“The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law, states that the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.” Useful article. As we look at solutions though, our priority is demanding upstream leadership. #UrbanTruth

As a fire scientist, I am devastated for my many good friends and colleagues who will be affected by the mass closure of so many research stations and offices. Many will leave the agency. USFS has pioneered so much foundational fire science. The consequences of this will be catastrophic.

The bullet-pocked facade of the CDC building in Atlanta serves as a visible reminder to health scientists that if they don't keep their mouths shut about how their employer is harming Americans' health, their employer will simply encourage someone else to shoot them.

I'll usually take the Canadian judiciary over our reactionary politicians, but this isn't right. I predict a rash of deaths because people with hunting rifles decided to damage property that just happened to be very close to innocent human beings. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

First day of serious pollinator action in my garden. Honeybees trying to get a headstart on everyone else.

Thanks to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for speaking with me this morning about why she decided to leave NASA, the work she was doing, her concerns about federal science and also what gives her hope. 🧪

Maybe I'm crazy, but it seems like Americans accidentally elected a government hellbent on both doing things that raise the price of fossil fuels and putting arbitrary and capricious monkey-wrenches into all the alternatives to fossil fuels. Bad for almost everyone, so what could be the motivation?

Mr. Ford is trying very hard to make this go away, by *retroactively* changing the law that enables freedom-of-information requests that give the public visibility into government dealings. We should not allow this to slip past us.

Hmmm, why would a guy not doing crimes need to hide so much?

And sure enough, Hegseth and his "unrestrained ferocity" gongfarmers bombed a desalination plant. I wonder how a shortage of drinking water harms the ruling regime, or helps the citizens build a post-theocracy alternative?

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

It's not great to see a mass revocation of driver's licenses in a region where driving is practically the only way to travel. It's especially not great to see that the mass invalidation was centred on sexual identity. State governments, wow, turns out this stuff matters.

OK, I'm in favour of this shift, but if this was an option, why weren't we *already* doing it?

@bostonglobe.com Why no gift links? Not even one? In any case, this is depressing: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

As a historian of science, I was raised to think rejecting science was a pathology of anti-democratic governments. Well, this might be the proof of that. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

all talent really is? It's one thing that you have a knack for right away. That's all it is. it is a single pea buried in the mattresses of practice. You don't even have to have that one thing. Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.

@greatdismal.bsky.social A polite knock on the door, or rather the outer cover of the airlock. This bit of UN paperwork reminded me of Red Star, Winter Orbit.

Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED. Pulling 700 agents means there's 2,300 agents on our streets, terrorizing us and kidnapping our neighbors.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I realize there are a lot of things happening that should never happen. But, despite the apparently harmlessness, this is one of them: Lens Info - 105mm f/2.7999999153933

The 14th Amendment Centre posted this picture as part of a mostly-positive story about the struggle for civil rights, as the US Civil War was ending and then as Reconstructionist efforts in the South conspired to take those rights away again. But in a democracy, the picture itself is chilling.

"The province was once the epicentre for clean electricity in Canada, but Business Renewables Centre-Canada, an organization that facilitates and tracks investment in renewable energy, says 2025 marked the first time in seven years that no new wind power was announced."

Ivan's writing about astronomy is so good I'll buy the Globe and Mail. :)

Premier Ford wasted $270K fighting our Charter right. Removing bike lanes ruled unconstitutional by Ontario Superior Court— it will not reduce traffic congestion as Ford claims & instead make roads less safe for all. Now he’s wasting more taxpayer $ appealing. He’s not for the people #ONpoli #BikeTO

I would really encourage #greenlanders to talk to the US Pacific Island peoples about their experiences with attempts at resource extraction before thinking about deals with US administration. Territories have little rights; Puerto Rico et al still have no path to statehood. Neither will #Greenland

-laughs nervously in Ukrainian- So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...

40,537 patients in China, followed before, during, and after they had COVID. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41354206/

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

A book recommendation for my American friends, and anyone else hoping for civil rights in this timeline.

After 10 years of controversy, lawsuits, and even a ballot referendum, the New England Clean Energy Connect is up and running 🔌 With a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, the new line can satisfy 20% of Massachusetts' electricity needs. www.wbur.org/news/2026/01... @wbur.org #energysky

Books don't turn kids into someone else. Books show them they don't have to deny who they really are.

"A US attack on Greenland means the end of NATO." Pulling the US out of NATO is his assigned task. Why are Americans so reluctant to consider the idea that the President serves only Russian interests and his own greed? www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

There are alternatives and they aren't hard to find! You don't have to jump ship, just have a contingency that lets you quickly spin up key tools on Canadian-owned infrastructure on Canadian soil.

The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Look at this graph of virus in the wastewater in Toronto if you don't believe me. See that pink spike? That's Flu A, which is killing people every day. The data go up to December 21. What do you think that graph is going to look like after kids go back to school and adults go back to work?

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

🚨 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