John O’Neill

Pope Leo XIV asks journalists to use communication as a tool for peace The remarks come just one day after calling for a ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid in Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine.

The remarks come just one day after calling for a ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid in Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine.

Fix The News We report stories of progress

It's been a minute since I have recommended the fixthenews.com newsletter. As we head into what feel like rough waters, it's nice to get a dose of genuinely positive stories (not feel-good vibes stuff) about climate and environmental progress, life-improving tech, and positive government action.

86 Stories of Progress from 2024 Not everything that happened this year was terrible.

A big part of my 'arsenal' to get through the years to come without crumbling. The world needs people of good conscience to do more than wring their hands. For a shot of strength & optimism to do that on certain days, I often turn to these guys (it works for me): fixthenews.com/86-stories-p...

282: Brain-Washing Machine Plus, a sea of photovoltaic possibility, good news for the environment in America (seriously), global prices back to normal, 'emergent' collective memory for ants, and some Herculaneum scroll action.

Scroll past all the good news to read the article at the end on sludge:

The challenge is learning to see our information ecosystem for what it has become — a vast apparatus fine-tuned to amplify our darkest impulses — and then having the wisdom to step away from it.

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Hi Peter, nice to meet you here

A plot of IEA data from an article in The Economist "The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think" show that projections of global renewable energy capacity added annually have been drastically underestimated compared with the actual rate. By the 2020's the world has installed more capacity than experts that would be installed by 2040. In fact, projections have been low by as much as 27x's relative to actual, current capacity additions of ~650GW/yr.

Global climate policy is still moving too slowly. CO29 does not seem to have done much to change that. $300B in investment in green technology for developing nations by 2035 seems too modest a target. But it's hopeful that we keep underestimating the rate at which renewables will deploy. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

I live in Australia, a retired social worker, very interested in philosophy and religion

Hi Peter,
Yes , we are in the same Metamodern groups. Nice to meet you !

Hi, glad to be here