Donald Trump for Zohran Mamdani

We are reaching the end of COP30, but the final outlook looks grim. The @environment.theguardian.com reports that a fossil fuel phase out is not included in the draft outcome from the talks.

New research out this week underscores what many environmental justice advocates in the U.S. have long argued: factory farming pollutes the air, and these environmental impacts are disproportionately felt by nearby communities, who are often people of color.

An Australian winter #flu thread. In the ~11 days since my last update (08AUG - time flies!), detections have risen by 28,719. That's a slower daily rate than my previous post (hard to calculate as NNDSS data are not daily, so 🧊of🧂).

A layered strategy for tackling antimicrobial resistance: the Swiss cheese model for policy, prevention, and engagement - The Lancet Microbe -the Cheese rides again! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Your Pension May Be Fuelling Trump's Hate Machine via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

3I/ATLAS is moving through our solar system at 137k mph. Discovered in early July, it will pass Earth at a distance of nearly 170M miles away before looping around the sun in Sept, reappearing to telescopes in December.

Got the sniffles? Here's a story that will tell you sweet FA about most likely cause-a rhinovirus or enterovirus (to be fair it mentioned *one* of many EVs via the HFM comment). It can only be COVID-19 or RSV right? Because they're notifiable. Because we have vaccines. 🙄 apnews.com/article/covi...

But not a word about N95 masks or home air purifiers: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/for...

The babies who were conceived during the famine and whose mothers were undernourished while their brains were being built—those brains were smaller. When those people were adults, their brains were wired in a different way.

The first 15 day heatwave in the history of Rovaniemi, the capital of Arctic Europe.

Canada’s proposed east-west energy corridors should prioritize clean energy theconversation.com/canadas-prop...

Not just a few bad apples: The Canadian Armed Forces has a nagging far-right problem theconversation.com/not-just-a-f...

Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior theconversation.com/why-it-can-b...

At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.

Perhaps that will clear the way for a new pipeline from Alberta to the coast: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Deeper Reason That Trump Is Raging Against Brazil Right Now newrepublic.com/article/1978... via @newrepublic.com

Wisdom: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We have now seen 3 interstellar objects passing through the solar system--and each is distinctly different. Comet 3I/ATLAS is by far the biggest, fastest & oldest: probably older than our solar system, making it the most ancient object we've ever seen up close. 🧪🔭 bigthink.com/starts-with-...

The Epstein files and much more: July 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

#Cdnpoli Now @crofkilian.bsky.social

A paper in Nature presents a model of climate evolution on Mars that offers an explanation for past fluctuating water availability on the Red Planet. go.nature.com/4liDOPi 🔭 🧪

Miami's Archbishop Wenski and Alligator Alcatraz--July 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/johnacar...

Could new pipelines shield Canada from U.S. tariffs? The answer is complicated theconversation.com/could-new-pi...

Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy theconversation.com/inequality-h...

FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared theconversation.com/femas-flood-...

"The Constitution, of course, grants Congress no express power to strip people of their citizenship, whether, in the exercise of the implied power to regulate foreign affairs or in the exercise of any specifically granted power." - Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967).

I was given an ultimatum.