Darren Ross

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Congratulations, Cordelia, @brigittehuerlimann.bsky.social and Elisabeth Stern!

#climate #ClimateChange #newbook #alsdieschweizinsschwitzenkam #klimaseniorinnen #klima #neuerscheinung #limmatverlag

Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks

Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market. A basket of bonds issued by so-called hyperscalers—companies that are building vast data centres, including

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Lukoil Declares Force Majeure on Iraqi Oil After Sanctions Russia’s Lukoil PJSC declared force majeure on oil shipments from its giant West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

"Lukoil declared force majeure on oil shipments from its giant West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, [which] has frozen payments to Lukoil. [...] The move is a sign that sanctions against Russia’s No. 2 oil producer are beginning to impact its international operations. "

Growth in renewable energy means number of hours of negative electricity pricing is rising globally
• When supply exceeds demand, some grid operators pay consumers to take their power
• In some Australian places rate of negative pricing is ~25%; Canberra considering creating free power hours

i've said it before and i'll say it again: joyce carol oates is the main boss of twitter. our finest posters have done some of their best work going after elon, but it's never rattled him like this. she got to him on a molecular level.

"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."

🚨The @college-de-france.fr just canceled a conference on Palestinien history organized by one of its faculty.
Absolute shame on them for caving in to Zionist bullies and, thereby, betraying the values of academic freedom they claim to uphold 1/

I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.

A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.

U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.

Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.

Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.

Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.

Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied

Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure

As Trump Admin uses mob-like tactics to threaten diplomats at international climate talks, important to reengage conversation on what is legitimate use of the economic weapon. New open access piece in JIEL w/Elena Chachko. (academic.oup.com/jiel/article...)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

Mave: European Alternative to Vimeo, Wistia and YouTube – EuroAlternative Deliver smooth, cookieless HD video with a GDPR-compliant European platform. Easy embedding, customization, and developer-friendly tools.

Mave — Smooth, cookieless video. European privacy. Simple integration.

Deliver smooth, cookieless HD video with a GDPR-compliant European platform. Easy embedding, customization, and developer-friendly tools.

Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites

Burning trees is not a climate solution

It's a hybrid event with a great line-up...and me!

Cartes Des cartes libres et gratuites sur le Web, alternatives aux maps Google et Apple, pour trouver un commerce, un lieu, visiter une ville, calculer un trajet à pieds, en vélo, en transport en commun, en ...

The interface is currently only in French but if you want a good, European alternative to Google Maps or Apple Maps, try Cartes.

cartes.app

#EU #Europe #GoEuropean #Map #Tech

Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.

"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."

Mamdani win upended NYC electoral politics: OK Boomers, Gen Z and Millennials are now in charge Around 1.16 million New Yorkers under 55 voted in the Nov. 4 contest, making up almost 58% of the more than 2 million who cast ballots overall. Those between 18 and 44, who make up the youngest Gen…

Well over half of the 2 million+ New Yorkers who voted in the mayoral race were younger than 55, with a significant share of them being Millennials and Gen Zers — a reversal of typical age-based turnout patterns fueled by enthusiasm around Zohran Mamdani. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/m...

DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments “People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.

The Planning Bill is nearly law.

An amendment recently passed by the Lords offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.

Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.

Contact them via our form: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...

Creating Space for Pollinators in London - GIGL Pollinators thrive when we give them the basics: food, shelter and space. London’s pollinators are resilient, but they need our help. Every patch of green matters. Together, we can make sure the city…

Creating space for pollinators in London 🐝🦋

In our new GiGLer article, we hear from Pollinating London Together about how pollinators underpin the health of our natural spaces, and how simple actions and initiatives can make a big difference🌸

www.gigl.org.uk/2025/10/23/c...

"Trade wars screw up other things."

Senator Tim Kaine explained how, separately from the economy, Trump's trade war is complicating US relationships with allies in other spheres, like defense.

Countryside hedgerow with holly and hawthorn

Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...

They call it personalization. The machine calls it training data.

KAL's cartoon in The Economist this week

#royal HRH Prince William, The Prince of Wales, poses with the winners at the 5th annual Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony on November 05, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The #EarthshotPrize celebrates and supports those who are finding solutions to the world's most pressing environmental issues.

The European Union is forging a new strategic alliance with Latin America The global trade wars prompted by President Donald Trump´s protectionist actions are leading to a revival of interest in trade agreements between regions outside the United States. Trade is now more g...

The European Union is forging a new strategic alliance with Latin America www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

If there's one thing FIFA knows, it's corruption. This dummy wants a peace trophy, so they'll give him one.