@autofac.bsky.social
Stranger in a strange land - aren't we all? Engineering academic #Decarbonisation #ComplexSystems. #CarbonAbolitionist #AndACyclist he/his Why "autofac" you say? Well ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofac And: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~mcmullin/
Come on Ireland, sign! For these ECIs to work and be considered by the European Commission, 7 EU member states must meet their threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are now at 8,951, 88 8%. No more EU-Israel Agreement for the apartheid state.
#SanctionsNow
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
you think you've seen the whole movie, and then the alt text reveals you haven't even finished act two
27.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 3029 🔁 556 💬 36 📌 6[For the slow learners: physics is implacable and does not care for human wishes, dreams or aspirations. It responds only to our actions. "Net-zero" could - at best - re-stabilise climate; but even that is likely now too little too late. We now need net-negative. #InconvenientTruths]
27.02.2026 21:45 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The race to declare net-zero dead has begun. That’s deeply unfortunate.
If we want to stabilise temperature (regardless of the level), there is no alternative to achieve net-zero CO2. Writing it off would delay progress in many ways, incl. by undermining the case for investing in key technologies.
"We hear of suffering being described in qualified language, atrocities being named in a passive voice, obligations replaced with 'concerns', and deliberate violations of law denied or treated with impunity. [..]
Language no longer protects the vulnerable; it simply records their fate."
”Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health (very high confidence).”
”There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all (very high confidence).”
The truth is rarely spoken these days in centrist politics.
A New Yorker cartoon: A distraught scientist in front of a time machine. "I went back to warn them, but they already knew and didn't seem to care."
Reading papers from the 1970's and 80's always makes think of this cartoon. Not only are we repeating mistakes that were known to be mistakes half a century ago, many classic papers that were common knowledge 15-20 years ago have since faded into obscurity.
27.02.2026 14:26 — 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
US “bullying” over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, say experts, after Panama reversed its support for the measure
www.theguardian.com/environment...
It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths.
This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.
"The Labour Party under Starmer will abandon its core idealism and principles and it won't even gain tactical advantage. It will be a party which gives no one a reason to vote for it, and nobody will, in fact, vote for it." . - David Graeber
David Graeber made a warning about Keir Starmer in 2020. They did not listen
27.02.2026 04:38 — 👍 159 🔁 45 💬 2 📌 3
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
Of course, pressure from the right wouldn’t work if liberal policymakers, executives, and media weren’t also fundamentally pro-fossil-fuels.
That “reasonable” allowance and normalization of future catastrophe permits climate change so easily to fall off the political agenda.
2/2
"Greenland should be in the news because climate change is disrupting the key role it plays in the world’s climate system and in influencing sea level, with consequences for the livelihoods and lives of billions of people around the globe."
26.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 21 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0Apologies to all of Hannah's customers!
Something exciting is happening. Be a part of it ⤵️
So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?
This Govt has consistently claimed that they can *both* meet emissions constraints *and* economic objectives - so-called "decoupling". And yet: even as emissions rapidly outstrip budgets, they prioritise growth of emissions intensive economic activity. Deeply unserious.
27.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Judges at ICC, with assistants. Judge Ibañez Carranza second left.
🇷🇺 and the 🇺🇸 are attacking our ICC Judges.
Sanctioning hard working women from Peru, Benin and Canada for example.
Banks block their credit cards. Google cuts their email. Travel becomes difficult.
Those men must be scared.
I bet this will be great! @emorwee is, age aside, a true veteran of these wars!
26.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 136 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0Can't say this often enough!
An acre of solar produces 50-300 times more energy than an acre of biofuels.
Stop using food for fuel.
“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)
26.02.2026 12:09 — 👍 3091 🔁 1469 💬 2 📌 157
"America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe...These days, the social democracies of Europe are luring Americans...The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there."
26.02.2026 13:04 — 👍 109 🔁 39 💬 5 📌 13
Nice to see this research but for context:
• Most feral goats in Ire are not 'old Irish'
• Traditional breeds of livestock should be preserved but does not mean they qualify as wildlife.
• Regardless of the genetics, feral goats are an invasive species
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
What a wonderful system which allows this:
26.02.2026 13:07 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Definitely no one should trust experts when it comes to science, far better to trust cocaine-addled nepo babies.
25.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 448 🔁 91 💬 35 📌 6
🇵🇱 Sikorski: Contrary to what Russian propaganda claims, NATO did not expand into the countries of Central Europe. It was we—our countries, the countries of our region, including Poland—who sought membership.
26.02.2026 13:04 — 👍 258 🔁 54 💬 5 📌 1
Time series chart of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere showing the IS92a scenario and the observed changes from Mauna Loa.
So how is the fight against global warming going?
Well, compared to a business-as-usual scenario made 30 years ago, we have slightly slowed the rate at which carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere.
Technically that's progress, I guess, but we need it to stop increasing entirely.
New report by me, via @ejni.bsky.social:
"Consistent Paris Test assessment of the 2024 Proposal for Ireland’s 2031–2040 carbon budgets"
(Fair warning: charts involved!)
➡️ Exec Summary: ejni.net/publications...
➡️ Full Report: ejni.net/publications...
➡️ Briefing: www.linkedin.com/pulse/consis...
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Swedish TV4 is reporting on "an imminent serious threat to the power grid in all Nordic countries", "links to foreign powers are being investigated", and there is a "international response".
www.tv4.se/artikel/2aNm...
Honestly, I think it looks something like what is already happening, wrt to resistance against AI in its current form, and against data centre carpet bombing.
As very nicely detailed by @bcmerchant.bsky.social
very vague but unnervingly serious warnings of an impending attack on the nordic energy system?
www.tv4.se/artikel/2aNm...
