RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-3qfgMl2ySKa-wWcIgwCkDg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 People in #canada are not outraged enough. #alberta is the reason we cannot will not meet our fossil fuel reduction goals. #climatechange

If Canada's biggest data centre gets built, the emissions from the fossil gas power plant it comes with would fully reverse the emissions reduced Alberta's coal phase-out from 2005 to 2023. Still waiting for AI to solve climate change, folks www.theenergymix.com/encore-exclu...

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-7uq8Q3soTfq-LmuNO6ouQQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Based on what I am seeing in my first-year classes one thing we absolutely don't need in #canada is more elementary and high-school teachers with less training.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/british-columbia-i8sdok9nz/-/a-fMu9Wd1-RSCJw9k1zUJqiw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 This is making #climatechange worse #canada. It's hard to image stupider more selfish reasons to promote this harmful gas. "They need more AI. They need more data centres. And they are […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-29w57JM-QOW_9nTJ6lEmag%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Foreshadowing.

Building new fossil gas infrastructure in a world that is rapidly adding enough cheap green electricity generation to manage growth is a mistake #canada. It's a waste of capital. It's increasing harm from #climatechange […]

It's only the entire planet's climate. '#ai' is worth it! https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/greenhouse-gases-from-data-center-boom-could-outpace-entire-nations/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/politics-2qr4m137z/-/a-kMsH5174SqOf102wpPd-8w%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Committing government to insure against flood in flood prone would be really stupid given what we know is already happening due to climate change. People in those places are going to have to […]

"That would have very much been in the vista of people who come down and __sit in their car__ and want to look out." If you want to visit a municipality with its priorities in order in your car look no farther than #esquimalt […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-hM0w8oPETR-Bh3dUyHQXdw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Let’s start naming the people destroying the environment.

"The case is made that machine-learning statistical estimation neither can nor should be expected to supplant physics-based simulation for weather forecasting." The Primacy of Physical Simulation in the Age of AI: A Critique of ML for Weather Forecasting in: Bulletin of the American […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/canada-1akomc2pz/-/a-CrCAoRcbT8GN77KHlN1aJA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Meanwhile ... I wonder what could have increased the risk of floods in Greater #sudbury. What could it be? Did anyone foresee this decades ago? Let's subsidise fossil fuels! #canada #climatechange

Look at the stupidity going on with fossil fuels in #canada. The world is leaving us behind. "Enverus says the oilsands have 50 years worth of drilling opportunities" This is why have to keep yelling that fossil fuel infrastructure built today is a waste of money and resources. If it's allowed […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@apilsetas/116443372978513961 Cycling is joyful.

Maybe it's easier to forecast El Niño than we thought. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-simple-ocean-based-powerful-el.html

The work is “soul draining ... It must be possible for humans to measure this number.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01284-3

The air you breathe is full of "your own and others’ exhalations and exfoliations, fragments of hair, feathers, excrement, pollen and spores, and microorganisms such as viruses and microalgae". https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01099-2

RE: https://scribili.masto.host/@edwiebe/116443408612264269 "Increased solar production was a key reason the growth of carbon-free energy sources outpaced rising demand." #canada is doing exactly the wrong things […]

"The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging behind" Duh. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/solar-wind-ember-renewables-electricity-9.7170953 #canada #climatechange

RE: https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/saanich-jruah1srz/-/a-M8Xyx5WOTFm-O6Oge4PtCA%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0 Does it #federate?

I remember as a kid watching television. No matter what you watched, every 10 minutes or so, you had to sit through three or four 30 second commercials. The salad days of Madison Avenue. Then, we vanquished that awful shit with the advent of cable TV. Now you could pay one fee for access and […]

Scientific analysis requires using tools that reduce that chance of making a dumb copy-paste or misalignment error. #spreadsheets are convenient for back-of-the-envelope sorts of things but don't rely on them for anything serious. Yes, I know most people just use them for everything […]

We owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Revelle getting funding to finally settle the dispute during the eighteen-month International Geophysical Year, 1957-1959. He hired Charles David Keeling, a new postdoctoral scientist, and sent him to the top of the extinct volcano Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

"The same collective abilities that allowed societies to transform the planet can also be used to improve it." The barrier seems to be a countably small number of men. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260419054825.htm

"People with dark personality traits are naturally inclined towards leadership roles", no one is surprised. Governments, governance, is a thing we design and implement. It's a choice. We can choose to manage our affairs in a way that thwarts bad people. We don't do that now […]

12 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2026 https://spectrum.ieee.org/state-of-ai-index-2026

"Guillon de Prince said on Saturday that other French families must confront their historical allegiances to slavery and the state should go beyond symbolic gestures to address the past including through reparations." […]

TIL that a vacant car dealership near me is now a now an art gallery with 20 art studios, thanks the city's vacant storefronts program. How great is that! https://wearevivas.ca/thehourglass

It's very important to note that the first recipe for butter tarts does not include raisins. It includes currents. Currents are acceptable. Raisins are never acceptable. Also the instructions for baking the tart are "bake". https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596

After just having responded to the third #curl security report for the evening I noticed a post that cheered me up... Have a good Friday everyone! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/moekatib_millions-of-people-look-up-to-steve-jobs-activity-7450947453085749248-K1w-

This is essential reading for every single British Columbian, and by extension Canadian. #bcpoli #dripa #firstnations https://dripafacts.ca/en/

Three new bowls from salvaged Garry #oak. #victoriabc #woodturning

<Insert quip about my warm buttered buns> #gf #glutenfree #baking

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@ketan/116419227377727030 The list of nationally significant projects in #canada includes two #lng projects and electricity to power LNG. https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/major-projects-office/projects/map.html

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/technology-science-ihnmi1duz/-/a-nMnoGLUhTw-REQAnl85NTA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 The buzzy initialism #ai has been thoroughly poisoned by the tech bros’ and their chatbots. This is practical and effective machine learning. It too is not ‘AI’ but at least it’s useful.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/world-mu65cd2uz/-/a-w1vM37vlS0KNe1_FfGdxDA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Unfortunately unsurprising news.

Canada’s 🇨🇦 44-year old Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being slowly dismantled by the provinces invoking the notwithstanding clause https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/charter-rights-freedoms-turns-44-9.7166036 - - - La Charte des droits et libertés du Canada 🇨🇦, âgée de 44 ans, est […]

Relevant to today's hand-wringing about jet fuel costs: I was trolling around looking for an update on Harbour Air's eBeaver project (electric conversion for their DHC-2 "Beaver" commercial/passenger fleet) and the latest I have found and most comprehensive on the state of development is here. […]

Here’s an excellent discussion of ‘#ai’ BS. Professor Teresa Heffernan, Literature Versus the AI Industry: Techno Monarchists and the Drive to Reduce the World to Numbers. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16208906-literature-versus-ai-industry

This article about hat protocol was actually more interesting and entertaining than I had imagined it would be. But, most entertaining is the the name of the historian, Bernard Capp. https://scitechdaily.com/historians-reveal-secrets-of-the-strange-hat-wars-that-shook-early-modern-england/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@apilsetas/116412103306570205 #climatechange

I've just stumbled across this incredibly useful explanatory chart on mansplaining. Petition for this to be prominently displayed in every workplace. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180727-mansplaining-explained-in-one-chart

I think the way the Guardian writes out acronyms as proper nouns is weird. Also: more bad news about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Will this encourage governments to act more quickly? No […]

This is the dream, I guess. In #canada it seems getting something to work politically means giving up on the things we need to do. "The sooner we move from a debate focused on targets to one focused on how you structurally change the economy and decarbonise in a way that works both […]

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-rK5SgbOATUOs73f7e_lqiw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 Good news!

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/ottawa-dpigmqdrz/-/a-zngLZwFXSGCaiXJ916o5cg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 I see students in first university classes who cannot write a sentence, who cannot use elementary school math. Applying a grade just for attendance won’t help what’s really wrong.

"Liberal majority government will run 'much more efficiently" https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/james-maloney-liberal-majority-9.7163845 This sort of thing makes me recall "The Tactful Saboteur" Internal sabotage as a means to slow down and regulate government […]

I will be participating in Science Rendezvous here at #uvic on 9 May. The School of Earth and Ocean Sciences will be hosting a room full of demonstrations and activities for all ages. Other departments will also be hosting their own activities. Local […]

"the most uncomfortable question here is not whether ChatGPT is making teenagers worse at thinking. It is whether the education system that ushered AI into classrooms with such breathless enthusiasm ever genuinely valued the kind of independent, rigorous, critical thought it now claims to be […]

#libertarians are hilarious. Unfortunately, they waste the time of reasonable people. Apparently some banks were over generous, he wants to bill for "expert knowledge and experience [given] to the provincial health officer" regarding pandemic restrictions, and "he suffered cruel and unusual […]