The government of Iceland now considers this a national security threat. www.arctictoday.com/iceland-sees... And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year. Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.

Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping? Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki. Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊 youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

I've begun a new, informal podcast called When We Are about what it's like to live and work in the midst of climate chaos and unprecedented discontinuity. Available on your podcast feed, or through my Substack. alexsteffen.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

The statement "climate adaptation is indistinguishable from efforts to improve human welfare" is the sign that someone does not understand the magnitude of the planetary crisis we face — or how human systems actually work within the context of the climate and biosphere.

“Minimum wage is not enough to live on anywhere in the province and we need to work to close the gap,” with the living wage that is higher than the minimum wage everywhere in BC said @iglikaivanova.bsky.social. With Living Wage BC we just released the 2025 report.

Nüora Global Advisors Launches open.substack.com/pub/nuoraglo...

When people ask “why is everyone angrier, more confused, more polarized?” The answer isn’t philosophical. It’s mechanical. You get the behavior you train. And we’re living inside a constant, 24/7 conditioning environment built by people who profit from instability.

Every major platform optimizes for behavioral predictability — not truth. Outrage = engagement. Engagement = money. Money = more power for those who shape the feed. You’re not being informed. You’re being conditioned.

The attention economy runs on the same mechanisms USSR used to shape public consciousness: engineered outrage emotional triggers constant novelty reward loops group identity formation punishment of dissent controlled information environments Different century. Same reflexes.

Modern Russian propaganda still follows the same conditioning logic: Repetition → habituation Contradictions → helplessness Shock → emotional override Reward → in-group bonding Punishment → shaming & targeting This is pure Pavlov, just running on algorithms.

Demystifying Propaganda — and How Today’s Billionaires Are Using Bolshevik Conditioning Tactics Against Us All Propaganda isn’t magic. It’s not hypnosis. It’s not mind-control in a sci-fi sense. It’s something far simpler — and more dangerous: conditioning.

Danish pilots keep reporting sightings of little green men aboard civilian vessels coming from Russia. Unfortunately the authorities don’t want to discuss these sightings. But a veteran pilot with decades of experience is willing to talk. Full story here: danwatch.dk/militaerunif...

City of #Burnaby makes formal apology for decades of discrimination against people of #Chinese descent: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... The project continues for a #Canada that has "respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion".

@kehyslop.bsky.social took a deep dive into claims that a zero per cent tax increase proposed by Vancouver mayor Ken Sim will lead to tens of millions in cuts to parks and recreation. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Canadian Anti-Hate Network wants help identifying the organizers and guests at thewhite nationalist event called Exiles of the Golden Age in Vancouver on July 26, 2025 antihate.ca/white_nation... #vancouver #vanpoli #bcpolii

this was the most interesting thing, in my view, from the Director's speech: "CSIS has been warning Canadian businesses about front companies operating in Europe that in fact connected to Russian agent" globalnews.ca/news/1152323...

#BCpoli 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? #TaxtheRich

#cdnpoli The 1970s were prosperous for most Canadians. This was no accident. Progressive taxation, investment in public goods, strong labour institutions made it that way. Forty years of trickle-down #neoliberalism dismantled it. We need to #taxtherich and rebuild our Socially-Conscious System.

#cdnpoli The federal #Budget2025 expects us to face more austerity while corporations get a $27.2 billion tax cut. (Note: 1.22 million SMEs represent an estimated 99.8% of all firms in Canada.) The solution is progressive taxation, investment in public goods, and strong labor institutions.

😔 Zelensky: We found about 400 places in Russia where kidnapped children are kept. Ukraine is working on the issue of returning children with Qatar, with the Vatican. ‼️"We have returned more than 1,600 children. About 19.5 thousand kidnapped children in Russia."

Metro Vancouver’s living wage is now $10 more/hour than BC’s minimum wage. More must be urgently done to support the hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers who face impossible budget choices in the region and across BC say @iglikaivanova.bsky.social and Anastasia French. bcpolicy.ca/living-wage

Really think we can have our fossil fuel cake and eat it too with #carboncapture? Maybe check to see if the insurance companies are buying that #sustainability pie in the sky.

