Author of HOW TO BE A CLIMATE OPTIMIST. Writer & talker about the energy transition. Baseball (in season). Nova Scotia resident.
Chris Turner
The full report is available here ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
This piece by @theturner.bsky.social is deep, as is the majority of his writing. It is worth the read, it gives clean technology and innovation their due respect.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
The more immediate concern is the emergence of an aggressive pair of Hudson Bays pushing southward this spring
This might be the most car-brained thing I’ve ever seen (cc @thewaroncars.bsky.social)
Shocking behaviour from the FIFA Peace Prize winner here
“He’s cursed. He’s in his own galaxy. He’s alone in the void of space screaming silent screams.”
Nice try, fake news, that's just where they keep the Peace Prize
To celebrate America’s milestone birthday, here’s a live re-enactment of the mixtape the most basic kid in your class had in their Walkman back in 1989
I wrote about the federal government's new electricity strategy for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com. Surprise! I went with an optimistic take (gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/08cc899...
Here comes another illuminating report from @ember-energy.org, this one on "Electric Asia." That gap between "the electric fast track" and "the fossil detour" in the graph on the left is turning out to be a crucial choice between energy security and chaotic dependency
Rather than picking sides at home, the Carney government’s new electricity strategy seems to be aimed at joining the global march to victory
The featured performers for The Great American State Fair on the National Mall:
-Vanilla Ice
-Martina McBride
-Young MC
-C+C Music Factory
-Milli Vanilli
-The Commodores
- Morris Day & The Time
- Flo Rida
-Bret Michaels
The World Cup is about celebrating exotic host nation cultures
How Asia is leading the electric age, powering its rise and reshaping the global order.
This map shows where the 48 teams partaking in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be based. 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦
Pretty sure that Argentina, England, and the Netherlands have an unfair advantage by being based in Kansas: heaps fewer distractions than elsewhere 😉
Two weeks before the tournament begins, the US administration is threatening to ban planes from landing in several World Cup cities. We're about to find out, again, just how evil, crazy, and reckless these guys are. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
This week, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security threatened to shut down international flights to Democrat-held "sanctuary cities," including New York and Los Angeles.
Jeff Hoffman and the Worst BABIP of All Time blogs.fangraphs.com/jeff-hoffman...
John Muller
Simon Kuestenmacher
“For the past year, FIFA has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
