This is why the left loses. Too busy shooting itself in the face. This, from a climate journalist and activist. Fucking hell. Good luck with everything, folks. I quit.

This got me blocked… Wow. American patriotism really is deeply ingrained. To the point of being a cult-like psychosis—even amongst some of its so-called progressives. And then they wonder why things are the way they are. #ElbowsUp, Canada. With allies like these, who needs enemies.

It’s been the CPC’s modus operandi: discredit journalism, science, facts. Overrule reason with emotional responses to fabricated scandals. In an age of unregulated social media where bad actors pay to promote false narratives, the recipe works. What are we going to do about it? #CdnPoli

If there were *actual, foolproof* guardrails against corporate, personal & governmental overreach, Meta Ray-Bans would be a useful piece of kit. But these are designed to manipulate the user via hyper-personalized profiling and track everything in the commons. Not just creepy—dangerous.

Day 1153 — On Public Health's continued response to SARS CoV-2:

🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

A lot of short cuts are being made by people who should know better—myself included @mark-ungrin.bsky.social offers a much needed reminder, which I reformated for legibility. Know what you don't know. TRUST. BUT VERIFY. A must-read for all who care about getting it right #MedSky #COVID #LongCOVID

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

The DC Sandwich Thrower''s trial started today. His lawyers say it's retaliation since the CBP agent hit with the sandwich was not injured. The federal agent who shot Rev. David Black with a pepper ball at point-blank range faces zero charges. A sandwich gets more accountability than a cop.

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently? Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on! So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

Yet more report whiplash, as groups vie to frame the #climate discourse ahead of #COP30. "progress... has largely failed to materialize" "Renewables are expanding faster than any previous energy technology" "No major economy is on track" "emerging markets have made major strides"

Another piece of the flailing American resistance falls. Another crack in civilization’s foundation forms. Do you know how this ends? Because students of history know how this ends. With one key difference: there will be no rebuilding this time. Climate-induced ecological collapse guarantees it.

Carney’s going to have to do better in addressing increasing income inequality and corporate interference, or else (as in the US in the wake of Democratic complacency) public anger will drown out reason and protofascism will prevail here too. (1/3) #CdnPoli #Budget #ElbowsUp

Since they know everything about you—via your online chatter, purchases, irl movement—they can go one step further and not just appeal to you, but manipulate you. Social engineering is nothing new. But it's now democratized, weaponized, unleashed. The more you can pay, the more it will play.

Now do political ads. Highly personalized, precision-targeted inflammatory disinformation. Humanity doesn't stand a chance. We either vote in people who can and will regulate these industries NOW, or democracy is cooked. Like a mob accountant's books. #AI #Misinformation #Privacy #Control #Meta

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time. All are considered acceptable so go off.

Correlation does not imply causation, but it's as good a place as any to start looking.

Day 1150—Over three years and countless trials in, slowly realizing this might not be temporary. My #LongCOVID is #MECFS and it has neither explanation nor cure. Just a litany of hypotheses and conjecture.

Technically true: Graham Platner didn’t work for Blackwater - but he did work for its successor, Constellis. Blackwater → Xe → Academi → Constellis. After the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater rebranded repeatedly before merging into Constellis - where Platner later contracted.

“The voices who complain the loudest about bike lanes tend to be those who don’t actually live — or vote — in the city of Montreal. Ensemble Montréal running Leslie Roberts’ on an anti-bike lane platform suggests they’re leaning into this ‘divisive’ issue rather than backing away from it.” #polmtl

Behold, THIS is how you motivate your troops. #WorldSeries #MLB #GoJays but also: #GeneralStrike #Antifa #NoKings #ElbowsUp

We’re headed down a very dark path unless we band together now to stop the systemic acceleration of environmental—and with it societal—collapse The opposite of fascism is compassion, but solidarity requires trust, which relies on integrity—not cynicism, not fear Hope depends on audacity Think big

Halloween signs I'm not allowed to put up: "Long COVID is crippling your child's entire generation—you just don't see it yet" "The climate is now pushing our ecosystem towards irreversible collapse. Soon, these memories are all your kids will have left" Fiction is fun. Reality is terrifying.

