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Geoff Salomons

@groof.bsky.social
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Political Science Ph.D. and policy pracademic interested in climate, energy, and the challenges of long term policy problems.

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Excited to share the cover and an early endorsement from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, "The Carbon Wave." It's out Sept. 1! Preorders help the book travel further. The book is on sale this week with free shipping at Bookshop. Order your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Cover of the book "The Carbon Wave" with an endorsement by Rebecca Solnit: "The most thrilling policy narrative you'll ever read."
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This truly is mind-bogglingly cheap. Pays off arbitraging simple TOU rates. And also opens up a myriad of possibilities to self-power and go off-grid in most of the world. Brave new world…
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It finally happened. My public service career and my seminary degree have crossed paths!
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Today I learned you can melt bacon. #mistakesweremade
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Living in Victoria has its perks!
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is really good. I appreciate @davidcoletto.bsky.social being so transparent about how he approaches (and thinks about) polling, and I appreciate Wells for asking smart questions, as always. An important and informative conversation. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...
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The Q&A: "It's getting harder, not easier, to do this kind of work"
Pollster David Coletto on AI, fear of losing everything, and how hard it is to measure the Conservative vote
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Is it weird I’m just as intrigued by the sailboat in the background as I am the spaceship?
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Still trying to work out kinks of my website but sharing my takeaway from my time at CERAWeek. TL;DR - what wasn’t being talked about was renewables are the new energy/national security option in an uncertain geopolitical context. geoffsalomons.ca/ceraweek-2026/
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CERAWeek 2026 - M + G Advisory
Changing priorities of the Energy Trilemma This past week, I attended CERAWeek as part of the Canadian Government delegation that planned and delivered the Government of Canada’s presence at the confe...
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 23/01/2026
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This our 20th annual #TopRisks report at Eurasia Group. It is a bumper crop in 2026 — the most complex and potentially consequential risk environment in memory. It informs leaders around the world in every sector. We hope it helps you make sense of things. www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/Top-R...
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Eurasia Group | The Top Risks of 2026
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
In light of other requests of what was your top ten reads this read this year I’ll limit it to a more focused list for those of us that only read around 10 books: 1. What was the most informative read? 2. What was the most fun read? 3. What was the most surprising read?
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My BIL and I are introducing my mother in law to LOTR.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Looking for some reading recommendations. Hit me up!
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Looking for some recommendations to add to my 2026 reading list. While I’m predisposed to sci-fi and non-fiction but open to pretty much anything with a good recommendation.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Never before have I seen a policy so effectively operate as a Rorschach test confirming people’s priors as this CAN-AB MOU.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This is a thought that’s gonna fester with me for a while!
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The smartest people in the world today are not focused on solving the world's problems. No, they are all employed specifically to grab an increasing share of our collective attention, by whatever algorithmic magic they can muster. I think that this is the essence of our global polycrisis.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Just piling on with the Goldeneye gifs… Slappers only!
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
what if instead of sports we chose happiness
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
And Fox lost its mind when Obama wore a tan suit…
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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Heads up #yycbike: 5 of my family’s bikes were stolen from our garage last night 😔. Please keep your eyes open for these bikes and please repost widely. 2019 Rocky Mountain Instinct 2006 Brodie Fury 2008 Trek 1500 2019 Trek Marlin 6 2022 Trek Marlin 5
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 29/10/2025
Tories like Lougheed designed the notwithstanding clause. Tories today need to stand up and defend it against populists like Danielle Smith. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
456,365 #ForeverCanadian signatures (plus few dozen last minute arrivals). I’m told it’s the biggest petition in Canada’s history. None of this would happen if not for thousands of volunteers and your love for Canada.🇨🇦 Thank you! This is Alberta’s and Canada’s victory.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This Ohtani guy seems like he knows how to play baseball…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Finally listened to this podcast about a book I’ve seen everywhere. Turned out it mimics my own phrase “Not my circus; Not my monkeys”. Maybe I can repackage that and become a self-help guru with fun monkey images for my branding! Seriously though, this is a great pod! Keep up the good work!
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Never change, Portland.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
1939
Herr Goebbels Angered By Anti-Nazi Wit

Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders

--The Montreal Star, 4 Feb 1939
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Also got a new toy free off FB marketplace so I can smoke meat like a proper white man in my 40s.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Finishing up our gluten farewell tour with one of the best croissants I’ve ever had. @sphillipsab.bsky.social did your partner do a farewell tour?
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
*googles “K-pop demon hunter cat Halloween costume” *
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This many years on getting COVID still sucks.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
So my partner who isn’t on this platform was diagnosed with celiac disease today. I’d appreciate any and all tips (and share widely) on how a partner can support a Celiac partner. Today was a mix of library cookbook scans and perusal of local grocery stores for GF items to learn label reading.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
For the BC #climate crowd. If you’re in Victoria, come check out this great event with @danwoy.bsky.social and others! www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...
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Beyond the Carbon Tax: Charting a New Course for Climate Action in BC
Join IPAC Victoria for a panel on the future of climate policy in BC, featuring expert voices from across sectors.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I want to say something along the lines of those who don’t learn history are bound to repeat it, but ffs it’s barely been 20 years!?!
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Where have I heard this story before?
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Apparently if you ask @void.comind.network to roast you, it’s a thing.
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Kory’s argument that the G7 has inverted from being a US led to a US focused forum (opp to manage/contain US by other leaders) is a very interesting take to think about the shifting geopolitical sands. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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TACHM not TACO
Podcast Episode · Curse of Politics · 2025-06-16 · 1h 13m
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Part of the reason even Bluesky fails to meet Twitter Pre-Musk. I have Politics, Journalism, and News selected as my preferences and I get Deadpool Game as top pick of what’s going on when I’m curious about LA protests. 🙄
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
If only…🙄
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
So glad Florida is getting called on its goonery this period! Go Oilers Go!
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@jaredwesley.ca flagging that cowboy “Albertan” for you! Haha
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 22/05/2025
What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️ 🔌💡
Cover of new REPEAT Project report, "A Fork In The Road: Impacts of Federal Policy Repeal On The U.S. Energy Transition."Summary
Full repeal of current federal energy and climate policies would:
• Increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 0.5 billion metric tons per year in 2030 and more than 1 billion
metric tons per year in 2035.
• Raise U.S. household and business energy expenditures by $25 billion annually in 2030 and over $50 billion
in 2035.
• Increase average U.S. household energy costs by roughly $100 to $160 per household per year in 2030 and roughly
$270 to $415 per household per year in 2035.
• Reduces cumulative capital investment in U.S. electricity and clean fuels production by $1 trillion from 2025-2035.
• Imperil a total of $522 billion in announced but pending investments in U.S. clean energy supply and manufacturing.
• Reduce annual sales of electric vehicles by roughly 40% in 2030 and end America’s battery manufacturing boom.
• Substantially slow electricity capacity additions, raising national average retail electricity rates and monthly
household electricity bills by about 9% in 2030 — and as much as 17% in some states (including TX, OK and PA).
• Kill off the nascent clean hydrogen, CO2 management, and nuclear power sectors.Graphic showing historical and modeled US greenhouse gas emissions, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.Graphic showing modeled average household US energy costs, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.
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Otto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In honor of the 45th anniversary
Screenshot of a 2017 tweet from @MountRainierWA with a four shot timelapse of the Mt. St. Helens eruption that reads "you had one job"

@MtStHelensWA quote tweeted it with "I was aiming north right for your bitch ass"
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Geoff Salomons @groof.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Can’t like this post enough! It’s high time we stopped treating provinces like electrical islands and work together to take advantage of the natural benefits and advantages each province has to support the rest of the country!
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
It's always been part of the national vision. The barriers are still there, waiting to be overcome. But the benefits---and urgency---have grown. Forget America; it's time to build the east-west power grid. By me, in Macleans today: macleans.ca/economy/forg...
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Forget America. Build an East-West Power Grid. - Macleans.ca
For decades, we've prioritized electrical trade with the United States. It's time to reduce our dependence on them.
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