Candida Leone

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

”Since that 2015 global deal, the world’s richest 1% have burned through more than twice as much of the remaining carbon budget as the poorest half of humanity combined, says the report.”

Isn’t it odd that Gates thinks mitigation is pointless?

#Inequality

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Geen boeren geen vlaai! (So happy I can’t vote in the country I have lived in for 15 years so I don’t have to watch this either)

Men ervaart een toetjecrisis?

Meanwhile, Dutch far right playing with AI does not even seem to try and ask “make it look traditional but not nazi”. Less than three days to the elections and these (and only these!) are popping up everywhere in my neighborhood eugh.

New analysis by the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) finds that, globally, crop-based biofuels emit ~16% more CO₂ than the fossil fuels they replace, once land-use change and deforestation are considered. 2/3

Ouch seen now. Painful but tbf it totally figures that if you are a soldier and you get very drunk in Croatia you will get out of it with nazi stuff - HR did far right pride way before this was so much in fashion.

Missing context but I will still point out that imho a better translation would be “the Bart who” or (more creative) “that Bart, that one” because yeah.

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

Rechter: Instagram en Facebook moeten algoritmevrije optie krijgen - nos.nl/l/2584891

'Biodiversity loss, extreme weather and water scarcity' is Europe's future, report warns Europe's environment is in a "bad to poor" state, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. While there are some positive developments the general situation remains dire.

Europe's environment is in a "bad to poor" state, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. While there are some positive developments the general situation remains dire.

Nog veel te veel productie olie, gas en kolen om opwarming aarde te beperken Onderzoekers zien dat de productie nog zo'n 120 procent hoger ligt dan eigenlijk mogelijk is als de opwarming van de aarde beperkt moet blijven tot 1,5 graad.

Nog veel te veel productie olie, gas en kolen om opwarming aarde te beperken

Anti-immigratie-demonstratie Den Haag escaleert, confrontatie met politie De actievoerders steken vuurwerk af en zwaaien met Nederlandse vlaggen maar ook met prinsenvlaggen.

Just days after a far-right majority in the Dutch parliament asked the government to designate “Antifa” as a “terrorist organization”, far-right “protesters” shows yet again that they are the real threat to public order in the Netherlands.

Nvidia says Britain will have to burn gas to power technology revolution The company chief executive Jensen Huang says the UK’s costly electricity means new data centres will rely on fossil fuel as well as renewable energy

"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"

Honestly the creepiest bit in this respect is who is going to be made to atone if and when - somehow it feels like it’s not going to be “our dirty work” Merz or the new UN GA President to mention just a couple.

I urge every government, every leader and every citizen to ask: What will we say when our children and grandchildren ask what we did while Gaza was burned to the ground? Every act of genocide is a test of the humanity that binds us. The prevention of genocide is not a matter of discretion of states. It is a legal and moral obligation, and it admits no delay. The law requires action. Our common humanity demands it.

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Because, like, why would you consider that this may instead just be about considering Palestinians as humans.

Airlines Want a Piece of Every Purchase You Make

Your periodic reminder that credit card rewards are a regressive tax that should be regulated out of existence:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/b...

Third academic year into a genocide – where was the UvA?

I have an oped in my Uni paper about what the Uni can do viz the ongoing genocide. Supposedly, students are reading it on Insta, which seems like a good thing. Overall, the goal is to get things in focus: what could universities (in Europe), in fact, reasonably do? Here
www.folia.nl/en/opinie/16...

Israeli army refusers defy harsher backlash to protest genocide Facing longer prison terms and greater public hostility, a new cohort of conscientious objectors insist refusal is both a moral duty and an act of hope.

Israeli army refusers defy harsher backlash to protest genocide

Facing longer prison terms and greater public hostility, a new cohort of conscientious objectors insist refusal is both a moral duty and an act of hope.

By Oren Ziv

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

@mekomit.bsky.social

Ah the privilege we southerners/PIIGS enjoyed by not having to wait! One day someone will quantify the edge we all got on the academic job market thanks to those early insights lol.

Amazing how they manage to undo Lina Khan’s work while also claiming all the praise! Totally #toddlerman vibe, with a tad of technicalities to hide behind I guess.

As in LLM-not cited? Or just adopting ethos without acknowledgement? Disheartening either way I guess?

The World Has Failed to Stop Israel. Our Only Choices Now: Leave or Die. I soon face the possibility of never being able to return to Gaza City.

Woke up this morning to see the Israeli defense minister tweeting that the “bolt is now being removed from the gates of hell in Gaza.” Soon after, we received this dispatch from @truthout.org contributing writer Shahad Ali in Gaza City. I have no words for this level of horror.

Trigger warning.

“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”

Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.

"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Germany opposes @kajakallas.bsky.social proposal to exclude the Israel from the EU's Horizon programme declaring that it supports civilian research only. This is untrue, and they should know it. See this thread by ‪@naomiohreally.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/naom...

Israel: Reuters teilt Standorte ihrer Journalisten nicht mehr mit Militär Mit Informationen an Israels Armee wollte Reuters verhindern, dass ihre Mitarbeiter in Gaza bei Angriffen getroffen werden. Nun teilte die Nachrichtenagentur mit, diese Praxis eingestellt zu haben. Un...

Another watershed moment. In the past news agencies would inform Israel of the locations of their teams to protect them from attacks. Now they do not inform Israel of the location of their teams. www.spiegel.de/ausland/isra...

Record number of corporate lawsuits target climate action in controversial tribunal Behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., fossil fuel and mining companies are suing governments over lost profits. Follow the Money has analysed how a system built to protect foreign investors poses a...

Fossil fuel and mining companies have launched a record number of lawsuits against governments, demanding billions for lost profits due to green policies. This year alone, they’ve filed a record number of 22 claims. Critics warn this pressures governments to dilute climate action.