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Glen Hoos

@thisishoos.bsky.social
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Advocating at the intersection of disability and climate change. Mission, BC 🌎🔥♿️

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Charles Latimer @ch4rlie.bsky.social · 13h
Canada doing more than its part in destroying the world. What bday gift to my 4 year old today Extraction of the most polluting oil in the world should have been capped and started to be reduced a decade ago. Instead we are plowing ahead, ensuring an unsafe future. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News
The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...
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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let's remember what made news earlier this year about LNG Canada and how clean its #LNG and operation actually are. In 2025 LNG Canada, which only operated for 6 months of the year, flared more gas than ANY OTHER LNG TERMINAL IN THE WORLD. @davidebybc.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
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LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal
LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve been hoping for this!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As a society we must do a better job of listening to disabled people. As the incomparable Alice Wong used to say… we’re oracles. We can offer a window into what comes next for you and your loved ones. We have wisdom to share. We also know how to fight systems of oppression.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My hot take on AI and climate change is that I would not like to be killed by either of them
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Ingmar Rentzhog @ingmar.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026
This graph should be front-page news. It shows an El Niño developing faster than the strongest previous events, with a forecast that climbs higher still. I’m worried. Why isn’t this getting more attention?
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So basically, fossil fuel execs and AI execs are running the same playbook. “Yeah we’re probably gonna destroy humanity, but better us than our competitors.”
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“The labs are saying to governments: ‘We’re quite likely to kill every human being on Earth; please stop us.’ Governments respond with ‘Can we give you a tax break? Build you a datacenter?’ Perhaps at some point governments will remember that their voters prefer not to be dead.”
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Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction
Advances in autonomous agents and bitter rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed once-fringe fears into the mainstream
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
August 2026 is oficially the hottest month ever recorded globally, a record that will soon fall as the #ClimateCrisis deepens f24.my/C9P9.BS
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August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor
The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest…
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2°C by early winter?! It’s possible, depending on what seasonal model you use. The US CFS model forecast’s a monthly peak mean global surface temperature of +2.1°C (above pre-industrial) in February. If so, it would be the first time the Earth has breached the 2C “monthly”average… 1/
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
People don’t fake disability … they fake being well. They play through the pain. They say they’re “fine” when they’re suffering tremendously. They do this because our capitalist, ableist society demands it. Disabled people are discriminated against & told to “try harder” 🧵
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'd go farther. This report should be accompanied by a meeting -- call it a Summit -- of global leaders, led by a PM using his unprecedented global political capital to address the most pressing crisis ever, one that directly threatens Canadians. Instead, we're getting a sales conference.
nationalobserver.com
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 04/09/2026
Streaming September 9th
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Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour (Philadelphia Freedom Cut) (Official Trailer)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My #1 album, born the same month as me. It was meant to be.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 25/08/2026
This is what we mean when we say AI is destroying the Earth.
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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/08/2026
Woah.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
UPDATE: Portugal has now approved a windfall tax on oil profits!!! Hi @mark-carney.bsky.social - how about 🇨🇦 copies 🇵🇹? It would be a great way to generate some $$ for Building Canada Strong - social programs, climate action, infrastructure, civil defence… (the fossil firms will be fine, promise)
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Portugal approves 33% windfall tax on oil companies' excess profits
Portugal's government said on Thursday it had approved a 33% windfall tax on extraordinary profits earned in 2026 ​by oil and refining companies benefiting from an energy ‌price surge triggered by the...
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trying not to be mean-spirited, but the Liberals small climate adaptation announcement in the face of this year's horrific fires rang hollow. Seems like a pittance compared to the resources that will be sunk into a new pipeline and will make matters worse. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Carney can’t buy climate cover with pocket change
These sprinklings of cash will no doubt be welcome, but they seem a laughable pittance when you consider the government’s top priority: fast-tracking construction of another pipeline from the Alberta ...
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Memo to capitalists (and @mark-carney.bsky.social): Climate risk makes things un-insurable. No insurance makes things un-mortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy. - US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), 2024
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Undisputed champion:
Greta Thunberg tweet to Andrew Tate: yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com
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Cindy Mac @cindymacd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.” - @zackbornstein.bsky.social
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
LIVE UPDATES: “B.C. premier declares provincewide state of emergency as wildfires force thousands out of homes” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC News BC #BaldRangeWildfire #BCPoli #BCWildfire #Okanagan #Summerland cc: #Peachland #Penticton #Wildfires
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B.C. premier declares provincewide state of emergency as wildfires force thousands out of homes | CBC
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I recently appeared on the SFU radio station CJSF, discussing how people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. Have a listen: www.cjsf.ca/contents/sum...
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Summer Programming playlist for 08/07/2026 | CJSF 90.1FM Radio
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/08/2026
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
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Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
He's gotta fast track that West Coast pipeline before the West Coast is burned to the ground, it's logic, checkmate libs www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Scientists say we’re heading for 2-3C by mid century. Risk assessors & insurers say this means 2-4 BILLION deaths. Governments & the media say pretty much nothing.
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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dear PM It's 2026. BC is burning and I'm locked in my home because of smoke pollution. Canada is burning. Climate change is real as you noted in your book Value(s). You have children. Think of their future. Fund renewable energy projects. Later is too Late! 350.org/canada/pipel...
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is a super important petition regarding climate change, if you are Canadian and have 30 seconds to spare please sign and repost.
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Glen Hoos @thisishoos.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Librarians to the rescue! Very helpful resource.
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BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Premier Eby: the message is undeniable. While BC burns, your government is being asked to lead. Our open letter signed by former BC NDP MLAs, MPs, Indigenous leaders, and experts demands a recommitment to climate action. Read our press release & the open letter bcclimateemergency.ca/press-releas...
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The meme of the African American uoung man smiling at one box and then in stunned shock at the second. 
First box reads "Net-zero by 2050" Second box reads "2C by 2030"
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“global temperatures are on a trajectory which may even see 2027 nearing 2C warming above pre-industrial levels for the first time.” Not in 2100, not in 2050, but in freaking 2027. #climatecrisis www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 29/07/2026
The more you know ... Assuming accelerated warming, Earth passed through the Paris limit of 1.5°C over the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline earlier this year.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps? My latest column out today in Canada’s National Observer www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps?
The budget said it would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC program launch and no details have been forthcomin...
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Giving billionaires more influence? No thank you. People think we’re being dramatic when we say billionaires are destroying democracies But here’s Canada’s richest tech bro-ligarch saying poor people shouldn’t be able to vote and rich people's votes should count multiple times:
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember this every time someone ridiculously claims that we “can’t afford to address #ClimateChange.” We can’t afford to NOT address it. #ClimateCrisis
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
ICYMI: “Residents of the B.C. Interior village of Clinton are facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of their community after an advancing wildfire forced them to flee.” cheknews.ca/residents-of... - @cheknews.ca #BCWildfire #ClintonBC
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Residents of Clinton, B.C., wait to discover fate of village after fleeing wildfire
Residents of the B.C. Interior village of Clinton are facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of their community after an advancing wildfire forced them to flee.
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Marc Kodack @ridden6570.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Americans with disabilities are more likely than those without disabilities to say global warming is harming their health
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New analysis: Americans with disabilities are more likely to report health harms from global warming
As we mark the ADA anniversary, new research highlights the intersection of climate and disability.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 24/07/2026
Uncontrolled AI is a threat to our jobs, our environment, and our communities. Canadians across the political divide know this, and that’s why they’re fighting back. The public must assert its role in the technologies shaping our lives, and draw hard lines where AI causes nothing but harm.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Whoops
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End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
YellowDot released this letter today calling for disaster preparedness for the heat jump this El Niño will bring. It’s signed by scientists, meteorologists, climate writers, concerned citizens & was sent to every Governor, major city Mayor, international Mayors. Sign + share if you can.
Letter outline the threats that will occur as a result of this looming historic El Niño will bring.
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Down Syndrome Resource Foundation @dsrfcanada.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In today’s world, there is no shortage of topics for concerned citizens to speak out about – and like everybody else, people with #DownSyndrome deserve the opportunity to have their voices heard on matters big and small that directly affect their lives. Read: bit.ly/45kww6Z
a group of 7 adults with Down syndrome stand together in a classroom; one is dressed as Mario and the man in front is doing the splits
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Stuart Goldsmith @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It's hard being a climate comedian's therapist... 🫠
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
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Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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