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A few highlights from the Turkish-Persian section of a random carpet symbolism book I skimmed while stopped at a random library in New Jersey a couple days ago

RE: https://agora-thinktanks.social/@agoraverkehr/116928910683363101
It might be a good idea to constantly give Germans the impression that a subsidy scheme is about to be scrapped, so that EV sales continue to rise steadily

Seems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Seems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

This week's climate progress is about connection:
The Green Climate Fund unlocked nearly $6B for adaptation and mitigation projects in vulnerable countries.
Indigenous women in Guatemala are scaling climate-resilient farming with drought-tolerant crops and agroforestry.
Twelve opened AirPlant One, making jet fuel from captured CO2 and renewable power.
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But if *I* hijack *their* devices it's a "felony."
https://blog.includesecurity.com/2026/06/the-smart-tv-in-your-livingroom-is-a-node-in-the-aiscraping-economy/

How LinkedIn is transforming into a "post-cringe" social network as it courts high-profile influencers, who are building audiences on corporate-friendly topics (Isabella Kwai/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.co…

How LinkedIn Found Its Social Platform Era
Celebrities and paid influencers have transformed the career-focused platform, which for some users, has become a job unto itself.

Form WTAF-8647. 😁
Download it. Print it. Fill it out. Mail it.
#protest #resistance

So, it is coming.
It would be most excellent if the Retiring GOP Senators Caucus showed the balls to apply the McConnell Principle and wait for the new Senate to consider any nominee. @…

Andy Carvin (@acarv.in)
Yep, if you look at the archive copy of the now-retracted @npr.org story in @waybackmachine.bsky.social, "Justice Samuel Alito, seen here in April 2021, retired Friday" appeared as both the alt image tag and image caption, though the lede text said "the court announced Tuesday." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Sicily is getting a massive solar farm that doubles as farmland. European Energy just broke ground on a 225.5MW agrivoltaic project that will power 135,000 homes while supporting sheep grazing and reforestation on the same land.
The facility will generate 405GWh annually, proving renewable energy and agriculture can thrive together.

European Energy begins work Italy’s 225.5MW agrivoltaic project
European Energy has broken ground on the 225.5MW agrivoltaic project near Vizzini, Sicily, marking it as Italy's largest and one of Europe's most significant agrivoltaic developments.