Gary Evans

About 2200 yrs ago, Eratosthenes – a Greek librarian in Alexandria, Egypt – determined the Earth's circumference, and in doing so proved the curvature of the Earth. He used 'sticks, eyes, feet.... plus a zest for experiments'. Cosmologist and humanist #CarlSagan at his finest. 👇

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’ The head of Google’s DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had...

Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’
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With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash I see little sign here that the liberal establishment truly acknowledges the failures that led to the Biden election debacle. There must be a reckoning, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash
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Hello everyone. #SocialistSunday time again. Thoughts, as ever, go out to anyone affected by the horrific events in the Middle East. Will follow back like-minded people.✊ #FreePalestine #PeaceForPalestine #PeaceForGaza #IranIsraelConflict #StopArmingIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
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How a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall Operation also shed unique light on backgrounds of those involved in running drugs into UK from ‘mother ships’

Adventure at sea:

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From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

Photo of the Day.

Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.

This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.

Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
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All those who work for elite power contribute to our undoing. Those who resist it might be our salvation.

This is really the whole game: our survival depends on our overthrowing them.

I would not have said that when I first started working on climate, but now I see there's no other way.

Just read it. Excellent article.
Now how do I buy the audio book in Germany?

Then stop eating meat. The climate will thank you.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lea und Arzu Arzu ist 13 Jahre alt heute.

Arzu, Lea's wonderful Labrador guide dog, is 13 years old today.
Trubble can be seen observing us in the background.

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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Worth remembering that coal is the most deadly form of energy we have.

Incomparably more dangerous that renewables or nuclear.

And that's even if you ignore climate change.

BREAKING: You now need to provide your ID to order pizza ♥️

Oh boy, the feedback here should make the Guardian reconsider publishing such crap.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Jenkins really is an idiot.

What the world saw on the campaign trail was only part of the story.

My new book is a behind-the-scenes look at my experience leading the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.

107 Days is out on September 23. I can't wait for you to read it: kamalaharris.link/107DaysBook

We eat trees and bushes, flowers and anything else that
We are the ones who destroyed so much diversity in Ireland.
But we look cute.

Russia: Tsunami destroyed the Port of Severo-Kurilsk in Kamchatka following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
Coasts all across the Pacific Ocean including Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, and even California are on tsunami alert.

GOP Gov. Candidate Sparks Outrage After Posting Selfie Touting Auschwitz As His '0% Unemployment Plan' Not even trying to hide it.

They're not even trying to hide it.

Just Pay Murdoch and he'll tell you.

I went out to challenge the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I be arrested too? | George Monbiot Around the country, peaceful protesters see their actions as the legitimate exercise of free speech. The police often disagree – and that’s a problem for our democracy, says Guardian columnist George ...

Palestine Action
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#O #M #G

"I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her."