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As anticipated, the fossil fuel lobby, through its owned media, is doing everything it can to tie Spain's blackouts to renewables.

Didn’t take the fossil fuel propagandists long to - falsely - blame green energy for the Spanish blackouts. Pathetic.

All of the classic tropes on full display here. Climate skeptic presented as 'independent consultant', etc etc. I think you know the drill, by now Amusing attempt at a British connection tho archive.ph/JtkKm

I guess the thing here is... who is "our"? He seems to mean the global COP process rather than that of the UK. And COP is slow, it is trying to turn a global juggernaut. But the UK's is largely succeeding - okay there's a lot to do, but decarbonizing electricity is actually going quite well.

Not everyday that a PM giggles about econometrics. A PM with a PhD from Nuffield college, no less!

The drama around this guy! It's amazing. 🍿

Why are biofuels being so heavily pushed despite their obvious, MASSIVE inefficiencies? Because they're a fig leaf for continuing to burn stuff, above all fossil fuels.

I want to know why every single Democratic politician, especially the female and non-white ones, isn't screaming about Trump's EO provisions related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

I finally got through the entire first season of the new Daredevil show, and it's just as thudding and mid as everything else Marvel has put on TV. If you're hoping for or expecting anything different, don't.

"Brazil and South Africa are leading diplomatic efforts through their 2025 presidencies of BRICS, COP30, and the G20... The US is becoming poorer and weaker as it dismantles the very system it once built." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/apr...

Feels almost rude to start the day with some not-horrific news.

If you’ve been laid off or had your contract cancelled by Duolingo please get in touch, I want to hear your story; my DMs are open, I’ll send you my Signal. My email’s Briancmerchant at gmail as well.

Re Canada’s elections, the only punchline should be: with a historical public opinion u-turn, Canada breaks with a global streak of right shifts. The parliamentary minority is secondary today… And if you look at the paralyzing supermajority in UK govt, it might even be a healthy omen after all.

This is largely thanks to Trump. At least the orange man has delivered one positive outcome! Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Based on current Canadian election results... chaos! —Liberals win—reversing a massive Conservative advantage thanks to Trump —BUT: Liberals are 6-7 seats short of a majority needed to pass laws; (leftish) NDP + Greens have ~8 seats —Conservative leader losing his seat —NDP leader resigned

We’ll make up for it by getting paid to protest Tesla.

This breaks my heart: Spanish bluebells (left) spreading out of gardens into the wild, now a common sight across Ireland. Native bluebells (right) are so lovely, but will be pushed out. Why are non-native species known to be invasive STILL being sold in garden centres?

The Canadian Climate Institute congratulates Prime Minister Carney and his newly elected government. We urge swift action on 4 critical climate solutions to bolster Canadian competitiveness and growth. #Cdnpoli #election2025 #canadaelections2025 climateinstitute.ca/news/canadia...

This is another trope that helps associate grid catastrophes with energy transition without evidence. I call it the Object Proximity tactic: they drops (a) the blackout occurred and (b) there's a high share of renewables, and then just waggles their eyebrows meaningfully -> archive.ph/aaxUT

At this rate, the new Liberal government will depend on virtually every single center-left New Democrat and Green Party member to pass legislation. It's going to be wild.

I had an extremely funny (to me) thought:

Nothing is sacred anymore.

Finally, Trump has caused one good thing to happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

At this current moment (Libs 164, NDP 7), the balance of power in Canada may rest with a single person:

So much for the resistance

* Cameron trashes the Ferrari in Ferris Bueller's Day Off -dot- GIF *

"Recent water testing off of the Scripps Memorial Pier in San Diego indicated concentrations of domoic acid so high that the event will likely persist for some time before it's filtered out -- and it's unclear how long that could take"

So when they ask us to Race For The Cure…how does that…work now?

I won’t consider him fucked before he’s faced Chotiner.

Make Canada great again.

for what it’s worth, the vibe on the military subreddits is “remember your oath”

Stephen Miller does not care about the First Amendment

For my last class of the semester in my AI & climate course, one of the assigned readings was @tamigraph.bsky.social's & Meg Young's article. It's good: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/fscsqwx4...

