Phil Tomlinson
@philtomlinson.bsky.social
Efficiency and Sustainability Nerd
16kWh of excess #solar went into my #ev today. That's a quarter tank. I can't remember the last time my gas car refilled its tank on its own, for free.
Meanwhile, the 'horrible' consumer #carbontax is gone and I can't tell if gas prices even twitched... I'll miss those rebates...
Meanwhile, the 'horrible' consumer #carbontax is gone and I can't tell if gas prices even twitched... I'll miss those rebates...
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
16kWh of excess #solar went into my #ev today. That's a quarter tank. I can't remember the last time my gas car refilled its tank on its own, for free.
Meanwhile, the 'horrible' consumer #carbontax is gone and I can't tell if gas prices even twitched... I'll miss those rebates...
Meanwhile, the 'horrible' consumer #carbontax is gone and I can't tell if gas prices even twitched... I'll miss those rebates...
As far as I can tell, the US has decided to opt out of the world economy. It'll suck a lot for a bit, but instead of the US being the 'centre' we'll have tons of increased bilateral trade and way more flexibility.
US can make their own cars. CAN, GER, and MEX will make'm for everyone else.
US can make their own cars. CAN, GER, and MEX will make'm for everyone else.
April 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
As far as I can tell, the US has decided to opt out of the world economy. It'll suck a lot for a bit, but instead of the US being the 'centre' we'll have tons of increased bilateral trade and way more flexibility.
US can make their own cars. CAN, GER, and MEX will make'm for everyone else.
US can make their own cars. CAN, GER, and MEX will make'm for everyone else.
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Trudeau: We didn't ask for this. But we'll fight back.
Ford: Here's some tariffs for you, my friend.
Kinew: We will not do business with US firms. Canada stands united.
Smith: What should I wear to my Ben Shapiro interview?
Ford: Here's some tariffs for you, my friend.
Kinew: We will not do business with US firms. Canada stands united.
Smith: What should I wear to my Ben Shapiro interview?
March 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trudeau: We didn't ask for this. But we'll fight back.
Ford: Here's some tariffs for you, my friend.
Kinew: We will not do business with US firms. Canada stands united.
Smith: What should I wear to my Ben Shapiro interview?
Ford: Here's some tariffs for you, my friend.
Kinew: We will not do business with US firms. Canada stands united.
Smith: What should I wear to my Ben Shapiro interview?
Oh my... If Smith's mouthpiece at Post Media is calling this huge, this is going to get WILD
Bell: Danielle Smith was flying high — then the crap hit the fan
Premier Smith under fire for allegations her government fired the province's health care boss for conducting a probe into medical contracts
calgaryherald.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Oh my... If Smith's mouthpiece at Post Media is calling this huge, this is going to get WILD
So uh, yea...
Alberta puts contracts on hold amid allegations of widespread corruption in private surgeries | Globalnews.ca
A letter obtained by the Globe and Mail allegedly accuses the UCP of widespread corruption, conflicts of interest and firing the former CEO of AHS because she tried to investigate.
globalnews.ca
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
So uh, yea...
You know, if Trump was a good business leader, he would have sold the US government to the highest bidder instead of taking the first lowball offer. $250M seems awfully cheap.
February 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You know, if Trump was a good business leader, he would have sold the US government to the highest bidder instead of taking the first lowball offer. $250M seems awfully cheap.
Yep, totally fine, just outbreaks of preventable diseases. But hey it's the fault of cancer patients and countless others for being immunocompromised or something.
February 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Yep, totally fine, just outbreaks of preventable diseases. But hey it's the fault of cancer patients and countless others for being immunocompromised or something.
Today on CBC Frontburner @karinagould.bsky.social (who I was unfamiliar with previously) said something PROFOUND.
Karina said 'we need to turn the social safety net into a trampoline - so that it not only catches you, but lifts you back up.'
That's a vision for the Liberals I get behind.
Karina said 'we need to turn the social safety net into a trampoline - so that it not only catches you, but lifts you back up.'
That's a vision for the Liberals I get behind.
