5. Lo spazio urbano è limitato e le auto sono troppo ingombranti per usarle efficacemente come veicolo universale

https://benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/5-lo-spazio-urbano-e-limitato-e-le-auto-sono-troppo-ingombranti/ #urbanistica #automobile #trasporti #parcheggi #ciclabili #tpl

TPL: SCIOPERO NAZIONALE DEL SINDACALISMO DI BASE. A BRESCIA ADESIONE OLTRE IL 70% https://www.radiondadurto.org/2025/03/21/tpl-sciopero-nazionale-del-sindacalismo-di-base-a-brescia-adesione-oltre-il-70/ #trasportopubblicolocale #ORSATrasporti #trasporto #brescia #LOCALI #cobas #News #tpl

"Toronto Public Library workers have given their union a strong strike mandate in ongoing contract negotiations with the Toronto Public Library. The workers, represented by CUPE 4948, held a strike vote over the weekend with a historic turnout, where over 96 per cent voted in favour of authorizing the union to take strike action if necessary.

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CUPE 4948 and the Toronto Public Library have multiple bargaining dates scheduled throughout March. The union remains focused on securing a contract that includes inflation-adjusted wage increases, solutions to chronic understaffing and workplace violence, improved working conditions, and stronger benefits."
https://cupe.ca/toronto-public-library-workers-vote-resoundingly-favour-strike

CUPE 4948's Instagram has a few videos from librarians explaining issues around short staffing, precarious work, and other things the union wants to improve.
https://www.instagram.com/local4948

The library is one of my favourite parts of Toronto. Librarians are awesome. I want them to feel safe and appreciated. I hope they can come to a good agreement!

#Alabama: #RepairCafe Returning to #Tuscaloosa #PublicLibrary After First Event's Success

"After great feedback praising the wealth of knowledge and repair skills available at no charge, #TPL has announced plans to bring the event back next month, on Saturday, March 22nd from noon until 3 p.m. at the TPL Main Branch on Jack Warner Parkway.

"The library is seeking volunteers with practical repair skills to make the event work! Anyone interested can contact Kayla Sikes at 205-345-5820 ext. 1255 or email ksikes@tuscaloosa-library.org.

"'We believe in the power of community collaboration,' Sikes said. "The Repair Cafe is not just about fixing things; it's about building relationships and promoting a more sustainable way of living. We invite everyone in Tuscaloosa to join us and be part of this inspiring event."

FMI: https://tuscaloosathread.com/tuscaloosa-public-library-repair-cafe-2/#google_vignette
#RepairCafesAL #RightToRepair #RepairCafe #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #BuildingCommunity

#TorontoPublicLibrary Recovers from #Ransomware Attack

by Matt Enis
Jan 17, 2024

"The Toronto Public #Library (#TPL) is in the final stages of recovering from a ransomware attack on October 28, 2023 that shut down the library’s internal network, website, and public computers. Although TPL managed to keep all of its 100 branches open and host programs throughout the ordeal, patrons were unable to access their library accounts online or use the library’s computers for more than two months. And while TPL has also continued to manually check out print books and other physical materials, the library has been unable to process holds or check the materials back in when they are returned.

“'We’ve got 12 53-foot tractor trailers filled with returns—well over a million items,' Toronto’s City Librarian Vickery Bowles told LJ in early January. 'Ransomware is becoming so pervasive, and it’s affecting organizations dedicated to community well-being such as hospitals, schools, and libraries, of course. I really feel that #PublicSector organizations are becoming targets.”

"According to the '2023 Palo Alto Networks Canada Ransomware Barometer' report, which includes analysis of a survey of IT professionals conducted by Angus Reid Group, 35 percent of Canadian businesses with at least 100 employees were hit by ransomware attacks during the past year. Fifty-eight percent of those businesses needed more than a month to recover from an attack, while 24 percent took longer than four months. The report notes that cyber criminals appear to be targeting manufacturing businesses 'significantly more' than other types of Canadian businesses and institutions, but “today’s threat actors do not discriminate against specific industries.” In fact, the #BritishLibrary was hit with a separate ransomware attack on the same day as TPL last fall, the #LondonPublicLibrary in #Ontario was attacked in December, and the #TorontoZoo was attacked earlier this month.

“'In the case of #PublicLibraries, I think [#CyberAttacks] are particularly troublesome, because we’re dedicated to equality and access to information and intellectual freedom and openness to all,' Bowles said, adding that this attack has impacted people throughout the community, especially patrons who rely on TPL for access to public computers and other technology. 'I think this represents an attack on the very essence of civil society. That's what I think is really troubling about all this—when I hear about the impact this is having on people like students, #lowincome communities, youth, #jobseekers, [people] who don’t have any other resources other than what the library can offer. It’s just heartbreaking.'"

Read more:
https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/toronto-public-library-recovers-from-ransomware-attack

Trekking through tribal lands as the #PenobscotNation plans to reacquire 30,000 acres

[Many] see the land return as an opportunity to reconsider what conservation looks like. Studies have found that #Indigenous-managed lands have #biodiversity levels equal to or greater than protected lands, and conservationists have become increasingly interested in what is known as #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge.
Story by Nate Hathaway
3/17/2024

"The Trust for Public Land [#TPL] is working with the Penobscot Nation to return 30,000 acres near #MountKatahdin to the tribe, which would solidify #Wabanaki #sovereignty over land their ancestors have stewarded for generations.

"The parcel would create a contiguous stretch of conserved land from existing Penobscot Nation holdings near the East Branch of the #PenobscotRiver all the way to #Jackman and #MooseheadLake, combining to form 1.2 million acres.

"The land — which is being called #Wasehtek, a Penobscot word that corresponds to the #EastBranch of the Penobscot River — was owned by Conservation Resources, a #timber investment management organization. In December 2022, the Trust for Public Land announced it had purchased the property for approximately $29 million.

"The land is currently accessed by a limited network of logging roads, which vary in quality. With over 53 miles of rivers and streams, and a diverse population of game species, the land offers substantial fishing and hunting opportunities.

"This move in northern #Maine fits into a nationwide effort to return ancestral lands to #Native tribes. The federal Land Buy-Back Program for #TribalNations, a decade-long initiative that concluded in December [2023], restored nearly 3 million acres to tribal ownership and paid over $1.69 billion to individuals."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trekking-through-tribal-lands-as-the-penobscot-nation-plans-to-reacquire-30000-acres/ar-BB1k2aqd