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Ken Christenson

@extremophilepub.bsky.social
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husband/dad/grandpa; retired poly-tradesman and poor man's architect with a special interest in population evo-ecology as it relates to Humans & Nature (from an embodied-cognition perspective) Website: www.extremophilechoice.com

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hungary has the right focus. The Canadian govt? Still playing with pipelines: Hungary plans renewable energy push to curb prices and import needs www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Hungary plans renewable energy push to curb prices and import needs
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar's government ‌plans a major drive into renewable energy to curb high import needs and lower electricity prices for companies, a top energy official said on Thursd...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For God's sake USA! Do Something, about your President!
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And this is the best time for a new pipeline according to Carney?: Energy importers like China leading shift to clean energy: report sc.mp/ivaa3?utm_so...
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Energy importers like China leading shift to clean energy: report
Clean capacity grows three times faster across China, India and Europe than in Middle East, North America and Russia, DNV says.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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COUNTER “COUNTERINTUITIVE” — a voter’s one responsibility | The Extremophile Choice
By ecological reasoning alone our modern electoral democracy, despite its truly groundbreaking "universal suffrage", was broken from the start, because it didn't take into account the ecologically "ne...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Once you See It you Can’t Un-See It (précis) | The Extremophile Choice
Fourteen reasons to view humankind as separate from the co-evolved Natural World (and how this view might rewrite our future): Principles of population evo-ecology to which humans do not conform 1. — ...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"How do we get there from here?" Speak to them that build the future, not to them that make promises for votes. www.extremophilechoice.com/2016/05/20/m...
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Maybe McLuhan had it right | The Extremophile Choice
This is from the Extremophile Niche Design page: Given the consistent range of human nature persisting throughout history, it seems unlikely that promoting a wide-spread love of Nature as a prerequisite for saving the Natural world will be enough to get the job done. The good news is that this might not be necessary, for
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1939-1945 Nazi meaning of "Social Democracy": Teach people to hate. And only then give the people what they want.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Demand", yes. And convict. And incarcerate please.
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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The president is trying to incite pogroms. He promises to protect those who participate.
On Truth Social, @realDonaldTrump writes:
“The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back.
You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us! President
DONALD J. TRUMP”
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All of the promises... Could have been done by them long ago... Without AI.
Jeff Bezos smirking
That moment when you could end world hunger
BUT DON'T.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My instinct is he's looking for *political* pathways to outcomes with what he sees as "long term" economic and environmental "success". And I fear he's weak on politics.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm concerned as well about the backtracking on environmental policy, but I'm a little confused about the conclusions: "isn't driven...by the long term success of Canada" and "desire...for legacy". Aren't these statements contradictory? What am I missing in your use of the term "legacy"?
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our PM will be adding to this problem with a push for more fossil fuel expansion: Early estimate finds that Canada’s emissions increased in 2025 as clean electrification lagged 440megatonnes.ca/insight/earl...
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Early estimate finds that Canada’s emissions increased in 2025 as clean electrification lagged
Canada’s emissions rose about 1 per cent in 2025, leaving the country far from meeting its climate targets. The main contributor ...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Canada Is Falling Behind on Electrification — And It Could Cost Trillions The data's in: Electric is better and (or soon will be) cheaper. Powering Canada’s Growth: The Economic Case for an Electrified Canada with Prof. Madeleine McPherson. youtu.be/_6fH0XY84TY
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Canada Is Falling Behind on Electrification — And It Could Cost Trillions
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A direct and systematic road to Tyranny.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We have the knowledge. We have the evidence. Now we need the political will to act.”
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm very much afraid you are NOT an alarmist. 😨
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And, God knows, it's a problem elsewhere as well. Herd instinct trying so hard to be an "individual".
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, I think the "pathology" is inherent to runaway cultural (i.e. fundamentally technological) evolution. But maybe calling it "pestilent" instead might allow room for understanding and a measured withdrawal?
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So... Do we limit technology? Or disengage it from Natural bio-associations? Rewilding, yes, but where do we establish limits here? www.extremophilechoice.com/2020/09/27/t...
