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CBC News Water is wet, too.

The Tyee Leah Gazan seems like the new wave that's coming. Probably not the most radical to be up-and-coming, but certainly a hint of what's to come.

CBC News Here's hoping something fruitful comes of this report that's in the works. But $300,000 doesn't really sound like a lot. That'll be gone in a year just from hiring one researcher. It sounds like the BC government isn't that enthused, whatsoever.

CBC News Well, unprecedented, but not unexpected. It's Global Weirding, caused by Climate Change. Expect the unexpected until either it happens to you, or the new oncoming climate finally normalizes. The latter may take hundreds of years. Now, just to be clear, normalization doesn't mean the climate will return to normal, as we have been historically used to, but rather whatever the climate becomes after it goes through its molting is what will become the new normal.

CBC News There's much I wish to express about this issue, but the words escape me. It's a big problem though, and the best solution would probably be to avoid this situation entirely. Just sidestep it. But there are a whole lot of people who are just gung-ho about this project, but there's a hell of a lot of warning flags to it. It's a money pit. It's a financial disaster in the making. Whoever is the last in control of it, loses. First Nations would probably be safest backpedaling from it, and refraining from taking any side. Siphon off project dollars, but refrain from committing. Let the government lose its money. Don't try for ownership. It's a damn trap, which'll allow the government to blame First Nations mismanagement. Recognize it for the dying beast it is.

CBC News Well, better than nothing, I suppose. But housing prices are probably still too high. They aren't near bottomed out. Gotta keep squeezing the air out of the bubble without popping it though, although a quick sharp jab probably would've done a better job.

Fact in Motion There's much to unpack here. As bad as I thought things could get regarding climate change, I didn't imagine things get worse than my imagination. I don't think mad-made climate change will get as bad as the worst basalt eruptions, but it could be pretty bad, in the end. It probably won't get to upwards of 15 degrees higher, but it could land between 5 and 10 degrees higher, which is still incredibly destructive for life as we know it.

Gizmodo Recently, I've started avoiding these machines. When things go bork, I'm left swearing and annoyed.

Mother Jones Climate Science is causing burnout in the people studying it. Well, not Climate Science, but the inaction of people, businesses, and governments. The opposition to climate science.

Mother Jones There's probably some lesson to be learned from this.

The Tyee I only read the headline so far, and I already feel I'm going to agree with the article.

CBC News I can't even remember who Bernier was, once upon a time. I know he was part of Harper's government, but what did he do? Off-hand, without researching it. Memory is totally blank. Regardless, it's not really identity politics. It's divisive politics, meant to divide voting groups against each other. To find some niche way into gaming at least a seat in parliament. Dunno if it'll work. I hope not. I hope there's not single voting group that's somehow attracted to his message of not being either Trudeau or Scheer.

The Myth of the Welfare Queen Damn this story. Brought back bad memories. Used to be on welfare. Can remember just how ashamed and frustrated I was in the welfare office applying for Social Assistance. That office just radiated hostility to applicants. Like, "Can't you helpless supplicants just find work on your own?" Of course damn well not! If we could, we wouldn't be here! Told the clerks in those places numerous times the reason Social Assistance was so hard to get onto was because White people hated poor minorities getting help from the government, but was told, "No! It's because we want to make sure there's no fraud." Fraud? That's a criminal charge! Digging into my bank account balance before I'm ever accused of a crime is both humiliating and demeaning. Why am I being treated like a crook before I've even done anything? Stormed out of those offices on a few occasions. Probably would've been out of poverty years ago

Well, this place has collected a few cobwebs. Time to get back to work. I've been lax long enough. I'll try for a post a day for the time being, regardless of the post quality.