Raphael Lopoukhine
@blogokhine.bsky.social
Climate & Circular Economy |
Rethinking waste, reimagining buildings, and refusing to settle for less.
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Rethinking waste, reimagining buildings, and refusing to settle for less.
Powered by systems thinking and radical moderation. #SFI-OCADU
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In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
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Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.
Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Landmark Law To Build More Homes Near Public Transit
Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.
sd11.senate.ca.gov
October 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.
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"We are continuing to meet our commitment to at least try to meet our commitment for the 2030 target," the Environment Minister said.
Wow.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC News
Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin.
www.cbc.ca
October 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"We are continuing to meet our commitment to at least try to meet our commitment for the 2030 target," the Environment Minister said.
Wow.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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White House border czar Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
September 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
White House border czar Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority
Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute’s Peter Nicholson Sr. and Rick Smith on policy priorities for the fall 2025 sitting of Parliament.
climateinstitute.ca
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
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Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Most effective drive for pro-environmental behaviour not necessarily the most expensive. Social pressure and targeted financial incentives consistently outperform education and feedback alone in changing real-world behaviour.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539898...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539898...
Is there a smarter path to net zero that does not break the bank?
Research shows that people are particularly influenced by peers of similar age, income, and circumstance
www.heraldscotland.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Most effective drive for pro-environmental behaviour not necessarily the most expensive. Social pressure and targeted financial incentives consistently outperform education and feedback alone in changing real-world behaviour.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539898...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539898...
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(Toronto is not a serious city.)
Summer Streets returned to Manhattan yesterday. It's a series of Saturdays in New York City where streets are shut down to traffic so people can bike, jog and walk without worrying about cars.
August 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
(Toronto is not a serious city.)
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B.C.'s life sciences sector is the fastest growing in Canada.
Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.
Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁
We're open for business.
Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.
Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁
We're open for business.
August 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
B.C.'s life sciences sector is the fastest growing in Canada.
Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.
Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁
We're open for business.
Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.
Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁
We're open for business.
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Meet the bagman: the Ontario PC fundraising chief and his developer ties
Meet the bagman: the Ontario PC fundraising chief and his developer ties
The top fundraiser for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives works for developers, while also raising money from them for the party
dlvr.it
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Meet the bagman: the Ontario PC fundraising chief and his developer ties
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"Four babies have died in the last few weeks in this hospital – not from bombs or bullets, but from starvation." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard
A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Four babies have died in the last few weeks in this hospital – not from bombs or bullets, but from starvation." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having to tell my kids that nature school is cancelled today while I go to work and position climate change as a secondary benefit in my funding application is big Krypton energy to start the day. #Superman
July 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Having to tell my kids that nature school is cancelled today while I go to work and position climate change as a secondary benefit in my funding application is big Krypton energy to start the day. #Superman
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I can hardly believe this is Toronto.
We need more pedestrian-only streets here at home.
We need more pedestrian-only streets here at home.
What can you do with a pedestrianized street? Well, anything you can dream of! Thank you Opera Atelier for the performance on Market St. by St. Lawrence Market! #topoli
July 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I can hardly believe this is Toronto.
We need more pedestrian-only streets here at home.
We need more pedestrian-only streets here at home.
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• Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -1.9% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 2/3 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
8/10
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July 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
• Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -1.9% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 2/3 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
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Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!
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I just enacted the most game-changing housing reforms in recent California history.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I just enacted the most game-changing housing reforms in recent California history.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
Alt headline: New provincial legislation kills over a dozen municipal ‘green standards’ for construction, making homes more costly to heat and power, less safe, and dirtier, while undermining the development of green jobs and achieving national carbon emission reduction targets?
New from me at TVO, on Toronto's dubious arguments in defense of its Green Building Standard. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
June 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Alt headline: New provincial legislation kills over a dozen municipal ‘green standards’ for construction, making homes more costly to heat and power, less safe, and dirtier, while undermining the development of green jobs and achieving national carbon emission reduction targets?
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I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Ontario needs to have AC in schools to deal with the increasing frequency and severity of climate-fuelled heat waves. This is a health and safety issue as well as an education issue. #onpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ontario heat wave prompts concerns about students, educators sweltering in schools
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones placed the onus of action on school boards
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Ontario needs to have AC in schools to deal with the increasing frequency and severity of climate-fuelled heat waves. This is a health and safety issue as well as an education issue. #onpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Keep re-electing Ford majorities and keep getting this, people.
Emergency room wait times are bad. But they are going to get worse. The recent Ontario budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Emergency room wait times: They are going to get worse in Ontario
The recent budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, turning its back on an aging population with more complex health
www.thestar.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Keep re-electing Ford majorities and keep getting this, people.
Small-town cheapification of Ontario
absolutely brutal reporting from @jackhauen.bsky.social about the collapse in ambition of GO rail expansion happening under this government www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails
GO Expansion will still transform Greater Golden Horseshoe transit — but likely won’t be as ambitious as what was planned just three years ago
www.thetrillium.ca
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Small-town cheapification of Ontario
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
@evansolomon.bsky.social good luck!
“I don’t want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
“I don’t want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
www.scientificamerican.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@evansolomon.bsky.social good luck!
“I don’t want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
“I don’t want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
New streetscape dropped at 501 Yonge. Not a tree in sight. Looks like Soviet architecture mashed with a suburban tears. Brutalist vibes without the charm. Toronto’s planning “vision” at its finest.
May 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New streetscape dropped at 501 Yonge. Not a tree in sight. Looks like Soviet architecture mashed with a suburban tears. Brutalist vibes without the charm. Toronto’s planning “vision” at its finest.
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Yes!! They have windows open (cross wind), air purifiers, and pathogen killing lights. They are also reporting the air quality in real time on the side. All green, all good.
May 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yes!! They have windows open (cross wind), air purifiers, and pathogen killing lights. They are also reporting the air quality in real time on the side. All green, all good.