But Canada first, eh?

Volvo electric semi scores another real-world win with Coca-Cola Pepsi may grab headlines with their Tesla tie-in, but arch rival Coca-Cola is quietly building an electric semi truck fleet of its own.

So China & Tesla don’t steal all the headlines, Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group) quietly put 5,000+ electric trucks into real-world deployment, logging 100+ million zero-emission miles over the past five years.

Not under Geely. Not hype. This is happening. EV trucks are scaling everywhere, all at once.

Here’s some more footage of the Dugong. Not the best video, I wanted to keep some distance and didn’t center the camera enough.
You can see he/she is accompaneed by 2 Shark Suckers (Remoras).
Estimated 2.5m (8ft) and probably at least 500kg (1100lb)

Getting a PhD and then working outside academia is dope. My advisees who’ve done that are more or less uniformly happy and feel that they’re using the skills they trained on. (I talked to one today who just landed a great gig). Just wanted to convey that to anyone it might benefit.

The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging is behind | CBC News Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and hig...

We’re getting left behind.
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'Hard to break the habit': Why free public transport isn't enough to shift from cars Free public transport is a popular policy, but researchers say it's not enough to convince drivers to leave the car at home.

From Australia:

"New research has found public transport fares have not been a decisive factor in pushing people to shift from car to public transport."

"Better public transport access, coverage, reliability, and travel time have a greater impact than price in changing long-term commuting habits."

Knew it was dangerous.

COVID vaccines tied to less hospital care, long COVID, and economic burden

The study certainly appears to add to evidence that ‘COVID vaccination can play a role in reducing disease burden and associated costs, and it highlights the value of increasing vaccination.’
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Amazonian royal flycatcher: #AGoodPlace

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Ugh didn't know about that one, though clearly that is one I should have been alert to.

It just makes sense Justin.

Ouch

Fairly good treatment of the (IMHO very dumb) idea of Canada joining the EU. It is important to emphasize BOTH:

a) The transition would be very costly. (e.g. 10 years of 'harmonization' of our law with the EU acquis)

b) the end point would not be good for Canada. (e.g. Euro currency, e.g. CAP)

In 2025, the world started construction of nuclear power plants that would generate 12 GW of power if completed.

In the same year, it installed 108 GW of batteries and 600 GW of solar capacity.

Ford CEO Draws Line In Sand: Keep Chinese EVs Out Of US – 'Should Not Let Them Into Our Country' Ford Motor Company paused its electric-vehicle growth efforts, but is pivoting to a major push in 2027. With lower-cost production methods and new models in development, the legacy automaker’s CEO wan...

Imagine if Blackberry had successfully convinced the US government to forbid the sale of iPhones

We get a reprimand if spending on a working dinner for a speaker we invite to campus - which is the only compensation they get - goes above about $70 per person.

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The Biden administration led the U.S. auto industry towards strategies centered on EV innovation and competition.

The Trump administration led them to unwind those & pivot back to gas.

Then, admin policies caused gas prices to inflate.

Now, demand for EV autos is 🔥 🔥🔥 and China is reaping $$$

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You would think, but ime, they just show you anyway, and then it feels quite mean to not backtrack and say what a cute dog it is - at least for people like me who don't have any fear reaction.

Reminded again that when someone asks if you like dogs they are not asking if you like dogs, they are asking if they can show you a photo of their dog and talk about how cute it is and the correct answer is always yes.

It is hard to remember this when you are not a dog person.

The fact that people seem consistently more interested in a humanoid machine that can do a task poorly, rather than a non-humanoid machine that can do the same task well, is weird (see: dishwashing robots vs dishwashing machines).

Humans are not part of shark diet and sharks do not hunt humans
Most shark bites are cases of mistaken identity—where swimmers or surfers resemble seals or fish
Yet Hollywood has never made one movie telling the true nature of sharks
Spielberg made millions for portraying sharks as monsters

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Not entirely behind this move, but it is a much better idea than cutting the gas tax and driving up demand, and likely is a more progressive (in a distributional sense) policy.

Japan’s Phillips Curve Looks Like Japan During the past 15 years Japan has experienced unprecedented, high unemployment rates and low (often negative) inflation rates. This research shows that these outcomes were predictable as part of a st

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