Andrew MacDougall
@ahmacdougall.bsky.social
Canadian Climate Scientist from Nova Scotia, specializing in Zero Emissions Commitment, carbon budgets, permafrost carbon, and biogeochemical feedbacks to climate change.
The great gift of a classical Earth Science education. All data is best displayed as a ternary diagram 🙂
This is a super insightful graph from @kingsmillbond.bsky.social illustrating how countries like India that are experiencing economic development later are skipping over some (not all) fossil dependency.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The great gift of a classical Earth Science education. All data is best displayed as a ternary diagram 🙂
Well that was blunt.
“ We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient... And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”
“ We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient... And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Well that was blunt.
“ We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient... And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”
“ We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient... And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”
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A BYD Plant in Oshawa will create a 1000 Year Laurentian Elite Victory
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 AM
A BYD Plant in Oshawa will create a 1000 Year Laurentian Elite Victory
It’s mental that western car companies are just boldface lying about EV sales.
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New data: EVs grew more in '25 than '24, despite constant lies saying otherwise
Another year in opposite world: EV sales growth accelerated in 2025, even as media, automakers & governments wrongly said sales were slowing.
electrek.co
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 PM
It’s mental that western car companies are just boldface lying about EV sales.
electrek.co/2026/01/14/c...
electrek.co/2026/01/14/c...
This is horrifying. I’ve cycled thousands of km in rural Nova Scotia and been chased and nipped by a few dogs.
My deepest condolences to this poor kids family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
My deepest condolences to this poor kids family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Investigation into dog attack that killed N.S. boy continuing, RCMP say | CBC News
Drew Nickerson, 13, died after being airlifted to a Halifax hospital.
www.cbc.ca
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This is horrifying. I’ve cycled thousands of km in rural Nova Scotia and been chased and nipped by a few dogs.
My deepest condolences to this poor kids family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
My deepest condolences to this poor kids family.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a beach in southern Lima to perform their annual New Year ritual, delivering predictions for 2026 that included the fall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a serious illness for US President Donald Trump
December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a beach in southern Lima to perform their annual New Year ritual, delivering predictions for 2026 that included the fall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a serious illness for US President Donald Trump
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Literally yes, in the sense that the Roman senatorial class owned or invested in the commercial farms and industrial processing and shipping operations that produced and distributed olive oil.
Were the Senators also de facto employees of like Big Olive Oil i wonder
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Literally yes, in the sense that the Roman senatorial class owned or invested in the commercial farms and industrial processing and shipping operations that produced and distributed olive oil.
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Also this is a story that has nothing really to do with the US. Many, many stories do not.
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Also this is a story that has nothing really to do with the US. Many, many stories do not.
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On the one hand, Nova Scotia could pick up a lot of wind turbine equipment very cheap. On the other hand, this is a disaster for wind investment and investment certainty in general in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On the one hand, Nova Scotia could pick up a lot of wind turbine equipment very cheap. On the other hand, this is a disaster for wind investment and investment certainty in general in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
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1/ The New York Times reports that Trump plans to name an entire new class of US Navy warships after himself. If so, this will break genuinely new ground in a level of state-sponsored sycophancy never seen before in global naval history.
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
1/ The New York Times reports that Trump plans to name an entire new class of US Navy warships after himself. If so, this will break genuinely new ground in a level of state-sponsored sycophancy never seen before in global naval history.
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Hell yeah: @science.org's official Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is ... [drumroll] ...
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hell yeah: @science.org's official Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is ... [drumroll] ...
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
The foundational axiom of science is that reality is real and that it can be understood at least to some approximation.
The foundational axiom of fascism is that there is no such thing as reality, and truth is whatever the leader says it is.
Science will always wither under fascism.
The foundational axiom of fascism is that there is no such thing as reality, and truth is whatever the leader says it is.
Science will always wither under fascism.
I really didn't think modern civilization was this vulnerable to "I don't like what I see so I'm going to gouge my eyes out."
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The foundational axiom of science is that reality is real and that it can be understood at least to some approximation.
The foundational axiom of fascism is that there is no such thing as reality, and truth is whatever the leader says it is.
Science will always wither under fascism.
The foundational axiom of fascism is that there is no such thing as reality, and truth is whatever the leader says it is.
Science will always wither under fascism.
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I really didn't think modern civilization was this vulnerable to "I don't like what I see so I'm going to gouge my eyes out."
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I really didn't think modern civilization was this vulnerable to "I don't like what I see so I'm going to gouge my eyes out."
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The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen.
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
eu.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen.
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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2025 marks another year of record clean energy additions, electrification and declining fossil reliance.
Check out: ember-energy.org/lat...
(8/8)
Check out: ember-energy.org/lat...
(8/8)
Highlights of the global energy transition in 2025 | Ember
Synthesis of Ember's key findings from 2025, tracing how clean electricity expanded, where new growth centres emerged and how technologies like batteries and electrotech reshaped global energy dynamics.
ember-energy.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
2025 marks another year of record clean energy additions, electrification and declining fossil reliance.
Check out: ember-energy.org/lat...
(8/8)
Check out: ember-energy.org/lat...
(8/8)
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And here, friends, is why the assurances one hears about how AI errors are being fixed ring hollow.
On the left, Grok four minutes ago as I post.
On the right, an actual news story from a reporter published 52 minutes ago.
Note the novelistic invented detail in the Grok account.
On the left, Grok four minutes ago as I post.
On the right, an actual news story from a reporter published 52 minutes ago.
Note the novelistic invented detail in the Grok account.
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And here, friends, is why the assurances one hears about how AI errors are being fixed ring hollow.
On the left, Grok four minutes ago as I post.
On the right, an actual news story from a reporter published 52 minutes ago.
Note the novelistic invented detail in the Grok account.
On the left, Grok four minutes ago as I post.
On the right, an actual news story from a reporter published 52 minutes ago.
Note the novelistic invented detail in the Grok account.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
People might laugh but indoor air quality in rinks is generally terrible, and hockey kids get asthma at disproportionate rates. Electric Zambonis really are an important innovation.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
People might laugh but indoor air quality in rinks is generally terrible, and hockey kids get asthma at disproportionate rates. Electric Zambonis really are an important innovation.
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People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
Oh boy definitely some Technocracy vibes here. Might be time to brush up on mid 20th century science cults.
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
Electricity is about to become the new base currency and China figured it out
As we accelerate into an all-electric, all-digital age, the ultimate representation of productive capacity becomes the kilowatt-hour (kWh).
electrek.co
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh boy definitely some Technocracy vibes here. Might be time to brush up on mid 20th century science cults.
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
And there goes short haul trucking. Another ‘hard to mitigate’ sector that turned out not to be hard to mitigate.
More Chinese #electrotech "propaganda" - the diesel freight truck is dying a quick death in China, and what's replacing it is simpler, more reliable, costs less in terms of CAPEX and OPEX, and doesn't emit local air pollutant nor GHGs. cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...
China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance - CleanTechnica
China’s electric heavy truck boom signals a freight transition as low cost BEVs outpace diesel and gas across short haul markets. Exports are rising.
cleantechnica.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And there goes short haul trucking. Another ‘hard to mitigate’ sector that turned out not to be hard to mitigate.