Alison Forde

The Devoted Friend
Jeff Dillon
2021

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#LetsGoBlueJays!

#HamOnt

5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause | CBC News Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freed...

"The federal submission says the "temporary character" of the notwithstanding clause confirms that it cannot be used to cause "an irreparable impairment" of Charter rights."

#cdnpoli #onpoli

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And we would have less asthma cases with cleaner air resulting from climate action 🙃

Thank you again for everyone trying to donate a kidney for me.
I don't have any new updates or anything--they're still working through the list and yeah we are really beginning to run out of time. If you're on the fence but would like to try, get started at iggyland.org
Thank you everyone!

When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

The Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report is published weekly. It features data on COVID-19, influenza and RSV. health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...

Omg this is a huge inning!

#letsgobluejays

Part 2 of her message is the most important.

Same!

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Yes!! Nice haul!! Absolutely I would love to see this every year 😄

Welcome home, new plants!

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in ER, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home. Dunn House backers say the supportive housing project saved the health system millions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com

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But in spite of what we know, most people are opting for shorter lives lived "normally" (2019), rather than the increased chance of a longer life with better health, secured with - in simplest terms - the mild inconvenience of wearing an #N95 mask indoors, in public spaces.

An ebike with a box in the front and a low profile Rubbermaid tub strapped to the back, both filled with native plants.

Alison and her ebike with the native plant sale in the background.

Filled up my #ebike to capacity with native plants at the sale put on by @hamiltonnature.org this morning! 8 new species to add to my yard: boneset, golden alexander, field pusseytoes, moss phlox, cardinal flower, prairie smoke and hairy & foxglove beardtongue.

#hamont

Beautifully composed!

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

Can’t emphasize enough that new studies like this come out ALL THE TIME but are usually ignored by basically everyone, including the media & the medical establishment. It’s bananas. #COVID

Just got the flu shot and covid booster. I believe in science. I also believe in not getting sick from anything given a lot of writing deadlines, so I mask up in crowds, airports, and use a helpful nasal spray. Really not wise to take chances if you can avoid it.

Cover of a book called Ducks are different with illustrations by Angus H. Shortt showing a cartoonish but accurate drawing of a bufflehead duck facing the viewer

Cartoon of a hooded meganser showing accurate colouration but exaggerating the size of the feet and showing it with a deranged expression and the wierd "teeth" that they have

Delightful 1940s book that shows that people have always understood Weird Duck Time

Mark Carney promised to deliver a Youth Climate Corps in the liberal platform. Now it’s at risk of being cut, unless we act.

✉️ Tell your MP, Mark Carney, and his cabinet: keep your promise. Fund a permanent, well-resourced Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget: goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

Now you can be buried in a coffin made of fungi | CBC News In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out a new green burial option available in Canada, see where companies' climate targets are going and find out how well compostable dishes and c...

Nice to have this option available.

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

UGH a Sharp-shinned Hawk didn't finish the job and now I have to send a poor Mourning Dove to be euthanized by animal services 😢 I couldn't just leave her out to be further tortured by the neighbours' cats.

A White-throated Sparrow on a sun-dappled lawn.

Towards the end of my work day I noticed a White-throated Sparrow foraging in the leaf litter in my yard. First of the fall, looking forward to more migrating this way soon! 🪶

I like to imagine copyright laws being enforced, but more: this opens the door to so much horrendous material, involving anyone from celebrities to ordinary people

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

This petit organic pumpkin from the #HamOnt farmers market is just the right size for Artuu to devour 🎃

Alison (right) with Jane Goodall (left) after her talk in Toronto in April 2010.

#RIPJaneGoodall

I had the immense fortune of hearing her speak at an event in Toronto in 2010. She's always been an inspiration to me for her conservation work and also as a woman in field biology.