“In the complaint, Duncan said there is “no doubt” in his mind that the Louisiana government is retaliating against him for speaking out about racial injustice in the criminal legal system, and because he plans to defend his constituents from further abuses.” ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

"How much of our future is being decided by what we choose not to measure? When models guiding trillion dollar decisions ignore the true costs of #ClimateChange we aren't just making accounting errors. We're shaping a reality that becomes harder, more expensive and more dangerous every day."

Wild meat consumption is surging across Central Africa, threatening wildlife #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

"He and his team have transported the whiskey using a DOJ plane, including when he went to Milan during the Olympics in February. One of the bottles was left behind in a locker room, according to a person who was there."

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"Last year, China installed 3 times as much wind power as the rest of the world combined "The Iran war has made China’s investments in wind look prescient. Asian neighbors are struggling to secure fuel supplies. China is better positioned to weather the crisis" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

Always have a bugout bag!

“within three months OpenAI is to provide notice that chats may be reviewed and used to train models” Why can there not be a choice for us to say ‘no I don’t to train models with my chats”.

OpenAI failed to respect Canadian privacy laws when training its artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT chatbot, federal and provincial watchdogs have found.

A Canadian citizen who posts anonymous online criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, saying it is wrongfully trying to compel Google to unmask him. 

How would you describe pilots who ignore all their flight deck instrument warnings? Insane? Suicidal? The instruments we use to measure the climate are ALL flashing red and for the most part humans are just ignoring them! Without an immediate course correct we are headed for a catastrophic crash!

I posted about this earlier today, but @rachelgilmore.bsky.social provides more information and critique. If you don't follow her you should. :-) Again, I say that those of us who research areas that intersect with Trump's politics (conspiracies, religion, populism, hate/extremism) pay attention

Carbon dioxide averaged nearly 431 ppm in April 2026 (new record high) 10 years ago April averaged about 408 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... This is really concerning, and it isn’t going away. The longer we wait, the worse the impacts get and the harder they are to address.

Recognising ecocide - should we accept the wilfull destruction of our environment or call a crime a crime and react accordingly? An article that asks questions and offers answers: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now 'impossible to ignore'. www.euractiv.com/news/un-clim...

Looks like the oil industry makes the rules in the EU just like they do in the US. Which means, no rules of any consequence. Which means...new CH4 and heat records incoming!

Very silly that the conservatives in Toronto are terrified by hypothetical violence from unhoused people which is not borne out by statistics than the very real and documented road violence and death that happens frequently every year.

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Solar plus storage: $54 Coal: $70-85 Gas (methane): $100 The math gets pretty simple.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, has asked a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award.

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Congrats to @brian-goldstone.bsky.social on the Pulitzer for his excellent book. I interviewed him for Slate Money's Money Talks series a while back: slate.com/podcasts/sla...

Urban Decay.. Torontos ravines have long been "places of refuse" where people had dumped their unwanted items. Walk through enough ravines, history of household technology will reveal itself. In this case in Curren Hall Ravine, vintage (60s?) oven & 80s typewriter. #LoveTheRavines #RavineRamble

Ezra Klein’s main contribution to American political discourse is to mislead his audience about prominent far right figures, sanitize and normalize them, tamping down opposition. Charlie Kirk did politics exactly right, be more like him. Elon Musk cares only about cars and space, admire him. Etc

Hantavirus, allergies and common cold, Covid-19 spring vaccine, and good news open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Really makes no sense to extend the natural gas grid for new residential neighborhoods. A single mile of new gas distribution line can cost $500,000 to over $1 million to install, with maintenance costs compounding over decades. Xcel is funding whole-home electrification for approximately 2,200..

Arbour would be a good choice for Canada's Governot General. Experience in multiple domains, from the Supreme Court to the UN to military justice reform. Her age is both a blessing and a curse. At 79, she won't be looking for another role after, but the job may be taxing in the later years.

McMahon got absolutely roasted in the Senate. Ogles got clowned by his own constituents. A Trump judge just killed the voter data heist. This was a very bad week for the regime.

Isn't that the truth. No one's worse than Trump.

I’ll never truly believe that Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris lost to that vile piece of shit and I’ll always believe election fraud, voter suppression, illegal gerrymandering, and Putin’s Russia interference are responsible for that.

A childhood friend of mine was asked to give a commencement speech for graduation at a small college & it got me thinking what I would say. If you could share one piece of wisdom with the graduating youth of today -- something you've learned through long experience -- what would it be?

Always question the conventional wisdom of your chosen field. Status quo is neither static nor definitive.

My speech would just be me tapping the sign:

The best workout is the one you do. The best diet is the one you stick to. The best climate action is the one you take. That is: small things matter and add up. If you only do things you excel, you'll never do anything. A few minutes of clumsy effort is still progress.

put the phone down

The contrapositive of "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing well" is "if it's not worth doing well, it's not worth doing." Remembering this helps protect your time.

Here is an unlocked link, it is an important read for people who care about Healthcare in Canada 🇨🇦: archive.is/pst3g

The Titanic, heading for the iceberg. Captain Sam Altman: ‘Some people may die, but the ship will become a god that will transform all icebergs into money.’

The biggest group of people in this country is the working class. Some parties seem to forget that. Even though their name indicates they stand for those people.

In today’s HeraldOnSunday

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

The White House is the PEOPLE'S HOUSE! Not Trump's House!

Yes. Shadow President and Christian Nationalist in Chief Russ Vought is orchestrating much of this administration's harmful and unlawful plans. Which is why we are so keen to see Congress impeach and convict Vought. www.impeachvought.com actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Small note. I can’t help but to notice how the online gambling/gaming/prediction markets are aggressively targeting female demographics. We are watching an onslaught of addictions & subsequently the bankruptcies of generations of young adults, who haven’t even started their lives/careers yet.

over lunch met someone from Freiberg, Germany who shared about this awesome electric cargo trailer that attaches to any regular bike (& has a braking system that works from ferdback on compression the mechanism that attaches it to your bike) Read more about Freiberg: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiberg

I loved biking in France, and in Paris in particular. It felt like a bike system designed by people who bike for transportation, more than any city I've ever biked in.

let them eat adderall!

"Slush fund" was 1000% my first thought, because that's exactly what it is.

This feels like the intro to a modern day revolution film exploring an American version of La Terreur that would involve a number of drownings in rivers around DC