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Liberal pragmatist with social democratic tendencies. https://waterfrontforall.ca. Climate Change is a clear & present challenge. Vaccines work. Housing abundance is necessary. Art is not surplus to requirements. No, it wasn't 'better' back then.
Teddy, our Golden Doodle is 5 today. And yup, we have snow ❄️. Yesterday it was sunny, dry and mild. This morning the looked out the window with WATF kinda look. But once we got out into it, he remembered Snow Dog Rules. 😉
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A lesson my late father taught me: #Ghandi succeeded because he played the best version of British ideals against the power of the Raj. As Dr. King ( #MLK) played the best of the #USA against Jim Crow. When #fascism is ascendant that maneuver ain't available. Act now.
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say
Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...
www.theenergymix.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Let’s be clear on some things.

Yes, I continue to strongly support the CBC here in Canada. And yes, I’ll keep challenging & criticizing any politician that wants to “defund the CBC.”

But also yes, I’ll criticize the CBC any time I think they’re making a serious mistake and letting down Canadians.
Off-putting that CBC platformed Charlie Kirk’s widow’s lengthy video message tonight, about continuing his “mission” even more aggressively, without comment on how repugnant much of that mission was. And who are the “they” who killed him she referenced? The even more extreme alt-right “Groypers?”
September 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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You don't need to invent new ideas to make a significant impact. Consider your favorite teacher or mentor--did they invent the subject they taught? Of course not. Yet they changed your life.

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August 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.
August 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#EmancipationDay celebrates the end of slavery in the British Empire, effective August 1, 1834 in #Canada. Canada has had continuous European-settlement skin 1608. Of those 417 years, slavery was legal for 226 years. Though not economically crucial to Canada, slavery existed.
August 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Goddamn #bluesky I've missed you.
August 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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“Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events. Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says.”

Obviously.

That’s what #ClimateChange does.

Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.

More likely. And worse.
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events
Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
China Is Poised to Buy More EVs Than Gas-Only Cars This Year
Affordability, charging advances and subsidies are supporting the inexorable rise of electric cars in the world’s biggest auto market.
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Same-sex relationships have existed since time immemorial. What’s newly visible is the notion that engaging in them might be an exclusive preference and defining quality.
How “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity
A timely exhibition dissects the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality—and the backlash against them.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For years since #Ontario shut down all its coal power plants, Toronto’s summer air quality was improving: e.g. far fewer smog days. But #ClimateChange amped #Wildfires (as in many other places across North America) are rewriting that good news story into a bad air story.
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”

Via @theguardian.com.
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The Hydrangeas in the garden calm my doomscrolling, as the shade of the Norway Maples cools the feel of a 36 C Humidex.
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Indeed, what @parismarx.com says ⬇️. In the final instance, what I care about re the #USA: 1) Is the person with the nuclear codes sane (& basically decent-ish)? 2) Is the #USA threatening or helping my country & other countries? As to American domestic issues, filtered by #1 & #2, otherwise optional
americans often expect you not just to know about what’s happening in their country but to care about it too, yet will almost never show the same interest in your country
July 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you live in, or are planning to visit Southern Ontario, and especially if you have kids with you who like trains, streetcars, and machines, you ought to go to @streetcarmuseum.bsky.social #Canada #Summer #Ontario #Kids #Vacation #Streetcars
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July 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The #AmericaParty: #technofascism with solar power, EVs, robotaxis, and Neuralink. Plus, I am going to bet on loads of organic vegetables & printed meat. Shame about that Constitution all y'all used to have. But hey, it'll be a safe place for pale-skinned oligarchs & crunchy-tech-racism.
July 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My beloved was, bless her, going to take me to #NYC (one of my favourite places) for my birthday 🎂 (an effin big one 😞). But, NO. Just Can't Do It! We'll do theatre & galleries in #Canada instead: Stratford Festival, Blyth Festival, National Gallery, et Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, et al.
July 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
People don't feel cancer tumors until ... yeah

#climatechange #TexasFlooding
July 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Build the Grid: 100+ Organizations Rally Behind Carney for Nationwide Energy Network

Interview w/@StephenJWT of @DavidSuzukiFDN about letter sent to PM @markjcarney.

Get on with building the national power grid!!
#canada
youtu.be/qSlHhZM2iz0
Build the Grid: 100+ Organizations Rally Behind Carney for Nationwide Energy Network
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Interesting list
July 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Happy Canada Day from our shack on the Scarborough Bluffs, Toronto.

#Canada #CanadaDay
July 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Getting going a little early #HappyCanadaDay Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner 2001. 🇨🇦
Official Trailer ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER (2001, Natar Ungalaaq, Zacharias Kunuk)
YouTube video by Trailer World
youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yup. More ominously, it's moves such as this, noted by @propublica.org, that should be a red light warning that Trump & Co., will be seeking to subvert the US midterms, & the '28 Presidential election. They sorely fear what a more liberal government could do to them using these enhanced powers.
Putin must be delighted.
“You won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” said Adam W. Cohen, who led the DOJ office that coordinates interagency organized crime probes. “The White House will be able to decide.”
June 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM