Mark Hamilton

It seems to me the BC Greens now have four years to start building on the good feeling from this election — building riding associations, attracting some high-profile potential candidates, increasing profile, etc.

Okay, there's Sam Darnold.

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

It's a little easier to feel good about the state of the world today based on election results from Brazil (Lula re-elected) and Serbia (Vučić defeated by a student-driven opposition).

This is spectacular news.

Day 1 after the Conservatives won a super majority: white nationalists gathering across the street from the BC legislature. Gonna be a long and hard 4 years. Take care of each other, friends. Don't stop fighting back and standing up for what's right, but take care of yourselves and each other first.

It's not too dicey to predict that at some point in the next few years, there will be large public protests against the actions of the Conservative government. The size of the majority MIGHT keep the more rabid elements at bay, but there is still enough nastiness there to enrage many.

This looks like it could be cool.

For many ... it seems reassuring that a machine can in theory predict anything. Yes, but ... that means forgetting ... what is peculiar to life is ... it's tied up in the ... entanglement of the past, present and future, which is no way programmable. -- Miguel Benasayag, The Tyranny of Algorithms

I won't believe in the concept of AI as a conscious being until an AI can be startled by a sunset, a vista, a scrap of music that causes it to shed real tears of happiness.

Polls are always grain-of-salt worthy, but an Ipsos poll that shows the B.C. Greens at 13 per cent (up from their usual 5-10 per cent) is nice to see.

If you're voting in the BC elections, you might want to read this first: BC Party Platforms in the Age of Flash-Mob Politics via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Fascinating.

I have the feeling tech bozos won't learn to do right things until they start being jailed. (Also, as the electoral court has ruled evidence supports the claim, how is it still "alleged" in the headline, NBC?)

EVERYONE GET IN HERE!!⚡ Elect enough BC Greens, and in a minority we’ll have the leverage to get things done. With the ultrawealthy paying their fair share, we’ll deliver: Believe in better! #votegreen

A Calgary oil and gas CEO wrote a piece about how "the climate energy transition was a broken promise." It's filled with self-serving nonsense, and I'm here to point that out for you. 🧵: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

B.C. Green leader Emily Lowan wins endorsement of Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, whose wife was NDP MLA Phillip's wife Joan served as NDP MLA from 2024 until her death this summer Phillip had been a strong supporter of the NDP www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli #bcGreens

He followed a debunked conspiracy theory to claim a tax refund. So why did the CRA agree to a $40M payout? Wild story. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

With climate change largely absent from the leaders’ debate and voters focused on the cost of living, B.C.’s main parties are giving environmental policy little airtime. Experts warn sidelining the climate crisis could carry long-term economic and health costs. #bcpoli

And yet, not a single question about climate change or the environment in tonight's B.C. election leaders debate.

Jeebus. Eby seems incapable of allowing anyone else to speak at any length without interrupting.

Emily Lowan, B.C.'s. young Green leader (26), is doing a fairly good job in this provincial election debate despite some fairly obvious nervousness. #bcpoli

Horrible start to the leader's debate. #bcpoli

Went for a Thanksgiving Day walk. A stop at bookstore may have been involved.

Emerging Asia's power-driven LNG demand at risk as renewables gain ground reut.rs/4zxZzBn

Why would you run a play from your own three-yard line with 18 seconds left in the half? Why? Why?

I really need to wake up tomorrow to news that my Prime Minister has come out strongly for Ukraine.

Today the Premier revealed his environmental platform: re-announcing a marine plan signed two years ago, a land target from 2023 and a data centre power cap that’s already in force. What he didn’t say, is that his own government admits B.C. will miss its climate targets.

Does anyone else have the feeling, based on only the last couple of weeks, that the U.S. is rapidly approaching the point where it will take a very long time to recover nationally and internationally from what Trump has wrought?

I have just spent the evening watching the new documentary Who is Martin Mull? For someone of my age, it is a brilliant look back; for people of all ages, it is a wonderfully done look at an artist's live well lived. I highly recommend it.

Hey good news everyone, you don't have to find back doors or navigate weirdly complicated queuing systems to book your CoViD and flu shots this year! You can literally just book directly and immediately now. (Finally!) www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca/s/

Two new job openings at The Globe and Mail: • Regina-based reporter to cover all things Saskatchewan: lnkd.in/gmmDZx3C • Vancouver-based business reporter covering B.C and Alberta lnkd.in/gWXshbee

JFC. Why? The oil and gas industry may be the largest recipient of corporate welfare in Canada.

Seahawks-Chargers officiating crew seems determined to claim the record for most flags thrown in a game.

Seahawks-Chargers is hilarious so far.

FFS. I Googled Wordle this morning (as I always do). The first hit was the NYT page; the second was an AI summary giving me the answer.

This thread should be required reading for Canadians.

First Nations along the 'Pacific Link' pipeline route are speaking out about the lack of consultation by the Carney government over the project now designated in the national interest. One is pondering legal action. www.aptnnews.ca?p=295352

This whole thread is disquieting. It’s pretty much an all-out abandonment of what Carney has said about climate change and pipelines in the past.

If this is true, I'm totally done with Carney and the Liberals.

LNG Canada Phase 2 would double output to 30 million tonnes a year, while global gas demand falls and a glut approaches. And they want to expand before proving Phase 1 is safe: its flaring already exceeds B.C. permits. Real leadership means scaling up clean energy, not doubling down fracked gas.

Mark Carney is going to declare the West Coast Oil Pipeline in the national interest this week. Then the real work to get it built will have to begin -- and the oil and gas companies keep telling us they aren't prepared to do it. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/o...

Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. “Everyone is switching to electric cars they can afford,” a dealership group executive said.

A very nice antidote to everything that's consumed the oxygen on Bluesky recently has been watching Nene Royal, a 16-year-old Thai rock-and-roller, tear the roof off wherever she was performing whenever she played for America's Got Talent. She is a huge talent.

I'm wondering if any Vancouver civic candidates are going to suspend their campaign and run provincially.