A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news

This isn't news, but it's still a shocking sign of what Elon Musk has done to the platform formerly know as Twitter 2 identical posts 2x as many followers on X as on Bsky 100x more engagement on Bsky than on X

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. n.pr/44R2Yhg

Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.

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Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte ✍️ Julie Blaye et Jack Schickler

Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte

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In Contexte today as Brussels limps towards the August holidays: 🤝 Grids package negotiators seal a political deal on a position for the TEN-E reform in an extraordinary negotiation session. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Grids] Leak - MEPs agree to raise congestion revenue set-aside to 30% in TEN-E reform deal - Contexte

Deep information.

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Worked on this wildfire investigation for the last number of months with colleagues across the EU. To publish today is, sadly, very timely. While Ireland doesn’t experience the ‘mega fires’ we see in Spain etc, the damage caused to protected sites here is actually far greater than most of Europe.

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NEW INVESTIGATION: Despite escaping the 'mega fires' seen in countries such as Spain and Greece, Ireland actually has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites, we can reveal

The leaked presentation stressed a proposal to tax electricity less than gas in a network charges law does not “overwrite or contradict” the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) in @energy.contexte.com www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Electricity] Leak - Commission tries to settle member states’ taxation nerves on network charges - Contexte

Deep information.

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A negotiation document, seen by Contexte, would use a “new recital instead of EPP amendments” to support electricity generation. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Grids] Leak - TEN-E reform deal hinges on EPP push to fund generation from congestion revenues - Contexte

Deep information.

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Long-awaited methane recommendation on compliance in @energy.contexte.com today. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Fossil fuels] Leak - Commission drafts ‘trace and claim’ and certification rules to comply with EU methane regulation - Contexte

Deep information.

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper.

Happy ETS proposal day! You can follow the Commission press conference here, and keep an eye on Contexte for our reporting on all the details! audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en

Full marks for this 👏

Wait, The Digger is ... a climate movie?

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Tom Cruise stars in the official trailer for #Digger. Alejandro G. Iñárritu's new film is in theaters on October 2.

Infographic - Explained: The EU’s progress on meeting energy and climate targets ✍️ Jack Schickler et Nina Godart

Infographic - Explained: The EU’s progress on meeting energy and climate targets

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Spain grabs a late goal to defeat Belgium 2-1 in a tense World Cup match and will face France in the semifinals. https://cnn.it/3TuvuCE

Made in EU policy proposals, as well as security measures, feature strongly in this draft proposal to review public procurement published in @contexte.com this morning . www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Public procurement] Leak - Commission to refine rules to ban Chinese and other non-EU companies from public tenders, draft review shows - Contexte

Deep information.

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From Contexte today and throughout this week: 🔍 Commission to refine rules to ban Chinese and other non-EU companies from public tenders, leaked draft review of the Public Procurement Act shows Heating and cooling covered in electrification action plan draft with Mariette Thom

⚙️ Got back to reporting on the Industrial Accelerator Act for Contexte in today's energy newsletter. 🤔 Readers will also find a helpful explanatory note attached to the Council revision that takes you through the changes EU countries want to make. Read more↘️

Former swimming coach George Gibney has been found guilty of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s. The jury delivered a verdict at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon. jrnl.ie/7088458

George Gibney found guilty of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s

The jury delivered a verdict at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon.

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In @energy.contexte.com 🔍 Commission flags shortcomings in EU gas grid operators’ hydrogen requirement reports ( 🎩 Mariette Thom for a nice request for access) 🚰 Leak - Data centre sustainability redraft creates new nuclear category ( ☢️ Damien Genicot)

Incredible World Cup occasion tonight at the Azteca, can't wait to be there. But you can make your own minds up re the activities of FIFA's biggest sponsor, whose logo is everywhere & whose cash is driving much of the fun. Special report from Port Arthur, Texas: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘This is a hellhole’: Aramco makes its presence hurt in the shadow of the World Cup

The oil giant’s sponsorship deal with Fifa has featured prominently at matches in Houston. But 100 miles away in another Texas city, residents say the firm’s refinery is exposing them to poisonous gas...

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🔎 Ministers from each of Germany’s sixteen constituent states called on the Commission to ease the hydrogen rules by extending transitional additionality requirements until 2035, in a review due before summer. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Hydrogen] Leak - German states urge Commission to soften EU renewable hydrogen rules - Contexte

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📢 “It is simply irresponsible if the project applications keep rotting on the desks of our authorities for years,” said Renew MEP Anna Stürgkh. Grids package progress continues in European Parliament. Read more in Contexte lnkd.in/evNBM2qr

14-man Louth have beaten Monaghan to advance to their first All-Ireland senior football semi-final since 1957. the42.ie/7084157t

14-man Louth defeat Monaghan to reach All-Ireland semi-final

Wee county into last four for first time since 1957.

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❗ Permitting, often the quiet side of the grids package, causing some issues in the Parliament negotiations. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

Leak - Grids package: Dispute over permitting for gas infrastructure causes Parliament negotiations to fail: sources - Contexte

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James Joyce’s Ulysses is a novel unusually rich in smells: fresh bread from Rourke’s city bakery, “men’s beery piss”, Molly Bloom’s perfume, incense escaping through the window of a church Irish perfumer Meabh Mc Curtin has recreated 14 scents described in the book www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Beery Men and Peatsmoke: For Bloomsday, an Irish perfumer in Paris creates the smells of Ulysses

Meabh Mc Curtin is bringing to life 14 scents from Joyce’s novel, from Molly Bloom’s perfume to the ointments of Sweny’s Pharmacy

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Leak - The Grids Package is beginning to take it’s final shape as EU countries ready their position. 📑 The draft general approach helpfully summarises all the changes to planning, permitting and finance rules. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

Leak - Grids Package: 10% of congestion income to be set aside from 2028 in Cyprus presidency compromise - Contexte

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France proposes three scenarios for major overhaul of EU’s diplomatic service

France proposes three scenarios for major overhaul of EU’s diplomatic service

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this is an insane, albeit not entirely surprising, story: An English police force has removed an officer from frontline duties and launched a criminal investigation over the alleged use of AI to “create evidential material in a number of cases”. www.ft.com/content/514b...

Police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI

Derbyshire Police says officer probed over allegations of perverting the course of justice

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