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København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
Med en ny investeringsplan i infrastrukturen og bedre rettigheder og oplysning til passagererne satser EU-Kommissionen på et netværk af lyntog i Europa. Blandt løfterne er lyntog fra Danmark til Tyskl...
www.information.dk
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
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Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
"News" that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new - Jon Worth
The latest setback in the entry into service of the new Régiolis fleet for France-Germany cross border services: now there is a problem with the emergency brakes, Le Republicain Lorrain reported yeste...
jonworth.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
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We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
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Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
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Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
Over 99% electrification of Indian Railways network complete
Indian Railways Electrification: The Indian Railways has completed over 99% electrification of its broad-gauge network, with a significant push towards renewable energy, including rooftop solar panels...
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
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The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
Over 99% electrification of Indian Railways network complete
Indian Railways Electrification: The Indian Railways has completed over 99% electrification of its broad-gauge network, with a significant push towards renewable energy, including rooftop solar panels...
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
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Those economies like the USA and Canada wasting their money on fossil fuels will lag very far behind fast moving economies like China that will soon run their industrial economies on near zero cost solar energy.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Those economies like the USA and Canada wasting their money on fossil fuels will lag very far behind fast moving economies like China that will soon run their industrial economies on near zero cost solar energy.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
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Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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The world is failing to meet the 2.0°C target of the Paris Agreement, let alone 1.5°C.
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the ...
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The world is failing to meet the 2.0°C target of the Paris Agreement, let alone 1.5°C.
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
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“Climate-related disasters displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day. Floods, storms, drought & extreme heat are driving displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters threatening food & water security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Climate-related disasters displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day. Floods, storms, drought & extreme heat are driving displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters threatening food & water security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran Under Threat
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
https://youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si…
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
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Scared about kill switches in buses Norway bought from China?
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
NEWAG's digital sabotage of Koleje Dolnośląskie (Dolny Śląsk) trains - what were they thinking? - Jon Worth
In the past couple of days, my Mastodon feed has been full of astonishment about how three Polish IT specialists discovered digital sabotage attempts in trains built by manufacturer NEWAG. The origina...
jonworth.eu
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Scared about kill switches in buses Norway bought from China?
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
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On-road taxes for fossil fuels, known as fuel duty, have been frozen for 14 years in UK
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On-road taxes for fossil fuels, known as fuel duty, have been frozen for 14 years in UK
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Climate talk in Helsinki at request of young people standing up for their future - mailchi.mp/caa/a-climat...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Climate talk in Helsinki at request of young people standing up for their future - mailchi.mp/caa/a-climat...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
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Now having finally got hold of this press release , the Deepl translation has this gem:
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Now having finally got hold of this press release , the Deepl translation has this gem:
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
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China’s rise as the world’s clean energy superpower is reshaping global decarbonisation. The full implications are only starting to sink in.
An important new FT piece highlights that while much of the debate has focused on how Europe and the US should respond, the bigger story might be elsewhere.
An important new FT piece highlights that while much of the debate has focused on how Europe and the US should respond, the bigger story might be elsewhere.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
China’s rise as the world’s clean energy superpower is reshaping global decarbonisation. The full implications are only starting to sink in.
An important new FT piece highlights that while much of the debate has focused on how Europe and the US should respond, the bigger story might be elsewhere.
An important new FT piece highlights that while much of the debate has focused on how Europe and the US should respond, the bigger story might be elsewhere.
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<rubs hand together excitedly>
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
<rubs hand together excitedly>
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
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At one level today has been professionally good - it's rare to be quoted in FT www.ft.com/content/1405... and The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But the Commission's high speed rail plan leaves me rather unimpressed - and I'm the only one daring say so jonworth.eu/when-a-plans...
But the Commission's high speed rail plan leaves me rather unimpressed - and I'm the only one daring say so jonworth.eu/when-a-plans...
When a plan's not a plan, and a revolution isn't a revolution - European High Speed Rail - Jon Worth
Today the European Commission released its “plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe” (press release here). Only it’s not a plan. And Community of European Railways (CER), the state owned rail...
jonworth.eu
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
At one level today has been professionally good - it's rare to be quoted in FT www.ft.com/content/1405... and The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But the Commission's high speed rail plan leaves me rather unimpressed - and I'm the only one daring say so jonworth.eu/when-a-plans...
But the Commission's high speed rail plan leaves me rather unimpressed - and I'm the only one daring say so jonworth.eu/when-a-plans...
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Back in January I wrote this jonworth.eu/what-should-... about what should be in an EU High Speed Rail action plan
This should be a yardstick to gauge what is in today's actual document
This should be a yardstick to gauge what is in today's actual document
What should be in an EU High Speed Rail Action Plan? - Jon Worth
“EU High Speed Network Plan Announced” screamed the headline on the Community of European Railways (CER) LinkedIn page this week. It caused me to scratch my head a bit, as there is no such plan yet – ...
jonworth.eu
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Back in January I wrote this jonworth.eu/what-should-... about what should be in an EU High Speed Rail action plan
This should be a yardstick to gauge what is in today's actual document
This should be a yardstick to gauge what is in today's actual document
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero
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"The money Exxon sent to Atlas Network helped finance... translations of English books denying that human-caused climate change is real; flights to Latin American cities for American climate deniers; and public events that allowed those deniers to reach local media and network with politicians."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"The money Exxon sent to Atlas Network helped finance... translations of English books denying that human-caused climate change is real; flights to Latin American cities for American climate deniers; and public events that allowed those deniers to reach local media and network with politicians."
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Bloody hell, forget getting a timetable fixed. @renfeoperadora.bsky.social you don't even have a functional website to read your press release, as you see I have a French IP address and immediately default to French, meaning I cannot even *read* your bla bla. 😡
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Bloody hell, forget getting a timetable fixed. @renfeoperadora.bsky.social you don't even have a functional website to read your press release, as you see I have a French IP address and immediately default to French, meaning I cannot even *read* your bla bla. 😡