Jordan Carlson
@jordantcarlson.bsky.social
Canadian postdoc in Japan.
Energy, sustainability, unrelated ramblings.
Energy, sustainability, unrelated ramblings.
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truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind
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Something that is easy to forget in all the "Carney is a political genius / Carney is a political naif" argle bargle is that climate policies matter. Environmental regulations matter. Getting rid of them may or may not achieve a political end — but it's guaranteed to have real-world implications.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Something that is easy to forget in all the "Carney is a political genius / Carney is a political naif" argle bargle is that climate policies matter. Environmental regulations matter. Getting rid of them may or may not achieve a political end — but it's guaranteed to have real-world implications.
"we got everything we wanted and industry is pleased, no more [climate policies]"
hmmmm. seems bad.
hmmmm. seems bad.
Sorry did I say six months? I meant 33 minutes
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"we got everything we wanted and industry is pleased, no more [climate policies]"
hmmmm. seems bad.
hmmmm. seems bad.
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“We did buy an oil pipeline… and what did we get?
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“We did buy an oil pipeline… and what did we get?
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
“We have oil and gas companies that committed to net zero and then took their massive record, historic profits and gave them back in massive bonuses to their CEOs and executives, and through share buybacks largely to Americans”
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I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Reading the MOU as a whole, there's an impression of policy in a time warp. Environmental commitments are fuzzy and down the road; Indigenous engagement amounts to financial inducements to go along with the state. It's as if nothing has been learned the last 15 years. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
PREFACE At this pivotal global moment, Canada and Alberta, working closely with Indigenous Peoples and industry, must work together cooperatively, and within their respective jurisdictions, to foster ...
www.pm.gc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reading the MOU as a whole, there's an impression of policy in a time warp. Environmental commitments are fuzzy and down the road; Indigenous engagement amounts to financial inducements to go along with the state. It's as if nothing has been learned the last 15 years. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
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This aged well. The MOU leaves the federal and AB provincial governments all but say out loud that FN "engagement" will be limited to "how can we get you to incentivize you to agree to what we are planning?". Miles away from good-faith consultation, let alone free, informed, prior consent.
Same goes for First Nations. The federal government is going to spend a lot of time and money in court explaining how they could be serious about consulting with Indigenous peoples in accordance with s35 obligations, when they approved the project in principle before the conversation even began.
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This aged well. The MOU leaves the federal and AB provincial governments all but say out loud that FN "engagement" will be limited to "how can we get you to incentivize you to agree to what we are planning?". Miles away from good-faith consultation, let alone free, informed, prior consent.
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Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
He directly cites today's MOU:
He directly cites today's MOU:
I see this government is deciding not to learn the lessons of their predecessor’s failures. In their own words, just under a year ago: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I see this government is deciding not to learn the lessons of their predecessor’s failures. In their own words, just under a year ago: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Bad deal, bad plan, economic dead end for a province that desperately needs diversification, not continued Dutch Disease.
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta reut.rs/3MaNsXf
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta's premier on Thursday that rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Bad deal, bad plan, economic dead end for a province that desperately needs diversification, not continued Dutch Disease.
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Found out how to make interactive PDFs in InDesign and immediately used it to make the worst info input format I could think of
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Found out how to make interactive PDFs in InDesign and immediately used it to make the worst info input format I could think of
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For my American followers:
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
The Greens, Labor, and the environment all scored a win today — it's a lesson in how politics *should* work
The Greens are clearly still concerned about being seen as uncooperative. Today’s deal is a reminder that this is how things get done.
www.crikey.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For my American followers:
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
In the "Sliding Doors" like upside down alternative reality that is Australia the Centre Left union normie party passed permitting reform with the Greens. Fossil Lobbyists pushed their luck and got cut out of the deal while the right party imploded.
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I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
#Opinion from Robert Jago
#Opinion from Robert Jago
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
Though not a shock to some, it's time to reckon with the harm done.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
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Weaponized interdependence:
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Weaponized interdependence:
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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The leaks from Tokyo begin -- Trump, contrary to reports, was not 'mediating' between China and Japan. He said nothing about Taiwan to Takaichi other than briefing her on what Xi told him. Nervousness in Tokyo rising.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Amid fight with China, Japan wary of where Trump stands | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
U.S. President Donald Trump did not convey any concerns about the current Japan-China feud in a telephone call with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Nov. 25, sources said.
www.asahi.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The leaks from Tokyo begin -- Trump, contrary to reports, was not 'mediating' between China and Japan. He said nothing about Taiwan to Takaichi other than briefing her on what Xi told him. Nervousness in Tokyo rising.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
It's always fun to explain to people that my undergrad university (and hometown) has signs warning people not to approach moose or bears.
This exceptional #UNBC student is waiting right outside my office at the moment.
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's always fun to explain to people that my undergrad university (and hometown) has signs warning people not to approach moose or bears.
do we have a "most cursed/awful (hilarious) post of the year" award yet?
Imagining an intensely cursed alt-history timeline where the Axis powers won the war and people are by now using the term "Volkx" to try to be more intersectional
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
do we have a "most cursed/awful (hilarious) post of the year" award yet?
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One of the problems with anti-LLM discourse (and note, I don’t think these things should exist, but they do) is that it tends to replace any descriptive understanding of the world with normative statements. And while we need the norm setting, we also need to help people in the world as it is.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
One of the problems with anti-LLM discourse (and note, I don’t think these things should exist, but they do) is that it tends to replace any descriptive understanding of the world with normative statements. And while we need the norm setting, we also need to help people in the world as it is.
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We need more research and articles like this about how people are actually using LLMs and chatbots, instead of ones wishcasting in either direction, so we can make informed decisions about how to help people make better sense of the world where they are at
The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed the way people look things up. By @debmsu.bsky.social
"shift of the tool people reach for first for finding information is at the heart of how ChatGPT has changed everyday technology use."
theconversation.com/the-chatgpt-...
"shift of the tool people reach for first for finding information is at the heart of how ChatGPT has changed everyday technology use."
theconversation.com/the-chatgpt-...
The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed the way people look things up
ChatGPT has dramatically altered how people retrieve information, muscling aside Google search as the first stop on the hunt for answers.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We need more research and articles like this about how people are actually using LLMs and chatbots, instead of ones wishcasting in either direction, so we can make informed decisions about how to help people make better sense of the world where they are at
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It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday
Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.