Ron Austin
@ronaustin.bsky.social
Author of
Heaven Scent Hunter
A thriller all about agarwood and oud.
Available as an eBook everywhere.
Paperback available from Amazon.
Vancouver, BC
Heaven Scent Hunter
A thriller all about agarwood and oud.
Available as an eBook everywhere.
Paperback available from Amazon.
Vancouver, BC
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Carney is a menace.
Yes, PP is a GD menace. Doesn't make Carney's Liberals less so. I mean, he put Vancouver's old mayor in charge of housing. A sick joke.
He put a disgraced CBC journalist in charge of NOT regulating AI.
Made a former Enviro Min quit cabinet. Betrayed @elizabethemay.bsky.social.
Yes, PP is a GD menace. Doesn't make Carney's Liberals less so. I mean, he put Vancouver's old mayor in charge of housing. A sick joke.
He put a disgraced CBC journalist in charge of NOT regulating AI.
Made a former Enviro Min quit cabinet. Betrayed @elizabethemay.bsky.social.
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Carney is a menace.
Yes, PP is a GD menace. Doesn't make Carney's Liberals less so. I mean, he put Vancouver's old mayor in charge of housing. A sick joke.
He put a disgraced CBC journalist in charge of NOT regulating AI.
Made a former Enviro Min quit cabinet. Betrayed @elizabethemay.bsky.social.
Yes, PP is a GD menace. Doesn't make Carney's Liberals less so. I mean, he put Vancouver's old mayor in charge of housing. A sick joke.
He put a disgraced CBC journalist in charge of NOT regulating AI.
Made a former Enviro Min quit cabinet. Betrayed @elizabethemay.bsky.social.
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That's it, that's all, pass the beer nuts
#ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #CleanEnergy #abpoli #AI #DataCentres #DataCenters
#ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #CleanEnergy #abpoli #AI #DataCentres #DataCenters
The rule for any sensible civilization inre #DataCentres & #AI systems is dead simple:
YOU CAN'T POWER THEM BY BURNING THINGS & YOU CAN'T COOL THEM WITH OUR WATER
The good news? #CleanEnergy can do it ALL.
Lookin' REAL good, #Geothermal!
#ClimateChange www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/a...
YOU CAN'T POWER THEM BY BURNING THINGS & YOU CAN'T COOL THEM WITH OUR WATER
The good news? #CleanEnergy can do it ALL.
Lookin' REAL good, #Geothermal!
#ClimateChange www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/a...
Arctic security and AI boom could unlock Canada's vast geothermal potential
Geothermal’s economics are improving rapidly as technological advances in the industry reduce costs. This is raising geothermal's profile as a reliable, round-the-clock power source for use in a range...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That's it, that's all, pass the beer nuts
#ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #CleanEnergy #abpoli #AI #DataCentres #DataCenters
#ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #CleanEnergy #abpoli #AI #DataCentres #DataCenters
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November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
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Before taxpayers agree to pay an additional $4B to upgrade the capacity of the TMX, we need to recoup the $34B already spent on a pipeline that never pays for itself.
Currently, taxpayers are subsidizing $13/b of oil flowing thru the pipeline based on tools that do not recover cost.
#cdnpoli
Currently, taxpayers are subsidizing $13/b of oil flowing thru the pipeline based on tools that do not recover cost.
#cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Before taxpayers agree to pay an additional $4B to upgrade the capacity of the TMX, we need to recoup the $34B already spent on a pipeline that never pays for itself.
Currently, taxpayers are subsidizing $13/b of oil flowing thru the pipeline based on tools that do not recover cost.
#cdnpoli
Currently, taxpayers are subsidizing $13/b of oil flowing thru the pipeline based on tools that do not recover cost.
#cdnpoli
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If we are going to maintain 1.5degC for the next 50 years, we need alignment of purpose among Canadians.
The damage that Mark Carney is doing by supporting even the idea of pipelines is that he joins the disinformation in stopping or delaying alignment.
#cdnpoli
The damage that Mark Carney is doing by supporting even the idea of pipelines is that he joins the disinformation in stopping or delaying alignment.
#cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If we are going to maintain 1.5degC for the next 50 years, we need alignment of purpose among Canadians.
The damage that Mark Carney is doing by supporting even the idea of pipelines is that he joins the disinformation in stopping or delaying alignment.
#cdnpoli
The damage that Mark Carney is doing by supporting even the idea of pipelines is that he joins the disinformation in stopping or delaying alignment.
#cdnpoli
I'd like to rest easy on the fact that the market economy will not fund another useless pipeline.
Then I recall a very short lived victory when we killed the TMX monster ... only to see Jr. Trudeau betray us all with our own tax dollars.
I do not trust Carney and his cabal.
Then I recall a very short lived victory when we killed the TMX monster ... only to see Jr. Trudeau betray us all with our own tax dollars.
I do not trust Carney and his cabal.
In which case, Smith will not meet the necessary conditions and the pipeline will not happen.
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'd like to rest easy on the fact that the market economy will not fund another useless pipeline.
Then I recall a very short lived victory when we killed the TMX monster ... only to see Jr. Trudeau betray us all with our own tax dollars.
I do not trust Carney and his cabal.
Then I recall a very short lived victory when we killed the TMX monster ... only to see Jr. Trudeau betray us all with our own tax dollars.
I do not trust Carney and his cabal.
So ungrateful!
Just a few months ago, Carney ran a leadership campaign and subsequent election on the need for new-pipelines-to-everywhere and austerity, austerity, austerity.
