Tony
@tonytremain.bsky.social
Teaching social justice & sustainability in a Toronto high school
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'The US’s bet on AI is so gigantic every Maga voter’s pension is bound to it and it rivals consumer spending as the primary creator of American economic growth. It accounted for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year. Without it, US GDP grew only 0.1%.'
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This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan
Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan
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December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
'The US’s bet on AI is so gigantic every Maga voter’s pension is bound to it and it rivals consumer spending as the primary creator of American economic growth. It accounted for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year. Without it, US GDP grew only 0.1%.'
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"In fact, if every billionaire were left with only a billion dollars to their name, the rest of their seized wealth would be enough to cover the amount UN experts believe is needed to end world extreme poverty for the next 196 years."
What if…. we abolished billionaires?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"In fact, if every billionaire were left with only a billion dollars to their name, the rest of their seized wealth would be enough to cover the amount UN experts believe is needed to end world extreme poverty for the next 196 years."
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Rules National Guard Deployment to Los Angeles Must End www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Rules National Guard Deployment to Los Angeles Must End
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Rules National Guard Deployment to Los Angeles Must End www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Here is an interesting graphic that demonstrates how tiny is the population of people who own so much wealth:
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‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here is an interesting graphic that demonstrates how tiny is the population of people who own so much wealth:
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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Love the eating ice cream analogy 🍨
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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 ...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Love the eating ice cream analogy 🍨
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This is a great article by @billmckibben.bsky.social
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a great article by @billmckibben.bsky.social
I was at the incomparable @billmckibben.bsky.social 's book talk at UofT last night. "Here comes the sun" is an important book in the move towards sustainable energy and electricity use. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807438/here-comes-the-sun-by-bill-mckibben/9781324106234
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was at the incomparable @billmckibben.bsky.social 's book talk at UofT last night. "Here comes the sun" is an important book in the move towards sustainable energy and electricity use. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807438/here-comes-the-sun-by-bill-mckibben/9781324106234
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
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Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: 'The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda'
->The Guardian | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->The Guardian | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: 'The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda'
The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative nation. Bhutan,...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is a game changer
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E111: The Span Plan: Grid Infrastructure in Your Garage
The humble electrical panel is the blocker to a lot of electrification, but Span's sexy smart panels are the unlock
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is a game changer
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Oslo does the same. The city is littered with super heavy flower pots to protect pedestrian areas and to prevent vehicles from building up speed near them
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oslo does the same. The city is littered with super heavy flower pots to protect pedestrian areas and to prevent vehicles from building up speed near them
Here is what is preventing us fighting the climate crisis – and dismantling democracy, by George Monbiot
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here is what is preventing us fighting the climate crisis – and dismantling democracy, by George Monbiot
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Let's make CPP and OAS tax-free. Please sign this petition!
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Have you seen this petition yet?
Request federal government to make CPP and OAS tax-free
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November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let's make CPP and OAS tax-free. Please sign this petition!
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Opinion | I’m a Psychoanalyst. This Is What Technology Is Doing to Us.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
“That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
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November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
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