Raja Doake
@doorisajar.ca
He / him. Expect a mix of energy sector, data science / machine learning, hobby interests, and probably some politics.
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A great example of Canada’s climate innovation ecosystem in action! Homegrown tech, early support from SDTC (may it rest in peace), federal and provincial support to demonstrate, growth capital from Canada Growth Fund to scale 🍁💪🍁
The WSJ reports on the historic news yesterday that Eavor has begun operations of the first commercial-scale multilateral closed loop geotherm power project in the world! It's not every day that a new power tech has its "world's first" moment. Don't miss this www.wsj.com/articles/a-g... 🔌💡
Exclusive | A Geothermal Company Wants to Use New Technology to Heat an Old German Town
A project in Bavaria is harnessing high temperatures from deep beneath the earth to provide a community with warmth in the winter and to power the local grid in the summer.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A great example of Canada’s climate innovation ecosystem in action! Homegrown tech, early support from SDTC (may it rest in peace), federal and provincial support to demonstrate, growth capital from Canada Growth Fund to scale 🍁💪🍁
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A rather somber piece of cartography. A map with details of every soldier from the city of Toronto and fell in WW2.
Really brings into perspective the sacrifice paid citizenry of Toronto for the greater good. Also a morbid reminder of how compact the city was back then.
#maps #RememberanceDay
Really brings into perspective the sacrifice paid citizenry of Toronto for the greater good. Also a morbid reminder of how compact the city was back then.
#maps #RememberanceDay
Toronto Second World War casualty map - Google My Maps
Toronto Second World War casualty map
www.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A rather somber piece of cartography. A map with details of every soldier from the city of Toronto and fell in WW2.
Really brings into perspective the sacrifice paid citizenry of Toronto for the greater good. Also a morbid reminder of how compact the city was back then.
#maps #RememberanceDay
Really brings into perspective the sacrifice paid citizenry of Toronto for the greater good. Also a morbid reminder of how compact the city was back then.
#maps #RememberanceDay
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The fruit tastes better, the prices are lower, so why aren't you supporting your local independent grocer.
CHAIN REACTION, our series on indie grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and big grocery.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
CHAIN REACTION, our series on indie grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and big grocery.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
Chain Reaction — West End Phoenix
These stories and infographics are part of a larger story from the October issue, focused on independent grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and the Loblaws o...
www.westendphoenix.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The fruit tastes better, the prices are lower, so why aren't you supporting your local independent grocer.
CHAIN REACTION, our series on indie grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and big grocery.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
CHAIN REACTION, our series on indie grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and big grocery.
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...
Still one of the all time greats. www.designroom.site/shadow-of-th...
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Still one of the all time greats. www.designroom.site/shadow-of-th...
Pretty cool! Looking forward to visiting the new park. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Pretty cool! Looking forward to visiting the new park. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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In some ways the debate around sampling seems archaic in a world of generative AI, but it also was an indicator of all that was to come b/c the argument always get framed in terms of “fairness” but legislated in favor of the powerful.
October 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In some ways the debate around sampling seems archaic in a world of generative AI, but it also was an indicator of all that was to come b/c the argument always get framed in terms of “fairness” but legislated in favor of the powerful.
I remember Diana Buttu's writing from 20 years ago - a Palestinian Canadian who tried to help. She articulates exactly how today, the same problems are more acute, and the interlocutors suffer from the same myopia. Plus ça change...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I remember Diana Buttu's writing from 20 years ago - a Palestinian Canadian who tried to help. She articulates exactly how today, the same problems are more acute, and the interlocutors suffer from the same myopia. Plus ça change...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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I don't think there's a sad enough trombone sound for this www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC News
Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin.
www.cbc.ca
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don't think there's a sad enough trombone sound for this www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
There should be zero duty to serve data centre loads. For once, make corporations pay for some of their their so-called "externalities."
heatmap.news/energy/elect...
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Electricity Markets Aren’t Working Anymore
Why regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom.
heatmap.news
September 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There should be zero duty to serve data centre loads. For once, make corporations pay for some of their their so-called "externalities."
heatmap.news/energy/elect...
heatmap.news/energy/elect...
clair obscur is the best atlus rpg since digital devil saga 1 dont @ me
September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
clair obscur is the best atlus rpg since digital devil saga 1 dont @ me
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Hey Torontonians! Learn abt the future of climate politics at book launch event for Existential Politics, Oct 9 at @utoronto.ca.
Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English.
Event is FREE. Registration here:
cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...
Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English.
Event is FREE. Registration here:
cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...
Book Launch: Existential Politics by Jessica F. Green
Join University of Toronto’s Lawson Climate Institute as we celebrate the launch of Existential Politics by Professor Jessica F. Green with a panel discussion, networking reception, and meet-and-greet...
cpe.utoronto.ca
September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey Torontonians! Learn abt the future of climate politics at book launch event for Existential Politics, Oct 9 at @utoronto.ca.
Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English.
Event is FREE. Registration here:
cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...
Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English.
Event is FREE. Registration here:
cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...
