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Critiques of AI are valid; but many climate-based arguments reveal our bias toward small individual actions over real systemic change.
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An LLM query = running a microwave for seconds
An hour of Netflix = enough to make popcorn
Yet few are boycotting their fav shows.
Interested? Read more:
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An LLM query = running a microwave for seconds
An hour of Netflix = enough to make popcorn
Yet few are boycotting their fav shows.
Interested? Read more:
When AI hurts the climate—and when it helps | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Get more from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon
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January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Critiques of AI are valid; but many climate-based arguments reveal our bias toward small individual actions over real systemic change.
e.g. ⬇️
An LLM query = running a microwave for seconds
An hour of Netflix = enough to make popcorn
Yet few are boycotting their fav shows.
Interested? Read more:
e.g. ⬇️
An LLM query = running a microwave for seconds
An hour of Netflix = enough to make popcorn
Yet few are boycotting their fav shows.
Interested? Read more:
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Tom after he posts that no, we are not living under facism:
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Tom after he posts that no, we are not living under facism:
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Last week, the Globe and Mail reported that parts of the Canadian Armed Forces have studied insurgency in the very unlikely event that a forcible seizure of Canada takes place. I tackle this issue in my latest Substack essay. alanoszka.substack.com/publish/post...
Canadian Insurgency as Speculative Fiction
Talk of guerrilla warfare understates how far-fetched and dangerous it is.
alanoszka.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Last week, the Globe and Mail reported that parts of the Canadian Armed Forces have studied insurgency in the very unlikely event that a forcible seizure of Canada takes place. I tackle this issue in my latest Substack essay. alanoszka.substack.com/publish/post...
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Because their mission is to maximize return for investors, nothing else.
Adding any other goal is fine as long as everyone is willing to accept a hit on returns
Adding any other goal is fine as long as everyone is willing to accept a hit on returns
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Because their mission is to maximize return for investors, nothing else.
Adding any other goal is fine as long as everyone is willing to accept a hit on returns
Adding any other goal is fine as long as everyone is willing to accept a hit on returns
Do you have the book name by any chance?
You know, you could read the book
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Do you have the book name by any chance?
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![Comic. [Person pointing to graph on wall, addressing two people – one with close-cropped haircut, one with shoulder-length styled haircut – seated behind a desk.] PERSON: By lowering the planned satellite orbit, we can reduce the size of the launch vehicle required. We can reduce costs further by eliminating the satellite entirely in favor of an aerial platform. Some equipment could be moved to a ground-based facility, reducing required aircraft time. Additional savings could be… [caption] I’m trying to get NASA to build a shed in my backyard.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibr5srobdfzld7ciekkd2s7icra7o4uix5pol3mlf3jmne5c5e7lu@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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Trust me, no American has ever thought “why do the hate us” since 2003 lol
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Trust me, no American has ever thought “why do the hate us” since 2003 lol
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Pete Poovanna: Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/01/carn...
Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run
Canada’s EV tariff deal with China may lower prices, but it raises long-term risks for environmental accountability and strategic autonomy.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Pete Poovanna: Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/01/carn...
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What kind of research is out there that maps domains of LLM output to specific data sources?
E.g. I wonder how different a model would be in practice with and without Reddit in the training data.
E.g. I wonder how different a model would be in practice with and without Reddit in the training data.
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
What kind of research is out there that maps domains of LLM output to specific data sources?
E.g. I wonder how different a model would be in practice with and without Reddit in the training data.
E.g. I wonder how different a model would be in practice with and without Reddit in the training data.
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Yes, I'm quoted in this article... But extremely observant people will notice I'm also in the thumbnail... But it's me from 7 years ago
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Yes, I'm quoted in this article... But extremely observant people will notice I'm also in the thumbnail... But it's me from 7 years ago
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Nobody will want to hear this but I think slow development of good LLM UIs plus light requirements for the most popular use cases may end up reducing the value of cloud LLM APIs a lot. To zero, potentially. Which is not to say it’s a dead-end, but you don’t need a 600b monster to summarize an email.
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Nobody will want to hear this but I think slow development of good LLM UIs plus light requirements for the most popular use cases may end up reducing the value of cloud LLM APIs a lot. To zero, potentially. Which is not to say it’s a dead-end, but you don’t need a 600b monster to summarize an email.
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This is a really great response-thread RE: perceptions of crime and disorder.
Perception is reality indeed. Stats show continued decrease in actual crime (does not include non-reported crimes).
