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Report Exposes Big Tech’s AI Climate Hoax: 74% of Industry’s Claims About AI’s Climate Benefits are Unproven The big tech industry’s claims about the climate benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are a hoax, according to a new report released today.

I’ve also been grappling with this… interesting report: foe.org/news/report-...

Bottled water with low TDS (total dissolved solids) tastes better.

So many problems that need solutions and these problems aren’t funder priorities.

Thinking about unemployment, there’s so much work to do but no jobs.

Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:

Health day!

Why?

The climate crisis is a health crisis.

Health communication is important and shouldn’t be left to the mercy of the algorithm.

They’ll speak about rules but only when it suits them.

PM @albomp.bsky.social, this is what Australia's political and military support for Israel enables and abets

#SanctionsNOW #EndTheGenocide #EndTheBlockade #EndTheOccupation

a gargantuan economic development that healthier societies would be well positioned to exploit politically. but we have xenophobia and hyper policing as our de facto climate policy instead of managed fossil fuel phase out. this is not an accident

This moment in time tells you a lot about how important education and community is.

The NHI journey started quite early in South Africa… slide by Dr Grace Labadarios, NHI branch of National Department of Health 🇿🇦

Other pictures without text are fine.

It irks me when pictures with text on instagram have music playing. Like am I going to read or listen to the song?

Statement of Solidarity with Palestine in Light of Israel’s Deadly Airstrikes on Gaza Israel has killed more than 400 Palestinian people in the deadliest 24 hours in the Gaza strip since 2023, in violation of its own ceasefire agreement. Oil Change International expresses deep…

Israel has killed 400+ Palestinians in the deadliest 24 hrs in Gaza since 2023, violating its own ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu, his US allies, & the oil companies fueling this genocide have blood on their hands. The genocide in Palestine must end today. bit.ly/3FQKIuX

If academics can’t protect their students how can we trust that they’ll protect knowledge during an active epistemicide?

SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row It grounded flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from Starship's failed launch.

Am I right in thinking this isn't just a normal oopsie when testing a new rocket technology and actually signals pretty bad news for SpaceX

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One frustrating thing about the way Mandela has been memorialised is that people immortalise him as a benign grandpa who wanted everyone to hold hands instead of the absolute fucking revolutionary that he was. Mandela sacrificed more in a single lifetime than most of the world put together.

We need to record truth. Seek more truth. Speak truth. Share truth.
The subscription economy and knowledge and data being in certain hands means others control archives and thus narratives.

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

This is a really strong offering from an environmental organisation looking at generative AI - providing clear policy recommendations & identifying campaigning opportunities.

A major contributor to climate change in the past year is the daily bombs dropping on innocent civilians. We share a planet; we are all connected, no one is protected!

“Hazardous pesticides such as terbufos must be banned, safer alternatives regulated, and proper refuse collection services provided to every community. These are basic, achievable demands that require only the will to act.”
Great piece by Dr Buccus! (DUT)

“Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s recent comments about illegal miners “We are not sending help to criminals. We are going to smoke them out” — epitomised the cruelty of some of our elites and a worldview that places blame on victims while absolving the powerful.”

“This approach has legitimised scapegoating and distracted from the urgent need for systemic reform. The terbufos poisoning tragedy is part of a broader pattern of contempt for SA’s poor, a pattern that includes Life Esidimeni, Marikana, the endless shack fires and more.”

“Regrettably, sections of the media have echoed these harmful narratives. Instead of scrutinising systemic failures, they have amplified the xenophobic slander, framing the crisis as a problem of migrant-owned spaza shops.”

“Blaming migrants for a crisis rooted in state failure is as preposterous as the medieval myth that Jews poisoned wells during the Black Plague. Such rhetoric is dangerous, deflecting accountability and fanning the flames of division.”

“ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba went further, demanding a state of emergency and military intervention. These statements are not only false and inflammatory.”

🇿🇦”Rather than confront the real and systemic issues, some political leaders have cynically seized on the recent deaths of children to push a Trump-style xenophobic agenda. PA leader Gayton McKenzie declared: “We need to close all these shops... What more do we want to see? More children dying?”’

Australia, Turkey in 2026 UN climate summit hosting standoff Australia and Turkey are in a standoff over which country is better suited to host United Nations climate change talks in 2026, with neither willing to give up on their bid.

Both Türkiye and Australia want to host #COP31. Türkiye says its location will minimise flight emissions from the event and its oil and gas industry is smaller than Australia’s www.reuters.com/business/env...