Nick Kellett
@nickkellett.bsky.social
Canadian software developer. Opinions are those of my employer.
In the Okanagan this winter season, the avg temp was 3.8c above normal, we got 25% of our usual precip & our snowpack was a historic low of 52% of norm & yr 4 of drought The super El Nino is coming faster & harder than expected. Climate crisis is real We are evacuated, these pics show scale
Years ago I planted some common yarrow (achillea millefolium) under fruit trees. It immediately got mowed over / disappeared. It's no longer where I put it.... but it spread absolutely.everywhere.else
Good luck to him (and any other candidates). As a long time Green (Jim Harris era) we squandered decades of potential political impact and influence and don't have any when the country most needs it to tackle climate change. The disastrous run everywhere/multi issues strategy needs to be abandoned.
National Newswatch@nationalnewswatch.com · 6h ago
Everywhere should be a hostile place for Republicans. They should not be able to find a friend anywhere. They should lose all their professional and familial relationships. They should be blocked from signing up to social media platforms, clubs, and yard sales. They should be ejected from fairs.
Canada is doubling down on fossil fuels as climate-fulled wildfires rage. Read Mitch Anderson's latest below:
As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels
The prime minister should consider the potential outcomes of siding with his Bay Street buddies and oil industry bigwigs over climate-beleaguered Canadians.
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Using high-definition open source videos and photos from NASA and his own music, John Boswell (aka Melodysheep) created this mesmerizing eight-minute video recap of the Artemis II mission. So well done. [kottke.org]
An 8K Cinematic Tribute to the Artemis II Mission
Using high-definition open source videos and photos from NASA and his own music, John Boswell (aka Melodysheep) created this mesmerizing eight-minute video recap of the Artemis II mission that enchanted us all back in th
kottke.org
If it separates, Alberta would have to reckon with fact that nearly all the oil it exports to US gets shipped through other Canadian provinces. By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
cbc.ca
Good morning with good news: Solar generated above 30% of Germany's power in May, June & July! It produced above 35% in Spain and 25% of Swiss power in May, June & July Solar exceeded 20% in EU (27 nations) for 3 consecutive months for first time. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/31/s... #energysky
Solar's share of EU electricity demand tops 20% for three consecutive months - pv magazine Global
Data compiled by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE shows photovoltaics supplied more than 20% of EU electricity demand in May, June and July for the first time. Latvia set a new EU...
pv-magazine.com
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Aperiodic reminder that Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus has a subsurface liquid water ocean that it's blasting into space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social)
Canada’s federal political landscape remains stable but the forces underneath it are shifting. Liberals lead by six points as Trump’s tariff threat and the wildfires push external and environmental risks higher on the public agenda. Read more: abacusdata.ca/liberals-ma...
Its a lib "bubble" because MAGA can't stick dick opinions in my face without a block. People like bluesky because unlike Twitter you can curate/filter out stupid bullshit. The only reason conservatives hate it is because they cant force you to pay attention to them. That better not fucking change.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
The climate crisis is a heat crisis is a drought crisis is a water crisis is an energy crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
theguardian.com
Wellington is emblematic of the way this mayor makes decisions. Non-strategically.
Muscovy NEVER changed. We in the 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 Baltics have the 'receipts'. Connecting the dots. This thread uses "Muscovy" as shorthand for the continuous imperial system that has existed under different names: the Tsardom/Empire, the USSR, and today's Russian Federation. /0
council employee: oh hey u guys are back early dustman: bins are woke council employee: what? dustman: *loading a pistol and getting back on the dustcart* bins are woke.
Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 3d agoBins have gone woke. We repeat: BINS ARE NOW WOKE
1/7 In his latest video, Danish military analyst @anderspucknielsen.dk delivers a stark message about European defense: Europe does not need an army built to instantly defeat Russia, but one structured to survive the opening shock of a high-intensity, attritional war
ALIEN 1: whats that species over there ALIEN 2: oh thats a human, dont talk to them, they love to domesticate things HUMAN: (waving a piece of bacon) 😃 ALIEN 1: they do seem friendly ALIEN 2: i am consumed by an urge to live indoors
Seems like 2026 is the year the "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" post lands for everyone.
why has science not yet figured out a way to remove the caffeine from my body. it’s very simple: when I drank it, I needed it to live, and now, I need it gone before it kills me
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
Just realized a mother skunk and 3 kits are now living under our shed Now i know why the groundhog left
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
Mobula Rays aka Devil Rays are an incredible species of oceanic ray. They are highly migratory and can be found in the warm waters of tropical, subtropical and temperate regions around the world. ~ Olivia Hagedoorn IG: allthingsemeraldcoast Pensacola Beach, Florida
Rick Wilson: I think Russia's financial situation is so dire that they've stopped paying American influencers they've been known to pay. Tenet Media scandal in US, where Russians were paying Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Lauren Southern, Dave Rubin hundreds of thousands of dollars a month
When we look back at this squalid Age, we'll be astonished how few people it took to enshitify the world. we were in a hall of mirrors giving power influence and money to a few coordinated networks of grifters, bots, trolls, influencers, politicians, & billionaires. & even they were unhappy. Sad.