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas
Crime severity index (violent, non-violent, youth) and weighted clearance rates (violent, non-violent), Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1998 to 2024.
www150.statcan.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This is a really great response-thread RE: perceptions of crime and disorder.
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There is a small chance that a hostile U.S. take-over of Greenland can happen. However, there is a much bigger chance that it would not happen for reasons that get insufficient attention in much of the public discourse. I explain in my latest Substack essay. alanoszka.substack.com/p/the-noise-...
The Noise about Greenland
The annexationist presidential discourse is corrosive, but it will likely remain just that.
alanoszka.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
There is a small chance that a hostile U.S. take-over of Greenland can happen. However, there is a much bigger chance that it would not happen for reasons that get insufficient attention in much of the public discourse. I explain in my latest Substack essay. alanoszka.substack.com/p/the-noise-...
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"A return to licensed production as opposed to participation in joint programs (like the JSF and beyond) would severely undermine Canada’s defence industrial strategy and our capacity to properly equip the RCAF in both the long- and short-term." macdonaldlaurier.ca/jets-jobs-an...
Jets, jobs, and national security – Tactical fighters and the history of Canadian defence industrial development: Richard Shimooka
Equipping the RCAF effectively requires a clear understanding of how Canada’s aerospace industry translates into military capability. Rather than repeat ineffective policies from the past – such as li...
macdonaldlaurier.ca
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"A return to licensed production as opposed to participation in joint programs (like the JSF and beyond) would severely undermine Canada’s defence industrial strategy and our capacity to properly equip the RCAF in both the long- and short-term." macdonaldlaurier.ca/jets-jobs-an...
... We just spent $50 billions on it. We make the dodge charger ev.
“There is no Canadian EV industry to destroy,” said Ian Lee, a business professor at Carleton University. “We don’t make inexpensive EVs in Canada. In fact, we don't even make expensive EVs in Canada. Most of the EVs available in Canada are coming in from the States.”
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 AM
... We just spent $50 billions on it. We make the dodge charger ev.
Or just wait for the supreme court to reverse it lol.
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Or just wait for the supreme court to reverse it lol.
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If the regime does not fall, you’re looking at a surveillance state in Iran
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
If the regime does not fall, you’re looking at a surveillance state in Iran
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it’s like they’re trying to lose the tariff SCOTUS case
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
it’s like they’re trying to lose the tariff SCOTUS case
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A Russian schoolteacher secretly filmed his own workplace as it was turned into a war propaganda machine. That footage is now part of a documentary shortlisted for an Oscar.
Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇
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Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇
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January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A Russian schoolteacher secretly filmed his own workplace as it was turned into a war propaganda machine. That footage is now part of a documentary shortlisted for an Oscar.
Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇
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Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇
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I'll say that an actual policy to get evs built here would involve tariff remission. This isnt that policy. This one just sells out the auto industry.
Doug Ford wants Canada to be strong with the Trump administration — except when it comes to EVs.
Pick a lane, Doug. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/o...
Pick a lane, Doug. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/o...
Doug Ford can't have it both ways on EVs
Ontario's premier has talked a big game about the importance of standing up to Donald Trump. But when it comes to EVs, he just showed that he's more than happy to surrender.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I'll say that an actual policy to get evs built here would involve tariff remission. This isnt that policy. This one just sells out the auto industry.
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Advocacy doesn't pay the bills.
January 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Advocacy doesn't pay the bills.
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The number one complaint I've heard on this site is no one in KW ever posts photos of the train, so, here's the train
January 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The number one complaint I've heard on this site is no one in KW ever posts photos of the train, so, here's the train
Wouldn't work. You'd basically would have to withdraw from free trade agreements like CETA or TPP or Canada Korea Trade agreement for it to work, since these agreements already give auto makers a way to export to Canada tariff free
Canada is planning to reserve preferential access to its domestic auto market for foreign automakers who build vehicles in this country under a new auto policy to be released in February, a senior Canadian official said Saturday.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice to Washington of its decision to lower tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Wouldn't work. You'd basically would have to withdraw from free trade agreements like CETA or TPP or Canada Korea Trade agreement for it to work, since these agreements already give auto makers a way to export to Canada tariff free
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Karaj, Thursday, January 8. Published by IranWire. Protesters blocked the streets and set a police car on fire.
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Karaj, Thursday, January 8. Published by IranWire. Protesters blocked the streets and set a police car on fire.