@vadaga.bsky.social
youtu.be/x4vd21slhmw great line in here about 'the soul of the tyrannical man is miserable' at around the 38' mark
Great Minds - Part 1 - Plato's Republic VI-X: The Architecture of Reality
YouTube video by Michael Sugrue
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
youtu.be/x4vd21slhmw great line in here about 'the soul of the tyrannical man is miserable' at around the 38' mark
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country.
www.ft.com/content/2351...
www.ft.com/content/2351...
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country.
www.ft.com/content/2351...
www.ft.com/content/2351...
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Climate impacts knocking just the £800m off arable farmers' revenues this year, according to a new study. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522784...
Study: UK farmers face £800m hit from one of the worst harvests on record
Lost arable farming revenue associated with the impact of extreme weather has now exceeded £2bn this decade, ECIU analysis finds
www.businessgreen.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Climate impacts knocking just the £800m off arable farmers' revenues this year, according to a new study. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522784...
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Someone should tell him how much the oil industry gets in subsidies & the amount of renewable capacity you could build with that kind of investment. Pumping the $1.4 trillion provided directly & indirectly globally for oil each year into solar would make quite a difference.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Someone should tell him how much the oil industry gets in subsidies & the amount of renewable capacity you could build with that kind of investment. Pumping the $1.4 trillion provided directly & indirectly globally for oil each year into solar would make quite a difference.
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It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It’s frustrating to watch interviews like the one between the @thedailyshow.com’s Jon Stewart & @elizkolbert.bsky.social tonight, suggesting we don’t know the solutions to the #ClimateCrisis, & better solutions aren’t “politically viable.” WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS, AND ONLY CORRUPTION MAKES THEM HARD.
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Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year #Climate
FEMA's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
Internal turmoil and delayed aid expose FEMA's fragility under Trump.
grist.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year #Climate
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Despite worries about solar under Trump, the sector has not collapsed & prospects look good - hence surge in solar share prices
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Despite worries about solar under Trump, the sector has not collapsed & prospects look good - hence surge in solar share prices
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
A lot of tax credits have been maintained, datacentres need power and solar is cheap &fast to deploy, rooftop promising as power prices rise
www.ft.com/content/af1f...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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It’s really hard to defend industry academic collaborations with meta as earnest, if they’re internally burying evidence of harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s really hard to defend industry academic collaborations with meta as earnest, if they’re internally burying evidence of harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Q. So what are the chances of a multiple-breadbasket failure in about 5 yrs time ?
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Q. So what are the chances of a multiple-breadbasket failure in about 5 yrs time ?
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
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Ok I see news reports lacking clarity. The two roadmaps announced by the COP30 Brazilian presidency on halting deforestation and transitioning away from fossil fuels are voluntary in nature. They were announced at the closing plenary without gavelling. They do not constitute a COP decision
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Ok I see news reports lacking clarity. The two roadmaps announced by the COP30 Brazilian presidency on halting deforestation and transitioning away from fossil fuels are voluntary in nature. They were announced at the closing plenary without gavelling. They do not constitute a COP decision
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A great summary of why farming insects for protein is probably not a solution to our food security and environmental challenges…
While it might have a niche role, it’s not nearly as effective as other solutions - plant-based diets, reducing food waste, etc.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
While it might have a niche role, it’s not nearly as effective as other solutions - plant-based diets, reducing food waste, etc.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review
Insect farming is frequently promoted as a sustainable food solution, yet current evidence challenges many environmental benefits claimed by industry proponents. This review critically examines the s....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A great summary of why farming insects for protein is probably not a solution to our food security and environmental challenges…
While it might have a niche role, it’s not nearly as effective as other solutions - plant-based diets, reducing food waste, etc.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
While it might have a niche role, it’s not nearly as effective as other solutions - plant-based diets, reducing food waste, etc.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Those promises of fresh Saudi money look more tenuous — as PIF’s reps “have begun telling international investors that it is all but unable to allocate any more money for the foreseeable future, six people with knowledge of those discussions said.”
@nytimes.com 🇸🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
@nytimes.com 🇸🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Those promises of fresh Saudi money look more tenuous — as PIF’s reps “have begun telling international investors that it is all but unable to allocate any more money for the foreseeable future, six people with knowledge of those discussions said.”
@nytimes.com 🇸🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
@nytimes.com 🇸🇦
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
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Public Consultation Begins On Something Local Residents Will Swear Blind They Weren't Consulted About https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/20/public-consultation-begins-on-something-local-residents-will-swear-blind-they-werent-consulted-about/
Waterford Whispers News
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waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Public Consultation Begins On Something Local Residents Will Swear Blind They Weren't Consulted About https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/20/public-consultation-begins-on-something-local-residents-will-swear-blind-they-werent-consulted-about/
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"Whether it's the vanishing glaciers of Montana or the collapse of Jeffrey Epstein's world, shouldn't we mourn what has been lost?"
(you're welcome @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
(you're welcome @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Whether it's the vanishing glaciers of Montana or the collapse of Jeffrey Epstein's world, shouldn't we mourn what has been lost?"
(you're welcome @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
(you're welcome @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
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#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by EU funds
Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) says 747 projects have been selected under the nation’s first agrivoltaic program, backed by €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) from European re...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
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In the Museum of Brands and Packaging down in Notting Hill, you can see this happening again and again. “McIntosh’s Radio Toffee”. “Vimulon Atomic Soap: now with Uranium!” “Tinford’s Electric Cufflinks”. It’s always bollocks. It’s the giveaway it’s a nine day’s wonder, before it all calms down.
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
In the Museum of Brands and Packaging down in Notting Hill, you can see this happening again and again. “McIntosh’s Radio Toffee”. “Vimulon Atomic Soap: now with Uranium!” “Tinford’s Electric Cufflinks”. It’s always bollocks. It’s the giveaway it’s a nine day’s wonder, before it all calms down.
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After too many companies, politicians, media, and institutions pretty quickly bent the knee to Trump, today a whole bunch of voters didn’t.
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
After too many companies, politicians, media, and institutions pretty quickly bent the knee to Trump, today a whole bunch of voters didn’t.
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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NEW: Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, new data shows.
Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
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Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW: Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, new data shows.
Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
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Yet EU carmakers are pressuring lawmakers to treat these cars as clean under the guise of ‘technology neutrality’.
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Plug-in hybrids? Not as clean as you might have thought, new research from T+E www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Plug-in hybrids? Not as clean as you might have thought, new research from T+E www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.