@chrisvella.bsky.social
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There is no transition to renewable energy happening because the world demands growth at all costs. It's not enough to talk about efficiency and renewables alone; we need sufficiency. lloydalter.substack.com/p/why-we-kee...
Why we keep burning things: It drives the economy
There's a reason some politicians pour more fuel on the fire and even the most climate-aware ones can't give it up.
lloydalter.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
There is no transition to renewable energy happening because the world demands growth at all costs. It's not enough to talk about efficiency and renewables alone; we need sufficiency. lloydalter.substack.com/p/why-we-kee...
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You can vote for the young Inventors Prize 2025 of @epo.org, 19 great ideas have been selected www.epo.org/en/news-even... They include sustainable paper components for electronic devices, recycling of rare earth elements or cellulose textiles made of CO2
June 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
You can vote for the young Inventors Prize 2025 of @epo.org, 19 great ideas have been selected www.epo.org/en/news-even... They include sustainable paper components for electronic devices, recycling of rare earth elements or cellulose textiles made of CO2
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Example how easy transformation is: Passive house performance climate positive module prefabrication "factory" on 2 occupied parking spaces in Berlin with refugees. You cant beat that. Please try though.
October 6, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Example how easy transformation is: Passive house performance climate positive module prefabrication "factory" on 2 occupied parking spaces in Berlin with refugees. You cant beat that. Please try though.
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The system is broken.
It’s time to fix it.
Let’s #TaxTheSuperRich and build a world that works for everyone.
Read: taxthesuperrich.world
It’s time to fix it.
Let’s #TaxTheSuperRich and build a world that works for everyone.
Read: taxthesuperrich.world
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The system is broken.
It’s time to fix it.
Let’s #TaxTheSuperRich and build a world that works for everyone.
Read: taxthesuperrich.world
It’s time to fix it.
Let’s #TaxTheSuperRich and build a world that works for everyone.
Read: taxthesuperrich.world
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More cycling and walking, less driving, and improved air quality: these are the results of Edinburgh's low emission zone after a year
Edinburgh sees “statistically significant” shift towards cycling and walking plus reduced car use following introduction of low emission zone, finds study
Within a year, the LEZ has contributed in improving air quality, with the number of non-compliant vehicles entering the zone also decreasing significantly
road.cc
June 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
More cycling and walking, less driving, and improved air quality: these are the results of Edinburgh's low emission zone after a year
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Solidarity with Indigo & other brave nonviolent #climate activists - the true criminals are the fossil fuel giants driving climate breakdown
I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow
The judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Solidarity with Indigo & other brave nonviolent #climate activists - the true criminals are the fossil fuel giants driving climate breakdown
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Today, we’re gonna talk Peter Theil. If you think the heritage foundation is bad, you haven’t met Peter Theil.
Catch you after the video.
Catch you after the video.
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today, we’re gonna talk Peter Theil. If you think the heritage foundation is bad, you haven’t met Peter Theil.
Catch you after the video.
Catch you after the video.
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🚨ICYMI: The lawsuit that melted the fossil fuel industry's defence against accountability - from my most excellent friend, Ben Franta. @oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social
One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change
Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨ICYMI: The lawsuit that melted the fossil fuel industry's defence against accountability - from my most excellent friend, Ben Franta. @oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social
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Brilliant new short video by @natehagens.bsky.social discussing the super organism, striving for endless economic growth in a finite physical system.
Really worth watching!
Really worth watching!
The Superorganism Explained in 7 Minutes | Frankly 97
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new short video by @natehagens.bsky.social discussing the super organism, striving for endless economic growth in a finite physical system.
Really worth watching!
Really worth watching!
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🚨 NEW RECORD | Solar generated a TENTH of global electricity for the first time
#Solar’s share has nearly DOUBLED in the last three years, from 5.4% in April 2022 ➡️ to 10% in April 2025 📈
#Solar’s share has nearly DOUBLED in the last three years, from 5.4% in April 2022 ➡️ to 10% in April 2025 📈
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 NEW RECORD | Solar generated a TENTH of global electricity for the first time
#Solar’s share has nearly DOUBLED in the last three years, from 5.4% in April 2022 ➡️ to 10% in April 2025 📈
#Solar’s share has nearly DOUBLED in the last three years, from 5.4% in April 2022 ➡️ to 10% in April 2025 📈
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“The researchers said the ‘safe limit’ temperature for ice sheets was hard to estimate but was likely to be 1C or lower.”
