Many Americans are surprised to learn that entering Canada with a DUI can be extremely difficult. This is because a DUI is a felony north of the border, and can consequently result in a visitor being considered “criminally inadmissible” and denied entry at the Canadian border. In December 2018, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government of […]
Michael Mina, in TIME, on why he thinks cheap, rapid, testing could dig us out of our holes long before vaccines start going into arms. James Hamblin, in The Atlantic, with the most important rule to follow to protect yourself from COVID thi…
You know how when you’re going through an intersection and someone runs the red but luckily they just click your bumper on the way past, and you are shaken but OK and you just drive on?
That’s how I feel about Trump’s defeat.
America has avoided fascism by the merest click.— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 (@CathieCanada) November 8, 2020
Everyone needs to chill out please. They still have to count all of Hunter Biden’s laptops, Greenland, the lost city of Antifa and the hidden suburbs behind the revolving ObamaGate.
— Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) November 13, 2020
Johnny Cash spent decades trying to warn us about this. https://t.co/EkqJhSUqdq
— Steve Reilly (@BySteveReilly) November 11, 2020
From the ‘Crap wildlife photography’ group on Facebook #womensart pic.twitter.com/pxMUG35LJT
— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) November 11, 2020
When you see your ex and try to play it cool.
📹: Imgur user anlyin pic.twitter.com/PSyXsmPZX3
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 15, 2020
Ever since the owners got this trampoline, the dog spends more time on it than the kids
(viralhog) pic.twitter.com/ToBhFJM2ET— ༺❆ᗙ Martin 🏳️🌈 ᗛ❆༻ Party time🍷 (@KlatuBaradaNiko) November 10, 2020
Obstacle course skills… pic.twitter.com/modMjqwTqK
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 9, 2020
This good boy thinks the guys throwing darts on the TV are playing fetch with him… pic.twitter.com/tcLNrKpn0Q
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 15, 2020
Read time: 12 minsParler is fast becoming a conservative echo-chamber but big name climate deniers don’t seem to be abandoning mainstream social media for the fringe platform — at least not yet.
Tags: Social Mediaclimate denial databaseclimate den…
Andrew Joseph, Helen Branswell, and Elizabeth Cooney, in STAT, review all that we currently know about COVID-19 and the pressing questions that remain
Gregg Gonsalves, in The Nation, on the mortal need to resist magical thinking.
Ed Yong (god he’s fantastic), in The Atlantic (who can’t be paying him enough), on the need to understand the COVID long haulers to truly understand the pandemic.
Me, in Medscape, on why I think it’s an incredibly awful idea to weigh kids in schools (as is the plan in the UK) to track their COVID gains.
Yeah, I know, but I just wasted an hour of my life watching a TV show that supposedly had the greatest Christmas commercials this year and they were all pretty awful. Here’s some better ones. My new favorite: This one is worth watching until the end: …
You have to be creative to stay in business during a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/cKmA1xXxrT— You Had One Job! (@_youhadonejob1) October 5, 2020 Lincolnshire Wildlife Park has recently been forced to remove five African grey parrots from the main p…
Read time: 6 minsFour environmental groups sued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Andrew Wheeler last week, alleging that the agency stood by while Texas failed to enforce the nation’s federal environmental laws and adequately control air pol…
Read time: 4 minsBy Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US.
“The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces its biggest threat yet.”
That’s the warning issued by the National Audubon Society on Tuesday …
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, predicts what the future of COVID in America will look like following a Biden or a Trump election win.Jeff Passan, in ESPN, discusses how this year’s World Series was a metaphor for 2020 America.Helen Branswell, in STAT, on h…
Here are some of my favorite “Christmas” videos, the ones I listen to every year around this time: This one is from one of the oddest Christmas specials ever: Here’s my husband’s favorite – it reminds him of his own trips home at Chris…
Read time: 6 minsThree young British citizens and the climate litigation charity Plan B today announced they are taking legal action against the UK government for failing to sufficiently address the climate crisis. The announcement comes on the five ye…
Daniela J. Lamas, in The New York Times, reflects as a front line physician on her vaccination.
Julia Belluz in Vox, on the new COVID variants and their implications for vaccinations
Alex Crozier, in The Guardian, on how lockdowns can’t work without …
I have often felt sad over the state of The Youths. What with robots coming for their jobs and Climate Change, their future seems lacking. But by the time its obvious that their lives will be a dystopian dead-end I will myself be retired an…
Read time: 5 minsDuring a virtual event on Wednesday, December 9 hosted by the Heritage Foundation — a conservative free market think tank backed by polluters like the petrochemical Koch empire — the outgoing head of the Environmental Protection Agency…
Tony Scott, in SFGate, on how he used to call it the ‘scamedemic’. He doesn’t anymore. Marc Lipsitch, Gregg Gonsalves, Carlos del Rio, and Rochelle P. Walensky, in The Washington Post, on the why the so-called Great Barrington Declaration i…
Read time: 11 minsThis week, a federal court overturned the Trump administration’s approval for what would have been Alaska’s first drilling project in federal waters, citing faulty analyses of how the Arctic oil and gas facility would affect the clima…
Andre Picard, in The Globe and Mail, on the price we’re paying for complacency with COVID.Helen Branswell, in STAT, with some reassurance on Danish COVID minks. Yes minks.
