Cari McIntyre

A related piece from @ianjames.bsky.social today that gets at some of the limits and hard trade-offs that will have to be made bsky.app/profile/ianj...

Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.

The Dragon Bravo Fire at the Grand Canyon hit a water system facility, setting off a dangerous chlorine gas leak that halted the firefight at a critical time.

That was just one of many water-related challenges on this fire, and is indicative of a larger pattern across the western US.

New, from me.

A promotional graphic with the heading “Bad Help” and a short definition explaining how help in a crisis can sometimes cause harm, such as overpromising or offering support that adds burden. The background is an image of calm blue sea. In the bottom right corner is the cover of Lucy Easthope’s book titled “Come What May: Life-Changing Lessons for Coping with Crisis.”

The idea of “bad help” in disasters is an issue some #DRR practitioners & policy makers are already familiar with.

Support works best when shaped with communities NOT for communities. Listening is key.

So I loved this point from
@lucygobag.bsky.social

More - bit.ly/3Lm9d63

#InclusiveDRR

In BC the Prov govt is offloading #DEM to local authorities. Experienced Prov staff leave #EMCR leaving destabilized support structures. Federal reinvestment in #DEM has disappeared. Capacity is shrinking. Burnout is growing. #BC needs sustainable #DEM funding from Fed & Prov NOW or 👇 we are next…

The environmental policy backed by free-market Republicans Several years ago, Louis Blessing’s wife asked for his help replacing the battery in her laptop. An electrical engineer by training, Blessing figured it would be a quick fix. But after swapping out th...

Here's why the climate-friendly right-to-repair movement is gaining steam in red states grist.org/politics/rig...

ICF has supported the National Climate Assessment and the IPCC for nearly two decades with professionalism & integrity.

Yesterday, ICF's contract to support NCA was cancelled. All federal staff details for OSTP + USGCRP were already returned to their agencies.

There's no one left to work on NCA.

Have spent the day lecturing on how the post 9/11 changes to FEMA laid the groundwork for the failed response in New Orleans with strong undertones of PLEASE FUCKING LEARN FROM HISTORY THAT HAVING AN OPERATING FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION IS IMPORTANT.

BRIC was a grant program run by FEMA that provided mitigation funding for communities across the country. This was a critical source of funding for overall reduction in risk but especially climate adaptation.
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New #article from Kirby: Strengthening community resilience through participation – a conceptual exploration
TL;DR: individual, social, governance and economic dimensions are interdependent upon each other and present community as a dynamic process
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as logging, poaching and setting fires.

Pollution, climate change, unsustainable resource use, and land conversion are driving the biodiversity crisis—even in areas with little human impact. Remote ecosystems have just 33% of viable plant species, showing how far-reaching our effects on the biosphere are, says @julianschrader.bsky.social

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

Le sigh….

“Treasure curiosity more than certainty…”

What words resonate most for you from this #MegWheatley poem, as you reflect on the strange new world we inhabit today?

#MargaretWheatley

What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company? | TheCollector The Hudson’s Bay Company stands as the oldest joint-stock company in the world and a former colonizing power. Today “The Bay” endures as Canada’s most well-known retailer.

Interesting to watch the land sold out from HBC… karma is my kinda b*tch :) — www.thecollector.com/what-is-the-...

U.S. government is asking Canadian researchers whether their work deals with DEI, climate, gender Questions to grant recipients infringe on academic independence, Canadian faculty group says

So in case anyone is wondering if the thought police stop at the US/Canada border - think again: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

“Eyes Bright. Chins Up. Smiles On”

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.

That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.

First measles, now dysentery … next it’s fording rivers and breaking axels while thieves steal our oxen, then dying of cholera and exhaustion.

JOHN DeMONT: Desperate times teach us who our friends are During hard times, like we're seeing lately with U.S. tariffs, we learn who are friends and enemies are, writes John DeMont.

JOHN DeMONT: Desperate times teach us who our friends are www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Ugh. These days are giving ‘first pancake energy’… like, a whole plate of those rubbery misshapen test pancakes that I’d probably just feed the dog.

Today is Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial Day honouring those risking lives to find/rescue us in very dangerous situations. Show your support by donating and/or publicly thanking Search and Rescue societies of dedicated professional volunteers/K9s in #ComoxValley & across #BC. @bcsara.com

More akin to a fable spin-off like “The Emperor Who Only Cared About Clothes”

“Alt-White and the Seven Chads”

Japan battles largest wildfire in decades More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of Iwate

ICYMI: “More than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... - @theguardian.com

#Japan #Iwate #Ofunato

A reminder for these times.

When shelters in Connecticut transitioned from a high-to-low barrier system exits to permanent housing doubled!

Housing First provides permanent, affordable housing quickly for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. It then offers supportive services and community connections to help them maintain housing and avoid returning to homelessness. #HousingFirst #socialresponsibility #righttolive

Massive Chilcotin River landslide response revealed shortfalls: First Nation report | Globalnews.ca The Tsilhqot'in National Government's report says it had to overcome "jurisdictional confusion," and that the province "struggled" to share information about the slide.

“The Tsilhqot’in National Government’s report says it had to overcome “jurisdictional confusion,”and that the province “struggled” to share information … calling on both the provincial and federal governments to integrate their consultation, co-operation and consent protocols’.” tinyurl.com/yacfabcf

The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...

These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."

What a time to have an anxiety disorder, a love of history, and a compulsion to stay informed.

I know this to be true.

A single map will never tell the whole story of a place. This whole thread is so very relevant …👇