own.
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The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
I can't decide whether to go with dark sarcasm or plain old despair.
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I can't decide whether to go with dark sarcasm or plain old despair.
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2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer 30 years ago this month, so today’s xkcd hit me right in the fucking feels:
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November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer 30 years ago this month, so today’s xkcd hit me right in the fucking feels:
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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A completely predictable outcome, just like the increased death rate we are guaranteed to see next
NEW: Months after many supervised injection sites were shut down, Toronto is reporting an increase in “visible substance use on the street" and “open use of substances in public spaces.” #ToPoli #ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
Toronto reports more visible drug use after supervised injection sites closed down - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The City of Toronto is reporting an increase in visible drug use in the wake of the Ford government's decision to pull funding for several safe-injection sites earlier this year.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A completely predictable outcome, just like the increased death rate we are guaranteed to see next
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A world without transgender people has never existed and never will.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A world without transgender people has never existed and never will.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
I see your wagon wheels and raise you bucatini.
If I wanted to suck tomato sauce through a straw, I would simply grab a straw and do that.
If I wanted to suck tomato sauce through a straw, I would simply grab a straw and do that.
What’s the worst pasta shape and why is it wagon wheels
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I see your wagon wheels and raise you bucatini.
If I wanted to suck tomato sauce through a straw, I would simply grab a straw and do that.
If I wanted to suck tomato sauce through a straw, I would simply grab a straw and do that.
Happy “the non-Jews are making matzah crack with saltine crackers for some reason” season to everyone else who is currently 🤨 at their social media feed
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Happy “the non-Jews are making matzah crack with saltine crackers for some reason” season to everyone else who is currently 🤨 at their social media feed
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We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
The thing about sight-reading JS Bach is you never know where he’s going with it but then when you get there, it feels inevitable. I don’t think I’ve ever had quite the same experience with any other composer.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The thing about sight-reading JS Bach is you never know where he’s going with it but then when you get there, it feels inevitable. I don’t think I’ve ever had quite the same experience with any other composer.
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My expert opinion, after working at homeless shelters and then being homeless, is
Give homeless/unhoused people money
Give money. They’re adults, they know what they need
Give homeless/unhoused people money
Give money. They’re adults, they know what they need
November 8, 2023 at 5:35 PM
My expert opinion, after working at homeless shelters and then being homeless, is
Give homeless/unhoused people money
Give money. They’re adults, they know what they need
Give homeless/unhoused people money
Give money. They’re adults, they know what they need
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The Epstein survivors have released a PSA.
These were children.
They were harmed.
The people who did this must be named.
A world that lets powerful men hide behind sealed documents is a world that invites the next monster in.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
These were children.
They were harmed.
The people who did this must be named.
A world that lets powerful men hide behind sealed documents is a world that invites the next monster in.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Epstein survivors have released a PSA.
These were children.
They were harmed.
The people who did this must be named.
A world that lets powerful men hide behind sealed documents is a world that invites the next monster in.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
These were children.
They were harmed.
The people who did this must be named.
A world that lets powerful men hide behind sealed documents is a world that invites the next monster in.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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Can't make the vaccine case much clearer than measles. Just 5% of infections in Canada are people with the recommended 2 doses. Get all your shots, wear a mask and clean your air folks, this won't get any easier.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Can't make the vaccine case much clearer than measles. Just 5% of infections in Canada are people with the recommended 2 doses. Get all your shots, wear a mask and clean your air folks, this won't get any easier.
À propos de rien en particulier, I wonder how much overlap there is between “I have to lock my small kids in their rooms for their safety” and “my teenager is not allowed to lock their bedroom door”.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
À propos de rien en particulier, I wonder how much overlap there is between “I have to lock my small kids in their rooms for their safety” and “my teenager is not allowed to lock their bedroom door”.
It is hard to explain to people from the US how much of my Remembrance Day experience growing up taught the lesson “war is shit.” I don’t wear a poppy to glorify war! I wear it to remind myself that war is shit, even when it is (or seems) necessary.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It is hard to explain to people from the US how much of my Remembrance Day experience growing up taught the lesson “war is shit.” I don’t wear a poppy to glorify war! I wear it to remind myself that war is shit, even when it is (or seems) necessary.
This! The actual work people do in factories is largely not fun, interesting, or stimulating in itself, and a lot of it is dangerous. What made those jobs good was the pay, the labour rights, and the purchasing power that most of us in ANY kind of job can no longer expect.
It's one of the things I think folks struggle with is that you're not actually nostalgic for an era of factory work, you're nostalgic for an era of union jobs, massive-scale construction of affordable housing, and mass immigration
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This! The actual work people do in factories is largely not fun, interesting, or stimulating in itself, and a lot of it is dangerous. What made those jobs good was the pay, the labour rights, and the purchasing power that most of us in ANY kind of job can no longer expect.
Just ate a Subway sandwich outside at Vaughan Cortelucci hospital, which was fine except for the volunteer who walked by and told me it was too cold to eat outside. First of all it’s 5C, so … no?!? Second of all it’s a HOSPITAL, the N95 is staying ON 🤦🏻♀️
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just ate a Subway sandwich outside at Vaughan Cortelucci hospital, which was fine except for the volunteer who walked by and told me it was too cold to eat outside. First of all it’s 5C, so … no?!? Second of all it’s a HOSPITAL, the N95 is staying ON 🤦🏻♀️
Currently proofreading a textbook chapter about gaming (the kind that includes lotteries, casinos, and sports betting, not the D&D or PS5 kind), which means lots of clicking on links to gambling-related websites to check sources. The Algorithm is gonna be So Confused 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Currently proofreading a textbook chapter about gaming (the kind that includes lotteries, casinos, and sports betting, not the D&D or PS5 kind), which means lots of clicking on links to gambling-related websites to check sources. The Algorithm is gonna be So Confused 🤣
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PAINT ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH-CANADIAN GIRLS
November 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
PAINT ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH-CANADIAN GIRLS
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