Every $1 invested in tackling them together can generate around $15 in economic benefits, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Check out these two books to understand how we got to where we are today, and what we can all do to tackle air pollution.

Our government makes money from fossil fuels which cause pollution which causes health issues which our government pays for because we have an NHS that our government keeps saying is too expensive. There IS a solution here. I wonder if our government will ever see it? (A clue: It's NOT data centres)

As I've said many many times, the health care savings *alone* would more than pay for the transition away from fossil fuels.

Who would have thought a petrochem company would be so polluting? So irresponsible?

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social · yesterday

Climate disaster keeps disastering: Satellite monitoring has detected massive plumes of methane pouring from Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia. (This is the one connected to the world’s biggest carbon capture and storage project WHIICH IS ALSO FAILING) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Don't be Evil...

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest… After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud”

The James Bond producers missed a trick. While we want a new JB- sure, why not? We COULD have had a spin off with Nomi as 007, set in the 5 year gap while JB is retired, or even after, if she reclaims the 007 designation. But I guess that storyline is now junked, in favour of yet another reboot...

I had "no idea the cards had any value" says man who bought 42 complete sets as an investment... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Retired Woking decorator's Pokémon cards sell for £1.5m

He says he found treasure in his attic where the collection had been stored for 15 years.

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Video Game studios are sacking their programmers and moving to AI coding because video games are getting stupidly expensive because video game consoles are stupidly expensive because graphics chips are stupidly expensive because loss making AI data centres are buying them all. Is that about right?

Well would YOU want your national security in the hands of a snowflake trillionaire with petty grudges, who has more in common with Russian oligarchs than your soldiers in the field, or your women and children sheltering from yet another drone or rocket strike? Because...

Mike@mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 2d ago

A 'SpaceX' investor said he’s not only “disgusted…from a humanity perspective” (by restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine), but also because: “.….they've given everybody a reason not to use Starlink, that Starlink isn't reliable for national security for anybody but Trump.”

The framing is ghastly. "Tougher punishments for offenders who refuse to attend their sentencings". Being punished for something that isn't illegal. Instead, it should be pitched as benefits for those engaging in beneficial, societal acts. But then that would be rewarding criminals... Narratives!

While you might say that the AI that Just Eat used to imagine meals it didn't have photos for was dumb as fuck, that's nothing compared to the dumb as fuck manager who thought imagined meals was what customers wanted to see... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just Eat apologises for AI food mistakes after social media ridicule

A spokesperson said it was removing inaccurate AI images and pausing the rollout of the tool.

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I get a mention! Which is always nice... "Triangulation" appears in Fission #6 - seek it out. Just watch out for the djinn...

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 3d ago

The latest issue of @bsfa.bsky.social's Fission, came out in June. @karinjr.bsky.social sat with its co-editor, @rickandwrite.bsky.social, to understand what he’s looking for in submissions & to get his take on the landscape for short fiction now. britishfantasysociety.org/ready-for-su...

Gosh. I wonder what caused this? Could it be (perhaps): A POTUS who PAYS to cancel windfarms, and whose mantra is "drill, baby, drill"? Which might be connected to his petrochem backers? Data centres using (in 2024) 4.7% of total electricity consumption, estimates suggest it's going up 40% a year.

Elly "Enormity" Bangs@ellybangs.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yet again the American Empire is poised to exterminate humanity

NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER SURRENDER*! (Looks like I've sold a story on the 51st attempt.) (* as long as YOU still believe. Some stories don't really merit 50+ submissions...)

"True" only if both Putin and Trump don't think Ukrainians (or Palestinians, or Iranians, or...) are human. Which...

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

"Please," God sighs. "Don't remind me. Not my best work. Also, sorry, sorry, sorry. Even Gods fuck up occasionally. Though not as often as that pompous jack-ass..."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

oh my goodness -- Trump's entrance music in North Carolina is that cult ad they've played at the last two RNCs about how "God made Trump"

Jackdaw approval is not a "blow to climate campaigners" It is a blow to the climate. Climate campaigners are energised by the environmental equivalent of the UK shooting itself in the foot- repeatedly. Climate campaigners, despite repeated attempts to silence them, will be much louder in its wake.

Jackdaw : When you're willing to watch the planet go up in flames, just so you can power your shitty data centres that will never break even and won't do half of what the tech bros promised they would do for you - including "solving" climate change. We know how to do that. DON'T approve Jackdaw*

Two questions: 1) How much richer will it make Musk? 2) Which of the companies needs propping up by the other? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Elon Musk says Tesla-SpaceX merger being considered

Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look a possible mega-merger.

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10 DAYS TO GO until the end of the Apex 2027 Kickstarter, and we're 40% away from our funding goal! ⏰⏰⏰ if you've been considering treating yourself to an annual subscription or some exclusive Apex merch, now is the time to do so! Let's lock in another year of strange, shocking, beautiful fiction! 💪

Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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also ALSO we're open for novella submissions right now more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

When you order cards from an illustrator, and the envelope is... (Sarah McIntyre "Jabberworks" sarahmcintyre.bigcartel.com)

Austen... Showers? www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

UK weather: Storm Austen named by Met Office as yellow wind warning issued

The first named storm of the season - Austen - will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK on Friday.

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Cold? Gloomy? Enjoy my Gothic novel! London, 1893: Judith is living alone. Her brother-in-law Sam, careless and charismatic, was missing (presumed dead). He's now returned (presumed not dead). Judith must leave London to seek answers in folk rituals. the-portal-bookshop.square.site/product/unqu...

🎃 “Mira deleted the child’s laugh. No one had opened the file in years & unclaimed memory must be purged.” 🎃 Video 5 from #LiarsLeague #RagAndBone #HalloweenStories is THE ARCHIVIST WHO CARED by @shashikadapa.bsky.social read by Patsy Prince. 🎃 youtu.be/6dewuVJ18Jk?... #ghoststory #digitalghost

THE ARCHIVIST WHO CARED - a short story by Shashi Kadapa, read by Patsy Prince

YouTube video by Liars' League

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🎃Welcome to 2489 in our final story from #LiarsLeague's RAG & BONE #HalloweenStory show at The Phoenix W1, London. 🎃 David Mildon reads ON ICE by @mitchberman.bsky.social in which #cryogenic revenant Robert must learn to live in the 25th century - or die trying youtu.be/wFMqpYJK9sY #halloweenstories

ON ICE - a short story by Mitch Berman, read by David Mildon

YouTube video by Liars' League

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"President Trump has not weaponized the Department of Justice against his political foes," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said in an emailed statement to the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Oh? Anyone else in the entire world think Trump has kept the DOJ nicely impartial? Anyone?

Obama blasts Trump administration probe of congresswoman Ilhan Omar as 'so appalling'

Obama says federal agents' search of the Democrat's home was an effort to intimidate a Trump critic.

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Grab a copy. The portal to Hellarkey closes in five days!

Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 7d ago

So so so behind but laying out and printing Hellarkey V this weekend. Thanks to @ossuary.bsky.social @renbolger.bsky.social @geoliminal.bsky.social for editing! $10 but take off $5 if you need with code BLOODDIMMEDTIDE. malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

"The Creature will almost certainly be stronger and considerably larger than an ordinary human, potentially capable of independent reasoning and, based on recent observations, fairly interested in killing me." buff.ly/VofUcqn

Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from Building the Creature?

“If I don’t build it, someone else will. And I would much rather that history’s first artificially created human being be the result of my painstaking resear...

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Football teams I am vaguely interested in did well this weekend. (Liverpool, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Wrexham Women, Shrewsbury Women) Would have been a clean sweep if Liverpool Women had managed a win!