Wif Stenger

@flowfestival.bsky.social @helsinkipride.bsky.social

People walking at night towards a large lit-up reddish brown building with rainbow colors projected on a tall smokestack

#flowfestival has expanded into the decommissioned #coal plant

It is important to remember that while switching from cars with internal combustion engines to elextric ones is a step in the right direction, it is mire important to be much less dependant on cars at all.

We need more safe cycling, more public transportation solutions and more trains...

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

The “thing that found me” I mentioned in yesterday's post was this video. I'm deeply drawn to experimental musical approaches like this. It started with confusion, hen surprise,and finally,insight. I want to cherish moments like these. There will always be something new for me somewhere.

"The region has become increasingly vulnerable in recent years due to lower rainfall and the removal of vineyards, which once helped slow the spread of #wildfires" - wonder why they've been removed?

RIP Aïyb Dieng, Senegalese drum master

check out his cv:
Brian Eno / Jon Hassell
Yoko Ono
Pharoah Sanders
William S. Burroughs
Bill Laswell
Mick Jagger
Bob Marley
Ginger Baker
Naná Vasconcelos
Trilok Gurtu
Bootsy Collins

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%AF...

billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/akashi...

I’m wondering what effect this will have on the #mosquito population.

“madam maxwell”

Last week, 75% of German electricity on the public grid came from renewable sources!

34% wind, 24% solar, 9% biogas and other bio-energy, 7% hydro (run of the river)

Finland’s chief meteorologist sees climate change impact from his summer cottage on Lake Saimaa Petteri Taalas, director of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and formerly of the World Meteorological Organisation, points to this summer’s most unusual phenomena.

#Finland’s chief meteorologist sees #climatechange impact from his summer cottage on Lake #Saimaa

Petteri Taalas, director of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and formerly of the World Meteorological Organisation, points to this summer’s most unusual phenomena.

yle.fi/a/74-20175607

Are you out on a bike trip?

From the fuckcars community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the fuckcars community

Everyone should experience living in a city with safe cycling infrastructure. It rewires your brain. #cycling #freedom www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/s...

The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology | Rebecca Solnit An energy revolution is underway in this century, though most people have not noticed it

An energy revolution is underway in this century, though it’s unfolded in ways slow enough and technical enough for most people not to notice (and I assume it’s nowhere near finished). It is astonishing – a powerful solution to the climate crisis... [Wrote it a while ago; came out yesterday.]

Newly discovered giant stick insect could be Australia's heaviest Naturalists have made the discovery in the misty rainforests of Far North Queensland where tree canopies reach more than 30 metres above the ground and many species are believed to still be unknown.

Elusive giant stick #insect species discovered in rainforests of Far North #Queensland #Australia

"The scary thing is we may be losing species before we even know they exist."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Solar and wind now almost meeting global electricity demand growth, even in a high-growth year. They're close to forcing down fossil fuel use for electricity on their own, and perhaps already there with the help of some additional hydro and nuclear.

I stepped away from the internet for the weekend, and missed that Tom Lehrer passed away! Very sad news indeed, but after 97 years and what a cultural impact... we are lucky to have had him in the world for so long.

The first reports of mass trout die-offs are coming from the Central Finland rapids. Some rivers have water temperatures of 29°C, which is fatal for stocked trout that don't seek cooler water from the lakes upstream or downstream.

22°C to 23°C on my home rapids, but the heat continues.

#HeatWave

The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.

Pastellisella iltataivaalla pari pilven hahtuvaa. Melko tyyni meri, jossa näkyy pari saarta. Etualalla sekä kuolleita että eläviä mäntyjä.

Myöhäiset illat ja aikaiset aamut ovat parasta näin heinäkuussa.
#porkkala #luonto #nature #finland

THANK YOU #oliviarodrigo #glastonbury

This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through June 2025. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 430 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1934 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 339 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA ESRL. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.

It's time for your monthly climate change update: 🫣

+ Global temperature: 📈
+ Carbon dioxide (CO₂): 📈
+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈

Graphic by zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

Smiles of a Summer Night Sweaty togetherness at a Helsinki festival celebrating group improv and community-building.

Helsinki’s Odysseus microfestival offers lessons in community-building

#helsinki #finland #improvisation #jazz
open.substack.com/pub/wifsteng...

Small Brazilian coffee producers fear for the future after Trump’s 50% tariff Brazilian coffee farmers are facing tough times after the U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports earlier this month.

Small coffee growers in #Brazil struggling amid fears about #tariffs and drought

"We spend years battling to get somewhere. And suddenly, everything starts falling apart, we’re going to lose everything. How are we going to survive?"

apnews.com/article/braz...

Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Charged With Spying for Russia and Iran

27-year-old guard at US Embassy in #Norway charged with spying for #Russia and #Iran for €20K in bitcoin & cash

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Attorney General Alerted Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

Yep, he's in the #EpsteinFiles

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

SCANDINAVIA HEAT WAVE

Nothing like this had ever happened before:
2 WEEKS with 32/35C and tropical nights.
More records of Highest Mins in NORWAY
22.6 Buholmrasa
Svenner 21.9/29.7
21.3 Gullholmen
21.3 Orland
20.9 Sklinna
20.9 Halten
20.8 Sapsborg
20.1 As
19.8 Nordoyan

Speaker Johnson would rather cancel all votes & hearings than simply have a vote on bipartisan legislation demanding release of the Epstein files, something he, Trump & Bondi have been demanding for months! A pathetic new low in political cowardice & legislative malpractice.

Stopped for a snack #bikepacking #Finland

blueberries are getting ripe! where was that?