Lars Paronen

Journalist/Producer/Dad reporting between the lines. Ex-Reuters, CBC, Washington Post. Health, energy, tech, media, climate, policy, ingenuity

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

@bchydro @dolcecarina1 The goal posts keep changing. Original estimate was 9 PM. What’s the hold up?

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

Toxic air quality in Victoria #yyj now but forecast to improve tomorrow. Stay indoors with air purifier on to avoid long term damage. #bcpoli

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@LGCanada Thanks for your help

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@LGCanada Life wasn’t so good last night when our @LGUS dishwasher caught fire. We extinguished the flames but can still smell the smoke. Heads up @GovCanHealth @USCPSC

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

@LGCanada And sorry, I’m not paying $155 to send you a message when your dishwasher almost burned my house down.

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@LGCanada I don’t think you read my reply. There is no DM history because I can’t message you without you following me back or subscribing to Twitter Blue.

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@LGCanada Thanks for your reply and concern. I’d love to send you a private message but can’t without you following me back or without a Twitter verification subscription. Please follow back and I’ll send you the details.

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

This is our new reality: Toxic air from North America reaching all the way to Europe. #wildfires #ClimateActionNow #ClimateCrisis

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

When we get inundated with wildfires from California and Washington we don’t give them a nationality.

https://t.co/VCRPwrSqVm

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

Wildfires during the so far non existent rainy season creating toxic air in #yyj and BC. When will our kids breath clean air in our schools? @JM_Whiteside #SD61 #bcpoli

[Thomas Homer-Dixon @TadHomerDixon]

A very astute assessment in advance of Putin's speech. "#Putin’s illegal annexation of occupied Ukrainian territory will [enable] the Russian military to legally and openly deploy conscripts already in the Russian military to fight in #Ukraine."

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

It’s golden hour in #yyj when there should be sunny midday skies. Why not more air quality monitoring to keep the public informed and safe? #wildfire #BCwildfire #bcpoli

[Thomas Homer-Dixon @TadHomerDixon]

"After nearly six months of fighting, Moscow’s sloppy war has yielded at least one big reward: expanded control over some of the most mineral-rich lands in Europe."
In the Ukraine war, a battle for the nation’s mineral and energy wealth https://t.co/1jdwhIB3vC

[Thomas Homer-Dixon @TadHomerDixon]

1/2 Here's the blueprint for a US dictatorship in 2025.
A radical plan for Trump’s second term https://t.co/4nrQIRORnq

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

28 years ago today a whole country woke up to horror, the beginning of a brutal, systematic massacre of 1 million people lasting 3 months. And we stood by and did nothing. Would the same attack on Rwandans today also be an attack on humanity? #RwandaGenocide #Kwibuka28 #Kwibuka

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

@arcadiabrewco Where can we find your beers in B.C. or who do we need to petition to get them here?

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

The ultimate sacrifice reporters make for the sake of truth. His loss will echo. https://t.co/oBjeR23jc6

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

Raging climate fires accelerating the climate crisis, billions unvaccinated and reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread disparity - The Branson/Bezos #BillionaireSpaceRace is about as big a literal and symbolic FU as can be given to Earth.

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It’s the Volkswagen-BMW collusion during a #ClimateCrisis that’s most troubling. $1 billion in fines has barely registered on their share prices. Daimler escaped any fines. What accountability? https://t.co/b6fiTKh1Uy

[Lars Paronen @LarsParonen]

@lisakirbie After you take the first photo of your lab lying on the new sofa, it will seem like a good idea only when your vision is severely limited and/or you don’t ever have people over.