Jeff Kraemer
@jeffkraemer.bsky.social
He/Him. UX designer, dog petter, Blue Jays appreciator. I care about the climate and democracy, and tend to boost info about both. Fan of hilarity.
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Anyway, if you missed this science write-up and you’re also looking for your second wind, it’s worth skimming it to make peace with yourself.
www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60
US findings suggesting ageing is not a slow and steady process could explain spikes in health issues at certain ages
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Anyway, if you missed this science write-up and you’re also looking for your second wind, it’s worth skimming it to make peace with yourself.
www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
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The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
nbcnews.to
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
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Incredible the degree to which vaccine hesitancy is now almost entirely about politics, including in Canada!
Who you vote for a strong predictor of what you think about vaccines.
See: angusreid.org/covid-vaccin... via @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social (Oct 2025)
Who you vote for a strong predictor of what you think about vaccines.
See: angusreid.org/covid-vaccin... via @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social (Oct 2025)
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Incredible the degree to which vaccine hesitancy is now almost entirely about politics, including in Canada!
Who you vote for a strong predictor of what you think about vaccines.
See: angusreid.org/covid-vaccin... via @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social (Oct 2025)
Who you vote for a strong predictor of what you think about vaccines.
See: angusreid.org/covid-vaccin... via @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social (Oct 2025)
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Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
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Canada has lots of its own problems, absolutely, but this is a big reason many Canadians are also not visiting the US and something I worried about whenever I traveled to see my family.
"Noncitizens [of the US] owned a majority of devices searched by CBP in the last three years, though the share of devices searched that belonged to US citizens rose to about 25 percent from 21 percent over that period."
Phone Searches at the Border Are Up. How to Protect Your Privacy.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Canada has lots of its own problems, absolutely, but this is a big reason many Canadians are also not visiting the US and something I worried about whenever I traveled to see my family.
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2025 recapped
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2025 recapped
This op-ed, from two international relations profs at Johns Hopkins, explains why the Trump administration is so antagonistic towards Europe:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom, say Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This op-ed, from two international relations profs at Johns Hopkins, explains why the Trump administration is so antagonistic towards Europe:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"To our American friends: censorship isn’t where you think it is.”
The Trump administration has banned European anti-hate campaigners from visiting the U.S., deepening the wedge between what America used to stand for and where it stands today.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The Trump administration has banned European anti-hate campaigners from visiting the U.S., deepening the wedge between what America used to stand for and where it stands today.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targeted
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"To our American friends: censorship isn’t where you think it is.”
The Trump administration has banned European anti-hate campaigners from visiting the U.S., deepening the wedge between what America used to stand for and where it stands today.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The Trump administration has banned European anti-hate campaigners from visiting the U.S., deepening the wedge between what America used to stand for and where it stands today.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A newspaper product that can't guarantee truth and accuracy is like a pizza shop that occasionally replaces the sauce with peanut butter
New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A newspaper product that can't guarantee truth and accuracy is like a pizza shop that occasionally replaces the sauce with peanut butter
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The US has no more jurisdiction to machine-gun Caribbean-bound Venezuelan speedboats in Venezuelan waters than they do to machine-gun Canadian lobster boats off the coast of Newfoundland. If you don't call the former a war crime then who's saying that the door isn't open for the latter.
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The US has no more jurisdiction to machine-gun Caribbean-bound Venezuelan speedboats in Venezuelan waters than they do to machine-gun Canadian lobster boats off the coast of Newfoundland. If you don't call the former a war crime then who's saying that the door isn't open for the latter.
Thanks to @doctorvive.bsky.social for stating so clearly that COP30 was a failure. The politicians spouting fossil fuel talking points are failing us. We need to hold them to account.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director ...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thanks to @doctorvive.bsky.social for stating so clearly that COP30 was a failure. The politicians spouting fossil fuel talking points are failing us. We need to hold them to account.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
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As @doctorvive.bsky.social has pointed out a quadrillion times, it such a moment of significant and extreme alarm that fossi lfuel industry talking points are being shamelessly and bluntly repeated by people like this
Very, very, very grim
Very, very, very grim
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
As @doctorvive.bsky.social has pointed out a quadrillion times, it such a moment of significant and extreme alarm that fossi lfuel industry talking points are being shamelessly and bluntly repeated by people like this
Very, very, very grim
Very, very, very grim
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We have solutions. We need more political will, which means we need more pressure on political leaders.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We have solutions. We need more political will, which means we need more pressure on political leaders.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just a Remembrance Day note: my deepest thanks to all who served, and serve today.
I try to reflect on how horrible war is, on what soldiers endure or can't endure, but my imagination can't quite reach it. So all I have is gratitude.
I try to reflect on how horrible war is, on what soldiers endure or can't endure, but my imagination can't quite reach it. So all I have is gratitude.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just a Remembrance Day note: my deepest thanks to all who served, and serve today.
I try to reflect on how horrible war is, on what soldiers endure or can't endure, but my imagination can't quite reach it. So all I have is gratitude.
I try to reflect on how horrible war is, on what soldiers endure or can't endure, but my imagination can't quite reach it. So all I have is gratitude.
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
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I’ve been in boardrooms for 3 decades and can absolutely promise you it’s not women who are ruining the workplace. Not our vices. Not our voices. Not our views. And not our feminism. @nytimes
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’ve been in boardrooms for 3 decades and can absolutely promise you it’s not women who are ruining the workplace. Not our vices. Not our voices. Not our views. And not our feminism. @nytimes
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NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org
Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9
Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org
Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9
Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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The ideas underlying socialism are hardly toxic. Inclusion, community, compassion, opportunity, effective governance are all fundamental, widely embraced. The term socialism itself has been cynically stigmatized. But with a little good sense, we can move past that and focus on values & results.
The idea of socialism is toxic in American politics. But by picking his battles and showing the data, our new mayor can prove it works
Yes, Zohran Mamdani can govern as a sensible socialist
The idea of socialism is toxic in American politics. But by picking his battles and showing the data, our new mayor can prove it works
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The ideas underlying socialism are hardly toxic. Inclusion, community, compassion, opportunity, effective governance are all fundamental, widely embraced. The term socialism itself has been cynically stigmatized. But with a little good sense, we can move past that and focus on values & results.