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ketanjoshi.co
Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported. From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. The Arctic is heating up as much as four times as quickly as the global average, due to the burning of fossil fuels, and this extra heat is warping the world’s refrigerator – a region that acts as a key climate regulator for the rest of the planet. Changes to polar bear DNA could help them adapt to global heating, study finds Read more The maximum extent of sea ice in 2025 was the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, Noaa reported on in its annual Arctic report card. This is the latest landmark in a longer trend, with the region’s oldest, thickest ice declining by more than 95% since the 1980s as the Arctic becomes hotter and rainier.
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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drkatemarvel.bsky.social
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
usatoday.com USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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ruthmkb.bsky.social
The entire 2025, guess how many days the Ontario MPPs sat at the Legislature? How many days were they "at their HQ"?

Answer: 51 days!!!

They gave themselves a raise, and then cut their hours!

Laziest government EVER!!!

#FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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corruptario.bsky.social
How was Postmedia allowed to infiltrate Canada and buy the vast majority of Canadian newspapers?

Harper.

Media control is a fundamental part of #IDUPlaybook
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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ruthmkb.bsky.social
ON: "if you don’t like our climate target, we just won’t have a target"...

Doug Ford didn’t even have the guts to say it out loud. It was buried in a 200-page Fall Economic Statement without consultation...

#FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford, what are you afraid of? Young Ontarians vow to see the premier in court
The Ford government has officially legislated climate denial. It leaves Ontario with no plan, no targets and no accountability. And it will cost us all.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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rogerman99.bsky.social
Never make the mistake of thinking Doug Ford is working in your interests. He is not. Never has. Never will. #onpoli #FordFailedOntario #FordIsStealingFromYou
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frankdomenic.bsky.social Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 17d
Doug Ford is cutting the Consumer Protection Act so that now your rewards points can expire. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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rogerman99.bsky.social
Another local connection is that Doug Ford, who has never met a bad idea he didn't immediately fall in love with, has recently enabled the privatization of public water services in Ontario. Corrupt and stupid is a terrible way to run a province.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario

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betterpensionsbc.bsky.social Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · Nov 14
The latest twist👇 in the tale of Thames Water, which supplies drinking water to 1/4 of 🇬🇧. The local connection is that British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI) + BC Public Sector Pension Plans have owned 8.7% of the utility during its financial implosion and litany of leaks + spills. 1/x
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water's lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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rogerman99.bsky.social
Against Doug Ford these wee birds stood no chance. Doug Ford the destroyer. #onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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wildernews.bsky.social Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 22d
BREAKING: Yesterday the Ford government passed Bill 68, the Plan to Protect Ontario Act, quietly legislating the removal of lands from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, including public access beaches and critical habitat for endangered piping plovers. #ONpoli
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
Ontario uses budget bill to remove parklands
Wilderness Committee condemns the sell-off of portions of Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkTORONTO / TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES OF MISSISSAUGAS OF THE CREDIT, ANISHNAABEG, CHIPPEWA, HAUDENOSAUNEE AND WENDAT —...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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robpegoraro.com
Yet another story in which content creators say their traffic has plunged since Google started serving up AI Overview answers summarizing their work--in the case of recipes, often wildly incorrectly. (Of course Facebook is also part of this AI-slop problem.)
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 23d
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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maxfawcett.bsky.social
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.

I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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cleanenergycanada.org
🔌 Ontario's electricity grid is getting dirtier, undermining progress made by home energy retrofits and electric vehicles, finds a new report from @atmosphericfund.bsky.social👇 #onpoli
Increased reliance on natural gas in Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area undermines emission cut efforts: report | CBC News
Emissions in the area were up by one per cent in 2024, according to a regional climate agency's report. That marked slower growth than in previous years, but was well off the 11 per cent annual cuts t...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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bikewaysto.bsky.social
"Ontario had a 96% carbon-free electrical grid in 2017; it is now only 84% clean."

Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli

www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Why GTA emissions are ‘moving in the wrong direction’ despite electric vehicles, transit use
The region would need to see a drop of 11 per cent in emissions annually to reach its 2030 targets, according to a new report.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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climatenews.bsky.social
The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense.

It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
climatenews.bsky.social Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Nov 12
So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.

How fascinating!
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
In Paris, you can get a monthly public transport pass for the city and its surroundings (Île-de-France) for less than 100€/month, and your employer has to reimburse at least half of it.

www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/titres-et...
a detailed map of the Paris Metro and RER (Regional Express Network) system. The map is intricately designed with color-coded lines representing the different metro and suburban train routes, each labeled with their respective line numbers or names. The map is centered on Paris with the various lines radiating outwards, connecting numerous stations within the city and surrounding regions. It includes a legend for the metro, RER, and other transport systems such as tram lines. The map also indicates important landmarks, transit zones, and connections to other modes of transportation, such as buses and the Orlyval light rail to the Orly Airport. Each line has a unique color, making it easy to distinguish between routes.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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giantwhispers.bsky.social
REMINDER: Our current fossil fueled, growth-obsessed global economic model is a doomsday machine attacking the ability of the biosphere to sustain current levels of diversity.

This is the era where we must win rapid system change or forever pay the price. #ClimateSky
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Screenshot from https://www.planetaryhealthcheck.org/ that reads: "OUR PLANET'S VITAL SIGNS ARE FLASHING RED We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries. The Planetary Health Check 2025 makes it clear: We have to act now." It shows a line graph which goes from green, has a threshold marked "planetary boundary" where it fades into yellow and the another line labelled "high-risk line" beyond which it gets red. There is a blue dot near the High-risk Line which is labeled "We are here"
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
BREAKING: 20 Jeffrey Epstein victims are urging Mike Johnson to immediately swear-in Adelita Grijalva.

STOP IGNORING THE EPSTEIN VICTIMS!
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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stand.earth
The unusually warm ocean temperatures that boosted Hurricane Melissa's intensity were made at least 600 TIMES more likely due to fossil-fueled climate change.

Yes, you read that right: **600 TIMES**

#ThisIsClimateChange
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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clareblackwood.bsky.social
Ontarians: please mr ford we need healthcare, housing, and groceries

Ford: best I can do is election fuckery

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford to raise campaign donation limits by 47% and end fixed election dates
Attorney General Doug Downey is boosting maximum donations from the current $3,400 to $5,000 in January and tying future increases to inflation.
www.thestar.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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faisalhassan.bsky.social
Doug Ford's power grab continues! His attempt to rewrite election rules is a threat to Ontario's democracy. Thankfully, the courts have already rejected similar legislation for infringing on Charter rights. Time to uphold our democratic values and keep politics accountable! #ONpoli #YSW #Democracy
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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lalegault.bsky.social
How is the 2-election long investigation into Doug Ford doing by the RCMP? Or is the rule of law dead in Canada? #onpoli
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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jmwhughes.bsky.social
Did the Premier just extend his own mandate?
Seems very democratic doesn't it!
#onpoli #cdnpoli @ontarioliberal.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1149664...
Ford government to raise donation limits, scrap fixed-term elections | Globalnews.ca
The sweeping changes to how elections will work in the province were announced through a news release by the provincial government on Monday afternoon.
globalnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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clareblackwood.bsky.social
It is a beautiful day when I get the chance to a) write about the Blue Jays and b) shit on Doug Ford
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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costasamaras.com
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
jael.bsky.social jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Oct 10
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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oncleanair.bsky.social
💰 Enbridge pulled in $1.3 B from #Ontario ratepayers in the first half of 2025 — a 27.5% jump.

Profits climb while families pay more for fossil fuels.

Time to shift investments to affordable, #renewable energy. 🌬️☀️

Read Here: shorturl.at/8y4ye

#onpoli #climatenews #onclimate
Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
shorturl.at
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM