Even during the "ceasefire", the Israelis are still demolishing entire villages in southern Lebanon with armored bulldozers. In fact, civilian contractors hired by the army receive pay which is based on the number of buildings destroyed.
Schumer voted against blocking the sale of these bulldozers.
Climate science pals: How much methane abatement would be needed to reduce the risk of AMOC collapse to a tolerable level (e.g. <1-5%)? How much carbon dioxide abatement? Could you use those two results to define an exchange rate between CH4 and CO2, like a GWP but specific to this tipping point?
I'll say again: the richest man in the world regularly posts racist content on the social platform he purchased which, since said purchase, now regularly disseminates explicitly white supremacist content to millions of people.
I feel like we're sleepwalking into something and none of it is good.
VERY BIG NEWS out of France a week ago:
"French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday, April 10, a ban on installing gas heating systems "by year's end" in new buildings, including multi-unit housing, to curb France's dependence on fossil fuels."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
That map of Calgary's proposed new electoral divisions by Danielle Smith is so comically gerrymandered it's ridiculous. Taking a sliver of every part around the city's edges and expanding it 50km into the countryside to swing the vote at least 51% UCP.
Bonus: $760 million pocketed on what looks exactly like insider trading based on this info
Republicans in the U.S. Congress can end the Trump administration whenever they want, and are instead choosing to keep it going each and every day
Just five grocery companies account for over 75% of all food sales in Canada.
This is not "free or fair competition." What we do have is consumer gouging — and now the prospect of predatory, surveillance-based pricing — in no small part because of a clear lack of competition.
We have an anti-democratic premier who really wanted to be a mayor. Except being Ontario's new Premier Mayor is better because you get to be the mayor of everywhere.
More centralized control over municipalities from the premier's office.
#GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
what if instead of spending another $150 billion on US defence contractors, we spent it on fighting climate change and called it national defence
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
People are asking ChatGPT things I would normally just ask a friend, parent, mentor, therapist or medical professional for or about. It takes work to build and maintain those relationships, and figure out who is the right person to ask, but the alternative is a digital tool known for lying to users.
It's a little hard to fit everything into news stories like this but something I wanted to spell out - Prof Yasuyuki Aono was an *incredibly* dedicated person, by all accounts, who brought us the now-famous cherry blossom climate indicator.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
To summarize McQueen: jets present no inconvenience, the pollution is irrelevant, there is no impact on new development, the neighbourhood won't be less comfortable, the airport is the underdog and Olivia Chow started it.
Does he think we are all stupid?
Is this the best they've got?
These pro-airport people have no real arguments. Asinine culture-war garbage from top to bottom.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
As oil prices surge amid the war on Iran, the case for clean electricity has never been stronger. Over 15 organizations are in Ottawa calling on the federal government to fund a clean and connected electricity grid. Read more: dsfdn.org/OilPriceVola...
War-driven price shocks are delivering billions -- $90 billion -- in windfall profits to oil companies while ordinary Canadians absorb the costs
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The Grind is turning 3, and we're throwing a party Friday, April 24!
DJs, silent auction, drinks, snacks, plus brief musical acts from Witch Prophet, Austra and a very special guest.
Grab your ticket now:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1985958119...
80% of people in an Ontario jail haven't been convicted of a crime.
“This lays waste to the principle of the presumption of innocence. It also lays waste to the argument we have a catch and release system and that our bail is too lenient.”
globalnews.ca/news/1177401...
Thread detailing Mark Carney’s war on libraries, knowledge, and culture throughout so many parts of society.
His deep cuts to the public service are not in line with the vision he presents of a bold and more independent Canada.
the Soros conspiracy coming from Elon in particular is just embarrassing. you’re worth like 80x what Soros is buddy, if you thought he was buying elections you could snap your fingers and fix it.
Would love to know how the Liberals that want to ban teenagers from using social media feel about Mark Carney calling for AI in the classroom?
“AI in education can meet every child where they are”
i think people have forgotten that vance is quite possibly the least experienced person to *ever* serve as vice president of the united states
A lot of countries are pushing hard towards legislation like this because it's one of those no-brainers on paper (yes, of course Facebook rots 13-year-olds' brains, everyone agrees) but the can of worms it opens up - scanning my ID to use any website - is a nightmare for privacy and cybersecurity
"Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
More villages in South Lebanon being detonated by Israel.
Israel is the one sharing these videos. They are proud of their war crimes.
A couple weeks ago, Nicholas Keung at the Toronto Star reported on how generative AI is being used to assess immigration applications in Canada...and how it's led to refusals because of stuff the AI tool added in, that humans (clearly) failed to check.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Pls stop listening to Evan Solomon & the Cdn Vichy tech bros
The federal government has ended funding for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
See how Indigenous leaders are standing up for the cause, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/@aptnnews
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
