Evelyn!

Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling

"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."

somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”

every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil

Lies, Damned Lies, and Transgender Statistics plus over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis

NEW ESSAY for Trans Awareness Week! hopefully it will make ppl aware about how bad actors manipulate transgender statistics & that "social contagion/ROGD" are disproven:
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Senior medical doctors condemn the puberty blocker ban: “It is completely inappropriate for the Government of the day to be determining treatment options for our patients."

asms.org.nz/senior-docto...

Q. Will there be email at the party?
A. Yes. There will be an email station at my birthday party.

If you want a good summary of what's happened this week, what happens next, what the NZ anti-trans network wants to happen next, and some things you can do to help, here's your listen.

#pwME #LongCovidME please help Rob Wüst with establishing a clincial definition of #PEM.
"= Minimum age of 18 years
= Physician-confirmed diagnosis of ME/CFS
= Ability to read and answer the questionnaire in German or English
= Voluntary consent to participate"
www.soscisurvey.de/V-PEM-AQ_eng...

Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

I continue to believe that the biggest problem with the United States is that our reaction to injustice is to ask "how is this allowed?" instead of "why are we allowing this?"

The first is waiting for a superhero to come and save us. The second is us resolving to join together and save ourselves.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Blue background with signs SNAP ACTION: words in white letters on broken red ribbon STAND UP FOR TRANS KIDS in white letters on pink band. rally against NZ government ban on puberty blockers This Sunday 23 November 2pm Te Aro Park Dixon Street Wellington Open microphone - chalk drawing - next steps

Community rally on Sunday from 2pm Te Aro Park, Dixon Street Wellington to oppose NZ government ban on puberty blockers for trans teens as part of their healthcare. The event will include create street art with chalk and planning next steps.
#NZpol

she's here now, same username :)

my uncle jeremy licks is in town @jon_snow_420 one time I resolved conflict in the workplace? okay this horse was going fucking bananas and I utilized interpersonal Management skills and sucked him off to completion. mine, not his. it made him madder if anything. not a good example 11:39 PM • 2021-05-05

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions - Carbon Brief Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

A new study found that growing banana and palm trees to shade cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester enough carbon to entirely offset their emissions. Growing cocoa is one of the highest carbon emissions crops and this method could reduce both emissions and deforestation. #goodnews

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

So many doctors, medical experts, paediatric organisations, human rights organisations, and medical organisations coming out against the government’s ban on puberty blockers.

It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.

Did a lil write-up of physical gift ideas for #ttrpg fans! Anyone know a kiwi dice maker I could add to the accessories section? #kiwirpg

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Open Letter for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport — RainbowYOUTH

Aotearoa: solidarity with trans community

RainbowYOUTH have an open letter calling on the Minister for Sport and Recreation and Sport NZ to reinstate its Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport

Please sign & share

Ban on puberty blockers serious human rights infringement

NZ Human Rights Commission: “It is a clear breach of their human rights and will cause unnecessary harm and distress to vulnerable young people”

The Rainbow Greens network would like to first of all, acknowledge the hurt that the events of the last few days have caused. The recently announced puberty blocker ban is a right wing attack on the rights of trans rangatahi, and it being announced on the eve of Trans Day of Remembrance feels like salt in our wounds. This unjust withdrawal of healthcare from our most vulnerable is an egregious overreach on the part of a government we had already come to expect the worst from, and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms. As we can personally attest, gender-affirming healthcare saves lives. As pointed out by our own MPs, Ricardo Menendez-March and Marama Davidson, this is a decision not even supported by the Ministry of Health brief the government commissioned on the subject. This is part of an imported culture war that does real harm to our rangatahi, and Aotearoa health policy should not be determined by a discredited report commissioned in the UK that contradicts best practice.

We are here with you, we feel your pain. Many of us are trans ourselves, and even the rest of us know young people who this decision will affect directly. Make no mistake, we have been doing, and will continue to do everything in our power to fight for a strong party response to this. We deeply understand the importance that trans people across the motu see that they are not forgotten. We will fight for a promise to roll back this decision and a commitment that further withdrawals of healthcare for trans people will be off the table should the Greens re-enter government next year. We tautoko the statements of PATHA, of the Rainbow Support Collective, and of the many other rainbow organisations who have spoken out against this ban. Trans rights are human rights, and human rights are non-negotiable.

Rainbow Greens commit to reversing the ban.

hooray!! hope you’re having fun :)

i can see this helping a lot of disabled & chronically ill trans people who can’t safely diy 🫶

GREEN PARTY of Aotearoa NZ 💚 on Instagram: "We stand with trans people and for a politics for the many, not the powerful few." Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day to remember the lives we have lost, the battles we have fought, and the ongoing mahi that we have a responsibility to do. The Green Party will continue to stan...

Mihi ana @maramadavidson.bsky.social and Ricardo for this excellent statement. Thank you for speaking the truth so loudly and clearly. www.instagram.com/reel/DRQnnyb...