In response to the #tariffs, the premier of #Ontario, Doug Ford, has ordered that all #American wines, beers, spirits, and seltzers be removed from the shelves of the LCBO (the province's liquor control board & stores).
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It goes further! It also removes them from the LCBO catalogue so that other retailers and restaurants across the province will not be able to order or restock U.S. products. Cheers :)
π¨π¦ #tariffs #ontario #canada
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Hereβs a grocery guide for Canadians to skip US brands and shop #local from Canadian brands instead π¨π¦. Mexico is ok too!
[#]tarrifs #Canada
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Interesting new dynamic:
British Columbia just announced a shutdown of alcohol purchases from π₯ red π₯ states in response to the 25% tariffs on Canada.
They currently purchase about $3.5b a year from the US.
[#]tariffs #BC
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Careful out there
CBC has found that ads featuring fake CBC articles are inundating parts of social media, designed to lure Canadians into a sophisticated scam that uses Russian internet infrastructure β οΈ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e6__FYwjMs
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I just cancelled my subscription to X/Twitter.
After the nazi salute, I have no further basis to consider giving him money for products or services. I'm honestly disgusted.
[#]elon #nazi
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have any of you thought of living off grid? i think it's becoming a real possibility for many at this stage (with satellite internet to stay connected & solar panels and battery storage)
[#]solar #battery #satellite #offgrid
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Is the planet sending a message here for the #inauguration in the form of an #arcticvortex ?
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[#]SpaceX did not make it to orbit with their latest launch on the super heavy booster.
On the bright side, there were spectacular views overhead from islands in the caribbean as it burned up in reentry π β¨
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ok this is bad - the #US is now spending more in interest payments on their national debt than they are on the #military
other than cutting programs and raising taxes, how will they be able to climb out of this hole?
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Aspartame causes statistically significant mitochondrial DNA damage?! π§¬
As a late addition to my new years resolutions I am dropping 'zero sugar' colas from my diet like a rock
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/13/1/2
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so many homes are just gone
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how is this allowed? having prediction markets where people bet on whether a #fire literally spreads into a community creates a dangerous incentive for gamblers who want (or need) to tilt the odds in their favour π₯
this is dangerous! isn't there some kind of regulation that makes betting on fires illegal?! π₯
[#]wildfires #losangeles #pasadena
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i did not expect #climatechange to manifest itself at scales like this, but here we are.
are you concerned about climate change increasing the scale of #wildfires where you live?
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the scale and frequency of these #wildfires in #California is clearly increasing as a direct result of #climatechange π¨π₯ π‘
almost all of the largest wildfires in California the past century have happened since the year 2000
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Kiss the Ground (2020)
"A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-V1j-zMZw
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What do we need to do? Reduce emissions. What is actually happening?
... Australia approved the expansion of four coal mines that will add nearly 850 megatons of CO2 emissions to the #atmosphere (an amount that is roughly double Australia's current annual emissions: 383 megatons) π₯ π₯΅
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/19/albanese-government-coalmine-expansions-approved-boggabri-caval-ridge-horse-pit-lake-vermont-meadowbrook-vulcan-south
[#]coal #co2 #emissions #climate
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[#]Ecuador πͺπ¨ is now facing 14-hour daily blackouts as rivers reservoirs dry up from severe #drought π΅and over-reliance on hydropower.
They're already recognizing the need to diversify into alternatives like wind, or solar and battery storage
https://www.dailyclimate.org/ecuadors-energy-crisis-deepens-as-drought-halts-hydropower-production-2670730825.html
[#]ClimateChange #solar
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what if the universe had an address space?
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We are going into 2025 clearly above 1.5C of #globalwarming, and that warming is accelerating π¬
2026 will likely be a nightmare for many countries
https://climatechangetracker.org/global-warming
[#]climatechange
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πΊπΈ π¦ The US Treasury was hacked. They need to take security way more seriously.
[#]cybersecurity
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/30/us-treasury-says-china-stole-documents-in-major-cyberattack/
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