Related StoriesSaturday Stories: The E…
Read time: 16 minsAfter over a decade of the much-hyped U.S. fracking miracle, the U.S. oil and gas industry is having to deal with years of losses and falling asset values which has dealt the industry a serious financial blow. This is despite the frac…
What a strange week!
But then I watch this:
Some things you need to stand back and just watch. Bald eagle 🦅 being released back into the wild. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/HgziUJ2Dbo
— Jim Osman (@EdgeCGroup) August 8, 2020
and this
I’m melting seeing them. pic.twitter.com/JlJ5IeccLX
— Life on Earth (@planetpng) August 22, 2020
Now I feel better.
Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer, in The New York Times, explain how the Pfizer vaccine will work inside of your body.Melissa Davey, in The Guardian, digs past the alarmist headlines and breathless tweets and speaks with epidemiologist Gid MK to explore…
Its difficult to realize that a governmental system that seemed to be so strong and healthy is actually so weak and brittle that the election of one man and the death of one woman could destroy it. But that’s the way I feel right now about t…
Julia Belluz, in Vox, on the 156 countries teaming up on a COVID vaccine (without the US and China).Indi Samarajiva, in Medium, on the overwhelming racism of COVID media coverage.Karim Abdul-Jabbar, in the Los Angeles Times, on athletes, COVID, and no…
When Trump doesn’t succeed on Wednesday to get Pence to “do something” about winning the election, I believe he is going to try to declare Martial Law, thinking that will stop Biden from being sworn in. It’s going to be a nightmare. We’re alr…
Read time: 11 minsThis year — with its converging crises, from the coronavirus pandemic to longstanding racial injustice to climate-related disasters — was also a remarkably active time for climate litigation. All around the world, communities, organiz…
Trudeau addressed the United Nations today and his speech was simply outstanding: Other people have posted, but ICYMI10 minutes worth watching. Headline Politics: PM Trudeau Addresses UN General Assembly – September 25, 2020 | CPAChttps://t.co/M4CO0c9q…
Irfan Dhalla, in The Globe and Mail, on COVID and the rapidly approaching Canadian winter.
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on the recurrent errors being made that hamper progress on COVID.
Edward Holmes, in The New York Times, covers the mutating SARS-CoV2…
Read time: 5 minsBy Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US.
In a clear signal of how the fossil fuel industry feels about efforts to enact Rights of Nature protections that safeguard communities and…
Chrystia Freeland is going to be a great Finance minister.
The most bonkers part about this story isn’t the content itself (though it’s a legit thing). It’s that very few people could have provided the info. And the fact that they chose to, which burns (if indirectly) the PMO, is kinda … wow.
Someone is not happy with the boss. https://t.co/NVTk3eHOdo
— Matt Gurney (@mattgurney) August 21, 2020
At Routine Proceedings, Dale Smith writes:
For the past two weeks, as the leaks about Bill Morneau started coming out in advance of his departure, we also saw a number of warnings over social media about Liberals being their own worst enemies and that now was really not a good time for a civil war within the party. The fact that there were anonymous leaks to both VICE and the National Post about this incident shows that someone is suddenly awfully keen to talk, hoping to possibly embarrass PMO in some way, and considering that the leakers are showing how virtuous they were in standing up to Silver might make one assume that those leakers are loyalists of Morneau who are trying to, if not burnish his reputation, then certainly tarnish his detractors. I do wonder if this is a limited screw-you to Trudeau, because I haven’t yet seen camps loyal to Chrystia Freeland and François-Philippe Champagne forming and trying to oust Trudeau so that one of them can take over just yet. That said, this year has proven to be full of surprises, so we’ll see.
I don’t expect Freeland will have any difficulty with the Finance bureaucrats. Listen to her putting down David Akin for being annoyed on behalf of the opposition parties who are being forced to put up or shut up:
Global News reporter David Akin asks Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland why she hasn’t tabled a budget yet
I mean she has been Finance Minister for
48 Hours!
Plenty of time according to Akin #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/rEqbEm2LLH
— G.T. Lem (@gtlem) August 20, 2020
The next thing Freeland will do is get to work on Trudeau’s grand plan for Canada. I do believe there is an untold and unnoticed (by the WE-obsessed Canadian media) story of the Moreau resignation: Trudeau intends to use the COVID crisis to greatly improve Canada’s social welfare system. Moreau wouldn’t do it, but Freeland will.
A winning message from @JustinTrudeau . If the opposition parties want to force an election this fall, this is the Liberal plan they will be objecting to. https://t.co/RTckSWqjIL
— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 (@CathieCanada) August 22, 2020
Read time: 5 minsNorway’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled not to overturn the Norwegian government’s approval of new licenses for offshore oil drilling in the fragile Arctic region.
