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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-24

Byoliveridley June 24, 2011

RT @mgeist: OECD Report Finds Canada Among Most Expensive Broadband Countries – among highest prices in developed world http://is.gd/Xc6zda #
Early BC Election? Rumours swirl, parties getting ready http://ow.ly/5oLaL #bcpoli #
Will make you cry. RT @noii_vancouver: My Life As an #Undocumented #Immigrant – NY Times #nooneisillegal #status4all http://fb.me/KauBB9ZP #
Yikes. RT @envirowire: Breaking news: Floodwaters in Nebraska are 2 feet from entering nuclear plants http://t.co/5mmFKId #
Would be good, but we'd rather mine and extract RT @ghoberg Could Canada's cheap electricity make it a server farm giant http://t.co/1qI7Pg9 #
Zap Copy and Print at the UVIC SUB rocks, that's all I have to say 🙂 #yyj #
Neat RT @mlamonica: DOE issues challenge to streamline residential solar permits. San Jose has got it to one hour #
Harper's #Asbestos Support 'Crassest Form of Politics' http://ow.ly/5oVkT From @thetyee #cdnpoli #canadacausescancer #
RT @susandelacourt: Sigh. RT @sarah_schmidt_: Email exchange w/ Tory spinner on #asbestos listing. #cdnpoli #
.@tabathasouthey @kady Japanese horror movies kill thousands of fictional people, #asbestos kills real people 🙁 in reply to kady #
RT @climateprogress: GE’s Ironic New Slogan for Its Favorite Greenhouse Gas: “Natural Gas. It’s Hot Stuff.” #notkidding #
Fossil fuel expansion as a crime against humanity @CCPA Note by @marcleeCCPA http://ow.ly/5p1FN #cdnpoli #keystoneXL #oilsands #
RT @IslandRail: Fraud cheaper than new Transit fare technology http://t.co/Q4WQZ3K #yyj #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-23

Byoliveridley June 23, 2011

RT @kirstysheldon: Hey #yyj #DarthFiddler #039;s attackers were caught on surveillance video! http://t.co/53vnJqP Do you know these guys? #
RT @harshawalia: Power of Women Grp in #DTES #YVR share stories of survival. Read and share Kingdom of Main and Hastings http://is.gd/OLN951 #
Caribou getting stressed out by people! #Oilsands activity blamed for caribou decline – http://ow.ly/5nPpk #tarsands #
Blame the US Senate first. RT @mikedesouza: MT @egies: Gore Criticizes Obama on Climate: http://ow.ly/5nQBT #senatehate #
RT @drgrist: At this point, is Al Gore arguing "climate change is real" going to change anything? http://is.gd/B024ML #
Yum! RT @saanichorganics: Need more strawberries before weekend markets? @niagaragrocery and Root Cellar have them! #yyj via @thesarahmundy #
Climate crisis solved!! Harper government lays off 46 climate scientists http://ow.ly/5nSpd #cdnpoli #
RT @dgardner: Stephen Harper on climate change: compare and contrast. #
RT @danpollock: Sooke residents reach target in counter petition to keep P3 sewer project public: http://j.mp/k4yRNq #yyj #bcpoli #water #
Hey! Registration for Victoria Feminists' Rock camp July 15-17 is now open and filling up! http://j.mp/2011frc #yyj #
Canada opposes labelling #asbestos as hazardous http://ow.ly/5o036 Nothing more to say, really… #cdnpoli #
RT @matvic: #Sooke counter-petition against Epcor sewer contract get enough votes – well done folks!!! via @cfax1070 http://ow.ly/5o0Cb #YYJ #
Waste incinerator for #yyj RT @cfax1070 Consultant says burning Capital Region's garbage is feasible http://fb.me/IBZ6UOyv #
Incinerators can work, but local opposition is big, recyclables diversion needs to be perfect, air pollution controls state of the art. #yyj #
Hey, looking for a unionized print shop for a 11×17 print, any leads in Victoria? #yyj #
Gore uses 5K out of 7K words to attack press, PR for #climate failure, press promptly spins this as an Obama attack http://ow.ly/5o3Gs #
RT @wicary: Standing alone, Canada blocks push to label asbestos a hazardous chemical. http://tgam.ca/Caww #cdnpoli Even India assented. #
RT @evidencenetwork: Making Patients Pay won’t make the Health System more Affordable http://ow.ly/5ob6o #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #medicare #
US Mayors: End the wars, please. http://ow.ly/5ofdN Guess the mayor of military town Pendleton, SC is a socialist? #sarcasm #
RT @joseiswriting: Undocumented Immigrant trending.Let's drop "Illegal" and "Alien." No person illegal or alien. #
RT @politicsrespun @BCHC: Ontario Cracks Down On Illegal Billing For OHIP-Insured Services. BC should do so http://t.co/EOscOEo #healthcare #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-22