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You 🫵 can help us increase our tree canopy by 40% by 2050 🌳
By planting a tree, you can
🍃improve air quality
🍃minimize noise & dust
🍃reduce storm water run off
🍃 strengthen our city’s climate resilience
We’ll leaf it to you to learn more by visiting www.yourleaf.org 📲
By planting a tree, you can
🍃improve air quality
🍃minimize noise & dust
🍃reduce storm water run off
🍃 strengthen our city’s climate resilience
We’ll leaf it to you to learn more by visiting www.yourleaf.org 📲
August 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You 🫵 can help us increase our tree canopy by 40% by 2050 🌳
By planting a tree, you can
🍃improve air quality
🍃minimize noise & dust
🍃reduce storm water run off
🍃 strengthen our city’s climate resilience
We’ll leaf it to you to learn more by visiting www.yourleaf.org 📲
By planting a tree, you can
🍃improve air quality
🍃minimize noise & dust
🍃reduce storm water run off
🍃 strengthen our city’s climate resilience
We’ll leaf it to you to learn more by visiting www.yourleaf.org 📲
"You have to build a case, an AI executive said... , comparing raising concerns over AGI to the way that the US built its case for the invasion of Iraq.
But that case was built on faulty evidence, an audience member objected." 😩
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagre...
But that case was built on faulty evidence, an audience member objected." 😩
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagre...
AI disagreements
Inside a closed-door AI doomer conference with rationalists, tech executives, and the acolytes of Silicon Valley's "new religion"
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"You have to build a case, an AI executive said... , comparing raising concerns over AGI to the way that the US built its case for the invasion of Iraq.
But that case was built on faulty evidence, an audience member objected." 😩
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagre...
But that case was built on faulty evidence, an audience member objected." 😩
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagre...
This is the main thing that concerns me about having moved back to Canada - we may not have gone far enough.
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
August 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is the main thing that concerns me about having moved back to Canada - we may not have gone far enough.
Alpha Centauri still stands alone among 4X games, I think. The factions have philosophies, not flavour. And they all have to grapple with ethical questions other 4X games ignore, because the ecosystem is a character - not just a substrate for the mechanics.
www.filfre.net/2025/06/alph...
www.filfre.net/2025/06/alph...
» Alpha Centauri The Digital Antiquarian
www.filfre.net
August 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Alpha Centauri still stands alone among 4X games, I think. The factions have philosophies, not flavour. And they all have to grapple with ethical questions other 4X games ignore, because the ecosystem is a character - not just a substrate for the mechanics.
www.filfre.net/2025/06/alph...
www.filfre.net/2025/06/alph...
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Decarb work in #banking continues behind the scenes 💸🤫 "Financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024" @bloomberglp.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Decarb work in #banking continues behind the scenes 💸🤫 "Financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024" @bloomberglp.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A lot will be determined by how successful these efforts are. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A lot will be determined by how successful these efforts are. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Good morning with good news: Solar and wind globally generated a record 471 TWh in May 2025 or 19.3% of the world's electricity!
Global S&W Generation in May
2025 471 TWh
2024 400 TWh
2023 360 TWh
2022 311 TWh
2021 267 TWh
2020 214 TWh
2019 188 TWh
It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow!
#energysky
Global S&W Generation in May
2025 471 TWh
2024 400 TWh
2023 360 TWh
2022 311 TWh
2021 267 TWh
2020 214 TWh
2019 188 TWh
It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow!
#energysky
August 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good morning with good news: Solar and wind globally generated a record 471 TWh in May 2025 or 19.3% of the world's electricity!
Global S&W Generation in May
2025 471 TWh
2024 400 TWh
2023 360 TWh
2022 311 TWh
2021 267 TWh
2020 214 TWh
2019 188 TWh
It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow!
#energysky
Global S&W Generation in May
2025 471 TWh
2024 400 TWh
2023 360 TWh
2022 311 TWh
2021 267 TWh
2020 214 TWh
2019 188 TWh
It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow!
#energysky
I was an avid Reading Rainbow watcher. LeVar Burton introduced me to science fiction generally, and TNG specifically:
m.imdb.com/title/tt0683...
m.imdb.com/title/tt0683...
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I was an avid Reading Rainbow watcher. LeVar Burton introduced me to science fiction generally, and TNG specifically:
m.imdb.com/title/tt0683...
m.imdb.com/title/tt0683...
This tension runs throughout so many tabletop roleplaying games.
And unsurprisingly, one game that handles it well is... LANCER (whose co-creator I'm quoting here). It has the benefit of a narrative justification for imposing structure on combat: when you get in the robot, you use different rules.
And unsurprisingly, one game that handles it well is... LANCER (whose co-creator I'm quoting here). It has the benefit of a narrative justification for imposing structure on combat: when you get in the robot, you use different rules.
game design thoughts: writing tactics role playing games is hard. if i were writing a wargame, it would be easier. i'll post a little thread here
June 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This tension runs throughout so many tabletop roleplaying games.
And unsurprisingly, one game that handles it well is... LANCER (whose co-creator I'm quoting here). It has the benefit of a narrative justification for imposing structure on combat: when you get in the robot, you use different rules.
And unsurprisingly, one game that handles it well is... LANCER (whose co-creator I'm quoting here). It has the benefit of a narrative justification for imposing structure on combat: when you get in the robot, you use different rules.
Every tenth matters. Don't give up.
Say goodbye to 1.5°C. But remember, the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Earth set to exhaust ‘carbon budget’ within 3 years as Paris hopes fade
Goal of limiting warming to 1.5C looks increasingly out of reach, study finds
on.ft.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Every tenth matters. Don't give up.
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