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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-08

Byoliveridley July 8, 2011

Hey, catch @nsoumya on Women on Air – CFUV http://cfuv.uvic.ca 1 PM today, talking about Feminists' Rock Camp. #yyj #
Rupert Murdoch, Conrad Black, apparently right wing media tycoons interpret the law "differently" #
Shale Gas Gives No Emissions Edge over Coal – Andrew Nikiforuk of @TheTyee http://ow.ly/5yT4p #fracking #bcpoli #
RT @greenhousenyt: RT : BREAKING NEWS: The News of the World is to close. More details: @lisatozzi: RT @mediaguardian #
RT @propublica: Why did Murdoch close News of the World? Get the backstory: #MuckReads @DVNJr @Sarahlellison #
Very counter-intuitive 🙂 RT @acorncanada: New study out the US: Health Insurance saves lives of the poor: http://t.co/uo3unHI // #p2ca #
"Rules Vague and Unenforceable, industry written" #Mining companies must clean up their own mess http://ow.ly/5z3eP #bcpoli #
B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office slammed by Attorney General. http://ow.ly/5z6qa Massive #bclib #fail #
Canucks Owners. RT @wcelaw: Berry farm gets #water licence despite charges for pumping water illegally #envlaw #bcpoli #
Prepare to duck. RT @drgrist: My new post: Cap-and-trade could spur faster cleantech investment than carbon tax #
RT @john_size: Washington think-tank criticizes Harper government’s planned purchase of F-35 fighters. http://yhoo.it/onrfMv #cdnpoli #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-23

Byoliveridley September 23, 2012

RT @StuJT: can't be "Muslim believer" and "secular liberal" at same time, suggests Ignatieff, incredibly, in FT op-ed. http://t.co/3TUgEcji #
When Canada's environment minister tries to overhaul endangered species act. Wildlife, HIDE! http://t.co/6HuXFRtG #cdnpoli #
Lovely, @sportsnet takes Setanta over, increases price 50%, calls it "getting better". I guess my 1-month streaming sports expt is history #
In Philadelphia, like in most other places, more bicyclists means fewer accidents http://t.co/HmlbgRWs #yyjbike #
Re: @BC_Ferries, obsession for every sub-unit of a transport system to be a "profit" centre is… http://t.co/fzGyArNI #bcpoli #
MT @BroadbentInst: Tax cuts don't lead to growth: US CRS study post 1945 http://t.co/2dgU8bNa #cdnpoli #
RT @andreareimer #yvr mayor expresses strong support for BC Carbon pricing, proposes new transfers to local gov http://t.co/AfgcYX8c #bcpoli #
MT @kady: A caucus-wide standing ovation for the PM Harper's vow to stand up to $21 billion carbon taxes. #QP #cdnpoli #climatechange #
US underestimates costs of carbon pollution and #climatechange 3-12 times, implications for clean energy http://t.co/tg7cZYC6 #
Headdesk RT @drgrist: From my inbox, the most horrifying press release of the day: Motivate Kids by Teaching Them ‘Life is a Business’ #
RT @thetyee: Open Government? The Dangerous Distraction of Faux Transparency http://t.co/PQwsccvI #bcpoli #opengov #
>1 PER driver RT @cfax1070: Survey finds nearly half of CRD homes boast more than one vehicle per driver #yyj http://t.co/98bGVsSW #
Corporate taxes more progressive than you think, hitting investors more than workers http://t.co/UkP359YY @EzraKlein #cdnpoli #
Peter Lougheed's Radical Legacy; In which a progressive writer praises an old-school conservative http://t.co/3oQjSpYE #
Oh man, so thoroughly enjoying Bad Science by @bengoldacre… #
As a new era of #openaccess to research data dawns, Canada lagging behind http://t.co/JKtaFEEn #cdnpoli @MGeist #
Why do otherwise smart people like @NYTimesBrooks and @DGardner peer into Romney's soul and "find a decent man"? http://t.co/iwAINWsk #
Yikes: Avoiding dangerous climate change is still possible, but just barely, via the sunny @drgrist http://t.co/s2tHfXTl #
Oh so true! RT @drgrist: Subtext of pollution debates: why should makers pay to clean up the air breathed by takers? #
Chorizo and Co. Nice new cafe on Fort Street. Had a good Spanish tortilla #yyj http://t.co/bJMgkkxY #
Kitsilano Coast Guard closure by Harper government will create safety 'gaps' http://t.co/GmPztfN8 #cdnpoli #
Romney’s problem isn’t that he’s a bad candidate. It’s that he’s a conservative one. http://t.co/geZU7gND @EzraKlein #
Great point by @deanbaker13 Re Romney 47%: The govt affects pre-tax income distribution more than post-tax http://t.co/pYktYeLI #
Arctic Resources, Exposed by Warming, Set Off Competition- this will shoot us past many worst case scenarios http://t.co/iqUdMxGf #
Romney Apologizes To Nation's 150 Million 'Starving, Filthy Beggars' http://t.co/e173XWCt @theonion #
Contrary Transcanada assertions, oil spills are still mostly people-detected, sensors – 5% http://t.co/o4pIjxHF #tarsands #oilsands #
Dear Christy Clark: people who don't like governing shouldn't govern, and #yyj #039;s okay. #bcpoli http://t.co/wyhTgmO3 #
You got mine. RT @mgeist: CIRA Board Election Launches – Voting open until Sept 26th. Why I'm running & need your vote http://t.co/SsNTI4lK #
RT @climatebrad: The leak-detection tech that makes #KeystoneXL "safe" doesn't work. http://t.co/X2LHBEEU #sorryaboutthatspill #nokxl #
RT @bradplumer How you value the cost of carbon pollution depends a lot on how you value the lives of future people: http://t.co/2DODx5cZ #
RT @donaldsondoug: Great article by @garymasonglobe. Who’s up to old tricks? It’s not Adrian Dix http://t.co/vYPMYyEw #bcpoli #
Thx @OliviaChow for bringing this up RT @elizabethmay: Darn. No Conservatives voting for the national transit strategy. 🙁 #cdnpoli #
To add to Margaret Wente's many writing sins, now plagiarism http://t.co/b2mYQRCc #
Obama's Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones – http://t.co/UQ55MeLo Remember polling and cellphones? #
The thing about not having much money is you have to take much more responsibility for your life http://t.co/P74R4rzO – @ezraklein #
The electorate will fix it for her. RT @ghoberg: Clark could heal 'sick culture' http://t.co/UxAsZj5I #FRST415 #bcpoli #
CRD public health officer mulls giant sugar soda ban, ala New York http://t.co/u64fs0dP The bans sound draconian, but work. #
Koch Brothers Cashing In 220,000 Acres of #TarSands Holdings http://t.co/OjzJgOcl #oilsands #cdnpoli @InsideClimate #
,@adam_stirling I think Ida Chong is toast regardless. @JessicaVdV is a strong candidate with years of grassroots work for greater #yyj #
Andrew Weaver thinks the NDP will "let the environment fall on the wayside", running as #green http://t.co/jD6EPZwz #bcpoli #
Wonder what would happen to the US and Canadian postal service if unsolicited mail was opt-in, not opt-out http://t.co/SPA7wEKg #
Mayor Ford's corruption would be comical if it didn't actually affect the people of Toronto http://t.co/lqUeymEX #Topoli #
RT @marcleeccpa: Municipalities produce 34 million tonnes of solid waste a year. #Oilsands tailings: 645 million : http://t.co/yPyeVUZE #
RT @drgrist: Romney opposes key support to wind industry, opposes Obama not helping wind industry http://t.co/ZA2D1URe #derederebunked #
RT @mikedesouza: Dozens of Tory staffers leave government thousands in overdue credit card bills http://t.co/6PhivP4I #cdnpoli #
US House Dems Introduce Bill To End Dilbit Tax Exemption for #enbridge #TransCanada and more. #tarsands #oilsands http://t.co/U8JNl7ks #
RT @alexhimelfarb: Budget watchdog Kevin Page says Tories kept Canadians in dark on program cuts http://t.co/6DfYuD44 #cdnpoli #
Red sun this morning, look at it, gorgeous #yyj #
One look at Apple's new proposed headquarters, you'll know why #ios6 ignores transit http://t.co/ddMUq2gS via @atrios #
"But regulations only cost more than a price on carbon if you’re using them to reach the same environmental goal" http://t.co/RfkZhbo6 #
RT @danwoy: @pembina op-ed: Too much rhetoric, not enough facts in the carbon tax debate by @claredemerse http://t.co/eoAZEg8W #cdnpoli #
RT @mgeist: Setting the Stage for the Next Decade of #OpenAccess open as the default within 10 years http://t.co/gTqs3MSG #
RT @aaronwherry: Everything you need to know about the Conservatives' carbon tax farce: http://t.co/AdJSUJEU #CPC #climatechange #cdnpoli #
RT @benwest: #KinderMorgan to pay $316,000 for US Clean Air Act violations http://t.co/fITbjThX via @WYPublicMedia #KMP #NGP #BCpoli #
Awesome new #bclibs candidate. Wants CBC, medicare scrapped, thinks young people shouldn't vote. http://t.co/jDZIC3DZ #bcpoli #
The @GlobeandMail editor "investigates" Wente, insults "anonymous" blogger, finds nothing. Read comments. http://t.co/f7UoZf5L #cdnmedia #
Please, before you conclude that natural gas does anything to mitigate climate issues, read this http://t.co/VyvgkK7h #bcpoli #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-01

Byoliveridley July 1, 2012

.@FaceYourFarmer, saw your awesome poster @MossStMarket in Victoria #yyj People ask where they can get one? http://t.co/nBj7WjqR #
🙂 RT @maggiekb1: I swear to god, there is something about MBA programs that make ppl cease to speak like human beings. #aef2012 #
5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics http://t.co/hXM989Bp. James Fellows in @theatlantic #
Unnecessary #cpc Cuts Gutting our parks' ability to conserve nature – @OttawaCitizen http://t.co/dQg9pJKA #cdnpoli #
Sweet! RT @phillipadsmith Very excited for the launch of @hughstimson's super-fancy interactive map on @TheTyee next week … anticipation! 🙂 #
Good thoughts here… RT @daeaves: Should we Start a Government as Platform Business Association? – http://t.co/EzuXwmLg #gov20 #opengov #
Even as North Carolina considers making sea level rise illegal, the Atlantic rises (such an outlaw) http://t.co/uddJ81i7 #
RT @danwoy: Wow! Reuters investigation reveals Chesapeake, #Encana collusion to suppress land prices http://t.co/d6iBOASN #cdnpoli #ableg #
Canada falls out of top fifty in global freedom of information rankings – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/gCVGGaFj #cdnpoli #
RT @pourmecoffee: Weird how ideology of US Justices accurately predicts interpretation of Constitution. This could never happen with Bible. #
#facepalm RT @mikedesouza: Budget #C38 offers new tools to "authorize" #water #pollution: Ashfield http://t.co/dvuEmfzw #cdnpoli #
RT @mikedesouza: #Ethical investors say federal #budget2012 creating "financial risk": http://t.co/RPYTg7Fm #environment #ceaa #cdnpoli #C38 #
#TarSands Sprawl in Caribou Habitat could be resolved with 1% of Industry profits: Scientist http://t.co/QLmUjh79 #oilsands #
RT @wicary: PMO and PCO have become indistinguishable, Lowell Murray writes. http://t.co/9Vc739hO #cdnpoli #
RT @CBCQuirks: Ottawa knew dangers of chrysotile #asbestos but fought against label http://t.co/hRE651Zy #cdnpoli #
Tory vote drops from 57% to 38% in the very #CPC Rothesay riding in New Brunswick http://t.co/95YqV1Aa #cdnpoli #
Why today’s fiction writers have so much trouble writing about money and class http://t.co/DfNUvQqH via @suzykhimm #
As violence ebbs, Kashmiris await justice for relatives killed in warfare http://t.co/yXBeuCms #India via @NYTimes. #
Those cars won't buy themselves! RT @michisle: Wow. Front page. #yyj #journalism http://t.co/LKCCSXpc #
New study: Lead poisoning of condors at 'epidemic proportions' in California thanks to lead ammunition http://t.co/3tW2WRyz #
Environment Canada raises alarms on chromite mining development in Ring of Fire http://t.co/PBkf56P2 #mining #onpoli #
Federal Court Upholds EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules, big win for Obama administration http://t.co/sZ9ovJsV #climate via @InsideClimate #
RT @aidsvanisle: War on Drugs is Fueling HIV Epidemic http://t.co/ZfqCfYSW #
RT @dgardner: So will those who slammed the WHO for hyperbole when swine flu "only" killed 18,500 now apologize? http://t.co/FAaJolIW #
So much innovation in set top boxes for home entertainment, none work with the closed cable systems, such a #fail http://t.co/KD137xzA #
RT @drgrist: Vancouver deputy mayor @AndreaReimer discusses the city's plan to become "greenest in the world" http://t.co/NQfSEpUH #yvr #
RT @aaronwherry: You know what would solve this Senate attendance problem? Abolishing the Senate. #cdnpoli Context? http://t.co/om4Be3Lh #
David Suzuki: Canada’s growing reputation as an environmental laggard http://t.co/Ibe2wDQK #cdnpoli #
BC dead last in collecting fines and holding financial company criminals accountable http://t.co/jWYimuZA #bcpoli #
On #OilSands Ottawa's Not Hearing Alberta http://t.co/9Uyop2y3 @GeoffDembicki in @thetyee #tarsands #abpoli #cdnpoli #
Mayor sees merit in putting golf course land to better use, YES! http://t.co/o8AqXsYK #yvr Nice article. #
It looks like the Sun News Network is "commemorating" pride week by "featuring" "ex-gays" on its show. http://t.co/XaadlFAz #
#Enbridge Attempt to Kill Spoof Backfires as Censored Cartoonist Goes Public http://t.co/dX2SfQPT #oilsands #tarsands #
B.C.coastal bird populations plummet due to industry, forestry, pesticides, climate change http://t.co/rISIeL6L via @ghoberg #
B.C. mills are quickly running out of wood, BC government failing to foster value-addition http://t.co/7nmRQCeU #bcpoli CCPA #
RT @glen_mcgregor: Dean Del Mastro donors produce cheques from cousin's company to support reimbursement allegations http://t.co/gwWrDVW8 #
RT @danwoy: MT @IanDBruce: BC carbon tax has lead to 15% drop in BC use of petroleum-based fuels #cdnpoli http://t.co/e3pyfJ5i #bcpoli #
RT @taraehrcke: Attn: BCTF – Why I will be voting no http://t.co/TPdOxpro #bced #bcpoli #
Reminder! While BC's carbon tax has been good, our natural gas exports represent a vast, untaxed carbon bomb http://t.co/DZPTQp64 #bcpoli #
Woohoo! RT @yyjpinkpages: We're now live http://t.co/pLPVM46t and getting excited to make a big splash at Pride next week! #lgbt #queer #yyj #
San Francisco now reusing 78% of its waste, other west coast cities doing well. http://t.co/zSpuxDdj Lessons for #yyj #
The best and the brightest RT @mattyglesias: JP Morgan fail whale losses may go up to $9 billion: http://t.co/etQyM97e #
Harper government stonewalled detainee investigation, military watchdog – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/dbg05ATb #cdnpoli #
Big sigh of relief for Obama. Strategic move by Roberts RT @ezraklein: .@SCOTUSBlog: "The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld" #
Don't tell Harper RT @delong: The Myth That Entitlements Ruin Countries, Busted in 1 Little Graph http://t.co/9360z0Rc #cdnpoli #
RT @ezraklein: Wow. So Kennedy voted with conservatives, Roberts with liberals. Umpire, indeed. #
RT @bradplumer: Credit to @brianbeutler who first saw signs that Roberts might vote this way: http://t.co/03B87ava #
RT @amaeryllis: Yikes, Robert’s completely gutting the Commerce Clause for the future. Might not be a big conservative loss after all. #
Wow @acoyne Your rant is surprisingly simplistic, the US supreme court is not one person, but 9, look at individual votes and behaviour. #
One good example @acoyne, read Scalia's recent dissent on the immigration case http://t.co/3yQ2Jdhv Reads like a Fox news contributor #
Nice On #robocalls reporters dig while pundits sit and snipe, calls out @JohnIbbitson http://t.co/G8IaGkJL #cdnpoli #elxnfraud #
Britain is at the forefront of the #opendata Says @Guardian http://t.co/jD1EVrvU cc @OpenDataBC #
Republicans, Leukemia Team Up To Repeal Health Care Law: @TheOnion http://t.co/zwEbRk3W #
Bye for a week twitter 🙂 #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-06

Byoliveridley July 6, 2011

An reported #oil spill every 5 days in Canada. 100 pipeline spills and accidents since 2010 http://ow.ly/5wYSP #climate #
Rock Camp Showcase July 17th.The bands, instructors and local musicians perform original material http://ow.ly/5x0AI #yyj #
RT @ccpa: The economic history and consequences of government assaults on unions: #cdnpoli #
RT @mikehudema: As Alberta’s #TarSands Boom, Foes Target Project’s Lifelines by Jim Robbins: http://t.co/1cFfcb2 #oilsands #ableg #cdnpoli #
Awesome headline 🙂 RT @drgrist: High on Pond Scum: When Will Aviation Biofuels Justify the Hype? #
#abgov Env. Monitoring Panel: "Integrated. Sustainably-funded, arm’s length
Environmental Monitoring" needed for the #oilsands #tarsands #
Link tho the #abgov Environmental Monitoring Panel Report http://t.co/de3ULpH via @andrew_leach #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
The #abgov #tarsands panel says sustainable, arms length, traditional knowledge, comprehensive, ecosystem based. Implementation?? #tarsands #
RT @vicmicrolending: Victoria's first micro loan is … fully repaid. Thanks all who make this organization, this community possible! #yyj #
RT @DanWoy: Enviro monitoring w/out mgmt & enforcement is like having smoke detectors but no firetrucks or firefighters. #oilsands #ableg #
Rock Camp gear really coming together, thanks to awesome community members like Brent of Brentlift, forklift mechanic, and musician! #yyj #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27

