Nicolas Paries

a chart showing microsoft missing its emissions targets

a chart showing the company's emissions rising fast

the famous 'three wolf moon' graphic with a microsfot windows 98 logo on the moon

microsoft's carbon removals delivered (almost nothing) vs contracted

HEY friends, a new post for you!!

Microsoft finally dropped the 'moonshot' metaphor it's used for its climate goals since 2020.

What the hell happened? And how it is still managing to skew its climate story using accounting tricks?

Have a read!! -->>

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I had an absolute blast designing the titles and festival identity for @beyondtellerrand.com! I digged deep into my love and early inspirations of web 1.0 / 00's design aesthetics. I channeled David Carson, DesignisKinky, k10k, Designers Republic and more to make a fun, visuallyOTT set of designs!

Fascinating to see so many self-proclaimed "AI experts" when the tools and technology have been publicly available for less than 3 years.

Meanwhile, after more than 17 years of web design, I still have imposter syndrome.

Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-opening...

When someone warns you of a potential danger and they're right, as Tristan Harris was years ago about social media, and the same person starts warning you of another potential danger, like AI, it's wise to listen.

www.ted.com/talks/trista...

a screenshot of the apple app store home page. it features a large banner for earth day above an ad for the temu app.

today’s joker moment: the app store promoting earth day above an ad for temu

I’m getting fed up of making the rich, richer - Andy Bell After bring rather miserable about the work we do vs the work we want to do, I’ve come up with a possible solution that helps everyone.

New on the blog bell.bz/im-getting-f...

"Generative AI reminds me of single-use plastic: no one asked for it, everyone lives fine without it."

Homepage | European Alternatives We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

You're welcome. Degoogling people is my passion! 😅

There is a lot of traction around the EU made platforms these days. You might find some useful information if you look around.
Good example is european-alternatives.eu

DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator Translate texts & full document files instantly. Accurate translations for individuals and Teams. Millions translate with DeepL every day.

www.deepl.com

Vibe Human.

A map of Europe with a vision for an european railway network named Starline with 5 main lines.

What if, instead of investing billions in AI, we built a European train network? Here is Starline, a vision by the think tank 21st Europe

Isn't that what we all need, rather than robots writing copy for LinkedIn?
Isn't this an truly exciting vision of our future?

Durable technology is such an important issue.

I still have my iPhone SE, which I bought in 2016.

I want to keep it forever.
I have no need for new features.
What I have is enough.

Time to give Ruben Amorim back to Sporting.

In a world of generic templates and AI-generated designs, visual design is a superpower.

With new tools, anyone can create. But when everyone uses the same tools, it’s vision and craft that make the difference.

The demand for work that feels distinct, thoughtful, and human has never been higher.

Lucky you indeed!
Can't wait to see it.

Great to see https://wetheknot.com that I've designed and built showcased on siteinspire 🤩

tv host John Oliver with image of BLuesky, Pixelfed, Mastodon and Signal logos

Tonight, on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, #Mastodon and #PixelFed got a call out for not falling in line with Trump and as an alternative to Meta products.
#USPol

Better than the Super Bowl Halftime Show: The American Sign Language Super Bowl Halftime Show.

A screenshot of the same website before and after redesign by Hey Low

Before: A squarespace website, carbon rating D, basic design. 😑

After: Organic and intuitive design, carbon rating A, powered by @getkirby.com with custom TicketTailor integration. 😀 🦋

omvedgardens.com

P.S: Actively looking for new projects to take in 👋

A picture of all tech oligarchs at Trump Inauguration

"To own our minds individually, we must own cloud capital collectively."
'Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism" - Yanis Varoufakis

One of the most important books of our time.
We need public service cloud solutions or we will all become digital serfs, if we are not already.

two men are sitting next to each other in front of a window with blinds . ALT: two men are sitting next to each other in front of a window with blinds .

No apologize needed. You're killing it 💪

Welcome here @lucyvonsturmer.bsky.social! 👋

SolarAid's website cover is a clever design.
But the image size could be reduced by 96% to speed up loading and reduce carbon footprint.

This is one of the most common oversight I notice when assessing website impact.

A screenshot of an eco and accessibility widget on a website. In front of it was added a meme of the face palm of Patrick Stewart in Star Trek to express how that solution is ridiculous.

Adding eco-mode and accessibility widgets on top of a website is like using a paper straw on a plane. Useless.

I was really sad to see that extra layer on a great French publication website, because it also makes their design look bad. Such a shame for a publication about graphic design..

Yes, it certainly adds up. It would be good if they could at least tell us their global impact over the year and how many users they have. That would give us a better overview.

Thanks for sharing the link!

They couldn't give me an exact figure, but they said it's very minimal compared to training the model. The same is true for training your own custom model. It's a tiny fraction of the impact of training the main model.

Nicolas Paries on the ecological impact of AI Nicolas Paries spoke to us about feeling confident integrating exactly.ai into design proposals, building eco-friendly websites and enabling autonomy for his clients.

AI or not AI? 🤖
Can an AI tool ever be aligned with an ethical and sustainable web?

I've talked with exactly.ai, a genAI tool going in an interesting direction because it aligns with my values about what the web should be.

exactly.ai/community/us...

The fact that, following the DeepSeek ascendancy, uranium stocks fell 11% (on the 'fears' that the vast expansion of data centres may be unnecessary, rendering nuclear power less attractive), reveals how deeply in the void of madness crazy the stock market had fallen...

Skeleton meme. The text says: ChatGPT lost its job to AI. Then skeleton just turns and leaves, saying "until next time".

Succinct.

The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control.

Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.