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Eric Reder is on the River 🛶💦 @ericreder.bsky.social · 1h

There's a great horned owl calling in the yard.

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Eric Reder is on the River 🛶💦 @ericreder.bsky.social · 1h

R u winning

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11h

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"How can societies effectively balance immediate adaptation needs with long-term sustainability goals in the face of a rapidly evolving climate?"

www.sustainability-times.com/climate/they...

“They Warned Us It Was Speeding Up”: Earth’s Climate Engine Is Shifting So Fast Scientists Fear Glaciers, Storms, and Seasons May Never Return

As humanity grapples with unprecedented climate challenges, the Earth’s climate machinery appears to be undergoing a profound transformation. Once predictable

www.sustainability-times.com

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 13h

Canada's Managed Forests, which comprise 230 Million Hectares, seem to be shedding Carbon. By late 20th Century they were typically a Carbon Sink. Now, thanks to increases in Natural Disturbances, they are a (growing) SOURCE of Carbon in the atmosphere.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

For the evening crowd, my Loonie Politics column on how we've allowed scapegoating to take hold of the immigration discourse rather than hold the premiers in particular to account for their failures. #cdnpoli

The immigration discourse has taken a toxic turn - Loonie Politics

Everyone has allowed this toxic discourse to flourish at a time when the far-right is moving mainstream, and this is a very real problem.

looniepolitics.com

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audie verde @audieverde.bsky.social · 1d

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Eric Reder is on the River 🛶💦 @ericreder.bsky.social · 1d

This is the (winter) way ⛸️

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 1d

Have Carney & his minions been turned into pod-people a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers? How else do you explain the absolute rubbish they are spouting that serves as advertisements for the fossil fuel cartel that profits from burning the planet. #EnergyTransition #EndOil

Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 1d

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate change. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed @globalecoguy.bsky.social presentation of the Drawdown Explorer, you can check it out today! Let us know your thoughts on the Explorer in the comments below. We are always looking for input on new features to make the Explorer even more useful. ☀️

https://bit.ly/3VVwk9P

Introducing Drawdown Explorer: The world's most comprehensive platform for climate solutions

Join Dr. Jonathan Foley, executive director of Project Drawdown, for the launch of Drawdown Explorer. This revolutionary, open-access online platform provides detailed, up-to-date intelligence on over 140 climate solutions that, if scaled, can stop clim...

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.

It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 2d

"The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it."

-Jim Fowler

an area near a river. there is a gate leading to green and brown grasses with areas of water. In the background are trees and mountains. In the foreground tree branches hang in the top left corner and bushes in the right.

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Eric Reder is on the River 🛶💦 @ericreder.bsky.social · 2d

The system that we broke is the nature system that supports human society and all life. This breaking causes other system failures.

Renewing AND BELIEVING IN our relationship with intact functioning nature systems is the only way we get out of our current crises.

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Eric Reder is on the River 🛶💦 @ericreder.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto flying to Seattle and LA flying to Milwaukee instead of a Toronto-Milwaukee matchup and a Seattle-LA matchup.
This hurts my brain a little bit.
#MLB ⚾ 🐦

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 2d

When I came upon this wonderful grove of lenga trees in Argentinian Patagonia, I could not pass up the opportunity. The dead branches & beautiful black trunks add an interesting graphical element to a sea of autumn colors.

#bluesky #landscape #travel #nature #landscapephotography #photography

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Kristin Wyatt @kristinwyatt.bsky.social · 2d

#autumn #water #ripples
#photography

Autumn leaves and acorns fall from the trees making ripples in the water.

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 2d

#Stunday

Crepuscular rays at a nearby park. (click to see full image)

#EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #Pano

A panoramic view of the morning sun shining through the thin fog and trees, creating crepuscular rays and a glow. Laguna Lake Park, San Luis Obispo, California

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing like a desert sunrise. 🌅 The trees are date palms. 🪶

Desert sunrise behind a row of date palms.

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Bloody Mary (mirror entity, not cocktail) @marygillis.bsky.social · 2d

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

wind and solar elkos low and getting lower www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

www.politico.com

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 3d

🎙️📚 “Yes, colonisation was bad. But you could not undo the role of these countries in your life. And when you did try to undo them, it could produce a tremendous amount of violence in those societies.”

A conversation with Aatish Taseer:

Aatish Taseer on exile and the idea of return: Southasia Review of Books podcast #34

Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwetha Srikanthan speaks to the writer…

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 3d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Matthew Terrill @matthewterrill.bsky.social · 3d

I was already a hard AI-skeptic but this cements my long suspicion that there is no feasible path to anything close to return on invested capital for these data centers. Tech would need 15 to 25 times current AI revenues within the next 2-3 years just to break even. Not financially viable.

"I clearly hit a nerve in the industry, when judging by the number of individuals who reached out to chat," he wrote in an followup blog post. "In total, l've spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations: no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living."
Kupperman's original skepticism was built on a guess that the components in an average Al data center would take ten years to depreciate, requiring costly replacements. That was bad enough: "I don't see how there can ever be any return on investment given the current math," he wrote at the time.
But ten years, he now understands, is way too generous.
" had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic based upon the speed with which Al datacenter technology is advancing," Kupperman wrote. "Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most."
In his previous analysis, Kupperman assumed it would take the tech industry $160 billion of revenue to break even on data center spending in 2025 alone. And that's assuming an incredibly generous 25 percent gross margin - not to mention the fact that the industry's actual Al revenue is closer to $20 billion annually, as the investment manager noted in his previous blog.

"In reality, the industry probably needs a revenue range that is closer to the $320 billion to $480 billion range, just to break even on the capex to be spent this year," Kupperman posited in his updated essay. "No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden - heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."
Kupperman called that gulf between tech industry spending and actual revenue in 2025 "astonishing."
However, it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. For example, how does it all shake out when we account for 2026, when hundreds of new data centers are expected to pop up?
"Adding the two years together, and using the math from my prior post, you'd need approximately $1 trillion in revenue to hit break even, and many trillions more to earn an acceptable return on this spend," he writes.
"If the economics don't work, doing it at massive scale doesn't make the economics work any better
- it just takes an industry crisis and makes it into a national economic crisis," he concludes.
Overall, the pessimists broadly agree: it's no longer a matter of if Al is massively overhyped, but when the whole thing comes crashing down.
More on Al hype: Data Shows That Al Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

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