Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-19
- RT @evidencenetwork: How does #Canadian #healthcare compare? http://t.co/IdMcW33K #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #medicare #
- Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements – American Geophysical Union comment http://t.co/CtxUS9XX #cdnpoli #
- The Three Logics of #Climate Politics http://t.co/u2Kaixln Thoughtful post by @ghoberg #
- RT @kairoscanada: 'Borderless' – KAIROS video on #migrant workers in Canada. "For most it is abut survival…" http://t.co/1MtOaujA #cdnpoli #
- RT @billtieleman: "Site C is coming on line" – Christy Clark – really? What about the environmental assessment? http://t.co/t1HSTTrn #bcpoli #
- RT @nwf: 3 of Alberta's 18 caribou herds are at immediate risk of disappearing because of habitat loss from #tarsands http://t.co/E6gXaoGf #
- MT @iglikaivanova: Worried that StatsCan is being asked to lower the CPI rather than improve its accuracy http://t.co/4Tcz5TO7 #cdnpoli #
- Skyscraper urban farms, don't know what to think. Sweden builds 18-story greenhouse http://t.co/feC6l8Rr via @cleantechnica #
- RT @wicary: The flaws of a voluntary National Household Survey: @stephenfgordon on CPI and #census http://t.co/PuCr9J7Q #cdnpoli #
- RT @amp6: wow. @journo_dale: Toews on Lawful Access bill: "You can stand with us, or you can stand with the child pornographers." #cdnpoli #
- RT @mgeist: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lawful Access, But Were (Understandably) Afraid To Ask http://t.co/ySeLCh05 #cdnpoli #
- .@reutersljungg @StuJT Seems like "Talk show host" and "professor" share many skill sets, @MHarrisPerry, will be sure to check it out 🙂 #
- Ontario court rules mandatory minimum sentence unconstitutional. M&Ms big part of federal crime bill http://t.co/YjhOys8I #C11 #cdnpoli #
- Good on them. RT @benwest: RT @NewsOnGreen: #EU won’t drop aviation CO2 scheme http://t.co/plJfKfqc #climate #
- They're free to sequester their carbon, operate RT @heraldenergy: U.S. carbon rules could slam door on new coal plants http://t.co/s5GIRTtT #
- US govt is a large insurer with an army. 68% of spending soc. security, medicare, defence. http://t.co/id3L3HjK @ezraklein #
- Tweet of the day: RT @saskboy: Don't Toews Me Bro!" http://t.co/CpJiUf5H #cdnpoli What? http://t.co/jsogHVkz Why? http://t.co/ySeLCh05 #
- Indian Investigators do not Suspect Iran in Israel Embassy Blast http://t.co/eVaejw4r #
- BC Can Deliver Justice to Woodlands Residential School Survivors – @adriandix in @thetyee http://t.co/ouhjal3o #bcpoli #indigenous #
- In the Wake of the Crisis: Bully Capitalism by @ArmineYalnizyan of the @ccpa http://t.co/hCxSROZK #cdnpoli #
- RT @bradplumer: US Private firm offers to buy prisons from states, wants assurances they'll be 90% full for 20 years: http://t.co/N1yHNHaz #
- The price of gas in Victoria is the same as it was on my first day here, Jan 2008, $1.079 – Even after the carbon tax #yyj #
- Feds hid names of big oil companies at taxpayer-funded lobbying retreat http://t.co/OVLbZ10i #cdnpoli via @mikedesouza #
- All you ever needed to know about #yyj brunch spots, and more, by @_JMo_ + @inthenick: http://t.co/267vvbEm via @melanie_h #
- Why Don't Americans Elect Scientists?: http://t.co/YDtnSeQ9 Watch the Simpsons http://t.co/FQFS99W5 for the answer #
- EU vote on #tarsands "dirty fuel" law expected on Feb. 23: @Reuters http://t.co/FsDzupEV #oilsands #cdnpoli #
- RT @sherwinarnott: This upcoming law conference looks cool http://t.co/whgIA4Eq: @UVicSJS #justice #poverty #colonialism #yyj #
- Good move by #abgov to let pharmacists do routine prescription renewals. BC should do the same http://t.co/ys3Tm9bw #bcpoli #
- RT @sethdklein: How to destroy a good #poverty line: I & team raise questions about the MBM revisions. http://t.co/bMcpyQMN #cdnpoli #
- RT @drgrist: Thing is: truly becoming a more-renewables movement would distance climate hawks from the environmental movement. Awkward truth #
- RT @ccpa: BC won’t increase corp taxes, even though KPMG says they’re among lowest in industrialized world http://t.co/9H4mGCXD #bcpoli #
- Indeed… RT @dougsaunders: Timeless UK ritual: Massive stagflation crisis —>>> stir up the Malvinas http://t.co/TuU5M5GR #
- No one would have predicted this at all RT @mattyglesias: Austerity killing Portugal: http://t.co/xYr2FD6l #
- RT @poliswater: Ben Parfitt: "does sending more natural gas to China’s already over-heated economy make sense?" http://t.co/8qu4dFKI #
- David Suzuki: Solutions to Canada’s environmental future are rational, not radical http://t.co/Uic24Y8K #cdnpoli via @georgiastraight #
- LED bulb prices cratering, now getting close to the $5 mark http://t.co/TM4BzW5i via @cleantechnica #
- Jump in Alberta Disability Benefits Leaves BC Far Behind http://t.co/QFR0JrL5 #bcpoli via @thetyee #
- More solar goodness from the T'Sou-ke nation, which is doing some awesome sustainability work http://t.co/8aH8jl4a #yyj #
- Interesting survey on immigrants to Canada and attitudes http://t.co/j6R56RNG #cdnpoli via @cbcnews #
- RT @jbarro: US deports man to Mexico, takes away custody of his kids bc his living conditions in Mexico are substandard http://t.co/eUBtFkrK #
- RT @mikedesouza: Leaked Heartland Institute documents pull back curtain on #climate scepticism http://t.co/b5kPnwnU via @guardian #
- 'Snoop and spy' bill could be costly overreach – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/dswjntDq #C30 #cdnpoli #
- Three Challenges For Environmental Philosophy. Thought provoking article via @3QD http://t.co/KDiIDIWk #
- RT @drgrist: Rising US Gas Prices: Not Demand Driven, mostly speculative. http://t.co/jiPGElMO #
- #KeystoneXL Five Stories Not Told. Via @mmfa http://t.co/Y4OEdOCg #tarsands #oilsands #
- Awesome, looks like Babe's Honey in #yyj is coming back http://t.co/aDQVmNoM via @timescolonist #
- RT @yesmagazine: If you love solution-oriented journalism, support YES! today — and spread the word http://t.co/n6IMQ3jw #supportyrmedia #
- Great! RT @ghoberg: Happy that greenpolicyprof made it into @bryannwalsh Time Ecocentric blog http://t.co/oTTGw5Td #climate #keystonexl #
- RT @t_janes: BC's Privacy Commissioner Federal surveillance bill unnecessary, potentially harmful #bcpoli #cdnpoli #C51 #
- RT @dgardner: "Only a fool would play amateur oncologist. But plenty of fools play amateur climatologist." http://t.co/CmGiJjm3 #climate #
- Body fluids more popular than Romney RT @fivethirtyeight: Santorum leads Romney 39-27 nationally in new Rasmussen poll. http://t.co/W3dDCXC5 #
- RT @mpjulian: Shelley Glover called me "anti-Canadian" for questioning #Conservative spending priorities… Throwing mud. #ndp #cdnpoli #
- It appears @justinpjtrudeau gets twitter 🙂 http://t.co/z2Hv0TvK #cdnpoli #
- RT @cbcpolitics: Canada's air pollution experts moved to 'other priorities' http://t.co/bLm4e9yi #cdnpoli #
- RT @ret_ward: @Revkin tells Politico that he has been able to confirm authenticity of leaked 'scepticgate' memos: http://t.co/qtw62bOW #
- Society Saves For The Future By Building Things http://t.co/ihMu4BYu An important point from @mattyglesias #
- RT @CBCPolitics: Online surveillance bill may breach privacy law, charter: @mgeist http://t.co/wtpAYQDA #cdnpoli #
- #Drummond The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the @ccpa http://t.co/rbxVxLm1 #onpoli #
- RT @UBCC350: RT @pembina: BLOG: Claims of #climate leadership in #BC #039;s #LNG strategy leave much to be desired: http://t.co/QgCUj3Ti #BCpoli #
- An interesting book on state-owned oil companies, their performance and strategic implicatiions http://t.co/QskBgTvP via @cleantechnica #
