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I read a very compelling argument that when this weasel chewed through a cable and unexpectedly shut down the Large Hadron Collider’s 17-mile particle accelerator in April 2016, that’s when our reality went haywire. I have yet to hear a more persuasive explanation. Not even really joking.

the B.C. Coroners Service posted two reports on April 24 and I guess nobody noticed? I did just now. it should've been A HUGE SCANDAL #bcpoli Deaths of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia (2016-2024) www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...

NEW: My full dispatch for @nationalobserver.com from a very hectic day in Alberta politics www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/30/n...

Excellent news: gas use on Australia's biggest power grid hit a 25 year low in Q1 2026, largely thanks to batteries shifting solar from the middle of the day to the crucial evening peak. Real world emissions cuts. Actual good news. You are allowed to enjoy it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Added that because I get so tired of people treating the muddle in the middle like the holy grail mecca promised land answer to everything that we should crawl toward, forever softening our words and sacrificing our principles, to go join the great blandness.

In 2021 the Vancouver City Planning Commission (led by @mssinenomine.bsky.social and @ayasinvan.bsky.social) wrote a memo outlining how the City should respond to heat events. Very few actions were actually taken, and now the rest are being cut. People will die. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I really think people don’t appreciate how much gas-fired generation is at risk from pure economics in the next few years. Probably a third to a half of the world’s LNG trade is feeding power stations which are already, or on the brink of, being permanently undercut by solar+batteries.

The Nova Scotia govt under Premier Tim Houston, and its creation, the Independent [sic] Energy Systems Operator (IESO), seem to have drunk enormous amounts of fossil fuel industry Kool-aid. Or they’re just yesterday’s boys with no clue about the climate crisis: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...

No MLA Armstrong Thursday bill today, but she dropped a "blood and soil" and more in the Legislature, to appropriately fiery responses. Hansard text www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont... Hansard video youtube.com/watch?v=Bfd2...

OK yes, plug-in solar, but when do we get our basement Strontium-90 TEGs?

Muskism by @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com is now out. My endorsement: “A wholly original and insightful analysis that deserves to be read by the billions of people impacted by Musk’s pathological quest for power and wealth.”

One would assume but I didn't realize Tara Armstrong's expose-the-advocacy-groups bill was so explicitly targeting everyone she doesn't like. www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...

This is Bill M-240 - the full text of the bill wasn't available until early this week as a result of the long weekend. Note that this bill is also designed to effectively push organizations off social media by requiring a 82 characters of text and a hyperlink on "any" social media page.

Hey, has anyone visited TRAC Immigration and looked up asylum denial rates in US immigration courts? October 2000-January 2025: 56% of cases denied February-November 2025: 75% denied December 2025: 84% January 2026: 91% February 2026: 95% tracreports.org/phptools/imm...

at the 2016 conservative convention, marilyn gladu gave a speech dressed as the grim reaper. normal stuff.

@roamingnorway.com: “Breaking! There are more EVs than diesel cars on the road in Norway. Last summer EVs passed gas cars. Hybrids were passed a very long time ago. Pure battery EVs are the most common drivetrain on Norwegian roads as the first country in the world.” #alwaysbecharging

If I didn't make these myself I wouldn't believe them.

We are in uncharted territory. Both with respect to water and fire.

someday when someone asks me what life was like back in the 2020s right before the Great Collapse, I'll show them this

My latest contribution to @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social is a primer on why the Iran War and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has the potential to spiral further into by far the biggest energy shock in history. And markets are sleepwalking into it. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

Pakistan's solar revolution: from 0% to 25% in a decade. 2021: 4% 2022: 7% 2023: 10% 2024: 14% 2025: 25% Solar is now Pakistan's #1 electricity source. Not driven by policy — driven by consumers.

NEW | Electric vehicles avoided oil demand equivalent to 70% of #Iran’s exports in 2025 🚗⚡ Oil remains the Achilles’ heel of the global economy. But Ember’s latest analysis shows EVs are the most powerful tool to reduce that vulnerability. 🔗ember-energy.org/lat...#Iran’s 🧵1/4

This is a good breakdown of C-22 (the police powers introduced as part of the now dead Bill C-2 in 2025) It's bad. Cell providers will be required to keep 1 year of location data for all Canadians, secret ministerial orders, backdoors that enable hackers and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFb...

It was revealed last week that Trump got a $10 billion bribe for helping steal TikTok and give it to his right wing billionaire friends under the pretense of national security and it barely enjoyed a two hour news cycle

straight up misinformation from Politico Power Switch today: "The Clean Air Act was never designed to regulate planet-warming pollution." the definition of air pollution in the 1970 Clean Air Act deliberately mentions weather and climate, in part because carbon dioxide was known to be dangerous.

Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"

@robertferry.bsky.social, yes. China is in track for renewables to provide more electricity generation than fossil fuels by the early 2030's or sooner. Here's China's generation data from EMBER comparing fossil with renewables in percent. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

International law — here the UN Charter, the prohibition on the use of force against other states with the narrowest of exceptions — is enforced through the outrage of other states. It is how the world responds to violations that will determine whether these rules continue to stand.

New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year

Trumpian level disinformation and character assassination that in my opinion meets the threshold of criminal defamation.

The filmmaker who was supposed to make this residential school denial film had a YouTube account full of Nazi propaganda, Holocaust denial, caustic racism and antisemitism and conspiracy theories. Too much even for Juno News.

You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me! It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/

While Cuba has consistently shared its limited resources with the world despite decades of US sabotage, the Canadian government is unwilling to risk even the mildest rebuke from Washington by standing up for international law and the human rights of Cubans, writes Owen Schalk.

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill

ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.

Decriminalization worked. B.C. killed it anyway The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...

This story barely got any mention today, which is crazy because it's a sign of just how broken the RCMP really is.

I was also working on something about #HonestReporting but @jsource.bsky.social beat me to it. Impressive investigation by bsky.app/profile/spar... who has much more to report than I did. Read it here: j-source.ca/honestreport... #cdnmedia #journalism #cdnpoli #Israel #Gaza #Palestine

This is incredibly powerful testimony. Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly. Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

This is a super insightful graph from @kingsmillbond.bsky.social illustrating how countries like India that are experiencing economic development later are skipping over some (not all) fossil dependency. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

THEY WILL NOT BREAK US THEY CAN NOT BREAK US THEY DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH GUYS FOR EVERY ONE OF US THEY TAKE, ONE HUNDRED MORE TAKE TO THE STREETS THERE WILL FOREVER BE MORE OF US THAN OF THEM THEY STAND FOR NOTHING, WE STAND FOR EACH OTHER THEY WILL REGRET COMING HERE MINNEAPOLIS WILL WIN

Unlike Andy, my name doesn't appear in the DOE Climate Working Group dump. But here are some things I found interesting:

Nearly half the power from Site C is being earmarked for the Ksi Lisims LNG project at an undisclosed cost to BC Hydro ratepayers. Minister Dix wants British Columbians to be happy about it.

The ICE deaths we're not talking about Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...

In recent days I’ve felt deeply impacted by the images of authoritarian violence coming out of Minnesota, and I’ve heard from many community members that they’re similarly disturbed by Trump’s anti-migrant attacks and illegal rights violations perpetrated by his masked ICE paramilitary force. (1/8)

I regret B.C.’s decision to end its decriminalization pilot and am disappointed the province has not released an independent evaluation. When governments change course on life-and-death issues, Canadians deserve to see the evidence. See more 👇