🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦
@jvipondmd.bsky.social
an emergency doctor desperately trying to save the future (and the present) for his children
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Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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We worked hard.
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
CAPE physicians in action at COP30 - CAPE
What have CAPE’s physicians been up to? A LOT. It’s been a week full of action, music, color, and, let’s be honest, some serious collective breath-holding here at COP30.
cape.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We worked hard.
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
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First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
First Solar opens a Louisiana factory that’s 11 Superdomes big
First Solar opens a massive $1.1 billion solar factory in Louisiana, adding 3.5 GW of new US capacity and more than 800 well-paid jobs.
electrek.co
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams
"We can’t have a deal that fails to deliver what science and the law require on finance, fossil fuels, or forests and call that progress."
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams
"We can’t have a deal that fails to deliver what science and the law require on finance, fossil fuels, or forests and call that progress."
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
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The COP30 climate talks in Brazil have reached a tentative deal after negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance
COP30 climate talks reach tentative deal, sources say
Negotiations at COP30 climate talks in Brazil have run into overtime with no agreement struck and delegates still locked in a bitter fight over whether to mention fossil fuels in the final text.
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The COP30 climate talks in Brazil have reached a tentative deal after negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance
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#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility
Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Demand Flexibility, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Demand Flexibility, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility
Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
We worked hard.
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
CAPE physicians in action at COP30 - CAPE
What have CAPE’s physicians been up to? A LOT. It’s been a week full of action, music, color, and, let’s be honest, some serious collective breath-holding here at COP30.
cape.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We worked hard.
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
Not sure it will be enough (it is never enough)
But better to be trying than sitting back taking it. cape.ca/cape-physici...
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“Determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” … just say “lie”, much shorter and more accurate
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“Determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” … just say “lie”, much shorter and more accurate
we are a suicidal society www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
we are a suicidal society www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's the last day of COP30.
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's the last day of COP30.
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
It's the last day of COP30.
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's the last day of COP30.
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
I'd be honoured if you'd take a moment to look through my latest missive on the topic of Canada's 180 on climate.
If you consider it worth sharing, please do.
Alt title: The Hypocrisy in having Value(s)
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry
CBC / Reuters
November 20, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/dela...
#COVID #CovidIsntOver #UK
CBC / Reuters
November 20, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/dela...
#COVID #CovidIsntOver #UK
Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry
stillcoviding.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry
CBC / Reuters
November 20, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/dela...
#COVID #CovidIsntOver #UK
CBC / Reuters
November 20, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/dela...
#COVID #CovidIsntOver #UK
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Spoke to a room of lawyers and judges tonight. Told them: when many Albertans picture the UCP base, they picture you.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Spoke to a room of lawyers and judges tonight. Told them: when many Albertans picture the UCP base, they picture you.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
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Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
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I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
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What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
seems like a big deal
Opinion: New northwest pipeline risks hazard of landslide tsunamis
Major Projects Office needs to be wary in its planning for pipeline projects to tidewater
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
seems like a big deal