Byoliveridley November 27, 2011

I will need my magic jacket in #yyj this morning, looks nice out… #
We're number one!! New Delhi, Now More Polluted Than Beijing – NY Times http://t.co/UdIPmTmZ #
Canadian official who publicly defended ozone monitoring cuts privately declares cuts too deep. http://t.co/IabCK8xU #cdnpoli #
The ozone monitoring spin exposed by @mikedesouza, who does a great job digging as always, thanks! http://t.co/IabCK8xU #
That someone can say with a straight face that monitoring ground level ozone is the same as measuring stratospheric ozone is quite shocking. #
Good points made. RT @ghoberg: Anthony Britneff letter to VanSun New pipelines work against needed change http://t.co/B7Rz4vkG #oilsands #
MT @drgrist: #KeystoneXL promised local communities lots of tax revenue. Lies, Just like jobs claim http://t.co/x7vDfRZT #tarsands #oilsands #
Sunita Narain on the insanity of subsidising polluting diesel in India while increasing gasoline prices http://t.co/kFMyCeok #
RT @adam_stirling: Victoria granted enforcement order to clear Centennial Square. Unclear exactly when police will arrive do so #yyj #Occupy #
Police in Modi's Hindu nationalist government in Gujarat implicated in "fake encounter" murders http://t.co/emfS5dXz #
Via @macleansmag: Pop quiz: Environment minister Peter Kent can't answer "What is ozone". http://t.co/AsAQI8dZ #cdnpoli #
Facebook Is Badware (and Why Google Should Warn Its Users) http://t.co/MINsCZqT Via by @anildash on @lifehacker : @victriviaqueen 🙂 #
RT @trapdinawrpool @RJMcClelland: Schadenfreude alert! Law firm that mocked the homeless goes out of business. http://t.co/UDI5ozOa #
RT @wicary: Ozone gaffe shows Tories favour ‘spin over science,’ Trudeau says. http://t.co/vjsgaW4l #cdnpoli #
RT @paulwillcocks: Spouse of Clark adviser gets $181k health authority job with no public competition http://t.co/UqonkMRv #bcpoli #
Paul @nytimesKrugman parses literature on taxing the rich, concludes a 70% top marginal rate will work http://t.co/pOMH4TET #
Intensity of support? US Majority Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax: Survey http://t.co/JxrfT8V1 via @yaleE360 #climate #
Canada Energy industry set to cut funding for #oilsands environmental watchdog http://t.co/ZIfleIQu #tarsands #cdnpoli #
Yet another long article on Canada's #asbestos nightmare, lots of knowledge, no political will. http://t.co/Yu05Nxlt #cdnpoli #
RT @milesgrant: Want the talking points? Read the newspaper story. Want the truth? Read something else. http://t.co/6FECJwV9 #
Really, climate hackers have released more old emails? This will surely destroy all the promise of the Durban climate talks #sarcasm #
On a more serious note. RT @drgrist: We’re on track to kill the planet faster than the worst extinction in history http://t.co/w8HWOhMo #
RT @mediacupid: New study confirms that women in movies mostly just standing there and looking pretty http://t.co/HSQqfJdc via @janniaragon #
RT @cbcsmart: Vancouver Island Health Authority has canceled comm contract awarded without tender to husband of senior Clark advisor #bcpoli #
For realz? RT @pourmecoffee: Pretty amazing times when the Pakistan Ambassador to US announces resignation by tweet. http://t.co/n7SaRMkS #
.@SusanDelacourt @neilcbc To summarise, social security well funded through 2038, medicare big issue due to F'd up US healthcare system #
RT @cbcsmart: @adriandix says he supports the provincial injunction at #occupyvancouver #bcpoli #
RT @ElizabethMay: Kent just committed to "reducing GHG reductions." He is doing that, he just didn't mean to say it. #cdnpoli #
RT @trishhennessy: Canada Income Inequality: How A Growing Earnings Gap Is Raising Home Prices For All Of Us http://t.co/Z1OSpc0Q #cdnpoli #
Resign, please. Files contradict Clement, suggest he had hand in carving up G8 fund http://t.co/ebpjuUA1 #cdnpoli #
RT @delrayser: Anytime you start to make fun of some other country for a silly tradition, remember: US President just pardoned a turkey. #
RT @VIPIRG: Nov. 26, 27 & 28 10th Annual Amnesty Int'l Human Rights Film Fest in #yyj Visit http://t.co/C7DciW0X for location & schedule! #
RT @sherwinarnott: @AnilDash: hopeful and practical. How the 99% and the Tea Party can occupy the White House http://t.co/CFEfrWdN #
RT @mgeist: CPC MP @PaulCalandra argues Europe stricter on digital locks than Bill C-11: here's why he's wrong http://t.co/dUNc0bAJ #cdnpoli #
#TarSands Oil Producers Eye California after #KeystoneXL delay #oilsands #cdnpoli http://t.co/u9vA2OhE #
Canada lobbying European Parliament to weaken climate-change policies: EU politician. http://t.co/2VNz1W9V #cdnpoli #
Tonight 7 PM in #yyj Panel and forum on #fracking at the @ambrosiacentre organized by the @sierra_BC http://t.co/TpMToFFG #
+1, tho' comm. not the problem RT @sherwinarnott: Good communications advice for #climatechange scientists. http://t.co/tWFNUeRf… #
Woah, "be glad you have a job", "don't complain about working thanksgiving night", what newspapers have come to. http://t.co/ZYhQgurG #
RT @greenhousenyt: #Thanksgiving Ordinary Shoppers Badly Squeezed, Camp Out for Bargains, Affluent Shoppers Thrive http://t.co/0l8t4yQ5 #
RT @evidencenetwork: What's driving #cdnhealth care costs? http://t.co/jF9yaIt4 #cdnpoli #onpoli #ableg #medicare #
Touche! RT @abbymartin: I'm gonna help the cops out today and go pepper spray everyone camping out in front of US stores for #BlackFriday #
Interesting. RT @janniaragon: Thought about privilege on campus: http://t.co/khK1B91B #occupy #highered #uvic #
RT @journo_dale: Peter Kent again cannot answer an #ozone question based on his own signed Order Paper question response. #QP #HoC #cdnpoli #
Canadians’ wages outpaced by cost of living http://t.co/mbBL9Cxi – Not good. #cdnpoli #
Here's to a permanent suspension. RT @wicary: Canadian #asbestos production suspended. http://t.co/kltThhhT #cdnpoli #
Hmm, only 11 working days till I head off to India for the rest of the year, good and bad. #
RT @nathancullen: Excited to release my energy policy today & looking forward to your thoughts. http://t.co/VTfVFWVI #ndpldr #cdnpoli #
In 2011, the world's best scientific journal still publishes gender stereotyping anti-feminist tripe. #Womanspace http://t.co/D1sFN3HK #
Test #
RT @harjap: Indian athletes threaten to boycott Olympics over Dow Chemicals sponsorship http://t.co/pPCnF4NB #solidarity #Bhopal #
"There's no room for politics at the (Christmas parade)" – Yep, nothing Jesus did was political #occupyvictoria http://t.co/9CZvpW3j #
Context… RT @cfax1070: #Occupyvictoria promises to respect Christmas and the parade #yyj #cfax… http://t.co/hmtMA1NB #yyj #
Hippie! Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson joins calls for marijuana legalization http://t.co/m6HCPzs9 #yvr #
.@Lunacee I was being facetious:) I fully support @MayorGregor in his push for legalization, it is the sensible thing to do #yvr #
Neat, bookmarked! RT @boraz: Image editing for scientists, part 1: colour-balancing in thirty seconds http://t.co/i8AAGww2 #
.@raulpacheco Yes, direct spending by government creates jobs, just ask the million employed by the US military/contractors. 1/2 #
.@raulpacheco Examples provided by the author are indirect tax breaks/incentives, just use jobs as an excuse for corporate subsidies. 2/2 #
N.W.T.'s water could be at risk from #oilsands http://t.co/f4lPrnTQ #tarsands #cdnpoli #
RT @ubcic @UVicAnthro: Protein analysis proves use of dog hairs in Salish blankets (didn't know anyone doubted this!) http://t.co/OVCYwSQC #
#NDP MP @FinDonnelly launches petition seeking ban on shark fin imports http://t.co/Fn1XzLO8 #cdnpoli Attn pun headline writers! #
The Age of the Superfluous Worker: Thoughtful post on increasing labour and the US economy http://t.co/5vtW91Ah #
RT @victorianews: City talks waste tomorrow: Changes are coming to the @CItyofVictoria waste collection system http://t.co/ZhQpMhzK #yyj .. #
Testing diaspora integration, good morning! #
Hmm, 50s movies were very Hollywood RT @harshawalia @TheAtlantic piece about globalization of Bollywood: http://t.co/s1i4NDrz #aahjawani #
MT @anteyekon4myst: Water-pump failure in Illinois wasn’t cyberattack after all: http://t.co/BNzuYD9h -Retract the political rhetoric? #
Wow. @tabathasouthey demolishes the recent Canada #polygamy ruling http://t.co/JEVPAb4s #cdnpoli #
RT @marcleeccpa: @Frankejames story: From blacklisted artist to culture jamming in Ottawa. Amazing graphics http://t.co/RvGUztxp #cdnpoli #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-04

