How did we go from "don't trust everything on Wikipedia" to "just ask an AI"?
Bromptonymous 🇨🇦
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Climate dad. "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” Born: 344 ppm, PhD 397 ppm, Today: 432 ppm.
I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
There is NOTHING in the National CANADIAN interest in these pipelines and other related projects. Why is Canada using TAXPAYER $$ to pay for a project that NO PRIVATE COMPANY will invest in, but many private companies will reap the rewards from? WHY? This is blatant corporate welfare.
Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · yesterdayDeliberately worsening the global climate crisis that's raging ever further out of control to temporarily benefit foreign oil industry shareholders is Mark Carney's personal definition of "in the national interest." This is ecocidal anti-leadership. 1/ environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...
I think Alberta should follow Republican state South Carolina in adopting the law that allows people on bikes to observe stop signs like a yield sign. Why isn’t that question on Dreeshen’s online survey?🤷♂️ #yycBike #yegBike
'Stop as Yield’ bicycle bill turns into a South Carolina law. What does this mean for cyclists?
South Carolina has passed the “Stop as Yield” bicycle bill into a law. This law changes how bicyclists approach intersections.
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Filled up our minivan last night for $3.50 … switch to an EV and you, too, can have energy prices like it’s 1962 again ⚡️
The Sgt Joker@thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 21h agoThis wasn’t even full. 8647
"Anyone born after 1990 is in a new geological era, navigating a world fundamentally different from the one Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers inherited. The chances of anyone alive today experiencing a year as cool as 1996 are effectively nil." My interview with John Vaillant. youtu.be/03prPc-Qrp8?...
BURNING PLANET - A THREATENED DEMOCRACY
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Post-amalgamation Ottawa is paralyzed by its exurbs. Our capital city held hostage by people who don’t interact with the city, don’t want to pay taxes to support city services, and drive everywhere for every trip.
It's me@justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 2d agoI haven’t lived in #ottawa for very long and genuine question: What is 1 single thing that the city has done in the past 20 yrs that was bold and innovative? 1 thing. 1 thing it led on and didn’t wait for 17 yrs of data for Mentioning the NCC doesn’t count, also cuz Tierney will have a meltdown
This morning’s breakfast conversation: ”Daddy why is there smoke?“ “Because there are wildfires on the mainland” ”Why are there fires?” “Because we have burned too much gasoline, diesel, and natural gas that heat the atmosphere, dry the land, making it more likely to burn“. 1/2
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · yesterday"Anyone born after 1990 is in a new geological era, navigating a world fundamentally different from the one Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers inherited. The chances of anyone alive today experiencing a year as cool as 1996 are effectively nil." My interview with John Vaillant. youtu.be/03prPc-Qrp8?...
The world is full of people who insist "AI is changing everything" but who - when pressed - have to admit that what they mean is that they're pretty sure that AI *will* change everything. Eventually. After we allow it to consume all the planet's energy, carbon, water and financial resources. 8/
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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Most of this city absolutely hates the part of he city that could and should be its own city and doesn’t want to pay the requisite taxes so they can keep the proximity to the amenities a city has. It’s so fucking dumb
Politics for but smart people: The Mark Stucliffe is a one-term mayor edition. randomactsofurbanism.substack.com/p/politics-b...
Politics, but for smart people: Not parade-worthy
How Wellington Street told me Mark Sutcliffe would be a one-term mayor.
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Post-amalgamation Ottawa is paralyzed by its exurbs. Our capital city held hostage by people who don’t interact with the city, don’t want to pay taxes to support city services, and drive everywhere for every trip.
It's me@justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 2d agoI haven’t lived in #ottawa for very long and genuine question: What is 1 single thing that the city has done in the past 20 yrs that was bold and innovative? 1 thing. 1 thing it led on and didn’t wait for 17 yrs of data for Mentioning the NCC doesn’t count, also cuz Tierney will have a meltdown
Love drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos.
The tricky thing is it has become much hard to tell the difference between expensive *looking* and expensive *quality*. Many name brands that used to mean quality are now owned by private equity cutting corners and extracting profits.
This is an actual conspiracy, not a conspiracy theory. Some of the replies and quotes show people who don't read. General Motors and related companies were actually convicted of doing this.
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Five Straight Years Warmer Than Anything Prior to 2023
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d agoI'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Car-blindness is real! Psychologists or sociologists should study this. Giant two-ton boxes flying all around us, piloted by people who have been rendered psychopaths, regularly injuring & killing our neighbors, and many/most people just ... don't register it. It's just background noise.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d agoI was talking to my neighbor when a group of cyclists came by at maybe 25 mph. “That’s so dangerous,” she exclaimed. In the meantime, quite a few drivers came by at 40 mph, and she’s completely unfazed. 🤦🏻♂️
According to anti-cyclist replies, here's evidence that cars and bikes are equally dangerous: 🚗: They kill ~40000 people in the US annually 🚲: I saw a cyclist run a red light 30 years ago
Seems even more important to have more power generated and stored on the Island, rather than relying full time on wildfire-impacted long distance transmission…
British Columbia Power Outage Repeater@bcoutagerepeater.bsky.social · 4d ago#RadiumHotSprings | North-South-East-West of HWY 95 | Out since Aug 1, 8:30 p.m. with 1054 customers out | Crew status: Crew on-site | Cause: Transmission circuit failure | For more information, see the outage details:...
Accountant: your business will go bankrupt if you don’t change your business model. CEO: But what if we did more business as usual? Accountant: still bankrupt. <time passes> CEO (in bankruptcy hearing): My accountant didn’t tell me this would happen!
Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · 3d agoSome people think climate change is “far worse than scientists predicted!” But that’s not really true. Climate science has *accurately* predicted what’s happening for many, many decades now. The brilliant Dr. Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains…
Some people think climate change is “far worse than scientists predicted!” But that’s not really true. Climate science has *accurately* predicted what’s happening for many, many decades now. The brilliant Dr. Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains…
Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 5d ago🚨 Scientists have been warning for more than a century that catastrophic weather events were inevitable if humanity kept emitting GHG's. But is it worse than even they expected? Climate scientist @drkatemarvel.bsky.social shares her expert perspective in our latest Insights: https://bit.ly/4wsYPMw
