omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 17h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

So much for procurement being one of the best tools to enable a #CircularEconomy

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 21h ago

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...

The AI Demand Bubble

If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in...

wheresyoured.at

Jinxing the weather for next week... #SolarEclipse

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

More people died from heat between April 1, 2026 thru July 19, 2026 than in the ten entire preceding years combined

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 5d ago

jesus. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

@ukri.org have posted on the continuation of @jodrellbank.bsky.social 's site, science and outreach, and this post from @manchester.ac.uk is also helpful www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display...

UK Research and Innovation@ukri.org · last wk.

We've seen a significant amount of discussion online following STFC's update on its prioritisation decisions. We want to make sure the facts are clear.

The growing intermittency of…conventional nuclear energy. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors

Romania will shut down its ‌second nuclear reactor on the Danube river, the energy ministry said on Wednesday, three days after decades-low river levels forced it to shut down the first.

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"AI models right now are less regulated than restaurants. Talk of relying on voluntary commitments, that AI companies are going to be able to self-regulate, is nonsense."

It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models

I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.

wired.com

Can confirm I'm now at the age where I'd be 100% behind an enforcement of maximum sounds levels at cinemas and gigs. Or at the very least, more specific screenings listed as Volume That Won't Give You Tinnitus #BuyingMoreEarplugs

David Strathdee@davidstrathdee.bsky.social · 7d ago

Holy mother of Christ did Ancient Greece have to be that loud

Aaaaand another reason to think other engineering fields wouldn't get away with the poor risk assessments on these ai products 🙄

The Register@theregister.com · last wk.

Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos

Everyone should read this absurdist thread and then think about how it’s not absurdist at all, it’s genuinely a perfect representation of the current system.

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · last wk.

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

I expect this article will be shared a lot in #CircularEconomy networks. It's quite an incredible framing that sustainability is leading to a "costly productivity and innovation lag"... And not that the innovation cycles and tech push of these companies is inherently unsustainable.

Lisa Catara (official)💎@lisa-catara.bsky.social · last wk.

Quite the headline. If the economy relies on our Tech breaking and us buying new tech regularly, doesn't that incentivize planned obsolescence by these Tech companies? The answer is Yes. Yes it does. 👇🏽 How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy share.google/MmiMtugbsfYQ...

When people tell you who they are, believe them. *** Meta quits clean energy pledge amid data center expansion ground.news/article/meta...

From the LinkedIn of an academic I have a lot of respect for.

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

climatecoloredgoggles.com

We didn't previously integrate wildfire-smoke costs into the supposed cost of climate change for the US, and it turns out to be bigger than all those other costs combined. Oops! Gosh I wonder if we're underestimating anything else. Probably shoulda done something about this. Ah well.

What Worries Me Most About This Wildfire Smoke

We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.

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I did not spontaneously clap at The Odyssey, but did tonight for the football #ClimateChange

Saw The Odyssey last night - and found myself thinking it was impressive, but somewhat fell short of expectations. It neither felt like wow-factor of Dune's cinematography and sound, nor the emotional character drive of something like Gladiator. Still maybe 4⭐, but wouldn't rush to see again soon

"If the scientific community fails to address the influence of AI, then authentic research and validated findings will slow down to an expensive trickle into established knowledge, and the opportunities for flawed or fabricated information to be seen as reality will grow while AI profiteers cash in"

Jed Brown@jedbrown.org · 3w ago

Editor in Chief of Science: AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive.

In this weeks Nature, some researchers have investigated the pollution of the literature by paper mills, while others are developing AI tools that will make it easier for paper mills to conduct their nefarious business. Pretty depressing.

Next time, let them get the first goal?...

About 58% of S&P 500 companies that have set goals to reduce their direct, or Scope 1, emissions have reported flat or rising emissions since 2021, according to a new report. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

AI Surge Means Companies Are Falling Behind on Climate Targets

Corporate America is struggling to meet green targets.

bloomberg.com

With all the July model runs now in, it is very likely that 2026 will see the largest El Niño event since records began in the late 1800s – and potentially by a truly mind-blowing margin. The median estimate is now 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record (2.75C). www.theclimatebrink....

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have estimated. Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely. The data starkly illustrates the danger of extreme heat, which is being supercharged by the climate crisis. More than 40% of the people affected would not have died without the 1.4C of human-caused global heating to date, according to the analysis. For comparison, about four people die each day as a result of road traffic collisions and about 35 a day because of alcohol and drug use, according to government statistics. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

I predicted that even if their AI found ways to improve efficiency, Google's energy use would go up, not down. Seven years later and this is where we're at:

This is just another example of our risible two tier advertising regulations. Hard checks for TV, radio, print newspapers yet slop, shite and scams rife online... Cool in 90: the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the Internet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.

bbc.co.uk

Breaking: Microsoft's AI boom collides with its climate goals, with emissions up 25% www.axios.com/2026/07/09/m... via @axios.com

Microsoft's AI boom collides with its climate goals

It's the latest big tech report to show emissions and resource use climbing with AI growth.

axios.com