If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging Across Canada, gas pump prices are the talk of the town. Since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran at the end of February, the average price of a litre of gasoline in Canada has spiked 45 …

Thoughtful analysis from
@danwoy.bsky.social on how best to address “pain at the pump.” polarisstrategy.ca/2026/04/12/i...

Do you recognize this lunar surface? This picture is the only proof of delivery I have. Thanks everyone.

Bring it, turd bucket.

It sure is.

Climate stripes chart depicts temperature changes in Vancouver, B.C. Canada between 1850 and 2024 in degrees Celsius relative to average of 1961-2010 period. Red bars begin around 1980 showing hotter than average years, with the 2021 heat dome notable as a dark red spike.

Climate stripes data for my home Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Credit: Prof. @edhawkins.org | University of Reading | showyourstripes.info #ShowYourStripes

Rendering of a green ALTO electrified high speed train traveling through a snowy Canadian landscape.

I guess it was inevitable that Canada’s conservative leader would set his sights on high-speed rail - the most exciting 🇨🇦 zero-carbon nation-building project since I dunno - and start throwing around lingo like “boondoggle.” 🙄

Summoned to Ottawa, then a week or so later “retiring,”
presumably “to spend more time with family.”

I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature

From cycling under the light of moon on a beautiful night, to looking around and adding up the obscene amount of money we spend on cars, this article echoes so much of my thoughts about riding a bike and how CONNECTING it is- to people, to nature, to life- and how cars sever that connection.

Autonomous driving giant Waymo pushes B.C. to allow self-driving cars on provincial roads Autonomous driving giant has rolled out its fleet to more U.S. cities, with designs on global expansion, and has stepped up lobbying in Canada

BC has explicitly prohibited Level 3-5 autonomous vehicles, but Waymo is of course working on that. With deep respect, Dennis @movementyvr.bsky.social the future has not been written; there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
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A Telegraph headline that reads "There's a reason young people like me hate the NHS", by Joanna Marchong

The reason Joanna Marchong hates the NHS is that she's paid to do so by the right-wing Adam Smith Institute, which lobbies on behalf of the private healthcare industry.

Have We Chosen to Forget the 2021 Heat Dome and Lytton Disaster? | The Tyee An auditor general’s report could add to understanding. If people paid attention.

The heat dome’s death toll was confirmed as 619, “equivalent to a Boeing 747 crash killing all aboard.”

Five years later, these fatalities are treated as a part of life, Geoff Meggs writes for @thetyee.ca.
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I have long wondered about this; delighted to see it!

This was the bigger deal
in the MOU than that other thing in there that everyone got mad about.

'He's a social marmot': Gob the marmot hikes back to breeding facility from wild | CBC News Marmot Recovery Foundation executive director Adam Taylor said Gob the marmot, named after a character from the television series Arrested Development, returned to their breeding facility on Mount Was...

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Thank you @michellemorton.bsky.social for sharing the story of Gob the Very Social Marmot who is evidently “all about the peanut butter.” Much needed timeline cleanse.

“Give your head a shake,”
common sense conservatives urge downtown residents seeking car-free infrastructure.

Au contraire, “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” is hilarious. The footnotes alone are 🤣

Oh Damn; that madness has infected Montreal too?

Graph of Canadian average gasoline prices showing a recent surge in the past 3 weeks of roughly $0.40/L.

The Iran war effect. About 2x the drop from the carbon tax removal in April.

It’s just too dangerous to move antimatter by truck or train. Canada needs a new antimatter pipeline to tidewater, ensuring secure access to overseas antimatter markets.

Project Hail Mary is wonderful fun, a film about finding courage, friendship, and confidence. Funny, too. See in IMAX if you can.

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

Protected bike infrastructure, EVs and other interventions have helped 19 cities cut harmful pollutants > 20%
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Ah yes, spring break. A beloved time for working parents.

Cracks appear in area man’s veneer of cheery optimism.

Ottawa announces $8M to Cuba amid growing humanitarian crisis | CBC News Global Affairs Canada has announced $8 million in funding for Cuba as the country grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump's oil blockade.

Fortunately that aid is already on its way, a modest $8M but it’s a start. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Havana blames U.S. energy blockade as Cuba suffers another country-wide blackout | CBC News The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a "complete disconnection" of the country's electrical system and said it was investigating.

Cuba is in the dark with food rotting in fridges and freezers and sick people not getting care as humanitarian crisis deepens. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

She non-ironically says “golly.” Catnip, basically.

What fantastic news. If you aren’t already a @onecityvan.bsky.social member, head over and sign up so you can support @fabulavancouver.bsky.social nomination as a OneCity #Vancouver city council candidate! #VanPoli

A battleship grey LAARS MightyTherm domestic hot water boiler, a stout steel box surrounded by piping and pumps.

This natural gas boiler has been producing hot water for my small midcentury apartment building since 1975. We will finally retire it next month and replace it with a pair of electric heat pumps. Stay tuned.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.