Proud to reintroduce – Fière de réintroduire the Climate-Aligned Finance Act (CAFA) / la Loi sur la finance alignée sur le climat (LFAC) — a blueprint to🍁finance with climate goals, attract investment & build a resilient future. 🌍 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/QKSIo3WFmS4 #CAFA #LFAC #NetZero

There's still time left to take 25% off select Naval & Maritime History Books! Make sure to use code N25-NH at check out for your discount! 💻️: https://tinyurl.com/3a45v6zu #navalhistorybooks #maritimehistorybooks #historybooks #booksale

Ken Sim and ABC are bringing ~$120m in cuts to community centres, parks, and public services. On Thursday, City Council is voting on a $17m retroactive boost to the 2025 police budget. Now the Police Board is asking for another extra $50 million in 2026. #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictABC

TAX ME. It would be financially advantageous for my family to take a tax deferral. But I don’t and I won’t and neither does any of my family. Because we care about funding our city services. We want to see improvement. Stop cutting. tax more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze and $50 million more for police, & major cuts to arts, culture, community services & sustainability.” Brutal austerity for everything else, but $50 million more for over-budget cops.

Climate change mitigation and adaptation a core service. It is when our streets flood, when our pools crumble into the ocean, when we operate cooling and warming centres…

Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires. Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts. Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday. Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli #FightForVancouver

#Vanpoli Major impacts on a city's sustainability/livability that you will feel, can happen at the municipal level. Are you aware of what Sim & ABC want to do? 👇🏼

A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.

#LestWeForget🍁 In September 1939, Chinese Canadians volunteered for military service. Their country rejected them because of their race. In 1944, #SOE gave them a second chance. Learn about #Force136 and the making of modern Canada at www.youtube.com/live/dEebnwD.... #WWII #CanadianHistory

#LestWeForget🍁 Raymond Young Lowe (1913–2005), “The Voice,” was a Victoria-born businessman and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 ... #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.” I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.

#LestWeForget🍁 Wing Lee Wong (1901–1992) was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136. At 43, he was the oldest of the group and the only one not born in Canada. #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

#LestWeForget🍁 Norman Donald Wong (1916–2008), “Sarge,” was born in London, Ontario. He and his cousin, Hank Wong, were recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 … #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

#LestWeForget🍁 Wreath for Chinese Canadians to be Laid at University of Toronto Soldiers’ Tower Join Keith Lock (son of Sgt. Tom Lock) & Rick Wong (son of Sgt. Hank Wong) for the University of Toronto's November 11 2025 Service of Remembrance: alumni.utoronto.ca/community/so.... #SOE #Force136

#LestWeForget🍁 Edward “Eddie” Chow (1919–1999), “The Entertainer,” was a Vancouver-born performer and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 … #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

What the heck! So while City of Vancouver is proposing huge cuts to most departments, all the accommodate Sim's zero % property tax gimmick, the police budget is nonetheless to go up 10% in a single year?! vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

#LestWeForget🍁 George Thomas Sing Wah Lock (1916–2003), “The Extractor,” was a Toronto-born pharmacist and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 … #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

Learn about the conflicts of the Earth's largest continent with Helion's Asia@War series! Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/6wpypb2p #militaryhistorybooks #historyofasia #historybooks

#Budget2025 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? It is deeply political. 👇🏼

#LestWeForget🍁 Henry Albert “Hank” Wong (1919–2019), “The Trigger,” was a London, Ontario-born union auditor. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …. #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

#cdnpoli 88.9% of Canadians say they are living paycheque to paycheque, yet Carney's #Budget2025 gives $ billions in tax cuts to corporations, claiming it will "trickle down" to you. This trickle-down theory has FAILED for 40 years! It's why the rich are richer while we get more "austerity".

#Budget2025 $40 million over two years for a Youth Climate Corps? This is a sick joke. Compare to the $ billions in public funds + full regulatory power to expand Canada's fossil fuel production & exports with CCUS — a high-risk gamble on an unproven cleanup tool. #WWS is cheaper, proven. #cdnpoli

#Budget2025 Expect media to focus on details without giving the big picture: $60 billion in "savings" (cuts to services) = $27.2 billion tax cut + massive military spending. This is taking from the public (your services, your government's capacity) and gifting it to corporations. #cdnpoli

#Budget2025 Greenwashes fossil fuel expansion under the guise of business jargon (Climate Competitiveness Strategy), while doing nothing to reduce global emissions. It prioritizes the health of the fossil fuel industry over the safety & wellbeing of our communities. #cdnpoli

Sad if Yukon won't get electoral reform. It might create more momentum for change to chop FPTP.

#LestWeForget🍁 Douglas Hin Wah Jung (1924–2002), “The Insider,” was a prominent Victoria-born lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136. #WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay

Wartime entertainment was just some toothy bloke with a ukulele. Hold my beer! Excited to be presenting a topic close to my heart on @ww2tv.bsky.social in early December! #histbookchat