🔋💰📉 Electricity costs from standalone four-hour battery projects—a key enabler of solar and wind—declined 27% in 2025 and are set to fall further, according to a new @bloomberg.com report. #energytransition #greensky

Real art, real brain ko-fi.com/s/1e0dea7302

It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life

NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives. futurism.com/artificial-i...

the classic NO AI ONLY BRAIN in purple and blue watercolor artologica.etsy.com/listing/4458...

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

My latest newsletter, sharing a few resources related to public opinion and the climate crisis: sethdklein.substack.com/p/trying-to-...

Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study nationalnewswatch.com/2026/02/13/c...

Since 1990, Romania has “decoupled” its economic growth from fossil fuel emissions faster than any other European country. Each dollar of economic activity in the country is now 10x less carbon intensive than 35 years ago, and in the same period Romania has slashed emissions by 75%. By Ajit Niranjan

Further confirmation that Canada's far off track from its 2030 target. As I mention here, the models tend to overestimate the impact of climate policies, because they represent an idealized world in which policies are fully implemented and work as intended. www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

No AI. Only brain. attic.city/item/tDCy/al...

A reasonable discussion about AI would come to the conclusion that this tech is damaging to humanity in virtually every way a tech can be damaging. But I'd rather have an emotional discussion and point out that this tech is shit made by assholes, and it stole from me, personally, so fuck it.

“According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 5,748 mass shootings between Jan 1, 2013 and September 15, 2025 in the U.S. Of that number, there have been 5 confirmed transgender shooters.” That is less than 0.1%. glaad.org/debunking-tr...

AI;DR = AI; didn't read. I'll use my time and energy to read stuff written by humans, thanks.

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” This should be THE story everyday.

So many things to worry about. I did not think this would have to be one of them. Say no to AI!

Family. Work. Community. Our planet. They all need tending to, right now. 😮‍💨 🌍 SHIFT takes ONE thing off your plate: figuring out how to actually help the climate. Ready to start? 👉 jointheshift.earth

AI chatbots give bad health advice, research finds https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/ai-chatbots-give-bad-health-advice-research-finds/ ⤷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Oil and gas contribute just 7.8% of Canada's GDP. That's including both direct and indirect economic impact—the direct contribution is only ~3.4%, according to Statistics Canada.

There is a revolution in #renewable #energy happening in California, putting the lie to the MAGA futile effort to prop up fossil fuels. All they're doing is delaying the inevitable, enriching their friends, and worsening #climate change.

Climate change is the story of our time

Solar, Wind Emerge as Canada’s Cheapest New Power as Prices Fall by Half www.theenergymix.com/solar-wind-e...

Understatement of the year: That’s a big mismatch “Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know it. That’s a big mismatch,”

"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.

To meet its current consumption levels with renewable energy, the United States would need the area equivalent to what’s currently used for maple syrup.

No AI. Only brain. attic.city/item/tDCy/al...

“We think of climate impacts as huge, monstrous things — giant dinosaur weather-beasts rampaging across our cities. But it turns out we should be at least as worried about the plague of small strains spreading through our lives, eating away at systems functionality like a horde of gnawing rodents.”

According to our new poll, Canada is a country of winter sports lovers... and we do NOT support fossil fuel companies advertising at the Winter Olympics! https://loom.ly/y1KyHi0

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

”There is a growing fear that climate change in the future won’t, as it has until now, happen gradually. It will happen suddenly, as formerly stable planetary systems transgress tipping points — thresholds beyond which things cannot be put back together again.“ e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...

This astounding mashup of "stand by me" and "the people, united, will never be defeated" is exactly what my soul needs right now. ❤️ Minneapolis ❤️

The idea that we're drawing our resolve from each other, that we are willing to put ourselves in harm's way to protect our neighbors, even ones we do not know, it's unthinkable to them. They don't understand that real strength doesn't come from HURTING PEOPLE but from PROTECTING THEM.

To my fellow Canadians, there was a time when Americans believed that what is happening in the US could never happen in the US. And here we are. Please stop saying, "I'm so glad to be Canadian, this could never happen here." Yes, it could. And it will if we become too comfortably complacent.

Global EV demand is soaring, and Canada isn’t keeping up. We risk losing jobs and investment unless we align our auto sector to where the market is going. (Chart via National Observer) buff.ly/5AT0lBa

Join us for an interactive webinar with national experts to explore the emotional dimensions of climate change. Learn about practical tools and resources for cultivating emotional resilience. 🗓️ Feb 5, 2026 👉 https://bit.ly/49KM7Qd

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

”We’ve been so bombarded by climate disinformation from fossil fuel companies that it is hard to imagine what our life would be like without them, but there are examples of cities, towns and communities doing it.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses. He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs. futurism.com/artificial-i...

A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.

Lots going on right now, but this is worth repeating: the planet will keep heating up and the climate will keep breaking down until we phase out fossil fuels. We should all want to phase out fossil fuels as soon as possible, I think!

Repeat after me: We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues. You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues. You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues.

Unlocked | ‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Great work by @ecologyottawa.bsky.social putting together this straightforward summary of the city's Climate Change and Public Health in Ottawa report. I learned stuff, some of it alarming. Climate change is harming us, here and now, where we live. Stop burning fossil fuels! #Ottawa

An excellent thread about the many reasons AI is bad for us. Articles are cited for each point for those who want receipts. Share this with all the parents, grandparents, children, teachers, and workers in your life!

“This bridge fuel narrative—the argument that we need to develop an entirely new fossil fuel resource, unconventional shale gas, in order to solve climate change—wasn’t accurate in 2009…and it’s certainly not accurate today.” #Climate #FossilFuels www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...

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