Bromptonymous 🇨🇦
@bromptonymous.ca
Cities & Urbanism. Sometimes geochemistry. Often my hound. Climate dad. Always on a bike. “Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” Born: 344 ppm, PhD 397 ppm, Today: 430 ppm. Victoria, BC.
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historically accurate☑️
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
historically accurate☑️
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That's why AI's/LLMs do in fact feel useful to get a cursory intro to a topic - they are giving you the mean, which is often what an intro is. But when you want actual discernment, you appear to get something unhelpful. What does "the best" mean to an LLM? A mushy mishmash of the middle.
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
That's why AI's/LLMs do in fact feel useful to get a cursory intro to a topic - they are giving you the mean, which is often what an intro is. But when you want actual discernment, you appear to get something unhelpful. What does "the best" mean to an LLM? A mushy mishmash of the middle.
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Amalgamation has ruined Ottawa
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Amalgamation has ruined Ottawa
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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12/ The claim that environmental scientists sold only “hair-shirt misery” is a classic climate-delay straw man
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
12/ The claim that environmental scientists sold only “hair-shirt misery” is a classic climate-delay straw man
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal...
For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing
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11/ The failure wasn’t sounding the alarm, it was warning without proportionate political action or credible structural support.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
The influence of partisan news on climate mitigation support: An investigation into the mediating role of perceived risk and efficacy
Perceptions of efficacy play a central role in motivating people to engage in climate actions. However, there has been little investigation into how different climate efficacy beliefs are formed and ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
11/ The failure wasn’t sounding the alarm, it was warning without proportionate political action or credible structural support.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
Fear without perceived efficacy, amplified by media & partisan cues, is an institutional, not scientific, failure.
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3/ Concern about #climate change has not collapsed, it remains high & remarkably stable.
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
3/ Concern about #climate change has not collapsed, it remains high & remarkably stable.
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
What has eroded is perceived political & economic efficacy: people increasingly doubt that governments will regulate powerful actors effectively or deliver transitions without unfairly shifting costs
Institutions have had appropriate knowledge since before I was born and have totally failed to meet the moment or even attempt to solve the problem IMO. Cynicism is two generations deep at this point… doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
2/ He frames public disengagement with #climate action as a failure of environmental messaging
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Institutions have had appropriate knowledge since before I was born and have totally failed to meet the moment or even attempt to solve the problem IMO. Cynicism is two generations deep at this point… doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
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2/ He frames public disengagement with #climate action as a failure of environmental messaging
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
2/ He frames public disengagement with #climate action as a failure of environmental messaging
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
But social science shows disengagement is driven less by rejection of change, &more by declining belief that institutions will act credibly, fairly, & at scale
10insightsclimate.science/year-2024/pu...
Amalgamation is going to create all kinds of issues like this where the City of Victoria can't do city things to solve city problems because vibes.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Suburban, rural councillors argue against new parking fees that only apply to urban Halifax - Halifax Examiner
Halifax Regional Council ultimately voted in favour for new parking permit fee structure that increases costs for heavier vehicles.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Amalgamation is going to create all kinds of issues like this where the City of Victoria can't do city things to solve city problems because vibes.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
In an alternate universe where BC makes the stupid choice to be on “Daylight” Time year-round, I just dropped my kids off at school in the dark for the fourth consecutive week. Standard time forever.
jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...
jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...
Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
The period of the year from spring to fall, when clocks in most parts of the United
States are set one hour ahead of standard time, is called daylight saving time, and
its beginning and ending dates a...
jcsm.aasm.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
In an alternate universe where BC makes the stupid choice to be on “Daylight” Time year-round, I just dropped my kids off at school in the dark for the fourth consecutive week. Standard time forever.
jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...
jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/...
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It's past time our government broke up the Postmedia monopoly and banned foreign ownership of Canada's media.
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It's past time our government broke up the Postmedia monopoly and banned foreign ownership of Canada's media.
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
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My 14yo tells me kids who use ChatGPT are referred to as "third-party thinkers"
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
My 14yo tells me kids who use ChatGPT are referred to as "third-party thinkers"
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Shopping by bike in Esquimalt is called a Woke Mob Dark Fantasy, otherwise it’s just sparkling Carry Shit Olympics.
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Shopping by bike in Esquimalt is called a Woke Mob Dark Fantasy, otherwise it’s just sparkling Carry Shit Olympics.
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Given events of the last couple weeks, does anyone else think we really shouldn’t choose F-35s?
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Given events of the last couple weeks, does anyone else think we really shouldn’t choose F-35s?
So the US is gonna do civil war, while trying to invade like three other countries? What kind of world is this?
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
So the US is gonna do civil war, while trying to invade like three other countries? What kind of world is this?
It sounded as bananas at the time as it sounds now. She wasn’t wrong.
Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. 🤷♀️
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It sounded as bananas at the time as it sounds now. She wasn’t wrong.
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This is an important consideration for amalgamation. Downtown residents who don't want their property taxes to increase should be wary of merging with a municipality which may have much higher infrastructure costs per person due to low density housing.
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
This is an important consideration for amalgamation. Downtown residents who don't want their property taxes to increase should be wary of merging with a municipality which may have much higher infrastructure costs per person due to low density housing.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
City - paying its infrastructure and service bills ✅
Suburbs - not paying the full cost of services received ❌
I don't have anything against the suburbs or people who choose to live there for perfectly reasonable reasons. I just don't want to pay for their choice.
Suburbs - not paying the full cost of services received ❌
I don't have anything against the suburbs or people who choose to live there for perfectly reasonable reasons. I just don't want to pay for their choice.
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
City - paying its infrastructure and service bills ✅
Suburbs - not paying the full cost of services received ❌
I don't have anything against the suburbs or people who choose to live there for perfectly reasonable reasons. I just don't want to pay for their choice.
Suburbs - not paying the full cost of services received ❌
I don't have anything against the suburbs or people who choose to live there for perfectly reasonable reasons. I just don't want to pay for their choice.
First they came for the people on public assistance...
Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
First they came for the people on public assistance...
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And you could say "that's just a 10-year average, and doesn't actually answer whether things are getting safer in Vancouver."
Except they are.
Traffic related fatalities have been on a downward trend for decades, and since 2011 they've gone down fastest for pedestrians and cyclists.
Except they are.
Traffic related fatalities have been on a downward trend for decades, and since 2011 they've gone down fastest for pedestrians and cyclists.
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
And you could say "that's just a 10-year average, and doesn't actually answer whether things are getting safer in Vancouver."
Except they are.
Traffic related fatalities have been on a downward trend for decades, and since 2011 they've gone down fastest for pedestrians and cyclists.
Except they are.
Traffic related fatalities have been on a downward trend for decades, and since 2011 they've gone down fastest for pedestrians and cyclists.
My spiciest urbanist take is that housing density should be tied to land values, where land value should be no more than 15% of a basic housing unit.
Also:
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.
If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings.
(It’s pretty much that simple)
(It’s pretty much that simple)
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
My spiciest urbanist take is that housing density should be tied to land values, where land value should be no more than 15% of a basic housing unit.
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Also:
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.
If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings.
(It’s pretty much that simple)
(It’s pretty much that simple)
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Also:
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.
Every n’hood needs to be zoned to allow sub $1m homes to be built.
This means allowing enough density (with few enough permitting hoops) to make it pencil.