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Urbanist, environmentalist, educator, pro immigrant, pro society over capital, pro wild non-human beings, tree hugger extraordinaire, flaneuring my way through cities, can we please just stop before we burn up the world?

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 12h
California makes it official. Balcony solar is now legal.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026
This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cleveland Cliffs’s CEO continuing to reveal himself as a cartoon villain is, while horrible for his Canadian employees and customers, a service to anyone preaching greater scrutiny of Americans who buy our assets. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Stelco’s exit from galvanized steel leaves big Canadian buyer baffled and in the lurch
Cascadia Metals recently invested $30-million in a plant expansion that was specifically set up to buy from the domestic supplier
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Love this. Boozary is a genuine hero.
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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is the company that makes "Claude" going to pay for all these rescue missions? How does one establish culpability in these cases?
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Arrogance is believing we can endlessly take without giving back. Arrogance is thinking technological cleverness will always save us from ecological collapse. Arrogance is assuming nature is a foe to be battled,rather than the very system that gives us life.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 05/10/2026
ICYMI: As the feds fast-track infrastructure projects, including a pipeline, @hadrianmk.bsky.social reminds us that the economy and environment are not separate: "When we destroy the environment, it comes back to bite us economically." #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
I really don't get it. Trump polls at like single digits across the world but then every country is like, but our right wing populist is different!
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Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 04/10/2026
Greetings from beautiful New Zealand! I have been here for 8 days now, and it is spectacular! I enjoyed a wonderful morning at mirror lakes in the Milford Sound area. #photography #nature #landscapephotography
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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Find out where Toronto candidates stand on key environmental issues like AI Data Centres, climate change, flood resilience, tree planting, single-use garbage, and greening buildings. Click on our newly launched map! loom.ly/fg6TTj8 #topoli
Map of the City of Toronto with each ward outlined. Text reads: TEA's Greener City Champion Pledge
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Stefan Hostetter @steho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My kingdom for a parks department that cared about the experience of those using the park* *this comment brought to you by the very loud leaf blower blowing 8 leaves around directly beside the busiest time for the kids playground*
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Permanent DST would not give us “an extra hour of daylight”. It would deprive essential morning sunlight from millions of Americans, for months on end. 👉 Tell the president and Congress to restore permanent Standard Time instead, for balanced light all year!
Photos from around the country in each time zone showing winter mornings on Standard Time (sunlit) versus Daylight Saving Time (dark).
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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meanwhile in #Ontario Mehra pointed to data from the OHC which showed that operating rooms and MRI machines are going unused on evenings and weekends at publicly funded facilities across the province due to lack of funding.
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Stefan Hostetter @steho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The interview is out! @parismarx.com's Hyperscale is out Oct 20th, and you can catch them explaining what Hyperscale means and why these data centres have become the flashpoint for AI resistance below or anywhere you catch your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/0IAx...
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The Sudden Rise of the Data Centre w/ Paris Marx (1038)
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 02/10/2026
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, including the always wonderful @parismarx.com -- who seems to know a thing or two about data centres. If you want to hear more from Paris check out this interview with @steho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/steh...
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine politicians announcing billions for better public transit to save people money and reduce fossil fuel pollution. Imagine politicians announcing billions for solar, wind, batteries, heat pumps, and transmission lines to connect it all. #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The extinction of the southern resident orcas could now have a name and a price tag: “Pacific Link” for $44 billion of mostly taxpayer money,” said Conservation and Policy Campaigner Lucero Gonzalez. #cdnpoli www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/canadas...
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Canada’s most expensive extinction attempt now has a name: “Pacific Link Pipeline”
Wilderness Committee condemns “project of national interest” designation for new west coast oil pipelineVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — With no remorse in h...
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Stephen Thomas @stephenjwt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's check in on those "Asian Markets" that today's oil export pipeline are looking to serve if/when it's built: 👀 "China’s oil demand is expected to fall by 600,000 barrels a day, or 8.9%, in 2026, marking ​a third straight annual decline" #cdnpoli #energysky energynow.ca/2026/09/chin...
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Stefan Hostetter @steho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The fight against AI starts with data centres but getting the full picture of the harms they create for the communities around them can be tough. So tune into Green Majority at 11am tomorrow on CIUT 89.5FM to catch my interview with @parismarx.com on their new book Hyperscale hyperscalebook.com
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Hyperscale by Paris Marx
An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point. A new book by Paris Marx.
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Bill Tubbs @billtubbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Copenhagen during rush hour. If they were in cars it would be grid lock.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every time someone runs a tap, dishwasher or flushes we're sending heat down the drain, so why not use it? In Vancouver, the Sen̓áḵw development project is tapping into a sewer line to provide carbon-free heating and cooling @novakovicto.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Having biked on parts of the Trans Canada Trail - including some of Ontario's rail trails - I agree the federal government needs to continue funding the trail after 2027. Please sign & share if you agree as well. #BikeTO #ottbike #VeloMTL #BikeWPG #YYCbike #YEGbike #BikeYVR #cdnpoli notjustatrail.ca
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This is not just a trail | Trans Canada Trail
Help keep the Trans Canada Trail funded after 2027. Send the letter below to your MP to help keep Canadians connected by 30,000 kilometres of trail.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Doctors, nurses and other front-line workers gathered for a news conference at University Avenue and Gerrard Street to explain the risks of a lack of proper road infrastructure for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers — and to tell stories of those impacted by road violence." #BikeTO #ToPoli #OnPoli
Toronto family physician Samantha Green, who is also the co-founder of the provincial advocacy coalition Doctors for Safe Cycling, told CBC Toronto it’s clear the decision to remove bike lanes is "not based on evidence."\

"Bike lanes save lives," she said. "It's clear that the public, that the community here in Toronto wants to keep the bike lanes."
About 650 health-care workers have signed a letter calling on the province to back down on its plans, Doctors for Safe Cycling said in a news release Monday.
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The TTC has said the busway ... was completed early and under budget." Let's hype that as much as we hype delays and over-budget projects. This is the kind of competence in transit projects we're looking for. www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-f...
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Here’s a first look at the Scarborough busway. For residents, it follows years of sluggish commutes
The new Scarborough busway will open this week and will run from Kennedy Station to Scarborough Centre, three years after the Scarborough RT was decommissioned.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city. #ToPoli #OnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario health-care coalition denounces province's plan to remove bike lanes across Toronto | CBC News
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Postmedia closes printing plant, shifting a host of northern Ontario papers to digital-only: North Bay Nugget, Sault Star, The Sudbury Star, The Timmins Daily Press, The Elliot Lake Standard, Espanola's Mid-North Monitor. Cochrane Times-Post will cease publication. www.baytoday.ca/local-news/1...
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11 jobs lost as Nugget presses go silent
Postmedia says it will close its North Bay printing facility on Oct. 31, a move expected to affect 11 employees in printing and distribution as the company shifts several northern Ontario publications...
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PMinTO @pmi73.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is very cool. Love to see it.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Years of expensive construction, which will muck up car traffic, to make everything worse
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026
Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company
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PMinTO @pmi73.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
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Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
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Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
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Annie Desrochers @niedesrochers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ça ⤵️
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Candidate Tracker team has been in the trenches reporting and fact-checking bios and platform summaries for EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE in the 2026 Toronto election. No AI, no campaign talking points. Bookmark it, send it to a friend, we'll update until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
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Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local
The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We don't have a "climate problem". We have a greed problem. The planet isn't dying, it's being killed. And those killing it have names and boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UofT can walk its talk on sustainability by rapidly expanding on-site solar power generation. It's time to develop a plan to make solar shine across the university’s three campuses. #topoli #toronto #uoft www.cleanairalliance.org/uoft-solarsu...
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Make U of T a Solar Superpower
Make UofT a Solar Superpower. #UofT can walk its talk on sustainability by rapidly expanding on-site solar power generation. #topoli #toronto
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/09/2026
When Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government proposed overhauling environmental assessments and major project approvals last spring, they were warned against centralizing power and infringing on Indigenous Rights. Critics say Bill C-39 does just that.
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Canadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics say
When the Liberals proposed overhauling major project approvals, the public worried it would concentrate power and infringe on Indigenous Rights. Now, pipelines and nuclear development will be reviewed by an energy agency, instead of environmental
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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Our goal is not simply to introduce new energy technologies into our communities, but to build Inuit capacity and create opportunities for Kivalliqmiut to have a greater role in the energy sector." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ikayuut solar and energy storage project now complete in Naujaat | CBC News
The Ikayuut solar and energy storage project in Naujaat, Nunavut is now complete. The solar project will generate around 1.6 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy a year. It is also the first operational...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
"If a resurgent movement demands action, we finally have the tools to make that demand matter – a working planet that runs mostly on sun and wind is in tantalizing reach," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social. "At the last possible moment, with backs to the wall, we still have our face to the sun."
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I once said this to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I stand by the statement. “I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution.” drilled.media/news/ccs
"It doesn't make sense to use CCS to prolong our use of fossil fuels, especially to produce electricity," David Ho, professor at University of Hawaii and senior researcher at Columbia Uni-versity, said. 'The argument in favor of enhanced oil recovery is often that if they weren't using this capt red CO2 they'd be using some other CO2. But I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution."
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Affordable #renewable electricity is becoming one of the BIGGEST economic advantages a country can have. The costs of renewables, batteries + electric technologies keep falling. #Ontario should be racing to take advantage of this shift. ☀️🌬️🔋 shrlnk.ca/s/K4vPJ9pg
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22/09/2026
Other countries are moving past oil. Canada and the US, meanwhile, are doubling down. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid
Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
To that end, a new report from @drfionamac.bsky.social at @futurework.bsky.social has valuable new data on how employers are (mis)using AI tools to intensify & degrade work, and what we can do about it: futurework.org.au/report/cogs-.... It calls for urgent limits on AI monitoring & decision-making.
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Cogs in the machine: algorithmic management, surveillance and big data at work – Centre for Future work
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’ve already had fake AI-generated “neighbourhood” campaigns in Toronto. Now this.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our Kennedy Centre
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Jonny Skedge @skedgehammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do your patriotic duty as a canadian and support The Narwhal.
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Mark Agee @markagee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"NPR sat down with this solar calculator and asked it to explain this poem about God"
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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's not common for Engineers to take a stand on anything (much to my frustration), that's why this statement from OSPE about Bill 212 and the recent court ruling is so important. ospe.on.ca/advocacy/osp...
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OSPE Statement: Where Things Stand on Bill 212 and Toronto's Bike Lanes
Explore the OSPE Statement on Bill 212 and its impact on Toronto's bike lanes and transportation planning.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think the primary question remains, why should prediction markets exist?
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Canada’s new prediction market guidance leaves key questions unresolved, Wealthsimple CEO says
Ruling is ‘unworkable’ as events contracts could fall under either gaming or securities regulators, company warns
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