Ben Holt 🇨🇦
@beanjammin.bsky.social
(he/him) An accidental activist. I kept waiting and waiting for someone to do something. Oh no what if everyone's waiting for me?!?
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
This lands differently knowing that Mélanie Joly's brother busts unions in Quebec for Jeff Bezos' Amazon. Jeff was on stage at the inauguration. www.lautjournal.info/20250523/mel...
In Another Installment of: “What She Said”
Joly: “It's been tough, but Canadians are tough and extremely resilient and, I must say, resourceful.”
— Mélanie Joly
Minister of Industry of Canada 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
Joly: “It's been tough, but Canadians are tough and extremely resilient and, I must say, resourceful.”
— Mélanie Joly
Minister of Industry of Canada 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This lands differently knowing that Mélanie Joly's brother busts unions in Quebec for Jeff Bezos' Amazon. Jeff was on stage at the inauguration. www.lautjournal.info/20250523/mel...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
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You need to listen to this whole thing.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
You need to listen to this whole thing.
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
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"Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill.
According to the Unpaid Oil and Gas Property Tax Survey conducted by the province in 2022, a cumulative $220 million in unpaid taxes has been reported by municipalities..."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
According to the Unpaid Oil and Gas Property Tax Survey conducted by the province in 2022, a cumulative $220 million in unpaid taxes has been reported by municipalities..."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill | CBC News
Big Lakes County in northwestern Alberta says it has formally approved the write off of more than $9 million in unpaid property taxes owed by the now bankrupt Razor Energy Corp.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
"Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill.
According to the Unpaid Oil and Gas Property Tax Survey conducted by the province in 2022, a cumulative $220 million in unpaid taxes has been reported by municipalities..."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
According to the Unpaid Oil and Gas Property Tax Survey conducted by the province in 2022, a cumulative $220 million in unpaid taxes has been reported by municipalities..."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I believe this is now around 1.2 TW/yr, and heading toward 1.4-1.5 😀
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I believe this is now around 1.2 TW/yr, and heading toward 1.4-1.5 😀
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Barring the question of whether the gas driven LNG facility was appropriate in the first place, given the local health effects, I'm surprised a mobile cyclone flare (which would burn almost all the gas cleanly) wasn't installed, if only temporarily. 3 years with this is too long.
LNG Canada is flaring 15X more than expected! 15X is an insane amount! The yellow flame means 30% of the methane is escaping into the atmosphere. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...
Equipment issue led to excessive LNG Canada flaring, docs reveal | The Narwhal
LNG Canada delayed reporting ‘integrity issue’ to regulators and never fully informed the public, while locals raised concerns about noise, smoke and emissions
thenarwhal.ca
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Barring the question of whether the gas driven LNG facility was appropriate in the first place, given the local health effects, I'm surprised a mobile cyclone flare (which would burn almost all the gas cleanly) wasn't installed, if only temporarily. 3 years with this is too long.
LNG Canada is flaring 15X more than expected! 15X is an insane amount! The yellow flame means 30% of the methane is escaping into the atmosphere. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...
Equipment issue led to excessive LNG Canada flaring, docs reveal | The Narwhal
LNG Canada delayed reporting ‘integrity issue’ to regulators and never fully informed the public, while locals raised concerns about noise, smoke and emissions
thenarwhal.ca
January 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM
LNG Canada is flaring 15X more than expected! 15X is an insane amount! The yellow flame means 30% of the methane is escaping into the atmosphere. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.
Ignorance isn't bliss. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.
Real estate website scrubbed data under pressure from California real estate brokers.
arstechnica.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Ignorance isn't bliss. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
The Board of Peace is to peace what the Boring Company is to excitement. A play on words. Trump's bored of peace. Let that sink in.
a twitter logo on a glass wall in a building
Alt: An animated GIF of Elon Musk carrying a bathroom sink into the headquarters of Twitter right after his purchase.
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The Board of Peace is to peace what the Boring Company is to excitement. A play on words. Trump's bored of peace. Let that sink in.
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Carney fans, here's what happened in the last two days.
1) Carney finally did what we've been calling for him to do months, which you said he couldn't and shouldn't because he's playing 4D and avoiding tariffs.
2) Europe stood up and Trump backed off tariffs.
Stop rationalizing appeasement.
1) Carney finally did what we've been calling for him to do months, which you said he couldn't and shouldn't because he's playing 4D and avoiding tariffs.
2) Europe stood up and Trump backed off tariffs.
Stop rationalizing appeasement.
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Carney fans, here's what happened in the last two days.
1) Carney finally did what we've been calling for him to do months, which you said he couldn't and shouldn't because he's playing 4D and avoiding tariffs.
2) Europe stood up and Trump backed off tariffs.
