Usman Valiante 🇨🇦
@uzivaliante.bsky.social
Circular Economy Policy Analyst and Commercial Strategist. Mountain Biker, Skier, Soldier. In pace paratus. Ex coelis. Ducimus. Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) 🇨🇦
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January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Alberta separatists promoting Ezra Levant talking to Alex Jones tells you everything about Alberta separatism, and for that matter, Ezra Levant
The ignorance of Alberta separatists is astonishing.
Having 170 billion barrels of oil is NOT the same as being able to sell 170 billion barrels of oil.
Supply and demand, fellas, google it.
Having 170 billion barrels of oil is NOT the same as being able to sell 170 billion barrels of oil.
Supply and demand, fellas, google it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Alberta separatists promoting Ezra Levant talking to Alex Jones tells you everything about Alberta separatism, and for that matter, Ezra Levant
Donald Trump has disinvited Canada from his Peace Board.
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Donald Trump has disinvited Canada from his Peace Board.
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My god this Mark Carney speech.
Here in its entirety:
Here in its entirety:
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 PM
My god this Mark Carney speech.
Here in its entirety:
Here in its entirety:
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Cory Doctorow on AI “If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.” archive.ph/uLHzH#select...
‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy
Cory Doctorow says he believes AI firms will intentionally degrade their products to recoup large infrastructure expenditures—and it’s up to policymakers to protect Canadians from this.
www.hilltimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Cory Doctorow on AI “If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.” archive.ph/uLHzH#select...
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Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and France will participate alongside Denmark to expanded military exercises in Greenland.
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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This is how it's done. Stand and fight.
January 12, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This is how it's done. Stand and fight.
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We see this similar garbage logic in Canada. There are people defending timid-ass statements from our leaders because speaking out to defend democratic and law-based norms won't move Trump or might antagonize him. As if Trump is the only audience. The public reinforcing of norms is its own good.
Unreal how many Democrats—politicians, pundits, posters, etc—advocate complacency on the grounds that they won't get Republicans to remove Trump.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
We see this similar garbage logic in Canada. There are people defending timid-ass statements from our leaders because speaking out to defend democratic and law-based norms won't move Trump or might antagonize him. As if Trump is the only audience. The public reinforcing of norms is its own good.
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Trying to destroy a country’s power grid should count as an explicit declaration of war, & a war crime if indiscriminate, ie, against general heating, plug load for hospitals, schools+. People don’t seem to want to recognize Russia has been trying to push Ukraine back into the 19th century for 3 yrs
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trying to destroy a country’s power grid should count as an explicit declaration of war, & a war crime if indiscriminate, ie, against general heating, plug load for hospitals, schools+. People don’t seem to want to recognize Russia has been trying to push Ukraine back into the 19th century for 3 yrs
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It's to Canadian media's shame I'm learning of this from the Irish Times.
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
It's to Canadian media's shame I'm learning of this from the Irish Times.
Victoria Wicks, Jaclyn McNamara: The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/cowi...
The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property
It’s a call for governments to face their obligations to Indigenous Peoples, but owners outside the case won’t suddenly lose their deeds.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Victoria Wicks, Jaclyn McNamara: The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/cowi...
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
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One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
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My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
The US wants to kill Europe’s carbon border levy. Will the EU stay the course?
Experts warn that scrapping or delaying the CBAM could cause the EU’s entire climate policy to collapse Of the many EU laws that the Donald Trump administration is not happy about, the incoming Carbon...
www.sustainableviews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
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China’s ‘coal plastic’ breakthrough can greatly reduce its demand for oil: study
Plastics, detergents, adhesives, solvents and synthetic rubbers could be produced without need for petroleum, study finds.
amp.scmp.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
amp.scmp.com/news/china/s...
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5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops
The American carmaker purchased an SU7 and tore it down to discover its secrets
www.carscoops.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
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👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back
The country's new policy is likely to boost the production of green hydrogen, which the country aims to use to decarbonize airplanes, ships, and heavy…
www.canarymedia.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
THIS IS RUSH'S NEW DRUMMER!
YouTube video by El Estepario Siberiano
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.