Sam Bird 🏔️🍁🇨🇦
@sambir.bsky.social
Geographer. Mostly harmless.
Mountains > oceans. Permafrost is cool. Rivers and lakes are pretty nice too.
Mountains > oceans. Permafrost is cool. Rivers and lakes are pretty nice too.
You can imagine a deal that prevents China from repeating a two Michaels scenario? Aus hasn't cracked that nut & is tight with Trump.
Good deals only last when both sides respect them.
Besides a possible (significant & valuable) upside in electrification, how is China trade better than with the US?
Good deals only last when both sides respect them.
Besides a possible (significant & valuable) upside in electrification, how is China trade better than with the US?
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You can imagine a deal that prevents China from repeating a two Michaels scenario? Aus hasn't cracked that nut & is tight with Trump.
Good deals only last when both sides respect them.
Besides a possible (significant & valuable) upside in electrification, how is China trade better than with the US?
Good deals only last when both sides respect them.
Besides a possible (significant & valuable) upside in electrification, how is China trade better than with the US?
What, the sunrise today is a sight to behold.
Quick, go have a look Calgary.
Quick, go have a look Calgary.
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What, the sunrise today is a sight to behold.
Quick, go have a look Calgary.
Quick, go have a look Calgary.
The rumors of baseball's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Baseball, what a silly drama llama of a sport.
English cricket on the other hand has an obituary and an urn for it's ashes. Serious stuff.
Baseball, what a silly drama llama of a sport.
English cricket on the other hand has an obituary and an urn for it's ashes. Serious stuff.
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The rumors of baseball's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Baseball, what a silly drama llama of a sport.
English cricket on the other hand has an obituary and an urn for it's ashes. Serious stuff.
Baseball, what a silly drama llama of a sport.
English cricket on the other hand has an obituary and an urn for it's ashes. Serious stuff.
Why don't they just eat cake?
Hard not to see this as French King levels of disconnect between the courtiers and the people.
Trump the Sun King is just a speed run to national ruin.
Hard not to see this as French King levels of disconnect between the courtiers and the people.
Trump the Sun King is just a speed run to national ruin.
October 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why don't they just eat cake?
Hard not to see this as French King levels of disconnect between the courtiers and the people.
Trump the Sun King is just a speed run to national ruin.
Hard not to see this as French King levels of disconnect between the courtiers and the people.
Trump the Sun King is just a speed run to national ruin.
Planning to organize the deck chairs waiting for a global oil boom too save us is ruinous?
Yes.
Oil is plentiful. Prices are going to be low, low, low even w/ increased consumption.
CCS innovation is less likely than battery innovation b/c profit. It's a race to the bottom of the barrel in the end.
Yes.
Oil is plentiful. Prices are going to be low, low, low even w/ increased consumption.
CCS innovation is less likely than battery innovation b/c profit. It's a race to the bottom of the barrel in the end.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Planning to organize the deck chairs waiting for a global oil boom too save us is ruinous?
Yes.
Oil is plentiful. Prices are going to be low, low, low even w/ increased consumption.
CCS innovation is less likely than battery innovation b/c profit. It's a race to the bottom of the barrel in the end.
Yes.
Oil is plentiful. Prices are going to be low, low, low even w/ increased consumption.
CCS innovation is less likely than battery innovation b/c profit. It's a race to the bottom of the barrel in the end.
Kind of but not really. Except for international myth spreading in bars, the national population density number is functionally useless & is misused ALL THE TIME. Telecoms are big offenders using CDN ignorance as cover for high costs but their coverage maps show the uneven population density well 1/
October 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Kind of but not really. Except for international myth spreading in bars, the national population density number is functionally useless & is misused ALL THE TIME. Telecoms are big offenders using CDN ignorance as cover for high costs but their coverage maps show the uneven population density well 1/
No shortage of swords & such lying about the place but his collection is down at least a little after recently boosting Canada's swordy stockpile.
Kinda dumb for the US to be talking takeover while giving away their limited sword supply just as Canada is stocking up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kinda dumb for the US to be talking takeover while giving away their limited sword supply just as Canada is stocking up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No shortage of swords & such lying about the place but his collection is down at least a little after recently boosting Canada's swordy stockpile.
Kinda dumb for the US to be talking takeover while giving away their limited sword supply just as Canada is stocking up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kinda dumb for the US to be talking takeover while giving away their limited sword supply just as Canada is stocking up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Beside the practical & friendly citizenry, Yellowknife is beautiful & interesting summer & winter. You should definitely go there on vacation. It's not even terribly expensive.
Obvs there's #SpectacularNWT outdoor scenery but also great food, cool museums, history, & fun connections further north.
Obvs there's #SpectacularNWT outdoor scenery but also great food, cool museums, history, & fun connections further north.
October 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Beside the practical & friendly citizenry, Yellowknife is beautiful & interesting summer & winter. You should definitely go there on vacation. It's not even terribly expensive.
Obvs there's #SpectacularNWT outdoor scenery but also great food, cool museums, history, & fun connections further north.
Obvs there's #SpectacularNWT outdoor scenery but also great food, cool museums, history, & fun connections further north.
Remember to enjoy the changing of the season. Outdoors is where we all belong.
September 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Remember to enjoy the changing of the season. Outdoors is where we all belong.
Classic CDN to world conversion error, usually caused by assuming a "two-four" is equivalent to 2 to 4 beers instead of 2 dozen.
S'ok. Happens all the time, even here where one needs to on their toes and specify the size of pint ordered.
Famously, at 9%, a Quebec two-four could end anyone's world.
S'ok. Happens all the time, even here where one needs to on their toes and specify the size of pint ordered.
Famously, at 9%, a Quebec two-four could end anyone's world.
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Classic CDN to world conversion error, usually caused by assuming a "two-four" is equivalent to 2 to 4 beers instead of 2 dozen.
S'ok. Happens all the time, even here where one needs to on their toes and specify the size of pint ordered.
Famously, at 9%, a Quebec two-four could end anyone's world.
S'ok. Happens all the time, even here where one needs to on their toes and specify the size of pint ordered.
Famously, at 9%, a Quebec two-four could end anyone's world.
Nicely done Fort Good Hope.
#SpectacularNWT
#SpectacularNWT
September 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Nicely done Fort Good Hope.
#SpectacularNWT
#SpectacularNWT
I always feel fortunate to see such wonderful places with great people. The NWT is indeed spectacular.
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I always feel fortunate to see such wonderful places with great people. The NWT is indeed spectacular.
I've never come across a rock this scared before.
September 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I've never come across a rock this scared before.
The article (and probably the inept UCP Govt) are really bad at providing information. Release guidelines are needed so that good water is not stored forever with water that is a risk. Guidelines have been scheduled for 2025 for YEARS.
This is not news or outrageous.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
This is not news or outrageous.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
September 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The article (and probably the inept UCP Govt) are really bad at providing information. Release guidelines are needed so that good water is not stored forever with water that is a risk. Guidelines have been scheduled for 2025 for YEARS.
This is not news or outrageous.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
This is not news or outrageous.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
Good morning!
A reminder on these hot ☀️ August days, never underestimate the power of ice-cream to rejuvenate the mind, body, and attitude.
🍦🍧🍦🍧
A reminder on these hot ☀️ August days, never underestimate the power of ice-cream to rejuvenate the mind, body, and attitude.
🍦🍧🍦🍧
August 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good morning!
A reminder on these hot ☀️ August days, never underestimate the power of ice-cream to rejuvenate the mind, body, and attitude.
🍦🍧🍦🍧
A reminder on these hot ☀️ August days, never underestimate the power of ice-cream to rejuvenate the mind, body, and attitude.
🍦🍧🍦🍧
I would be okay to forego hundreds of millions of dollars after earning $16,666,666.66 in the first couple of months. Maybe that character flaw is why no one has made me a similar offer?
(any observed relation to so called satanic numbers in the calculation is just your wild imagination)
(any observed relation to so called satanic numbers in the calculation is just your wild imagination)
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I would be okay to forego hundreds of millions of dollars after earning $16,666,666.66 in the first couple of months. Maybe that character flaw is why no one has made me a similar offer?
(any observed relation to so called satanic numbers in the calculation is just your wild imagination)
(any observed relation to so called satanic numbers in the calculation is just your wild imagination)
I'm not saying it's guaranteed to solve all the problems at one time, but have we considered tossing the toxic male social influencers into a boiling sea?
![Screen shot of two posts in a feed. First one jokes that the cure for male loneliness can be found in a new pair of "sick ass Type O [brand] chucks", with photo of a pair of black sneakers with lime green graphics.
Second post shows a graph of average July sea surface temperatures over the years. Spoiler, they are going up, up, up. Text says oceans are absorbing 870,000 Hiroshima bombs worth of heat per day. "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6to7pbpfn3pvg6waqvvbvt7w/bafkreicyyvhx3m36hkcixt6dsnqlhd3ezyvavep2qhp7bpzmxbqeuiuiki@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm not saying it's guaranteed to solve all the problems at one time, but have we considered tossing the toxic male social influencers into a boiling sea?
TY for the reply. I'd like less spin & a higher standard of truthful info >trust.
The benefit of being the opposition; the cons of these imagined policy alternatives are not felt.
Increasing money supply avoided *global depression. Do you support supply mgmt or is that a red herring?
