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"One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change"
#Climate #ClimateChange

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.

Android: #Obtanium (instead of #FDroid app) is really awesome for managing app updates.
However, this method has an issue when the naming schema of the #apk files change on the server side, and you're using a…

Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on "a 50% chance" of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmin

Google DeepMind’s CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish
Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we’ll need to radically change how we think and behave.

This is from a blog entry posted in 2014. Plus ça change…. People make a lot of noise about the 2nd Amendment, and still some noise about the 1st, but it’s the 4th we should be making noise about, lately, and the other 7 are worth taking a look at today, too, while you’re enjoying your beers and brats on the bbq.

My day just took a nosedive because some fascist jerk is celebrating a bill landing on his desk!
Honestly, it’s wild how people still put their faith in the same old power games when real change comes from people coming together, running things themselves, and kicking the fascists out of the picture.
Being autistic, I usually struggle to get what people mean, but Rudolf Rocker said some real shit that even my autistic brain understands.

As world heats up, U.N. cools itself the cool way: with water
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/05/13/climate-change/un-water-cooling-pipes/
🆓

As world heats up, U.N. cools itself the cool way — with water
As more and more people want to stay cool in a planet that is steadily heating up, energy experts point to this kind of water-based system as a good alternative.

This is really neat.
https://mastodon.social/@pid_eins/114618473677694301

Today, I re-printed the first two things I ever designed for #3DPrinting nine years ago and change. When the pen clips for our kitchen whiteboard broke back in 2016, right after I bought my first printer, I made replacements.
…

Human stupidity knows no limits:
Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action
https://theconversation.com/experiencing-extreme-weather-and-disasters-is-not-…

Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action, study shows
A 70,000-person global study found understanding how events such as fires and floods are linked to climate change may be a key driver of support for climate action.

Climate change may separate wild vanilla plants from pollinators, risking future supply
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-climate-wild-vanilla-pollinators-future.html

Buzzword-First Strategy cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne https://bit.ly/4koSqvW

It is fascinating (maybe not the word everyone would use) to watch, what once was viewed as an init replacement, systemd evolve. Terminal emulation:
https://mastodon.social/@pid_eins/114618473677694301

"Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency"
#Japan #Climate #ClimateChange

Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency
Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe.

Extreme heat worsens air pollution health risks #environment

Extreme heat worsens air pollution health risks | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Rising temperatures due to climate change are exacerbating the health risks of air pollution, experts say.

This #oil & #gas financing/production analysis is interesting in many ways.
▶️ #China is actually ranked fourth, but not mentioned anywhere in the report.
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Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035 - Oil Change International
Four Global North countries are responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion from 2025 to 2035.

More talk about quantum computers breaking encryption in the near future... and of course there's that thing about nation states, and possibly other bad actors, already hoovering up packet logs to later decrypt.
So, given the Post Quantum Cryptography that's coming online, I'd really love a browser feature/extension to alert me to when a site is using PQC.
Why? Becaus then I can change my password, secure in the knowledge that it can't be fished out of past packe…

Conclusions from the excellent #AlternativeDefenceReview
https://cnduk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ADR-digital.pdf

“We need to go beyond legislation to a cultural change, where disability is treated as an identity to be celebrated.”
Brilliant article in the FT on housing design for disability and the aesthetics of accessibility
https://www.ft.com/content/05309cf9-96d9-460…

The aesthetics of accessibility: design for disability that’s dynamic not dreary
Architecture is at a fertile inflection point. But while housebuilding goals, sustainability and retrofitting are dominating the agenda, why does accessibility too often remain an afterthought?

Even Microsoft knows better than to use Windows #linux
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/03/microsoft-…

Marlee Matlin documentary "Not Alone Anymore"
‘It’s hard to find work’: Marlee Matlin on making Hollywood history but waiting for change
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/21/marlee-matlin-documentary-not-alone-anymore

One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry's defense against being held accountable for climate change
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-lawsuit-fossil-fuel-industry-defense.html

Raining Symphony 🎷
雨奏鸣曲 🎷
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fomapan 400 Action
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Yiding Cao Geld mit PayPal.Me senden
Folgen Sie dem Link PayPal.Me/dingsterdingster und geben Sie den Betrag ein. Es ist bequem und sicher. Sie haben noch kein PayPal-Konto? Kein Problem.

Wow, what Neighborhood Commercial District wouldn't value 50% increase in expenditures, let alone a doubling? (Based on MasterCard data of card use)
Over the years I visited a good friend in this area. This change is magical.
Maybe other cities could have similar results?
https://www.youtube.com/wa…

Wow, what Neighborhood Commercial District wouldn't value 50% increase in expenditures, let alone a doubling? (Based on MasterCard data of card use)
Over the years I visited a good friend in this area. This change is magical.
Maybe other cities could have similar results?
https://www.youtube.com/wa…

Meta-emulation: An application to the social cost of carbon
Richard S. J. Tol
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01804 https://arxiv.org/pdf/…

Meta-emulation: An application to the social cost of carbon
A large database of published model results is used to estimate the distribution of the social cost of carbon as a function of the underlying assumptions. The literature on the social cost of carbon deviates in its assumptions from the literatures on the impacts of climate change, discounting, and risk aversion. The proposed meta-emulator corrects this. The social cost of carbon is higher than reported in the literature.

"Climate change: no reprieve from heat this decade as globally agreed 1.5°C limit looms"
#Climate #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement

Climate change: no reprieve from heat this decade as globally agreed 1.5°C limit looms
A new report predicts that Earth will break another annual heat record in next five years.

SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-oklahoma-religious-charter-school-arguments?r=e32bm&utm_campaign=post&amp…

SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school
A ruling for Oklahoma's charter school board would further increase the role of religion in public life — and change public education in America.

Friday: I was near Wałcz. There was an accident involving a "road vehicle" in the vicinity of Budzyń. I needed to take a detour home.
Sunday: I was going to Świebodzice. In Wrocław, there was an accident involving a human. I had to go on foot from Mikołajów to the main station, and change my destination.
Tuesday: I was going to go in the direction of Wałcz. The train is canceled due to a fault. I'm changing the destination…
I'm starting to see a pattern…
#rail

The 2024 #Labour Budget allocated just £11.3 billion to climate change mitigation and adaptation—covering everything from carbon capture* and
nuclear energy* to tree planting and EV charging*—compared to
at least £58 billion for military spending.
NB, those with a * are fake climate mitigation.
#warmongering

Mindustry Video 5
Video sent with my alt account @… from my Steam Deck to my main computer.(here)
Planet:
"Serpulo"
Mindustry map:
"Ground Zero"
Wait for my next edit!
(4,759,411 bytes)
no change in size...great!
File size unchanged! mastodon.social kept the exact file size that mstdn.jp '…

Today I had to cancle a BBQ on Donauinsel, because the city issued a ban of open fire due to dryness and danger of fires spreading. Like many climate change effects, this happens earlier every year :-(

🥑 Anthropologist uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication
#avocado

Anthropologist uncovers the 11,000-year history of avocado domestication
Today's avocado industry, a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise, relies primarily on a single variety: the Hass avocado. This monoculture approach poses significant risks, as genetically identical plants are more vulnerable to disease and climate change.

No please (Designers need it) — but give us a switch for the ones who want to change it
https://mastodon.social/@sjvn/114591957686778559

The proposal to "Drop 32-bit multilib support on x86_64 #Fedora Linux and stop building packages for i686"[1] has been withdrawn:
https://

Reducing Resistance to Urban Transport System Change
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050697225000016

Hours after Trump's Tax and Spending bill passed the US Senate, the hashtag #MuskWantsToBuildAnAmericaParty
went viral on Weibo -- a Chinese social media platform similar to Musk’s X, receiving more than 37m views.
“If Elon Musk were to found a political party, his tech-driven mindset could inject fresh energy into politics. The potential for change is significant – a…

Bonne nouvelle : les émissions de gaz Š effet de serre de la Chine ont effectivement baissé, alors la demande d'énergie a augmenté.
https://www.vox.com/climate/414297/china-carbon-emissions-climate-change-clean-energy-tariffs

ICYMI some positive news from this week: 'UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds'
'Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them'
https://www.theguardian.co…

"The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover"
Yup, I am also disgusted with the D-party. The "leadership" is so out-of-touch, so cowardly, and so into tunnel-vision vote-losing "identity" issues that unless there is a root-to-branch change, the D-party will never again win a national election, and will lose more state elections.
(I would add that those identity-politics issues are quite important, but until the D-party wins some elections little to …

The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover
Is this the start of the Democrats’ Tea Party?

