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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 1h

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

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CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC @cape-bc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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.

theenergymix.com

BREAKING: New LNG Canada Deal ‘Like Betting on a Concrete Canoe’

The LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to announce a final investment decision today to double its output to up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year, th...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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...

nationalobserver.com

Carney, Smith and the oil companies all have their own plans — but they can’t all be right

The politicking around a new west coast oil pipeline is almost done. Now the real work begins — and the real challenge reveals itself.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So the NDP has called a provincial election (in the face of fixed election date legislation), despite having a majority and several years left on its mandate, with no real issue at the heart of it, in competition with municipal elections all across the province. Nah, I won't be voting NDP.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Curious about what grounds the province has for its suit, particularly since there are already lawsuits filed by people who were affected by this.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Everything this government does begins (and often ends) with one calculation: how can we help the oil and gas industry? Not workers. Not Albertans. Not even businesses. Just one industry -- one that's clearly captured this government.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Carney’s agenda has currently set him on a path to trample on rights, destroy ecosystems and retreat in the fight against climate change. He wants this to be seen through a lens of doing what’s necessary to unite the country in the face of U.S. aggression — but who is left out of that vision?

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I need to keep this quote in mind, given current political realities: "Far better to live without expectation under the Left than in constant fury under the Right." -- Annie Ermaux in her memoir The Years. She was writing about France in the 1980s, but it applies to today's Canada too.

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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Carney obliterated the country's climate plan, and unsurprisingly, new analysis finds Canada would be lucky to hit its 2030 targets in 2050 (let alone net-zero the way it continues to claim with no evidence.)

440megatonnes.ca

2030 target and net zero: Canada is 20 years behind

This analysis shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"...the desire to buy leapt up inside us, as if to acquire a waffle iron and a Japanese lamp would make us a different person, the way that, at fifteen, we'd hoped to be transformed by knowledge of the 'in' words and tock 'n' roll." -- Annie Ernaux, in her memoir The Years (Alison L. Strayer trans.)

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

WTAF? What is wrong with our NDP government?

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm reading The Invisible Siege, Dan Werb's excellent book on the rise of coronaviruses, and I am somewhat taken aback at how quickly I have forgotten how horrendous the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Man, another loss of someone far too early and far too young.

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If it’s ever built, at taxpayers’ expense, it will likely end up being a kind of “Potemkin #pipeline,” built to placate ideologues rather than in response to any #economic logic. #WestCoastPipeline #Canada #CanadaSky #PotemkinPipeline

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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"there’s only “a poor chance that the West Coast Oil Pipeline repays its $35.2- to $43.7-billion cost,” raising important questions about “whether the export route diversification is worth that cost,” IEEFA reports. - @theenergymix.com: www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wes... #CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli

theenergymix.com

BREAKING: West Coast Pipeline Won’t Recoup Its $43.7B Cost as Global Oil Demand Weakens

There’s no likely need for Alberta’s proposed West Coast Pipeline, as the rise of electric vehicles and a faster global energy transition drive down future oil demand and prices at a faster rate than ...

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"When we are impressed and moved by a story, it engenders something that becomes, or may become, an essential part of us, and this part, whether it be small or extensive, is, as it were, the story's descendant or offspring." -- John Berger in Bento's Sketchbook

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"The internet even opened the door for ... generative AI ..., algorithms that spit out quick, cheap, plagiarized garbage, and mortals have the nerve to call it art. Humanity's collective low regard for creativity compared to personality is clear." Dr. Moiya McTier in Mothers of Invention

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Mr. Curren asks this question (almost) every Saturday morning. The replies are a great source of books to add to my "I want to read this" list.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dr. Moiya McTier's new book, Mothers of Invention, is the best exploration -- and defense -- of creativity I've read for some time. Funny, wise and deeply researched and thought out.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"This is the sad reality of the age of celebrity, when mortals are so divorced from creativity and imagination that they value art and science only when someone popular tells them to." Dr. Moiya McTier in her book Mothers of Invention: A History of Creativity from the Greek Muses.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"If we cannot continue our individual humanity in the collective project of humanity, if we cannot imagine a world better than this – and not by means of some spiritual opiate – this world is over." Aleksander Hemon, in Teju Cole's book of essays, Known and Strange Things.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 19/08/2026

wow who could have anticipated Meta’s pervert glasses would be used to ruthlessly harass women and girls, except for literally everyone smarter than paste

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"When the monarch...or the few...or the many...when they rule with a view to the common interest, the State is right, but when the one, or the few, or the many rule with a view to their own interest, the State is a political aberrance, leading to the misery of the people." Eleftherios Venizelos.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Damn. I think I still owe them money.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My latest, on Jason Arday, and media terror “Throughout history, American and British media especially —have shown the world their lust for the blood of Black people, especially ones they have deemed to be too powerful or influential for their liking.” karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Huh. As soon as Ted Lasso's plot involved a qualified woman being passed over as coach of the Richmond women's team, my interest in the show plummeted.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026

New in PN: Transgender athletes are a red herring "None of this discourse happened bc there is a new high-profile trans athlete in the news. Instead, Republicans are starting a culture war to rile up their base, co-opt Dems into agreeing with them, & push trans people out of public life altogether"

publicnotice.co

Transgender athletes are a red herring

It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

$34 million to be shared between 128 communities to deal with climate change, versus how many billion to build a new pipeline that will only feed a global supply glut and pump how many additional million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere? 🤔

thecanadianpressnews.ca

Federal government announces $34M to help communities cope with climate change

OTTAWA - The federal government is spending $34 million on projects to make Canadian communities more resilient to the effects of climate change.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

TV & movie folk: When you give someone a paper cup of coffee, for heaven's sake, please put at least a little liquid in it. Verisimilitude is not really all that difficult.

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Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As Canada plans another publicly-owned oil pipeline to BC's coast, it has quietly reached a settlement with oil companies to lower their fees on Trans Mountain. Those fees already didn't pay for the cost of building the line. 🛢️ My latest for @thetyee.ca

thetyee.ca

Trans Mountain Looks to Slash Pipeline Shipping Fees | The Tyee

The deal would leave the public on the hook for more of the TMX megaproject’s cost overruns.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ooh. This is cool and something I’ve been looking for.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I hate the modern world: two hours with online chatbots, telephone agents and web forms to change the address for a delivery.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Children have a seemingly innate passion for justice: they don't have to be taught it. They have to have it beaten out of them, in fact, to end up as properly prejudiced adults." The wonderful Ursula K. LeGuin in her essay on Mark Twains' Dairy of Adam and Eve.

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Every week, it seems, the Liberals give me another reason to abandon my near life-long tendancy to vote Liberal.

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Julie Gabrielli @juliegabrielli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is brilliant. A special series about how the fossil fuel industry captured climate research to push their agenda: pollute now, clean up later. Thanks to @propublica.org and @amywestervelt.bsky.social projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...

projects.propublica.org

Carbon Captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Claims that wildfires can be prevented by [forest management] are not only inaccurate, but they’re also part of a broader pattern of disinformation in response to climate-fueled extreme weather… deflecting from what experts say is the biggest driver of worsening fires: the rapidly warming climate.”

sierraclub.org

Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires

It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather

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Mark Hamilton @gmarkham.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I did not see a lot of things coming as I hit my 70s, but foremost among them has to be a society-wide debate over the meanings of a 2,700-year-old epic poem and its translations (and translators).

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