European Electricity Review 2025 | Ember The EU’s electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year in a row.

"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"

Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy

VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant....

VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

I believe the general internet tradition on these kinds of things is well known.

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If you're overwhelmed & not sure how to help, promote small & local organizations that help people who are especially vulnerable in this time (e.g., immigrants, LGBTQIA+ (especially youth), women seeking healthcare or safety, etc.) Be that safety net where you can; all you can do is your best ✌🏼💝

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Drumph had to be somewhere he didn’t want to be today… in a prayer service.

This preacher schooled him pretty good in a really really well written passive aggressive speech.

They could all go bankrupt this easily. “And we just took the last 60 billion dollars worth of value from Uber and put local control back with taxi driver collectives. They have no control over data any more and they can be easily replaced.” #BindingChaos #3E georgiebc.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/t...

Izrahell's view of the Gaza ceasefire appears to be that they can take a little coffee break and then have the "right" to return to the mass murder of Palestinians.

Even in Death, Navalny Still Threatens the Putin Regime The opposition leader’s posthumous memoir is a chronicle of a death foretold.

"Even the story of his near-murder, his tragi-farcical trials, and his ordeal in the penal colony is told with humor—and humanity." Navalny's refusal to knuckle under is permanent, now that he's dead, and is still a threat to Putin's regime. www.thebulwark.com/p/even-in-de...

I think we're going to see a HUGE proliferation of #horror over the next four years. We will need the catharsis, and of all sorts: splatterpunk, weird, cosmic/eldritch, folk/cult, Gothic, and bubblegum, to name a few. Horror contains multitudes. Horror can heal. Horror lets us know we aren't alone.

I’ve seen people talk about a lot of things that you should consider having on hand In Case Of Things Going Weird starting on January 20th—electronics, food prep, and so forth.

One thing I haven’t seen on any lists yet?

A darning needle and darning thread.

Well gang,

Looks like we have to fight, and defeat, a compilation of history’s greatest evils all at once. Civil War, WW2, the Cold War, greed, racism, sexism, ignorance, fascism…hell is empty and all the demons are here.

Let’s fucking go.

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
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True! Vivek Ramaswamy was appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission. This role is a presidential appointment, not an elected position, making Ramaswamy an unelected federal official.

That's an eye

Well that's horrifying

Thanks! Is bliesky still connected to Twitter at all? If Twitter completely crashes and burns, will you guys be ok?

As someone who lives in Texas I am 1000% not surprised.

Oooh, interesting