January 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today on CBC Frontburner @karinagould.bsky.social (who I was unfamiliar with previously) said something PROFOUND.
Karina said 'we need to turn the social safety net into a trampoline - so that it not only catches you, but lifts you back up.'
That's a vision for the Liberals I get behind.
Karina said 'we need to turn the social safety net into a trampoline - so that it not only catches you, but lifts you back up.'
That's a vision for the Liberals I get behind.
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I'm just going to (re)post this whenever I need to remind myself. Maybe it'll help you too?
1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there.
2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.
1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there.
2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm just going to (re)post this whenever I need to remind myself. Maybe it'll help you too?
1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there.
2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.
1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there.
2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.
My grandmother survived the pogroms, the concentration camps, and the indifference of people who didn't stand up for others.
She told me not long ago that she hoped she didn't live much longer because the world is beginning to feel again like it did back then.
She wasn't wrong. #lovenothate
She told me not long ago that she hoped she didn't live much longer because the world is beginning to feel again like it did back then.
She wasn't wrong. #lovenothate
January 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My grandmother survived the pogroms, the concentration camps, and the indifference of people who didn't stand up for others.
She told me not long ago that she hoped she didn't live much longer because the world is beginning to feel again like it did back then.
She wasn't wrong. #lovenothate
She told me not long ago that she hoped she didn't live much longer because the world is beginning to feel again like it did back then.
She wasn't wrong. #lovenothate
"Heinz pissy that Trudeau reminds Canadians that they previously laid off entire Leamington employee base and left Canadian farmers in the lurch"
Heinz screwed over their Canadian employees. They came slinking back six years later - that doesn't buy my good will.
#buyfrenchsketchup #forgetheinz
Heinz screwed over their Canadian employees. They came slinking back six years later - that doesn't buy my good will.
#buyfrenchsketchup #forgetheinz
Kraft Heinz hits back at what it called Trudeau's 'misleading' comment about its Canadian ketchup | CBC News
The ketchup giant is seeing red after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought up its past exit from Canada while discussing a potential Canada-U.S. trade war.
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
"Heinz pissy that Trudeau reminds Canadians that they previously laid off entire Leamington employee base and left Canadian farmers in the lurch"
Heinz screwed over their Canadian employees. They came slinking back six years later - that doesn't buy my good will.
#buyfrenchsketchup #forgetheinz
Heinz screwed over their Canadian employees. They came slinking back six years later - that doesn't buy my good will.
#buyfrenchsketchup #forgetheinz
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#ABLeg
#UCPCorruption
"[The committee] just can't believe that the government would ask us to do all this. And we did it …
"Then they say, 'Well, we're going to throw that in the dumpster and go ahead with what the coal industry thinks they want to do.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#UCPCorruption
"[The committee] just can't believe that the government would ask us to do all this. And we did it …
"Then they say, 'Well, we're going to throw that in the dumpster and go ahead with what the coal industry thinks they want to do.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Member of Alberta coal mining committee feeling 'disgust and dismay' over new plan | CBC News
A member of a five-person panel created by former energy minister Sonya Savage in 2021 to consult the public on the future of coal mining in Alberta says he's in a "state of shock" about recent moves ...
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#ABLeg
#UCPCorruption
"[The committee] just can't believe that the government would ask us to do all this. And we did it …
"Then they say, 'Well, we're going to throw that in the dumpster and go ahead with what the coal industry thinks they want to do.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#UCPCorruption
"[The committee] just can't believe that the government would ask us to do all this. And we did it …
"Then they say, 'Well, we're going to throw that in the dumpster and go ahead with what the coal industry thinks they want to do.'"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
One a lap dog, always a lap dog. Even if that lap appears to be shrinking...
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One a lap dog, always a lap dog. Even if that lap appears to be shrinking...
What's now clear to me is that Smith's talk of 'a strong Alberta within a united Canada' is BS.
Smith just needed to give the APPEARANCE of standing with the rest of Canada and debated response in private.
Instead she has amateurishly fallen for divide and conquer.
Smith just needed to give the APPEARANCE of standing with the rest of Canada and debated response in private.
Instead she has amateurishly fallen for divide and conquer.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has spent weeks trying to flatter and cajole Donald Trump into exempting Alberta from his tariffs. At some point she's going to have to decide whether she wants to fight for Canada — or keep fighting against it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/22/o...
Danielle Smith still wants us to surrender
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has charted her own course during the negotiations with Donald Trump and his tariff threat against Canada. So far, it's leading the entire country towards disaster.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What's now clear to me is that Smith's talk of 'a strong Alberta within a united Canada' is BS.
Smith just needed to give the APPEARANCE of standing with the rest of Canada and debated response in private.
Instead she has amateurishly fallen for divide and conquer.
Smith just needed to give the APPEARANCE of standing with the rest of Canada and debated response in private.
Instead she has amateurishly fallen for divide and conquer.
@steviesafespaces.com has new merch? Where'd that credit card go...
A few new designs are up on the site and all of the old ones are still there! Grab a t-shirt that shows your visible allyship. We need you!
www.steviesafespaces.com
www.steviesafespaces.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@steviesafespaces.com has new merch? Where'd that credit card go...
#Alberta is busy making similar decisions motivated by ideology rather than sound strategy.
Imagine two companies. They are both well established leaders in their industry, but surrounded by scrappy startups.
Imagine two companies. They are both well established leaders in their industry, but surrounded by scrappy startups.
The US just revoked an executive order aimed at making EV sales 50% by 2030. “The US will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity,” Trump said.
But China is already stomping the US in EV sales. This decision will widen the gap.
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But China is already stomping the US in EV sales. This decision will widen the gap.
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
January 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#Alberta is busy making similar decisions motivated by ideology rather than sound strategy.
Imagine two companies. They are both well established leaders in their industry, but surrounded by scrappy startups.
Imagine two companies. They are both well established leaders in their industry, but surrounded by scrappy startups.
Hmmmm. I can't remember the last time my car refueled itself while I was parked at work. Also can't remember the last time I paid $8 for 2/3 of a tank of fuel.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hmmmm. I can't remember the last time my car refueled itself while I was parked at work. Also can't remember the last time I paid $8 for 2/3 of a tank of fuel.
Yep. That was NOT ambiguous.
"odd-looking salute" - the fucking media, man. IT WAS A NAZI SALUTE. WRITE IT, YOU COWARDLY FUCKS.
January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yep. That was NOT ambiguous.
Trust kids when they tell you who they are.
That isn't a hard concept.
@steviesafespaces.com is legit rad and I'm so glad that @janisirwin.bsky.social brought them to my attention! I went a little crazy on my order, but the shirts and stickers are just so, so rad!
That isn't a hard concept.
@steviesafespaces.com is legit rad and I'm so glad that @janisirwin.bsky.social brought them to my attention! I went a little crazy on my order, but the shirts and stickers are just so, so rad!
I made a bus ad!
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Thank you to everyone who shared, tagged, boosted and donated to make this ad come to life!
Keep sharing this picture around and stick around to see what else the Fairy Godparents get up to!
#nonprofit #donation #advertisement #equality #londonontario #london519 #ontario
January 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trust kids when they tell you who they are.
That isn't a hard concept.
@steviesafespaces.com is legit rad and I'm so glad that @janisirwin.bsky.social brought them to my attention! I went a little crazy on my order, but the shirts and stickers are just so, so rad!
That isn't a hard concept.
@steviesafespaces.com is legit rad and I'm so glad that @janisirwin.bsky.social brought them to my attention! I went a little crazy on my order, but the shirts and stickers are just so, so rad!
"EVs basically don't work in cold" - lol. A weekend trip to Rogers Pass at -16C was our first test of the EV. Drove to Golden on well under a charge, hit 188kW charging while we sat in warm car and lost 2% battery over a cold night. Nope totally doesn't work.
January 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"EVs basically don't work in cold" - lol. A weekend trip to Rogers Pass at -16C was our first test of the EV. Drove to Golden on well under a charge, hit 188kW charging while we sat in warm car and lost 2% battery over a cold night. Nope totally doesn't work.