Fascinating concentrations of top tech talent in North America. Let's celebrate how Canadians cities, particularly Toronto & Waterloo outshine much of North American. It's imperative to provide early stage funding to fuel this innovation economy talent that is building. Canada's economic future.

Adrenaline Fund@adrenalinefund.bsky.social · 2d ago

We invest ONLY in Canadian startups - a smart move because CDN talent is among the best in the world. In tech companies in North America: o Toronto is 3rd largest, just behind San Francisco & Seattle o Waterloo is 10th largest, just behind Boston & Dallas Fort Worth nowtoronto.com/news/toronto...

Most of us already know the linkage between the #ClimateCrisis and #Wildfires. However, more scientific evidence has to help lead to some action to protect our health and property - governmental, legal or otherwise ... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating

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As AI is often bypassing traditional web content and 'packaging' it without compensation, sites like @wikipedia.org, with human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free knowledge are suffering. Join me in spporting them! donate.wikimedia.org

#ElbowsUp might well furnish a playbook for action around the #ClimateCrisis lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-canadi...

The Canadian boycott of the USA shows that individual actions do make a difference

Now let's apply that energy and determination to dealing with the climate emergency.

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Small particulate matter (PM.25) is deadly for humans. Combustion - vehicles spewing gas or diesel exhaust or extreme wildfires. Few people realize the connection, but iit is deadly and way more than just respiratory diseases - heart attacks, dementia, strokes, ... Think about it. sl1nk.com/rndhwaw

Study shows clean transportation could prevent deaths in Toronto, Montreal

McGill University models how EV adoption, retiring older diesel trucks and reducing traffic could lower exposure to ultrafine particles.

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It's amazing how many people are absolutely clueless about the cause of extreme heatwave and toxic wildfires www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians | Arwa Mahdawi

The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisis, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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I applaud the directness of this article in @cbcnews.ca in the face of massively funded campaigns by "Big Oil" to prevent the public from making this link www.cbc.ca/news/science...

'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News

Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.

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So, you see, smoke travels in both directions and every other direction What matters is that we help each other and tackle climate change as humankind www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C.

Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.

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I have been sharing the "Warming Stripes" liberally since 2020. This links to Ed Hawkins stripes generator. I've been handing out buttons with 'Global' data from 1850-2020. The link has options for local data, all updated by 5 years to end in 2025- the comparison is indicative: showyourstripes.info

An American analysis of wildfires that show the trend line and links to the Climate Crisis www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Video: Opinion | On Fire. Again.

There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfire...

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It's frustrating there is so little push back to Trump's blaming Canadian forestry practices for wildfire smoke: i) many wildfires are US based, ii) US has cut most Climate research/mitigation iii) Canadians helped fight Californian wildfires [scroll down to Analysis] www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

Trump says US being 'invaded by filthy air' as he threatens Canada with tariffs over wildfires

Earlier, Ontario's Premier Doug Ford said America should send support rather than complain as smoke from more than 850 Canadian wildfires blankets parts of the US.

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As Attribution Science increases the certainty of the link between burning fossil fuels and extreme heatwave and wildfires, lawsuits holding these companies liable is the inevitable result www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...

National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.

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Between 23% and 38% of heart disease deaths could trace back to eating UPFs Let that sink in. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Reducing ultra-processed foods could prevent thousands of heart disease deaths, study suggests

Researchers in Canada say that UFPs could be ‘substantial and potentially preventable’ contributor to the disease

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The link is long proven. It is cynical, at best, that the general public isn't informed. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating

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3 / 3 ...we are in sympathy as individual Americans, many we've known for a lifetime, struggle to respond to the current presidency. I have long admired Timothy Snyder, a thoughtful modern historian. Enjoy leading Americans amplifying key themes necessary for the US to re-take control of its future

2 / 3 ...Obviously recent events resonate through what should be an amazing celebration. Canada, like many other countries, has had to explore its place in the world -- no longer can it reflexively be driven by the American hegemony. Like most Canadians, and many around the world, ...

