Reposted by Raja DoakeGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean 49761242
Reposted by Raja DoakeJoeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A new UN report starts the societal conversation on the implications of a new reality: a world in which 1.5°C of global warming will soon be reached. 👇 0134
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 22/08/2026Not one, but two foreign adversaries actively trying to break up the country. thewalrus.ca/the-russian-...thewalrus.caThe Russian Money Behind Alberta’s Separatist Movement | The WalrusThe Kremlin has perfected covert influence. I’ve seen how poorly equipped Canada is to stop it 000
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 16/08/2026Did not expect to break a sweat practicing the piano 😂 but weirdly I think it's a good sign 020
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 15/08/2026The way Emily Wilson wrote about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the way the New York Times should write about the Trump regime send tweet 010
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 14/08/2026This pulls together a bunch of long term trends into a coherent whole in a way I don't see articulated often, and never this clearly. Substack, unfortunately, but not paywalled. kyla.substack.com/p/how-to-get...kyla.substack.comHow to Get Rich in Americaon wealth vs labor and ownership vs effort 022
Reposted by Raja Doakelizajae.bsky.social @lizajae.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The laser bear system is not quite working out... 021
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 01/08/2026I'm currently playing Hades 2, but TBH this seems a lot more interesting. www.mothership.blog/i-came-to-he...mothership.blogI came to Hell Clock for the vibes, then learned a history lessonI knew nothing about the Canudos Massacre, then Pajeú’s struggle pulled me in — and sent me down a research rabbithole 100
Reposted by Raja DoakeRichie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Toronto's best Nepali food is at Lali Gurans, a mom-and-pop restaurant and community hub in Parkdale. I went behind the scenes for the @westendphoenix.bsky.socialwestendphoenix.comToday’s Special: Samay Baji — West End PhoenixParkdale’s Lali Gurans serves up hard-to-find Nepali and Newari favourites with a side of pop from the house band. 1102
Reposted by Raja DoakeJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Toronto Climate week starts Monday and the climate community has LOTS of work to do. The state of Canadian climate policy in Canada is worse than you think. 🧵 24918
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 16/04/2026There was so much of it, and it was so good! aftermath.site/left-4-dead-...aftermath.siteLeft 4 Dead’s Graffiti Is So Memorable Because It Was Made By People—A Whole Lot Of People"We covered several walls of the office in butcher paper and laid out dozens of markers, pencils and pens, and we invited literally anyone who happened to be walking past to contribute" 000
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 29/03/2026What, and I say this with all sincerity, the fuck arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comCausality optional? Testing the "indefinite causal order" superpositionA quantum experiment shows that we can formally test if the order of events matters. 010
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 22/03/2026"... choosing to live gently, attentively and on one’s own terms is an act of quiet defiance." www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comI have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middleWhen you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a loss 010
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 22/03/2026I finished this collection recently, and it's genuinely lovely/weird. Enjoyed it a lot! 133
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 08/03/2026"...parallels between American efforts to embolden and empower Alberta separatism and the Russian plot to lever a separatist movement in the Donbas into an invasion of Ukraine." The question is what we can do about it. thewalrus.ca/canada-is-al...thewalrus.caCanada Is Already at War with the US—We Just Don’t Know It Yet | The WalrusConflicts don’t always start with an invasion 010
Reposted by Raja DoakeLaura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This is so lucid and helpful from @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. The situation is awful and could get a lot worse obviously but also: the country is vast, the authoritarianism is unpopular, and nothing will be settled anytime soon. So power on. 04220
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 19/01/2026I usually avoid these, but I thought this might be funny. "Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply. Don't look for your favorite book. Find the nearest book." 141
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 14/01/2026Quietly continuing in the background, just like it always does when Palestine fades from the front page headlines... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.com‘The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank villageRas ‘Ein al ‘Auja is a small community of about 135 families – and the only one remaining in this part of the Jordan valley 001
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 27/12/2025The beginning of the avalanche... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMore than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study findsLow-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows 130
Reposted by Raja DoakeP.J. Partington 🇨🇦 @pjpartington.bsky.social · 05/12/2025A great example of Canada’s climate innovation ecosystem in action! Homegrown tech, early support from SDTC (may it rest in peace), federal and provincial support to demonstrate, growth capital from Canada Growth Fund to scale 🍁💪🍁 085
Reposted by Raja DoakeToronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025A rather somber piece of cartography. A map with details of every soldier from the city of Toronto and fell in WW2. Really brings into perspective the sacrifice paid citizenry of Toronto for the greater good. Also a morbid reminder of how compact the city was back then. #maps #RememberanceDaygoogle.comToronto Second World War casualty map - Google My MapsToronto Second World War casualty map 24316
Reposted by Raja DoakeWest End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The fruit tastes better, the prices are lower, so why aren't you supporting your local independent grocer. CHAIN REACTION, our series on indie grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and big grocery. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/chai...westendphoenix.comChain Reaction — West End PhoenixThese stories and infographics are part of a larger story from the October issue, focused on independent grocers and how they're working to level the playing field between themselves and the Loblaws o... 0164
