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Been on this planet for a bit now; still trying to figure it out.

What keeps me informed, amused, or up at night: climate and the environment, news and journalism, human […]

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RE: https://twit.social/@twitnews/116092578506787658

Now, Smedley. About those coffee breaks . . .
twit.social
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Conservatives may be wishing they hadn’t been so eager to reconfirm Poilievre as their leader last month.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jeneroux-joins-liberals-9.7095322
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
An air quality alert just popped up. Any theories as to why?
#ottawa
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
As fine a mardi gras as ever there was.
#pancakeday
February 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Back in the Before Times, I would ocassionally buy a pair of jeans online from a U.S. supplier.
They sent me a survey this morning.
My response:
February 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The news we’ve been dreading, yet all the while knowing it was just a matter of time.

El Niño: it’s on the way back.

#ClimateChange #climate
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino-is-brewing/comments
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
billmckibben.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Trying to wean governments away from the cesspool of X (twitter) is a tough slog.
@Paulatics
https://youtu.be/eVlQBnGqZ_U?si=rd8P2ulgcBSLmPQd
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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You may have seen the news that Zuckerberg wants to deploy facial recognition in Meta glasses.

I think they deserve a nickname as to all the products these demented morbidly wealthy demonic psychopaths push o to thre world:

Pedo-cams and pedo-products
February 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Not entirely sold on this AI thingy.
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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mastodon.online
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Who better to usher in Valentine’s Day than the great Sam Cooke

https://youtu.be/S28tILqie1o?si=qVzgrR4yjjpzptgZ
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Republicans are pushing this tired, old fossil fuel industry disinfo:

"CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal"
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Hey #yeg neighbours, I’m going to be moving later this year and have a ton of books that I don’t want to take with me. Any recommendations on the best way to purge a 23 year book collection?
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Notwithstanding RFK jr’s new dietary recommendations, I’ll stick with Michael Pollan’s tried and true dietary plan which is, in its entirety:

“Eat.
Not too much.
Mostly plants”
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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"What the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Canadian Constitution Foundation, SecondStreet.org, the Montreal Economic Institute and the Fraser Institute all have in common are direct links to the Atlas Network, the U.S. dark-money coalition of billionaire libertarian ideologues." […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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[#cdnPoli #ABpoli freedom of the press]

"PressProgress, along with CBC News and the Toronto Star, are facing an unprecedented multimillion dollar lawsuit from a failed candidate by Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party (UCP).

It's going to be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Behold my lofty visage and tremble at my awesomeness.

Wordle 1,697 2/6

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February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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"Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight." https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre still refuses to get security clearance.

Here’s a petition you can sign (Canadian citizens or residents only).

“We, the undersigned, citizens, call upon the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security […]
Original post on mstdn.ca
mstdn.ca
February 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM