Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen:

b East Ham, London, England 1949
Used to be a transportation planner and economist but now retired, living in Vancouver, BC
Canada

Definitely Green
Tootfinder

Still use a camera, but I do have an iPhone14
Atheist, omnivore, opinionated

alttext for header: the view out of my window - the North Shore mountains of Vancouver

altext for avatar old white guy, bald, grey full beard rimless specs, smile

Blog: https://stephenrees.blog/
Contact: https://stephenrees.blog/about

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2026-06-18 22:24:07 UTC

Government just prematurely ended debate on Bill C-22
The federal government decided to use a so-called “guillotine” time-limit all further clause by clause on Bill C-22 to just 30 minutes.1 This will block ANY committee debate that scrutinizes the dangerous surveillance powers in Part 2 of the bill.2
The government wants to jam Bill C-22 today, and vote it through the House tomorrow (June 19). We’re calling on MPs of all parties to refuse to advance Part 2 without full committee study, but we need you to help turn the pressure up.
https://action.openmedia.org/s/9583120/YZSJBQPDD

2026-06-16 23:51:15 UTC

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They were used outside of the US too. Are other places (e.g. Canada, UK) also preserving film strips? I was taught french by a combination of film strips and tapes. At the time audio visual education was in its infancy.

2026-03-26 01:02:50 UTC

Repair Café: Registration Open for Dunbar Community Centre on April 18th
When: Saturday, April 18, 9:30am-1:30pm
Where: 4747 Dunbar St, Vancouver
#Vancouver #repaircafe

2024-12-15 19:08:22 UTC

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See also
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/54119832421/
Chinook Oldendorff
Bulk carrier
Three Norsepower Rotor Sails harness wind and Magnus effect reducing fuel consumption, emissions and cost.

2024-12-15 19:05:08 UTC

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In one of his early books Cory Doctorow forecast that we would be using airships in the future. Sorry, I can't recall the title of that one.

2024-11-24 20:09:30 UTC

#silentsunday
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2024-11-22 17:06:57 UTC

Science Matters - Climate progress is unstoppable, despite U.S. election
Saying the U.S. election result is a blow to climate policy is a massive understatement. It could also spell trouble for the U.S. and global economies. Are there any flickers of hope?
David Suzuki
https://davidsuzuki.org/story/climate-progress-is-unstoppable-despite-u-s-election/
#climatechange #climatecrisis #USpol

2024-09-27 16:43:58 UTC

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6/6
More details are available here. In the meantime, we hope that expressions of opposition to understanding any aspect of this tragic conflict will be seen for the damaging and inhumane absurdity that they are.
http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/understanding-hamas/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1unXCYlaLSTDzhdxHWag86QG8mE0HlM21/view?usp=sharing

2024-09-27 16:42:44 UTC

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5/6
how history has delivered them to their present stance, and what are their aspirations.
Without such an understanding, a resolution to the conflict will be much more difficult.
It is in pursuit of these objectives that we are publishing Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters. We will be hosting an event to discuss issues raised in the book in New York City on October 2nd.
C-SPAN will be filming, and we will livestream online.

2024-09-27 16:40:44 UTC

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4/6
With the anniversary of October 7 approaching two things are apparent: First, we should mourn the terrible loss of life on that day and in the year that has followed, mindful of the truth that all individual lives are of equal value. A lasting ceasefire to stop this carnage is needed now. Second, we should recognize that to achieve such a ceasefire we need to look through the distortions and propaganda of politicians and media to see what the parties involved stand for,

2024-09-27 16:39:33 UTC

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3/6
an initiative designed to oppose the banning of books. We don’t know if anyone at the Diesel store, or the associated protest, has read our book. If they have, they will have discovered that it comprises contributions by a group of distinguished researchers with deep knowledge of Hamas and the Middle East conflict more generally. The book is explicit in stating that it does not advocate for Hamas but instead presents an in-depth consideration of its history, structure, and politics. 

2024-09-27 16:38:53 UTC

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2/6
The store issued a statement saying that it had taken this action because it was opposed to hate speech, and for the protection of its staff in the face of violent threats received online.
At OR/JWE (Just World Education, our publishing partners in this project) we are dismayed by the effective banning of our book by Diesel, not least because, in a coincidence rich with irony, it occurs during the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, ...

2024-09-27 16:37:41 UTC

From OR Books
🧵1/6
Earlier this week, Diesel bookstore in Brentwood, California announced that it was removing from its premises our soon-to-be-published book Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters. The decision followed a complaint by a customer and a subsequent demonstration outside the store demanding the book no longer be sold.
#censorship #BookBans #books
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2024-09-22 18:27:29 UTC

This morning I had an email from the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter. You may have seen some of their activities on Knowledge Network - which is where I learned of them.
As usual the burden of looking after orphaned animals increases - and their attention has to extend beyond bear cubs. To learn more about them see
http://www.wildlifeshelter.com/
#bc #wildlife
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2024-09-20 20:29:54 UTC

From Bill McKibben
nowhere in that long record have the scientists been able to find a time when it’s warming as fast as it is right now. “We’re changing Earth’s temperature at a rate that exceeds anything we know about,”
2024 is seeing another year of surging solar installations—when the year ends there will be 30% more solar power on this planet than when it began. Numbers like that,..., give us a fighting chance.
https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=438146&post_id=148938080&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=pko3z&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0Mjk1NDc2NywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQ4OTM4MDgwLCJpYXQiOjE3MjY4NjMzODAsImV4cCI6MTcyOTQ1NTM4MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQzODE0NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.1I1n9G0e6wVdV2UT-Nov6tflLylH8V0W53xLvNsz-1c
#climatecrisis #climatechange

2024-09-11 19:38:59 UTC

From CBC News
Northern B.C. coal mine comes back to life after 24 years
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/quintette-mine-conuma-resources-open-24-years-1.7317288
It is significant that the CBC simply quotes the company CEO
""It's something that the rest of the world will continue to need as long as steel is being made," said Sullivan.
There is no mention of the new technology that has been developed that allows steel to be made with electricity - thus reducing the GHG emissions
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-spinout-boston-metal-makes-steel-with-electricity-0522
#coal #climatecrisis
#BC #bcpoli
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2024-09-04 18:12:17 UTC

Tsujiri
Automall Richmond BC
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2024-08-26 22:19:48 UTC

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Harold Steves convinced me that it was a very bad idea indeed since it removed one of the few areas capable of growing vegetables in northern BC. He pointed out that BC then relied heavily on produce from California and predicted (rightly) how that would suffer due to climate change.
We also do not need large scale hydro that wrecks ecosystems when we have lots of unused renewable resources - solar, wind and geothermal - for generating power at far lower cost

2024-08-12 00:14:02 UTC

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And they post it with Trudeau misspelled in the headline!