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This should be the headline in every newspaper.

Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.

Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.

This is the kind of progress Trump, and his big oil backers, wants to destroy. Suburbs becoming beautiful places to walk, ride, and socialize. Big oil wants you to be socially isolated and dependent on their products, but they are losing.

There is no solar power crisis. No wind power crisis. No insulation crisis. No heat pump crisis. No e-bike crisis. No electric bus crisis. But there is a #fossilfuel crisis. And a #climatecrisis.

I kind of assumed the dim bulbs in the White House thought they could order Automatic Patriotic Wartime Effect (APWE) the way you order pizza, then skipped all the steps like warming up the public and having a reason and a plan, and well it's not working and we're not forgetting the Epstein files.

"Youds says when he sees Indigenous women hitchhiking, he recalls the Highway of Tears, or Highway 16, between Prince George and Prince Rupert in northern B.C. “It doesn’t take any imagination to realize the degree of risk they are taking,” cheknews.ca/calls-for-ac... #bcpoli #VancouverIsland

Claims we have no power to impact what happens are nevertheless an intervention in what will happen, by discouraging participation, by encouraging passivity, surrender, acquiescence. If you insist that a given outcome is inevitable, you are lobbying against resistance.

The President of the United States is openly threatening to commit genocide against 90 million people. Prime Minister Carney: if there was ever a moment to denounce this illegal war, withdraw your support, and call for accountability for war crimes—it’s now.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

Lebanon is one of the most surprising clean energy stories in the world. Solar went from <1% of electricity in 2020 to nearly 30% by 2024. Not because of policy - because the state grid collapsed and people installed rooftop solar out of sheer necessity.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a Liberal prime minister? /s #cdnpoli

Decades of US-Israeli propaganda have implanted the image of a crazed Iranian Ayatollah as the great nuclear threat. The reality is the crazed nuclear terrorist we need to worry about is a mentally ill, reality TV star from Queens. Time to update those mental models people! #Iran

The BC Ministry of Transportation did such a great job with transit priority on hwy 99 through Richmond. Let's see that same energy on Hwy 91 and on the Sea to Sky! (2x speed)

"We’re living at a hinge moment, and on the other side of the door is a different world.... Donald Trump has managed to break the two-century-old grip of fossil fuel on the human imagination" @billmckibben.bsky.social #LNG #solar

This is the kind of progress Trump, and his big oil backers, wants to destroy. Suburbs becoming beautiful places to walk, ride, and socialize. Big oil wants you to be socially isolated and dependent on their products, but they are losing.

As part of its budget, VicPD casually mentioned they’d created their own AI system. Via FOI, we now know they’ve told officers they can use it to write documents, conduct research, and ask questions about VicPD policies and potentially the Criminal Code. needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-ai #yyj 🧵

This dude and everyone empowering, enabling and even those failing to stand up to him are fucking monsters

"I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization.....

Americans: you do have streets, yes? Streets that you could fill in protest today?

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

Isn't "More bombs, less of everything else" also the @mark-carney.bsky.social proposition to Canadians? Does not even seem to come with a real pivot to Europe and away from US dominance... Incomprehensible. #cdnpoli

Only nine years ago, #VictoriaBC Canada opened our first protected bike and roll lane (in photo). The City has been transformed in less than a decade, and new crosswalks and bike lanes are under construction in my neighborhood now. Choices, not excuses! #yyj

The last few weeks have changed the psychological meaning of energy forever. Oil and gas used to mean freedom and power; now they mean insecurity. Sun and wind suddenly seem like the safe choice open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Preparing for climate disasters is important, and expensive. Preventing future climate disasters by shifting to #solar and other renewable energy, and creating delightful transit and cycling cities, *costs less* than the fossil fuel alternative.

Those choices are because 5 city councillors and the Mayor Alto voted to fund safe streets infrastructure. And most important, there's a municipal election this fall and I'd encourage everyone to volunteer or make a donation to get them reelected.

The #climatecrisis, primarily caused by #fossilfuels, is producing tons of nasty #graphicmedia every day. Regardless of your opinions on *other* forms of graphic media, this is not a good thing.

Only nine years ago, #VictoriaBC Canada opened our first protected bike and roll lane (in photo). The City has been transformed in less than a decade, and new crosswalks and bike lanes are under construction in my neighborhood now. Choices, not excuses! #yyj

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Hey 🦋 friends in the EU! Please consider signing + sharing the petition below! Banning imports from fascist Russia is vital to helping our democratic ally Ukraine. #MakeRussiaSmallAgain

Isn't "More bombs, less of everything else" also the @mark-carney.bsky.social proposition to Canadians? Does not even seem to come with a real pivot to Europe and away from US dominance... Incomprehensible. #cdnpoli

Pretty much captures it, with the addendum that the increases in military spending are a meant as a bribe to the people who Trump hopes will occupy their own country on his behalf. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-2027...

There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope. indivisible.org/events/may-d...

Earlier today, @pkrugman.bsky.social rightly called on civil society groups to issue statements responding to Trump's vile threats of war crimes. Here's ours from @thirdactorg.bsky.social , where many of our members can remember My Lai all to vividly thirdact.org/blog/a-note-...

This movie is implausible and otherwise disturbing.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

Counterpoint: NYC lacks the street space to accommodate AVs in Manhattan (which is where robotaxi companies most want to be). The city’s future depends on added density and better transit. Not AVs.

Casually talking about neutron bombs on Israeli TV

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

More bike and roll lanes should have trees and gardens on both sides. Delightful climate action. This is Pandora St at Douglas in #VictoriaBC today. #yyj

Funny that we banished the women's studies scholars and critical race theorists immediately before proving everything they said more correct than they ever could have imagined.

As predicted by everyone, Orbán in his pre-election false flag now blames Ukraine for the fake thing he cooked up and which everyone expected.

If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Enough. Billboard done with @visionzerovancouver.ca

"Trump’s position is weak. The gambit of turning a foreign war into a domestic dictatorship is complicated and difficult."

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Eby’s so sure there’s no credible opposition rn he’s gambling on what would AT BEST be an expensive and damaging exercise to broadcast that reconciliation is dead and colonial capitalism will be defended, and anyway whoever wins power will do the anti-Indigenous racism anyway #bcpoli

B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act was celebrated as a landmark for reconciliation. Now, Premier David Eby says amending it is "non-negotiable," despite objections from many First Nations leaders. Latest via @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/bc-declarati... #bcpoli