The links between the Tech industry’s noxious political project, the economic plague of their data centers, & the energy industry’s opportunistic use of the AI boom—all amplified by the Trump era—will define America’s future for decades. The range of outcomes—good, bad, & ugly—is vast.

Everyone should watch the incredibly intense Canadian movie Undertone. Just an unbelievably great movie. In other news I may never sleep again.

“They won’t provide any significant quantities of oil and gas for many years to come... I am not even talking about the climate change effects – just from a business point of view, making a major investment in exploration might not make business sense.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from Iran." www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I love that right now Luke Tennie is on Shrinking, the Pitt, and Abbot Elementary. He is a major part of my life and I am here for it.

Not taking climate action and paying losses and increased insurance will be far more expensive for everyone (govt, business, people) than actually addressing the issue and raising taxes to do so.

So proud of my friend Joanne and all she is acomplishing!

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

“Things said in Halifax for 400”

Operation!

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

This is kind of delightful in a chickens coming to roost / fafo kind of way.

"cognitive surrender" is the term I'll use from now on instead of "outsourcing thinking"

If you're wondering how the blockade is landing, this has been making its way around the naval nerds today

Pope Leo says "L + ratio" to Trump on X is what Jesus would have done

This is art.

That moment when you realise the last song Looser on the latest live Pinegrove album was recored in Toronto.... at the show you had tickets to and did not go to because you had a feeling when Hurricane Fiona was coming. 😭

Disappointed (not surprised) that the Liberal Party voted against supporting proportional representation at their convention. What better time than now to go beyond the Anglosphere and learn from better systems in other countries?

So excited watch Artemis II splash down, excited to see Chris Hatfield on CBC but especially excited to be re-introduced to Dr Roberta Bondar, who seems to be a simply delightful human, obviously smart, but seems so nice to boot.

This is so well done. 👌

The question for me is this - is anyone honestly briefing the President? Or are they so scared of him they don't tell him about things like this, that the rest of us were reading in the news 2-3 weeks ago?

Does he even hear himself?

winston fucking churchill crossed the floor twice ffs

It would not be a surprise to discover that proponents of the former Twitter are all for cognitive offloading to a spicy autocorrect

Israeli actions are putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire under severe strain. The Iran truce should extend to Lebanon. Hezbollah must disarm. The EU supports Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah. (2/2)

Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the war, but Israel’s right to defend itself does not justify inflicting such massive destruction. Israeli strikes killed hundreds last night, making it hard to argue that such heavy-handed actions fall within self-defence. (1/2)

The President of the United States is reminding me of this classic scene from Community - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip_...

“Cities across Europe saw a boom in cycling & bike-friendly infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic but have suffered setbacks amid a political shift to the right and the emergence of conspiracy theories that have unexpectedly taken aim at ideas such as having amenities within walking distance.”

Please let #tacotuesday trend.

Happy Taco Tuesday everyone.

I never thought I would read anything like this as a headline on the @nytimes.com

Now seems like a good time to remind everyone that the only way to destroy an entire civilization overnight is with nuclear weapons, and Donald Trump has the absolute power as President to follow through on that threat. It could take as little as 5 minutes. Here's how it would go down:

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

Omg @alexckaufman.bsky.social @heatmap.news 😂😂😂😂😂

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

Great piece that links Hegseth's crazed campaign against DEI to the stabbed in the back myth. They're both based on the fallacy the only way that our majestic dick-swinging warriors can lose is if they're betrayed from within.

"History teachers will no longer instruct pupils to learn from past mistakes such as genocide, and instead prioritize an Alberta First history that emphasizes proud white-washed accomplishments such as rodeos and climate change." #abpoli #cdnpoli

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE

“Driving is so hard-wired into American culture, life and institutions, that it’s hard to account for all the ways it is subsidized, preferenced or otherwise favored. But a law professor at the University of Iowa, attempted it anyway.” #UtbanTruth Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Y'all so Trump really interrupted Survivor 50, I know, crazy. Butt even weirder is the badly edited infomercial for US Border Patrol service that Global TV is running on streaming right now. WTF is that?

A great opportunity: www.charityvillage.com/job/executiv...

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

He started a war with no reason and no plan, sending the world into a crisis solely of his own creation, and now he's angrily bitching that other countries need to clean up his mess.

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

Ask city staff about investing in parks, transit, climate responsiveness, and the response is almost always. “there’s no money for that.“ But you know we have lots of money for? Roads. Speed. Endless amounts of road widening. The money is there. The priorities aren’t. @urbantruth.bsky.social

1. Here’s a thread on #NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) and the challenges of change in cities: First off, although it might feel that way, NIMBY isn’t unique to your city, and it’s (probably) not worse in your city than anywhere else. It’s also not surprising, since it’s largely about human nature.

Paris Reborn! How Paris Broke All the Rules to Be the Best City for People. By Fred Kent. Paris's Peerless Placemaking: How the City of Light Breaks the Rules to Get Things Right. Gorgeous photos, text... read & share with decision makers. All is doable! bit.ly/4lTWANI

I was reminded this morning of a music business maxim - people who are cool don't *say* "I am cool", they just with every breath *are*. Leaders who say they are great, put their signature on the dollar, name on the building, banners with their photo on the wall... no surprise they are not great.