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Aran O’Carroll

@aocarroll.bsky.social

Environmental lawyer, charitable-sector leader and fan of cross-sectoral collaboration. CEO, Salal Foundation - supporting innovative advocacy for a better Canada. Proud dad. Paddler. Dog-lover. FRCGS.

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Through a sea of red, arrived Landsdown stadium to watch Canada play USA - Canadian women’s first 15 who are ranked #2 in the world and have won the last 9 games against the USA | #elbowsupcanada

01.08.2025 23:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33849

31.05.2025 15:00 — 👍 284    🔁 115    💬 14    📌 19
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Bevan: Carney was 'right person for the moment' in the 2025 federal election Former Liberal national campaign co-director Andrew Bevan talks about when it became clear that the Liberals had a chance to win the 2025 federal election.

A consumate and unflappable gentleman, a steady hand, and a master strategist - Andrew Bevan on Captaining the ship as it naviagated the greatest politcal
Comeback in Canadian history | www.ctvnews.ca/video/politi...

29.05.2025 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Four Canadians were in West Bank as IDF fired warning shots nearby Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand confirmed that four Canadians were taking part in the tour in the West Bank city of Jenin and that no one was harmed.

WTF! IDF fires warning shots at formally registered Canadian diplomatic tour in West Bank! | #ElbowsUp www.thestar.com/news/world/m...

21.05.2025 21:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Carney's cabinet swearing-in underway, featuring 24 new faces | CBC

New Canadian Cabinet - 28 members, 10 new “Secretaries of State” including Julie Dabrusin, Environment, Tim Hodgson, Natural Resources, Rebecca Alty, Crown-Indigenous Services, Mandy Gull-Masty, Indigenous Services, and Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature) www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

13.05.2025 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World-renowned Canadian heart surgeon turns down job in U.S. over political tension Heart surgeon Marc Ruel changed his mind weeks before he was to start a job in San Francisco, citing President Donald Trump’s threats of widespread tariffs and making Canada the 51st state

Damn Dr. Marc Ruel the race for Captain of Team Canada is heating up | #TeamCanada #ElbowsUp @marcruel www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

30.03.2025 00:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Interesting-looking study on how the wealthy have a lot of capability to reduce their carbon emissions, but lack the motivation to do so doi.org/10.1371/jour...

06.03.2025 11:17 — 👍 32    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 1

Elbows up! | #TeamCanada

03.03.2025 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mélanie Joly has confirmed that Canada will implement retaliatory tariffs against the United States. Tariffs will soon be placed on U.S. exports, including orange juice, peanut butter, wine, coffee, cars, trucks, steel, and aluminum.

#Trump is destroying the USA

03.03.2025 22:14 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

Globe and Mail reports, “McCarthy Tétrault said last week it is pausing its hiring program for Black and Indigenous interns.” Shame. Shame. Exiting rhe #TeamCanada bus in dramatic fashion.

01.03.2025 02:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Biinaagami - “clean water” in Anishinaabemowin | @swimdrinkfish @cangeo.bsky.social #Biinaagami

12.02.2025 15:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
This photo is a satellite view of the Great Lakes region in North America, with the lakes labeled in their indigenous names. Here’s a description of the image:

Gichi-gami: This is the Ojibwe name for Lake Superior, located in the northern part of the image.
Michiganmi: This represents Lake Michigan, positioned to the southwest.
Karegnondi: This is the indigenous name for Lake Huron, situated in the central part of the map.
Ontari:io/Kanadario: These are the names for Lake Ontario, located in the southeast. The dual naming might reflect different indigenous languages or dialects.
Erielhonan: This refers to Lake Erie, found in the southern part of the image.

This photo is a satellite view of the Great Lakes region in North America, with the lakes labeled in their indigenous names. Here’s a description of the image: Gichi-gami: This is the Ojibwe name for Lake Superior, located in the northern part of the image. Michiganmi: This represents Lake Michigan, positioned to the southwest. Karegnondi: This is the indigenous name for Lake Huron, situated in the central part of the map. Ontari:io/Kanadario: These are the names for Lake Ontario, located in the southeast. The dual naming might reflect different indigenous languages or dialects. Erielhonan: This refers to Lake Erie, found in the southern part of the image.

The Original Indigenous Names for the Great Lakes:

Superior: gichi-gami (great sea)
Erie: erielhonan (long tail)
Michigan: michigami (long body of water)
Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water)
Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

12.02.2025 14:30 — 👍 605    🔁 206    💬 16    📌 16
Ellen Gabriel and the ‘watershed moment’ that was the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke | Face to Face
YouTube video by APTN News Ellen Gabriel and the ‘watershed moment’ that was the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke | Face to Face

‘We’re still struggling’: This summer will mark 35 years since Canada uses its army in a violent siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke.

Ellen Gabriel acted as spokesperson for her people and reflects back on the siege.

Full Face to Face interview:

10.02.2025 22:41 — 👍 19    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole Temperatures at the north pole soared more than 20C above average on Sunday, crossing the threshold for ice to…

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point

04.02.2025 16:58 — 👍 331    🔁 175    💬 30    📌 37
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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination

Levels of #microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

- Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown

Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.02.2025 16:54 — 👍 186    🔁 83    💬 8    📌 20

That explains things!

03.02.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchers

‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.02.2025 12:17 — 👍 35    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’ Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation

The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.02.2025 06:01 — 👍 3959    🔁 1785    💬 72    📌 103

full preprint of this microplastics study now available
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

03.02.2025 12:34 — 👍 28    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1
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Car Prices Face $3,000 Increase as Trump Tariffs Hit Auto Sector President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada and Mexico will threaten production at automakers across North America and send record vehicle prices even higher, with about a quarter of a trillion do...

Bloomberg reporting US car prices to increase $3,000 per as Trump taxes hit the auto sector | FAFO #TeamCanada www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

02.02.2025 18:58 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025 YouTube video by cpac

Superb speech… “from the beaches of Normandy, to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders, to the streets of Kandahar… to the Iranian hostage crisis… or mere weeks ago when we sent our waterbombers… we were always there…” | #TeamCanada www.youtube.com/live/PnvyrKv...

02.02.2025 17:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

FAFO | #TeamCanada

02.02.2025 17:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods

If you missed it, here’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, quite sincerely, historic speech. It’s for, and is galvanizing, Canadians but he also speaks very directly to our allies in the US. Please hear us out.
I do find myself thinking how much I’d give up, and do, for this imperfect country.

02.02.2025 16:35 — 👍 395    🔁 117    💬 13    📌 8
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Israeli Government Approves Cease-Fire Deal for Gaza The full Israeli cabinet passed the agreement during a meeting that continued into the Jewish Sabbath, setting up the first reprieve in Gaza in over a year.

Cease-fire achieved in Isreal/Hamas conflict | www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/w...

18.01.2025 01:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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REMINDER❗Our #VoicesForAction event is in 2 weeks. Hear from:
📣 Prof. Tahia Devisscher (Faculty of Forestry, UBC)
📣Sharon McGougan (President, Garden City Conservation Society)
📣Kristen Bill (Project Manager, Forestry Health at the City of Hamilton)
Details & registration: https://buff.ly/4gjlKBx

10.01.2025 19:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I have a very optismitic view of the world and humanity and our capacity to rise to the occasion.

But this is sobering. h/t @kencaldeira.com

www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.01.2025 20:29 — 👍 148    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 2
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The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.

Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. The wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest examples of this extreme weather.

10.01.2025 20:37 — 👍 3768    🔁 954    💬 265    📌 93
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2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What? Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.

“1.5C was never the difference between safety + ruin, between hope + despair. It was negotiated by govts trying to answer a big q: What’s the highest global temp increase — and associated level of dangers — societies should strive to avoid?”

Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social

10.01.2025 19:30 — 👍 796    🔁 229    💬 30    📌 9

@iphigenesdream.bsky.social !!

11.01.2025 03:48 — 👍 43    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking. But the company also quietly updat...

Meta quietly updated its hateful conduct policy to allow users to refer to "women as household objects or property" among other offensive language.

07.01.2025 21:35 — 👍 3352    🔁 1972    💬 388    📌 894

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