“So next time someone tells you Canada’s fires can be solved by raking the forests, you can point out that the thing filling their sky with smoke is a lightning-struck, drought-primed boreal forest doing what a warming climate is making it do more and more often.”

We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

The American Diabetes Association appears not to have learned their lesson the first time around (below). Now they've blocked publication of an editorial about this event that was slated for publication in the same journal, Diabetes Care, this week. But here it is. You know what to do.

In other news I'm looking forward to seeing The Odyssey this weekend.

I found this quote from Riley Gaines to be really striking. Straight-up conceding that the purpose of trans sports bans is to normalize transphobia, and to give "ordinary" people "more cover" expressing it in public. ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/anti-trans...

This is one of the most meaningful worldview differences between the evangelicalism I was raised in and the Judaism I chose. Prioritizing intent over impact and remorse over repair is one of the most insidious sicknesses that the Reformation has left us with.

It’s tragic that CO₂ doesn’t look and smell like wildfire smoke.

Remember, don’t waste any time arguing whether #ClimateChange “caused” the current #wildfires. Like EVERY consequence of the #ClimateCrisis, we KNOW that EACH WILDFIRE is made much more likely, and much worse, by the rapidly changing conditions from Climate Change. MORE LIKELY AND WORSE.

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

The apocalyptic skies over our cities should be a wake up call. American politicians are blaming arson. Canadian politicians assure us that by massively expanding oil infrastructure we can deal with emissions down the road. We have run out of road. My latest. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Funny, I found this today...

I present to you absolute, undeniable proof that this man below is completely the dumbest person in WORLD HISTORY ever, to form a government. I am still having a hard time with the fact that he is so... fucking... STUPID!!!

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

Joe Rogan is not a harmless, gullible bro. He’s a malevolent, gullible bro.

You don’t miss the area being ‘gritty and authentic ’ you miss being young.

Question I always have with Ezra Klein - and I go back and forth on it - is whether he is genuinely stupid and has risen through the ranks of journalism because the powers that be like platforming that, or if he just performs stupidity and has cynically risen through the ranks doing it on purpose

Spain’s Sanchez to attend World Cup final alongside Trump amid tensions

Elon Musk trying to sink a Christopher Nolan movie was honestly the funniest and dumbest course of action he could have taken. He’s one of the most popular filmmakers alive and now it proves Elon and his fanboys have no real cultural impact outside of X

In what legitimate political movement would rape and treason not be dealbreakers? The answer is none. This isn’t a political divide, it's a moral fracture... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-is...

If I wrote a satire about a people that didn’t believe in climate change shrouded in wildfire smoke, and who just made massive cuts to science and medical research and food safety, experiencing an outbreak of explosive diarrhea, I’d be criticized as a hack for being so obvious.

Total woke cultural victory. We're bringing pronouns back. It is now illegal to be a white male. We're doing May Day parades just for HR ladies.

Just got out. It was great. I was worried about the mandatory sex change but fortunately I was actually too old to qualify for that. Make sure you stay for the post credit scene where Aeneas walks out and is like "I'm assembling a team.."

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

"parasite outbreak blamed on taco bell because they're the only company reporting it" feels very "1918 flu blamed on Spain because they're the only country reporting it"

‘Master Class in Greenwash’ as Ottawa, Alberta, Oil Sands Alliance Unveil CCS Deal www.theenergymix.com/master-class...

Literally bragging about unconstitutional reverse onus provisions on bail, all in the name of co-opting Conservative penal populism. As I've said, Canadian voters flocked to Carney to avoid Pierre Poilievre, and what they got was Stephen Harper.

But it won't cut emissions. You've reduced the requirement for how much it is required to capture, which will be outweighed by the increase in production to fill your new pipeline. This is just greenwashing (with a hint of gaslight).

Strangely, this is not a call for Canada to do more to reduce the emissions that cause climate change.

Yikes. This looks to be substantially worse deal than hinted. Debt servicing comes *after* the 50% share is applied. bsky.app/profile/bria...

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

Why Do We Need An Outbreak of Explosive Diarrhea to Remind Us Public Health Matters? by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com

Ah the old Twitter Files move: Assert outlandish claims, say you have evidence, get press for that, then release something that shows the opposite, assuming that many don’t bother to look, fellow travelers will tout it regardless, and by the time critics highlight it, the news cycle has moved on.

Take note, urban dwellers: San Francisco has more robotaxi experience than any city in the country, and its mayor—a tech booster!— is warning that AVs make the transportation network vulnerable to collapse.

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Singapore born artist of Indian descent, Simryn Gill, Forking Tongues, 1992, silver-plate cutlery and dried chilli peppers installation #WomensArt

Energy analysts estimate that 30 years of operations could add another $14 billion to $18 billion to the total lifecycle cost, with taxpayers potentially guaranteeing a share. WTF.

Might as well give him a pile of money and a lighter. CCS is far from commercial viability. It has been around for 50 yrs & now removes 0.1% of emissions. Feds lower carbon capture project targets and offer new subsidies as costs double www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/n...

I wonder, if you polled people, how much extra they would pay each year to have their city *not* be covered in thick, choking wildfire smoke for days at a time. I wonder if that might give you more insight into "willingness to pay" vis a vis climate change than asking in the abstract.

"In a statement, Richmond says that the limit of 30 km/h on local residential roads across the city will support safer, calmer and more “livable neighbourhood streets."" Good work Richmond! dailyhive.com/vancouver/ri...

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

To be fair, it’s all been even worse than I thought it was gonna be (and that’s saying something)

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

“Damon went on to defend the decision to feature the Dropkick Murphys’ “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” so heavily throughout the film’s soundtrack” 😂😂

The answer to my question in a LinkedIn post from someone at Sealtest, neat www.linkedin.com/posts/harpin...

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

are young people today aware that there was an active effort 20-25 years ago to stop depicting smoking as cool and glamorous because people got tired of watching their loved ones die of cancer and heart disease from something preventable? seems like classic history repeating itself stuff

"Carney says feds are eliminating watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad" You remember that headline? You can see why Carney might see a watchdog providing oversight of companies operating abroad as the enemy instead of the corporations, yes? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I get why Carney is the way he is. He's a finance brained conservative who's using his power to extract a couple more bucks out of a sick world for his buddies, the people intentionally killing it. But the bootlickers liking these posts, cheering on the man destroying their own futures? Just. Why?

We need to bring back the epithet "weird". Because this is just plain weird.