Usman Valiante 🇨🇦
@uzivaliante.bsky.social
Circular Economy Policy Analyst and Commercial Strategist. Mountain Biker, Skier, Soldier. In pace paratus. Ex coelis. Ducimus. Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) 🇨🇦
This is how it's done. Stand and fight.
January 12, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This is how it's done. Stand and fight.
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We see this similar garbage logic in Canada. There are people defending timid-ass statements from our leaders because speaking out to defend democratic and law-based norms won't move Trump or might antagonize him. As if Trump is the only audience. The public reinforcing of norms is its own good.
Unreal how many Democrats—politicians, pundits, posters, etc—advocate complacency on the grounds that they won't get Republicans to remove Trump.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
We see this similar garbage logic in Canada. There are people defending timid-ass statements from our leaders because speaking out to defend democratic and law-based norms won't move Trump or might antagonize him. As if Trump is the only audience. The public reinforcing of norms is its own good.
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Trying to destroy a country’s power grid should count as an explicit declaration of war, & a war crime if indiscriminate, ie, against general heating, plug load for hospitals, schools+. People don’t seem to want to recognize Russia has been trying to push Ukraine back into the 19th century for 3 yrs
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trying to destroy a country’s power grid should count as an explicit declaration of war, & a war crime if indiscriminate, ie, against general heating, plug load for hospitals, schools+. People don’t seem to want to recognize Russia has been trying to push Ukraine back into the 19th century for 3 yrs
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It's to Canadian media's shame I'm learning of this from the Irish Times.
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
It's to Canadian media's shame I'm learning of this from the Irish Times.
Victoria Wicks, Jaclyn McNamara: The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/cowi...
The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property
It’s a call for governments to face their obligations to Indigenous Peoples, but owners outside the case won’t suddenly lose their deeds.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Victoria Wicks, Jaclyn McNamara: The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/cowi...
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I think the word that people are looking for is piracy
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
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One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One thing I’m noticing in this era is that people are starting to lose their grip on the basic precepts of rule of law, even on basic civil contracting stuff. You can’t just do what you want without consequences without all sorts of other stuff unravelling.
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My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
The US wants to kill Europe’s carbon border levy. Will the EU stay the course?
Experts warn that scrapping or delaying the CBAM could cause the EU’s entire climate policy to collapse Of the many EU laws that the Donald Trump administration is not happy about, the incoming Carbon...
www.sustainableviews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My article for FT @sustainableviews.bsky.social on the risk of a complete unravelling of EU climate policy if the Commission doesn't protect the upcoming carbon border levy from US pressure: www.sustainableviews.com/the-us-wants...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Investigating a Recycling Disaster
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Investigating a Recycling Disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
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China’s ‘coal plastic’ breakthrough can greatly reduce its demand for oil: study
Plastics, detergents, adhesives, solvents and synthetic rubbers could be produced without need for petroleum, study finds.
amp.scmp.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Coal or biomass to olefins - I.e., plastic from coal instead of naphtha or ethane, another nail in the coffin of long run crude oil demand @markhamhislop.bsky.social
amp.scmp.com/news/china/s...
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5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
www.recyclingtoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
5 Republican state Attorneys General claim US efforts to drive a circular economy for plastics as anticompetitive.
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
Utter fucking nonsense.
www.recyclingtoday.com/news/five-st...
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops
The American carmaker purchased an SU7 and tore it down to discover its secrets
www.carscoops.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“There was no hidden engineering trick or obscure cost-cutting secret waiting inside the panels. The real explanation, he said, is simple: China’s extensive government support.”
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/10/this...
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👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
China moves to supercharge green hydrogen as US pulls back
The country's new policy is likely to boost the production of green hydrogen, which the country aims to use to decarbonize airplanes, ships, and heavy…
www.canarymedia.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
👀 If you dig into this article, it's about so much more than H2, it's about China setting up its first national funding mechanism for decarbonizing heavy industry (eg steel, methanol, SAF, zero carbon industry parks) like it did for solar, batteries, EVs, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
THIS IS RUSH'S NEW DRUMMER!
YouTube video by El Estepario Siberiano
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Super stoked! youtu.be/-MGTokkzXWQ?...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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“Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy... censorship. When any government. . .say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
— Robert A. Heinlein
September 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy... censorship. When any government. . .say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
— Robert A. Heinlein
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they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win
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There’s a big mental shift coming for Canadians, to the assumption “water is plentiful”. Between reduced snow pack melt, erratic rains, more water holding capacity in warmer air, and longer summers drying everything out, water simply will not be as plentiful as it was anymore.
August 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There’s a big mental shift coming for Canadians, to the assumption “water is plentiful”. Between reduced snow pack melt, erratic rains, more water holding capacity in warmer air, and longer summers drying everything out, water simply will not be as plentiful as it was anymore.
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This is really significant. I've been frustrated that we have to guess how much power and water AI consumes, because these tech companies won't say (even though they know). This is the most transparent estimate from one of these companies so far. I hope others will follow suit.
We've finally got some hard numbers on AI's energy demand from a major tech company: Google says a median prompt to Gemini uses 0.24 watt-hours of electricity. 🧵 @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses
It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.
www.technologyreview.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is really significant. I've been frustrated that we have to guess how much power and water AI consumes, because these tech companies won't say (even though they know). This is the most transparent estimate from one of these companies so far. I hope others will follow suit.
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In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
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Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
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From a US perspective, this is fundamentally worse than Sputnik, and it is having the exact opposite and wrong reaction to 1957 - retreat, shutting down basic science and clean tech commercialization, instead of diving into creating a national science complex and building fast.
How China went from clean energy copycat to global tech leader www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🔌💡
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
From a US perspective, this is fundamentally worse than Sputnik, and it is having the exact opposite and wrong reaction to 1957 - retreat, shutting down basic science and clean tech commercialization, instead of diving into creating a national science complex and building fast.
Great watch with @spaikin.bsky.social and @stephenmarche.bsky.social and Janice Stein
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
Will Canada Survive the End of the American Empire? | World on Edge
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Great watch with @spaikin.bsky.social and @stephenmarche.bsky.social and Janice Stein
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
youtube.com/watch?v=WFIk...
