Keith Burrows
@kburrows.bsky.social
Working to decarbonize existing buildings with The Atmospheric Fund. Torontonian by way of Boston. Views my own and subject to change (I hope).
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Lest we Canadians start feeling complacent…. 😱
August 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lest we Canadians start feeling complacent…. 😱
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It’s pretty simple:
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s pretty simple:
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
- AI is driving electricity demand up
- The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built
- When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
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The hostile reaction of U.S. lawmakers to Canadian forest fires reveals more about U.S.-Canada relations than any stack of trade statistics.
The chorus of complaining from Republican politicians shows we’re now not dealing with decent people. #Opinion
The chorus of complaining from Republican politicians shows we’re now not dealing with decent people. #Opinion
Andrew Phillips: The hostile reaction of U.S. lawmakers to Canadian forest fires reveals more about U.S.-Canada relations than any stack of trade statistics
I was going to write about the state of the Canada-U. S. trade talks using numbers but maybe we can get a better idea of the state of the cross-border
www.thestar.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The hostile reaction of U.S. lawmakers to Canadian forest fires reveals more about U.S.-Canada relations than any stack of trade statistics.
The chorus of complaining from Republican politicians shows we’re now not dealing with decent people. #Opinion
The chorus of complaining from Republican politicians shows we’re now not dealing with decent people. #Opinion
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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I always find it helpful to remember tariffs end with FFS
They're really putting the "if" in tariff
March 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I always find it helpful to remember tariffs end with FFS
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“We must be prepared to defend our sovereignty-not just with military spending, but with a population that is engaged, trained and ready.” Great piece by @petermacleod.bsky.social about how Canada needs a Civil Defence Force where every Canadian has a role to play. 🇨🇦💪 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
thetyee.ca
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“We must be prepared to defend our sovereignty-not just with military spending, but with a population that is engaged, trained and ready.” Great piece by @petermacleod.bsky.social about how Canada needs a Civil Defence Force where every Canadian has a role to play. 🇨🇦💪 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
February 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
American Jesse Marsch dropping some truth:
"Canada's a strong independent nation that's deep-rooted in decency. Really. And it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarized, disrespectful and often now hate-fuelled climate that's in the U.S."
www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
"Canada's a strong independent nation that's deep-rooted in decency. Really. And it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarized, disrespectful and often now hate-fuelled climate that's in the U.S."
www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
Canada coach tells Trump to lay off ‘ridiculous rhetoric’ of Canada as a 51st state
Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to "lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state."
www.thestar.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
American Jesse Marsch dropping some truth:
"Canada's a strong independent nation that's deep-rooted in decency. Really. And it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarized, disrespectful and often now hate-fuelled climate that's in the U.S."
www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
"Canada's a strong independent nation that's deep-rooted in decency. Really. And it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarized, disrespectful and often now hate-fuelled climate that's in the U.S."
www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
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Help bring beauty to our bike lanes! Call for Artists now open for Toronto’s Concrete Barriers Mural Program to create works of art on cycle track barriers across the city. Since 2018 over 1,000 barriers have been hand painted or wrapped in designs by local artists. Details at tinyurl.com/dyhxknru
February 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Help bring beauty to our bike lanes! Call for Artists now open for Toronto’s Concrete Barriers Mural Program to create works of art on cycle track barriers across the city. Since 2018 over 1,000 barriers have been hand painted or wrapped in designs by local artists. Details at tinyurl.com/dyhxknru
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Gift link.
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
February 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Gift link.
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration.
If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/
If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/
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propub.li
February 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
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I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
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Hi pals. Today I wrote about the unsettling mismatches between what climate models say should be happening and what is actually happening. We're pushing the Earth past the limits of our physical understanding. This is a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth
Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hi pals. Today I wrote about the unsettling mismatches between what climate models say should be happening and what is actually happening. We're pushing the Earth past the limits of our physical understanding. This is a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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To fuel AI, Big Tech is now partnering with Big Oil and pipeline companies to supply fossil fuels directly to their data centers.
“There is just no possible way to achieve net zero" under this type of gas expansion
Crazy stuff today from @ariellesamuel.bsky.social:
heated.world/p/ai-is-guzz...
“There is just no possible way to achieve net zero" under this type of gas expansion
Crazy stuff today from @ariellesamuel.bsky.social:
heated.world/p/ai-is-guzz...
AI is guzzling gas
Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.
heated.world
December 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
To fuel AI, Big Tech is now partnering with Big Oil and pipeline companies to supply fossil fuels directly to their data centers.
“There is just no possible way to achieve net zero" under this type of gas expansion
Crazy stuff today from @ariellesamuel.bsky.social:
heated.world/p/ai-is-guzz...
“There is just no possible way to achieve net zero" under this type of gas expansion
Crazy stuff today from @ariellesamuel.bsky.social:
heated.world/p/ai-is-guzz...