1/2
The benefit of being the opposition; the cons of these imagined policy alternatives are not felt.
Increasing money supply avoided *global depression. Do you support supply mgmt or is that a red herring?
1/2
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
TY for the reply. I'd like less spin & a higher standard of truthful info >trust.
The benefit of being the opposition; the cons of these imagined policy alternatives are not felt.
Increasing money supply avoided *global depression. Do you support supply mgmt or is that a red herring?
1/2
The benefit of being the opposition; the cons of these imagined policy alternatives are not felt.
Increasing money supply avoided *global depression. Do you support supply mgmt or is that a red herring?
1/2
Do you have the same "direct result" diagnosis for the USA-36%?
And the rest of the G7?
And the rest of the world?
All b/c of LPC policy choices?
Is your post leading or misleading? How can divided partisans evaluate real solutions if parties serve their own interests above the national interest?
And the rest of the G7?
And the rest of the world?
All b/c of LPC policy choices?
Is your post leading or misleading? How can divided partisans evaluate real solutions if parties serve their own interests above the national interest?
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you have the same "direct result" diagnosis for the USA-36%?
And the rest of the G7?
And the rest of the world?
All b/c of LPC policy choices?
Is your post leading or misleading? How can divided partisans evaluate real solutions if parties serve their own interests above the national interest?
And the rest of the G7?
And the rest of the world?
All b/c of LPC policy choices?
Is your post leading or misleading? How can divided partisans evaluate real solutions if parties serve their own interests above the national interest?
They call it Crowsnest but I don't see any. Was I scammed? I'll take it. 10/10 and five stars... er, rainbows.
July 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
They call it Crowsnest but I don't see any. Was I scammed? I'll take it. 10/10 and five stars... er, rainbows.
Reasonably early Saturday morning at a Calgary grocery store. There were only a few Canadian grown Ambrosia apples left on the shelf. The amplely stocked shelves of American grown apples are not moving. This is so much more than travel. There is deeply motivated spite that discounts can't compensate
May 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Reasonably early Saturday morning at a Calgary grocery store. There were only a few Canadian grown Ambrosia apples left on the shelf. The amplely stocked shelves of American grown apples are not moving. This is so much more than travel. There is deeply motivated spite that discounts can't compensate
Reminds me of this structure in ice rich permafrost. The dark areas are ice and the light brown are silt.
The photo was taken in a tunnel under Tuktoyaktuk. This is the community freezer, used to store caribou and beluga for later in the year.
The photo was taken in a tunnel under Tuktoyaktuk. This is the community freezer, used to store caribou and beluga for later in the year.
May 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reminds me of this structure in ice rich permafrost. The dark areas are ice and the light brown are silt.
The photo was taken in a tunnel under Tuktoyaktuk. This is the community freezer, used to store caribou and beluga for later in the year.
The photo was taken in a tunnel under Tuktoyaktuk. This is the community freezer, used to store caribou and beluga for later in the year.
Let's check in to see how 'stralian 🇦🇺 e day is go...ohhing.
I do not remember that part of the Crocodile Dundee cultural education curriculum. Was it in Crocodile Dundee 4 maybe? Admittedly, I did skip that.
I do not remember that part of the Crocodile Dundee cultural education curriculum. Was it in Crocodile Dundee 4 maybe? Admittedly, I did skip that.
May 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Let's check in to see how 'stralian 🇦🇺 e day is go...ohhing.
I do not remember that part of the Crocodile Dundee cultural education curriculum. Was it in Crocodile Dundee 4 maybe? Admittedly, I did skip that.
I do not remember that part of the Crocodile Dundee cultural education curriculum. Was it in Crocodile Dundee 4 maybe? Admittedly, I did skip that.
Problem definition is key to solutions.
Environment & Climate Change Canada estimated 1% of plastic waste became plastic pollution (b/c good waste mgmt).
Larger sources of plastic pollution in the enviro? Textile fibers (clothing) in air, water & soil, paint, tires.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
Environment & Climate Change Canada estimated 1% of plastic waste became plastic pollution (b/c good waste mgmt).
Larger sources of plastic pollution in the enviro? Textile fibers (clothing) in air, water & soil, paint, tires.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
April 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Problem definition is key to solutions.
Environment & Climate Change Canada estimated 1% of plastic waste became plastic pollution (b/c good waste mgmt).
Larger sources of plastic pollution in the enviro? Textile fibers (clothing) in air, water & soil, paint, tires.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
Environment & Climate Change Canada estimated 1% of plastic waste became plastic pollution (b/c good waste mgmt).
Larger sources of plastic pollution in the enviro? Textile fibers (clothing) in air, water & soil, paint, tires.
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
Crocus. Prairie spring is here.
April 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Crocus. Prairie spring is here.