Tom Rand
@tomrand.bsky.social
Moving CO2 needle (born 321 ppm). Founding Partner, @arcternVC; Developer, green hotel; Author; Speaker. Brother/Son/Uncle/Dad/SOB/PhD/PEng #ClimateCapitalism
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Tom Rand
@tomrand.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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Tom is Founding Partner of ArcTern Ventures (Fund I, II, III) - a privately-backed… · Experience: ArcTern Ventures · Education: King's College London, U. of London · Location: Montreal · 500+ conn...
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You’ll find my climate/Cleantech/professional commentary here - including my newsletter It’s Getting Hot on Here: reflections of a climate hawk grappling with the inevitable.
Blue sky will be more ad hoc. Glad to escape the old bird.
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Blue sky will be more ad hoc. Glad to escape the old bird.
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Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Video from Bora Bora (better with sound on)
He wasn’t a client. He was a partner in the business.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
He wasn’t a client. He was a partner in the business.
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Carl Sagan: "Once you convince people that all truth claims are equally valid, scientific literacy becomes impossible and superstition becomes inevitable."
youtu.be/aRzPPi_TPHc?...
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Carl Sagan Warned Us About Religion — And We Ignored Him
YouTube video by Reason Over Rituals
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October 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Carl Sagan: "Once you convince people that all truth claims are equally valid, scientific literacy becomes impossible and superstition becomes inevitable."
youtu.be/aRzPPi_TPHc?...
youtu.be/aRzPPi_TPHc?...
Only 60%, huh?
Nearly 60% of Americans don’t want troops deployed to our cities without the presence of external threats. Trump’s ICE and military actions in several USA cities are NOT popular #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
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October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Only 60%, huh?
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GOT BIG CRIME IN DC AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Neil Young
Neil Young
September 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
GOT BIG CRIME IN DC AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Neil Young
Neil Young
In case anyone’s unsure of who’s the bad guys [MAGA/GOP], here’s Ukraine recruits killing it on Nirvana.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" performed by the Concert Orchestra of the Military Academy of #Odesa.
📽️: X / PawlowskiMario
📽️: X / PawlowskiMario
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
In case anyone’s unsure of who’s the bad guys [MAGA/GOP], here’s Ukraine recruits killing it on Nirvana.
Zappa was right all along.
Men like this make my skin crawl. Actually, I wouldn’t even use the word “men” to describe these weak, narcissistic, white christian nationalist bastards, because their ideas about women are so warped. They wanna have dominance over them, because they don’t have anything of substance to offer.
August 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Zappa was right all along.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
Free speech champions all.
Marco Rubio officially states that anyone who criticizes Israel will not be allowed to enter the United States.
This administration is trying to conflate Israeli citizenship with Judaism. This hurts Jewish people. Israel does not speak for all Jews. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic.
This administration is trying to conflate Israeli citizenship with Judaism. This hurts Jewish people. Israel does not speak for all Jews. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic.
May 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Free speech champions all.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Meet the Short-eared Owl—known for its piercing gaze and silent flight. A true master of open landscapes. 📸 lydebug
May 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Meet the Short-eared Owl—known for its piercing gaze and silent flight. A true master of open landscapes. 📸 lydebug
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
- Prof. Brian Cox
- Prof. Brian Cox
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
- Prof. Brian Cox
- Prof. Brian Cox
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Canada to Trump: “Go fuck yourself!” 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Canada to Trump: “Go fuck yourself!” 🇨🇦
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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April 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My brother Gord Rand is running for the Green Party of Canada in the - non-swing riding! - of Spadina/Harbourfront. Here I explain why you might consider voting for him!
youtube.com/watch?v=vk_u...
youtube.com/watch?v=vk_u...
Gord Rand: Vote Green Party
YouTube video by Gord Rand - Green Party Spadina-Harbourfront
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April 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My brother Gord Rand is running for the Green Party of Canada in the - non-swing riding! - of Spadina/Harbourfront. Here I explain why you might consider voting for him!
youtube.com/watch?v=vk_u...
youtube.com/watch?v=vk_u...
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum: 9780385549936 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat...
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November 10, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
Seen in San Francisco .. :)
March 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Seen in San Francisco .. :)
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It’s like playing chess with a chicken. Doesn’t matter that they make no sense at all - at some point they just shit all over the board and act like them’s the rules.
Kevin Hassett suggests Canadian authorities are covering up major fentanyl operations: "I can tell you that in the situation room I've seen photographs of fentanyl labs in Canada that the law enforcement folks were leaving alone. Canada's got a big drug problem."
March 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It’s like playing chess with a chicken. Doesn’t matter that they make no sense at all - at some point they just shit all over the board and act like them’s the rules.