Olivia Anderson
@ollioil.bsky.social
Retired librarian, curious cook & adept baker, undaunted gardener, insect lover, cyclist and devoted reader of all manner of fiction and quirky nonfiction. Anti-capitalist, conservationist and deeply concerned by our ‘interesting’ times.
🚨The Canadian government wants to make it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for workers to push back, by weakening the right to strike and collectively bargain. Not on our watch. Send a message to the government now. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/LIYqs4TC
Don’t rig the rules against workers!
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One of the most amazing light phenomena I've ever seen. Just now on Vancouver Island.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
Time for David Eby to suddenly get the climate action faith (or for a caucus revolt). #bcpoli #bcwildfire
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d agoAs the UN Secy General says, the Euro wildfires are just an opening act to the El Nino bearing down on planet earth. It's time for smart politicians to stop climate hushing and start getting ahead of the heat. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
The lazy sociopath who golfs instead of working (on, say, a plan to win a war with Iran) wants terminally ill patients to work for benefits they’re entitled to.
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
However horrible you think the Tate brothers are, I promise, it's worse than that. It's insane that Dems aren't making a bigger deal of the GOP embracing these grotesque monsters.
The Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein Scandal
The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it.
offmessage.net
Your daily reminder that climate change is already an economic problem: Ships are struggling to carry stuff on the Rhine because there's not enough water Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Extreme Heat Pushes Rhine River to Critically Low Levels
Extreme heat in Europe has left the Rhine River at critically low levels, driving up the cost of commercial deliveries along the key waterway.
bloomberg.com
We have the technology to leave fossil fuels in the past. Less expensive & better in so many ways. Solar. Wind. Batteries. Electric buses. Electric trucks. Electric cars. Electric bikes and bike & roll lanes. Fast electric wheelchairs & mobility scooters too! #climateaction #bcpoli #urbantruth
Europe is on fire. 🔥 The U.S. is on fire. 🔥 Canada is on fire. 🔥 Tornadoes are whipping through the Midwest. Tropical storms are getting stronger. But tell me again how climate change isn’t real?
Just a reminder: Dodger Stadium was built on land acquired through the forced displacement of a predominantly Mexican-American community in an event known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine. #ChavezRavine #Segregation #EminentDomain #StolenLand #Arechigas #LADodgers share.google/20ediCnUrWPx...
Dodger Stadium — SEGREGATION BY DESIGN
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Protecting whale populations is therefore crucial not only for marine biodiversity but also for one of nature's most effective climate-supporting systems. Healthy oceans require healthy whale populations—and protecting them makes a vital contribution to the future of our planet.
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
cnbc.com
I have traveled to Russia twice. We are becoming Russia. Nothing was ever accomplished by remaining silent. Use your God given voice to speak out. 🗣️This is not normal. 🗳️📣 🗳️
EXTRAORDINARY 51 DEGREES IN ALGERIA 2 weeks 49/50C and Minimums 35/36C Never seen anything like this in African history ALGERIA 50.6 Touggourt all time record (50.4 Ouargla) Min 33.0 Tinalkoun TUNISIA 49.2 Tozeur all time record Min 29.1 Sfax
"I just cannot believe that no journalist stood up to demand that the President stop this outrageous attack on their colleague. What are you doing? What is wrong with you?" - @sifill.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/07/satu...
Manitoba is currently dealing with smoke from Oregon. It smells like hypocrisy.
Call me crazy, but maybe two men who fathered 19 children with 7 different women shouldn’t be lecturing us about family values.
The giant white sturgeon of the Fraser River in Canada
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
