Matt Yglesias consistently treats net zero as if it’s some arbitrary goal that activists want, not a goal that scientists say is necessary to preserve a livable planet for all. He so badly wants a solution that sounds "reasonable" that he's willing to ignore and dismiss scientific reality.

Data Source (Public Health Ontario): www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-...

Dr. Haddrell wrote about how his research was selectively and misleadingly cherry-picked into a propaganda piece in UK's Daily Telegraph broadsheet. His complaint is correct and goes well beyond "that's not what we said."

I find it a little alarming that Milwaukee can get 370 mm of rain in a day but Toronto has never dealt with more than 126 mm. Is this really a good time for Doug Ford to stick a fork in our flood control toolset? His goal is to set up an agency he can direct to favour his developer friends. #OnPoli

Ukrainians displaced by war need pathway to permanent residency: Ukrainian Canadian Congress #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Ford closed the science centre for no reason, is shrinking it dramatically, and gov’t doesn’t want you to know the truth about this. My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...

We keep increasing the pressure on Russia until it takes negotiations seriously. Next week’s European Council will be crucial to secure Ukraine’s financial needs for the coming years. (2/2)

The new director of education of the TDSB, Stacey Zucker, is an accountant, charged with "modernization". Like in healthcare, "modernization" means privatization.

Boy, sure would be nice if we had some [data], don't you think?! Canadians: water.cooperators.ca/en/waterfloo...

I see it as a serious test of our municipal politics whether the TTC is forced to drop its slow down policies on line six and strong signal priority is implemented. Anyone who was a serious proponent of transit city should be livid

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange suppressed information about measles cases that health officials told her the public should have. Another must read from the Globe.

🚨 the never ending corrupt Ford bills continue, it’s bloody exhausting but remember that’s exactly how he wants us to feel. #CorruptFordNation

Conservatives: “Why change if it isn’t broken?” Finnish Army: “Why change?” Generations of conscripts: “WHY?”

Canada is delaying methane reduction. Methane = the least expensive and easiest way to reduce climate emissions at scale.🤯 Our joint statement: https://loom.ly/UIobQGo @envdefensefund.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social

Yay to based Fella Charlie Angus! 🎶🇨🇦🇺🇦 #FuckPutin

I am strangely comforted when a *familiar* kind of madness comes to the fore.

Remember, all of the education bills passed by Team Ford have been about the buildings and the real estate.

Obviously only a paranoid crank would think Russia could secretly bribe, control, influence or extort western politicians to act in Russia's interests ... part 17. www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you still get information by reading, you really need this sort-of investigative piece by Nicholas Hune-Brown.

It means an American-style healthcare system where insurance companies + corporations benefit the most + the patient pays for it all. @mark-carney.bsky.social ...any adaptation of this kind of model should cancel ALTAs healthcare transfer $ from the feds. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Attention Black and/or Indigenous early-career journalists! The Local is partnering with The Philanthropist for a $10,000 fellowship. The fellow will write about issues that matter to their community and civil society, and will be offered mentorship and industry guidance. thelocal.to/early-career...

"Ontario had a 96% carbon-free electrical grid in 2017; it is now only 84% clean." Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...

Today RFK Jr. both suggested that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines cause peanut allergies *and* admitted there are no data to support this hypothesis, so he wants to find some. Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.

Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status on Monday, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

“People who have traditionally been able to evade law enforcement are sensitive to this issue,” Retting said. “Ultimately, one of the arguments against automated enforcement is that it doesn’t discriminate. It’s also a great argument for it.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...

Grey, silent friends, you asked so little and did so much. Speed enforcement cameras slowed drivers down in school zones without the whump-chunk noise of cars on speed bumps or the ineffective light pollution of blinking caution lights.

New-to-me news from the only country taking indoor air quality seriously: www.brusselstimes.com/1622783/air-...

Toronto connections with Australian Science Prize winner for advances in air quality science, combating COVID and wildfire smoke hazards... www.abc.net.au/news/science...

In Ontario, Public-Private Partnerships for the Loss. 🏴 Let's build real capacity, not the shareholder value of engineering multinationals (or similar.)

It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.

NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...

🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴 how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids a 🧵 (on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2) 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 [links to referenced articles in ALT text]

It's district heat in Boston! WOOHOO!

Fact check says **Yes**.

PSA: Ontario is opening COVID and flu shots to the general public starting tomorrow

“Ontario’s [actually Doug Ford’s] plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list. Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.” Via @breachmedia.ca Money over lives and better mobility.

What would it take to drive ground-source heating and cooling into the mainstream in big commercial property developments? There's some hope in this Toronto Star story about a new business model that sees the geothermal company selling flat-rate heating/cooling to renters and property owners.

Now we're *all* on the Shining Path.

9. When faced with a choice between betraying their transgender students or defying Trump’s demands, these locally elected leaders at school boards are sending a clear message: the rights and dignity of queer and trans people are not bargaining chips in a hostage negotiation.

A new pipeline paired with carbon capture may sound promising, but the numbers tell a different story. Our analysis finds the so-called “grand bargain” would result in oilsands emissions going up, even with the Pathways carbon capture project.

In remembrance of Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered on 7 October 2006. The 7th of October is also Vladimir Putin's birthday - it is not a coincidence.

Good on the mayors. Also, I'd love to be a fly on the wall now with the comms consultants & Ford's comms ppl. “A total ban on (automated speed enforcement) would reverse years of progress on safety,” said a letter that went out to Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria" #OnPoli

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

It would be good if this was matched with a call for embedding critical thinking skills in primary and secondary education across Europe.

On Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras in Ontario: “The speed traps do not slow people down. They may slow them within the community, but there are so many other people coming throughout the community.