Apple has (maybe) seen the light and (maybe) goes CalVer 🥳
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/apple-to-rebrand-device-operating-systems-ios-26-macos-26-watchos-26

iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, iPadOS 26: Apple to Rebrand Device Software
Apple Inc. is planning the most sweeping change yet to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices.

Did anyone else's Apple TV app change its buttons from Rounded Rect to Pill between shows this evening? It gained a button & an i button too in the hero content at the top.

"How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis"
#Birds #Farming #Agriculture

How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis
Across the Americas, rice and crawfish farmers are helping keep migrating birds alive by transforming their land into makeshift wetlands.Lela Nargi reports for Knowable Magazine.In short:Bird populations like ducks, cranes, and sandpipers are plummeting as wetlands vanish due to climate change and d...

If your business has a factory, and you're not also making sausages, what are you even doing!?
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/change-wurst-vw-puts-best-selling-sausage-supermarkets

Change for the wurst: VW puts best-selling sausage in supermarkets
Currywurst is estimated to generate seven-figure revenues annually – now it's in German supermarkets

Sorrel: A simple and flexible framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning
Rebekah A. Gelp\'i, Yibing Ju, Ethan C. Jackson, Yikai Tang, Shon Verch, Claas Voelcker, William A. Cunningham
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00228

Sorrel: A simple and flexible framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning
We introduce Sorrel (https://github.com/social-ai-uoft/sorrel), a simple Python interface for generating and testing new multi-agent reinforcement learning environments. This interface places a high degree of emphasis on simplicity and accessibility, and uses a more psychologically intuitive structure for the basic agent-environment loop, making it a useful tool for social scientists to investigate how learning and social interaction leads to the development and change of group dynamics. In thi…

Oh it is frustrating when I can't find an article I thought I saved but didn't! It was 3 myths (or misconceptions) commonly held by people who are not climate change deniers. One was the myth that it would only affect future generations, a long time in the future. Two was that renewable energy could fix it. Can't remember number three. Does that ring a bell for anyone? #climatecrisis

What Neuroscience Can Teach AI About Learning in Continuously Changing Environments
Daniel Durstewitz, Bruno Averbeck, Georgia Koppe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02103

What Neuroscience Can Teach AI About Learning in Continuously Changing Environments
Modern AI models, such as large language models, are usually trained once on a huge corpus of data, potentially fine-tuned for a specific task, and then deployed with fixed parameters. Their training is costly, slow, and gradual, requiring billions of repetitions. In stark contrast, animals continuously adapt to the ever-changing contingencies in their environments. This is particularly important for social species, where behavioral policies and reward outcomes may frequently change in interact…

Oh great, now I can’t trust the emails from #Google not to change between readings.
One of the reasons I value email is for the ability to store what’s been said at a point in time and refer back to it knowing it will not change, kind of like, books or letters.

Modeling individual attention dynamics on online social media
Jaume Ojer, Filippo Radicchi, Santo Fortunato, Michele Starnini, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01511

Modeling individual attention dynamics on online social media
In the attention economy, understanding how individuals manage limited attention is critical. We introduce a simple model describing the decay of a user's engagement when facing multiple inputs. We analytically show that individual attention decay is determined by the overall duration of interactions, not their number or user activity. Our model is validated using data from Reddit's Change My View subreddit, where the user's attention dynamics is explicitly traceable. Despite its simplicity, ou…

Yes, I'm #ActuallyAutistic!
Did you know that mutations in the SETD5 gene are associated with a rare neurodevelopmental disorder? This condition often includes features like intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and facial dysmorphism.
There are only about 250 people worldwide with this specific genetic change, and I’m one of them! I’m here, I’m th…

Creaks (Multi, XP'd on SteamDeck)
Another classic adventure/puzzle platform game from the makers of Samorost, Machinarium, Botanicula. Something strange is going on underneath your dwelling. Gather your wits and courage and solve the mystery.
I've been a fan of Amanita Design since the good old days of Flash web games. Even replayed the Samorost trilogy on my phone recently. So when Creaks went on sale last month and I happened to have a bit of spare change, I snapped it…

SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-oklahoma-religious-charter-school-arguments?r=e32bm&utm_campaign=post&amp…

SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school
A ruling for Oklahoma's charter school board would further increase the role of religion in public life — and change public education in America.