Byoliveridley March 4, 2012

Henry Waxman’s plan to cut the deficit and stop global warming — at the same time http://t.co/hjdt7UY9 via @ezraklein #
#cpc scripts misdirected voters in 2011 election: Call centre staff http://t.co/kRHuSCMB #cdnpoli One more scandal #
Way to go! RT @peggynashndp: As leader I will move swiftly to implement proportional representation http://t.co/vY0QLT8z #ndpldr #cdnpoli #
Watched @cbcnews from a dentist's chair this morning, no word on #robocall but lots of murders and accidents apparently. #
Racism, sexism, classism, all intersect nicely in golf. RT @janniaragon: Sexism in Golf: Grass is Green http://t.co/xcZQkqSt #
EV battery breakthrough to halve cost, triple range http://t.co/TmAHR62Z via @mims #
Beyond Cap and Trade, A New Path to Clean Energy: Nordhaus and Shellenberger: @yalee360 http://t.co/JGR6mFIq #
RT @VIPIRG: Interested in community green mapping? Then check out the March 24 workshop coordinated by @UVicOCBR! http://t.co/7Gyq6QSt #
RT @leadnowca: RT @globeandmail: Tory 'robo-call' scandal widens as complaints flood from nearly 30 ridings http://t.co/bHEm7rN5 #cdnpoli #
RT @drgrist: New report from Michigan Public Service Commission: renewables now cheaper than coal in MI. http://t.co/BP8d2EXJ #
MT @glen_mcgregor: Remember CPC voting to express non-confidence in Elections Canada. diff response today! http://t.co/ccz6wbiO #cdnpoli #
RT @ezraklein: Study: Rich more likely to take candy from babies: http://t.co/wcc9YcDl #
Free the scientific journals. RT @davidkroll: #Openaccess makes tomorrow's NYT Science Times (with @mbeisen) http://t.co/yGjURsxM #OA #
The Laffer Curve Bends At 84%. Current top marginal tax rates are <30% in Canada http://t.co/KlF2pusI #cdnpoli #
Watching a heroic and successful run to catch a @BC_Transit bus is always fun. #yyj #smallpleasures #
RT @wicary: Budget watchdog contradicts Tories on cost of sentencing crackdown. http://t.co/lEVdD8Q1 #cdnpoli #
RT @ghoberg: Jaccard takes on Swart/Weaver and the fallacy of composition http://t.co/pXBrRRhZ #climate #oilsands #tarsands #cdnpoli #
RT @nathancullen: Huge congratulations to Prince #Rupert council for a unanimous vote against the #Enbridge #pipeline! http://t.co/9spzYfLu #
At current growth rates, Climate safety requires massive clean-energy transition with no natural gas, Myhrvold finds http://t.co/GNBmqUdA #
RT @elizabethmay: Very bad news today. Harper killing Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Lab in High Arctic. #cdnpoli #
A Must Read. Dietitians of Canada – The Cost of Eating in British Columbia http://t.co/rv0FRJ1e #bcpoli via @SethDKlein #
Social Justice and the Law conference at #uvic Mar 3rd. http://t.co/Sjre4NoV #yyj #
The problems with #fracking might not be so easy to fix, Joe Nocera notwithstanding: @bradplumer http://t.co/vBcd7fDT #
Ugh. RT @marcleeccpa: Heartland associate taught 'biased' climate course at Ottawa university http://t.co/zGTfMZZR via @guardian #
RT @natnewswatch: Michael Sona: I had 'no involvement' in fraudulent calls http://t.co/uYywN7U9 #cdnpoli #robocalls #robocon #
Dirty tricks phone calls alleged in Vancouver South http://t.co/ealaUXto #robocon #cdnpoli #
India's Newest Export: #Whiskey http://t.co/GfrLWJvF #
Harper government axes network of #immigration research centres @TorontoStar http://t.co/TSHXIw5c #cdnpoli #FAIL #
.@revkin of the @NYTimes has some nice songs up on coal's effects on miners, check them out. http://t.co/cn3QEgMd #
Note to self, stop using the adjective "nice" when it refers to the quality of analysis on a problematic topic, that's twice this week. #
Election in Etobicoke decided by 26 votes contested in court due to #robocon irregularities http://t.co/jbv7pMNW #cdnpoli #
MT @taykuy: One of my (coal mining song) favs is from a friend in Huntington, WV Jeff Ellis-Men in Sago Mine http://t.co/iao4T70k #
Reactive, not proactive. RT @kabayan2010: Elections Canada falling down on voting fraud, watchdog says http://t.co/ZALljDdv #cdnpoli #
RT @acoyne: Illuminating @punditsguide projection of how votes might fall through successive ballots in #NDPldr race http://t.co/F0TuWb0I #
RT @denisesavoie: Former head of the CDN public service on the high price we pay for the austerity agenda #cdnpoli http://t.co/w13oPB5O #
Chicago goes coal-free http://t.co/OOHHYcjS Fantastic, now Alberta's turn 🙂 via @grist #
+1000 RT @alexsteffen: There is a zero-sum game between urban space devoted to cars and livability/ walkability/ transit/ quality of life. #
India, like Canada is now playing the "foreign NGOs are TEH BADZ" http://t.co/7Rad2LWy #
RT @leadnowca: Misleading voters like ballot box stuffing, ex-head of Elections Canada http://t.co/s2cllJN1 take action http://t.co/UZIXbELN #
RT @asilnicki: #medicare bankrupting Canada is just scaremongering, says @picardonhealth – Health reporter for @globeandmail #cdnhealth #
Just my bias, but when someone says "Public Health" on their expertise list, I tend to listen to them, @picardonhealth #
RT @masalacanada: Canada's senate to examine foreign funding of charities – charitable status of env groups http://t.co/HwMwe1oP #cdnpoli #
RT @dgardner: Here it is: The final reason why a full public inquiry is necessary. http://t.co/OgbzXZBz #cdnpoli #robocon #
Misleading election call reports now in 9 B.C. ridings http://t.co/E9Z451ap #robocon #cdnpoli #
Corporate citizenship redux. US Judge rules tobacco health labels unconstitutional. http://t.co/4KXXTJCp #
RT @ccpa: @TrishHennessy (robo)calls 'em as she sees 'em in this month’s Hennessy's Index: http://t.co/J11XwrRb #cdnpoli #robocall #robocon #
RT @derek_spalding: Poll: Greater Victoria bus riders frustrated by overcrowding and long waits http://t.co/EAds5zVY via @BC_Transit #YYJ #
As a Monday-Friday user going from Victoria to Sidney everyday, 1 or two transfers, @bc_transit works seamlessly, lucky me #yyj #
Because it was warm outside RT @ghoberg: Belief in Global Warming on the Rebound: Fall 2011 National American Survey http://t.co/NlfwweM1 #
On most days, I can go door to door (28 km) by @bc_transit in 55 minutes, 35 spent reading, as opposed to 35 min by car. #yyj #
Indeed, economy greater influencer than weather, but weather factor too RT @ghoberg: @oliveridley but real reason is improvement in economy #
The @Nature journal criticizes Canadian 'muzzling' of taxpayer paid scientists @CBCNews http://t.co/TR1F3mqq #cdnpoli #
31000 complaints received on #robocon scandal http://t.co/ETTZvFJp Any place to find no: of complaints in prev elections? #cdnpoli #
Misleading B.C. election call traced to Conservative Party http://t.co/zkQl1LWY Guns starting to smoke on #robocon #cdnpoli #
RT @michaelhaack: Why does Tory MP Rob Anders keep falling asleep on the job? http://t.co/RubzTXxL #cpc #roft #cdnpoli #
Log scale? FTW RT @robertfife: Voter complaints in 2006 election=329. In 2008=500. 2011=31,000 #cdnpoli #robocalls #robocon #
Elementary question not asked: Will immigrant marriage crackdown hurt more people than it will help?http://t.co/q1nwGsM5 #cdnpoli @tobicohen #
Did The Conservatives Have A Special 'Swing Ridings' Team in 2008? http://t.co/WlFWrACu And in 2011? #cdnpoli #robocon #
RT @KyleHarrietha: Elections Canada is facing possibly the largest probe…in its history" http://t.co/g2VTcu0g #robocon #cdnpoli #
We're number 1??: Pace of Ocean Acidification Has No Parallel in 300 Million Years: Study http://t.co/6SSrCC9O #climate #
Excited to go to @UVicSJS and @TAPSBC social justice and the law conference at #uvic today. Conference hashtag? #
Waiting to hear @Dave_Eby speak on the valuable role of social justice lawyers and advocates – Skunks at the picnic #uvicsjlc #
"Nothing about us without us" #uvicsjlc #
RT @triadonaldson: "Ground your work in the community. Start by always thinking the community is correct, you are wrong" @Dave_Eby #uvicsjlc #
.@Dave_Eby talking about the multiple conflicts of interest of Wally Oppal and problems with the Missing Women's Inquiry. #uvicsjlc #
Legal representation not required or essential for participation in missing women inquiry – Shirley bond #notalawyer #uvicsjlc #
.@Dave_Eby fantastic keynote pre-post mortem of the missing women's inquiry is making me very mad #uvicsjlc #
.@Dave_Eby ends by saying that the missing women's inquiry is recreating the oppression that enabled #pickton #uvicsjlc #
Panel on Indigenous issues and the law. Val Napoleon talks about how the liberal rights framework falls apart for the indigenous #uvicsjlc #
Shane Johnson at #uvicsjlc reminds us of the massive disparities in incarcerated. #indigenous affected terribly. New rules make it worse #
Rose Henry talks about @vipirg and "policing poverty" report on profiling. Action on march 8. #uvicsjlc Follow @vipirg for deets #
Rose Henry – two people die every week of exposure in Victoria, one aboriginal #yyj #uvicsjlc #
Shane Johnson is the only aboriginal support worker on Vancouver Island and surrounding. Grossly inadequate and unfair #uvicsjlc #
.@KasariGovender of LEAF to break down problems with legal aid and beating our heads against the wall. #uvicsjlc #
If your treatment in the legal system is proportional to how much money you have, this is the primary problem #uvicsjlc #notalawyer #
If legal aid is the only way to partially equalize legal treatment and it had been cut consistently since 2002… #uvicsjlc #bcpoli #
.@KasariGovender states that every $ spent in legal aid is $7 saved later #uvicsjlc #
Common theme from legal aid and advocacy panel. No money, outstretched. Small amounts of money now saves a lot later #uvicsjlc #
RT @a_w_young: Babysteps: Wall Street Journal: Canadian Conservatives acknowledge vote suppression in 2011 http://t.co/b5lNFYln – #cdnpoli #
RT @Dave_Eby: Rick Schwartz to law students: Get involved in governance of non profits and community orgs. "Skills are needed." #uvicsjlc #
Next panel on environmental justice and the law with @blunt1 @triadonaldson Deborah curran and Chris Tollefson #uvicsjlc #
We don't have environmental rights in Canada – Deborah Curran #uvicsjlc #
Canada is far behind in mapping and correlating poverty, race, class and pollution #envjustice #uvicsjlc #
Was such a pleasure to meet @Dave_eby one of BC's most awesome people doing great work with the BCCLA #uvicsjlc Good luck Dave. #
Tollefson is talking about #slapp suits brought by corporations and others to chill public participation #uvicsjlc #
More on #slapp suits at http://t.co/t6sjzSgH #uvicsjlc #
Old colonial concept of "losing" party paying costs irrelevant in public interest litigation, another chill. #uvicsjlc #
Citizens cannot privately prosecute corporations and government for breaking environmental laws in BC #bcpoli #uvicsjlc #FAIL #
.@triadonaldson starts by stating that these issues are connected, about privileging corporations and leaving people behind #uvicsjlc #
To summarise @triadonaldson Organize!! Organize!! Organize!! #uvicsjlc #
.@blunt1 of the forest action network up next to talk about tactics in the environmental movement #uvicsjlc #
Heh. Every time an environmental law stops bad development, the govt. changes the law #uvicsjlc #
.@triadonaldson talks about the power of storytelling to drive movements #uvicsjlc #
+1 RT @TAPSBC: @blunt1– what a spitfire!! All eco-panelists sooo great and do such great work! #uvicsjlc #bcpoli #yyj #
Okay. Signing off from #uvicsjlc Hope to @storify it into a blog post, energy permitting. Keep the hashtag going 🙂 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-08-12