Stop rationalizing appeasement.
1) Carney finally did what we've been calling for him to do months, which you said he couldn't and shouldn't because he's playing 4D and avoiding tariffs.
2) Europe stood up and Trump backed off tariffs.
Stop rationalizing appeasement.
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After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
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Only one question from the phone following this announcement (a repeat for CBC who also had a reporter in the room)
BC Hydro and Ksi Lisims have inked a memorandum of understanding covering "how and when BC Hydro will deliver" power to the proposed LNG facility #bcpoli
BC Hydro and Ksi Lisims have inked a memorandum of understanding covering "how and when BC Hydro will deliver" power to the proposed LNG facility #bcpoli
January 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Only one question from the phone following this announcement (a repeat for CBC who also had a reporter in the room)
BC Hydro and Ksi Lisims have inked a memorandum of understanding covering "how and when BC Hydro will deliver" power to the proposed LNG facility #bcpoli
BC Hydro and Ksi Lisims have inked a memorandum of understanding covering "how and when BC Hydro will deliver" power to the proposed LNG facility #bcpoli
Whoops, BC accidentally went past purely symbolic reconciliation and momentarily brushed up against something meaningful. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. will revise DRIPA legislation to scale back court power over Indigenous rights, Eby says | CBC News
Premier David Eby says he is committed to reconciliation as a way to drive investment, but will challenge claims to private property.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Whoops, BC accidentally went past purely symbolic reconciliation and momentarily brushed up against something meaningful. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The EU-US trade deal's pledge to buy €700+ billion of oil and gas from the US was a disaster to begin with
Swapping dependency on Russian fossil fuels for dependency on other suppliers is never going to work
The EU must move to 100% renewables and cut energy waste (and people's bills with it!)
Swapping dependency on Russian fossil fuels for dependency on other suppliers is never going to work
The EU must move to 100% renewables and cut energy waste (and people's bills with it!)
As long as the U.S. administration threatens Europe’s sovereignty and integrity, the trade deal stays in the freezer.
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The EU-US trade deal's pledge to buy €700+ billion of oil and gas from the US was a disaster to begin with
Swapping dependency on Russian fossil fuels for dependency on other suppliers is never going to work
The EU must move to 100% renewables and cut energy waste (and people's bills with it!)
Swapping dependency on Russian fossil fuels for dependency on other suppliers is never going to work
The EU must move to 100% renewables and cut energy waste (and people's bills with it!)
Interesting timing for a corporate HQ move to the US. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
GFL to move head office to U.S. to qualify for inclusion in U.S. stock indexes
Move will also help the company recruit and win more business from American clients, including municipal governments, GFL’s CEO says
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Interesting timing for a corporate HQ move to the US. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Let’s be clear — if Trump doesn’t end up invading Greenland, or doesn’t end up doing any other of his seemingly unlimited batshit insane, illegal and corrupt crimes, it WON’T be “evidence that we were overreacting.” It will ONLY be BECAUSE WE DIDN’T UNDER-REACT.
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Let’s be clear — if Trump doesn’t end up invading Greenland, or doesn’t end up doing any other of his seemingly unlimited batshit insane, illegal and corrupt crimes, it WON’T be “evidence that we were overreacting.” It will ONLY be BECAUSE WE DIDN’T UNDER-REACT.
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I don't know if people understand just how conservative Camrose is
You know it's bad for these lawyers to speak up
They have my respect
#ableg #abpoli
You know it's bad for these lawyers to speak up
They have my respect
#ableg #abpoli
A group of Camrose lawyers, including two former conservative Attorneys General, are speaking out against the UCP’s moves towards autocracy.
A government that tramples rights and makes special rules for thier friends is not a partisan issue. #ableg
A government that tramples rights and makes special rules for thier friends is not a partisan issue. #ableg
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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20C above normal. Shelter in place.
If there are weird things happening in the world to distract our attention from something else THIS IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If there are weird things happening in the world to distract our attention from something else THIS IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
[Australia] Victoria’s Deadly Heatwave Triggers “Shelter In Place” Warning Amid Twin Climate Crisis washingtonnewsday.com/science/vict... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Heatwave #Wildfire #Melbourne #Victoria #Cyclone #Queensland #Australia
Victoria’s Deadly Heatwave Triggers “Shelter In Place” Warning Amid Twin Climate Crisis
Australia’s Victoria has been plunged into crisis as authorities issue a dire “shelter in place” order due to an extreme heatwave, with temperatures nearing 45°C in Melbourne’s suburbs. The heat…
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January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
20C above normal. Shelter in place.
If there are weird things happening in the world to distract our attention from something else THIS IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If there are weird things happening in the world to distract our attention from something else THIS IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.