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Protests have started against Alto, the low-emission, electric-powered high-speed rail project between #Quebec City and #Toronto.

According to Alto, the trains could carry 43M passengers, and bring $35B/yr in economic benefits to #Canada.

Many communities want a station...

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Alberta regulator rejects Canada’s largest data centre | The Narwhal Lack of public consultation means project that would have consumed as much power as Edmonton won’t go ahead — for now

The Alberta Utilities Commission has rejected a proposal for a massive rural data centre that would have consumed as much power as the city of Edmonton. It cited missing information and a lack of public consultation. thenarwhal.ca/olds-data-ce...

This is good news! For now...

Abstract sculptures from nature in the Empty Quarter desert…

#photography #art #nature #landscape #desert

Summer Isles

Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

Elbows up! Protecting Canadian sovereignty by gutting the last handful of functional national institutions we have left.

Sunrise at a favored place on this earth. It's quiet and peaceful there. The weight of the world can be lifted away for a short time. I can look for the occasional horseshoe crab that needs rescued. I can feel sand on my bare feet. Everything is different there from day to day, but the same.

Exploring wild places on the north side of the Torridonian giants

Every sleep researcher ever, all the time: permanent Standard Time is unquestionably better for our health

Governments: we're switching to permanent daylight time!

Anyway, sign this petition for permanent Standard time: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

B.C. First Nation taps geothermal power for food security | The Narwhal In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. West Moberly First Nations is turning to an underground clean-energy solution

Accessing fresh produce is a challenge in many northern communities, but for one First Nation in northeastern B.C., harnessing geothermal energy may offer a path to better food security. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/west-moberly...

I just emailed @mayoroliviachow.ca and my councillor. Not addressing things like this makes me wonder about her leadership.

Michael Ford, premier’s nephew, considering run for Toronto mayor Michael Ford was a city councillor from 2016 to 2022 and was elected Ontario PC MPP in 2022.

For fuck’s sake. It is genuinely, heartbreakingly depressing to think how much better Toronto would be if it weren’t for this blight of a family. www.thestar.com/news/gta/mic...

Why We Must Stop Bradford This October A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

Since John Tory will not run to get his old job back as Mayor, it's time to reshare this post to remind everyone why we must #StopBradford this October. #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/01/why-...

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

The province has taken over 6 of Ontario’s 8 largest school boards, citing financial mismanagement. But analysis by The Local shows these big boards receive among the lowest levels of provincial funding per pupil. thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

Unlike previous oil wars renewable energy is now available at scale. It's distributed, diversified and resilient. And solar panels don’t blow up; once they're in place you don’t need ships to constantly feed them to make energy.

The sun is looking like a pretty stable energy source right now.

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Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life. Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot

I recognize I am an extremely rare holdout in that I have been so hardline anti-AI that I have still yet to use a chatbot willingly, but uh, I feel like every other story I read is about how all the consumer-facing stuff is a mental illness particle accelerator www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Across the moor

During the Renaissance, people in Venice would vote by dropping little balls into an urn.

The Italian word for “little ball” is ‘ballotta.’

Now any kind of secret voting, by ball, piece of paper, or voting machine, is called a ‘ballot.’

Canada needs an independent podcast community

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Justin Ling: Trump and Netanyahu have made a dangerous gamble in Iran. Why is Carney cheering them on? We should cheer when the brutal Iranian regime falls, whenever that may come to pass. But we should condemn this chaotic, risky violence and all the death that comes with

"The United Kingdom, France, and Germany all managed to comment on the situation without endorsing this war."

www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

What OpenAI just agreed to is positively horrifying, on an unimaginable scale actually

A new op-ed argues public institutions — like those that built rail & public power — may be key to scaling clean energy and economic resilience today: shorturl.at/hfemN

#ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition #Cdnpoli

Reykjavik is once again demonstrating what it means to be a climate leader!

Iceland stands on the frontlines of the climate crisis and this endorsement sends a clear message: addressing fossil fuel production must be part of the solution.

Saskatchewan just announced its LARGEST #solar project EVER! 🌞

The 100 MW Mino Giizis Solar Facility, half owned by First Nations, set to power ~30,000 homes with #renewable energy by 2028: shorturl.at/yHtxy

#climatenews #climateaction

Autumn in an Oxfordshire beechwood.

Winter in an Oxfordshire beechwood.

This is NOT reimagined with AI. 🤖

This is a labour of love. Visiting the same woodlands three months apart to capture the stark transformation that unfolds. From colour and life to cold bare branches. This is autumn vs winter.

Which do you prefer?

I love seeing the two side-by-side. They are both gorgeous and beautifully portray the spirit of their seasons.

They’d better be careful of whose basket they’re putting all their eggs in.

This is bad. Full cost-benefit analyses are not easy to do, but imo the chances are good that providing books and education materials to people in prisons has long run benefits that outweigh the costs. That's not even considering the human rights aspects.