Vacuum aspiration abortion with flexible cannula

don’t cry for me Bluesky neighbor

Will be on a panel on Wednesday at DC Climate Week talking about AI and climate, hmu if you want to come to happy hour or read PDFs

wow tonight youtube recommended the national elite plumbing championships

i have a five year gag with my husband where i pretend that i think davy crockett isnt real, and he gets so offended every time

pronouncing bsky like it rhymes with whiskey

Could not be more proud to be a Canadian tonight.

Canadian friends, well played. American friends, let’s try to keep up. thenarwhal.ca/federal-elec...

there is no way this guy doesn't own one of those "Female Body Inspector" t-shirts

Congratulations to Canada for electing Carney on the anti-Trump ticket!🇨🇦🍁 #cdnpoli

I mean… I’m stellar at parking — any size car/truck/bike/scooter, front-in, back-in, parallel, hillside — so, how about some validation, world?

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

I just had oatmeal with peanut butter and roasted grapes and think everyone should eat this. Unless you’re a fascist. No oatmeal for you.

i kind of like it like this because it looks like something welded together by someones uncle with 13 DUIs

my favorite cultural color thing is how many cultures had no word for blue, and how many used to say the sky was white

i know Indigenous people in canada have their own problems, but sometimes im salty that my ancestors couldn’t have stayed like two hours farther north

that man is 53 years old loser stuff

The US National Climate Assessment is a national treasure. The authors are volunteers, & it was a career highlight for me to have been the Lead Author of the NCA6 Climate Mitigation Chapter. The career public servants who led my chapter & the overall NCA6 are heroes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

Good news for our planet: @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social is going to stay Prime Minister of Canada. I was proud to cast my ballot for @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social who was critical to making this happen.

Also increased funding for CBC so their reporting doesn’t collapse because of too many visitors!

Canadians looked south, got a glimpse of their possible future, and turned away. At least America's given them one small gift amidst all the 51st state nastiness

“I’m beginning to think Mark Carney will never be finance minister.” — An absolute blockbuster from CBC.

A Sunday? Great. Bingeing while folding laundry and munching on my Old Bay Goldfish crackers (hopefully, in that order lol)

🎉🎉Mark Carney's Liberal Party is projected to win the Canadian election and form the next government, public broadcaster CBC projects #Canada www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

What you don't assess will still hurt you.

What do we want? The steady hand of a central banker! What do we want? A boring but effective government! What do we want? Increased productivity, more housing, better and more equal access to health, investment in education, a calming voice amongst the chaos! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

whenever anyone asks me what san antonio is like im just going to show them this

Doing the right thing for the right reasons, in the right way. Of course, there was really no other way to go for Scott Pelley. If he won't say this out loud, who would?

Can we finally accept that climate change is political issue

Hail the march of progress and civilization! 🇨🇦

Proposal for Elections Canada to consider: next time, let’s count the votes starting in the west and see how things unfold. Would be a fun change.

In the Netherlands, The Hague enacted a word-first municipal law in September banning fossil fuel ads – and now that law has survived its first legal challenge oneearthnow.substack.com/p/dutch-cour...

CBC has projected a "liberal government" in Canada in which means it's time for my pedantic every four year gripe with Canadian media that you cannot project a government based on seat count until they cross the majority threshold.

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CBC News projects a liberal government in Canada! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Homer was always a millennial

The Fisheries and Climate Toolkit provides resources for managing and protecting changing oceans. This guest contribution to my Scientific Currents column shows that tools such as FaCeT will help communities cope with today’s challenges + anticipate tomorrow’s opportunities. ow.ly/1EWy50VJlKI 🦑 🌊

I've asked for a copy of the directive, & not received it yet, but I'm going to assume this is accurate reporting. Seattle, I think the library board needs to hear from us: [email protected] I threw my short letter here in case you want something to work from: medium.com/@enjohnston/...

ashley why are you at fiesta, its a colonial celebration? look how happy my little white mom is. she loves a parade.

Doubling down on one of the worst domestic policies ever. We’d be better off huffing the burn pit fumes than giving police more military equipment. Foot soldiers of fascism but not much new here really www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I might Discontinue my internet use after seeing this

"Based on estimates from this modeling study, declining childhood vaccination rates will increase the frequency and size of outbreaks of previously eliminated vaccine-preventable infections, eventually leading to their return to endemic levels." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The warring factions within the Trump administration are at it again! This time the conservative bureaucrats seem to have revived the FEMA review council. Try to stop yourself from feeling optimistic. There’s still plenty to suggest this is all a sham. www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04...

