Ben Abraham
@afterclimate.com.au
I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
https://afterclimate.com.au/
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Ben Abraham
@afterclimate.com.au
· Nov 11
European Gaming Emissions, and how we address them
I was asked earlier this week by Joost Raessens (Utrecht University Professor, and coordinator of STRATEGIES: Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries a major Horizon-funded research projec...
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I have done almost zero promo/sharing of the work I've done this year, so let's correct that with a thread of stuff I've written, worked on, helped with, etc.
I started the year with a post about European gaming emissions & what we can do about them.
gtg.benabraham.net/european-gam...
I started the year with a post about European gaming emissions & what we can do about them.
gtg.benabraham.net/european-gam...
These guys just fucken love killing hey
Critics say the bill would apply only to Arabs who kill Jews, not the other way around.
Israeli parliament nods to bill to introduce death penalty for ‘terrorism’
Critics say the bill would apply only to Arabs who kill Jews, not the other way around.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
These guys just fucken love killing hey
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This ceasefire seems to lack the ceasing of the firing
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This ceasefire seems to lack the ceasing of the firing
I have subscribed to the website Aftermath dot site 😌
As you may have seen, we've launched a brand new website today! And while we're excited about some of the big stuff involved--like a sale and new payment methods--here are some other neat features we hope readers and newcomers will appreciate.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I have subscribed to the website Aftermath dot site 😌
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Bitcoin is still a problem, folks
It got overshadowed by the pipeline news, but NYS’s deal to allow Greenidge Generation to keep operating an upstate gas plant *for the sole purpose of mining bitcoin* might be almost as big of a reversal gothamist.com/news/upstate...
Upstate NY Bitcoin mine agrees to slash emissions, will get air permit from the state
The move comes days after Hochul’s administration paved the way for a new natural gas pipeline in New York Harbor.
gothamist.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bitcoin is still a problem, folks
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
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Seems to be a bit of a global issue that centre-right/right wing parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do and centre-left parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Seems to be a bit of a global issue that centre-right/right wing parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do and centre-left parties do whatever the right wing media tell them to do
It is so insane that it's taken a massive asshole like Tim Sweeny to rein in Google's monopoly over Android payments and the Play Store. Collectively, millions if not billions of app developers (and users!) will benefit.
www.theverge.com/policy/81399...
www.theverge.com/policy/81399...
Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android’s fate globally
Big Android changes through 2032.
www.theverge.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is so insane that it's taken a massive asshole like Tim Sweeny to rein in Google's monopoly over Android payments and the Play Store. Collectively, millions if not billions of app developers (and users!) will benefit.
www.theverge.com/policy/81399...
www.theverge.com/policy/81399...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Cyclonopedia by Reza Negaresani came out in 2008
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Cyclonopedia by Reza Negaresani came out in 2008
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Reposted by Ben Abraham
Make them illegal within 25 feet of any door
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Make them illegal within 25 feet of any door
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap.”
Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap.”
Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
@bonerman-inc.bsky.social yumbo alert
Tfw you’ve obtained the “Ham”
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
@bonerman-inc.bsky.social yumbo alert
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
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I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
www.reddit.com/r/Centrelink...
www.reddit.com/r/Centrelink...