André Walker
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I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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I find it weird that people are painting Mamdani as an extreme outsider.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I find it weird that people are painting Mamdani as an extreme outsider.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
The US govt. has taken ownership positions in major US companies like Intel (and soon TikTok).
Mamdani wants to open a city-run grocery store to sell cheap groceries.
And you're telling me the second is a radical socialist.
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I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.
September 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.
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Of course everything is different this time. But is it?
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Of course everything is different this time. But is it?
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When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵
Oh, man, what a dishonest take about degrowth. Recessions are evidently not what degrowth is about, quite the opposite. The author seems to understand that, but couldn't resist the clickbaity title. And I couldn't resist the bait 🙈
Degrowth—the notion that wealthy countries should reduce their consumption and production—is associated with leftists. But Trump’s policies mirror it, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues: “What else do you call a strategy designed to raise prices and lower productivity?” https://theatln.tc/s5qeNwPQ
August 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh, man, what a dishonest take about degrowth. Recessions are evidently not what degrowth is about, quite the opposite. The author seems to understand that, but couldn't resist the clickbaity title. And I couldn't resist the bait 🙈
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This is *immensely* stupid advice. They don’t use energy while they’re sitting on a hard drive not being accessed. They very much use energy while you’re going through them all and deleting them.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is *immensely* stupid advice. They don’t use energy while they’re sitting on a hard drive not being accessed. They very much use energy while you’re going through them all and deleting them.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
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We have learned that one of the women taken on Alvarado and 8th is Sabrina Medina, a pregnant U.S. Citizen expecting twins from Huntington Park, whom Kristi Noem targeted and was present last month for a photo op.
August 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We have learned that one of the women taken on Alvarado and 8th is Sabrina Medina, a pregnant U.S. Citizen expecting twins from Huntington Park, whom Kristi Noem targeted and was present last month for a photo op.
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this is like 2 buses worth of commuters
Look at this! This is Harbison Boulevard in Irmo, SC. No sidewalks. No bike paths. Just too many cars!
@thewaroncars.bsky.social #CarsRuinCities
@thewaroncars.bsky.social #CarsRuinCities
August 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
this is like 2 buses worth of commuters
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Car companies realize that streets full of their products look (and are) terrible
Seattle's one fully pedestrianized street is hosting...an automotive photo shoot this afternoon.
August 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Car companies realize that streets full of their products look (and are) terrible
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O mercado é absolutamente irracional.
August 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
O mercado é absolutamente irracional.
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Next: Trump regime prohibits agriculture unless it produces more food-per-acre than a supermarket does.
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
heatmap.news
August 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Next: Trump regime prohibits agriculture unless it produces more food-per-acre than a supermarket does.
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Important to note that what they mean by ebike injuries usually means being hit by a car while riding an ebike.
Also, cars have killed 46 people in the county of Honolulu already in 2025. 46! Ebikes have killed no one.
Also, cars have killed 46 people in the county of Honolulu already in 2025. 46! Ebikes have killed no one.
Click below for back-to-school e-bike safety advice from Honolulu Emergency Medical Services:
Honolulu EMS warns public on e-bike safety ahead of return to school
In the last year and a half, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to 86 incidents involving injured electronic bike riders under 18 years of age.
www.khon2.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Important to note that what they mean by ebike injuries usually means being hit by a car while riding an ebike.
Also, cars have killed 46 people in the county of Honolulu already in 2025. 46! Ebikes have killed no one.
Also, cars have killed 46 people in the county of Honolulu already in 2025. 46! Ebikes have killed no one.
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Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Palestinian activist and participant in the Oscar-winning film, No Other Land, Odeh Hadalin was shot in the chest and killed by an Israeli settler in the Occupied West Bank.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
The shooter, Yinon Levi, has been under sanctions by both the EU and the US.
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It feels sort of worth noting that the Trump administration is doing all it can to make rcp 8.5 plausible again
The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
July 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It feels sort of worth noting that the Trump administration is doing all it can to make rcp 8.5 plausible again
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Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.
July 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.
Hakuna matata
The true Palaeo diet? Maggots mate. Lots of lovely maggots.
Neanderthals were not ‘hypercarnivores’ and feasted on maggots, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hakuna matata
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Liderança climática começa em casa. Começa comprando as batalhas difíceis! Lula teve a coragem de vetar o aumento absurdo de deputados, ele pode e deve vetar o PL da Devastação na íntegra!
Um projeto dessa magnitude votado de madrugada ameaça a soberania e futuro do Brasil.
Um projeto dessa magnitude votado de madrugada ameaça a soberania e futuro do Brasil.
Se Lula não vetar o #pldadevastação, a moral do presidente sobre meio ambiente e clima (que não anda das melhores) pra sediara COP30 em novembro será zerada. É a hora do governo mostrar a que veio no tema da natureza, que não se reduza a ambientalismo pra gringo ver. #vetatudolula
July 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Liderança climática começa em casa. Começa comprando as batalhas difíceis! Lula teve a coragem de vetar o aumento absurdo de deputados, ele pode e deve vetar o PL da Devastação na íntegra!
Um projeto dessa magnitude votado de madrugada ameaça a soberania e futuro do Brasil.
Um projeto dessa magnitude votado de madrugada ameaça a soberania e futuro do Brasil.
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NEW | Solar generated a RECORD 22% of EU electricity in June 2025, becoming the top power source for the first time ever☀️
Record #solar in most EU countries helped power systems grapple with high demand from ongoing heatwaves⚡
ember-energy.org/lat...
Record #solar in most EU countries helped power systems grapple with high demand from ongoing heatwaves⚡
ember-energy.org/lat...
July 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW | Solar generated a RECORD 22% of EU electricity in June 2025, becoming the top power source for the first time ever☀️
Record #solar in most EU countries helped power systems grapple with high demand from ongoing heatwaves⚡
ember-energy.org/lat...
Record #solar in most EU countries helped power systems grapple with high demand from ongoing heatwaves⚡
ember-energy.org/lat...
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Here's the *real* future of transport (sorry, tech bros):
The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.
The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here's the *real* future of transport (sorry, tech bros):
The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.
The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.
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This is framed as "lessons for the left," but Lander and Mamdani actually offer lessons for the center: Instead of ruthlessly undermining leftist candidates, emphasize shared values and refuse to amplify right-wing attacks.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left
The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.
www.theatlantic.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is framed as "lessons for the left," but Lander and Mamdani actually offer lessons for the center: Instead of ruthlessly undermining leftist candidates, emphasize shared values and refuse to amplify right-wing attacks.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined.
May 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.