Byoliveridley June 22, 2011

Closed Containment works. RT @yalee360: New model for aquaculture takes hold far from the sea http://t.co/P9TOVVb #aquaculture #seafood #
Huh? RT @andrew_leach: Min Liepert – Alberta is the only jurisdiction to legislate GHG emissions. Um, no. #oilsands #cdnpoli #tarsands in reply to Marsyajunisha #
RT @viccarshare: Wow! Broken Social Scene!! || First wave of Rifflandia artists announced @timescolonist #yyj #
Editorial in @timescolonist endorsing Victoria's bottled #water ban and Blue Community resolution http://ow.ly/5n1WO #yyj #
RT @alexsteffen: Seeing climate change mainly as an energy generation problem rather than an energy use problem the key to NOT solving it. #
Had a lovely sandwich there on Saturday! RT @dsou: Great to have a Hilary's Cheese store in downtown Victoria (Fort near Cook) #yyj #
.@fighthstfud @impolitical @LibArtsAndMinds Nice one FUD, here's the story on the #HST referendum question @thetyee http://ow.ly/5niJx in reply to FIGHTHSTFUD #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-21

Byoliveridley June 21, 2011

very pertinent to my commute RT @IslandRail: Some new changes #bctransit in #yyj http://t.co/HKmgmB6 #
From @TheTyee – Do You Really Need that Medical Test? A series on disease screening http://ow.ly/5lI6y #cdnhealth #
RT @vasugi: The Silence of Sri Lanka — op-ed in NYT, by @DMiliband and Bernard Kouchner #lka http://nyti.ms/lAfnCZ via @nytimes #
Interested in Feminists' rock camp Victoria and want to know what the bands sounded like last year? http://j.mp/kNQMNp #yyj #
And the federal govt won't. RT @mims: This just happened: Supreme Court says states can’t regulate greenhouse gases #
RT @gvpl: The public visited us over 4,100,000 times in 2009. That's about the same # as Universal Studios in Hollywood! #yyj #
Nice, so I wait till 2013 🙂 RT @yalee360: Cost of #solar panels projected to fall sharply by 2013 http://t.co/3dVK8aq #energy #
Harper Government seeking to avoid scandals like the sponsorship scandal by firing auditors. http://ow.ly/5m6LT #cdnpoli #
White names called for job interviews in Canada 3X more than others: UBC Study http://j.mp/lVtNrA #racism via @kevinmilligan in reply to luiz_fmr #
Yikes: Extremophile pathogen fungi (mould) that thrives in your dishwasher, run! http://ow.ly/5maJQ #killerdishwasher #
RT @wicary: Majority of 1,105 arrested during #G20 released without charges. http://tgam.ca/CaXq #cdnpoli #
RT @inklesspw Globe's best Ottawa coverage comes when Bill Curry, Steve Chase and Campbell Clark sneak real stories past management #cdnpoli #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-17

Byoliveridley June 17, 2011

Even The globe and mail is against the rush to end the Air Canada and Canada Post strikes http://ow.ly/5jdKg #cdnpoli #
If MPs want workers to go from guaranteed pension to stock market crapshoot, they should too #cdnpoli #
Will not need the senate to defy commons this time. RT @andrew_leach @Go2CleanBreak: NDP resurrects climate change bill http://t.co/ezDSc0R #
RT @kevinmilligan: Extent of #canucksriot shouldn't be overstated. Just a few blox of granville+georgia. Rest of downtown busy; sad; fine #
Hanging out at Victoria city council waiting for the blue community resolution http://ow.ly/5jlVk #yyj #water join me! #
Well said @edgeofsports Dave Zirin RT @tara_paterson: Nation's article on Understanding #YVR #039;s "Hockey Riot": http://t.co/ZQNAnPG #canucks #
RT @wildernews: Join us on June 22nd at the AGM of Compliance Energy and help us shut down the Raven Coal Mine! http://t.co/XpSDQmY #
RT @jasminmuj: #Vancouver Police Chief Has no Idea about #Anarchism http://t.co/ic5pAvd Drunken louts ≠ anarchists. via @politicsrespun #
Waiting for howls of protests from libertarians on government taking sides in a corporation dispute http://ow.ly/5jDCY #aircanada #cdnpoli #
Obama against parts? RT @ghoberg: Hope? RT @Revkin: Sanity Alert: Senate Votes to End Billions in Ethanol Subsidies http://nyti.ms/mdkkFf #
Yum! RT @lanapopham: This Monday: Locavore dinner, community discussion about climate change and sustainability: #yyj #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-16

