Mike Auty retweeted
Regardless of partisan stripe, we should all be deeply troubled that less than 40% of eligible Ontarians voted. There were clear differences & huge issues. We need to restore higher voter turn out. Getting rid of FPTP would help! @FairVoteCanada @MikeSchreiner @morricemike #vote
Mike Auty retweeted
Vote for a candidate who will implement Proportional Representation.
That is all.
Mike Auty retweeted
Alright! Tmrw is election day in Ontario. Let's take a deep dive into platform commitments re: democratic reform. I've produced a report card comparing thirteen parties (each party with 10+ candidates). The full report is at unlockdemocracy.ca/ontario_r…, but I'll break it down here:
Mike Auty retweeted
#RestoreLocalChoice pledge campaign update (May 26)
73 candidates have signed the pledge!
@OntarioGreens are leading with 32 candidates, incl party leader!
@OntLiberal are next--22 candidates
@OntarioNDP have 18 pledge takers
1 independent @SamKaplun took the pledge.
We’re asking provincial candidates to pledge to #RestoreLocalChoice by enabling the use of #RankedBallots for municipal elections in Ontario.
Ask the candidates in your riding to take the pledge.
#onpoli #OntarioVotes #OntarioElection2022
Mike Auty retweeted
Ontario Greens have never wavered in our calls to #StopThe413.
The $10B it would cost to build this destructive & expensive highway would be better spent on:
🏡 Affordable housing
🏥 Health care
📗 Education
Greens will #StopTheSprawl ✅
#onpoli #highway413 #elxn43
Mike Auty retweeted
Wanna radically improve #mentalhealth? Give people housing. End poverty. Promote food security. Be anti-racist. Fund harm reduction. Offer workers paid sick days. Provide equitable healthcare (especially mental healthcare) to all...Equity IS mental health. 🙏🏽
Mike Auty retweeted
Course launch 🚀
My brand new 11-hour-long Learn React for Free course is now live! 🎉
To celebrate, I will give away a one-year @scrimba Pro subscription (worth $150+) to 3 lucky retweeters of this tweet! 💝
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scrimba.com/learn/learnreact
ALT Scrimba course page cover photo
Hi @theJagmeetSingh @JustinTrudeau
A Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform must be part of any deal.
We can't wait any longer, the time to act is now. I voted for you, JT, the first time based on that promise. You are long overdue to live up to it.
#ElectoralReform
Mike Auty retweeted
The red dots = pharmacies now providing vaccines
The red blank spot = Toronto's Northwest corner (one of the areas hardest hit by #COVID19 & where many low-income racialized people live)
Why is Ontario's #CovidVaccine distribution plan leaving out those most affected?
Mike Auty retweeted
No industry -- not airlines, not hotels, not cruise ships -- should be bailed out. They can stay in business by borrowing at rock-bottom rates, using their assets as collateral.
Taxpayer money should be used to bail out people, not corporations.
Mike Auty retweeted
What should be in bill:
-- Direct payments to individuals and families.
-- Expanded unemployment insurance.
-- Guaranteed paid sick leave and family leave.
-- Expanded Medicaid.
What shouldn't be:
-- Bailouts to corporations.
-- Tax cuts (including payroll tax)
Mike Auty retweeted
This is one of the greatest uses of (animated) info graphics I have ever seen. Explains a complex problem vividly, persuasively, and accurately. Share it widely.
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” - WPost washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
Mike Auty retweeted
Remember:
0.5°C safety
1.3°C irreversible feedbacks (now)
1.5°C severe danger
2°C extreme danger
2.5°C approaching hell
3°C horror
3.5°C death of organised society
4°C human survival in doubt
5°C extinction possible
6°C extinction likely
7°C current trajectory
Climate 'change'.
Mike Auty retweeted
Hey @gsuite, as a POC I’m tired of my image being woefully underexposed on Google Meet calls compared to lighter skin peers. It has been years since I first noticed this, is it in the backlog? (Need a bigger sample, but I don’t recall experiencing this on @Skype or @zoom_us.)
This is a big deal. Clean ways of making cement, steel and glass would significantly reduce our planets carbon footprint:
cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/…