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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

WSJ: OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago

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ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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Dans ce contexte-ci, je ne pense pas que Mark Carney utilisait "truth" dans le sens de vérité, mais plutôt pour désigner les commentaires sur Truth Social: help.truthsocial.com/truth-social...

Looks we are in the same situation at McMaster. All schools closed in Halton, Hamilton and Niagara but the powers at Mac that be have until tomorrow morning to make an announcement. Nothing so far

The first big Windows update of 2026 has bugs: Outlook freezes, app errors, and how to fix them Some of the bugs have been resolved, but others continue to plague Windows users.

If anyone still had any doubt about Windows 11 being nothing but clunkware: www.zdnet.com/article/wind...

YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding

More detailed simple explanation here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMJ...

I am a climate scientist and this is correct.

As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.

Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I'm currently looking for an MSc student to characterize water ages and storage in cold catchments. Several potential projects available, and I will support students who want to develop their own! If interested, please reach out soon at akgrewal@usask.ca, as Sept 2026 app deadlines are approaching!

Legault appelle ses députés à faire preuve d'«humilité» François Legault a appelé ses députés à faire preuve d'«humilité» et à s'élever «au-dessus des considérations partisanes», mardi, au terme de leur prestation de serment. Ses élus ont d'ailleurs promis...

Un autre: www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p...

None of this talk about a brain gain makes any sense unless funding for research is dramatically increased across the board in Canada.

The Metacrisis Is Metaphysical: The Fallacies That Doom Our Solutions | Art Berman I saw an article last week about Japan beaming solar power from space to Earth—a science-fiction fantasy treated as a practical near-term plan. Around the same time, I read a piece dismantling Elon Mu...

Interesting read from Art Berman: " Climate change, overshoot, ... They’re symptoms of a single mistaken stance toward reality: the belief that we stand apart from the living world, entitled to treat it as backdrop, warehouse, and waste bin until it pushes back." www.artberman.com/blog/the-met...

This is 100% BS

A decade ago, we published our highly cited "Hydrological Feedbacks in Northern Peatlands" paper in Ecohydrology.

Today the sequel just dropped!

"Hydrological Feedbacks in Northern Peatlands 2: Peat Depth as a Control on Peatland Resilience"

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And now NCAR. Science, on all fronts, is in tatters. The regression leaves the country and the world much worse off. Recovery from this damage to the United States will take decades.

And you *definitely* don't do it by *cutting* already poor funding at home.

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In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding Lackluster growth in federal spending squeezes research community

You *don't* do it by spending $1.7 billion to recruit internationally while funding continues to stagnate at woefully insufficient levels at home.

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The way to make Canada a top global science leader is to a) prevent brain drain, and b) make it a go-to for the best researchers from around the world. You do this by having very robust, stable, and internationally competitive funding across the board -- not by huge one-time recruitment efforts.

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years

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J'imagine Bernard Drainville: "Lâchez-moi avec les normes environnementales!"

YouTube video by CHCH News Hamilton conservation groups push back against province’s plan to merge authorities

For a rebuttal of this nonsense by competent voices such as the Hamilton Conservation Authority, here is again coverage by @chchnews.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmhm...

The underlying implication in the interview by the current Minister of Environment is the existing Conservation Authorities are incompetent and are outdated in the way they do their work. Anyone who spends the time honestly looking at the work these Authorities do will see that it's not the case.

YouTube video by CHCH News Ontario set to merge regional conservation authorities

This is a blatant move by the Ford government to make it easier for development to occur in zones where it really should not happen, and bypass local opposition. Basically a second go at their thwarted effort to open up the Green Belt to development.

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On behalf of the McMaster Ecohydrology Lab I'm happy to announce the winner of the 2025 #NobelPeatPrize for top Intl #PeatPaper

Congrats to: Nijp et al.

"Ecohydrological feedbacks increase water storage, streamflow, and resilience of natural peatlands"

Journal of Hydrology
#Peatlands

AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

Food for tought

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LSPQ | INSPQ Le Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec exerce les fonctions essentielles d’un laboratoire de santé publique lié à son mandat et les besoins du réseau.

LSPQ = Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec www.inspq.qc.ca/lspq

Ce projet va très clairement avoir pour conséquence de faciliter l'ingérence politique tel le craint le Collège des Médecins. Et ayant fait mes études au LSPQ, et sachant son importance, l'idée de transfert des activités de laboratoire m'inquiète particulièrement. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out OpenAI is now internally testing 'ads' inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy.

Enshittification mode: on.

At least 500 killed in south-east Asia floods and landslides More than 350 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across Thailand The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in south-east Asia reportedly climbed past 500 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got under way in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swathes of the three countries this week, killing hundreds and leaving thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting rescue. Continue reading...

At least 500 killed in south-east Asia floods and landslides

The McMaster Ecohydrology Lab presents the 2025 #NobelPeatPrize nominees! We encourage the #peatland community to give each of these wonderful papers a read.

The winner will be announced on December 11th. #PeatPaper

Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.

Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.

Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.

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