😪 the coming demise of the ISS.

This is a good article, worth reading. Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Made and then frogged a whole hat, because it was too small 😯 oops! But bulky yarn is nice like that. And now I know at least just a tiny bit how to do colorwork!

Chantal Hebert is the CBC tonight talking about Pierre, so anyway I'm doing that now because I love her so much.

For too long, industry has been labelled a “hard-to-abate” sector. It’s time to rethink that. With rapid advances in electrification and energy efficiency, much of industry is not hard to abate — it’s ready to innovate.

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

The chokehold that the right wing and "establishment" Dems have on the US media is frightening.

😂 Funny, but more evidence: DO NOT TRUST AI summaries. Many of these things are *large language models*...they predict a reasonable combination of words. Reminder that they do not do logic, math, history, biology, engineering, or NEWS fact checks.

When the Canadian government announced in 1986 that a dollar coin would replace the dollar bill, the original design featured voyageurs. But the decision to save $43 in courier costs changed Canadian history and led to Canada receiving The Loonie. This is the story. 🧵 1/7

Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.

Hey, uh, Canada? Let's have a little chat about that media ownership stuff now and pandering interviews, shall we? Before it's too late... 😓🇨🇦

Good advice from Steve. cc. @tmfloressb.bsky.social, @squeakysneaks.bsky.social

Canada has what the world wants.    In Southeast Asia, I met with leaders from across the globe to build new opportunities for Canadian workers and unlock new markets and customers for Canadian businesses.

Very comprehensive (and disheartening) summary if you understand Spanish 😞

2024 fue el año más caluroso registrado, posiblemente más caluroso que cualquier otro en los últimos 125.000 años. ecoinventos.com/2024-fue-el-...

2021 UofC Paper Reveals Smith’s Healthcare Privatization Agenda Interview with Prof Lorian Hardcastle, @CummingSchool, @UCalgaryLaw. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/n9_gGtNd91w

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

"I know there's a language to diplomacy; I'm not sure the F-bomb is a part of it..." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🤣 David Cochrane, Power & Politics. Best thing on CBC. 🍁 (About That, close second.)

If you’re struggling with uncertainty, low mood, struggling to like yourself today or are just exhausted & overwhelmed by everything, hey, me too, you’re not alone-this photo’s for you and your brain. Sending love 🌿

The shingles vaccine availability should also be increased to anyone who wants it, regardless of age. I'm "too young", but have already had shingles as have many friends - and post-COVID there is a spike in cases due to immune suppression. Painful, sometimes disabling, and preventable!

Why All Vaccines Should Be Free via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The US media is full of "EV sales fall off cliff" stories. Let's be clear: sh*tty, expensive EVs from legacy OEMs aren't selling, but well-built, moderately priced Chinese EVs are rocking non-NA markets like Europe and the Global South. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Colour commentary for the evening 💙🩵

Rogers crashes Sportsnet app during World Series to remind consumers that most of their products aren’t as functional as the Blue Jays

¡Sorpresa! Las renovables empezarán a dar apoyo en tensión en diciembre en diciembre. Red Eléctrica premiará con rampas más rápidas a las instalaciones de renovables voluntarias que controlen tensión. elperiodicodelaenergia.com/red-electric...

My momma bestie is my auntie My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie "Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family "That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community

Back on the Spooky Season path… The Witches Broom Nebula last night for you this morning. Absolutely magical. 🔭 #Astrophotography

She might be old but boy, she catches on fast...one single morning with a sunny blanket lap and now as soon as the sun hit the chair, she summoned me! 😽

Daylight savings ends this weekend in the US...so watch out for DEER. Yes. REALLY. Deer. www.sciencenews.org/article/deer...

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

I present: the world's tiniest calamansi! 🙌💚

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Good to see some folks in the US call it what it is.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

the last time a World Series game was played at SkyDome in Toronto, it was in 1993 against the Phillies and their catcher was Darren Daulton. Later, his Phillies teammate, Gary Varsho, named his son after Daulton, and Daulton Varsho just homered for the Blue Jays at SkyDome in the World Series

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

You know that part where despots starve their people? Yeah. That part. 😡

Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.

With all the madness in the world, this is a post that you might need this morning... 😂🤣🤣🤣☠️🌭

American Shareholders Gobble Up Alberta’s Oil Windfall Gil McGowan, AB Federation of Labour, released a new report today: *73% of oil sands co.s owned by Americans *33k jobs lost in last 10 years *AB oil co.s pay effective tax rate of just 14.3% #ableg #oilsands youtu.be/N7XzEoddonU

Well, crap. No surprise but this is a pretty dire picture right here...

Cozy autumn mornings in bed 🥰

Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels. #climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.

YAY!

They don't think they're public servants. They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms