There is no such thing as "sustainability" in a world that wages war whenever bullies and thieves get their egos hurt.

Two weeks ago I wrote a column about the egregious escalation in violent Toronto police corruption in one of the biggest daily newspapers in Canada. I wrote that they are bullies & the chief should be fired. I take none of that lightly. 1/3

What you have to understand is that Carbon Capture and Storage is driven not by environmental concerns but by fossil fuel industry demands. It provides both a new revenue stream (at our expense) and the mother of all greenwashing schemes. Whether it works or not (it doesn't) is entirely irrelevant.

This guy gets it.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board earned a D on Shift Action’s latest climate report card, in part due to its major US investments in fossil fuels and fossil fuel-powered AI expansion, putting Canadians’ pensions—and the environment—at severe risk. https://ow.ly/b0ym50Yj7zM

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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

Devastating!!!!

The LAPD sent officers to train in Israel. Officials can’t explain what they learned flip.it/u3R4vZ

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

New @spacingradio.bsky.social! The 2026 Toronto election has started! Now? Yes, now. So what do we need from the people who lead our city in the face of [gestures wildly] this? I ask @shawnmicallef.bsky.social and @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social to help set some resolutions: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.

“It is not stalking to follow a law enforcement officer to document what they’re up to — that’s constitutionally protected conduct,” @seth-stern.bsky.social tells @salon.com.

Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring call for justice, dignity, and equality.

Nearly 2 million Canadians are of Chinese descent, many with family and friends across the Pacific. As we renew this relationship, China has committed to soon allowing Canadians to visit without a visa.

The x-ray that revealed Andy’s tumor: denied by insurance. The doctor-mandated hospitalization as he struggled to breathe: denied. The insurance co even called him *in the hospital* to say so. The hospital is appealing all, and they explained that this is how it always goes. It’s all so fucked up.

War is obsolete, an unjustifiable waste that only amplifies and perpetuates local and global disequilibriums, it must be declared taboo and rejected by all who are willing and able to think. - paraphrasing Umberto Eco: www.ubuloca.com/2014/08/it-n...

Air pollution kills over 100,000 people every year in the U.S., about 5 times all homicide combined. But you won't see wall-to-wall coverage of Trump's deadly announcement. The *volume* of news coverage affects who and what we are afraid of, and which larger threats we ignore.

the honest banker

This is absolutely a #ClimateChange story and YET ANOTHER dangerous #ClimateChange failure for PM #MarkCarney @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #ClimateSky

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

In this painfully hopeful tale, drawn from a story by Primo Levi, a kangaroo attends a lavish dinner party only to become immediately ill at ease in the presence of indifferent human guests. Through a series of images, Bernheimer Architecture explores the kangaroo’s dizzying evening — and escape.

apparently Xenophobia is contagious - Canadian government imitating Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

holy crap - the final frontier in sustainable design is… more better plumbing www.thestar.com/news/world/h...

As someone who studied Sao Paulo running out of water, I’m shocked to read an essay on this without a mention of inequality. Our challenge isn’t living abstractly within limits, but *equitably sharing* limited resources. The fundamental challenge is unequal power. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

An underused south London car park has been converted into a 36-unit apartment building on a tight 2,700m2 site

planet is dying

NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mark my words, someday the people who have been dumped in these places, under horrible conditions, are going to seek revenge -- and who could blame them? We've been the world's bully for far too long and now we're turning on our own residents. Disgusting.

Doug Ford tried to eliminate rent control. Now his plan to make eviction of renters easier. Vote on Bill is Monday!!! Please share!! We need a Landlord Tenant Board that is better for both sides, not one that favours the landlords: #ONPoli www.progresstoronto.ca/stop-fords-e...

They stole nine of my books. Nine! But why not Doppelganger? Not good enough for these mass doppelganger machines?

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

#DemocracyNow!

join me at the 2025 architecture and design film festival / Toronto! download the full schedule (with a dozen + films screening) Nov 12 - 15 at #TIFF lightbox cinema, 350 King St West. More at adfilmfest.com

find me in the popcorn line at #TIFF_Lightbox for the next several evenings, enjoying the annual Architecture and Design Film Festival adfilmfest #Toronto, with a dozen+ films snd events Nov 13-15. Info, schedule, and tickets here adfilmfest.com/adff-toronto/

Here's some more AI making up a quote from me. It's gonna be a nightmare, so let's pray the bubble pops soon and big.

“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina

find a way, people, to make peace now here, there, everwhere

democracy is alive and well www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

A significant new book on one of Toronto’s most inspiring and impactful affordable housing success stories.

It’s funny to think that the masked ICE Agents terrorizing communities are the same folks that spent two years saying they couldn’t breathe with a mask on.

THAT CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER IS DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE