Adrian
@akmohareb.bsky.social
Played croquet on Parliament Hill once. Here for urbanism, local politics, 🚲, ⚽️, anti-fascism, and climate action. He/him
A very good thread here. The problem is with the people who want the control.
I should write the argument up properly somewhere, but I think this is fundamentally wrong. A decisive fraction of the capitalist class does oppose addressing the climate crisis, but *not* because it would be bad for profits. If anything, a green New Deal type program would raise aggregate profits.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A very good thread here. The problem is with the people who want the control.
Well done, science deniers.
I’ll keep getting my vaccinations, thanks.
I’ll keep getting my vaccinations, thanks.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Well done, science deniers.
I’ll keep getting my vaccinations, thanks.
I’ll keep getting my vaccinations, thanks.
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Trump is directing his Sec of War to send troops, using full force, into a US city, to fight a siege he made up, being fought by a group that doesn’t exist.
He’s declaring war on Americans exercising their 1st amendment rights to speak out and protest his attacks on democracy.
He’s declaring war on Americans exercising their 1st amendment rights to speak out and protest his attacks on democracy.
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump is directing his Sec of War to send troops, using full force, into a US city, to fight a siege he made up, being fought by a group that doesn’t exist.
He’s declaring war on Americans exercising their 1st amendment rights to speak out and protest his attacks on democracy.
He’s declaring war on Americans exercising their 1st amendment rights to speak out and protest his attacks on democracy.
Paging @tomflood.bsky.social from Victoria!
September 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Paging @tomflood.bsky.social from Victoria!
Join me in asking the BC Public Service Pension Plan to protect our pensions: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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September 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Join me in asking the BC Public Service Pension Plan to protect our pensions: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Climate change is a far bigger contributor to food price inflation than federal climate policies in Canada. At some point, even the most blinkered Conservative partisan is going to have to face up to this politically inconvenient truth, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
Canada’s Conservatives can’t quit their grocery price politicking
Climate change is obviously driving up the cost of food. Why can’t Canada’s Conservatives admit it?
www.nationalobserver.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Climate change is a far bigger contributor to food price inflation than federal climate policies in Canada. At some point, even the most blinkered Conservative partisan is going to have to face up to this politically inconvenient truth, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
This makes me sad. Because I am having the same thoughts. It’s hard to see someone whose opinions I generally trust to be right aligning with my fears, but we’re not transitioning, we’re not bending the emissions curve, even as the impacts continue to grow. 💰>>>> sustainable society and ecosystems.
July 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This makes me sad. Because I am having the same thoughts. It’s hard to see someone whose opinions I generally trust to be right aligning with my fears, but we’re not transitioning, we’re not bending the emissions curve, even as the impacts continue to grow. 💰>>>> sustainable society and ecosystems.
The Province of Alberta’s response to increasing methane flaring is to do something about it.*
* - The thing Alberta is doing is to get rid of the flaring target, not the flaring.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/ju...
* - The thing Alberta is doing is to get rid of the flaring target, not the flaring.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/ju...
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands folded .
Alt: Stephen Colbert in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands folded, clapping sarcastically.
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Province of Alberta’s response to increasing methane flaring is to do something about it.*
* - The thing Alberta is doing is to get rid of the flaring target, not the flaring.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/ju...
* - The thing Alberta is doing is to get rid of the flaring target, not the flaring.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/ju...
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👀 Learn more here: win.newmode.net/350org/c5cal...
June 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
👀 Learn more here: win.newmode.net/350org/c5cal...
Maybe Legault should have done the proportional representation he said he’d do.
June 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Maybe Legault should have done the proportional representation he said he’d do.
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“Now that Israel has started a war with Iran, everyone here in Gaza is scared that the world is going to forget about them."
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
Israel massacres in Gaza, lockdowns West Bank as attention shifts to Iran
As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.
aje.io
June 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Now that Israel has started a war with Iran, everyone here in Gaza is scared that the world is going to forget about them."
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
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NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
🧵
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
🧵
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New research highlights mounting dangers posed by SUVs and other large passenger vehicles, particularly to vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.
etsc.eu/calls-grow-t...
etsc.eu/calls-grow-t...
Calls grow to address safety risks of large vehicles in urban areas
Concerns over the safety impact of increasingly large vehicles on European roads have been reignited following a warning from Euro NCAP and the publication of new research by the London School of…
etsc.eu
June 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New research highlights mounting dangers posed by SUVs and other large passenger vehicles, particularly to vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.
etsc.eu/calls-grow-t...
etsc.eu/calls-grow-t...
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Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
And our federal government’s most prominent actions during this year with the second worst fire season on record:
- get rid of consumer facing carbon pricing and
- find ways to accelerate fossil fuel infrastructure.
👏🏼👏🏼
- get rid of consumer facing carbon pricing and
- find ways to accelerate fossil fuel infrastructure.
👏🏼👏🏼
Tracking wildfires in Canada:
Where they are, how much has burned and how it's changing air quality.
Some very disturbing graphs here…
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Where they are, how much has burned and how it's changing air quality.
Some very disturbing graphs here…
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Tracking wildfires in Canada
www.cbc.ca
June 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
And our federal government’s most prominent actions during this year with the second worst fire season on record:
- get rid of consumer facing carbon pricing and
- find ways to accelerate fossil fuel infrastructure.
👏🏼👏🏼
- get rid of consumer facing carbon pricing and
- find ways to accelerate fossil fuel infrastructure.
👏🏼👏🏼
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
I cannot recommend the work of @blakeshaffer.bsky.social highly enough. It's rare that I find people with his understanding and skill at showing me new layers on things I thought I understood. Here's another case of that.
It's always been part of the national vision.
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...
The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome.
But the benefits---and urgency---have grown.
Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid.
By me, in Macleans today:
macleans.ca/economy/forg...
Forget America. Build an East-West Power Grid. - Macleans.ca
For decades, we've prioritized electrical trade with the United States. It's time to reduce our dependence on them.
macleans.ca
June 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I cannot recommend the work of @blakeshaffer.bsky.social highly enough. It's rare that I find people with his understanding and skill at showing me new layers on things I thought I understood. Here's another case of that.
@rorysmith.bsky.social nails the contradiction that is Paris St-Germain, their victory, and the cognitive dissonance that's easy to feel when cheering for their lovely football, even when one once had much schadenfreude for their failures because of the sportswashing. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
June 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@rorysmith.bsky.social nails the contradiction that is Paris St-Germain, their victory, and the cognitive dissonance that's easy to feel when cheering for their lovely football, even when one once had much schadenfreude for their failures because of the sportswashing. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
@katmabu.bsky.social is the kind of hero we need.
I don't want to see a single person saying this was warranted by the carnage in Gaza, that this was for Palestinians.
I am a Palestinian person and I do not want senseless acts of terror committed in my name. I don't want Jewish organizations to need extra security because of fear of violence.
I am a Palestinian person and I do not want senseless acts of terror committed in my name. I don't want Jewish organizations to need extra security because of fear of violence.
June 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@katmabu.bsky.social is the kind of hero we need.
This continues to be so deflating.
At least 3 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on starving crowds at a US- and Israel-backed aid site in Rafah, causing outcry from the UN and aid groups aje.io/z8rqc7
‘Heartbreaking’: Outrage after deadly rush at US-backed aid site in Gaza
UN says scenes at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid site are ‘heartbreaking’ as US, Israel defend the initiative.
aje.io
May 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This continues to be so deflating.
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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
May 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.