Catfromcornwall
@catfromcornwall.bsky.social
European. Religion is a lifestyle choice.
Italian cities on heat red alert are: Turin, Bolzano, Milan, Genoa, Venice, Verona, Trieste, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, Rome, Naples, Ancona, Pescara, Bari, Campobasso, Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Cagliari as well as Catania, Messina, Brescia, Viterbo, Latina, Rieti, Frosinone and Civitavecchia.
'So we've heard the concerns of the Jewish community about standing a convicted neo-Nazi anti-semite as a local candidate and decided to give him a national job instead...'
There are more #pluginsolar systems in Germany than registered motorcycles! 🏍️ < ☀️🔌 ! balkon.solar/news/2026/08...
Pressemitteilung: Mindestens so viele Steckersolargeräte wie Motorräder in Deutschland – Alles über Steckersolar, Balkonkraftwerke & Solar!
balkon.solar
BalkonSolar (via 🇪🇺sky)@balkon.solar · 20h agoInzwischen gibt es wahrscheinlich mehr #Steckersolar Geräte in Deutschland als #Motorräder! balkon.solar/5mio Wenn man die Bürger machen lässt, dann machen sie #Energiewende.
🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...
Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report
A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.
epsu.org
That was such an open goal for Kemi: just say you disagree with his neo-Nazi views, that you can't support his candidacy, and walk away. But she spent days supporting him, and has now given him a job. She's utterly tone-deaf and stupid.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 10h agoFucking fuck's sake man what in God's name is the fucking matter with you? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
'Western officials also observed that actors within the Russian disinformation ecosystem reacted “very quickly and on a massive scale” to the events at the Spanish-Moroccan border.' Waiting for the investigation results...
Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 13h agoFollowing Ceuta hybrid attack: Rather than blaming Morocco, the EU steps up its fight against disinformation. Europol & EEAS are investigating Ceuta; Frontex eyes mandate to monitor disinformation. (This article is informed by exchanges with a.o. yours truly.) www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
Lawmakers from Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire specifically called out Polymarket, which hosted bets in January 2025 on the wildfires in Los Angeles.
Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
arstechnica.com
If you’re interested in this technique then I strongly recommend the below report from Larger Us. It digs into the evidence on the impact of these conversation-based approaches, why they work and the factors that make them more likely to be successful.
How conversations drive social change: New research report — Let's Talk Climate
Can casual chats move the political needle? Explore new research by Luisa Melloh on the power of structured conversations to change hearts and minds.
letstalkclimate.net
Over the last few weeks I’ve been out on high streets in Bristol testing the deep listening approach described in Monbiot’s article. Here’s a short blog describing why this matters and what I’ve found: www.bridgesforcommunities.com/2026/08/05/s...
Streets are made for talking: so that's what we did - Bridges For Communities
We’ve been trying something new at Bridges. Popping up on high streets and town centres in Bristol to talk to people about community life and the issues that are impacting […]
bridgesforcommunities.com
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo agoThere is a way out of our political spiral, and it is thrilling and inspiring. We could have a very different country. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You may not be interested in attrition, but attrition is interested in you. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The degree to which the military is running out of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles has not been previously reported.
reuters.com
A lovely review from the Library Journal in the US, excited for the State-side publication on September 1st! @pegasusbooks.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
We’ve just updated our Government Tracker with the latest on Labour’s pledge to recruit 8,500 more mental health staff. Between June 2024 and May 2026 the number of FTE staff rose by 8,240, so we’re currently rating this pledge as ‘appears on track’. fullfact.org/government-t...
Is the government on track to recruit 8,500 more mental health staff? – Full Fact
Full Fact looks at Labour’s pledge to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers.
fullfact.org
Morgen wird es im Osten ähnlich heiß wie heute, wieder 40 bis 41°.
Durch den menschengemachten Klimawandel erleben wir immer öfter Extremwetter, das es so noch nie gegeben hat. Dazu gehören in Österreich auch Tage mit 40 Grad:
Bolts staff writer Alex Burness explains how Southern states ignored a Reconstruction-era law and manipulated the criminal legal system to prevent Black people from voting. This year, that has finally caught up with one state: Virginia.
How much water do data centers really use, why do they use so much, and is it a problem? I talked to researchers and industry experts to understand the true water footprint of the AI boom: Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?
The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has m...
bloomberg.com
<Grabs the mic> This ranch was managed by the same two people that managed the Sex Island and those were the only two properties that were under their supervision of all the places Epstein owned.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 5mo agoState investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that the property may have been used for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. https://to.pbs.org/3OTnx89
Former neo-Nazi withdraws name as council candidate for the Conservative party - but will be an adviser to the party instead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will now advise the Conservatives on tackling extremism.
bbc.co.uk
~ 302 gallons (1,145 liters). ~ 2,027 lbs (919 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $2,123 cost of fuel. ~ 3 tons of CO2 emissions.
As a local cllr, I felt quite insulted by the suggestion that all we do is ‘deal with parking & sorting out the bins’, suggesting that because we’re so trivial it’s OK to put up a convicted anti-Semite as a prospective cllr.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 15h agoHere are the stupidest things Kemi Badenoch has said so far today inews.co.uk/opinion/kemi...
It was “quite literally bankrolled by Royal Bank of Scotland, who loaned them the money, and under Rosenfeld’s direction, Kraft forced through a hostile takeover by bypassing the board….. It was all so ugly that the rules governing how foreign firms buy UK companies have since been reviewed.”
This is 💯 not true. It is never a choice between ‘taking big tech’s money and doing nothing’. A stronger moral imperative is NOT to take the money and the strings attached to it - particularly if you do not and cannot yet understand the implications
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17h ago“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
Following Ceuta hybrid attack: Rather than blaming Morocco, the EU steps up its fight against disinformation. Europol & EEAS are investigating Ceuta; Frontex eyes mandate to monitor disinformation. (This article is informed by exchanges with a.o. yours truly.) www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
Don’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies | Euractiv
EU steps up fight against disinformation instead of confronting Rabat
euractiv.com
You can't provide sustainable transport infrastructure before people move in. It will sit around unused. Instead wait for everyone to move in and become car dependent. Then do the minimum possible, extremely slowly. That's the English way.
Hackney Cyclist@hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 2d agoA new housing development under construction in the Netherlands The cycle infrastructure is already in place, complete with junctions ready to connect to future homes, along with dedicated bus lanes Active and sustainable travel is planned from the very beginning, not bolted on as an afterthought
The $30 million AIPAC wasted in Michigan, wasted trying to help Haley Stevens, could have been used to fully fund and deliver 6 million malaria nets to sub-Saharan Africa. Or, it could have fully paid for universal free school breakfasts in Mississippi, America's poorest state.
