Lisa Morry

I was the only one I saw wearing a mask last night at a crowded retirement party. The party could've been outside on a covered patio. It was a lovely evening, but organizers chose to put it in a small room--people were so packed they could barely move. A prof asked me why I was wearing a mask.

Of course they have.

New ‘independent’ municipal Conservative party launches in 15 B.C. communities Email states party building on the conservative 'momentum' in recent years, is independent from federal, provincial parties

Conservative party politics comes to municipal elections. This can't be good: www.theprogress.com/news/new-ind...

Global plastics treaty negotiations fail to reach a consensus — again | CBC News Worldwide plastic production is on course to triple by 2060, but there are no immediate plans to resume efforts to create a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution.

At least Canada could act to necessarily limit plastic production even if the world will not: www.cbc.ca/news/science...

‘It’s not illegal to be homeless’: unhoused Washingtonians evicted from encampments as part of Trump’s crime crackdown

More than 5,000 people in the city face uncertainty about where to find shelter.

Moving to a more walkable city pays off for health, scientists find | CBC News People who moved to a walking friendly city walked more, and at the brisk pace favoured to improve health and prevent disease, a new natural experiment shows.

Walkable cities help people get their steps in--improvements like wider sidewalks with better lighting & shade facilitate walking. How do we walk north-south in Chilliwack? I've done it but it's far from pleasant. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

In a sea of brown lawns, why some natural gardeners are bringing messy back | CBC News To water or not to water? Turns out, that may not be the question. As abnormally dry weather sweeps across much of the country this summer, is it still responsible to maintain a grass lawn?

A natural garden would help support the environment & slow climate change, yet I live in a complex surrounded by manicured lawn. My strata employs a company to mow & trim & apply pesticides. Flammable cedar hedges lead from home to home. There's a better way. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m road for cars.

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.

Even if those cars are electric.

And then there’s all the parking.

OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.

Choices.

Simple.

RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at ...

What Devi said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roads Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper...

By now, we’ve all seen the headlines. Cities are cracking down on e-bikes. Lawmakers are holding emergency hearings. Parents are demanding bans. “Something must be done,” they cry at local city council meetings before driving back home in 5,000 lb SUVs.

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Any Canadian who goes on vacation in the US right now can run into unidentified, armed, masked men on the street.

Imagine this in Chilliwack!

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

2024 was the hottest year on record.

The Intersection of SARS-CoV-2 and Diabetes

Not the "Good News Guys"

Apologies 🥴

www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13...

“Long Covid is now the number one chronic illness in children.”

Putting this here to watch later.

"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice." Martin Luther King Jr.

Ooof. A whole lot of this regarding resistance in LA.

This is a fight for workers’ rights in Canada. Canada Post is part of what makes us Canadian. The union’s proposals (not completely detailed here) set out a path for a stronger postal service & good union jobs.

Bus-only lanes can irritate drivers, but they help city dwellers share limited space Urban life is all about making compromises so that we share limited space fairly

A great piece by @humantransit.bsky.social that makes clear the key issue:

“A city is lots of people living and working close together, which means there’s relatively little space per person… This can only mean encouraging as many people as possible to travel in a way that uses less space.”

Change happens one step at a time.

“D-Day poses a challenge to us:

What will we do today to stop fascism from re-establishing its evil reign?”

Masks work

Vaccines work. Maybe Canada could become the world leader in medical research since Trump has decided to destroy what’s good about America.

We can make better choices in Chilliwack!

“We want them infected” author interview. 40 minutes, but worth it.

Then there’s the pedestrian experience: I’m always watching for cyclists. They come up from behind, no bells mostly. Some ride like there’s no one else on the trail. Some swear at pedestrians. If I’m riding, I use my bell. As you said, some pedestrians will veer into my path or not react.

There’s so much left out of this, like why Alberta is in the mess that it is in royalty, wise and resource wise, the danger to the climate, & the extremism of Danielle Smith, who appears hell-bent to destroy the country.

If I had been kind, and if I had time, I would’ve tried to explain to the woman that masking keeps one from getting sick and that moving a few spaces away from me would not save her. However, I doubt that she would’ve understood or that she would’ve believed me.