Linda McD

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

More reporting that top insurers say the #ClimateCrisis “could soon outpace industry solutions, effectively threatening to make entire regions around the world uninsurable.”

Typically required for getting a mortgage.

Tell me again how smart climate solutions “cost too much.”

We’re bad at math.

When Science Becomes the Enemy From funding cuts to violence: How mRNA became ground zero in the war on expertise

This piece is an extraordinary deep dive into mRNA vaccine technology, why it is critical, and the damage caused by RFK Jr. torpedoing funding for it.

Incredible work by @funsizeimmuninja.bsky.social and Dr. Jess Steier.

mRNA is indeed, as the authors say, a molecule of hope.

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left."

It’s between democracy and oligarchy.

The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

I feel this should be a bigger story, right?

The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).

I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

Dems should fight on every front.

If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.

We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.

Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

Texas is a war zone. GOP’s jamming through a mid‑decade map to grab 5 more U.S. House seats. Dems fled the state, Abbott’s threatening arrests. This isn’t politics...it’s raw power. The side that blinks first loses America’s future.

New version of the same graphic showing how gerrymandering is unrepresentative and cheating.

Gerrymandering isn’t “free and fair elections,” any more than voter suppression is.

It’s cheating. It’s stealing elections.

“It’s when the politicians choose the voters instead of voters choosing the politicians.”

Call it out.

(new version of the graphic)

Texas is on the frontlines of the fight for fair representation and Texas Senate Democrats are bringing that fight to the national stage.

Attending National Conference of State Legislatures.

It's not just a Texas issue- it's a national one.

Democracy.

#txlege #redistricting #Texas

One of the most effective misinformation tactics antivaxxers use is to quote legitimate news sources out of context in order to convey a narrative.

Studies suggest that news editors often contribute to this problem by publishing clickbait headlines that are easily weaponized by antivaxxers.

Michael Wolff says he urged Epstein to release information he had on Trump, but Epstein appeared worried about what Trump would do to him.

“He said, ‘I may be a pervert, but I’m not crazy.’ He then said, ‘Trump is a man without any scruples.’”

#covid
Here’s an ideal vacation tourist location for the health-aware folks.
Fort Henry, Kingston has an awesome CO2 monitor count. That includes the outside parts, the indoor display rooms (doors open) and even the dungeon!!! Below 500!!!
Exceptions: yellow for gift shop & red for bathroom.

Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) - Wikipedia

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith:

— said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president
— has neo-Nazi ties
— was Andrew Tate’s lawyer
— 2x Claremont fellow
— wrote for Gateway Pundit
— called for Pence to be hanged
— called for secession after 2020 election

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

It just keeps coming…

CBS uncovered a mystery third person caught on jailhouse cameras the night Epstein died.

Not named. Not mentioned in the DOJ report. Spotted near his cell just after 4 a.m., two hours before he was found dead.

Why now? Somebody wants this out.

delete your period tracking app right now

HUGE legal victory: @cycletoronto.bsky.social has won its Charter challenge of the Ford government's legislation requiring removal of Toronto bike lanes! Justice Schabas ruled that the law puts cyclists at increased risk of harm and death which engages the right to life and security of the person.

Ford Takes $800 Million Tariff Hit, Posts First Loss Since 2023 The levies on imported parts helped wipe out the company’s net profit in the second quarter.

The problem Ford has is they aren’t going public with this. If this was caused by Biden they would be screaming.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Yes! #Fordfailedontario #maplemaga #activemobility

I got it. Fuck...I got it. I was trained as a criminal investigator at Georgetown and Harvard, worked as a federal criminal investigator in DC, practiced Criminal Law—including sex crimes and homicides—for years, and was sure if I dedicated myself I’d figure out what Trump is hiding. And now I have.

What we know today so far:

– Trump says Epstein “stole” Virginia Giuffre, previously he denied knowing her
– She was 16, working at Mar-a-Lago
– She later testified under oath that Epstein trafficked her
– Trump didn't unfriend Epstein b/c of trafficking... it was b/c he "took" her

Trump: People were taken out of the spa, hired by Epstein… I told him we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa. He did it again, I said out of here.

Reporter: Was one of the stolen people Virginia Giuffre?

Trump: I think so. He stole her.

Canada's first offshore wind energy projects will be in Nova Scotia Four areas across Nova Scotia will be prepared for offshore wind energy, the first in the country. In a joint statement, the province and the Government of Canada said that the four areas are French B...

4 areas in #NovaScotia chosen for #Canada’s first offshore wind energy projects

Joint statement, the province & the Government of Canada said that the 4 areas are French Bank, Middle Bank, Sable Island Bank — off the mainland — & Sydney Bight — off Cape Breton.

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/07/29/f...

15 Alberta hospitals lost their ER in June 2025 One community lost its ER for nearly 400 hours last month.

Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social

15 Alberta hospitals lost their emergency department in June 2025

One community lost its ER for nearly 400 hours last month.

albertaworker.ca/news/15-albe...

Doug Ford changed the laws so he could sell off our public parks and public areas.
The end result will be that in the future there will be no free access public areas.
You will have to pay to go to the beach.
You will have to pay to go for a walk or hike.
Launch a boat to go fishing?
You will pay.

U.S.-EU deal sets a 15% tariff on most goods and averts the threat of a trade war with a global shock The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15 per cent tariff on most goods, staving off -- at least for now -- far higher imports on both sides that migh...

Want a lesson in economic self-sabotage? Build a car in the EU or Japan and pay just a 15% tariff to import it into the US. However, build it in the U.S. and get slapped with 50% on steel, 25% on parts, and higher labour costs. Awesome 👍
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing the cost to consumers, and 3) the repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.

Ontario family sues hospital and staff over son’s death | Globalnews.ca In early February 2024, a migraine kept Finlay van der Werken home from school. His condition got worse, and his mother took him to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.

“We feel that we have been let down and we cannot trust the medical system as it is right now."

Cost:

Hospitals, provincial governments & federal government warehouses are overstocked with hundreds of millions of respirators due to expire shortly.

They are already bought and paid for.

The cost to recycle or send them to landfill outweighs the cost of using them.