Chris Geroux

That view is lazy and cowardly to just give up and do nothing.

So... just give up and doom all future generations... is that your plan? Sounds like a good idea... lets just give up now and have a big party to celebrate the end.

I think you are both right. The thing that is lacking is the realization/energy to force the government to act. That is a big hill to climb and they aren't going to act unless we drag them kicking and screaming.

But this is about your budget, not your city's, or your state, our your federal budget. We wouldn't want to imply our leaders are failing us by perpetuating car dependence. But that's why we are being sucked dry. It is intentional. This is what the oil and gas investments bought in Trump's campaign.

Yes, but what if we have to remove a few car parking spaces to make room for bus lanes, bike lanes, or pedestrian corner extensions? Let’s not get hasty here

I don't think he actually thinks that.. he is just trying to get other people to think that.

As an example of the humor, they have an episode call "critical mast". Very good if you like trees and bikes ;)

I can't recommend the Future Ecologies (FE) podcast enough. They have my sense of humor (puns), and very interesting deep dives on ecology. The only down side is they don't make them very quickly.

More than working from home, Politicians fucking shit up, is my biggest source of lost productivity.

I think it depends on the climate and the location. It can vary a lot.

FE1.5 - On Fire: Camas, Cores, and Spores (Part 1) — Future Ecologies Podcast The past two years have been the worst fire years on record across the west coast of North America, with whole communities being engulfed in flames and smoke enveloping major cities for weeks.  B...

There are a multiple things going on: the climate is changing making it more likely the burn, we are doing a bad job of managing them. FE has a nice 3 part series "on fire" talking about these things. Here is part 1.

www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe1-5...

The Canadian forests have not been a net sink of CO2 for a while now. This has become pretty obvious with the severity of forest fires the last few years. They are burning faster than they are growing.
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'We feel betrayed': Disability community says provincial budget 'punches down' | CBC News Parents and advocates are sounding the alarm over the harm the provincial government’s proposed budget cuts will cause some of Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable.

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This budget doesn't just impact artists.

Austerity is code for erasure: What one disabled educator, researcher and Nova Scotian thinks of the budget - Halifax Examiner If you care about disabled people, any people, your fellow Nova Scotians, then we need to talk seriously about collective action. About coordinated labour disruption. About a general strike.

Austerity is code for erasure: What one disabled educator, researcher and Nova Scotian thinks of the budget www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/a...

Was it the NDP who came up with this budget? I don't think so...who ever came up with this budget is to blame for the protests I think.

Nova Scotia is PISSED about its manufactured austerity budget

Manufactured austerity:

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Make it so.

I lived on a gravel road until I went to university. Every day a school bus came to pick me up.. it never went off the road on the gravel road.

The bike lanes aren’t costing so much because of what cyclists need. It’s because they keep delaying, re-designing , and changing them to appease drivers.

Our premier has all the subtlety of a Bond villain. #nspoli

Dude needs a bike.

Signs read: Should the cuts pass we the undersigned pledge to BOO TIM HOUSTON and his complicit stooges loudly at every opportunity [signed by hundreds] Culture is critical

Signs read: Ministers please: there's still time to do the right thing. Tim: Maud would be devastated Make it make sense not cents We're the only thing keeping Halifax Hip and interesting

Signs read: Without NS Art we wouldn't have Heated Rivalry Roses are red, violets are blue, defund the arts [f note] you

Signs read: Don't cut NS Culture Reverse the cuts Nova Scotia is nothing without arts culture Doug Ford Simps Art Saves Lives

There are hundreds of signs hung to the fence outside Province House. Here's a sampling.

A general idea of just how many people showed up

Protest sign reading: Bridge tolls reduce funding by $36 million per year. How's that working out for you Mr. Houston?

"Bring back the HST! Don't cut our community!" (& while you're at it, reinstate the bridge tolls).

When the person leading the protest chants asked: "did you ask for the HST cut?" the resounding response from the crowd was: "NO!"

"when crazy people have nuclear weapons bad things happen"... ahhh.. USA have nukes right? 😬

His smug ass deserves this.

Keep booing to the polls #nspoli

Incredible turnout at the rally in support of arts, culture, and community funding in front of the provincial legislature in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Art and culture are beyond “renewable” resources—the more you ‘extract’ , the more there is. We’re here to open this leadership’s eyes to that. Cuts will do nothing but harm the whole province.