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Ex Twitter - Renewables/EV/heat pump fanatic, inventor, designer, scientist, entrepreneur, grandfather, democratic socialist, poly, audio expert, atheist, NDP, UBI, XR - Vancouver & London - http://www.richmondsounddesign.com - Tesla is a public company
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I’m encouraged by these town halls but I also remember very clearly how this happened in 2017 as well. Instead of responding to the complaints, they stopped doing them. www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpo...

US added nearly 50 GW of new solar generating capacity in 2024 – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/u...

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

UK government proposes longer CfD contracts, wider commissioning window for solar PV – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/u...

Nice job, maga! Kings Musk & Trump don’t need Telehealth — so they’re taking it away from everyone: all of you who are not as rich, powerful or privileged as Trump & his Tech Bros. Why are Americans struggling to make ends meet be stripped of this invaluable healthcare tool? We have to fight!!!

California off to a strong clean electricity start with solar up 33.8% – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...

I’m with Joe Walsh on this one.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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"Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of Roman senators on March 15, 44 BC. The senators were led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. " hahahaha. Come on March 15th!

We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

It's like being in the passenger seat of a car sliding on black ice toward a bridge abutment, while the driver snorts another bump of ketamine and the people in the back won't stop singing "Deutschland über alles."

Canada represents everything the United States will never be, and the United States represents everything Canada will never become.

thanks, RFK, Jr! What a guy!

Breaking News: A federal judge appointed an independent lawyer to argue against the government’s request to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City.

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

It’s a cult.

BC is already struggling to keep up with increasing economic costs of the #ClimateCrisis. Short-sighted steps that entrench us deeper in fossil fuels would undermine our shared values and our long-term environmental and economic resiliency. #bcpoli

🚨 Win for public health and the environment! The Federal Court has ruled that Health Canada’s approval of the glyphosate-based herbicide Mad Dog Plus was unreasonable, marking a big victory for environmental and health advocates. @environmentaldefence.ca @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social

President Donald Trump's administration used an oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico Thursday to roll out its new approach to environmental assessments: No consideration of environmental justice and no calculations of the climate costs.

The Trump administration’s personnel cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development would slow Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina.

🇨🇦🚊⚡️Alto, the recently promised high-speed rail link between Toronto and Quebec City, could generate up to $27 billion in value for Canadians over six decades—with a big chunk stemming from user benefits like saving time and lowering stress, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. #cdnpoli

🍁🔌💰 After driving 92,000 kilometres in his money-saving Kona EV, retired lawyer Allan Early says he has avoided at least one brake replacement, six oil changes, and the 18 tonnes of climate pollution that his former gas Subaru would have otherwise emitted. "To us... that difference means a lot."

China Dominates Global EV Industry cleantechnica.com/2025/02/19/c...

Storm Survival Guide: Selecting The Best Home Battery System cleantechnica.com/2025/02/17/s...

Save Up To $654 On Lectric eBikes! It’s Our Biggest Sale Of The Month! cleantechnica.com/2025/02/17/s...

Essential Power Backup For Winter Storms & More cleantechnica.com/2025/02/19/e...

Max Wyman: The cultural sector “must make itself indispensable. And becoming indispensable means a lot more than putting up posters in bus shelters.”

For Kay, comedy is about more than getting a laugh. It’s also a way for marginalized people to challenge and reclaim social power.

It makes sense that Gen Z is drawn to the outsized opulence in escapist entertainment like “Selling Sunset.” But that allure has its limits.

Ruby Smith Díaz reconsiders the beloved Vancouver hero Serafim “Joe” Fortes in the racial and colonial context of his time.

Despite one harrowing warning after another, here in Canada, the B.C. government is sending signals that it is on the verge of a massive expansion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. That would be pure madness for both climate and affordability reasons.

Most leading German parties stand by 2045 climate neutrality target ahead of snap election Conservative CDU/CSU say they aim to use as little regulation as possible to achieve the target www.cleanenergywire.org/news/most-le...

Clear majority in Germany continues to support energy transition but concerns are on the rise Survey finds 60% consider transition necessary, one third fear it brings more risks than benefits www.cleanenergywire.org/news/clear-m...

“We don’t need to burn the planet to fund solutions to save it,” Ilan Zugman, director of 350.org for Latin America and the Caribbean, told @mongabay.bsky.social. “It’s not like there is no money for the energy transition — we are just missing political will.” 💪 news.mongabay.com/2025/02/lula...

What would you do if your child could suddenly read your mind? We sit down with German filmmaker Frédéric Hambalek to talk about his Competition selected film 'What Marielle Knows' - a taut, biting and frequently hilarious dark comedy.

There's a common path in the development of authoritarian or totalitarian regimes, regardless of whether they are overseen by Catholic Inquisitors, Protestant enforcers, monarchists, fascists, Nazis, Stalinists, Maoists .... First they eliminate words. Then they eliminate people.

It's not a plan. Because no one has any trains to do it. Stop talking 💩 #CrossChannelRail

They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.

There IS enough for everyone on a planet with a lot of renewable resources. Stakeholders who profit from scarcity / advertisement may tell the story differently.

For all academics and educators #academicsky #geosky

Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy

Being a citizen of Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler, and having personally talked to survivors of the Nazi regime, I must emplore you: Stand up against this madness or it might be too late!

Lectric XP 3.0 long-range e-bikes get $563 bundle at new $1,139 low, Anker SOLIX EverFrost 2 cooler $809, GE smoker, Jackery, more

Here’s our first look at the Genesis GV90 with coach doors: The next ultra-luxe EV

Podcast: Tesla protests, Rivian earnings, Kia’s new EVs, and more