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Shawn Adamsson

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Passionate. Strong opinions, loosely held (trying anyway). Waking up. Nerd.

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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“This map illustrates the intricately connected relationship First Nations have w their land. Canada’s home to all fortunate enough to live here + if we have the courage to listen to our national anthem w a slightly altered perspective we may learn where our land came from.”

- J Adomeit #canadaday

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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“But our population is so small, we’re not contributing much anyways. Go talk to China!” they then say. Again, NO. We Canadians have some of the highest per capita emissions in the world, and our national cumulative emissions add up to 2% of the total. That’s enough to make us #9 globally.

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear.

In a nutshell, NO.

We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb!

#canadaday

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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I found it quite hopeful.

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It really gets into the impact of unilateral government climate interventions, extreme climate activism, and surprising deep into economic policy. Realistic? I don’t know. But the man seems to have done some research.

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Curious if you’ve read Kim Stanley Robinson’s cli-fi novel, Ministry for the Future, yet. It’s an interesting take on how the world might react to climate change, triggered by a single devastating event in India. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Min...

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Also, brilliant choice of audiobook narrator. Just perfect.

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So much fun. Thank you for sharing this twisted tale.

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I’m only about 1/3 of the way in but this is a delightfully f*#%ed up read. Gonna have to dig through @wiswell.bsky.social’s other titles now.

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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I think I’ve read The Stand 3 or 4 times now.

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@zoeschlanger.bsky.social While I may be a little obsessive about numbers, I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks these last few years and this is the first time I’ve noticed anything like this. (Excellent book, so far, by the way)

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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if you don't like the idea of a traffic camera snapping a photo of your car for speeding there is a very easy solution

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Aren’t orangies just the best?

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD's avatar Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
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Why nuance is dead:

We dislike people who share balanced perspectives, even if we agree with them!

Expressing ambivalence seems like it might help bridge political divides, but it reduces support from allies while maintains animosity from adversaries:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Threads & Insta. I’m not on any of them as much as I was on the bird site so I try to catch your posts where I can.

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Humans are inadequately evolved for the world we’ve built, and we’re falling farther behind every day.

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A good friend got me hooked on @jasonkpargin.bsky.social’s John Dies at the End books last month. Chewing the through the fourth book now. The 3rd book had me crying with laughter.

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Jon Olfert's avatar Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social
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So the Canadian government's forecasting department just put out a big report on potential disruptions over the next 3-7 years.

It's stiff-drink stuff, but also contains approximately 67394 hooks for near-future science fiction. Enjoy. Or, you know, not. horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2024/disr...

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Is it an apple tree? I don’t trust apple trees anymore.

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Kobo (Canada) has the ebook and audiobook on sale as well.

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Also, I guess I could have wished you a Happy Birthday in there somewhere. #fail

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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Inmates do billions of dollars of work for companies and governments each year.

A landmark trafficking lawsuit alleges many are being kept in prison because the business is just too good. The suit says it seeks “to abolish a modern-day form of slavery.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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I’ll be joining you in 55 in three short weeks.

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That’s pretty much everywhere in Canada now.

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Same. Wordle 1,052 X/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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It would have a negative impact on my sense of safety and what’s friendship without safety?

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This has been playing on repeat in my head for months. A wonderful choral arrangement and beautiful performance by VOCES8 of Kate Rusby’s Underneath the Stars. youtu.be/vRcVB7ao_UQ?...

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We accidentally trapped a queen bee in our house a while back. Bees swarmed outside the house trying to get to her.

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Cybertruck may melt when exposed to water. Cybertruck may cause women, children, and men not wearing MAGA hats to laugh at you.

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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Kimmel Derangement Syndrome.

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Tuesday is shaping up to be another good one.

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Daniel Duke Windsor, PhD 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Daniel Duke Windsor, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @thedukewindsor.bsky.social
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"Your life should not be a museum." "Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets."

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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I don’t particularly like the guy, but the fact that one or two seconds of video have people reacting so strongly, kinda helps make one of the points that the filmmaker likely was trying to make. This way lies madness.

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There was a 30-60 second montage of video clips at the start of the film that was probably where his footage was used. Barely deserved a footnote.

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It was excellent. A hard watch though.

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Jen Gentleman's avatar Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social
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If video games have taught me anything, there's a secret room behind this wall

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Shawn Adamsson's avatar Shawn Adamsson @adamsson.bsky.social
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That said, our politicians just copy the behaviour of your politicians, so we’re not far behind you even if we are a more liberal country.

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