Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 02/10/2026Wow, so fun! This is why people avoid facts you know. Total buzz kill. 100
Reposted by Stephen OwensMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking. Allow me. 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: This was the week Canada stopped shooting its oil patch in the footWe’re finally witnessing our country act with some sense of its own self-interest 19248119
Reposted by Stephen OwensThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Under no circumstance do I support separation of this province from Canada,” he said. “So, we just decided we’re not going to do this.” Separatist event in Banff organized by UCP CA president gets cancelled by owners of venue. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/canm...rmoutlook.comCanmore resort pulls venue for Alberta referendum event with separatist tiesReferendum town hall, Q&A cancelled by Stone Creek Resorts CEO, who says he will not support an event linked to Alberta separation 2327595
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 01/10/2026I’m thinking that economics and numeracy education is lacking in this country. 010
Reposted by Stephen OwensMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hospital cuts: -Hamilton HS: 413 positions, 143 nurses -Ottawa Hospital: 400 positions, 200 nurses -London Health Sciences: 212 nurses -Queensway Carleton: 160 positions -Sunnybrook: 100 nurses -Quinte Health: 59 positions -Bruyere Health: 55 positions -St. Joe's Hamilton: 24 positions #OnPoli 85250
Reposted by Stephen OwensMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is better energy journalism than you'll see in most Canadian newspapers today -- and certainly anything coming out of Postmedia in Alberta. I've yet to see any of the talking heads and industry spokespeople actually confront it. energi.media/markham-on-e...energi.mediaLNG Canada Phase 2: The $33-Billion Bet on Asian DemandLNG Canada Phase 2 is a $33-billion bet on Asian demand, Qatar recovery and a historic wave of new global LNG supply. 1514461
Reposted by Stephen OwensMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Albertans deserve a different vision of the province and country's energy future than the one-sided one their government is trying to feed them. Instead, we get this: 2017641
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 29/09/2026Okay, grudgingly impressed with that one I gotta admit. 👏🏻 010
Reposted by Stephen OwensThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/09/2026Over the ten years, Premier Smith claims Alberta faced a hostile federal government, oil and gas production doubled, and Ottawa poured tens of billions into energy infrastructure. The tolerance of her big lie is almost as remarkable as the lie itself. ow.ly/Fl7950ZRRaq 6160106
Reposted by Stephen OwensJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Round two of the world's first industrial electrification auction opens in December. €1bn to electrify process heat, 3/4 of EU industrial emissions. Winners get a fixed premium per tonne of CO2 avoided for up to five years, funded by ETS revenues. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...climate.ec.europa.euCommission publishes terms and conditions for €1 billion industrial heat decarbonisation auctionOn 24 September 2026, the Commission published the final Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for its second Europe-wide auction for projects decarbonising industrial process heat (IF26 Heat Auction). 14917
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 25/09/2026I think he is so very wrong. Without this type of basic literacy we lose the ability to critically interact with information, question misinformation, make decisions and generally be either an informed citizen or fulfill a specific role. 110
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 23/09/2026“from a business perspective… SMRs are not economic or commercially feasible at present or in the near future. The capital costs are high, the timelines are long and uncertain, and technology and supply chains lack maturity.” And yet Ontario is buying the fantasy. 010
Reposted by Stephen OwensBlayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Thoughtful article from UBC computer science and medicine professor Raymond Ng that questions the need for so many new AI data centres. He argues they should be built only when they meet an actual public interest need, not solely to enrich companies. 🎁theglobeandmail.comNew data centres need to be built for the right reasonsRather than profits, construction of these problematic centres should be regulated and approved based on their public benefit 34413
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 22/09/2026Tripling seems like a very mild goal given where we’re starting. 000
Reposted by Stephen OwensJulia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣Big news! The Federal Court ruled in our favour in the climate accountability case 🎉 In June @environmentaldefence.ca teamed up with three youth and @cape-acme.bsky.social to take the federal government to court over their lack of a credible plan to meet the legally binding 2030 climate target 1/ 12414
Reposted by Stephen OwensTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🚨 Don't believe separatists lies.👇 ZERO evidence immigrants: - increase crime (on the contrary) - hurt healthcare system (on the contrary) - hurt education system (on the contrary) - etc etc. This noise nothing more than divisive hate-mongering. thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.cathewalrus.caAlberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The WalrusThe province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality 23353152
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 17/09/2026That’s a good and sufficient list all by itself and it doesn’t include required climate change mitigation and major infrastructure work for water and other services. City maintenance is expensive, not doing it is even more so. 031
Reposted by Stephen OwensMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🧵New: Last month, researchers found 50 paid ads on Meta’s platforms that included AI-generated child sexual abuse. Meta said most of these ran before it rolled out new moderation AI. Since then, Meta has ran another 250+ of these ads. One used an image of a minor from a European royal familywired.comMeta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real KidsImages of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate. 4145105
Reposted by Stephen OwensOzma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Wow. This is nuts. “Project Prometheus had a seed round of $6,200,000,000... that little bit of dipping their toe in the water went well for them, months later, they raised another $12,000,000,000 at a valuation of $41 billion. Not too bad for a company with 150 employees” 1297
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 04/09/2026Wow. I cannot say enough good things about this thread and the research in it. So happy I ditched my prime account over a year ago and have not bought from Amazon since if the product is available anywhere else. 000
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 29/08/2026Emergency personnel responded with several semis of macaroni and tanker trucks of water. 000
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 23/08/2026“…which also found strong support for Canada’s public health care system“ from everyone but our federal government who refuses to take action to protect it. 000
Reposted by Stephen OwensKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/08/2026So... what's up with #DarkEnergy? 🤔 I wrote up a summary of the current status of possibly-weirdly-changing dark energy for @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social's shiny new researcher-focused newsletter; you can read the piece here:perimeterinstitute.caDynamical dark energy and the week that broke cosmology | PI News 2345599
Reposted by Stephen OwensMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026They're still ragging the puck. 67824
Reposted by Stephen OwensTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Almost every single student who has found me this week wants to talk about AI. A couple reflections. One student has taken three AI courses in philosophy, health sciences and comm. They’re basically the same class. As it turns out, it doesn’t take a lot of classes to “learn” ai. 91790312
Reposted by Stephen OwensSuzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026CBC: Russia and US amplify Alberta separatist narrative Danielle Smith: But I made it possible!!! 035
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 19/08/2026“The reality, however, could be that consumers understand AI well enough as it is, but don’t think the trade-offs are worth it.” Yup 110
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 12/08/2026Thanks for Lords of Uncreation @aptshadow.bsky.social I really enjoyed it. Without giving away any spoilers I will say that I loved Olli’s arc. 020
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 09/08/2026“The question is whether, given the science, the climate impacts unfolding around us, the opportunities emerging in the global economy and our own recent political history, it is the wisest use of $40-billion.” Definitely not. A very well written piece, I hope our govt can read. 000
Reposted by Stephen OwensTzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Canada is being asked to make a $40B bet on the past. We’re told another oil pipeline will bring national unity, economic security & prosperity. We’ve heard this before. You don’t prepare a country for the future by betting billions on the past www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: With a new oil pipeline, Canadians are being asked to make a bet on the pastWith $40-billion, we could fund heat pumps and solar panels, build hospitals, tackle clean water on reserves or build the economy of the future 818994
Stephen Owens @somemetatags.owens.dev · 08/08/2026Is their commitment still the same? Does that mean they never had any and still don’t? 030
Reposted by Stephen OwensLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...newrepublic.comAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus. 78087345647
Reposted by Stephen OwensEcojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 05/08/2026BREAKING: Today, Ontario’s highest court confirmed the next step in the groundbreaking youth-led #Mathur case — a new hearing at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. PRESS RELEASE 👉 ecojustice.ca/news/ontario... 14022
Reposted by Stephen OwensCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/08/2026Hamilton's sudden reversal away from a bylaw intended to control data centres has left other municipalities worried about the legal risks of writing their own — and wondering what convinced Hamilton’s elected officials to flip their votes.nationalobserver.comHamilton's mysterious data centre reversal haunts other municipalitiesAll but one of the 16 elected officials in the city had voted in favour of a bylaw that would put a pause on new data centres in the city for a year. Then, at a council meeting the following month whe... 22312
Reposted by Stephen OwensBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Wrote about this. www.offmessage.net/p/andrew-tat...offmessage.netThe Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein ScandalThe truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it. 311208342
Reposted by Stephen OwensThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/07/2026LNG Canada’s original plans for its Kitimat, B.C, plant included a commitment to operate "without routine flaring." That commitment was later removed from submissions to the BC Energy Regulator, and in 2025, almost 10 per cent of all gas transported to the terminal was burned off.thenarwhal.caLNG Canada dropped commitments to operate ‘without routine flaring’: docs | The NarwhalFor years, LNG Canada made environmental commitments in documents submitted to BC Energy Regulator (BCER). It removed them before the Kitimat facility launched 26353
Reposted by Stephen OwensDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026An entire article about the ways #ClimateChange is decimating the Bourdeux wine region of France — that never mentions the words “climate change.” This is journalistic malpractice. Not even high-school papers leave out such necessary context. #EndClimateSilence www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...nytimes.comFire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards (Gift Article)One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry. 1027894
Reposted by Stephen Owens🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026« Growing evidence suggests CCS may play only a limited role in decarbonization, with critics arguing that greater investment should go toward permanent low-carbon alternatives. » oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...oilprice.comThe Carbon Capture Boom Is Starting to Crack | OilPrice.comCarbon capture and storage attracted massive investment as a climate solution, but rising costs, underperforming projects, and limited emissions reductions are fueling doubts about its long-term viabi... 36942
Reposted by Stephen OwensQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 26/07/2026Wow "traitor to the west," strong words, Elon, who are we talking about here... ah the editor-in-chief of The Economist 912072396
Reposted by Stephen OwensJoshua Loftus @joft.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“she appeals to those who want to live life as they please with no thought of the consequences of their actions on others” That’s one way to become popular 26117
Reposted by Stephen OwensDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.science.orgThe Assault On Science Funding Continues 9809253