<Sarcasm alert: Cognitive dissonance on steroids.>
Just a few months ago, Carney ran a leadership campaign and subsequent election on the need for new-pipelines-to-everywhere and austerity, austerity, austerity.
<Sarcasm alert: Cognitive dissonance on steroids.>
It seems Canada elected a Conservative government after all
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
So ungrateful!
Just a few months ago, Carney ran a leadership campaign and subsequent election on the need for new-pipelines-to-everywhere and austerity, austerity, austerity.
<Sarcasm alert: Cognitive dissonance on steroids.>
Just a few months ago, Carney ran a leadership campaign and subsequent election on the need for new-pipelines-to-everywhere and austerity, austerity, austerity.
<Sarcasm alert: Cognitive dissonance on steroids.>
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One day you'll go to unplug your fridge and it will say, "I don't think you want to do that, Dave."
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One day you'll go to unplug your fridge and it will say, "I don't think you want to do that, Dave."
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“It doesn't feel like justice and it doesn't feel like the system is working.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hamilton cyclist says legal system 'not there to protect you,' after driver pleads guilty to lesser offence | CBC News
A Hamilton cyclist says a driver hit him in May 2024. In November this year, the driver pleaded guilty to a different offence for the incident. Now, the cyclist said he feels the legal system let him...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“It doesn't feel like justice and it doesn't feel like the system is working.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Well, there is a business case for new pipelines but it's predicated on the public paying for it while investors and oil&gas biz actually own it.
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Well, there is a business case for new pipelines but it's predicated on the public paying for it while investors and oil&gas biz actually own it.
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I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
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240: Chloe Leslie. everyone deserves clean parks, affordable homes, and libraries. These cuts aren’t helping average Vancouverites. Benefits ultra rich. Listen to people.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
240: Chloe Leslie. everyone deserves clean parks, affordable homes, and libraries. These cuts aren’t helping average Vancouverites. Benefits ultra rich. Listen to people.
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Imagine the goodwill if the fools just said, "Holy crap, our bad, we apologize" and restored her account.
But no.
But no.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Imagine the goodwill if the fools just said, "Holy crap, our bad, we apologize" and restored her account.
But no.
But no.
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Incarcerating youngsters is catastrophic for them & for society. The proudest thing in my career was serving on the Dept of ⚖️ team overhauling 🇨🇦 youth justice system. 🧒👶 incarceration is ⬇️ 85% since we moved (minus most serious offenders) to meaningful community-based consequences, 20 yrs ago.
Just heard her on the radio. She was absolutely brilliant, but the story of these children is heartbreaking
England’s children’s commissioner calls for closure of young offender institutions
Dame Rachel de Souza says hundreds of children are being locked up unnecessarily due to failing services
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Incarcerating youngsters is catastrophic for them & for society. The proudest thing in my career was serving on the Dept of ⚖️ team overhauling 🇨🇦 youth justice system. 🧒👶 incarceration is ⬇️ 85% since we moved (minus most serious offenders) to meaningful community-based consequences, 20 yrs ago.
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At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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BCL: Aspiring Novelist
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BCL: Aspiring Novelist
Just a quick life update. As some of my readers may know, I have published short stories here and there over the decades, and have been...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
BCL: Aspiring Novelist
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And yes, this is an implicit argument of mine that any American who came of political age or identity before the FCC dropped the fairness doctrine in 1987, the 1994 Congressional midterms, and Fox News' 1996 launch simply has no business remaining in the Democratic Party's leadership. None.
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And yes, this is an implicit argument of mine that any American who came of political age or identity before the FCC dropped the fairness doctrine in 1987, the 1994 Congressional midterms, and Fox News' 1996 launch simply has no business remaining in the Democratic Party's leadership. None.
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“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
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not to be a bitch but this is what they looked like in Ferguson and Standing Rock and Portland and Minneapolis and lots of (especially Black) organizers said this was coming for decades. if you’re surprised by it, thats okay, but interrogate your naivety if you want to understand how to move forward
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
not to be a bitch but this is what they looked like in Ferguson and Standing Rock and Portland and Minneapolis and lots of (especially Black) organizers said this was coming for decades. if you’re surprised by it, thats okay, but interrogate your naivety if you want to understand how to move forward
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Good!
Two First Nations in BC have filed legal challenges against the massive Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Two First Nations in BC have filed legal challenges against the massive Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
BC First Nations make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project
The Lax Kw'alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation filed separate judicial reviews in Federal Court earlier this month, alleging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ignored their concer...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good!
Two First Nations in BC have filed legal challenges against the massive Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Two First Nations in BC have filed legal challenges against the massive Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
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In 2018 Canada ended cannabis prohibition.
This must not be seen as the end, it's actually a beginning.
The next steps are clear:
End psychedelic prohibition, then dismantle the whole corrupt & destructive "war on drugs."
#endprohibition #drugsky #nomoredrugwar #psychedelicsky
This must not be seen as the end, it's actually a beginning.
The next steps are clear:
End psychedelic prohibition, then dismantle the whole corrupt & destructive "war on drugs."
#endprohibition #drugsky #nomoredrugwar #psychedelicsky
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In 2018 Canada ended cannabis prohibition.
This must not be seen as the end, it's actually a beginning.
The next steps are clear:
End psychedelic prohibition, then dismantle the whole corrupt & destructive "war on drugs."
#endprohibition #drugsky #nomoredrugwar #psychedelicsky
This must not be seen as the end, it's actually a beginning.
The next steps are clear:
End psychedelic prohibition, then dismantle the whole corrupt & destructive "war on drugs."
#endprohibition #drugsky #nomoredrugwar #psychedelicsky