The ruling – a culmination of four years of high-profile litigation in…
Read time: 9 minsAt the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, making his annual State of the Planet addr…
Zoë Hyde, in a pre-print in The Medical Journal of Australia, with a review article covering what we do and don’t know about the risks of kids, COVID, and school.
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, with what we do and don’t know about our immune systems and COVID.
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, in The Guardian, with what we do and don’t know about the new Russian COVID vaccine.
Jen Coleman, in McSweeney’s, writes about Sharpies (don’t miss this one)
Read time: 7 minsThe recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part to FTI Consulting — one of the most notorious oil and gas industry public relations firm…
One of the things I love about Twitter is the funny people on it:
I ate a box of Thin Mints, didn’t get thinner. I don’t think they work 😡
— Hear Me Roar (@Stop_Trump20) August 12, 2020
Tucker Carlson thinks it’s cool to mispronounce Kamala Harris’s name.
Hmmm. What sounds like “Tucker”?
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 12, 2020
Check me out guest hosting @JimmyKimmelLive tonight 🤯 pic.twitter.com/4vVsbT579x
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) August 12, 2020
A priest, a minster, and a rabbit walk into a bar. The rabbit says, “I think I’m a typo.”
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 6, 2020
If you voted for trump because “he’s not a politician”, then I hope your next colonoscopy is done by a plumber.
— Mo Bella🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica (@Mocraig13) August 6, 2020
Feeding 10 dogs at once is like going through Game of Thones every single day with the plots and betrayals and double-crosses and backbiting and frontbiting and dominance and submission and a finale that feels rushed and leaves everyone dissatisfied.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) August 5, 2020
They catch the fish and then let it go. They don’t want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.
— mitch hedberg (@mitchhedbot) July 31, 2020
— Scrappy McBuckyball (@ScrotieMcB) August 14, 2020
Read time: 12 minsDeep in the heart of Texas, by far the nation’s top oil producer, the city of San Antonio is starting to grapple with its reliance on fossil fuels.
But the key player in implementing the Alamo City’s energy transition — the local ene…
For a delightful change of pace, here’s some of the best dog videos now on the web:
Crazy agility by Pink the border collie..
Come for the speed – stay for flying hug…pic.twitter.com/ReL9buvhyi
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 27, 2020
Gm tweeties, happy hump day! Enjoy your day everyone.
pic.twitter.com/QdlH6vwcNn— ༺🦋༻ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ༺🦋༻ (@LepapillonBlu) November 25, 2020
His favorite toy pic.twitter.com/gFO2N7Q5tp
— The Feel Good Page ❤️ (@akkitwts) November 23, 2020
ok it is time to remember when three dogs thought it was just another day and it turned out to be a great day they are so happy tbh pic.twitter.com/UlhK5MJZbu
— darth™ (@darth) November 11, 2016
These two are Branch Managers.. pic.twitter.com/m23hJhf5QL
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) November 27, 2020
Don’t mind him. He’s just trying to fit in.. pic.twitter.com/k2MRNq7gDz
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) November 27, 2020
Read time: 9 minsBy Karen Savage, The Climate Docket. Originally published on The Climate Docket.
With oral arguments set for next week before the U.S. Supreme Court in a climate liability lawsuit against the country’s largest oil companies, Justice A…
OK, its been one of those weeks, so here’s some funny stuff:
My son is wearing a MAGMA cap and a Vote Trump 2020 button. He’s been spat on, punched and verbally abused. I hate to think what will happen when he leaves the house.
— Humanist. (@kennuck) August 1, 2020
I sunburn easily. https://t.co/k9APKRxFn9
— Brent Butt (@BrentButt) August 2, 2020
Republican politician Louie Gohmert, who claims to have caught COVID-19 from wearing a mask, is now claiming he got pregnant after several people told him to go fuck himself.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) July 30, 2020
If you are not wearing a mask because you are afraid your brain won’t get enough oxygen, I’m sorry to tell you, that ship has sailed.
— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) July 29, 2020
“Jesus Christ, what’s Trump done NOW?” https://t.co/5ZhOGjnKWr
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) July 24, 2020
#MeanwhileInCanada pic.twitter.com/tY1gFbE1f6
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) July 30, 2020
Here’s a map I found that illustrates the Jan 6 Trump Insurrection: The New York Times has an excellent interactive article which describes how the attack on the US Capital building went, and here’s an article from the Washington Post describing what W…
Read time: 6 minsTwo enormous fossil fuel projects in the Pacific Northwest suffered devastating setbacks on Tuesday, severely dimming their prospects of ever moving forward.
On President Donald Trump’s last full day in office, the Federal Energy Reg…
Here’s some stuff I collected from Twitter – enjoy! My goal was to lose 10 lbs by the end of 2020. Only 24 lbs to go!— Jordan (@FoxyDocKnoxy) December 28, 2020 Okay, who did this? pic.twitter.com/Ezmgd3p441— jamie (@gnuman1979) December 28, 2020…