Alan T Perry
@alantperry.bsky.social
Priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. Canon lawyer. Amateur photographer, traveller. Views my own.
As usual, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is absolutely correct. Nihilism is the philosophy in ascendant. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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“What people are not getting is that we can’t turn this back – the CO2 to a large part remains in the air for thousands of years... People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?
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Since the Shopify CEO thinks the poors shouldn't have any right to vote, maybe we should all vote with our feet, or wallets.
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.Thank you to @emmettmacfarlane.com and Andrew Leach for their help with this one! WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/rgAa5XAcNCU
Brilliant quote that could apply to so many people currently occupying way too much of our time and energy.
Dr Jo Kershaw@mthrjo.bsky.social · last wk.Personally I wish Farage a long life in complete obscurity, dependent on only the money he has honestly earned.
Carbon pricing not only lowered emissions it gave more money back to the majority of people, especially to the poorest Canadians. Shame on all the cynical politicians who repeated lies about it. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
The U.S. uses prison labour (incl. for private firms) more than any other country, hasn't raised its min. wage ($7.25/hr) since 2009, and violates dozens of international labour standards every day. So Trump's new Section 301 tariffs have nothing to do with concern for labour. /2
Alberta hasn't banned US alcohol imports. People here aren't buying it anyways. The debate over whether provincial governments should be banning it misses the actual point, which is that Canadians don't want to buy it in the first place. #cdnpoli
Cho said in a statement, “I did not stop to ask how it would look to a person in my riding working a double shift.” He seems to think it's a political calculus question. The question isn't how it looks, it's what's reasonable. It's not optics; it's ethics. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1197213...
Ontario MPP charged riding association for restaurants, hotels and limo rental | Globalnews.ca
Detailed disclosures from Stan Cho's constituency office show, between 2023 and 2026, the MPP billed the office for pricey dinners, airline tickets and hotel stay.
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Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.
Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto
A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.
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Doug Ford’s reckless “plan” for Toronto’s waterfront isn’t a done deal yet. We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…
Here's an idea. Canada will take back the smoke if the US will take back all its CO2. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
4 Republicans in U.S. Congress accuse Canada of failing to do enough to prevent wildfires | CBC News
Republican members of U.S. Congress are slamming Canada's federal and provincial governments over what they claim is inaction in preventing the wildfires currently spreading smoke and poor air quality...
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I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Federal & BC officials should have known better than to drop this half-baked trial balloon.’ @policyalternatives.ca @marclee.bsky.social
The Vancouver condo bailout props up a failed housing model | CCPA
How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?
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really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
So, if Canadians had wanted Conservative policies, we would have voted for a Conservative government. We didn't. Maybe Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social should consider that. #cdnpoli
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
Happy Bastille Day to all who celebrate. 🇫🇷 Anyone for cake? 🎂
Quite enjoying that the CofE and the Norwegian church made a wager on the football, and the latter now has to change logos for the day.
This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.
Nearly consigned to the dustbin of history!
New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · 4w agoTIL that the French word for dustbin, "poubelle", began as a sarcastic tribute to Eugène-René Poubelle, Préfet of the Seine, who in 1884 made domestic dustbins mandatory in Paris. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%... (He also made sewer connections mandatory; he got off lightly as eponyms go.)
Experts also noted that the moon was in the seventh house, and a butterfly was flapping its wings over Beijing.
Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️@savethecbc.bsky.social · last mo.🥩 CBC reports that Beef prices are up nearly 13% in a year. Experts say low cattle supplies, years of herd rebuilding, high production costs, and processing concentrated in just two multinational companies are keeping prices high. Relief likely isn't coming anytime soon. 🇨🇦
"In my judgment, that plan was not sustainable over the long term..." As a Canadian environmental scientist focused on climate impacts, I have a very different opinion on what is sustainable over the long term, @mark-carney.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.
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US data centers for AI tend to run on more fossil fuels than renewables → they produce proportionally more climate pollution → which is supersizing extreme weather → which is now the #1 risk to data centers themselves. The very definition of "coming right back around to bite you."
The AI boom is colliding with a new threat: Severe weather
Heatwaves and severe weather are raising risks for AI data centers, from grid strain to higher insurance and repair costs.
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Why exactly are we fundraising to restore 24 Sussex? This should simply be paid for from general revenues. And given the tax deductibility of the donations, roughly half of the money raised will be refunded to donors. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Fundraising goal to restore 24 Sussex Drive set at $50M | CBC News
Hundreds of early donors across Canada pitched in more than $50,000 over the weekend toward a fundraising campaign trying to raise $50 million to restore Canada's most famous fixer-upper: 24 Sussex Dr...
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