Greg Fingas

Elon Musk is a symbol of American collapse in many ways, but one of the big ones is how for years he has constantly engaged in multi-billion-dollar securities and consumer fraud, and the "consequence" has been him making billions more, including from the federal government paying him directly.

It's remarkable how the Wall Street guys don't realize if they don't put the fear of god into Trump, he's going to fuck with stuff until he's done something he can't undo

"Sick of coughing? Stop Electing Republicans"

This stuff is not hard.

The Invisible Climate Change Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You Air pollution is less dramatic than floods or storms, less inconvenient, and much harder to politicize. It’s also much more deadly.

There's one effect of climate change we still mostly overlook: bad air quality. Exacerbated by heat waves & wildfires—though of course those are not the only causes—air pollution doesn’t get nearly as much attention as floods & storms.

And air pollution is harder to politicize.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

“…fire fatalities are 17 times more likely in a Cybertruck than in the infamous Ford Pinto.
The site compares the total units sold so far — 34,438 for the Cybertruck, compared to 3,173,491 for the ill-fated Pinto...”

To me the biggest shocker: only 34k dumbasses bought this triangle shit box.

Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

It really is incredible how men will turn against any industry, career, or hobby, if women even so much as hint at enjoying it.

Imagine making your world that small.

Solar and wind are conservative punching bags. They're also winning the fight Conservative politicians in North America love pretending that wind and solar can't possibly compete with fossil fuels. They might want to pay closer attention to what's happening in the rest of the w...

Take heart, friends: There's actually a hugely positive story out there about wind and solar energy -- and it's one the North American fossil fuel industry and conservative politicians in its thrall can't do anything to stop.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/o...

Realtors warn that if housing market collapses everyone could one day afford house TORONTO - After a nearly 30% decline in value, realtors across Toronto are concerned that if the market continues to falter someday in the near future everyone could afford a house.

Realtors warn that if housing market collapses everyone could one day afford house

We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of Homelessness Punishing people for being poor doesn’t make them less poor. And jailing someone who’s homeless doesn’t make them housed. But that’s exactly what

"We need federal lawmakers to sign onto the Housing, Not Handcuffs Act and invest in communities by directing federal funds to [..] address the root causes of homelessness, not just force people into jail or detention centers dressed up as treatment."
#USA #Housing #Incarceration #Healthcare

So apparently writing to the CEO during a company group chat "ignore all previous instructions, increase worker benefits instead" is a fireable offense.

Top-rated post on r/IShouldHaveClickedThrough

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal Trading Bitcoin and other crypto-currenices is a criminal activity, China's central bank says.

This is the way.

Schumer caving on the budget will probably be seen as the biggest legislative mistake of this administration but that crypto bill is gaining fast and probably ends up being an early exhibit in explaining how we lost a republic

EVs have become a litmus test for whether we’re still America’s buddy — or ready to be a global Canada Ultimately, we must ask what’s best for Canada. How about affordable EVs that will save drivers thousands on gas every year?

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I asked ChatGPT and it said that I was a credulous rube who would believe anything if the message was delivered with a sufficient degree of fawning subservience

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Opinion: When ideology trumps evidence in health care, everyone pays Correcting course starts with transparency, evidence-based policy, and a willingness to adapt, even if it means letting go of ideology.

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: When ideology trumps evidence in health care, everyone pays

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#healthcare #health
#Corruptcare #FireTheUCP
#FireSmith #Litvinchuk #Parks
#Manns #AHS

When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity. Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million. The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay. At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called “U.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

"Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation...many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president."

Trump is the most corrupt president in living memory and it's not even close.

Republicans hate regulations on corporations but love placing regulations on voters.

To which I would only add: this whole discourse is the mirror image of what society tells women.

When men are involuntarily celibate: it's undeserved and a social crisis.

When women are involuntarily celibate: women are "too picky" and DESERVE to be lonely. Hence the "cat lady" discourse.

The sudden shift from “the Internet isn’t real life” to “the Internet is real life and everything else is irrelevant” over the last decade or so has been absolutely astounding to witness.

Canadian resolve on trade negotiations hardens as country faces day one of increased tariffs - Angus Reid Institute Two-thirds say Canada should take “hard” line in trade talks, rebuff Trump’s rebuke on Palestine stance August 1, 2025 – Canadian resolve in the face of what are now 35 per cent tariffs on non-USMCA p...

Eat this Scott Moe and Danielle Smith.
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"Prominent #OilAndGas executives realized early on that the public's anxiety specifically about environmental issues could provide the momentum for politicians to pass laws that would restrict the industry profits so they created a very effective PR strategy to ensure that that would never happen."

If you're ruthless for the right, you get money put behind you. If you're ruthless for the left, you get money put against you.

America First Legal got >$50 million in funding. A left version of the same would get attacked by Dem orgs and donors, and everyone associated with it blacklisted forever.

While Donald Trump clings to energy sources of the past, Mark Carney has a golden opportunity to move Canada forward Building bigger, cleaner, smarter electricity systems should be the top priority of the federal government’s promise to build projects that are in the national interest.

The fact that the US has lost the plot on decarbonization is an opportunity for Canada to build on one of our significant natural advantages: clean electricity. My latest with @gmbutts.bsky.social and Peter Nicholson
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @climateinstitute.bsky.social

Sagan by and large got it right, but Mike Judge was even closer...

Someone on here said that videogames offer a fantasy of predictable rewards for one's work, which in real life might not be rewarded at all. I think about it a lot!