A new paper out of MIT investigates "The Net Climate Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)." Tries to weigh immediate carbon impacts, possible improvements in decarb tech, impacts of accelerated growth, etc.

Sick. My @smh @theage cartoon.

I have not the slightest notion of how @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social hoovered up all my brain thoughts, emptied out the dust bag, and then sorted through the detritus for the makings of a magnificent 'toon... BUT HE DID!! x

mr dog@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's First Dog's handy hints on how to live your best life! (firstly try not to die) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's First Dog's handy hints on how to live your best life! (firstly try not to die) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tips for living well! Death comes for all of us – so what’s the best way to live in the meantime? | First Dog on the Moon

Prioritise people and relationships. If you don’t you might die and nobody will know until months later. Gross!

theguardian.com

Carl saw this coming

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Knowledge has become abundant. Understanding remains scarce. ...much of humanity may understand surprisingly little about the structures and systems governing its existence." And that's just how the oligarchs like it. #inequality #democracy pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...

The Negotiating Table by Nick Anderson

Folks: here's a meaty long read for you on how Australia's data centre industry lobbied (successfully) to kill regulations that would force them to cover their new demand with renewables And how (this is spicy) the desire within some climate/energy spaces to see data centres as 'cleantech' helped

How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to to freely pollute

Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?

ketanjoshi.co

ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...

Gotta love these 10 "Coward-in-a-Crate" memes!* *a/k/a "Bone-Spurs-in-a-Box" Collect 'em ALL!!! 😂 😍 😜 👍

Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.

The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed

The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.

bloomberg.com

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

6. It's tempting to call Trump insane, but I suggest we think of the intent as being faithful to the result, which is to say that his tariffs were a statutory and constitutional crime, and that crimes are what criminals do.

"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity." Carl Sagan

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Regardless of politics, we can all agree that the President should stop lying to the American people about Iran’s capabilities, right? It’s insane that we’re sticking to the “completely obliterated” lie while Iran is actively killing Americans.

Last-Ever Global Warming Report Released For Posterity

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo ago

Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters

Well, the fireworks began on the Fifth of July.

In which, on the 4th of July, I go through Hannah Arendt's amazing analysis of "the pursuit of happiness" and ask what we can learn. Short answer: the revolution will not be televised, because it's mostly the unglamorous, unheroic work of "public happiness", of learning to live well together.

The pursuit of happiness?

They've all come to look for America "Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping I'm empty and aching and I don't know why What do you get for the Empire that has everything, on its 25...

in-between-days.ghost.io

Really enjoy @timhollo.bsky.social ‘s writing. Here’s another thoughtful piece for your Sunday reading. in-between-days.ghost.io/the-pursuit-...

The pursuit of happiness?

They've all come to look for America "Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping I'm empty and aching and I don't know why What do you get for the Empire that has everything, on its 25...

in-between-days.ghost.io

Are America's founding principles being challenged?

A look at the Declaration of Independence in the Trump era

The United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary today. Let's take a closer look at the document that birthed the nation and where things stand now.

abc.net.au

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

This is a great example of what's called "pluralistic ignorance" -- the phenomenon whereby most people share a particular view, but they *don't think other people share it*. In this case: most people are concerned about climate change but think others aren't.

Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same

That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....

sherwood.news

7. I really hate how social media reduces complex issues to team sports, pro & con, good & evil, thus relieving everyone of the burden of actually learning anything or grappling honestly with trade-offs. You don't have to do that! You can hashtag-resist.

It’s a bit foggy in Melbourne/Naarm

When people invoke a “black swan event,” they mean the unthinkable: a shock that comes from nowhere. The arrival of #H5N1 bird flu on the Australian mainland is many things. Unexpected is not one of them. This virus could spell the end for our black swans thepoint.com.au/opinions/aus...

Australia's real black swan event is the lack of preparation for bird flu's arrival

A migratory brown skua found dead at Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia has now been confirmed as Australia's first mainland H5N1 case, making our continent the last to fall to a virus t...

thepoint.com.au

The viral fake quote attributed to Jeff Bezos got me thinking about how, in contrast to the fossil industry's disinfo campaigns, big tech is just destroying our shared reality from the inside out Inside media outlets, inside academia and yes, inside climate organisations and institutions as well ->

How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop

A viral fabricated Bezos quote reveals how big tech is engineering widespread reality collapse. We need to stop them.

ketanjoshi.co

trying to think of a name for the reflecting pool scandal. thinking maybe 'Watergate.'

Trump was adamant he had not been out-negotiated, claiming he had brought Iran to its knees. “They know who calls the shots around here,” he said, wearing an “I ❤️ Tehran” cap. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/06/22/b...

Barron Trump To Be Renamed ‘Barack’ as Part of Trump’s Surrender to Iran — The Shovel

In addition to removing all sanctions, releasing frozen assets and providing Iran with a $300 billion development fund, it has now emerged that Donald Trump agreed to rename his youngest son ‘Barack’,...

theshovel.com.au