Jimmy Thomson
@jameswsthomson.com
Environment and climate journalist | Editor in Chief at @nationalobserver.com | Work in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Guardian | www.jameswsthomson.com
"Sorry, we temporarily forgot to gouge you."
Booking.com tells woman to pay $17K or lose hotel reservation | CBC News
When an Ontario woman made a $4,300 hotel reservation on Booking.com, she never expected the website would cancel it, then offer her the same accommodations for quadruple the price. A digital rights l...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Sorry, we temporarily forgot to gouge you."
How do we still see MPs asking Grok, "is this true?"
Canadian MPs should have better sense than to trust Elon Musk's Grok
Grok states that Elon Musk is in better physical shape than NBA superstar LeBron James and is a better role model than Jesus, among other lies that would be funny if they weren't so cringe-inducing. S...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
How do we still see MPs asking Grok, "is this true?"
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Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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This is the closest humans have gotten to achieving the Star Trek replicator
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is the closest humans have gotten to achieving the Star Trek replicator
Incredible pass
Lovely between-the-legs pass at the blue line by Boreen, who has had a great game for the #Goldeneyes, and Rosenthal has the snipe to tie the game 2-2.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Incredible pass
First ever Vancouver Goldeneyes team just took the ice!
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
First ever Vancouver Goldeneyes team just took the ice!
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In an interview this week, Ken Sim said that he had a list of all the times he said no to the Vancouver Police Department, and said a lot of their budget increases were out of the city's control.
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In an interview this week, Ken Sim said that he had a list of all the times he said no to the Vancouver Police Department, and said a lot of their budget increases were out of the city's control.
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We got the list. We looked at the budget.
Here is a fact check.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Google Pixel ads showing off how you can ask Gemini for the most popular lakes in Banff are really demonstrating that companies are still struggling to make AI useful to people in a day to day sense, beyond writing long emails badly. Like "if only there were a way to find out about Lake Louise!"
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Google Pixel ads showing off how you can ask Gemini for the most popular lakes in Banff are really demonstrating that companies are still struggling to make AI useful to people in a day to day sense, beyond writing long emails badly. Like "if only there were a way to find out about Lake Louise!"
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
The number of people speaking to Vancouver council simply asking for *an actual budget* rather than a vague budget outline should in itself enough to stop council from passing it. The bare minimum should be saying what you're going to cut.
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The number of people speaking to Vancouver council simply asking for *an actual budget* rather than a vague budget outline should in itself enough to stop council from passing it. The bare minimum should be saying what you're going to cut.
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Very weird line in this piece.
"His 2015 campaign pledge to legislate the ban was cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the Northern Gateway pipeline project."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
"His 2015 campaign pledge to legislate the ban was cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the Northern Gateway pipeline project."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Liberal MPs say any Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal must have backing in B.C.
Cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault and MP Jonathan Wilkinson hesitate to support accord without seeing it, but won’t oppose it yet either
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Very weird line in this piece.
"His 2015 campaign pledge to legislate the ban was cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the Northern Gateway pipeline project."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
"His 2015 campaign pledge to legislate the ban was cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the Northern Gateway pipeline project."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
This is a Girls5Eva clip and you can't convince me otherwise
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is a Girls5Eva clip and you can't convince me otherwise
In a bid to eliminate "red tape," the Carney budget just stripped away one of the few ways Canadian regulators review the pesticides that go on your food.
Carney's 'very sneaky' push to weaken Canada's pesticide laws
The Carney government is quietly proposing to eliminate a key pillar of pesticide health and safety evaluations as part of the 2026 budget. The change will stop the government from doing periodic eval...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In a bid to eliminate "red tape," the Carney budget just stripped away one of the few ways Canadian regulators review the pesticides that go on your food.
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I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
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If you are a podcast/radio/TV person looking for someone to talk about Alberta and these three laws and the notwithstanding clause and trans rights ... I'm here!
Hit me up, I love to yap, especially when it's debunking misinformation about trans people being pushed by government officials
Hit me up, I love to yap, especially when it's debunking misinformation about trans people being pushed by government officials
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you are a podcast/radio/TV person looking for someone to talk about Alberta and these three laws and the notwithstanding clause and trans rights ... I'm here!
Hit me up, I love to yap, especially when it's debunking misinformation about trans people being pushed by government officials
Hit me up, I love to yap, especially when it's debunking misinformation about trans people being pushed by government officials
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Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy:
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
Alberta lawsuit is trying to silence the messenger
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy:
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
Love a good mystery in the hands of @nickhunebrown.bsky.social
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Love a good mystery in the hands of @nickhunebrown.bsky.social
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That’s 4 invocations of Notwithstanding Clause for Danielle Smith within a month, with this these of transgender policy bills set to stand regardless of the Charter rights they violate.
The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.
The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
That’s 4 invocations of Notwithstanding Clause for Danielle Smith within a month, with this these of transgender policy bills set to stand regardless of the Charter rights they violate.
The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.
The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.
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When is it going to be enough, America?
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When is it going to be enough, America?
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Site back up. My latest for @nationalobserver.com on how anger over the BC ostrich cull has farmers and others planning a truck/tractor convoy protest.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Site back up. My latest for @nationalobserver.com on how anger over the BC ostrich cull has farmers and others planning a truck/tractor convoy protest.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
Just did a rough calculation of how much I've paid directly into the health system since I arrived in BC. In that time, I've never had a family doctor, and the one time I tried to use the ER I was turned away. I've been paying tens of thousands of dollars for a service that doesn't exist.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just did a rough calculation of how much I've paid directly into the health system since I arrived in BC. In that time, I've never had a family doctor, and the one time I tried to use the ER I was turned away. I've been paying tens of thousands of dollars for a service that doesn't exist.
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SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
By placing radio transmitters on the backs of monarch butterflies, scientists have been able to determine that butterflies migrate straight down to the ground and then lie on their backs forever.
"There’s nothing that’s not amazing about this." Fact check: true. Also, a @danfagin.bsky.social byline in the NYT, with amazing graphics from @13pt.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
By placing radio transmitters on the backs of monarch butterflies, scientists have been able to determine that butterflies migrate straight down to the ground and then lie on their backs forever.
Holy shit.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Holy shit.
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NEW: For @nationalobserver.com, I wrote about some of the energy policies up for debate at the UCP AGM in a couple of weeks, including bringing coal-fired electricity back.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
Alberta UCP to vote on opposing climate policies, emissions caps
At this year’s convention, the UCP riding association in Sherwood Park, an Edmonton suburb, is calling on the Alberta government to reverse all “net-zero laws, regulations, policies and agreements,” w...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: For @nationalobserver.com, I wrote about some of the energy policies up for debate at the UCP AGM in a couple of weeks, including bringing coal-fired electricity back.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...