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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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I'm sure Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman can tell us how tough on migration Danish Social Democrats losing Copenhagen to an alliance of Greens and Socialists proves that Blue Labour was right
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'm sure Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman can tell us how tough on migration Danish Social Democrats losing Copenhagen to an alliance of Greens and Socialists proves that Blue Labour was right
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Not content to just kill US climate plans, the Trump regime is threatening European officials to drop EU climate action or face American retaliation.
And so far, it's working.
davekeating.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
And so far, it's working.
davekeating.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
Trump is unravelling the EU's climate plans
The EU was able to save global climate efforts during Trump's first term. But now European leaders are throwing in the towel, and even cancelling EU climate legislation at America's demand.
davekeating.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Not content to just kill US climate plans, the Trump regime is threatening European officials to drop EU climate action or face American retaliation.
And so far, it's working.
davekeating.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
And so far, it's working.
davekeating.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
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NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.
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How NGOs die - Europe’s playbook for dismantling democracy.
This piece from @alemanno.bsky.social is chilling. Question is when will animal protection NGOs come under similar attack?
euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
This piece from @alemanno.bsky.social is chilling. Question is when will animal protection NGOs come under similar attack?
euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
The playbook is brutally efficient: fabricate a scandal, delegitimise and defund organisations into dependency on philanthropic support, then criminalise their new funding as foreign influence — all w...
euobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How NGOs die - Europe’s playbook for dismantling democracy.
This piece from @alemanno.bsky.social is chilling. Question is when will animal protection NGOs come under similar attack?
euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
This piece from @alemanno.bsky.social is chilling. Question is when will animal protection NGOs come under similar attack?
euobserver.com/EU%20Politic...
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Everyone hates the Democratic Party, but the wild thing is that every faction hates its own bespoke caricature of the party. The caricatures don't even line up! Everybody gets their own special Party of the Mind to hate, a repository for all their resentments & everything they think has gone wrong.
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Everyone hates the Democratic Party, but the wild thing is that every faction hates its own bespoke caricature of the party. The caricatures don't even line up! Everybody gets their own special Party of the Mind to hate, a repository for all their resentments & everything they think has gone wrong.
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Behind all the shitshow clownery, bluster, racism, and fascist authoritarianism, this is what Trump is *really* all about:
Allowing the super-rich to get even richer by trashing what's left of wild nature and a stable climate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Allowing the super-rich to get even richer by trashing what's left of wild nature and a stable climate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge
National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Behind all the shitshow clownery, bluster, racism, and fascist authoritarianism, this is what Trump is *really* all about:
Allowing the super-rich to get even richer by trashing what's left of wild nature and a stable climate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Allowing the super-rich to get even richer by trashing what's left of wild nature and a stable climate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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"Energy dominance," you say?
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Energy dominance," you say?
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
As of this year, *China is exporting more clean-energy technology than the US is exporting the dirty stuff*.
The future is green energy & China, not the US, is set to dominate it.
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Wind is currently generating over 4 times as much energy as natural gas. It's actually generating more than all other sources combined, right now. Just wanted to make you aware of that and see how maddening it is that Badenoch wants to repeal the Climate Change Act.
October 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wind is currently generating over 4 times as much energy as natural gas. It's actually generating more than all other sources combined, right now. Just wanted to make you aware of that and see how maddening it is that Badenoch wants to repeal the Climate Change Act.
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Jane Goodall, from a March 2020 Paste Magazine interview: www.pastemagazine.com/article/jane...
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Jane Goodall, from a March 2020 Paste Magazine interview: www.pastemagazine.com/article/jane...
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China Tests World's Largest Airborne Wind Turbine
Why It Matters: The system reduces material use by 40% & electricity costs by 30% compared to traditional turbines, while enabling rapid deployment for disaster relief and remote locations within hours.
ground.news/daily-briefi...
Why It Matters: The system reduces material use by 40% & electricity costs by 30% compared to traditional turbines, while enabling rapid deployment for disaster relief and remote locations within hours.
ground.news/daily-briefi...
September 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
China Tests World's Largest Airborne Wind Turbine
Why It Matters: The system reduces material use by 40% & electricity costs by 30% compared to traditional turbines, while enabling rapid deployment for disaster relief and remote locations within hours.
ground.news/daily-briefi...
Why It Matters: The system reduces material use by 40% & electricity costs by 30% compared to traditional turbines, while enabling rapid deployment for disaster relief and remote locations within hours.
ground.news/daily-briefi...
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The best analysis of Trump's recent foreign policy turns (and European responses) I have read, wherein @michaeldweiss.bsky.social pulls it all together.
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
In Praise of Trumpy Boredom
Published exclusively on Substack
macspaunday.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The best analysis of Trump's recent foreign policy turns (and European responses) I have read, wherein @michaeldweiss.bsky.social pulls it all together.
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
Do read.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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"Spain and Germany are betting big on it. But there’s one big obstacle: cost. Producing hydrogen on a large scale has always relied on rare and expensive metals."
Now, researchers in Japan say they may have found the missing piece—and it could change everything."
istudentpro.com/japan-has-fo...
Now, researchers in Japan say they may have found the missing piece—and it could change everything."
istudentpro.com/japan-has-fo...
Japan has found the holy grail of electrolysis: a cheap metal that can produce 1000x more hydrogen. - iStudiez Pro
Japan has found the holy grail of electrolysis: a cheap metal that can produce 1000x more hydrogen. ......
istudentpro.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Spain and Germany are betting big on it. But there’s one big obstacle: cost. Producing hydrogen on a large scale has always relied on rare and expensive metals."
Now, researchers in Japan say they may have found the missing piece—and it could change everything."
istudentpro.com/japan-has-fo...
Now, researchers in Japan say they may have found the missing piece—and it could change everything."
istudentpro.com/japan-has-fo...
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China isn’t the reason to build solar—it’s the reason we can’t afford to wait. While US nuclear flatlines, China’s solar has already rocketed past it. The lesson isn’t to copy them—it’s that the transition is happening at breakneck speed. Delay now means falling behind forever. ⚡☀️ #EnergyTransition
August 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
China isn’t the reason to build solar—it’s the reason we can’t afford to wait. While US nuclear flatlines, China’s solar has already rocketed past it. The lesson isn’t to copy them—it’s that the transition is happening at breakneck speed. Delay now means falling behind forever. ⚡☀️ #EnergyTransition
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There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...