If ever this feels like an exercise in futility—like a bunch of people screaming into the void—that’s because it is. I use it to gather info from primary sources and to hone my voice, but I’m under no illusion: The revolution we need will happen out there, not in here. Or it will not happen at all.

Les villes phares du monde savent que la transition ne peut attendre et que l'air, le bruit, l'ambiance, les commerces et la qualité de vie s'en portent toujours mieux. PLUS de réseau cycliste, pas moins. #PolMtl #Montréal #ProjetMontreal La proposition de Martinez Ferrada? De reculer.

This is the way #Montreal #Mobilité #ProjetMontréal More of this. Much, much more of this. #MtlPoli #Polcan #CanPoli #PolQc Ne laissez pas Martinez Ferrada saboter la transition qu'il nous faut.

The adage "information is power" has never been truer Disinfo has compromised liberal democracies. The CPC are counting on it to ride scientifically dubious "hot button"—read: manufactured—issues, just as Trump did Either we regain control over our info ecosystem or Canada too will fall #CdnPoli

Such courage in the freedom flotilla ….

Plastic has seeped into everything. We know it's poisoning us, was never meant to be recycled—we know Big Oil lied. Yet nothing's being done—social media manipulation has corrupted democracy. What can we do? Shift the paradigm—make sure the right people get in. Don't just vote. Help make it happen

Political violence is wrong. We need better gun control. Letting people carry guns on college campuses is a bad idea. I'm sorry for Kirk's family & loved ones. I don't celebrate his death. I'm not going to sanitize who he was or pretend to mourn him. Here he is in his own words.

"Side effects of drinking from plastic water bottles grossly underestimated"— not by accident, by design.

𝘖𝘩 𝘖𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦: 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 Beware the incoming frost, America. It has some bite. #ElbowsUp #CdnPoli

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (…) 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦. (…) 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦." Our response:

Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic establishment are unfit for office. Primary them all. Or America will fall. Taking with it humanity's hope for a safe, stable, sustainable future.(MAGA's clown show hasn't halted the Climate Crisis—it is actively accelerating it.)

Primary them ALL. Nothing short of that can save your democracy. #WTFChuck

Yup. (Schumer broadcasting his impotence on X, of all places, takes the cake). #PrimaryThemALL #WTFChuck

A recent case series by Putrino lab showed marked improvement in Long COVID symptoms (fatigue, brain fog) after a 120-day course of valacyclovir and celecoxib combined with a 15-day course of Paxlovid. Paxlovid "metal mouth" is an understatement—but also a small price to pay if it can help. TBD.

There is an evil there that does not sleep. We either stop giving its proponents standing ovations or it will overwhelm us all. Misogyny, transphobia & racism are not "traditional lifestyle choices"—they are social cancers. As with all cancer, you either fight it, or you die. #CdnPoli #AbPoli

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴—No, no we knew this was going to happen.

Choose your battles. Some are not worth it.

𝘜.𝘚. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕. All the more reason to do so. We know where we stand. On guard. For thee. #ElbowsUp #CdnPoli #Palestine #Ukraine #Freedom #JusticeForAll

Fascists were always and will always be among us. They were behind the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, McCarthyism. That's not new. The way fascism subverts liberal democracy isn't new either. But the total absence of CONSEQUENTIAL push-back—not just empty virtue signaling—is terrifying.

This is a wild timeline: Top: "[Ilhan Omar] is from Somalia—THEY[?!] come from nothing and tell us how to run OUR[?!!] country" Bottom: "US ambassador ‘disappointed’ with anti-American sentiment" Well Canada’s disappointed with the U.S.’s utter lack of self-awareness. #ElbowsUp #CdnPoli

PLEASE somebody ask Kash Patel about the Sokovia Accords because I need to know if he'll pretend to know what it is or ask for a reminder

Not even 24hrs after Trump declared anti-fascism—read: anti-Trumpism—a major terrorist threat, they're already prepping the groundwork for an annexation of parts of Canada. Patel name-drops the usual terrorism orgs, but give it time. Strap in, Canada, shit's about to get real. #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp

And ABC knows it: "Multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥." Don't you see that THIS IS EXACTLY how fascism wins? 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-censorship is tyranny's ultimate goal. WAKE UP, AMERICA! You are 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 close. 🤐=😶

“But to call Mr. Kirk a moderate is to cause words to lose their meaning; to extend this indulgence to his entire party is to weaponize them against meaning. A fascist party that wins an election is still a fascist party." #CanPoli I hope you're paying attention.

