Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦 #staywoke

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets The next day, one million people joined a demonstration in Rome, which highlighted Italy’s complicity in the genocide.

ITALY / PALESTINE: Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2 Million Workers into the Streets truthout.org/articles/ita...

A gentle warning from Carl Sagan

New employment numbers are out. Month-over-month numbers good, but year-over-year numbers show a two-speed Canadian economy, with Ontario falling far behind the rest of the country.

Carney on Canada's National School Food Program: "No child should go to school hungry or sit in a classroom all day wondering where their next meal will come from... Until today, this program was a pilot..so, we're announcing we'll move forward with the funding and legislation to make it permanent."

Carney on automatic federal benefits: "This program will pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits in the next few years that would otherwise be left unclaimed, helping our most vulnerable get the supports that they need."

Olivia Chow and several people standing in front of a construction site wearing high visibility vests and hard hats.

City of Toronto advances first ever public developer-led mass timber, affordable homes at 11 Brock Ave

News Release: www.toronto.ca/news/city-of...

Semi-informed ranking of Canadian big city Official Plans:
1. Edmonton
2. Calgary (either MDP or new draft Calgary Plan)
3. Montreal
4. draft Vancouver ODP
5. Toronto
6. Ottawa

it's dope as hell that the world builds 100 million cars per year and all that plastic, metal, glass and rubber eventually ends up like this

Trump is going for his annual medical checkup six months after his last one...

guys we need food to live

This is how cheap our solar could be if we didn’t tax it like cigarettes

This system would cost over $30k in Canada vs $8500 in Australia

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway How Long Can the American Economy Hold? — with Kai Ryssdal | Prof G Conversations

How Long Can the American Economy Hold?

youtu.be/isF96bnT6u0?...

YouTube video by cpac Industry Minister Mélanie Joly addresses Canadian Club Toronto – October 9, 2025

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is interesting to listen to. Smart, articulate, direct.

youtu.be/4AC2LsEhPDg?...

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is standing on business! In celebration of the Blue Jays going to the ALCS, the mayor had some fun recreating Jose Bautista's epic bat flip 🔥 #OliviaChow #Toronto #BlueJays

This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.

In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:

We’ve Officially Generated More Power From Renewable Energy Than Coal In 2025

🎉 A big win for clean energy this week! In the first half of 2025, we officially used more renewable electricity than coal for the first time on record 🙌 Solar power generation increased by a huge 31%, helping us to break the record and see coal drop to its lowest share. 🧵

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

@WinterPolitics1 The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE. And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General

YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement

I think one of the key responsibilities of government is to promote, and if necessary enforce, equity.

The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.

I think equity, in essence, is what "woke" means, and we progressives should embrace that.

Improving digital experiences for Toronto’s government isn’t a glamorous issue.

But if done well, it reduces service costs, improves access and transparency (for citizens and businesses alike), and leads to more innovation and public trust.

Great memo in @buildtoronto.com today! Check it out!

Speaks in support of the "care economy"

Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.

The housing agency projects it’ll cost $5,450 to retrofit units with window heat pumps compared with the $40,000 per unit it paid to install centralized systems at some smaller housing complexes.

The Illusion of Order: Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/the-illusi...

Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051 A new report from MMI

Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051

www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/families-o...

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

a woman in a white dress is standing next to a pole in a black and white photo . Alt: A woman in a white dress collapses in tears feeling overwhelmed.

The needs in my classroom have never been greater and the resources available to help have never been so scarce.

It’s very hard to be in a helping profession and feel unable to help so many of the students so much of the time.

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context."

Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

When you hear criticism of "woke", don't be afraid to say

"I'm woke, and I'm proud of it!"

#StayWoke

I think one of the key responsibilities of government is to promote, and if necessary enforce, equity.

The result imo is a more prosperous, happier, and yes more productive society.

I think that, in essence, is "woke", and we progressives should embrace that.

#StayWoke