1 / 3 Wishing my many American friends a happy 250th anniversary. The US has always been a bold experiment, with risk taking & revolution the driving force. Canada, created by a 'committee', seems to have taken the other path. ...

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

...The paradox is the lack of 'sufficiency' - when do we have enough. Like the Sugar Tax which aims to nudge people to healthier diets, perhaps some kind of Sugar Tax on SUVs and (non-essential) pick up trucks might nudge us back to a more sustainable world.[4/4] www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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... (CO2e of embodied carbon is typically 30% higher than a sedan, with similar operating emissions). While EVs are almost always an improvement, the SUV & pick up variants have higher emissions (both embodied & operatirng) than a sedan-style EV. We think efficiency leads to sustainability. [3/4]

This @nytimes.com article shows how this wasteful trend has led to thousands more pedestrian deaths. a deadly cocktail of higher front hoods (growing from 26" to 47") combined with ever increasing "A pillars' causing larger blind zones. Not only that, the carbon footprint of these vehicles ... [2/4]

In the early 2000's, most cars were sedans. In a perverse instance of 'Jevon's Paradox', in which technology-driven efficiency improvements often lead to increased consumption of resources instead of a reduction huge over-sized SUVs & pick up trucks now dominate personal transportation. [1/4]

Glad that reading books is the latest fad. Perhaps I missed it, but with my friends reading books has always been cool www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Booksmaxxing: how reading became sexy

‘Reading is having a moment,’ according to Tinder. But do its users actually appreciate books, or just talk about them to get dates?

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This is huge for a company that originated from the Waterloo focus on leading in Quantum computing. Congratulations to Jesse van Griensven and the entire team: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

It's wonderful how Dr. Tim Snyder captures current US foreign policy; "Baby in a bulldozer" 6iagjgfab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...

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At(NACO) Summit 2026, @randallh.bsky.social Randall Howard joined Emilie Boutros & Kyle Briggs chaired by Erin O'Keefe Graham to discuss deep tech investing. It is clear that Canadian tech investing is moving toward deeper and deeper tech over time. Thanks Josh Scott of @betakit.com for covering.

BetaKit@betakit.com · 4mo ago

“When deep tech companies fail, it’s often nothing to do with the technology.” Kyle Briggs, SAIL Initiative joined Adrenaline Fund's Randall Howard and TandemLaunch's Émilie Boutros at NACO Summit to talk what people get wrong about deep tech in Canada.

As someone who has advocated, & enabled, social Purpose in early stage tech investing, this is huge. I'm really pleased that Lumira Ventures will be running a fund to advance cancer treatments funded by Terry Fox Foundation & Canadian Cancer Society. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canadian Cancer Society, Terry Fox Foundation turn to venture capital to fund treatment breakthroughs

Charities, impact funds and early Shopify backer John Phillips among investors in Lumira-managed Cancer Breakthrough Fund

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An important topic we'll be surfacing at NACO Summit in Ottawa this Wed. "Safeguarding Angel Capital for the Long Term" explores a rapidly emerging trend where even basic investor rights are generating push back. As angels shoulder more risk and increasing investment size, a new balance is needed.

Congratulations to Caitlin MacGregor and the entire team at Plum on their recent acquisition by Phenom, the culmination of a long and dedicated journey to revolutionize talent acquistion. @caitmacgregor.bsky.social www.phenom.com/blog/phenom-...

Phenom Acquires Plum To Validate Durable Skills AI Can’t Replace

Phenom acquires Plum to bring psychometric-based behavioral assessments to enterprise hiring, validating the durable skills AI can't replace and resumes can't verify.

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This deeply insightful article from "American Pulse" by George Froelich on Substack shows who is playing the 4-D Chess. Spoiler alert, it's not the Stable Genius ;) americanpulse.substack.com/p/special-re...

SPECIAL REPORT - Your Neighbour Canada Has Changed And You're Not Going to Like What is Happening

The unvarnished truth about Donald Trump, Big Business, Big Media

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Another so-called practitioner of 4D chess ;) Truly a global embarrassment.

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wow, J.D. really vanced the hell out of the Hungarian presidential election