Byoliveridley August 12, 2012

Canada needs energy diversity, not just fossil fuels: federal documents. http://t.co/QARmsnYR #cdnpoli #
For Many Sikhs, Wisconsin Attack Has Troubling Echoes http://t.co/W3G6dgy6 #
Why the Indian Labor Force Feels Left Behind. Increased productivity, but not wages http://t.co/5tnc5GtF #
Every big bank is corrupt, apparently. Standard Chartered Bank Edition http://t.co/KvKI94fU #
Nobody Knows Where Economic Growth Comes From @mattyglesias on @slate http://t.co/nd1tUzzo #itsallgood #
Gibson Guitars’ "noble stand" against US government ends with admission of wrong-doing http://t.co/SIjruBT6 Hmm, I have a Gibson… #
Is Canada Competition Bureau Ready to Take on Media Convergence? @mgeist http://t.co/XoFLsDkj #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #
15 percent of Mitt Romney Twitter followers are paid fakes @ArsTechnica reports http://t.co/9tBnu5NV Typical and pathetic #
Ethical Reflections on the Northern Gateway Pipeline: @kairoscanada http://t.co/zVftHvPl #NGP #tarsands #oilsands via @ghoberg #
#BCNDP continue to dominate the polls, pushing 50% http://t.co/CaHRrXoc #bcpoli via @308dotcom #
Did @sherwinarnott and I see a harbour, Dall or hybrid porpoise on our @BCFerries "wildlife cruise"? either way, special! #
Ha ha!! MT @heraldenergy: Stephen Harper says science, not politics, will determine #Enbridge pipeline route http://t.co/aZ0DYNCX #oilsands #
The strata management company's idea of paperless is sending out six different scanned documents of financials #progress #smallwin #
.@bc_transit Buses really could use a priority left turn on to Douglas from Hillside @cityofvictoria. Took us 3 lights to turn #yyj #
New cordless phone: 19.99. Replacement battery for functioning phone: 17.99. World: screwed. #
MT @askessler: Must read on #FN property ownership issue: @Pam_Palmater on the proposed Indian Act changes http://t.co/sypoAnJO #CdnPoli #
Wise words for #yyjbike RT @mattyglesias: Cyclists should absolutely obey the law. That still leaves the question of what the law should be. #
Peter Kent and #cpc discouraged media coverage of #climatechange summit: Memo @mikedesouza http://t.co/xyuCIJ2Y #cdnpoli #
MT @jimbobbysez: Much easier to meet (Canada's climate) goals when you (re)move the goalposts. http://t.co/JrKgjMeW #cdnpoli #environment #
July: Hottest month ever recorded in the US. . http://t.co/u9QVqqHr #climatechange #
Canada’s Emissions Deception. Nice summary of today's non-announcement by @MarcLeeCCPA http://t.co/f7nq3bpd #cdnpoli #
Don' tell Fox! RT @gernotwagner: For a different kind of "rebound effect": Fuel standards boosted auto industry rebound http://t.co/UfU6DNWf #
Innovative solution for the heat wave, stop measuring it in Canada! http://t.co/ZFnq0YD5 #cdnpoli #
RT @pjpartington: EC study projects Oil & Gas sector will account for 28% of Canada's emissions in 2020 for 2.6% of GDP http://t.co/20gTkU12 #
Pacific Ocean plastic pollution mostly from Canada, not Japan tsunami http://t.co/sYsk2GB6 #
"Lost" Boys of the Line of Control in Kashmir – @nytimes http://t.co/0VPITN2A #
N. Dakota Bakken Crude and Canadian #OilSands in Battle for Space on U.S. Pipelines #tarsands http://t.co/UthobOkJ #cdnpoli #
When someone writes with skill, as in this Ta-Nehisi Coates @nytimes column http://t.co/w0LbeI3Q, the good comments show up #
Yikes. Gonorrhea becoming resistant to antibiotics, only one works now, some countries, none #happyfriday http://t.co/gja7TIWP #
Canada lost 30,400 jobs in July – Unemployment up to 7.3% http://t.co/g1b923a8 #cdnpoli #
As I read China Mieville's Perdido Street Station, relevant RT @boraz: How Did Insect Metamorphosis Evolve? http://t.co/tP2OiQnN #
Trend of Govts harassing NGOs for "foreign" contributions not just in Canada, #India edition http://t.co/rHbGOwSj #cdnpoli #
#FirstNations want property rights, but on our own terms – Jody Wilson-Raybould in @GlobeandMail http://t.co/hjNOZqVQ #cdnpoli #
Takes one to know one? RT @sfbuzzalino: Finished reading World War Z last night. Am now convinced the zombie apocalypse is a reality. #book #
Fort McMurray, the little Canadian town that might just destroy the world. @esquire on #KeystoneXL http://t.co/A78wFHWK via @climatekeith #
The olive ridley approves 🙂 RT @maggiekb1: Fact: pirates loved democracy. Also, sea turtles. http://t.co/fq9OMK5E #
Steel mill, ensnared in lawsuits, polluted South Carolina town as Romney's firm made millions in profits. http://t.co/prDTrgRM #

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