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Minutes from now probably.

AI-Driven Demand for Gas Turbines Risks a New Energy Crunch Orders for turbines to power natural gas plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand.

Here we have the CEO of the largest solar and wind developer in the United States NextEra, calling renewables the bridge to natural gas.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

What’s a red line anymore?

Greenland: Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged influence operation The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
US citizens have been conducting covert operations in Greenland
aim is to infiltrate Greenland's society & promote its secession from Denmark to the US
Danish intelligence warned Greenland was being targeted by influence campaigns
This is happening in Canada too #ElbowsUp

To win it’s neither, it’s to under and set a new course accordingly.

your holiday am ☕️ and urbanism thread:

how seattle's land use code and massive, banal buildings impede bike abundance

What if a TV debate actually makes you less certain?

That possibility gets ruled out by design.

Many persuasion models assume something called Monotone Treatment Response — which means no backlash.

Here’s why that matters.

#PersuasionTactics2

Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...

I would support this kind of model for Canada

Alarmists or good judges of character? The framing here is corrosive to people with even moderate discernment of character, as if Trump’s sociopathy wasn’t excruciatingly evident all along.

The decline of America came slowly, slowly, then all at once in a perfect shit-storm of entitled, grievous dumb-assery.

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/2339227/us-chipmakers-fear-ceding-chinas-ai-market-to-huawei-after-new-trump-restrictions

Ban them from Canadian waters

Risks and Uncertainties Facing New LNG Projects On The U.S. Gulf And East Coasts | Energy Central

https://energycentral.com/c/ec/risks-and-uncertainties-facing-new-lng-projects-us-gulf-and-east-coasts

Migration pressure is one way that climate change will affect us all:

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-08/when-water-dries-up-violence-thrives-the-link-between-climate-conflict-and-migration-in-africa/

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

All I can say is, it’s an opportunity for Canada

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the… The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

He smoked the Kool-Aid

After 30 years I stopped paying to read The Economist 5 years ago and I’m alright now.

How To Respond To Trump's Third-Term Taunt (And Other Taunts) Tl;dr: A blend of mockery, steeliness, and foresight.

Why mocking Trump is good politics, from @brianbeutler.bsky.social:

"Mockery underscores his failure to elicit fear, which is his first objective. It also turns the discussion around in a way that makes him seem weak rather than dominant."

www.offmessage.net/p/trump-thir...

This paper introduces an AC frequency and battery power consensus control strategy for stand-alone modular PV-battery microgrids using virtual synchronous generators (VSG), enhancing stability and efficiency in ...

It is absolutely right that we do not need Greenland (or Canada) for natsec reasons because they are already close NATO allies. So the only rationale to turn the US into an aggressor in our own hemisphere is if you don’t plan on NATO being a US alliance in the future.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/in-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/

Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US 'is over' The Canadian leader said his country's relationship with the US had changed due to Trump's tariffs, jeopardising future cooperation.

What leadership looks like - Mark Carney.

The longer Starmer puts off speaking like this, the longer he keeps saying he "likes and respects" the rapist, self-confessed sex offender, 34 x convicted felon, the weaker Starmer will become.

The "special relationship" never existed. We are European.

What a huge waste of time and resources. It’s been proven time and again that the grid-associated hydrogen economy cannot be economic today given today’s gas and solar PV prices. There’s just no way.

When will Canada get off the hydrogen train to nowhere?

https://energycentral.com/c/cp/investing-canadas-hydrogen-potential

The bar kept her safe, a higher duty than observing the liquor rule.

DC ceiling fans

We can already do that, but the resulting condensation may ruin your floor structure

Yes, to zero: Should Canada ease its 100% tariff on electric vehicles from China amid trade war with U.S.?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-china-electric-vehicles-1.7486204