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“The researchers said the ‘safe limit’ temperature for ice sheets was hard to estimate but was likely to be 1C or lower.”
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"The findings suggest that if scientists want to increase public urgency around climate change, they should highlight clear, concrete shifts instead of slow-moving trends. That could include the loss of white Christmases or outdoor summer activities..."
grist.org/science/brea...
grist.org/science/brea...
Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
grist.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"The findings suggest that if scientists want to increase public urgency around climate change, they should highlight clear, concrete shifts instead of slow-moving trends. That could include the loss of white Christmases or outdoor summer activities..."
grist.org/science/brea...
grist.org/science/brea...
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The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
@joplinapp.bsky.social I like Joplin for a variety of reasons but sync is slow. I use it on 3 devices and every time, I have to wait for the sync to finish. If I don't, I end up with conflicts.
Isn't syncing hundreds of files necessarily slow? What about using some form of database instead?
Isn't syncing hundreds of files necessarily slow? What about using some form of database instead?
April 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@joplinapp.bsky.social I like Joplin for a variety of reasons but sync is slow. I use it on 3 devices and every time, I have to wait for the sync to finish. If I don't, I end up with conflicts.
Isn't syncing hundreds of files necessarily slow? What about using some form of database instead?
Isn't syncing hundreds of files necessarily slow? What about using some form of database instead?
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The US does not see the UK as an ally, and there is no special relationship. At best, we are an easy mark to be screwed over.
Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question.
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
March 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The US does not see the UK as an ally, and there is no special relationship. At best, we are an easy mark to be screwed over.
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Begun the trade wars have
January 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Begun the trade wars have
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Copper particles from brake pads are picked up by air & breathed in, increasing risk of lung & heart disease.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says
Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Copper particles from brake pads are picked up by air & breathed in, increasing risk of lung & heart disease.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was a vast elevated highway carrying 168,000 cars daily through the heart of South Korea’s capital.”
Now it’s a world famous people-place.
They’ve since removed 16 more elevated highways in the city.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Now it’s a world famous people-place.
They’ve since removed 16 more elevated highways in the city.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was a vast elevated highway carrying 168,000 cars daily through the heart of South Korea’s capital.”
Now it’s a world famous people-place.
They’ve since removed 16 more elevated highways in the city.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Now it’s a world famous people-place.
They’ve since removed 16 more elevated highways in the city.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Trying to cut out single use plastic is as difficult as trying to cut out fossil fuels - no matter how hard you try, the stuff has seeped really, really deep into the basic structures of food and transport
As this great piece lays out, govt's have to actively kill this terrible cycle:
As this great piece lays out, govt's have to actively kill this terrible cycle:
My no-plastic life: I tried to cut out single-use items for a month – and it almost broke me
Sourcing fruit and veg without wrapping was hard enough, but finding an eco-friendly way to brush my teeth was its own world of pain. And as for my 6pm crisps fix – forget it
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trying to cut out single use plastic is as difficult as trying to cut out fossil fuels - no matter how hard you try, the stuff has seeped really, really deep into the basic structures of food and transport
As this great piece lays out, govt's have to actively kill this terrible cycle:
As this great piece lays out, govt's have to actively kill this terrible cycle:
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Advice from a postdoc who worked through the Bolsonaro years...good advice to anyone feeling a bit distracted at the moment.
"The best “fuck you” to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight"
"The best “fuck you” to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight"
From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
From the labrats community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the labrats community
www.reddit.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Advice from a postdoc who worked through the Bolsonaro years...good advice to anyone feeling a bit distracted at the moment.
"The best “fuck you” to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight"
"The best “fuck you” to fascists? Thriving. Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight"
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Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India.
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India.
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you see this, post a photo from your device with no explanation.
February 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you see this, post a photo from your device with no explanation.