P.J. Partington 🇨🇦

A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

you don't often encounter a lot of songs about basil...

Climate Summit Proposal Omits Plan for Exiting Fossil Fuels The COP30 climate talks are set to run into overtime after a draft deal proposed by host nation Brazil caused widespread anger across the world for omitting any reference to winding down the use fossi...

Quite the situation! Bloomberg also has UK as one of the 36 letter signatories and EU climate commissioner warning of no-deal scenario: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

30-plus nations oppose COP30 draft over fossil fuel omission COP30 is scheduled to end on Friday evening, following a dramatic fire that brought a premature close to Thursday's proceedings. According to the Colombian delegation, no consensus has yet been reache...

France as well www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Birb people, is this a baby woodpecker?

Really enjoyed Love Forms by Claire Adam recently

🚨Call for Speakers🚨

⚡5th Electricity Camp in the Rockies

🗓️May 20-22, 2026

⛰️Banff, Alberta

👪Academics, policymakers, and practitioners talking about all things electricity (and hiking!)

✉️Email abstracts to: electricity.centre@ucalgary.ca by Dec 15

Past programs here: nzeri.ca/electricity-camp

NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned

Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)

What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts

www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...

Can we call it a “deep recarbonization” scenario? 😂

lol, yes, we are very special and demand constant praise for our unique federal system of governance.

My point is that actual reality is nuanced than Bluesky proclamations. There’s actually no Stop Fossil Fuel Extraction button in Ottawa, so hopefully that’s not your complete theory of change

Could start by reading Section 92A of the Constitution. Just a thought.

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/pa...

(Did I do that right?)

But one does have to admire the radiantly unvarnished purity of those who have never lifted a finger to design or implement climate policy in real life! 😇

If only we tie that into some BESS we could have an advanced smart grid 100% powered by vibes and dudgeon

I’m the same, but must admit that the audio version of Emily Wilson’s recent Iliad translation is actually incredible. Read by a Tony-award winning actress. I may not remember it line for line but the vibes are impeccable

Snow on a walkway covered in Japanese maple leaves in rich shades of auburn, ochre, and vermillion

Me, shovelling November snow mixed with leaves that were not done falling: is this… the mid-transition? 💁‍♂️🦋

You’re saying this like delicious chonky noodle stubs are a bad thing? Also, did you move to Little Austro-Hungary recently?

Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets

Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.

thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...

Absolutely gobsmacked. Canada's largest province announces they plan to scrub a legislative requirement to have a climate change target, a climate plan, and progress reports.

Ontario pals... huh???

Normal sized teapot and veggie sticks with a gargantuan 850g vat of hummus looming in the background

Alright, got my pot of tea and cartoonishly oversized stress hummus. Let’s go Budget 2025!

Dispatch from the Small Victories department: I finally re-found a poem I’d been searching for for a couple years, grasping at clues in a haze of vibes and misremembered keywords. And it’s still great! www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7616/...

The DAC Hub Dream Is Alive in Canada. I Went to See It. Deep Sky is running a carbon removal bake-off on the plains of Alberta.

Really great profile of Deep Sky’s DAC demo hub in Alberta heatmap.news/carbon-remov...

Big week in Toronto! In addition to the Jays, we've got the World Series of Energy Nerds!

Seemed like things got into a pretty chill routine during the Trojan War. About 10 years of predictable daily sieging, clashes of champions and seaside glamping.

Welcome @natural-resources.canada.ca! Glad I won't be the only one posting NRCat-based contend on here anymore 😸

Deep Sky unveils plans for one of the world’s biggest direct air carbon capture facilities in Manitoba The plant, when fully complete, will absorb 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, the Montreal-based company says

So much to love here! Great to see Deep Sky launching their first commercial project and awesome to see it will be in Manitoba with close Indigenous involvement www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b9363f1...

A documentary about target setting? YES PLEASE
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suddenly noticing all of my gauche belt loops