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The Unseen Unseeing Old Buddha: Population Evo-Ecology | The Extremophile Choice
At the end of a meditation session, practitioners will often formally repeat something like, “May all beings live in harmony and be free from harm.” But what does this metta phrase actually mean, comi...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because?.... www.extremophilechoice.com/2020/09/27/t...
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The Unseen Unseeing Old Buddha: Population Evo-Ecology | The Extremophile Choice
At the end of a meditation session, practitioners will often formally repeat something like, “May all beings live in harmony and be free from harm.” But what does this metta phrase actually mean, coming from the one being who is free of the harmony of beings eating each other? In a time of species die-back
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney is planning to pay for the climate-wrecking West Coast Pipeline with tens of billions of our taxpayer dollars. We can’t let them get away with it. Tell federal leaders to prioritize our future over Big Oil's profits in Budget 2026. share.nwmd.social/s/dz5iVto3
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Tell Your MP: Don't Fund the West Coast Pipeline in Budget 2026
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wildfire isn’t erasing forests. We are. We’ve altered climate, fuels, vegetation, and fire regimes until fires push ecosystems across ecological thresholds. Forests become shrublands. Shrublands become annual grasslands. Diverse plant communities become near-monocultures.
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How Wildfire is Erasing the Forests of the American West
"We will likely not have forests to pass onto our next generation if everything keeps burning the way it is burning."
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our PM Carney is drawing us back from climate action while this is all happening: Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements www.canada.ca/en/environme...
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Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca
Headline statement 1: Canada has warmed over the past 75 years due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. Over this period Canada has warmed by 2.0°C and Canada’s North has warmed by 2.6°C. (2.2, 2.4, 4.2)
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hardly need a reminder: You know them by who they denigrate.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never wondered about KKK. Much more clear cut history there. 🙏 Thanks for the discussion Rick; maybe we'll pick it up again in a couple years.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think we both know which meaning Trudeau was using. So why simplify many people's meanings so rigidly? Why is such polarisation all over my social media feed? Because it accumulates clicks? Like Jewish settlers accumulate "homeland"? If only questioning could do that...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The point of a datum is it doesn't have a "quality". When Trudeau said "I am a proud Zionist" this datum can have 2 different meanings = 2 "Flavours" of Zionism: 1) Jews should have a reasonably limited homeland 2) Jewish settlers should continue expanding their homeland by any means indefinitely
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't use "data points" to define anything. quite the opposite: they are meant to help us "question" our definitions when we become a little too attached. Not sure Trump's interested in anybody's definition of racism... he's ok with it in any flavour.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Those of us steeped in the population evo-ecology of Humans & Nature might disagree? www.extremophilechoice.com/2024/02/27/o...
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Once you See It you Can’t Un-See It (précis) | The Extremophile Choice
Fourteen reasons to view humankind as separate from the co-evolved Natural World (and how this view might rewrite our future): Principles of population evo-ecology to which humans do not conform 1. — ...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sorry. Data points alone obviously not enough.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seems only thing I feel qualified enough, or let's say patient enough, to contribute to social media arguments are missing data points... without which everything becomes toxically polarised. Again, is Carney really a "Zionist" if he would arrest Yahu for setting foot in Canada? Missing datum. See?
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No, we would not have given permission, etc. And I know you can present an argument comparing the number of people killed by Yahu's policies vs a far lesser number killed by Bin Laden. Fair enough... but, still doesn't include the real-world data point that Yahu is an elected Prime Minister.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How a species survives... and survives.... and survives...
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A good technical argument, not necessarily a practical one. Good enough to generate clicks demonising leaders with high ideas which (confusingly to some) "include" practicality. Yes, I'm keeping a critical eye on our PM too, but I refuse to be that "good at social media"... So, no worries Rick.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Social Truth rather than DT's TS.
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated that Canada will arrest Netanyahu if he enters the country.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Chatham Island black robin was named Bird of the Year 2026. After only five individuals remained in 1980, conservation efforts restored the population to around 350 adults, although the species remains protected.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Ken Christenson @extremophilepub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have pushed way past the planetary red lines for a liveable future. Meanwhile governments and the oil giants continue to drive fossil fuel expansion. This is on us and we need to act now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace.
Mayor Mamdani, Ruth Messinger, and two children hold challah bread.
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