My heart yearns for India. There is almost a state of Emergency declared because the youth have bravely and courageously questioned the government on election fraud. Citizens are being wrongfully detained, railway stations shut down, buses have stopped. MAY THE PEOPLE PREVAIL ✊

Just one more climate risk assessment in the Himalayas, with some nice drone data will solve the problem. #Nepalflood

It is Umar Khalid's sixth birthday in prison. The Indian Govt has has unjustly jailed Khalid under the UAPA. He has not even been given a trial, or bail. May your spirit never be broken, Dr Umar Khalid. We failed you.

This isn’t even a real attack – it’s a mosquito on the back of an elephant. My response to the recent column in the Financial Times about degrowth. timotheeparrique.com/a-response-t...

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A little poem written by my lovely wife. We've been fighting a losing battle with our landlords about trees being cut outside our home. Trees being cut for car parks. For wires and cables. For "safety". For "because I can". www.jerushaisaac.com/post/need-eden

Please who say "beautiful, clean coal" should be made to stand in a coal mine and try breathing for 20 minutes

By now we should have actually reached a stage of collective consciousness that automatically boycotts this shit. But here we are, nevertheless. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

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I know it’s intentional but we should stop calling everything AI, lumping useful machine learning techniques for science with large language models that tech companies are trying to cram into everything.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 8mo ago

AI to track icebergs adrift at sea. British scientists say a world-first AI tool to catalogue and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in predicting climate change u.afp.com/S2sA

It is still the case, even in most well meaning research institutions, that the humanities is basically used for embellishments, and is not allowed to be a part of critical inquiry.

Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪@lisaschipper.bsky.social · 2y ago

And this is why cutting funding to humanities and social science research (hello Aotearoa New Zealand) while also claiming to be addressing issues like climate change is shooting yourself in the foot, and complete nonsense.

Reading should be a joy and not a chore. If you're not in the mood or can't find just the right book, it's okay to take a break. I've never been a constant reader. We all have our own unique relationship with books. And, books are always there when you're ready for them.

Never attribute to Jevons's Paradox that which can be sufficiently explained by capitalism

The whole purpose of studying climate change is to build a better future for ourselves, and the planet. What the hell is the point if we know we’re just going to continue bombing and killing each other? Hope is low. So hard to continue.