This is unironically what it's going to be like if even a single DSA backed candidate makes it into the Dem Primaries for 2028

Yup

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4d ago

(Contrast this with what would transpire if Trump directed his tech giants to switch off your country's Office 365 access, or to brick your Android and iOS phones, or to killswitch your John Deere tractors.) 6/

This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear

The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country

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As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News

Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...

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The birds don't act right when it's smoky like this.

lethbridgeherald.com/news/nationa... Anyone catch this little move? In wildfire stories, some media aren't even saying ECCCs full name. It's just "Environment Canada" now, no climate change. It's *that* taboo to link fires to oil and gas right now

In the very near future, no one will believe we had a policy this good. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows

Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes

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One of the themes we explored in our most recent essay for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social is that a new politics of adaptation is emerging, which is distinct from the politics of climate mitigation thepolycrisis.org/scorched-ear...

Scorched earth

Adaptation politics on a boiling planet

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Also - in context, this sounds fine! He’s talking about more sports, not more right wingers, lol. Looks like the Verge baited us here. Sorry for taking the bait! bsky.app/profile/scoi...

Scoiattolo@scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz · 2d ago

Good lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.

Looks like we've hit the "with cyclospora not from cyclospora" phase

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Would be a great get for the new SFU med school

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d ago

The persecution of Dr. Fauci is a disgrace. Why doesn't a Canadian university invite Anthony Faucci to Canada to take up residence as a professor emeritus? The federal government should take efforts to fast track the move.

Proud dad moment: in a spectacular race, my kid just qualified for provincial championships in swimming for the first time! Nail biter of a 200 medley relay. Unbelievable gutsy race by these kids.

That's an incomprehensible number Is it time for Cooling As A Human Right?

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 5d ago

jesus. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

This weekend is the Fraser South Regionals Championships for the BC Summer Swim Association. More than 700 kids swimming this weekend. People often don't realize what a big sport swimming is

What's the best book, article, or research paper that explores what it would take to make post-secondary education tuition-free in any province in Canada? Not just advocacy, but nuts and bolts about how it could work in terms of institutional budgeting.

So evidently in the past month "climate change/the environment" has jumped as an issue of concern on rolling polls. I guess breathing toxic air has that effect But also: reminder of the absurdity of flattening all the costs and consequences of climate breakdown into a single euphemistic category

Reminder that Musks twitter takeover occurred in late 2022 It was an inflection point for a lot of opinions. It's not that twitter directly reaches people - it's that it reaches the people who make opinions go mainstream.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · last wk.

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social I'm in a hotel room and one of the few channels is Discovery... and there's a show about how Great White sharks organize themselves into Game of Thrones-style Houses and they're telling me these Houses go to war with each other regularly

Sideshow Bob absolutely would win the election if it was held today

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · last wk.

"Who's better on..." 🔵Women's Rights: D +18 🔵Environment: D +17 🔵Democratic Norms: D +10 🔵Cost of Living: D +4 🟣Political Violence: Even 🟣Wars/Terrorism: Even 🔴AI: R +1 🔴Corruption: R +1 🔴Guns Control: R +3 🔴Immigration: R +5 🔴Crime: R +14 Ipsos / July 26, 2026

I agree with this take

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last wk.

“It’s the phones” is the only theory that explains why it’s happening everywhere, why it’s been getting worse across cultural and national boundaries, and why it seems detached from material or demographic conditions.

This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered

This implies that, for a lot of asthmatics, the actual problem isn't really the general condition of asthma. The problem is the gas We need a new name for this... Something like "gas-induced lung disease"

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

x.com/bchydro/stat... Sorry for the twitter link, but I had a cool day at work today. Proud to represent @kwantlenu.bsky.social at this important celebration of the expansion of the @bchydro.bsky.social EV charger network, and opening new chargers at the KPU Richmond campus.

BC Hydro (@bchydro) on X

Today, our President and CEO Charlotte Mitha joined Minister @adriandix to announce plans to expand our EV fast-charging network to 3,500 charging ports by 2035. Supported by a $700-million investment...

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Bluesky knew the strait of Hormuz, Graham Platner, and AIPAC democrats were all cooked months before the experts did. Meanwhile Twitter was convinced Spencer Pratt would win and the Odyssey would bomb. Which site is the not-real-life echo chamber again?

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w ago

extremely funny to me that analysts whose entire job is to think about these possibilities are only now catching up to Bluesky Consensus

More and more British Columbians are making the switch to EVs, and we are making sure they have a charging network that is convenient & reliable. Together with BC Hydro, we’re more than tripling B.C.'s public charging network, growing from 900 today to 3,500 ports by 2035.

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

I will speak for just $49k. Hire me instead!

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd@llassabe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Psst those intellectual diversity centers are just one more rightwing grift TIL Rufo’s speaking fee is $50k

This is partly why I did a hard break with the platform I knew I would not be immune.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is why Vichy Twitter has been such a reliable brain-cooker - not because liberal ideas are absent, but because the incentive structure for expressing ideas has shifted so dramatically. The site lavishes social and attentional rewards on you if you adopt certain right-wing viewpoints.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... "When monetized, climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the USA" Damn

Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the USA under climate change - Nature

Smoke PM2.5 could result in 71,420 excess deaths per year in the USA by 2050 under the SSP3-7.0 high-warming scenario.

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Civilization 7 is 50% off Do I do it?