Every time you use a server-based LLM, you hasten the fall of civilization due to climate change.
I wish I were being hyperbolic.
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/06/19/ai-prompts-50-times-more-co2-emissions

Some of your AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO2 emissions than others
Researchers found some LLMs create four times the amount of CO2 emissions than other models with comparable accuracy. Their findings allow users to make informe

And a quick clip from today's walk as well. The clips from the woods are a bit ... unsatisfying (they seem to be unsharp / overcompressed). Maybe I have to change some settings or it's just not good for clips in darker forests.
https://video.franzgraf.de/w/9S7mkgereJmaoH5m4vVHse

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really
good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change
their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really
do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are
human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot
recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
-- C…

GOP Senators agree to change a provision in the tax bill from a 10-year ban on state AI regulation to a 5-year ban with carve outs for issues such as copyrights (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

The technological world we live in sucks because of illegal practices such as programmed obsolescence.
In this video (in Spanish, but you can use the subtitles) we see an example: vending machine controller boards are programmed to turn off the machine screens at a certain time. The fix? A simple reprogramming of the bios to reset the counter back to zero. No hardware change, no electronic repair per se, nothing. It's ridiculous, grotesque and disgusting.

"Fast-growing, global-south cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Fast-growing, global-south cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research - Carbon Brief
Climate change research in urban areas is skewed towards large, well-established global north cities, says analysis of over 50,000 studies.

Entirely reasonable.
"Hamas has responded to the latest US-proposed ceasefire with demands for a pathway to a permanent ceasefire, instead of a temporary one where the Israeli government could unilaterally restart hostilities as they did in March.
"They have also called for a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the resumption of aid and assistance to the besieged area."

Why Hamas is seeking to change the US-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas claims the response was positive but with added provisions. Still, they’ve drawn criticism from the US and Israel.

A new paper projecting Joshua tree habitat under future climate based on incredibly high-resolution distribution data, from Joshua Tree Genome Project collaborators at USGS. They estimate up to 80% loss of suitable habitat by 2100 under the worst-case climate scenario.
#JoshuaTree #science

Not looking good #showyourstripes #climatechange #ClimateCrisis

Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

90% of the tracks I’ve made in the last 2 months or so have been bland shite. I’m looking forward to a change / some “good creative happening” soon! (Don’t know if anyone can relate to such sudden and then long lasting dips.)

I asked Claude to change my avatar to have a Kimono to use while I am in Japan.
The result:

With a record heatwave starting tomorrow, #ShowYourStripes day is timely.🥵
The #GreatLakes have helped to moderate warming, but even in southern Ontario we see a clear pattern of significantly increased warming during the last 25 years.

How unusual is this heatwave and is climate change to blame? #environment

How unusual is this UK heat and is climate change to blame?
Scientists are clear that global warming is making heatwaves like this hotter and more likely.

A while ago the media reported that most of the long-distance "suburban" trains between #Wrocław and #Poznań will be discontinued, and instead one will have to change trains midway. Irrespective of whether it's actually going to happen, let's consider it.
As you can probably tell by now, I'm not a stranger to changing trains. In fact, there are some direct connections that I do criticize. For example:
• Poznań — Szczecin — Świnoujście, where arriving at Szczecin Główny and turning back to leave the city is a waste of time. It's better to change trains at Szczecin Dąbie.
• Poznań — Krzyż — Kostrzyn, where instead of using a single railbus, you can use a larger EMU for the Poznań — Krzyż segment, and a smaller DMU for Krzyż — Kostrzyn (in fact, only recently the "direct" Poznań — Kostrzyn train involved just that, but it was supposed to be temporary).
However, good matches are the key. Say:
1. Max 10 minutes (when there are no delays) from one train to the other.
2. "Door-to-door" transfer — without having to carry all your luggage across platforms.
3. Reliable connection — if one train is delayed, the other train waits for it (or there are so many alternatives that it doesn't have to).
Can such a thing happen on Poznań — Wrocław route? I have my doubts.
I've been using these trains for years, and I can say this: there is no effort to match train from/to Poznań with other trains in Wrocław. Sometimes the trains depart 10 minutes before the first train from Poznań arrives, sometimes I need to transfer in 10 minutes, and sometimes I have to wait over an hour. And the same in the other direction.
Perhaps things would actually improve if the route is split. Perhaps people would actually care. Maybe even the trains would be fitted better to the timetable in Wrocław. But I find it hard to believe.
EDIT: One final thought — since there is no real reason to split these connections (except for profiteering), why make travellers' lives harder?
#rail

Nouvelle publication: Montées & descentes dans les gares en 2024
👉Sur le portail statistique: https://reporting.sbb.ch/fr/transports?highlighted=3a58b28b54dfca1498a080fae…

Transports - SBB Zahlen & Fakten

Warum ich bei der Klimakrise keine Hoffnung mehr habe? Weil das Wort Kapitalismus nicht mal mehr erwähnt wird.
Was soll das?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKR8nWlRtZi/

Quarks on Instagram: "🌍🌱 Warum tun wir uns gerade mit dem Klimaschutz so schwer? Wird Klimaschutz immer mehr zum Luxus? . 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Erinnert ihr euch noch an 2019? Das Jahr war ein Wendepunkt der globalen Klimabewegung. Millionen Menschen gingen weltweit auf die Straße. Schüler:innen, Studierende, aber auch Wissenschaftler:innen (“Scientists for Future”) demonstrierten dabei für Klimaschutz, die Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels des Pariser Abkommens und ein schnelles Ende der Nutzung fossiler Energien. Die Proteste rückten das Klimathema ins Zentrum der weltweiten Aufmerksamkeit. Doch das ist sechs Jahre her. . 🇩🇪🌱 Aktuell scheint den Menschen (in Deutschland) Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit nicht mehr so wichtig, Konsument:innen haben immer seltener Schuldgefühle, wenn sie sich nicht umweltfreundlich verhalten. 2019 gaben das in einer Umfrage eines Marktforschungsunternehmens (NIQ) 30 Prozent an. Im Jahr 2024 waren es nur noch 22 Prozent. 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Immerhin: Der Nachhaltigkeitsindex zeigt seit April 2025 wieder einen leichten Aufwärtstrend, liegt aber weit unter den Werten von 2019. Die Menschen seien pragmatischer geworden, so die Umfrage: Klimaschutz dürfe nicht zu viel kosten und dürfe nicht allzu unbequem sein, finden die Konsument:innen. . Unsere Quellen, u.a.: NielsenIQ: „NIQ Consumer Life“-Langzeitstudie: So shoppen (und leben) wir anders als 2019 Osberghaus et al. (2025): The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation: Evidence from longitudinal survey data Ajzen I. (1985) From Intentions to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior"
2,385 likes, 168 comments - quarks.de on May 30, 2025: "🌍🌱 Warum tun wir uns gerade mit dem Klimaschutz so schwer? Wird Klimaschutz immer mehr zum Luxus? . 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Erinnert ihr euch noch an 2019? Das Jahr war ein Wendepunkt der globalen Klimabewegung. Millionen Menschen gingen weltweit auf die Straße. Schüler:innen, Studierende, aber auch Wissenschaftler:innen (“Scientists for Future”) demonstrierten dabei für Klimaschutz, die Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels des …

Now Claudio Cattaneo (Barcelona).
Limits are both material and constructed, in a dialectical relationship.
This time the cause of the coming collapse is the shift of imaginary of the good life.
We have agency to make the change - don't just wait for governments to make the change.

Kevin Kofler withdrew his #Fedora 43 change proposal[1] which proposed switching from the #Xorg Xserver to #X11libre:

Border Czar Tom Homan demands an immediate DOJ investigation into CNN for promoting an app that tracks ICE operations to help criminal aliens evade deportation
https://nationalzero.com/2025/06/30/tom-homan-emptily-cockteases-maga-base-for-a-change/

I'm a fucking Anarchist, and I’m not shutting the hell up! Stop trying to convince me otherwise. If you don’t like my path and my knowledge, then I have a damn good option for you!
Move the fuck on with your life. Find new friends, meet new people, connect with those who share your interests. Stop wasting your time trying to change me.
Fuck off telling me to vote in some bullshit election. Stop trying to talk me out of anarchism and revolutionary syndicalism. I’m done with th…

Well, I guess Im calling it, the next big pandemic will be some variant of #birdFlu. 🧠🐛’s fingers are all over this bullshit, and Oz’s too.
Here’s an idea: how about some billionaire chips in some of their spare change to keep funding this program. It’d be really sweet if part of the deal was a requirement that any resultant vaccines that are developed shall distributed worldwide-wide, at cost…

"A new aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers (first- and business- class tickets, and private jets) has been launched today at FFD4 by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua & Barbuda. It will be supported by the European Commission"
Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force brings together countries from around the world to advance options for international levelies that will raise much needed revenue for the fight against climate change, and to support development and nature.

"Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it"
#Antarctica #Climate #ClimateChange

Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it
When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now could help us adapt to a changing world.

Asia Warming at Twice the Global Average: WMO Report #Asia

Asia Warming at Twice the Global Average: WMO Report
Asia is warming faster than the rest of the world, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Microsoft plans to replace the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11 with a simplified black screen "providing better information" in an update "later this summer" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/micro

Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years
Microsoft is changing its Blue Screen of Death to a black one. After decades, a simplified black error message will replace the traditional BSOD.

"Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast—and the rate has doubled in 20 years"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast—and the rate has doubled in 20 years
How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural variation can make it harder to see longer-term trends.

Another change proposal was submitted to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) for approval[1]:
Replace the #Xorg #Xserver with the X11Libre Xserver for #Fedora 43-

Warum ich bei der Klimakrise keine Hoffnung mehr habe? Weil das Wort Kapitalismus nicht mal mehr erwähnt wird.
Was soll das?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKR8nWlRtZi/

Quarks on Instagram: "🌍🌱 Warum tun wir uns gerade mit dem Klimaschutz so schwer? Wird Klimaschutz immer mehr zum Luxus? . 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Erinnert ihr euch noch an 2019? Das Jahr war ein Wendepunkt der globalen Klimabewegung. Millionen Menschen gingen weltweit auf die Straße. Schüler:innen, Studierende, aber auch Wissenschaftler:innen (“Scientists for Future”) demonstrierten dabei für Klimaschutz, die Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels des Pariser Abkommens und ein schnelles Ende der Nutzung fossiler Energien. Die Proteste rückten das Klimathema ins Zentrum der weltweiten Aufmerksamkeit. Doch das ist sechs Jahre her. . 🇩🇪🌱 Aktuell scheint den Menschen (in Deutschland) Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit nicht mehr so wichtig, Konsument:innen haben immer seltener Schuldgefühle, wenn sie sich nicht umweltfreundlich verhalten. 2019 gaben das in einer Umfrage eines Marktforschungsunternehmens (NIQ) 30 Prozent an. Im Jahr 2024 waren es nur noch 22 Prozent. 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Immerhin: Der Nachhaltigkeitsindex zeigt seit April 2025 wieder einen leichten Aufwärtstrend, liegt aber weit unter den Werten von 2019. Die Menschen seien pragmatischer geworden, so die Umfrage: Klimaschutz dürfe nicht zu viel kosten und dürfe nicht allzu unbequem sein, finden die Konsument:innen. . Unsere Quellen, u.a.: NielsenIQ: „NIQ Consumer Life“-Langzeitstudie: So shoppen (und leben) wir anders als 2019 Osberghaus et al. (2025): The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation: Evidence from longitudinal survey data Ajzen I. (1985) From Intentions to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior"
2,385 likes, 168 comments - quarks.de on May 30, 2025: "🌍🌱 Warum tun wir uns gerade mit dem Klimaschutz so schwer? Wird Klimaschutz immer mehr zum Luxus? . 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Erinnert ihr euch noch an 2019? Das Jahr war ein Wendepunkt der globalen Klimabewegung. Millionen Menschen gingen weltweit auf die Straße. Schüler:innen, Studierende, aber auch Wissenschaftler:innen (“Scientists for Future”) demonstrierten dabei für Klimaschutz, die Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels des …

Interesting interview re #AI:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/how-openai-earl…

How OpenAI’s development changed AI’s course
New book: Early decisions had big consequences.

