Aphrodite Bouikidis
urbanaphrodite.bsky.social
Aphrodite Bouikidis
@urbanaphrodite.bsky.social
Urban resilience specialist.
Community resilience • Collective capabilities • Social Infrastructure • Disaster risk reduction • Diaspora studies.
Living, learning, playing and exploring in cities in Canada, Greece, Europe and the US.
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Brazil's COP30 president is proposing a two-tier climate system where willing countries can move faster on climate action while others work toward consensus. The move acknowledges growing frustration with slow UN ne…

https://canadapt.network/canadapt-news/p/post/0acadf3f-e466-4d97-8807-da3bc12560d3
February 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Tribes grant the Colorado River legal personhood - can this help save it?

The river, which runs through seven US states that share it, is currently facing the worst drought in 1,200 years.
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Corruption.
Trump’s Truth Social post blasting the Gordie Howe bridge echoed misleading claims made by a competing bridge company.

Hours before Trump posted, its billionaire owner met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, @nytimes.com reported.
Trump Threatens to Block Michigan-Canada Bridge He Once Championed
The president’s targeting of the bridge shows just how drastically U.S.-Canada relations have fallen between his two terms.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.

The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...

(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Election denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims
“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Todd Lyons, the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has admitted to senators that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at voting locations this November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE chief admits there’s no reason for immigration agents to be at voting sites
The chief's comments follow threatening statements by Trump and his close allies about the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Because Republicans+Trump do not care about people suffering and dying: Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’ #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’
Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one."

gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...
Mexican Cartel 'Drones' Near El Paso Airspace Were Actually Party Balloons: Report
FAA initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.
gizmodo.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Disappointed to learn Bad Bunny wore Zara, effectively promoting the brand to millions. Although Zara has made admirable strides to address labor conditions, fast fashion can never be ethical because it depends on rapid production and cheap prices, which results in worker exploitation.
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.

And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.

www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Corruption in Greece, here with the land registry.
Four Greek property surveying companies are accused of bid rigging, as the Competition Commission announced on Thursday it has identified cartel practices in the tenders for the creation of the National Cadastre.
www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1294...
Bid rigging by companies in the creation of National Cadastre | eKathimerini.com
Four Greek property surveying companies are accused of bid rigging.
www.ekathimerini.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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A new project from BioDIGS aims to involve schools and students from around the country to build a map of the U.S. soil microbiome.
Nationwide Soil Microbiome Mapping Project Connects Students and Scientists - Eos
Researchers and students are building a comprehensive picture of the microbial life beneath our feet.
eos.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Train carrying coal derails in south Surrey, BC, Canada, near a wetlands. ‘No waterways appear to be impacted’ www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
‘No waterways appear to be impacted’ after train carrying coal derails in South Surrey, B.C.
British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks is responding to a spill in South Surrey after a train carrying coal derailed Friday morning.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy.

Covering the world in carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay. #ClimateChange #PFAS #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

www.ajc.com/sp/forever-c...
The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
www.ajc.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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The project for a unified bike lane along the Athens Riviera, triumphantly announced by the PM in 2021, was supposed to have been delivered in 2025. Almost five years on, only some sections are close to completion, and the project is now expected in 2027.
www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/129...
Bike lane for Athens Riviera pushed back to 2027 | eKathimerini.com
Four-and-a-half-years after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans to construct a new 18-kilometer coastal bicycle lane linking the southern Athens suburbs of Neo Faliro to Voula by Septem...
www.ekathimerini.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
 
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
 
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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The seats of the passenger train involved in the Tempe railway disaster in central Greece nearly three years ago failed to meet European fire-durability standards, acc to a study conducted by a lab in Germany on behalf of a Greek authority. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1294125...
Train seats in Tempe crash failed EU fire standards, investigation finds | eKathimerini.com
The seats of the passenger train involved in the Tempe railway disaster in central Greece nearly three years ago failed to meet European fire-durability standards, according to a study conducted by EO...
www.ekathimerini.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Cities swelter in heatwaves – they heat up faster and stay hotter. But Australia has few strategies to cool them. Here’s how we could shift from laggard to leader.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/we-know...
January 30, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Over 30 million people drink water from the Great Lakes, and contamination by “forever chemicals” will persist for generations. buff.ly/9tSyOb7
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
Some of these ‘forever chemicals’ are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in fish, ultimately posing risks to people.
theconversation.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM