Randall Howard
@randallh.bsky.social
Serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist focused on innovating a more sustainable future spanning startups to social enterprises.
Investing via @AdrenalineFund, Cognition Fund & CWCF
Blog: RandallJHoward.com
Born 313.2 ppm 🇨🇦
Investing via @AdrenalineFund, Cognition Fund & CWCF
Blog: RandallJHoward.com
Born 313.2 ppm 🇨🇦
Amid so many foreign (US) publishers, pumped that Canadian indie publisher @dundurnpress.bsky.social scored #5 in the Jan 31 @theglobeandmail.com Canadian Non-Fiction Bestseller list "Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us" by Linda McQuaig/Neil Brooks
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The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of January 31
The Bestsellers Lists are compiled by The Globe and Mail from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData
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January 31, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Amid so many foreign (US) publishers, pumped that Canadian indie publisher @dundurnpress.bsky.social scored #5 in the Jan 31 @theglobeandmail.com Canadian Non-Fiction Bestseller list "Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us" by Linda McQuaig/Neil Brooks
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Excellent summary by @mike-earthshine.bsky.social of Earthshine showing why, even in this time of #Climate disinformation and denial, the world still accelerate a renewable energy revolution. We need to rise above the noise and embrace Climate systems change
www.techiesgogreen.com/blog/is-it-t...
www.techiesgogreen.com/blog/is-it-t...
Is it time to rethink net-zero? Part 1: Beyond the noise of culture wars! — Techies Go Green
We’re in the midst of a climate crisis – a major challenge, with only a limited timeframe in which to act. Incrementalism isn’t working; radical solutions are needed to deliver transformative impacts,...
www.techiesgogreen.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Excellent summary by @mike-earthshine.bsky.social of Earthshine showing why, even in this time of #Climate disinformation and denial, the world still accelerate a renewable energy revolution. We need to rise above the noise and embrace Climate systems change
www.techiesgogreen.com/blog/is-it-t...
www.techiesgogreen.com/blog/is-it-t...
Exciting to help build Canada's economic future one startup at a time.
Excited to join the ABR seed round, directly advancing our mission to enable our investors to directly help accelerat Canadian IP-based startups into global markets. ABR transforms edge AI applications. Kudos to Kevin Conley, Chris Eliasmith and the entire team.
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Applied Brain Research Closes Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Edge AI Voice Processing
/PRNewswire/ - Applied Brain Research (ABR), the leader in low latency real-time on-device voice AI solutions, announced today the successful closure of its...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Exciting to help build Canada's economic future one startup at a time.
Another Canadian company with a broken ethical compass enabling the abuses of ICE
#shame
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#shame
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Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Another Canadian company with a broken ethical compass enabling the abuses of ICE
#shame
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#shame
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We have built, and soon will provision, a 135,000L Seasonal Thermal Storage tank at our Carbon Zero home in Elora. We will study once activated, but modelling suggests transferring 10,000 kWh of energy from summer to winter months - all driven by heat pumps & Solar PV
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How Thermal Energy Storage Could Quietly Transform Emissions | OilPrice.com
Improving the efficiency of heating and cooling systems - especially through thermal energy storage - offers one of the fastest, cheapest, and most underappreciated paths to cutting global greenhouse ...
oilprice.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
We have built, and soon will provision, a 135,000L Seasonal Thermal Storage tank at our Carbon Zero home in Elora. We will study once activated, but modelling suggests transferring 10,000 kWh of energy from summer to winter months - all driven by heat pumps & Solar PV
oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Canadian tech most definitely should not be enabling US abusive human rights violations by #ICE
Shame on @hootsuite.com and CEO Irina Novoselsky
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Shame on @hootsuite.com and CEO Irina Novoselsky
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Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Canadian tech most definitely should not be enabling US abusive human rights violations by #ICE
Shame on @hootsuite.com and CEO Irina Novoselsky
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Shame on @hootsuite.com and CEO Irina Novoselsky
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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January 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Amazing endorsement. Oxford Soju Club keeps scaling new heights. Have you read it?
In another big thing that happened this week, Oxford Soju Club was picked by the James Bond Book Club from Ian Fleming Publications
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The James Bond Book Club Selection For January 2026 Is Oxford Soju Club | Ian Fleming
The next James Bond Book Club pick is Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park. It’s a bold, genre-blending debut published in 2025 that reimagines the spy novel through the lens of identity, nationality, loya...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Amazing endorsement. Oxford Soju Club keeps scaling new heights. Have you read it?
