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Hi #SciComms The UK's Met Office is asking the public to name the storms this year. www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o... I'm going to suggest Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, Aramco, Rosneft, Sinopec, TotalEnergies etc. I hope you do to!🤓

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Lots of "Israel has a right to defend itself" rhetoric always pops up to justify Israel doing things that aren't self-defense.

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Decarbonized oil doublespeak may not be new but it was jarring coming from the mouth of Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has an undeniable grasp of the impacts of hydrocarbons. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/09/o...

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

🚨New Border Bill Raises Major Concerns for Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Refugee Rights!🚨 The @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social coalition is calling for the withdrawal of Bill C-2, the "Strong Borders Act". 🧵1/23

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Annual Number of Wildfires vs. Annual Burn Area in Canada, 1983-2024. As we can see, there are competing trends, with the NUMBER of fires generally declining over the last four decades, as the BURN AREA generally increasing over this time. A real climate signal if you ask me.

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Canadian researchers reach ‘major milestone’ in search for ALS treatment panow.com/2025/05/10/c...

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Was not expecting to open the main CBC page this morning and see this! In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded. www.cbc.ca @christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social

submitted 67 days ago • 38 comments

From the Rick Mercer Report. 14 years ago. No wonder PP wants to defund the CBC.

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

Thanks to @desmog.bsky.social's @manderson98.bsky.social for this piece with my recommendations for how to apply wartime-scale lessons to the crises of today: www.desmog.com/2025/04/08/c...

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Koch Industries The Oil & Gas industry Elon Musk Facebook And a bunch of corporate lobbyists you've never heard of Who needs annexation when this is Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party @desmog.bsky.social mapped Poilievre, and it's worse than you think #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors. As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....

submitted 87 days ago • 51 comments

Ontario is now reporting 440 measles cases in 2025 so far, compared to 64 in 2024, and 101 between 2013 and 2023. The vast majority of infections are in unvaccinated individuals. The measles vaccine is free, widely available, highly effective and backed by decades of safety data.

submitted 91 days ago • 11 comments

WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP. Share this.

submitted 100 days ago • 19 comments

#Canada should immediately cancel all military procurement projects involving US firms Just pull out. No more Canadian tax dollars going to US firms for military hardware There are often cheaper European alternatives for everything we can’t make ourselves #cdnpoli

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

You already have. Most of you are just too blinded by a lack of international media coverage to realize it. Your country is literally now the greatest threat to global democracy this generation has ever seen, and the remaining democracies of the world will react accordingly.

submitted 111 days ago • 20 comments

It was very very clearly an ambush

submitted 111 days ago • 663 comments

New report confirms Pathways Alliance carbon capture project "not economically viable" “Public funding of CCS is a costly gamble that may not yield tangible returns on #Canada’s journey towards achieving net-zero emissions" Latest @desmog.bsky.social #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/02/26/p...

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I’m finding that I’m counting on CBC here in Canada more than possibly ever before. The Panel discussion just now on how truly scary the Trump situation is for Canada and the world, was the most blunt and honest I’ve seen. So of course, Pierre Poilievre is attacking the CBC and established media.

submitted 119 days ago • 21 comments

Judge rejects Health Canada's 'trust us' approach in glyphosate pesticide approval (Canada)

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lol. Does this mean Trump is the governor of the Russian Republic of America?

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With all the crazy talk of the USA annexing Canada, I checked indicators of quality of life in both countries. Although the USA beats Canada in GDP per capita, Canadians experience much better quality of life by just about any other measure. www.linkedin.com/posts/charle...

submitted 120 days ago • 4 comments

Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO (Canada)

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Pierre Trudeau made housing an instrument of economic justice. Fifty years later his son remade it as an engine of inequality. We’ve solved the housing crisis before. We can do it again:

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What young people are sitting around watching a 60-year-old cartoon? We’re sitting around watching a 30-year-old cartoon.

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

It would only begin with our caving to Trump's immediate demands on border security. Next he demands US banks enter Canada. Then it'll be ceding Arctic sovereignty. Then it will be the 51st state. No concessions. It's time for a proper war footing, and Vichy Canadians can get fucked.

submitted 136 days ago • 53 comments

Did I actually refer to Elon Musk's legendary Telsa as a "douche panzer"? And at the parliament of Canada's press gallery? I wonder how that term slipped out. But yes, I'd hammer him with tariffs. I don't like fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vyR...

submitted 139 days ago • 158 comments

This is really good. Imagine our country’s future as the true north strong and free 🇨🇦🍁

submitted 139 days ago • 7 comments

Here’s my commentary in today’s @thetyee.ca regarding Alberta’s continued slippage in the national wage rankings: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202.... It’s no accident, it’s deliberate. And it’s no wonder Albertan workers are mad—and fighting back. #canlab

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"Not taking an intelligence briefing because you can’t turn it into a meme is not the seriousness with which we should be approaching this issue." globalnews.ca/news/1098961...

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

submitted 141 days ago • 52 comments

~ #VoteFordOut #NeverVoteConservative

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Dan Rath (The Star): "The election Ford believes is gift-wrapped for him may prove to be a booby-trapped package that blows up in his face." Let's make sure this happens, good people of Ontario! #DitchDoug #VoteABC (Find out who can beat the Con in your riding HERE: votewell.ca)

submitted 142 days ago • 3 comments

The world has changed before and, when it did, it wasn’t because a president, a prime minister, a CEO or a celebrity decided it had to. It began when ordinary people – people of no particular power, wealth, or fame – decided that the world could and should be different.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spent Monday evening at his $1,750-per-plate fundraiser hosted at a mansion so large it has its own postal code. Oh, and the guy who owns that place? Yeah, looks like he profits from privatized healthcare facilities in the United States. Let's talk about it:

submitted 146 days ago • 70 comments

A bunch of losers went out and threw Nazi salutes in Alberta, Canada yesterday while holding racist signs. Might be time for the media to stop calling them “hand gestures” and start reporting on this big fucking problem for what it is!

submitted 144 days ago • 226 comments

The world today may seem to be always on fire, so take the time to celebrate your small victories among the chaos. They add up, and are VITAL to your mental health, folks. I educate people about climate science and how to spot disinfo, and today a major climate media outlet recognized my efforts.🥰

submitted 146 days ago • 1 comment

I know this isn’t new, but we can’t afford to stop realizing how batshit insane it is. The United States President is actively insulting and economically strong-arming their closest ally to try to force a hostile take-over that will never happen, but will economically devastate both countries.

submitted 146 days ago • 4 comments

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

submitted 150 days ago • 1 comment

Too often, those yelling about free speech are lying. Both to others AND themselves. Because what they REALLY want is the ability to say WHATEVER they like WITHOUT consequences, which is the behaviour of young children. Free speech ISN'T spouting hate, racism, misogyny or disinformation, folks.⛔️

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I think this is one of my favourite colourful climate chart type things, because it depicts two things at once: - Things are going to get worse, no matter what - The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org

submitted 154 days ago • 183 comments

IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.

submitted 156 days ago • 91 comments

Holy smokes there is a lot to think about here. I’m sharing without comment but I suggest everyone read it if they are even remotely interested in some of the natalism discourse that has entered politics recently . beneaththepavement.substack.com/p/the-childf...

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The only price Jordan Peterson has paid on his anti-woke tour is a higher speaking fee of $300k per gig + lucrative ad $ from controversial figures. He’s free to do his thing, but this is an unserious game of YouTube fanboying while Canada is under serious threat from an incoming US president.

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