John Vaillant

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“The moment you oppressed me, the fear was gone.” 💪💪💪 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/o... #India

"This is some of the strongest evidence so far that the #AMOC has weakened over the last 40 years.”

Beatrice Keul, testified that she was introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Donald J Trump, who then brutally raped her in a hotel room in Atlantic City, NJ, and her claims were deemed credible by a panel of the House Judiciary Committee today. The NYT has decided that this is not reportable news.

A new peer-reviewed estimate of what data centres will pump out in climate pollution - Between 300 to 1,300 mtco2-e per year, by 2035 (IEA scenarios) Mckinsey scenarios: - 3,000 by 2035 - 30,000 by 2045 arxiv.org/pdf/2608.14421 limited.systems/articles/ai-...

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

Old research found the same damn thing: New research finds frequent disease outbreaks in B.C. salmon farms, endangering wild salmon theconversation.com/new-research...

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"The semiconductor supply chain is a planetary superorganism with its own ecology."

This is what Lula has already accomplished and what has a far stronger chance of continuing now than if Bolsonaro had won www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump's plan to reinstall Bolsonaro (junior edition), with support from Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, has failed

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The ownest of own goals.

One thing not mentioned. According to CIC, he gave a lecture at the K St Opus Dei. That doesnt make him Opus Dei, but it does make him affiliated, much like Tim Busch, Kevin Roberts and Leonard Leo, all mentioned in article, are Opus Dei affiliated. mikefoxcatechist.substack.com/p/the-extrao...

"The engineer proceeded by feel. He paused now and again to tap his fingers against a particular spot. ...When you dig down to the very bedrock of A.I., you discover that underneath all of its cognitive power is a dude drumming his fingers with occult proficiency." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Crucial election: Deforestation has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded in the Amazon this year, according to Brazil’s government. But that progress could be reversed if Flavio Bolsonaro, a climate denier, wins next week’s election. buff.ly/09QU3x2

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It would be deeply ironic if the election of a BC Conservative government, and the ensuing war with First Nations in that province, scuttled the oil pipeline so many Conservatives in BC claim to support.

But America controls Hormuz, so prices will fall... Nope. Oil tanker freight rates have surged tenfold amid the Iran war, with shipping crude from the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia costing up to $80 million per voyage. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...

A parable for our times . . .

Collusion: a secret agreement or cooperation between two or more parties to deceive, cheat, or gain an illegal or unfair advantage over others. Député Raphaël Arnault: "New videos from #Nancy reveal the same modus operandi seen in other cities such as Montpellier, Nice, and Dijon: ..

AR-15 on four wheels

"[Our research] found: - Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality; - Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. " theconversation.com/big-us-style...

The toxicity that @ericlipton.nytimes.com and his colleagues have uncovered is everywhere but if you live in Texas, Louisiana, or Alabama pay special attention

Listen to this man:

Listen to markets. The cascade from insurance market collapse to mortgage market failure to property values crash and recession is widely predicted by top insurers, banks, regulators and investors. Abrupt, “systemic” economic collapse looms. We need to warn and prepare.

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Suspects still at large . . .

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

No man left behind! Kids, not so much . . .

Never forget, @washingtonpost.com #SaudiArabia

A little late, @wsj.com

Unions Call on Next Government to Build Ferries In BC via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

Que guapo! @erratanaturae.bsky.social

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❗️Ukraine has agreed with the Finnish companies Nokia and ICEYE on the possibility of creating secure satellite communications for defense needs, — Liga

Now that both parts are up, here's a short 🧵on my deep dive into why American roads are a sea of SUVs and trucks – and no, it's not just "consumer demand." 🙄 First: the light truck loophole — which was closed recently! But not in a way people are celebrating ...

Wanna know what else is WAY more popular in Alberta than #Separatism? A national cap on #OilAndGas #Emission & you want to know why? Because a HUGE majority of Albertans are concerned about #ClimateChange & concerned about #Wildfires impacting our health. True Alberta story cape.ca/press_releas...

Parse out the voters that didn't actually want to separate but wanted to "send a message to Ottawa™️" & the official #Separatism vote number might at best hit 10%. For the record a larger percentage of Americans believe in FAIRIES than Albertans that legitimately want to separate from Canada #abpoli

German military classifies threat of Russian sabotage as 'significant' for first time, German media reports #Ukraine

You had me at "healthy freelance budget" . . .

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