Rasmus E. Benestad
@brasmus.bsky.social
Climate scientist, physicist, statistics nerd, and code developer. Contributor to RealClimate.org and leader of Tekna Klima. Working for the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
If celebrities, leaders and influential people remove apps such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok from their mobiles and use them sparingly, maybe it doesn't take that much to change the world if the rest of the world follows.
We can all reduce the power of Big Tech oligarchs by limiting our use of SoMe to only one day per week, for the sake of democracy and decency. The same thing with AI-based chat-bots. At the same time, we can get a real life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If celebrities, leaders and influential people remove apps such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok from their mobiles and use them sparingly, maybe it doesn't take that much to change the world if the rest of the world follows.
We can all reduce the power of Big Tech oligarchs by limiting our use of SoMe to only one day per week, for the sake of democracy and decency. The same thing with AI-based chat-bots. At the same time, we can get a real life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We can all reduce the power of Big Tech oligarchs by limiting our use of SoMe to only one day per week, for the sake of democracy and decency. The same thing with AI-based chat-bots. At the same time, we can get a real life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
While cutting greenhouse gas emissions is a relief for the whole planet, continued fossil consumption means adaptations all over the world & in all sectors: food, water, energy, health, security, transport, investment, recreation, nature, manufacture, defense, ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters
Christian Aid annual report’s top 10 disasters amounted to more than $120bn in insured losses
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
While cutting greenhouse gas emissions is a relief for the whole planet, continued fossil consumption means adaptations all over the world & in all sectors: food, water, energy, health, security, transport, investment, recreation, nature, manufacture, defense, ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
It's also called laziness - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It's also called laziness - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's a bit incredible that the "MAGA" crowd and Christian conservatives support a person who apparently has indulged in circles like the one being exposed here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's a bit incredible that the "MAGA" crowd and Christian conservatives support a person who apparently has indulged in circles like the one being exposed here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Somebody said "Grab them by the pu??y" and here is probably the context for it too. So I believe he's guilty, otherwise the whole thing would be too weird! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump
Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and apparently fake letter to Larry Nassar
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Somebody said "Grab them by the pu??y" and here is probably the context for it too. So I believe he's guilty, otherwise the whole thing would be too weird! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Perhaps bar JD Vance and Jeff Landry (Greenland) from entering Europe also?
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Perhaps bar JD Vance and Jeff Landry (Greenland) from entering Europe also?
2025 ligger godt an til å bli det varmeste året målt på Blindern, sammen med 2020 (svart kurve). Noen dager gjenstår, og det er ikke meldt noen ordentlig kulde. Når de fargete kurvene legger seg som en regnbue, viser det hvordan temperaturen har endret seg fra 1950 (blå) til i dag (røde).
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
2025 ligger godt an til å bli det varmeste året målt på Blindern, sammen med 2020 (svart kurve). Noen dager gjenstår, og det er ikke meldt noen ordentlig kulde. Når de fargete kurvene legger seg som en regnbue, viser det hvordan temperaturen har endret seg fra 1950 (blå) til i dag (røde).
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This all depends on server parks which are supplied with sufficient power and can communicate across the globe. It's vulnerable to climate change, earthquakes, geomagnetic storms and sabotage (remember 5G and Covid). It also needs a market: enough wealthy people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This all depends on server parks which are supplied with sufficient power and can communicate across the globe. It's vulnerable to climate change, earthquakes, geomagnetic storms and sabotage (remember 5G and Covid). It also needs a market: enough wealthy people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will happen with the Arctic Council if Trump States attack Greenland and Denmark?
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What will happen with the Arctic Council if Trump States attack Greenland and Denmark?
Nå kan man kanskje også forsvare seg med en fiskestang. www.nrk.no/urix/drone-k...
Dette er ikke et gigantisk spindelvev
Slik endrer dronekrigen landskapet i Øst-Ukraina.
www.nrk.no
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Nå kan man kanskje også forsvare seg med en fiskestang. www.nrk.no/urix/drone-k...
I guess an El Nino would do the trick...
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I guess an El Nino would do the trick...
Why have so many idiots managed to get into positions of power recently, judging from media accounts? What's the underlying cause?
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why have so many idiots managed to get into positions of power recently, judging from media accounts? What's the underlying cause?
It only shows that people in power don't understand science or/and don't care about the next generations. The problem seems to be that the rich and powerful have become richer and more powerful. And is Big Oil fighting for its existence? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?
From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It only shows that people in power don't understand science or/and don't care about the next generations. The problem seems to be that the rich and powerful have become richer and more powerful. And is Big Oil fighting for its existence? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Not surprising. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Donald Trump promised a new ‘golden age’ for the US economy. Where is it?
Most Americans have yet to see this boom – but they’ve certainly heard a lot about it from the president
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Not surprising. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Fartsmålere, dvs dem som måler gjennomsntttsfarten over en strekning? Det er alt for mange som dessverre kjører alt for fort. Farten dreper. www.nrk.no/vestland/437...
437 drepne i trafikken på norske fylkesvegar- likevel blir fylkesvegane dårlegare
Nesten halvparten av alle dødsulukker skjer på fylkesvegane. Likevel blir det sett av altfor lite pengar til å betre vegstandarden.
www.nrk.no
December 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Fartsmålere, dvs dem som måler gjennomsntttsfarten over en strekning? Det er alt for mange som dessverre kjører alt for fort. Farten dreper. www.nrk.no/vestland/437...