Check it out! How #trains can transform #PersianGulf #politics and #global #security @umassboston.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-trains-c...

How trains can transform Persian Gulf politics and global security

Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.

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Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel An independent Scotland joining the EU and Schengen is more likely than this! A #CrossChannelRail quick rant jonworth.eu/forget-it-th...

Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel

There's a higher chance that Scotland becomes independent, and joins the EU and Schengen, than the Caledonian Sleeper is extended through the Channel Tunnel under the current political framework. Rea...

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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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For those in Berlin and around: on Sunday 9th August the best photos from my #CrossBorderRail work are being shown at Lindow (Mark), and I have a little presentation too Interesting place, relaxed Sunday afternoon Come along! www.plattform-paradies.de/grenzuebersc...

Grenzüberschreitende Bahnstrecken Europas

Bildvortrag mit Jon Worth zu europäischen Bahnstrecken am 09.08.26 im Bahnhofsgarten mit Pizza

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In the face of ramping climate impact - Shell does moral, intellectual, and fiscal hypocrisy. www.thetimes.com/business/com...

Shell sells European wind and solar in green energy retreat

Oil and gas group strikes deal to sell onshore business to France’s TotalEnergies, covering operations across the continent

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Romania should learn from Hungary and start installing cheap solar panels and batteries from China. Romania can rebuild the entire nuclear plant’s energy production with solar panels and batteries in 6-9 months if they want to. Do they want to? Nope. They prefer expensive half workarounds.

Dosť absurdná situácia práve teraz. Som doslova v Schengene a nemeckí colníci mi kontrolujú pas.

truly loved editing this piece from @annaleen.bsky.social on how well-funded public transit systems could transform our lives let’s hear it for journalism that helps us imagine a future that’s not fucking terrible!! www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...

A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI

In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?

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Cry the beloved past. Mourn the only future we now have.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

"It's as if we have to mourn the future."

1/ New research @lut.fi delivers high-resolution techno-economic insights into combined PV portfolios in Arctic & sub-Arctic regions doi.org/10.1016/j.se..., highlighting the potential of east-west bifacial vertical systems for low‑cost electricity generation.

They can rely on the European electricity market! Oops. Probably not (I don’t envy any government having to cope with this)

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...

Should have invested in solar and batteries instead. Cheaper. Faster to build. Cheaper to run. And also works in the heat. Nuclear power doesn’t work in the heat. It’s a moron technology. Used by morons. Sold to morons.

Capitalism leads to fascism. It is inevitable. And American Liberals don’t understand why. Basic logic is entirely absent in the deluded minds of centrist liberals. Worth watching this short video from @willztalks.bsky.social

Perhaps this Amazon delivery robot read some online papers about climate change and decided it wasn’t worth waiting around.

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia

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One in seven units of electricity used in Britain in July came from solar power As @solarenergyuk.bsky.social say: “15 years ago solar was a footnote in the electricity mix - now it’s a major player” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July

Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations

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What if we did city planning as if well paying jobs everywhere in the city was just as important for affordability as affordable housing is?

As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable

Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling

Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns

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Great day with the family on Vancouver’s Granville Street Pedestrian Zone. A LOT of families were there enjoying the free family entertainment (including BABY RAVE), games, food + lots of giveaways. AND the street’s now the Whitecaps pre-game party hub! “Soccer Tennis Tournament” with DJ TONIGHT.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Big Apple bench is going in. The ball chairs that were all soccer balls during the World Cup, now reflect all sorts of summer sports you can watch on Granville Street patios. Tonight’s Dominican Street Dance drew a crowd. And simple games help make the street magnetic. Week Two looking good.

When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes now taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…

Completely agree. Canada is so far behind other developed nations in regards to transit, public transportation. I've ridden on the Sapsan, the Thalys, Bordeaux's sleek & silent trams, Japan's Utsunomiya Light Rail... Canada could learn a thing or two from these other nations. flic.kr/p/eecksb

The Sapsan - Moskovsky Train Station

Day 5 Thurs, 22-Sept-2011 ------------- The fabulously sleek and sophisticated Sapsan — the "Peregrine Falcon" of Russian high speed train travel between Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Fast, quiet, c...

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Increased speed limits on the 401 and opposition to the high-speed train in Ontario.

I'll miss them when they've gone. I've been on quite a few recently, including this one yesterday

Scenery captured from a high-speed train #GreenSat #colorAday #ForestFriday #scape #Landscape

TransPennine Express Class 802 - Nova 1 High Speed. Has got to be the best livery of any British 🇬🇧 high speed train. Hands down. 💙

Data center water use is misunderstood. This energy process engineer worked for many years designing and building large scale heat exchange systems and cooling loops that move heat and water on an industrial scale. Worth watching:

Process Engineer Explains: The Math Behind "Water-Efficient AI Data Centres" Is Laughably Wrong

YouTube video by Mide

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The penny drops. Climate change will break our economies. Fragment our societies. Undermine our governance. And erode our security. "Ecosystem services" are our life support processes. Destroying them destroys the foundations of human civilisation.

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy

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By now, it seems that #Spain has been very able to manage the crisis, and no other member states were negatively affected in any way. The reactions from Italy & Co. have been truly shameful. This is how you destroy trust and solidarity in the EU.

Lorenzo Piccoli@lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 5d ago

If the concern is Spain’s capacity to manage an exceptional number of arrivals, there are other ways to respond, including supporting Spain, without restricting free movement across an internal Schengen border.

Joined the Tech Report to talk about the state of circular financing in the AI bubble, NVIDIA's potential $250bn data center backstop, and how Anthropic and OpenAI make up the majority of AI compute demand. youtu.be/B07mYv-IeU8?...

‘The AI bubble is running on childlike beliefs’ | Ed Zitron

YouTube video by The Tech Report

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