The second @dundurnpress.bsky.social book in 2026 Canada Reads long list is "Celestina's House" by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and a special publication under the very selective Rare Machines Imprint.
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
Proud to support Dundurn a bastion of Canadian publishing
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Proud to support Dundurn a bastion of Canadian publishing
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Celestina's House - Dundurn
With over 2,300 books in print, Dundurn Press is recognized for producing high quality, award-winning books across multiple genres.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The second @dundurnpress.bsky.social book in 2026 Canada Reads long list is "Celestina's House" by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and a special publication under the very selective Rare Machines Imprint.
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
Proud to support Dundurn a bastion of Canadian publishing
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Proud to support Dundurn a bastion of Canadian publishing
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The Canada Reads long list was released this morning, and it was amazing to see @dundurnpress.bsky.social with 2 of the 12 books in its catalogue: www.cbc.ca/books/canada...
First is "Oxford Soju Club" by @jinwoo-park.com which already has been a hit in NYC www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
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First is "Oxford Soju Club" by @jinwoo-park.com which already has been a hit in NYC www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
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The Canada Reads 2026 longlist is here! | CBC Books
This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to build bridges. The panellists and the books they choose to champion will be revealed on Jan. 22.
www.cbc.ca
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The Canada Reads long list was released this morning, and it was amazing to see @dundurnpress.bsky.social with 2 of the 12 books in its catalogue: www.cbc.ca/books/canada...
First is "Oxford Soju Club" by @jinwoo-park.com which already has been a hit in NYC www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
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First is "Oxford Soju Club" by @jinwoo-park.com which already has been a hit in NYC www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
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Rhe Epstein War
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January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Rhe Epstein War
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Reposted by Randall Howard
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
Please spread the word to any Canadian young curator. Applications will be open until January 15th
Note that submissions for the 2026 Middlebrook Prize are open until 5 pm on January 15th. Please re-share.
#MPfYCC
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#MPfYCC
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2026 MPfYCC Call for Submissions – Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators
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January 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Please spread the word to any Canadian young curator. Applications will be open until January 15th
We all need to wake up to Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) and their role in making us unhealthy. I actually know people who have moved to Europe for their better food regulation leading to healthier food
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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Not only is food more expensive, it is also becoming ultraprocessed garbage
In a way, claims made by food companies about ultraprocessed products are fundamentally a form of economic disinformation
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January 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We all need to wake up to Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) and their role in making us unhealthy. I actually know people who have moved to Europe for their better food regulation leading to healthier food
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
The death of science in the US will have long term implications. Geopolitically, ceding scientific leadership means ceding economic leadership. And in human health many more will die.
This is a tragedy of global proportions.
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This is a tragedy of global proportions.
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CDC changes website to raise suspicions on vaccines and autism | CBC News
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The death of science in the US will have long term implications. Geopolitically, ceding scientific leadership means ceding economic leadership. And in human health many more will die.
This is a tragedy of global proportions.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
This is a tragedy of global proportions.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
What a blast last night at SOI Foundation 25th annniversary gala. I've had the privilege to work with & support this great organization since their Canada C3 Canada 150 project in 2017.
The work to educate, inspire and transform youth into leaders in the greatest classroom on earth is unrivalled.
The work to educate, inspire and transform youth into leaders in the greatest classroom on earth is unrivalled.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What a blast last night at SOI Foundation 25th annniversary gala. I've had the privilege to work with & support this great organization since their Canada C3 Canada 150 project in 2017.
The work to educate, inspire and transform youth into leaders in the greatest classroom on earth is unrivalled.
The work to educate, inspire and transform youth into leaders in the greatest classroom on earth is unrivalled.
Canada is keen on Buy Canadian for the first time. Now we need to get serious.
Compared to Europe, where a mass movement to ditch American tech (Zoom, AWS, Google, Microsoft) for EU versions, we are just starting this journey.
thelogic.co/news/buy-can...
Compared to Europe, where a mass movement to ditch American tech (Zoom, AWS, Google, Microsoft) for EU versions, we are just starting this journey.
thelogic.co/news/buy-can...
The problem with Buy Canadian? Nobody can agree on what ‘Canadian’ means - The Logic
Ottawa has to decide what makes a company Canadian. Whatever it settles on will be controversial.
thelogic.co
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Canada is keen on Buy Canadian for the first time. Now we need to get serious.
Compared to Europe, where a mass movement to ditch American tech (Zoom, AWS, Google, Microsoft) for EU versions, we are just starting this journey.
thelogic.co/news/buy-can...
