This is very cool (😎) tech.
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is very cool (😎) tech.
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brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back
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Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
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It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
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Congratulations to Paul Johnston on the publication of The RCAF in History and Memory: A Survey of the Historiography, 1909-2025!
This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF.
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF.
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congratulations to Paul Johnston on the publication of The RCAF in History and Memory: A Survey of the Historiography, 1909-2025!
This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF.
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF.
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
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Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Woman Realizes Adorable Rescue Is A Coyote Pup After It Orders Dynamite Detonator Off The Internet
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30 Nov 1775 // Sloop HMS Chippewa, used by the Provincial Marine of British Canada to carry stores, was driven ashore and wrecked near Long Point on the north shore of Lake Erie during November 1775, precise date unknown. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
30 Nov 1775 // Sloop HMS Chippewa, used by the Provincial Marine of British Canada to carry stores, was driven ashore and wrecked near Long Point on the north shore of Lake Erie during November 1775, precise date unknown. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Kara Walker Creates Haunted Beast From Butchered Confederate Statue. “The result is still horse and rider, but instead of charging into battle, Walker’s horseman wanders in Civil War purgatory, dragging its sword over a ruined battlefield…” [kottke.org]
Kara Walker Creates Haunted Beast From Butchered Confederate Statue
This is incredible: artist Kara Walker took a statue of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson that had stood in Charlottesville, Virginia until 2021, chopped it up, and reconstituted it into a disfigured beast. It’s
kottke.org
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kara Walker Creates Haunted Beast From Butchered Confederate Statue. “The result is still horse and rider, but instead of charging into battle, Walker’s horseman wanders in Civil War purgatory, dragging its sword over a ruined battlefield…” [kottke.org]
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The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense.
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.
How fascinating!
How fascinating!
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense.
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!
The Gates memo focuses on emissions, notes that the slope of the emissions curve is lower than predicted ten years ago and concludes that we can focus on other stuff. But emissions as such aren't the only issue to worry about when it comes to warming.
There are a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates' new climate memo, but I think it sets up a false dichotomy between reducing emissions and helping the world's poorest. I've put together a piece with my thoughts over at TCB:
On the Gates climate memo
There is a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates’ new memo on climate change, but I think it fundamentally sets up a false dichotomy.
www.theclimatebrink.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Gates memo focuses on emissions, notes that the slope of the emissions curve is lower than predicted ten years ago and concludes that we can focus on other stuff. But emissions as such aren't the only issue to worry about when it comes to warming.
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There are a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates' new climate memo, but I think it sets up a false dichotomy between reducing emissions and helping the world's poorest. I've put together a piece with my thoughts over at TCB:
On the Gates climate memo
There is a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates’ new memo on climate change, but I think it fundamentally sets up a false dichotomy.
www.theclimatebrink.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There are a lot of things I agree with in Bill Gates' new climate memo, but I think it sets up a false dichotomy between reducing emissions and helping the world's poorest. I've put together a piece with my thoughts over at TCB:
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The King's College Chapel, at the University of Cambridge, is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. The Chapel was built in phases by a succession of kings of England from 1446 to 1515 CE.
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The King's College Chapel, at the University of Cambridge, is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. The Chapel was built in phases by a succession of kings of England from 1446 to 1515 CE.
"As a forecaster who has relied on traditional physics-based models for a quarter of a century, it is difficult to say how gobsmacking these [the Google DeepMind AI] results are. "
Comparatively, the US National Weather Service's Global Forecast System model, which is based on traditional physics and runs on powerful supercomputers, performed rather poorly.
Google’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season
Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"As a forecaster who has relied on traditional physics-based models for a quarter of a century, it is difficult to say how gobsmacking these [the Google DeepMind AI] results are. "
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Samuel Sharpe was a Member of Parliament who led men into battle at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendaele.
But when he came home, the war never left him and he ended his life.
It took over a century for Parliament to recognize his sacrifice.
This is his story.
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But when he came home, the war never left him and he ended his life.
It took over a century for Parliament to recognize his sacrifice.
This is his story.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Samuel Sharpe was a Member of Parliament who led men into battle at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendaele.
But when he came home, the war never left him and he ended his life.
It took over a century for Parliament to recognize his sacrifice.
This is his story.
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But when he came home, the war never left him and he ended his life.
It took over a century for Parliament to recognize his sacrifice.
This is his story.
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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/
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A Lance Corporal of The Royal Canadian Regiment holding a Lewis Gun, during the First World War, 1914-1918.
#RCRWWI
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November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A Lance Corporal of The Royal Canadian Regiment holding a Lewis Gun, during the First World War, 1914-1918.
#RCRWWI
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I am out of the office, where round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I am out of the office, where round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away.
"Finally, the court considered ... payment of personal expenses from corporate funds, holding that certain categories of payments were patently obvious and inappropriate, including the respondent’s legal fees for his family law case ..."
A must-read for family law counsel - BC Court provides a deep dive on income determination for majority shareholders in child support cases. S.D.N. v E.G.N., 2025 BCSC 1994
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Court Provides Detailed Analysis of Income Determination for Corporate Shareholders | CanLII Connects
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November 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Finally, the court considered ... payment of personal expenses from corporate funds, holding that certain categories of payments were patently obvious and inappropriate, including the respondent’s legal fees for his family law case ..."