Bromptonymous π¨π¦
@bromptonymous.ca
Cities & Urbanism. Sometimes geochemistry. Often my hound. Climate dad. Always on a bike. βCivilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.β Born: 344 ppm, PhD 397 ppm, Today: 430 ppm. Victoria, BC.
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Dodgers Fans Mets Fans
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Our teams are ruining Blue Jays fans
Dodgers Fans Mets Fans
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Our teams are ruining Blue Jays fans
January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Unfortunately
Dodgers Fans Mets Fans
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Our teams are ruining Blue Jays fans
Dodgers Fans Mets Fans
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Our teams are ruining Blue Jays fans
The very worst timeline.
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The very worst timeline.
Maybe, just maybe, Toronto shouldnβt have built all its new housing in Milton?
As a major snowstorm caused travel chaos, serious weather alerts, highway closures and school cancellations, some working for Ontario's Ministry of Transportation were told to head into the office.
globalnews.ca/news/1161525...
globalnews.ca/news/1161525...
Some Ontario civil servants told to get to office in snowstorm or take vacation day | Globalnews.ca
Some Ministry of Transportation staff were told to get to the office despite the snow. An hour later, at 10:35 a.m., the order was rescinded.
globalnews.ca
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Maybe, just maybe, Toronto shouldnβt have built all its new housing in Milton?
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think i'm done with doing presentations on screens - might go back to bristol/poster board a la grade school science fair vibes.
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
think i'm done with doing presentations on screens - might go back to bristol/poster board a la grade school science fair vibes.
Jays Fans Mets Fans
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball.
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball.
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Jays Fans Mets Fans
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball.
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball.
We live in the fourth circle of hell now.
METS: Here's a ton of money for three years
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
We live in the fourth circle of hell now.
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METS: Here's a ton of money for three years
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
METS: Here's a ton of money for three years
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
BLUE JAYS: Here's a lot of money for seven years
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: This is so hard
DODGERS:
KYLE TUCKER: But I'm gonna have to go with the Dodgers
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Confirming this. It snowed today and my residential street was plowed at least twice over the course of the day.
No βX hours/days *after* the snow endsβ.
Snow clearing is one really clear example where density results in better quality municipal services.
No βX hours/days *after* the snow endsβ.
Snow clearing is one really clear example where density results in better quality municipal services.
In Montreal I would typically expect my residential street to be plowed the day of the storm, including the sidewalks.
Maybe a sprawler city wonβt be able to provide that level of service. But Iβve seen so many comments like this from people who donβt see a problem at all and just want low taxes!
Maybe a sprawler city wonβt be able to provide that level of service. But Iβve seen so many comments like this from people who donβt see a problem at all and just want low taxes!
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Confirming this. It snowed today and my residential street was plowed at least twice over the course of the day.
No βX hours/days *after* the snow endsβ.
Snow clearing is one really clear example where density results in better quality municipal services.
No βX hours/days *after* the snow endsβ.
Snow clearing is one really clear example where density results in better quality municipal services.
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This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
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This also works for road widening. Toll the Malahat, end the need to widen the road, have a funding source for safety improvements.
2οΈβ£ Charge for parking 1st, before building more parking. Often, the fees will end your townβs perceived parking shortage. The perceived need for a garage will disappear. Instead of being left with a white elephant garage and budget deficit, youβll have parking revenue to spend on improving your town.
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM
This also works for road widening. Toll the Malahat, end the need to widen the road, have a funding source for safety improvements.
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It is time to eradicate AI from all educational environments. Find another way. Maybe teach kids about AI like when we learned about drugs in middle school.
βThe risks of AI outweigh the benefitsβ - new report about AI in elementary schools.
βThe risks of AI outweigh the benefitsβ - new report about AI in elementary schools.
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It is time to eradicate AI from all educational environments. Find another way. Maybe teach kids about AI like when we learned about drugs in middle school.
βThe risks of AI outweigh the benefitsβ - new report about AI in elementary schools.
βThe risks of AI outweigh the benefitsβ - new report about AI in elementary schools.
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βWikipedia represents something unprecedented: the only major platform on which truth emerges through transparent debate, rather than algorithmic opacity or corporate interests. Every edit is logged, every discussion archivedβ
Use the Wikipedia app.
π§ͺ #Knowledge
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Use the Wikipedia app.
π§ͺ #Knowledge
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
βWikipedia represents something unprecedented: the only major platform on which truth emerges through transparent debate, rather than algorithmic opacity or corporate interests. Every edit is logged, every discussion archivedβ
Use the Wikipedia app.
π§ͺ #Knowledge
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Use the Wikipedia app.
π§ͺ #Knowledge
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The security of Greenland is wildly more important to Canada than to most European states and kinda suspect we should act like that
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The security of Greenland is wildly more important to Canada than to most European states and kinda suspect we should act like that
This also works for road widening. Toll the Malahat, end the need to widen the road, have a funding source for safety improvements.
2οΈβ£ Charge for parking 1st, before building more parking. Often, the fees will end your townβs perceived parking shortage. The perceived need for a garage will disappear. Instead of being left with a white elephant garage and budget deficit, youβll have parking revenue to spend on improving your town.
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM
This also works for road widening. Toll the Malahat, end the need to widen the road, have a funding source for safety improvements.
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2οΈβ£ Charge for parking 1st, before building more parking. Often, the fees will end your townβs perceived parking shortage. The perceived need for a garage will disappear. Instead of being left with a white elephant garage and budget deficit, youβll have parking revenue to spend on improving your town.
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
2οΈβ£ Charge for parking 1st, before building more parking. Often, the fees will end your townβs perceived parking shortage. The perceived need for a garage will disappear. Instead of being left with a white elephant garage and budget deficit, youβll have parking revenue to spend on improving your town.
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Can we have snow again
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Can we have snow again
βto survive and thrive, we need to believe in a stable, brighter tomorrowβ - yes.
"Knight noticed that more people turned to their community for help in reimagining their lives, and in the process created what Knight calls micro-utopias. Cycling clubs sprang up everywhere, and people made more effort to spend time together"
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped β youβre not alone
I hadnβt fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me β now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
βto survive and thrive, we need to believe in a stable, brighter tomorrowβ - yes.
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historically accurateβοΈ
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
historically accurateβοΈ
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That's why AI's/LLMs do in fact feel useful to get a cursory intro to a topic - they are giving you the mean, which is often what an intro is. But when you want actual discernment, you appear to get something unhelpful. What does "the best" mean to an LLM? A mushy mishmash of the middle.
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
That's why AI's/LLMs do in fact feel useful to get a cursory intro to a topic - they are giving you the mean, which is often what an intro is. But when you want actual discernment, you appear to get something unhelpful. What does "the best" mean to an LLM? A mushy mishmash of the middle.
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Amalgamation has ruined Ottawa
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Amalgamation has ruined Ottawa
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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12/ The claim that environmental scientists sold only βhair-shirt miseryβ is a classic climate-delay straw man
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
12/ The claim that environmental scientists sold only βhair-shirt miseryβ is a classic climate-delay straw man
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
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11/ The failure wasnβt sounding the alarm, it was warning without proportionate political action or credible structural support.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
The influence of partisan news on climate mitigation support: An investigation into the mediating role of perceived risk and efficacy
Perceptions of efficacy play a central role in motivating people to engage in climate actions. However, there has been little investigation into how different climate efficacy beliefs are formed and ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
11/ The failure wasnβt sounding the alarm, it was warning without proportionate political action or credible structural support.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
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3/ Concern about #climate change has not collapsed, it remains high & remarkably stable.
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
3/ Concern about #climate change has not collapsed, it remains high & remarkably stable.
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs