Do you know Typha? It's likely going to play a large role in the construction transition. It's fast growing with huge yields. And it's a #paludi #peatland culture, land that wants to be rewetted to restore our natural CO2 sinks. #rapidlyrenewables #buildwithplants 1/2 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11...

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Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

So our tinpot Premiers won’t sign on for Team Canada. When Dunderhead Drug Dealer Doug Ford meets with US officials and pretends to be our Prime Minister, and Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith publicly agrees with the incoming neofascist US President, our country is in mortal danger. 🍁🙄🍁

We'd be amazed at how quickly we learn to live with less. If only we'd try.

This chart captures the geopolitical drama of "who's reaponsible" for cutting emissions? Really, we all are.

Grab a sixer from the airport, it's time to quit on your dreams, move to Idaho and become a realtor. @glitterburrito.bsky.social takes us INSIDE the Hallmark acting game, and we ask the tough questions like: Is the Grinch horny? Apple: bit.ly/3YzwGVv Spotify: spoti.fi/3NB35oi Amazon: amzn.to/3YgjG5P

133 - Women Laughing Alone with Christmas (Hockey Edition)

YouTube video by It's Christmastown

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That’s a fact.

Guilbeault calls lack of ambition from COP29 president Azerbaijan "deplorable" as negotiations over climate finance enter homestretch with no agreement in sight. “I would rather have no agreement right now than a bad agreement,” he said. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/22/n...

COP29 presidency slammed as ‘deplorable’ in the homestretch of finance negotiations

As the annual climate change negotiations enter their final days with countries still deeply divided over key issues, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault called host country Azer...

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30 years ago today, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech at the time. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.

A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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'The Land is tearing itself apart: Life on the collapsing Arctic isle www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as melting permafrost ice leaves little behind

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A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.

As of today, here is a list of programs/investments the CPC Party plans on cutting if elected, these are programs that are working for Canadians but they don’t care: Housing Accelerator Fund Affordable Housing Pharmacare National Dental Care Program Green Infrastructure Investments /1

Bill Watterson, creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, gave a commencement speech in 1990 and it's worthwhile reading.

Wow, ten thousand followers in under 24 hours. Bluesky is reaching critical mass rather quickly. Hello to all you new people and familiar faces 🙂

End the killings: Al Jazeera demands protection for journalists in Gaza.

I see lots of questions and anxiety over how we fight back against seemingly stacked odds. I expect in the coming weeks many here will share their perspectives on how we move forward. As you process and get to a place of action, here are some things to consider, in terms of mindset 🧵

It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself. The American Oligarchy. ...

Requiem for Humanity Final thoughts on humanity's failure and destiny. www.collapse2050.com/requiem-for-...

Requiem for Humanity

Final thoughts on humanity's failure and destiny.

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