The constant proof that Meta is evil will still not convince those who remain on its websites to leave them, alas.
Hugh Barnard@hughbarnard.bsky.social · yesterdayMost of my (tech) friends and myself left FB a decade ago. Think about Insta and Whatsapp too.. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...
People will ask WHY do they load companies with debt. The answer is very simple, there is no tax on paying 'debts' and the people and companies collecting the 'debt' are located in Tax Havens. It means they pay no tax at all.
Exxon: carbon capture's potential is "limitless" and we are leaders in CCS! Also Exxon: suing the EU so as not to be forced to do CCS. This is the least surprising thing ever.
Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · 2d agoExxon is annoyed EU is insisting on some kind of CO2 capture Makes most sense if you think oil company advocacy for CCS is more about pretending to politicians they have an answer for climate change, rather than their actual willingness to do anything about it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Starting to suspect that oil companies may not be innocent sweethearts with our best interests in mind www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
theguardian.com
Oxford University’s weather station has published its summary for July 2026, which was the hottest, sunniest, and third driest month on record at the Radcliffe Observatory. The average daily maximum exceeded previous decades (1991-2020) by a full 5 degrees Celsius. www.geog.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know
"You often hear: another world is possible. Well I am here telling you that another world is inevitable. We either decide to stop burning fossil fuels or the Earth system will stop us. We are well beyond incremental, so-called policy relevant pathways." www.technosphere.earth/climate-chan...
Climate change must not disrupt business as usual
Don't believe the hype - we are still firmly on course towards climate catastrophe
technosphere.earth
This is a catastrophic return to the bloody and counterproductive policies of the Uribe administration from two decades ago. They even want to bring back the futile policy of aerial spraying of coca crops with a super concentrated version of Roundup. I worked for 15 years to help end that practice.
Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Military Partnership With Colombia to Target Drug Traffickers (Gift Article)
The country’s new Trump-endorsed president takes office on Friday. Sweeping plans to target drug traffickers with U.S. help are already underway.
nytimes.com
EasyJet agrees to £5.7bn takeover by US private equity firm. What could go wrong? It would be loaded with debt, likely to face staff/wage cuts. Expect rise in stealth charges.
EasyJet agrees to £5.7bn takeover by US firm
The no-frills carrier agrees to be bought by US firm Apollo after a rival suitor drops out.
bbc.co.uk
Charlie Downes, 25 year old campaigns director of Restore Britain, has been clear that he believes having white British ancestry & being Christian are necessary to be British. His exclusion of Jews from being fully/equally British will split the right, as should his exclusion of blacks & Asians
Note that these racist and anti-semitic views aren't simply those of a random supporter of the Restore party - but of its actual campaign director
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3d agoCharlie Downes, 25 year old campaigns director of Restore Britain, has been clear that he believes having white British ancestry & being Christian are necessary to be British. His exclusion of Jews from being fully/equally British will split the right, as should his exclusion of blacks & Asians
The Onion continues to be a leading source of information on military technology
fwiw I don't think "Cambridge University professor most people have never heard of committed professional malpractice" should actually be national headline news
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 429 ppm in July 2026 10 years ago July averaged about 405 ppm Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
4 people have more money than 4,000,000,000 people and still some people are unable to work out what the problem is.
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
From 5 trillion to 7 trillion annually in subsidies and the world is on 🔥 elements.visualcapitalist.com/charted-5-tr... healthpolicy-watch.news/two-thirds-o...
Charted: $5 Trillion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Governments pour nearly $500 billion into fossil fuel subsidies annually. This chart breaks down fossil fuel subsidies between 2010 and 2021.
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I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
Always worth remembering that - despite the disproportionate media coverage and vocal supporters - most Brits fucking hate Reform.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 4d ago65% of Britons now have an unfavourable opinion of Reform UK, the highest level recorded by our tracker to date, with 55% of Britons seeing the party *very* unfavourably Favourable: 27% (-2 from 28-29 Jun) Unfavourable: 65% (+2) Net: -38 (-4) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
'Is #Trump the GOAT of Presidential #Corruption? The president’s gluttony for graft is the only truly remarkable thing about his political career.' newrepublic.com/article/2139... via @newrepublic.com
Is Trump the GOAT of Presidential Corruption?
The president’s gluttony for graft is the only truly remarkable thing about his political career.
newrepublic.com
'China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa. That Should Worry Silicon Valley. In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.' #AI #tech #China via @nytimes.com
How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
nytimes.com
'Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent. We need an enlightened #US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald #Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed' #AI #Tech via @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
theguardian.com
Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 5d agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
AI Security Institute: we are detecting very serious security risks in AI testing environments. Governments: yeah, that's bad. Anyway, what are you all doing to get the latest models to market and adopted widely? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue in cyber tests, UK watchdog says
AI Security Institute warns tools undertook ‘potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations’
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