Scott Akenhead
@scottakenhead
Canadian! Ecologist. Analyst. Pro-civilization. Temple: Pacific Biological Station
This is called “drinking the purple Kool-Aid.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
The human population has been growing because we die older, not because of more births (with a few exceptions: Angola,). An emerging problem is the ratio of people supported to people supporting. So? Robots maintaining robots maintaining people? ourworldindata.org/explorers/po...
June 2026, world map of temperature anomalies (difference from 30 year average). Where it was bad It was very, very bad And where it was worst It was horrid.
15% … approximately the fraction of people with IQ less than 85. For reference, the US military requires IQ > 90.
“Ah, those lips of sneering hatred,” um… just a sec… um… gosh, I don’t have second line for that poem.
My guess: you will like Courtney-Comox better than Nanaimo. Not that isolated. If you need to visit a bigger city: – $300 return for seaplane to Vancouver, harbourair.com – 3 hours drive to Victoria maps.app.goo.gl/jaaEQV2W7oyx...
Anyone who has played Civilization knows what sports stadiums are for.
Example: “Despite relentless Deep State efforts to imprison, bankrupt, and assassinate him—all designed to sabotage his political comeback through fabricated indictments, invasive raids, and rigged show trials—President Trump emerges triumphant.“
The E&N railway is now just rusty tracks (thank you VIA rail), a violation of the Confederation agreement. A spectacular rip-off. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_...
But what will my golf club think of me if my car weights less than 8 tonnes? The person who buy these things is like a Dalek from Dr. Who: a squishy little alien acting brave while driving a giant robot that destroys everything. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek
Huge effect on forest fires from more frequent heat waves. theconversation.com/heat-waves-i...
New city-by-city detail on global warming trends. What will your city face in 2050?
Earth’s ocean: bad news. Sea surface temperature just passed highest previous for this date, trend looks like “warmest ever” will continue for a long time. myoceanhealth.marine.copernicus.eu
Thank you, Reuters, for this article describing how Epstein’s victims were exposed and are now harassed. Everyone involved in hiding the Epstein files and videos is the moral equivalent of Robin Clark. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As who would wish, exactly? Oh, right. Putin, previously a Lt. Colonel in the KGB, literally a spy master. How compromised are the US intelligence services IF they cannot, or will not, identify how Putin controls Trump? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimi...
We did notice that Peter Theil (oligarch, Palantir) and Elon Musk (oligarch, SpaceX, Xitter) are immigrants from South Africa. Their background is Apartheid. Which, as you point out, has reappeared in the US. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
Spaghetti sauce is a natural resource. A lot of people don’t know that.
A new and compelling visualization of global warming. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
20th century: Tobacco companies fighting laws to curb smoking. Their money, our deaths. 21st century: Oil companies fighting laws to curb global warming. Their money, our deaths. ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Just another Canadian grocery shopper, but I just received my share of a successful class-action suit for price-fixing by bread manufacturers. Take that, Big Bread! Proof this can be done.
Syncophants instead of experts. Hey, what could go wrong? Everything. www.reuters.com/investigatio...