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 16/10/2025Still one of the all time greats. www.designroom.site/shadow-of-th...designroom.siteShadow of the Colossus: An oral historyCelebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t). 010
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 10/10/2025Pretty cool! Looking forward to visiting the new park. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...theguardian.comCreatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfrontA project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton 021
Reposted by Raja DoakeWm Henry Morris @wmhenrymorris.com · 05/10/2025In some ways the debate around sampling seems archaic in a world of generative AI, but it also was an indicator of all that was to come b/c the argument always get framed in terms of “fairness” but legislated in favor of the powerful. 012
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 05/10/2025I remember Diana Buttu's writing from 20 years ago - a Palestinian Canadian who tried to help. She articulates exactly how today, the same problems are more acute, and the interlocutors suffer from the same myopia. Plus ça change... www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.comA ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana ButtuFor years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe 011
Reposted by Raja DoakeP.J. Partington 🇨🇦 @pjpartington.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I don't think there's a sad enough trombone sound for this www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caOntario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC NewsOntario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin. 042
Reposted by Raja Doakeleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second, 696434979
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 23/09/2025There should be zero duty to serve data centre loads. For once, make corporations pay for some of their their so-called "externalities." heatmap.news/energy/elect...heatmap.newsElectricity Markets Aren’t Working AnymoreWhy regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom. 032
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 23/09/2025clair obscur is the best atlus rpg since digital devil saga 1 dont @ me 130
Reposted by Raja DoakeJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Hey Torontonians! Learn abt the future of climate politics at book launch event for Existential Politics, Oct 9 at @utoronto.ca. Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English. Event is FREE. Registration here: cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...cpe.utoronto.caBook Launch: Existential Politics by Jessica F. GreenJoin University of Toronto’s Lawson Climate Institute as we celebrate the launch of Existential Politics by Professor Jessica F. Green with a panel discussion, networking reception, and meet-and-greet... 062
Reposted by Raja DoakeCity of Toronto @toronto.ca · 18/08/2025You 🫵 can help us increase our tree canopy by 40% by 2050 🌳 By planting a tree, you can 🍃improve air quality 🍃minimize noise & dust 🍃reduce storm water run off 🍃 strengthen our city’s climate resilience We’ll leaf it to you to learn more by visiting www.yourleaf.org 📲 074
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 10/08/2025"You have to build a case, an AI executive said... , comparing raising concerns over AGI to the way that the US built its case for the invasion of Iraq. But that case was built on faulty evidence, an audience member objected." 😩 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-disagre...bloodinthemachine.comAI disagreementsInside a closed-door AI doomer conference with rationalists, tech executives, and the acolytes of Silicon Valley's "new religion" 032
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 09/08/2025This is the main thing that concerns me about having moved back to Canada - we may not have gone far enough. 010
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 09/08/2025Alpha Centauri still stands alone among 4X games, I think. The factions have philosophies, not flavour. And they all have to grapple with ethical questions other 4X games ignore, because the ecosystem is a character - not just a substrate for the mechanics. www.filfre.net/2025/06/alph...filfre.net » Alpha Centauri The Digital Antiquarian 220
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 09/08/2025OMFG OMFG A SEQUEL TO DIE?!? www.rascal.news/exclusive-di...rascal.newsEXCLUSIVE: DIE returns to the table with Loaded comic run and RPG quickstartAnother roll of the bones. 000
Reposted by Raja DoakeProject Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Decarb work in #banking continues behind the scenes 💸🤫 "Financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024" @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.com 1149
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 06/08/2025A lot will be determined by how successful these efforts are. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgThe Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next ElectionThe executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways. 010
Reposted by Raja DoakeJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Good morning with good news: Solar and wind globally generated a record 471 TWh in May 2025 or 19.3% of the world's electricity! Global S&W Generation in May 2025 471 TWh 2024 400 TWh 2023 360 TWh 2022 311 TWh 2021 267 TWh 2020 214 TWh 2019 188 TWh It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow! #energysky 115451
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 07/07/2025I was an avid Reading Rainbow watcher. LeVar Burton introduced me to science fiction generally, and TNG specifically: m.imdb.com/title/tt0683...m.imdb.com"Reading Rainbow" The Bionic Bunny Show (TV Episode 1988) ⭐ 9.1 | Animation, Comedy, Drama28m | TV-Y 020
Raja Doake @doorisajar.ca · 20/06/2025This tension runs throughout so many tabletop roleplaying games. And unsurprisingly, one game that handles it well is... LANCER (whose co-creator I'm quoting here). It has the benefit of a narrative justification for imposing structure on combat: when you get in the robot, you use different rules. 030
Reposted by Raja DoakeJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025All of this 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe are no longer free. But we can win our freedom backTo meet this moment in US history, we need to revisit the rich – and successful – tradition of nonviolent protest 031