🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up! Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025. The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year? www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

Today in the New York Times: "One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."

Hair growth check in - 2026 is starting out considerably better than 2025 in terms of hair. So at least there is that (man I still can’t believe I was that bald?!)

Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

Happy “highly discounted after the holidays chocolate day” to all who celebrate

An optimistic prediction from me in the Forbes 2026 year ahead column. Full story at the link: www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

Niche AB point on the potential for more Venezuelan heavy crude coming online - it would be that much easier to meet the watered down commitment in the fed prov MOU which saw net zero oil commitment replaced by a relatively weak best in class compared to the average for heavy oil:

I’m afraid I might be addicted to these puzzles In addition it’s so intricate that it’s relatively small and fits easily on the table.

I still remember Nikos Tsafos’ comments on a webinar 5 years ago that oil, for all its useful physical attributes, isn’t inherently reliable but rather that we put enormous resources into creating a system that creates the reliability.

Another thing about cancer is that you find little things that could be signs of spread/reoccurrence and you try to tell yourself that the odds that it’s anything are vanishingly small and then you remember than is how you got here in the first place.

Related to one of these - the internet tells me that lake whitefish is actually a species of fish that can be caught in Alberta. Anyone know someone who would want to trade some whitefish in exchange for a fewer number of smoked back?

Book delivery day for some chaotic end of holiday reading

In happier news - I’ve been seeing these puzzles from stumpcraft.com at the pharmacy for months and decided finally today that I should get it. It’s a work of art, they have cool piece shapes, and the pieces even smell good (and made in 🇨🇦)

Everyone needs to see this

The first level down was 3 pills to address the first one and I’m like - guys I watched Square One so I understand exponential growth - this is not going to end well (thankfully it at least didn’t continue)

Thinking I had reached the bottom of the cancer pill turtles with the pills to address the side effects of the treatment pill but no - there is a new pill to add in order to address the side effects of one of the pills that addresses the side effects of one of the pill needed for treatment. 🫠

Of course I can’t deny that I’m sad to be left out but I liked it better when the Canadian annual charts to watch series was broader than just economists invited to contribute.

Random but anyone know Canadian companies making soft tri-blend t-shirts? Youth XL or Adult small sizes?

Well that's me weeping then So lovely

Now for the strange nye tradition I married into

gah - I love this line "it would tell a personal history of choices made in extremis." so much in there

Find yourself podcast cohosts who let you be your honest awkward self 🤣

Here's ABLawg’s 2025 year in review. I retired several yrs ago but am still an active contributor to the Faculty’s blog on developments on law and policy in Alberta. ABlawg is an imp bridge betwn the academic and legal practice communities & an important source for media. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Once more treat before the end of the year - a fun "ask us anything" @energyvsclimate.bsky.social episode youtu.be/_6kN8mCeEVI

Welcome to 2026

What if investing in infrastructure, both in building it high quality and maintaining it through regular investments is actually important? (You could say I’m subtweeting a city but honestly it’s a continent wide phenomenon)

😬 (are we trying to create our own skating trail?) (also for non Calgarians - 16th ave = the main highway across Canada)

The death of an Alberta patient waiting for ER care is a tragic, but predictable outcome of provincial government funding decisions Alberta is an outlier when it comes to declining real per capita hospital expenditures from 2013 to 2022 These decisions have consequences

Might as well mention it now: I'm planning on selling my Surly Skid Loader v.1 size medium so I can upgrade to the new v.2 model. If there is anyone in the #yycbike community interested, hit me up. It will come with brand new wheels, fenderset, new Cues shifting system, and front rack.

Things looking smaller in Costco gets me everytime (but I like my new jungle)

in your 20s, you'll come across someone who's wrong online. it's very important than you spend the next 40 years of your life learning and arguing about this topic online long after they've moved on, built a career, and raised a family.

New holiday break project - try out the bounce curl brush on my sons hair (yes I was sometimes jealous of his hair when I was bald. Let’s be honest I still am 😍)

so I keep seeing posts mocking this and I will just say that I wish we had access to this in Canada for reconstructive surgery. Part of my reconstruction post mastectomy uses a matrix made from donor tissue that has made outcomes better but the only option to avoid 1/

Make a Bond film academic License to use Matlab

Real honest start to the upcoming @energyvsclimate.bsky.social episode: Ed and David: some variation on “is so nice to be here recording in person” Me: “it’s weirding me out to be sitting with you while recording rather than seeing you though the computer “

This is such a fun ride, 10 out of 10 recommend joining - friendly ppl and not too fast and seeing the ring up close is actually quite cool! (It’s one of my goals in recovery to have enough energy to be able to join again one day but this is not the year)

The only true way is the Canadian way (As much as I wish it was a joke, it is in fact not one and this is exactly how it works here)

Ohh I’ve got 10 cringe posts to make First up - throwback to my kids being tiny sized and me getting a work out pulling them on my diy-ed twin sled (so much cuteness. So much exhaustion).

As a holiday treat, @davidpomerantz.bsky.social and I are dropping ten free offsketes down your chimney. Guaranteed additional, permanent, etc. Happy posting, everyone!

My holiday wish is that the government makes real progress on fixing the issues Joe describes here

Long term, we need to open more beds (and the hard part, staff them), and stop runing our hospitals as a "just in time, only efficient if 100%+ utilitization". just like a runway at an airport, need to run thngs at 85% use to keep room for surge events (like now) 9/

An important heads up! But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions. I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread. 1/

The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year by @davidfickling.bsky.social Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized: "in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame. Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"

GE's line of 40w incandescent candles were a short lived product that were eventually banned by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 They are valued by collectors for their "warm, flickering light" and their many scents, sometimes fetching high prices on the secondhand market.

Christmas came early for me, with delivery of my new @airspool.bsky.social heat pump. The driving force behind me getting this thing was that it promised to be easy to install, and boy was it ever! Read on to see how I got it on the night it was delivered without drilling a big hole through my wall.

Fun things I continue to learn in treatment - being hungry can trigger hot flashes.

Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.