"When I told them I was a climatologist, they asked me what our summers will be like in 25 years. In a France at +2.7°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the scenario we are heading towards in 2050, heat records of up to 50°C will be possible; the summer we have just experienced will be the norm"

Translation: 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘐.⁣ 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩. ⁣ Reminder: Antifa means Anti-Fascist—i.e. Anti-MAGA. We're all terrorists now.

To appeal to those voters who've been swayed by antisocial messaging, bot farms, sponsored content from unknown provenance and rage-baiting invisible algorithms. As if that would suffice. As if if weren't worsening humanity's outlook overall & capitulating to disinformation. Fuck off, Searchlight

Day 1104—Being told that "the concept of 'long COVID' isn't 100% accepted either—it may be real, but it's not clear yet", on Bluesky, in 2025, is wild. If you want to know the state of Québec's public health, look no further—people literally have no idea. #PolQc #CanPoli

Another victim of AI slop: indy artists. The revenue pie was already being distributed inequitably, but now anyone can clone an artist's voice, put out fake tracks, claim them as their own & plunge artists into administrative hell. Spotify doesn't care; it doesn't affect their bottom line.

"Just a cold", they said. "COVID is over", they said. "Get over it", they still say. Wish we could. God do I wish we could. Every time you get COVID, you can get Long COVID. There is no cure.

post post a movie you *love* with an absolutely atrocious rotten tomatoes score

We owe Freeland more than gratitude. We owe it to ourselves to push-back against the abuse these women endure instead of kowtowing to the hate-mongers whose rhetoric created this climate (both literally and figuratively). #CdnPoli

Basically.

NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly) 🧵quick thread www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

7/24: “The lingering toll the SARS-CoV-2 virus exacts on the immune system is widespread and hiding in plain sight… When 24 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 had their whole bodies scanned by a PET (positron emission tomography) imaging test, their insides lit up like Christmas trees.”

What happens when Canada’s tech elite try to solve the country’s problems with AI-written memos? Writer Drew Nelles takes a closer look at the proposals of Build Canada—and examines what their vision for the future leaves out: thewalrus.ca/the-tech-elites-...

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. Tobia Spampatti argues in Nature Climate Change that pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes. 🧪

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: The lie is that our current expansion of “cursed bike lanes” is “killing Montreal” when the opposite is true And while cities like Paris are transitioning toward less congestion & pollution, here's what Martinez Ferrada proposes: Going backwards, together. No thanks. #PolMtl #Urbanism

If I WANTED to sabotage US hegemony, I couldn’t do it any better—pulling it off without being immediately deposed is harder than it looks And no midterm gains will correct the decline—not unless the root problems are addressed: disinformation & political corruption The US needs a clean slate #AOC

Here's what people don't understand: Long COVID isn't mild symptoms, lasting longer. It's COVID-induced dysregulation that prevents the mitochondria from doing their job. It's affecting millions, like me. Forcing former athletes to inactivity. The very definition of purgatory. Not dead, not living.

Policy makers and voters all think they are above social media's incremental manipulation of our ideological framework. The human brain has been hacked; behavioral psychology has been weaponized against us and we act as if it weren't a thing, even in the face of so much evidence. #Climate #Fascism

Some day maybe social media will be viewed as the powerful agent of mass manipulation that it is and appropriately regulated, but right now it feels like we’re in a phase that will be looked back on the way we look at 19th century “medicines” that were mostly alcohol and cocaine.

The greatest advantage the propagandist has is people’s disbelief that they are susceptible to it.

Angus, babe, Reid the room. #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #Carney #Poilievre

Used to be “You’re just looking for attention” was something parents and teachers would say to wayward children. Now it’s a job, a business model, a political mission.

Every species on Earth relies on a sustainable climate. Every fraction of a degree matters when it comes to protecting biodiversity and nature. Everyone can join the push for #ClimateAction by accessing the latest news and data: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Bigotry is not free speech. It's weaponized ignorance; coordinated societal sabotage. Not only morally repugnant; effectively destructive of the common good. Also: Get. my. face. off. that. rag-of-a-racist dog-whistle. You dim-witted sock puppets.

Why couldn't the US? Because you fell for the myth of American Exceptionalism™. You thought you were special. Standing apart from History. Above human cupidity and vice, even as your system showed all the signs of rampant systemic corruption. Hubris. Complacency. Greed. That's why.