Brigid
@brigidbh.bsky.social
Proud Canadian🇨🇦
Interests: climate change, politics, science, technology and economics. Proud owner of many beautiful bicycles 🚴♀️
Interests: climate change, politics, science, technology and economics. Proud owner of many beautiful bicycles 🚴♀️
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More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
New constellation of academic stars headed to U of T
In a “big win for Canada,” the University of Toronto is further strengthening its academic ranks with three top researchers from U.S. universities whose work ranges from the search for new planets to ...
www.utoronto.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
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#Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s #energy watchdog, making the transition away from #fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s #energy watchdog, making the transition away from #fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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The Science behind this historic Arctic Blast and how an abnormally warm Arctic (and maybe even global warming) - ironically - may be playing a part!
Wavy jet?
#winter #cold #snow #climatechange
Wavy jet?
#winter #cold #snow #climatechange
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Science behind this historic Arctic Blast and how an abnormally warm Arctic (and maybe even global warming) - ironically - may be playing a part!
Wavy jet?
#winter #cold #snow #climatechange
Wavy jet?
#winter #cold #snow #climatechange
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Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont. MP says Conservatives felt like ‘part of a frat house rather than a serious political party’ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont | CBC News
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont says pushing and yelling from Conservative Party leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on his choice to cross the floor to the Liberals earlier this week.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont. MP says Conservatives felt like ‘part of a frat house rather than a serious political party’ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
OTTAWA – Milton Smolyak, a “red tory” who has been rumoured to be mulling over a switch to the Liberal Party, woke up this morning with the severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed. “I wa...
thebeaverton.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Conservative MP thinking of crossing floor wakes up with severed head of a John A. Macdonald statue in his bed
Protect your health and limit funding fascism 🤝, say no 🙅♀️ to U.S. food #Canada
Canada is creating a task force to monitor the safety of U.S. food imports after RFK Jr. cut 3,500 FDA staff. Weaker U.S. standards require increased monitoring and diligence for Canada, generating trade barriers and consumer distrust, resulting in economic damage for U.S. producers and farmers.
CFIA monitoring U.S. move away from science-based decision making, documents show
The ‘U.S. Risk Task Team’ will keep an eye on the impact of regulatory changes on food imports
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Protect your health and limit funding fascism 🤝, say no 🙅♀️ to U.S. food #Canada
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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Public money going for a strip club?
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainm...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Public money going for a strip club?
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
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Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist and New York state assemblyman, won the race for mayor of New York City, according to the Associated Press.
Read more ➡ www.latimes.com/california/l...
Read more ➡ www.latimes.com/california/l...
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist and New York state assemblyman, won the race for mayor of New York City, according to the Associated Press.
Read more ➡ www.latimes.com/california/l...
Read more ➡ www.latimes.com/california/l...
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This is good, by the great team at @nature.com
How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action
With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This is good, by the great team at @nature.com
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🧵 This is trending on Korean socials
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🧵 This is trending on Korean socials
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“Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes and heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline and dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes and heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline and dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Stop. Going. To. America.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Stop. Going. To. America.
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"...with the casino-ification of the economy, the breakdown of a meaningful regulatory apparatus to rein in all of the above—well, it has all come just in time to give novice investors a vehicle to sink their savings into the vague promise of superintelligence."
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"...with the casino-ification of the economy, the breakdown of a meaningful regulatory apparatus to rein in all of the above—well, it has all come just in time to give novice investors a vehicle to sink their savings into the vague promise of superintelligence."
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
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I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
www.thedissident.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
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Everything is a distraction from this.
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Everything is a distraction from this.
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Enten: "Canada is far more popular than Donald Trump is here in the United States. The net popularity of Canada is +49. Trump is -10. We're talking about Canada coming out nearly 60 points ahead on the net popularity ratings versus Donald Trump here in the US"
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Enten: "Canada is far more popular than Donald Trump is here in the United States. The net popularity of Canada is +49. Trump is -10. We're talking about Canada coming out nearly 60 points ahead on the net popularity ratings versus Donald Trump here in the US"
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Mark Carney discusses the free trade "crisis" in North America and how Canada's economy is reorienting toward ASEAN
October 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Mark Carney discusses the free trade "crisis" in North America and how Canada's economy is reorienting toward ASEAN
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It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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HOW THE HATE CARD COULD PLAY IN CANADA: "MAPLE MAGA are setting the stage for a political play that has proven devastatingly effective across Europe and the United States. Their target will be to fan fears about immigrants." open.substack.com/pub/charliea... #onpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
HOW THE HATE CARD COULD PLAY IN CANADA: "MAPLE MAGA are setting the stage for a political play that has proven devastatingly effective across Europe and the United States. Their target will be to fan fears about immigrants." open.substack.com/pub/charliea... #onpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
A privately funded army, what could possibly go wrong 😑
Breaking News: The U.S. military accepted a private donation of $130 million to help pay troops during the shutdown. The move is highly unusual and a potential violation of federal law.
Trump to Use $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops
It is not clear how far the gift will go toward covering the salaries of the nation’s 1.3 million troops.
nyti.ms
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A privately funded army, what could possibly go wrong 😑
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The Conservatives have launched their Charlie Kirk imitation tour.
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement | CBC News
By asking how to 'restore the North,' Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand Charlie Kirk's U.S. campus tour movement — and ignite a national conversation here in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Conservatives have launched their Charlie Kirk imitation tour.
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American
Scientific American confirms that human on a bicycle more efficient than salmon, seagulls, or jet planes, updating a piece from 1973.
www.forbes.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America
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When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America
Scotland’s largest city reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland, or Montreal do a double take.
momentummag.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America
momentummag.com/when-bikes-o...
momentummag.com/when-bikes-o...