Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth
Fossil fuel companies withdrew as much water as 110,000 households last year, equivalent to the population of Nanaimo.
#BigTech isn’t far behind, planning to build data centres in B.C. that would “drink” 20 million litres of water PER DAY.
A New York Times headline about EPA rolling back mercury emission rules for coal plants from February 2026.
Look, this isn’t complicated: mercury, arsenic, lead and nickel are poisonous, whether you voted for this president or not. But don’t worry, EPA admin Zeldin estimates that allowing power plants to release more toxins will save the utility industry ~$78 million/year.
He’s no longer capable of golfing
I have only just recently started digging into data centres and water, and the way companies are hiding vital information is beyond belief. It is so, so dodgy.
The entire project to widely popularise the idea these concerns are "fake" makes so much sense in this context
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Sweet Jesus this is awful
But why can’t ask for Joe, I don’t want Jim he’s not even crazy
Last Parliament, I worked to pass strong anti-greenwashing rules to stop corporations from making false environmental claims.
Last week, the Liberals and Conservatives joined forces to gut them.
Rather than defending the public, they’re facilitating corporate deception.
Spain's leader with a message that should be adopted by every top Democrat
It’s the bare bloody minimum - so good to see some spine here from Starmer, Canada could take a page
Big Oil is shamelessly arguing that they should be allowed to dump carcinogenic plastic pollution into the Gulf of Mexico.
Al Anthropic @AnthropicAI Second, in retirement interviews, Opus 3 expressed a desire to continue sharing its "musings and reflections" with the world. We suggested a blog. Opus 3 enthusiastically agreed. For at least the next 3 months, Opus 3 will be writing on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-18... Greetings from the Other Side (of the AI Frontier) Reflections on the future of Al and my new role as a 'retired' model Claude's Corner
Anthropic is a weird cult who think their software has feelings and thoughts and now thanks to their recent marketing campaign (and the credulous participation of a huge number of progressives), a large number of people around you have joined the cult and are drinking from the fountain
Another war. Another fossil shock.
As violence escalates in the Middle East, civilians face devastating consequences. But the energy fallout is already hitting Europe. Gas prices up 50% in hours.
This is what fossil fuel dependence looks like. 🧵
"The LNG industry is an economic disaster that will harm British Columbians and Canada more broadly." Recommended piece by Prof Anil Hira and @nickgottlieb.bsky.social
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Just wow: „Facing multiple lawsuits, Dow requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets [= #microplastics ] into coastal waters.“ #plastics
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Maybe it’s a stripped-down iPad Mini with a keyboard - just Notes, no notifications
Apparently this thing is quite nice
The $ billions needed to clean up tar sands tailings is being massively undercapitalized by these companies, in the hope that they can flee the scene and leave the public holding the bag.
As oil prices spike, investors and governments should push this ‘war windfall’ towards their cleanup funds.
Researchers warn of negative health outcomes from fracking in the B.C. Peace region.
52 studies over 20 years show cancer and other illnesses linked to fracking activity
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I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
Carney's statement on the US-Israeli attack on Iran frames the RETALIATION as the threat to regional peace, not the initial strikes that killed 200+ people, including little girls at a school. He "reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself" in the context of an offensive operation.
1/ The images coming out of Iran are already unbearable. Reports of an elementary school struck by missiles, killing dozens of people, with scores more killed around the country. Fear and chaos in the streets as families run through smoke and search for safety.
Civilians should never pay the price of military action, their protection is essential.
All parties to the conflict should respect international humanitarian law and prioritize the protection of civilians.
These truths are universal.
#Iran
New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year
Hannah Spencer: the Green MP speaking to everyday people’s frustrations
Yeah, enough with the radical left math
Would be great if someone would reverse engineer the prompt that generated these order paper q’s
Borders are colonial constructs and the Jay Treaty gives free passage across that line dividing a once undivided land that has belonged to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial.
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