- This new effort to cut global warming from methane, soot doesn't have any teeth. http://t.co/qR4V3c8R #climate #
- RT @iainmarlow: Margaret Wente stands boldly with the child pornographers: http://t.co/IMXCjYqd (Didn't think I'd ever write that.) #cdnpoli #
- RT @cupebcnews: Actual pub-priv sector pay diff in similar jobs is $1500/yr, Not 10% claim. Why? Women closer to pay equity in pub #bcpoli #
- Woohoo! More free Wi-Fi coming to downtown Victoria http://t.co/IfCbh6km #yyj #
- RT @drgrist: Kind of funny: the administration clearly *wants* to approve Keystone XL, but the GOP is basically making it impossible. #
- Police calls in Victoria down 26% in four years http://t.co/22eOQ3N3 Of course, unreported crime way up, right? #cdnpoli #
- +1 RT @sherwinarnott: Looking forward to the Stop Policing Poverty campaign meeting tonight http://t.co/Mc3e6JUk @VIPIRG #
- Sidney continues to be a pedestrian hell hole. Elderly woman hit by car dies from injuries http://t.co/cXkINlt1 #yyj #
- For a town with so many elderly people, Sidney BC's roads prioritise cars over pedestrians, roads, lanes too wide #yyj #
- .@drgrist weighs in with aplomb on the analyst-advocate-activist continuum http://t.co/CyfxNu5D leaping off @ghoberg #climate #
- Details forthcoming? RT @mjeso: Victoria Council committee votes to cancel cut to garbage service and keep backyard pickup. #cfax #cupe #yyj #
- Good work, this could save lives. RT @wicary: NDP seeks Tory support for revived generic-drug bill. http://t.co/yqcdzNxV #cdnhealth #
- RT @thefakecbc: Toews won't support any of the amendments to lawful access bill proposed in Word doc on NDP staffer computer #cdnpoli #c30 #
- RT @dave_eby: @bccla experimenting with their Arrest Handbook as an e-book. Have an e-book reader or tablet? Feedback? http://t.co/qXEDwMgY #
- dressed in four kinds of grey today as befitting a classically colourless #yyj morning. Happy misty rainy Friday… #
- Guy who writes that being a religious person is anomalous in professional sport has a regular NY Times column http://t.co/clJOLlrP #hack #
- BC Government Killing Forest Industry: Auditor General http://t.co/is5G0eJG #bcpoli via @thetyee #
- Would we take a 12 year old seriously if they ignored one side of an equation? http://t.co/mCAp3lkX #drummond #onpoli #
- RT @orcabook: Ebook lending at public libraries presents some challenges. Cdn publishers look fr solution http://t.co/fQjpjOh0 "@NickLyons09 #
- Obama Hikes Royalties on Oil Industry by 50% http://t.co/NwE6qCFv via @cleantechnica #
- RT @drgrist: Obama is restoring "streamlined strip-mine permit processing," a practice he promised to end. http://t.co/NiVYTH7Q Ugh. #
- Police not proceeding on Wharfside investigation http://t.co/kzfV4aco #yyj If I were to steal $3K from someone, you wouldn't charge me? #
- Majority!! Mandate!! RT @wicary: MPs sound alarm on Tory affinity for debate limits, secret meetings. http://t.co/eZxMxFmF #cdnpoli #
- Are bees (Colony Collapse Disorder) being affected by pesticide coated corn seeds? This study ($$) says yes http://t.co/1mUA7lAD #
- NDP pushes for Internet petitions that trigger debate in Parliament http://t.co/6XUlOH27 #cdnpoli Obama did this http://t.co/yzR4xve2 #
- RT @FiveRupees: Re-plug: The New York Times in 1932: Hitler should have fewer restrictions, more power http://t.co/IVJtaVXW #
- The Sinopec File http://t.co/xus478vZ via @thetyee #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
- Wow, mining companies now threatening journals not to published peer reviewed data on diesel exposure http://t.co/jd80VZDC #
- Tea party Texans rally against #KeystoneXL oil pipeline, Transcanada bullying http://t.co/ezpW4geI #tarsands #oilsands #
- Nice article by @dougsaunders on the appropriate role of religion in public life: Outside! http://t.co/CeUJxGfC #cdnpoli #
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