Interesting interview re #AI:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/how-openai-earl…

How OpenAI’s development changed AI’s course
New book: Early decisions had big consequences.

"How women are confronting climate change by challenging the systems that created it"
#Women #Climate #ClimateChange

How women are confronting climate change by challenging the systems that created it
A growing global movement led by women is linking environmental harm with gender-based violence and inequality, calling for systemic change beyond traditional climate solutions.Katie Surma reports for Inside Climate News.In short:Ecofeminist leaders argue that climate change, environmental destructi...

'We'll just ignore all those district judges and let SCOTUS rule'
Opinion | Justice Kavanaugh explains what the injunctions ruling won’t change - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4nmxNT3

No more new oil and gas projects! #fossilfuel #FossilFuels

Just Stop Oil – Just Stop Oil
Just Getting Started Just Stop Oil may have won our demand, but revolutionary change is needed now more than ever. Corrupt politicians serving the interests of billionaires. Ordinary people struggling to survive. Media shifting blame from their mates on mega yachts to the people in small boats. And the world is getting hotter and hotter.​

No more new oil and gas projects! #fossilfuel #FossilFuels

Just Stop Oil – Just Stop Oil
Just Getting Started Just Stop Oil may have won our demand, but revolutionary change is needed now more than ever. Corrupt politicians serving the interests of billionaires. Ordinary people struggling to survive. Media shifting blame from their mates on mega yachts to the people in small boats. And the world is getting hotter and hotter.​

A change that proposes to drop i686 packages from x86_64 #Fedora 44 was just published:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archiv…

"Warming Linked to Rising Cancer Rates Among Women in the Middle East"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Health

Warming Linked to Rising Cancer Rates Among Women in the Middle East

Join the millions using their voices and everyday choices to tackle the climate crisis! #climate

The Climate Reality Project
Get the tools, training, and network to fight climate change and together build the world we want.

"Climate change turns Alpine glaciers into ‘Swiss cheese’, raising water and power concerns"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change is turning Switzerland's glaciers into ‘Swiss cheese’
Glacier shrinkage has wide impacts on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels, and border tensions when it comes to cross-boundary rivers.

Join the millions using their voices and everyday choices to tackle the climate crisis! #climate

The Climate Reality Project
Get the tools, training, and network to fight climate change and together build the world we want.

Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone #carbon

Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone
At current emission rates, we re just over three years away from blowing through the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5 C. This new international study paints a stark picture: the pace of climate change is accelerating, seas are rising faster than ever, and the Earth is absorbing more heat with devastating consequences from hotter oceans to intensified weather extremes.

"Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education"
#Nigeria #Climate #ClimateChange

Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education
An unusual subject has found its way into the curriculum of schools in Niger: trees. As municipal authorities across the Sahel country work to adapt to extreme heat and other effects of climate change, the value of urban forestry has gained increased recognition. “This is really an opportunity to combat climate change and poverty at […]

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record #Japan

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record
Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.

"Climate change could bring insect-borne tropical diseases to UK, scientists warn"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study

"New UK planning rules for heat pumps come into effect, one meter rule scrapped"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #Energy

New UK planning rules for heat pumps come into effect, one meter rule scrapped
Change to planning law could simplify heat pump installation process for thousands of households in England. Limits on the size and number of heat pumps that can be installed have also been raised. The changes have been introduced as the UK government pursues 600,000 installations per year by 2028 target.

"Endangered rays, sharks and native oysters 'could thrive' despite climate change, report claims"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Animals

Endangered rays, sharks and native oysters 'could thrive' despite climate change, report claims

"Flavour of gin and tonic could be impacted by climate change, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange