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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h

Solar & wind met 109% of new electricity demand, globally, in the first half of 2025.

Renewables are handling all new demand & are inexorably moving beyond, to chip away at the FF foundation.

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 17h

Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/c...

The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.

Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal

www.nytimes.com

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Oh dear - take care. I hope all goes well for you.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 12h

Amazing to see solar generate a record 39% of California’s electricity from January through July. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

www.canarymedia.com

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Also cheaper! We saved 33% of energy costs by installing a heat pump and now our solar panels are reducing costs even further!

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

I just started a new job and I don't want to give any details, but my new colleagues are SO nice, so sweet, so friendly! We spend a lot of time at work, it's nice to spend time with people you like. ❤️I'm feeling optimistic.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 4h

"Chicago isn't licking boots!

No hate no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. All power to the people.

No human is illegal.
No raids. No deportation. Down with the occupation!"

#HandsOffChicago #AbolishICE

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 6h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 13h

Zohran Mamdani's riding the M57 through Manhattan to highlight it's the NYC's slowest bus route.

He says he'd as mayor commute by all modes of public transit as well as bike (Mayor Adams notably also mentioned the bike part before he took office, a vow he rarely made good on).

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

This is such an amazingly positive thread about people’s experience with EVs!!!

KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Articles like this make me SO angry at Ford voters. So, *they* don't want better healthcare, but *I* do and I didn't vote for this.

KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

toronto.citynews.ca/2023/03/08/o...

Ontario government to spend $21B less to fund health care: FAO

The FAO documents that Ford's government will fail to fund current health sector programs and deliver on its program expansion commitments.

toronto.citynews.ca

KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Of course, giving everyone $200 just before an election reduces how much money the province can spend on healthcare. www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/qu...

ANALYSIS & FACT CHECKER: Quick Facts & Analysis + Fact Checker: Ford government's health care funding - Ontario Health Coalition

(November 10, 2024) Quick Facts & Analysis What is the Ford government doing re. health funding & what it means On October 30, the Ford

www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca

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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 13h

“…”tolerant attitudes” were “largely explained by increased positive contact with individuals from different cultures” and the positive associations created by the sensory experience of eating good food.”

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds

Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’

www.theguardian.com

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Oh man ... I *love* this guy. He just has a way of talking about day-to-day issues with ordinary people. 😍

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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 13h

Read the full statement here:
www.ontariondp.ca/news/pasma-g...

PASMA: This government is doing what it does best: hiding decisions behind closed doors

OTTAWA WEST – NEPEAN – Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Education Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) responded to news that the Ford government has directed school boards under supervision to stop l...

www.ontariondp.ca

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder how much support a party would get if they promised to make rich people face consequences for wrong-doing? How much of ordinary people’s frustration and anger stems from the obvious double-standards at play in today’s world?

KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

Evidence-based decision-making! Such a concept - why is it difficult? Speed cameras reduce speeding, thus saving lives. Win-win.

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 3h

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 4h

Bluntly, if it's so important for society, then maybe we need to enact policies that make it more appealing. A lot of countries (Canada and the US are good examples) are so anti-child that they seem to be deliberately discouraging people from having children.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 12h

Organizers in New Mexico spent a decade electing lawmakers who would put the question of universal child care funded by oil and gas royalties on the ballot and in late 2022, voters were allowed to decide on the matter directly. They voted overwhelmingly to approve it.

Universal Child Care Is Popular. New Mexico Showed Us How We Can Win It.

A vibrant, grassroots, bottom-up movement was behind the victory, offering a template that other states can follow.

truthout.org

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 4h

Sigh … such corruption. I wonder if Ford voters care? www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

www.thetrillium.ca

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 4h

Very good news for women's health: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

Small new space at LHSC offers big relief for women’s health care

A new space at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is changing the way women undergo common gynecologic procedures by offering both comfort and choice.

www.ctvnews.ca

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