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Conservation scientist. Tweets about climate, oceans, & sustainable development. Views my own, and do not necessarily reflect views of employer. He/him.

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The minimum voting age should be WAY lower. Any argument that kids are easy to influence, not competent, or not independent can also be applied to at least some adults who are eligible to vote

17.10.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know Canada wants to spend lots on the military. We should be investing heavily in the cargo planes that can evacuate us from disaster.

This *will* happen here too. And we need to be ready to save lives.

17.10.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further to the "lead in whey" issue: www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21...

Apparently whey protein and metal ions interact at a molecular level. So it sounds like this will not be an easy thing to fix. I will be avoiding the product entirely now.

15.10.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arsenic, Lead Found in Popular Protein Supplements Some protein supplements have a high level of toxic heavy metals, according to a report from the Clean Label Project. Consumer Reports explains what you need to know.

I am alarmed by this study too, but as I was googling the Costco brand to see how it ranks, I'm finding articles about this from years ago! (E.g. www.consumerreports.org/dietary-supp...)

So now I'm just mad - we knew this all along, but nothing meaningful changed!?

15.10.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Aw man I hope you heal fully and quickly

15.10.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The last time Alberta proposed to subsidize O&Gโ€™s closure liabilities, ScotiaBank warned that it flew in the face of โ€œthe core capitalist principle that private cos shld take full responsibility for the liabilities they willingly acceptโ€.

Indeed. Yet itโ€™s the same in O&G jurisdictions everywhere.๐Ÿค”

14.10.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

14.10.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2101    ๐Ÿ” 592    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Interesting!

13.10.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

13.10.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12204    ๐Ÿ” 3304    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 220    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144

(that is, you can be truly non-partisan but still accused of partisanship if you come out against policy X that only party Y is advocating)

11.10.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imo there is no such thing as true political neutrality. Everything is politics. Heck, having a vaccine clinic on campus is a non neutral decision.

I'd rather set political transparency as a goal. Non-partisanship too but even that gets fraught if, say, only one party comes out against something

11.10.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It would perhaps be valuable to listen to the podcast in which the question is answered

10.10.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Of course you should listen to all my pods but I highly recommend this one in particular. Araque is not shy about his ambition: he wants to show that this will work on a scale & with a profit margin that basically persuades FF companies to switch.

10.10.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Carney's entire goal at these things seems to be "don't make trump want to invade us" and "don't make a face that becomes a meme"

08.10.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool as hell

08.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).

But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.

07.10.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 868    ๐Ÿ” 185    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Nor is MC calling climate ppl enemies of the state, or vilifying climate science, shutting down ECCC, etc. All of that would have been on the table

I'm not defending walking back climate commitments, but I do think It's better to have a PM fall short than to have them actively try to make it worse

07.10.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think for starters, I expect PM PP would be explicitly, actively hostile to anything related to climate, conservation, or anything that sounds like those two matters.

We've seen the playbook: It includes explicit efforts to make renewable energy impossible. Carney isn't doing that.

07.10.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PM Carney desperately trying to figure out what facial expression is appropriate for this moment

07.10.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How about you pose it on here so everyone can see the answer?

07.10.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving worldโ€™s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The worldโ€™s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the worldโ€™s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

06.10.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 431    ๐Ÿ” 128    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Lmao

07.10.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This nonsense gets re-posted every six months or so

As an asthmatic, I warmly invite the author of this tweet to go soak their head

07.10.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Climate Change:

It's real.

It's us.

It's serious - and already dangerous.

But there are solutions.

The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.

19.11.2024 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1880    ๐Ÿ” 476    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

#DecarbonizeBC

06.10.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

One big asymmetry that Dems enable: Republicans attack Dem VOTERS as evil, enemies of the state and now, per Trump, a problem for the military to get rid of. We have one politician who called some of them deplorables and one who said they were weird and people behave as if these are the same

05.10.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 982    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.ย 

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

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03.10.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 465    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

but can it run Crysis?

05.10.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a bit niche but we should think about universities in this way too - specifically, looking at ways to create spaces that serve students staff and faculty, and ALSO the surrounding community.

Things like shared sports infrastructure, dining, outdoor lecture/amphitheater spaces, etc

05.10.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like if I was making the lib version of that: Trump Corruption, Tariffs, RFK snake oil shit. View from nowhere reporting voice, occasional vaguely conservative culture arts article to keep the target audience clicking on โ€˜heated controversy among college republcians on if Macedonians are whiteโ€™

04.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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