Superb thread about how Canadian federal elections work, in case you are wondering why your feed is chock full of Canuck politics tonight

Doge is like the best foreign intelligence operation ever. I’m sure the very honest man in charge of the country won’t wield this huge unconstitutional power for bad aims at any point.

that does not look like a firework

Hope someone got a picture

Interview w/political science Prof @DuaneBratt of @MountRoyalU, who says #Canada's electoral system is arguably one of the best in the world. #CanadaElection2025 #CanadaStrong youtu.be/mK8rk4xphg8

Our #Bowness #ClimateConversation was AWESOME, bringing folks together to discuss the importance of #FoodSecurity, reliable and affordable #PublicTransportation & Community Association activation as ways to meaningfully drive #ClimateAction in #YYC! Next stop The #Ramsay Climate Conversation!

More on this concern, as I was able to share with the NYT: “There may well be a sixth National Climate Assessment...The question is whether it is going to reflect credible science and be of real use to our communities as they prepare for climate change.”

@solarchase.bsky.social with China shifting away from fixed price payment/feed-in tariffs to market pricing for solar, will we see annual PV additions in China taper or continue to grow? Curious your read on the market there. Obviously a hugely important trend either way. Thanks!

"The Transportation Department announced that it will no longer require automakers to report certain kinds of non-fatal crashes — but the exception will apply only to partial self-driving vehicles using so-called Level 2 systems, the kind Tesla deploys." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/26/t...

"There's a window of opportunity here. We're in a pretty bad way & people are feeling that. We're living it. We need to do something differently & I think there's a visceral sense of that. People are suffering. People are struggling. People are having trouble seeing the future. We need real change."

Recently, a longtime reader asked us whether we were striking the right balance between inspiring and informing readers in print. We took that feedback to heart. Starting with this issue, we’re gathering in a creative sandbox to experiment with new formats, new content direction, and new designs.

What kinds of protests work, from 2020, by By Eric Shuman and Eran Halperin, Ph.D. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Canadian election results - watch live www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

I'm often frustrated by how performative Seattle can be, patting itself on the back for its noble statements without really doing much at all (cf: climate). Turns out it's even worse when we've stopped bothering to even pretend we give a shit. #LibraryGate

Rather than argue with rain gauges and thermometers, the administration is choosing to end the National Climate Assessment to avoid the argument altogether by hiding what the rain gauges and thermometers tell us. If you have to hide the evidence, you don’t have a good argument.

The cancellation of the National Climate Assessment is not just the closure of an important scientific effort to understand the world we live in and its challenges. It is another effort to erase the evidence on which serious policy debate can be constructed.

This is absolutely outrageous. What's the process for firing an elected city attorney who's restricting the first amendment rights of City employees while violating the whole concept of a Sanctuary City? @seattlecouncil.bsky.social @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social

finally with my brother. he’s marginally on the mend, starting to experience less pain every day, but it’s not fully gone. if anyone has expertise in coping with chronic pain and working through recovery from surgery, would love to be able to better support him - and mentally process myself tbh.

Trump is cancelling the National Climate Assessment. I led the #water report of the very first one, in 2000. These reports assess the threats of #climate change to the US. This action won't make those threats go away. It'll just blind is to the coming consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

The Trump regime wants to hide the threat of climate change from the American people. I believe they're going to fail at that. I know I've never felt so motivated to shout about that threat as I do now. Participating in the NCA was a great honor, and suspending it is a crime - but the work goes on!

I know everything is a 5 alarm fire/unprecedented but I keep coming back to this paper that lives in my head about how prior to this administration the NIH had such a track record of bipartisan stability it was featured in a special issue on mission innovation and these cuts are bananas.

I think il papa would be rolling over in his fresh grave at the thought of that reprobate sitting front row at his funeral in a blue suit

Why we need a National Climate Assessment -- “For thousands of years, we humans have been making decisions based on the past: like driving down the road looking in the rear view mirror. But now, thanks entirely to human actions, we're facing a curve in the road greater than humans have ever seen.”

Trump and the GOP have fired all of the scientists responsible for producing the next National #Climate assessment, mandated by law. I assume it's because they want to hire these "experts" instead. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...