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Olivia Anderson

@ollioil

Retired librarian, curious cook & adept baker, undaunted gardener, insect lover, cyclist and devoted reader of all manner of fiction and quirky nonfiction. Anti-capitalist, conservationist and deeply concerned by our ‘interesting’ times.

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How to settle parking space disputes properly:

07.03.2026 20:59 👍 315 🔁 71 💬 11 📌 5
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Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump

with Trump, who claimed without offering evidence (of course!) that it would harm the region’s economy. The program has resulted in ~73,000 fewer vehicles/day in NYC, raised $562M in its first year for transit improvements, improved air quality, and more: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n... (gift). 🌎

07.03.2026 20:08 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... 🧪🌎

08.03.2026 20:16 👍 71 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 4

One of the few partial wins for #biodiversity from (the threat of) armed conflict 🌍

09.03.2026 07:04 👍 51 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and step up on climate: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions

07.03.2026 01:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Back when Canada meant something?? Fighting Antifa & government actors? FFS!
He, his buddies and the idiot coach can climb right back under their slimy rock.

07.03.2026 00:55 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anyway, extremely grateful for the individual journalists who have reached out, the Tyee which has been immensely supportive, and all of you guys ❤️

I’m just a bit sad the broader institutions meant to defend press freedom in this country rarely seem to care about far-right attacks on journalism.

06.03.2026 21:41 👍 285 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 1
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Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran Prime Minister Carney is boosting the warmongers in the US and Israel. On Wednesday Carney suggested Canada might consider dispatching troops to assist Trump and Netanyahu’s war of aggression on Iran ...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Condemn Carney’s musings about dispatching troops to Iran. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...

06.03.2026 17:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hawaiʻi voters support holding Big Oil accountable for the home insurance crisis | Center for Climate Integrity New poll shows voters are very concerned about rising cost, reduced availability of home insurance in aftermath of climate-driven Maui wildfires.

👉79% of homeowners report rising home insurance premiums.

👉66% of voters see a connection between Big Oil, extreme weather, and rising insurance costs.

👉61% of voters support legislation that would empower states to sue Big Oil companies to recover insurance-related costs from climate disasters.

05.03.2026 15:29 👍 171 🔁 98 💬 5 📌 4
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Since last year, I and Al Shaw & @bxroberts.org have investigated the linkages between Trump appointees and the industries they oversee. Today we published a searchable database containing approximately 3,200 financial disclosure forms of roughly 1500 officials.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

05.03.2026 21:47 👍 226 🔁 119 💬 8 📌 9
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Jane Fonda is more than an icon; she’s a force for justice. From her anti-war activism to the frontlines of the climate crisis w/ Fire Drill Fridays, she uses her platform to demand a livable future. She’s unstoppable in her activism!

#WomensHistoryMonth

04.03.2026 20:39 👍 474 🔁 154 💬 5 📌 5
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on the Iran War.

"Spain's position at this juncture is clear and forceful. It is the same position we have maintained in Ukraine and also in Gaza.

No to the breaking of international law that protects us all, especially the most defenceless - the civilian population."

04.03.2026 12:06 👍 908 🔁 263 💬 27 📌 27

Exactly right. I despise the polls.

04.03.2026 22:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And me!!

04.03.2026 22:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A data-driven look at rising U.S. electricity costs and policy solutions Low-cost power has long underpinned U.S. economic strength, but recent data highlights a notable shift.

So what's really driving up electricity prices?

Basically everything but renewables, according to LBNL and CATF.

04.03.2026 18:07 👍 47 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 6

I feel as though when the dust settles ( should that ever happen) it will be the Maga women of power who will get the sharpest end of the stick. I abhor them but the vitriol directed at them and the focus on their appearance makes this woman uncomfortable.

04.03.2026 22:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a 'terrorist attack.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a 'terrorist attack.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a 'terrorist attack.' https://aje.news/dhg5i0

04.03.2026 22:00 👍 38 🔁 11 💬 23 📌 10
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2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet Shift's 2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, reveals a...

Today, Shift released its 4th annual Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, benchmarking the climate policies for Canada’s 11 largest public pension managers. $2.7 trillion in retirement savings is at stake – making their climate strategies central to long-term returns & retirement security.

28.01.2026 14:02 👍 28 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 6
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Cette ville canadienne a fait triplé le vélo en 10 ans (et ce n’est pas Montréal) À Victoria, ville à l'ouest du Canada (Colombie-Britannique), la politique cyclable a fait passer le vélo à 13 % des déplacements.

Dans cette ville du Canada, la politique cyclable a fait passer le vélo à plus de 10% des déplacements : le cas Victoria
weelz.ouest-france.fr/dans-cette-v...

03.03.2026 21:56 👍 63 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 2
Polling place rules on distributing candidates info inside 100 foot and 20 foot range from entry to voting site.

Polling place rules on distributing candidates info inside 100 foot and 20 foot range from entry to voting site.

@votebeat.org
Here’s something to report. As I was on the steps leading to the entry of Tobin Library in Sam Antonio to vote this morning, a poll worker jammed a political “vote for” flyer in my face. I said, “You can’t do this. I’m entering the building.”
They were clueless.

#DV1
#Voices4Victory

03.03.2026 16:42 👍 191 🔁 130 💬 6 📌 2
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Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’

With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war

Stuart Spray
3 March 2026

Screenshot of The Byline Times Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’ With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war Stuart Spray 3 March 2026

🚨 Ukraine has seen vulnerable habitats consumed by wildfires, plants & animals pushed to the brink of extinction, widespread soil & water contamination & an estimated 237m tonnes of conflict-related CO₂ emissions.
@stuartspray.bsky.social for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

03.03.2026 13:43 👍 330 🔁 191 💬 9 📌 7

The worst thing about this is that Republicans subpoenaed Secretary Clinton, but not Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Mark Epstein, Woody Allen, Elon Musk, Lawrence Krause, or a myriad of other men who were all over the #EpsteinFiles.

The victims deserve justice not political theater!

03.03.2026 15:05 👍 63 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 0
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How ICE’s new software tools could speed up deportations The risk of overreach is high

Gift link while it lasts.

ICE using AI to file subpoenas quickly, buying private data to get around sanctuaries and using facial recognition.

How ICE’s new software tools could speed up deportations
economist.com/science-and-...

04.03.2026 05:44 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.

Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.

Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.

A tooth infection.

1/3

tucson.com/news/local/b...

04.03.2026 04:01 👍 2418 🔁 1539 💬 62 📌 158
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‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis

Israel launches a war in Iran and uses it as a pretext to continue the mass starvation of the people of Gaza.
We are in the age of monsters.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

03.03.2026 12:03 👍 269 🔁 104 💬 9 📌 5
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Could you end up in an #ICE detention hellhole? Could your kids?

This administration is trying to expand detention facilities for ICE to the point where it's over double the size of our entire federal detention system.

Featuring rotten food,foul water, lack of medical attention, abuse, & torture.

02.03.2026 15:39 👍 717 🔁 440 💬 42 📌 27
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

02.03.2026 00:24 👍 21308 🔁 5342 💬 471 📌 314
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Yesterday we had our biggest canvass launch of the cycle at Sketchbook Brewing Co in Skokie, reminding our neighbors that early voting starts TODAY across IL-09!

02.03.2026 17:29 👍 1846 🔁 350 💬 46 📌 13