The difference is humility. Dogmatic minimizers who tear-down peer-reviewed studies by while offering no explanation for either Long COVID or the spike in Strep A, strokes, MIs since 2020 says a lot: We don't know; they don't care. Keep on keeping on. We'll get there.

The deterioration of scientific rigour continues, unabated. "Journalists have uncovered a handful of preprint academic studies with hidden prompts instructing A.I. reviewers to give positive responses" #MedSky #PeerReview #AI

How could any Franco-Québécois ever 'love' Canadian federalism? By realizing it goes against the ethno-nationalistic impulse that fuels fascism everywhere—it forces us to reason with one another. Same goes for the EU. Would joining it involve a loss of sovereignty? Yes. Worth it? #CdnPoli #PolQc

Snake-oil cures are a problem even in regards to something as well understood as cancer—as this 2024 study illustrates—so just imagine the market for something as nebulous as Long COVID. Gill Deacon's experience does not evidence make. #SaveTheCBC — in this case, from itself. #CdnPoli #MedSky (2/2)

And her alleged cure was a three day workshop on Brain Retraining Therapy. This is a CBC fluff piece to help a former employee promote her book. No Long COVID expert was consulted to discuss phenotypes and the problem with her assessment. It's misinformation repackaged as feel-good anecdote. (1/2)

Democracy has been hacked. We're just too arrogant to realize it/respond to it. We think our opinions are our own. The evidence—voting against our own self interests, increasingly, consistently, everywhere—suggests otherwise. This was in 2011. Before AI. #PersonaManagement

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social reported about this in 2011. Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.

"See? Signal is no better than the rest of them" is precisely the type of comment that got us here. Know the facts. Then formulate an opinion. The facts:

Day 1140—Here's my issue with Long COVID patients "not wanting to get better": Munchausen syndrome is when individuals intentionally fake or exaggerate symptoms of illness TO GAIN ATTENTION AND SYMPATHY. I think we can all agree neither of those things is happening. Not even remotely.

Mood.

The government saw the writing on the wall: no support for Bill C-2 lawful access rules that would have created new warrantless access demand powers. My post on today's embarrassing reversal that must be accompanied by a commitment to prioritize privacy. www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/gove...

CSIS is surprised new warrantless access to personal information from any provider of a service in Canada - everything from telcos to car rental companies - led to some pushback?! This lawful access plan needs much more than more than just more “precision”. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Inability to sleep for many days can lead to manic episodes (psychosis). The desperate attempt to get some sleep can then lead to accidental overdose. Truth is, we don't know. What we do know is that Kramnik spent the better part of this year needlessly bullying/haunting an honest, kind, humble man.

#Kramnik #Danya #Chess

Meanwhile, Kramnik is practically gloating about it. #Danya

My grief is less due to his skill than to how decent, funny and insightful a human being he was. For all the darkness in the world, he was a flicker of light. He will remain so, in my heart and mind, as long as I live. Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) #Danya #Chess [Context and tribute in Alt Txt]

To those saying #NoKings was a success because this is "a marathon, not a sprint", let it be known: you are facing a tidal wave of institutions being weaponized against you. Once all their ethical members are purged, you will have no more recourse. Time to run, not walk #DailyProtests #GeneralStrike

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

To everyone saying #NoKings was a success because this is "a marathon, not a sprint", let it be known: you are facing a tidal wave of institutions being weaponized against you. Once all their ethical members are purged, you will have no more recourse. Time to run, not walk #DailyProtests #Casseroles

Unless we see this again today and—more importantly, tomorrow (and Tuesday, Wednesday...) it will have accomplished nothing—no more than every other time. Trump will continue to consolidate his regime. His popularity is at 40%. Obama's was at 44% at this point in his 2nd term. You're losing America

#NoKings One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles

#NoKings One and done protests haven't, do not, and will not work. The regime simply waits you out. The pressure has to be daily. You need to put your money where your mouth is. And so far, no one has. This time will be no different. I'm not celebrating that fact. I'm begging you to act. #Casseroles