Laura Zizzo

Proud to be Canadian tonight and every night.

Canadian woman being held in U.S. detention centre after attempting to apply for a work visa — The Globe and Mail Friends and family say Jasmine Mooney was held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and spent three nights at that detention centre

This article really hit me. As someone who was once denied entry to the US when I thought I had all my bases covered, I can imagine this happening and am horrified. She wanted to book a flight home and they detained her and she is detained! What is happening? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Watching Trump sign an executive order withdrawing from Paris Climate treaty while LA literally burns is the definition of surreal.

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles After the Bobcat fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.

So sad. Tragic in the truest sense of the word. Loss of potential to prevent this, but now we must find a way to become more resilient.

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Taking a break this time of year is ok.

Time to reflect, recharge, reconsider so that we can get into some good trouble in 2025!

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist

“If we citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the alter of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams”.

Isn’t it true that entrepreneurs are mere artists, compelled to make something that didn’t exist before. It’s important to support our artists, and our entrepreneurs. As Yang Martel says in the notes that precede his great piece of art, The Life of Pi:

Could it be time for a green new deal after all?

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Winter started up north. Porter is loving it. No matter how intense life gets, a walk with the dog in the forest always helps.

The Climate-Driven Diaspora Is Here In 2025, extreme weather will drive more people from their homes. Governments have no plan. Where will they be welcome?

As a fresh faced lawyer I helped at the UNFCCC COPs supporting small island states in the negotiations. That was the first time I met folks planning to migrate to Canada because of the climate impacts they knew were coming. 15ish years later….

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For sure. Just getting my barrings but will start looking and compiling!

@joannakyriazis.bsky.social hi 👋

It took me a while to find this platform but jeez, feels good to know you’re here and doing your thing.

Let’s go girls. 🎶🎤🎧

Wow. We did really hard things with way less complex technology. Imagine what we can do if we harness what’s possible to do what we know is right.

@katharinehayhoe.com amazing starter packs. Thank you. Looking forward to productive discussions here with you and others. So much to be grateful for and so much to change. All at the same time.

I believe: smart use of #AI can help unlock human creativity needed re #climate crisis

+ more mindful, accepting approach to problem solving & collaboration is crucial for positive steps forward in our collective human experiment.

Looking forward to the discussions