Compared to Europe, where a mass movement to ditch American tech (Zoom, AWS, Google, Microsoft) for EU versions, we are just starting this journey.
thelogic.co/news/buy-can...
A real leader for the US on the world stage at #COP30 . . .
. . while an anri-president skulks at home devising more cruelty to the vulnerable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
. . while an anri-president skulks at home devising more cruelty to the vulnerable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Newsom Wows the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A real leader for the US on the world stage at #COP30 . . .
. . while an anri-president skulks at home devising more cruelty to the vulnerable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
. . while an anri-president skulks at home devising more cruelty to the vulnerable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
A list of companies I no longer wish to patronize: Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, Meta, Microsoft
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom
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October 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A list of companies I no longer wish to patronize: Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, Meta, Microsoft
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Canadian business has to step up. Surprisingly, Canada signficantly lags G7 countries in planning for climate transition. While financial risks of the climate crisis are growing rapidly, making the need for plans to cut emissions and adapt to global warming.
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Canadian companies last among G7 on climate transition planning: Report - The Logic
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October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Canadian business has to step up. Surprisingly, Canada signficantly lags G7 countries in planning for climate transition. While financial risks of the climate crisis are growing rapidly, making the need for plans to cut emissions and adapt to global warming.
thelogic.co/briefing/can...
thelogic.co/briefing/can...
Appalling that this has been allowed for so long - potentially endangering our kids.
I also note that Tesla FSD fails to observe protocols around school buses and emergency vehicles.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
I also note that Tesla FSD fails to observe protocols around school buses and emergency vehicles.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Appalling that this has been allowed for so long - potentially endangering our kids.
I also note that Tesla FSD fails to observe protocols around school buses and emergency vehicles.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
I also note that Tesla FSD fails to observe protocols around school buses and emergency vehicles.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
So true . . . Refinements perhaps . . . But definitely now is the time to accelerate progress, not to squander what's been accomplished in a retreat
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Executives pen open letter urging to maintain EV sales mandate
The letter warns that retreating from EV sales targets risks undermining over 130,000 Canadian jobs and billions in investments
electricautonomy.ca
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So true . . . Refinements perhaps . . . But definitely now is the time to accelerate progress, not to squander what's been accomplished in a retreat
electricautonomy.ca/policy-regul...
electricautonomy.ca/policy-regul...
I, like most angel investors, know that 'giving back' can both produce winners AND transform Canada's economy by helping more early stage innovation to thrive.
We must seize this moment, with Canada's worldview under threat, to help build Canada into the global economic powerhouse it needs to be.
We must seize this moment, with Canada's worldview under threat, to help build Canada into the global economic powerhouse it needs to be.
This is a complex issue, involving many components. For investment, the gap (yawning chasm) is in the early stage (pre Series A). At Adrenaline, unlike many Canadian funds, we invest ONLY in Canadian startups at the rate of 10 a year. We are doing our part
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Canadian startups aren’t all feeling the Buy Canadian love - The Logic
Entrepreneurs say government messaging hasn’t matched support, as VC-backed funding for local tech slides
thelogic.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I, like most angel investors, know that 'giving back' can both produce winners AND transform Canada's economy by helping more early stage innovation to thrive.
We must seize this moment, with Canada's worldview under threat, to help build Canada into the global economic powerhouse it needs to be.
We must seize this moment, with Canada's worldview under threat, to help build Canada into the global economic powerhouse it needs to be.
There are a number of reasons why these challenging and turbulent times are the best time for patient early stage investors to invest in early stage tech startups to build long term leaders and long term value.
Great to see Toma Brava shares this thesis.
Great to see Toma Brava shares this thesis.
Totally agree that a few AI companies are in a bubble many times the Dot Com meltdown. Unlike that time, also strongly believe this has undervalued many other tech theses (incl. AI-driven SaaS) fuelling our conviction that now is perfect for early stage investment
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The $1.5 Trillion Software Tailwind: Why Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo Says AI Valuations Are in a Bubble — But Enterprise Software Isn’t
“I’ve been working the hardest I’ve ever worked in 30 years of being in private equity. It’s extremely exciting, but it’s changing very rapidly… I feel that our …
www.saastr.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There are a number of reasons why these challenging and turbulent times are the best time for patient early stage investors to invest in early stage tech startups to build long term leaders and long term value.
Great to see Toma Brava shares this thesis.
Great to see Toma Brava shares this thesis.