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Earth Scientist / Avalanche Specialist. Happy adventurer. Living off-grid on the edge of an ancient lava flow at 700m in the Cascade Mtns. Love the outdoors, clean mtn water, and playing guitar. Fight fascism! 🍁🇨🇦🍁

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · Jun 2

GLACIER FATE
HINGES ON 1.5°C
WARMING LIMIT

VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · May 30

Every +0.1°C of global warming leads to ~2% more glacier ice loss. Sticking to the #ParisAgreement (+1.5°C) would preserve over half the ice compared to current policies (+2.7°C). This is the result of a new study based, led by Harry Zekollari, Lilian Schuster & several co-authors from our group.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16h

This is a great, detailed piece of work. There is really no secret here: OpenAI fully intend to use fossil gas to power their data centres.

All the crap about fusion, dyson spheres etc is misdirection. This is what they're *actually* doing:

www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

John McCarrick, the company’s new head of Global Energy Policy, was a senior energy policy advisor in the first Trump administration’s Bureau of Energy Resources in the Department of State while under former Secretaries of State Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo.

As deputy assistant secretary for Energy Transformation and the special envoy for International Energy Affairs, McCarrick promoted exports of American liquefied natural gas to Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and advocated for Asian countries to invest in natural gas.

The choice to hire McCarrick matches the intentions of OpenAI’s Trump-donating CEO Sam Altman, who said in a U.S. Senate hearing in May that “in the short term, I think [the future of powering AI] probably looks like more natural gas.”

It also aligns with the company’s early moves toward powering new data centers, huge warehouses full of linked-up computers that require enormous quantities of water and electricity, to run with gas. OpenAI’s U.S. Stargate Project site in Texas, which is slated to become one of the largest data center sites in the world, is already installing off-grid gas turbines to power its operations.

“Big Tech’s collusion with the Trump administration’s fossil fuel agenda for artificial intelligence is evident in their massive investment in methane gas power infrastructure — as well as pro-gas political operatives like McCarrick,” Tyson Slocum, director of consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen’s Energy Program, said.

The “solution” of powering AI with gas is part of Trump’s AI energy policy platform. In a July speech to announce a $96 billion AI and energy funding package, Trump lauded fossil fuel and coal-powered data center development while flanked by oil and gas executives.

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 18h

The intellect and racism of White Maple Maga.

Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 18h

Says the Nazi, who’s addicted to pharmaceuticals, $$, and power.

Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 19h

Gobble gobble 🍁🇨🇦🍁

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annie56.bsky.social.🇨🇦 @annie56.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be Thankful for living in our beautiful country. Enjoy your day.

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 19h

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is certainly unusual, if not extraordinary, and which raise questions about whether Ottawa should block them in the interest of national security.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

ANALYSIS | The Trump administration is investing in Canadian critical mineral companies. But Ottawa can stop it | CBC News

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is unusual, and which raises questions about whether Ottawa should block the deals in the ...

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

#MorningVibe

Have you ever felt you had to “tone it down” or “smile more” to be heard?
Let’s call out Tightrope Bias when we see it and make space for everyone to walk freely.

🎥 eliza_khachatryan__ 🗣️ powherdata (IG)

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Me 🍁, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦 @l82be.bsky.social · 19h

But look closer, and you’ll see what this really is:
Europe’s first direct strike against Russia’s shadow fleet — the ghost armada keeping Putin’s war funded and afloat.
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medium.com/@bogdanilyin...

Denmark Just Triggered Putin’s Worst Nightmare

Europe’s quietest country just made one of the loudest moves against Moscow’s war machine.

medium.com

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 23h

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 20h

Cultivated from the dark regions of Grift, across the great divide of Mysogyny, Poilievre Manuer boasts aromatic accents of RW Extremism, White Christian Nationalism, packaged under lavish sunsets of Canadian Taxpayers' dollars.

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 21h

According to European analysts, nearly one in six oil tankers in the world now belongs to this illicit network — a floating loophole for Moscow’s sanctions.

medium.com/@bogdanilyin...

Denmark Just Triggered Putin’s Worst Nightmare

Europe’s quietest country just made one of the loudest moves against Moscow’s war machine.

medium.com

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 1d

I was Right!

Like, so right it's almost scary. So, one more time folks - let's go over the betrayals, the rot, and what Saskatchewan must demand from its leaders now.

open.substack.com/pub/tammyrob...

I Was Right.

Like, so right it's almost scary. So, one more time folks - let's go over the betrayals, the rot, and what Saskatchewan must demand from its leaders now.

open.substack.com

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 1d

When you’re a washed-up, pathetic politician who lives off the backs of 🍁🇨🇦🍁 taxpayers with an agenda designed to destabilize our country, you’re a treasonous traitor. All his and Anaida’s RW and Christo-fascist affiliations are embarrassing and a disgrace to our great nation. Maple Maga grifters.

country.you

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 1d

PP pandered to the Spanish

No mention of Ana's Venezuelan uncle illegally crossing the Canada/USA border

Entire video:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMAQkNfwF/

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

China’s ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, just told Canadians through CTV, that if we drop our EV tariffs, China will drop tariffs on Canadian goods - including canola - and commit to buying Canadian oil and LNG. Wang says China’s door for more Canadian crude oil “will be open.” #cdnpoli

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colleenmr🍁 @colleenmr.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the reasons why nuclear powered satellites were deemed a bad idea - shipping nuclear fuel to the moon is an even worse one
Go solar or stay home

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s my new op ed in @thespec1846.bsky.social
about the insanity in America and why we have much to be thankful for in Canada 🇨🇦 Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 1d

💯%! 🇨🇦🍁🦫🍁🇨🇦

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 1d

Then let’s not play their game. Spread truth. Share resources. Use old-fashioned networks of talking to friends, family and neighbours. Get a lawn sign.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 1d

I will keep drumming this drum: don’t get distracted by 🇺🇸politics: we have our own homegrown variety.

From climate change denial to attacks on vaccines and science to eliminating birthright citizenship and a woman’s right to choose, we have our own extremism.

#EyesOnCanada

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Mtn_Vibe @sea2sky99.bsky.social · 1d

Misinformation campaigns cultivate voter apathy that Conservatives count on.

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 1d

“Participatory democracy only works when people actually participate.”

I’m going to say it; shame on you if you’re not going to vote.

And with undecided voters as numerous as they are this can still be anyone’s race.

Make an informed choice.

Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 1d

Bracing for bleak election turnout.
Is everyone distracted? Too busy? Are people turned off by the candidates? Or do all of the above contribute to Calgary voters' current none-of-the-above mindset? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Calgary's 2025 meh-lection: how low can turnout go? | CBC News

With a mix of inattention and indecision tamping down excitement, advance voting has plunged. Will Calgarians' decision be to not bother?

www.cbc.ca