El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
Jaakko Haikonen
@jaakkoha.bsky.social
Climate, energy and all things interesting. Just transition and what it means for workers. Living in Puotila, Helsinki with wife and three kids. 🇫🇮🇪🇺 Working: www.sttk.fi/en
Are we really surprised that the same 'partnership-preserving' Atlanticists who were defending Europe's surrender faced with a US president are now defending Europe's surrender faced with a Moroccan king? We shouldn't be, given that Moroccan king is backed by that same US president.
The king who outfoxed Pedro Sánchez
Morocco’s absolute ruler Mohammed VI turned Spain’s border into leverage over Madrid
ft.com
⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue. A massive Russian attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported Aug. 5.
Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue
A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...
kyivindependent.com
This is the point. Tyrannical president is a problem, but politicians, media and business elite that submit to him is far bigger problem.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · yesterdayOnce again, the Founders anticipated the possibility of a tyrannical president. What they didn’t anticipate is a majority of the members of Congress choosing subservience—not that they’d all be good people, but most should have egos and ambition, enough to object if someone tried taking their power.
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime and it has nothing to do with AI, crypto, metaverse, robots or any of the other massively hyped "tech" the media always talks about instead
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications. The Future, Made in China www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Future, Made in China
Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
newyorker.com
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.
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
bloomberg.com
Increasingly seeing "it's too late, we failed" as an argument against climate action. But: a) While we haven't done nearly enough, we've made a lot of progress relative to the "just let fossil fuels rip" world of pre-2000; b) the more&faster we reduce climate pollution, the less bad things will get;
The German government is working on a plan on what to do if regions vote in extreme-right AFD governments which may not allow NATO troop movements or may otherwise want to impede defence policies and Russia deterrence. www.n-tv.de/politik/Sorg...
Sorge vor AfD-Wahlerfolgen - Bund arbeitet an Nato-Notfallplan
Im September werden in Sachsen-Anhalt und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern neue Landtage gewählt. In Umfragen liegt die AfD klar vorn. Die Sorge vor einem Wahlerfolg führt in Berlin laut einem Bericht zu konkre...
n-tv.de
BREAKING UEFA getting serious on oppossing FIFA. No more diplomatic speech. UEFA now accuses FIFA of "enrich themselves and their friends." We are reaching endgame now. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Further UEFA statement on FIFA plans
Europe's football website, UEFA.com, is the official site of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and the governing body of football in Europe. UEFA organises some of the most famous and...
uefa.com
The manosphere is trying to sell a version of masculinity based on the subjugation of others—and it's becoming an ideology all its own, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
The Masculinity Scam
The manosphere’s campaign strategy
bit.ly
Ennen kuin nostetaan työtuntien määrää, voisi keskustella kuinka kiinalaisten sähköautojen kasvu yllätti niin saksalaiset autopomot (kuten Hesarin autoista kirjoittavat toimittajatkin). Noin pääsääntöisesti. Ja nyt siitä maksavat työpaikallaan moni saksalainen duunari. www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...
Autot | Nyt pitää tehdä lisää töitä ilman lisäkorvausta, sanoo autoteollisuuden portinvartija
Mercedes-Benz reagoi eurooppalaisen autoteollisuuden vaikeuksiin porua herättäneellä työaikaesityksellä. Autopomo selittää HS Visiolle, mistä on kyse.
hs.fi
The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....
Vor vier Wochen erschien unser AfD-Gutachten. Drei Erkenntnisse, die noch viel zu wenig durchgedrungen sind: 1. Es gibt keine gemäßigte Strömung mehr in der AfD. Die Partei richtet sich als Ganzes gegen unsere Grundordnung. Die Vorstellung, ohne Höcke & Co. wäre alles gut, ist falsch.
EU tavoittelee sähköistymiseen lisää vauhtia, Britannia laskee sähkön verotusta. Lisäpotkua muutokselle saadaan jälleen öljyn ja kaasun saatavuudesta ja hinnasta.
Fossil fuel prices surge even higher due to their extreme unreliability
European gas prices surge amid fears US-Iran war will cause winter shortages
Benchmark hits a four-year high as oil briefly breaches $90 a barrel before easing after Tehran says talks ongoing
theguardian.com
BREAKING | Kevin Keegan, former England manager, has died at the age of 75 Read more: trib.al/wE3bbSz
I am endlessly fascinated by right wingers' obsession with Sparta. I can understand an initial vibes based appeal I guess - like if you opened the first page of a book on timocracy and were twelve. but the thing about history is you can find out what happened to those guys
Gingerspiced@gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w agoPete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
Maybe this World Cup only increased some of my prejudices. Anyhow, Mexico and Canade were great hosts, like many people in the US. 👏🏼👏🏼 Cap Verde, Japan, Norway did shine with class 👏🏼👏🏼 Paraguay, Argentina and FIFA less so.
🌹Scarlett🌹@dialancea.bsky.social · 2w agoBan Argentina from the next World Cup, absolutely pathetic behaviour
It is also worth pointing out that human-caused climate change is now the dominant contributor to the increase of wildfire risk in the western U.S.: cpo.noaa.gov/study-shows-...
Study Shows That Climate Change is the Main Driver of Increasing Fire Weather in the Western United States - Climate Program Office
A new study, part of NOAA's Drought Task Force IV research, shows the leading cause of the rapid increase of wildfires over the western U.S. is the rapid increase of surface air vapor pressure deficit...
cpo.noaa.gov
Mielestäni Hesarin ero ulkomaisiin laatulehtiin on kasvanut jo parikymmentä vuotta. Visuaalisesti Hesari on pakostakin toki ollut sillisalaattia, mutta ero artikkelien aiheissa ja tasossa on nykyjään melkoinen. Toki mukaan mahtuu välillä ihan laatuakin, mutta yleisesti eri tasolla liikutaan.
Janne Seppänen@jannesep.bsky.social · 3w agoMitä tapahtuu, jos laadukkaana itseään pitävälle uutismedialle aletaan nauraa? #mediakritiikki @hs.fi #journalismi #komiikka
Russia launches major ballistic-missile attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2el7xpnzrpo
Russia launches major ballistic-missile attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv
One death is reported in what President Zelensky calls "one of the most massive ballistic attacks" on Ukraine's capital.
bbc.com
Virtually every country in the world *except* for the US is responding to the Iran War in a rational way -- ie, trying to reduce their reliance in imported fossil fuels.
How the Iran War Is Driving Demand for Clean Energy
For decades, the case for clean energy was rooted primarily in climate policy. Today, it is just as much about geopolitics.
bloomberg.com
Alright, and now we use human lifetime to explain - once more - how climate change fuels wildfires. Next week, we‘ll have to explain - once more - how it affects droughts. Anything, just anything to prevent the actual discussion over what causes climate change.
Amazing graphic from @zekehausfather.com showing how human-caused warming is driving increasingly widespread wildfires like the one currently impacted air quality in the eastern U.S. That's a shot of the famous Art Museum from my window this morning. Normally the view is crisp.
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3w agoThe forest management argument, largely valid in a California pine stand, mostly falls apart when you move it a couple of thousand kilometers north. Today's Climate Brink post provides in-depth details as to why: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/canadas-bo...
We are going to see a lot of arguing about the consequences and causes of climate change. And many of those who previously denied climate change altogether will be most vocal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants to impose tariffs on Canada in retaliation for wildfire smoke
The White House did not respond to questions about what legal mechanism he would use to impose the tariffs or how the administration would calculate the rate of the levies.
washingtonpost.com