Byoliveridley June 16, 2011June 16, 2011

South Asian hall of shame. RT @husainhaqqani: Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, Pakistan 4th & India 5th #
On closer reading, it's Afghanistan 1, DRC 2, Pakistan 3 and India 4. #
Tory budget plans set askew by slow growth projections http://ow.ly/5idjl #cdnpoli These projections were no surprise. #
I wonder how many people RT without clicking the link just based on the headline, that's a lot of trust 🙂 #
BC avg oil, mining and gas salary = $58K (2008), http://ow.ly/5ioTh. #cleantech industry $72K (2010) http://ow.ly/5ioX1 #greenjobs #
Oil, mining and gas employs 26K people. #cleantech 7200 people, and growing. #
Gotta love science 🙂 RT @bradplumer: Science reveals homophobic men are more likely to be aroused by gay porn: #
Nebraska Water Scientists Warn of #keystoneXL Oil Pipeline's Risk to Ogalla aquifer http://ow.ly/5ipyB #tarsands #oilsands #
Burnaby Passes Gay Safe Policy http://ow.ly/5iuUB #bcpoli via @thetyee Note that this is the 13th school district to do so! #
Community Health Centres: The best kept secret in health care – thestar.com http://ow.ly/5ivBx #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
RT @rabbleca: The Harper Conservatives and the gutting of Canadian sciences http://t.co/UPX1w5w #cdnpoli #p2ca #
Good! @thetyee Wins Its Second Edward R. Murrow Award http://ow.ly/5iyuT #jour #
The Canadian filibuster! Why @Elizabethmay refuses to be a rubber stamp in the Commons – TGAM http://ow.ly/5izIE #cdnpoli #
.@immanuelg @Elizabethmay Simplistic argument much 🙂 She wants debate, we all should, hastily passed bills have hidden consequences. in reply to immanuelg #
.@immanuelg @ElizabethMay Debate on mega trials? Not really, just introduced and first reading http://ow.ly/5iAMc #cdnpoli in reply to jcmatos #
Death Rays??? RT @victorianews: Wi-Fi to stay in schools… Wi-Fi death rays school students kids children health #yyj #
RT @CANRACCanada: Minister Kent seems not to know what's happening w/ #tarsands emissions #cdnpoli #oilsands #climate #
Antipsychotic drugs risky to newborns – @CBC http://ow.ly/5iP8j Why are they giving antipsychotics to newborns? #sillyheadlines #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-15

