Robert Way
@labradorice.bsky.social
Labrador Kallunângajuk from Vâli. Dad. Hunter. Geography prof. Canada Research Chair in Northern Environmental Change.
@queensu. Views are my own.
@queensu. Views are my own.
National news media has been absent on this project which is absolutely amongst the most controversial of all the proposed major projects. Quebec gov essentially asking Feds to help force a road through Inuit lands in another province without their consent.
Tonight on Nation to Nation, We’re looking at the Prime Minister’s big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities on the ground.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
Canada unveils mine deal to before talking to Inuit leaders
Nunatsiavut's deputy minister of land and natural resources says he was surprised Canada name-dropped the Strange Lake mine at the G7 summit.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
National news media has been absent on this project which is absolutely amongst the most controversial of all the proposed major projects. Quebec gov essentially asking Feds to help force a road through Inuit lands in another province without their consent.
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The federal government says land claims will be respected as it fast-tracks nation-building projects, but one deputy minister says that promise hasn’t been tested.
Jim Goudie from the Nunatsiavut Government says Strange Lake isn’t there yet.
Jim Goudie from the Nunatsiavut Government says Strange Lake isn’t there yet.
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The federal government says land claims will be respected as it fast-tracks nation-building projects, but one deputy minister says that promise hasn’t been tested.
Jim Goudie from the Nunatsiavut Government says Strange Lake isn’t there yet.
Jim Goudie from the Nunatsiavut Government says Strange Lake isn’t there yet.
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Tonight on Nation to Nation, We’re looking at the Prime Minister’s big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities on the ground.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
Canada unveils mine deal to before talking to Inuit leaders
Nunatsiavut's deputy minister of land and natural resources says he was surprised Canada name-dropped the Strange Lake mine at the G7 summit.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tonight on Nation to Nation, We’re looking at the Prime Minister’s big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities on the ground.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
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Should we start historical climate simulations in 1750 (or 1800) rather than 1850?
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Should we start historical climate simulations in 1750 (or 1800) rather than 1850?
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Video of the Canadian Premier League soccer finals yesterday in #Canada 🤣🍁
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Video of the Canadian Premier League soccer finals yesterday in #Canada 🤣🍁
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Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
Seeing this in budget 2025. Can someone make the case for why we need to spend $2.7 billion on new computing resources for Meteorological forecasting when we are in a dire need for improved investment in our weather monitoring network? Models need high-quality observational data...
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seeing this in budget 2025. Can someone make the case for why we need to spend $2.7 billion on new computing resources for Meteorological forecasting when we are in a dire need for improved investment in our weather monitoring network? Models need high-quality observational data...
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For more details, see Carbon Brief's coverage here: www.carbonbrief.org/...
And the full UNEP Emissions Gap report here: www.unep.org/resourc...
And the full UNEP Emissions Gap report here: www.unep.org/resourc...
UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming - Carbon Brief
The latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’ on future warming, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme has warned
www.carbonbrief.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
For more details, see Carbon Brief's coverage here: www.carbonbrief.org/...
And the full UNEP Emissions Gap report here: www.unep.org/resourc...
And the full UNEP Emissions Gap report here: www.unep.org/resourc...
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The new UNEP report is out with the latest estimates of 2100 warming outcomes under current policies, NDCs, and net-zero targets. Here is how it compares to both the IPCC scenarios and other estimates (CAT and IEA, who will release their own updates soon!).
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The new UNEP report is out with the latest estimates of 2100 warming outcomes under current policies, NDCs, and net-zero targets. Here is how it compares to both the IPCC scenarios and other estimates (CAT and IEA, who will release their own updates soon!).
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The latest @unep.org #EmissionsGap Report 2025 finds that global emissions continue to rise.
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The latest @unep.org #EmissionsGap Report 2025 finds that global emissions continue to rise.
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
I actually just turned down a peer review request for a research proposal for this reason given its subject matter. Tri-Council leadership need to step up.
We’ve all been “Reviewer 2’d” but I strongly believe in the peer review system. This demand for information, in its current form, will undermine it for one of Canada’s largest research funding programs: If reviewers can’t be honest in their opinions without fear of reprisal, it all falls apart.
🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications.
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I actually just turned down a peer review request for a research proposal for this reason given its subject matter. Tri-Council leadership need to step up.
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Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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New study in Nature by Lin et al shows how the sea-level rise from the melting Ice Age ice (a total of 120 meters rise) ended thousands of years ago.
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New study in Nature by Lin et al shows how the sea-level rise from the melting Ice Age ice (a total of 120 meters rise) ended thousands of years ago.
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why exactly are the Tri-councils complying? Force it to go to court.
🧵The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research has put forward a motion to release ALL data in relation to federal research funding applications.
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
This motion was put forward by conservative MPs who are skeptical of funding being allocated "fairly."
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Why exactly are the Tri-councils complying? Force it to go to court.
Just out in Science Advances. Researchers (mostly) from Atlantic Canada find seasonal freeze-thaw mounds on the seafloor in Subarctic Canada (~57°N). This builds on earlier work (Normandeau et al. 2024 - Nature) that found subsea permafrost in this region. /1
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Winter in the coastal ocean: Seasonal freezing causes seafloor expansion and contraction
Seasonal freeze-thaw of freshened porewater causes seafloor expansion and contraction in the marine environment.
www.science.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just out in Science Advances. Researchers (mostly) from Atlantic Canada find seasonal freeze-thaw mounds on the seafloor in Subarctic Canada (~57°N). This builds on earlier work (Normandeau et al. 2024 - Nature) that found subsea permafrost in this region. /1
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Blue Jays G6
4th : man on 1st, 1 out
5th : 1st, 2 out
6th : 2nd & 3rd, 2 out
7th : 2nd, 2 out
8th : 1st & 2nd, 1 out
9th : 2nd & 3rd, 0 out
G7
7th : 1st, 2 out
8th : 2nd, 0 out
9th : bases loaded, 1 out
11th : 2nd, 0 out
Expected Runs scored : 8.73
Actual Runs Scored : 0
4th : man on 1st, 1 out
5th : 1st, 2 out
6th : 2nd & 3rd, 2 out
7th : 2nd, 2 out
8th : 1st & 2nd, 1 out
9th : 2nd & 3rd, 0 out
G7
7th : 1st, 2 out
8th : 2nd, 0 out
9th : bases loaded, 1 out
11th : 2nd, 0 out
Expected Runs scored : 8.73
Actual Runs Scored : 0
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Blue Jays G6
4th : man on 1st, 1 out
5th : 1st, 2 out
6th : 2nd & 3rd, 2 out
7th : 2nd, 2 out
8th : 1st & 2nd, 1 out
9th : 2nd & 3rd, 0 out
G7
7th : 1st, 2 out
8th : 2nd, 0 out
9th : bases loaded, 1 out
11th : 2nd, 0 out
Expected Runs scored : 8.73
Actual Runs Scored : 0
4th : man on 1st, 1 out
5th : 1st, 2 out
6th : 2nd & 3rd, 2 out
7th : 2nd, 2 out
8th : 1st & 2nd, 1 out
9th : 2nd & 3rd, 0 out
G7
7th : 1st, 2 out
8th : 2nd, 0 out
9th : bases loaded, 1 out
11th : 2nd, 0 out
Expected Runs scored : 8.73
Actual Runs Scored : 0
This is bringing me back to how I felt back when the Sens lost in double overtime of game seven to the Penguins.. just an absolute gut punch.
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is bringing me back to how I felt back when the Sens lost in double overtime of game seven to the Penguins.. just an absolute gut punch.
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The Jays lose the World Series in one of the greatest baseball games ever played
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The Jays lose the World Series in one of the greatest baseball games ever played
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a game for sick freaks
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
a game for sick freaks
Newfoundland Whiskey for me
I'm drinking a lot of whisky but it's Canadian so, that should do it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Newfoundland Whiskey for me
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An Air Canada flight right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
An Air Canada flight right now
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Bo Bichette hits a 3 run HR
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Bo Bichette hits a 3 run HR
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Absolutely hate the World Series wedgie here
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Absolutely hate the World Series wedgie here