Byoliveridley June 15, 2011June 16, 2011

.@andrew_leach The WHO classifies chrysotile as carcinogenic http://ow.ly/5h2dt Regardless, I have seen its India use, zero protection… in reply to andrew_leach #
To wit, #bruins can't score in Vancouver, #canucks can't defend in Boston, so Game 7 better keep that trend… #
RT @propublica: Over 70% of the firearms submitted for tracing by the Mexican govt originated in the US http://j.mp/j6H8zO via @CNN #
MT @evidencenetwork: The business of #healthcare reform http://ow.ly/5hsuN Interview with expert advisor Colleen Flood #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
RT @alexboulerice: Harper must put lives before politics on asbestos: NDP #ndp #hoc #cdnpoli via @politicsrespun #
The bridge fuel compromise? RT @ghoberg: @BCNDP jumps on natural gas bandwagon – what about GHG targets? #bcpoli #
Interesting… RT @alferraby: David Cubberly told me live on C-FAX 1070 he will be running for mayor of Saanich #yyj #
Very interesting that the Canadian government emphasizes harm reduction in #asbestos use, but not for drug use? #cdnpoli #
RT @lacouvee: Dear #yyj Darth the busker was assaulted, his violin broken. @vicpdcanada thinks there may be video. Help? #
RT @grist: Bill Gates plans to get gas from your butt. (No, really.) http://ow.ly/5hrJh Gotta love bait bomb headline! h/t @tqmurdock #
RT @DanPollock: The CRD's 1st vote on the Juan de Fuca Resort development is Wed @ 1:30: http://j.mp/kTw8MK #yyj #saveJDF #bcpoli #
The Wild West and dysfunctional B.C. politics – Ben Parfitt @ccpa unloads on #fracking and #bcpoli Note http://ow.ly/5hEsz #
BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs @thetyee http://ow.ly/5hLWe #cdnpoli #climate #indigenous #bcpoli #
Hey Greater Victoria #yyj With the municipal elections l, what is the preferred hashtag. #yyjvote #
.@DanPollock @lacouvee @matvic Excellent, I like #yyjvote + muni. let the social media overlords know 🙂 in reply to DanPollock #
Wow, how about that!! RT @lacouvee: Well it looks like "fiddler" is trending nationally. http://ow.ly/5hP4H #helpyyjvader #

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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-14

Byoliveridley June 14, 2011June 16, 2011

Other simple molecules made out of just C, H and O include carbon monoxide, CO, methane, CH4, methanol, CH3OH, I could go on. #
Shocker! Petroleum based "biodegradable plastics" not actually, you know, biodegradable! http://ow.ly/5gv6d #
RT @wicary: With 6,000 jobs on chopping block, budget watchdog warns of deeper cuts. http://tgam.ca/C8uL #cdnpoli #
#BClibs trashed BC shipbuilding to buy German ferries, now praise it for military contract http://ow.ly/5gy6Z #bcpoli #
.@sherwinarnott @TED talk on use of apps for medical diagnosis 🙂 #
Kaplan profits mostly from US taxpayer subsidized student loans w/ high default RT @janniaragon: For Profit Education #
RT @drgrist: US Gov't spending on #cleantech generates 3 times as many jobs as gov't spending on oil & gas http://is.gd/tN8tbi #
RT @ICAVictoria: Wow, great article! Non-profit sector seeks diversity: new generation leads push for change http://t.co/OPJGKLO #
Canadian Medical Association Journal slams #pharma industry for hiding information of drug safety, efficacy in children http://ow.ly/5gELP #
RT @climatekeith: RT @ghoberg: First nations speak for themselves on pipelines http://t.co/0WikBwY #northerngateway #indigenous #
RT @JoshVanBC: Yinka Dene answers @financialpost & @vancouversun: "We speak 4 ourselves" on #Enbridge #Indigenous #
what is the point of a newspaper site paywall that can be bypassed by hitting stop before the page loads fully, anyway? #
.@drgrist @johnffarrell Not to worry, Ontario looks set to replace premier with a man who has promised to gut feed in tariffs. #cleanenergy in reply to jackaryy14 #
RT @starleigh_grass: BC premier stumbles in first speech to First Nations leaders #fnmi #aboriginal #bcpoli #
Bruce Bartlett, one of the early supporters declares: Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P. http://ow.ly/5gToQ #cdnpoli #
Dear @bctransit in #yyj Do not leave major stops 3 minutes early and make me sprint to catch the bus. kthxbai #
Off goes Luongo, and I get to go to yoga again tonight, I think 🙁 #canucks #
Boston on pace to score 20 goals? #canucks #
Taking advantage of one sided #cancucks game to install and play with twitter tools on the blog… #
Ha Ha, twitter says @nsoumya is similar to me, gee, I wonder why ♥♥♥ #
Income disparity makes people unhappy http://ow.ly/5gZ6d New US Study covering 1972-2008, rich people remained happy! #
RT @benpolitico: A bankruptcy court (!) in California just ruled DoMA unconstitutional http://is.gd/JzSo90 #gaymarriage #
Speechless…RT @cbccanada: Health Canada's asbestos advice rejected by government #cdnpoli #
Canada's intransigence on asbestos predates Harper. Bipartisan failure. Sign the petition at http://t.co/L7K7Fjj #cdnpoli h/t @Ban_Asbestos #