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/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
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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.
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I started the year with a post about European gaming emissions & what we can do about them.
gtg.benabraham.net/european-gam...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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NEW | No growth for fossil fuels in global electricity generation expected in 2025 🔥❌
Ember forecasts no increase in fossil generation as wind and solar are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand.
Ember forecasts no increase in fossil generation as wind and solar are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
NEW | No growth for fossil fuels in global electricity generation expected in 2025 🔥❌
Ember forecasts no increase in fossil generation as wind and solar are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand.
Ember forecasts no increase in fossil generation as wind and solar are growing fast enough to meet all new electricity demand.
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Always my fav chart from the GCB, and here's the 2025 update.
It lays out what we've avoided, what we've failed to avoid, and what's at stake if we let the future slip
We are not on a good trajectory, and slipping back into a worse trajectory is always possible. But: we know it bleeds
It lays out what we've avoided, what we've failed to avoid, and what's at stake if we let the future slip
We are not on a good trajectory, and slipping back into a worse trajectory is always possible. But: we know it bleeds
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Always my fav chart from the GCB, and here's the 2025 update.
It lays out what we've avoided, what we've failed to avoid, and what's at stake if we let the future slip
We are not on a good trajectory, and slipping back into a worse trajectory is always possible. But: we know it bleeds
It lays out what we've avoided, what we've failed to avoid, and what's at stake if we let the future slip
We are not on a good trajectory, and slipping back into a worse trajectory is always possible. But: we know it bleeds
Marvelling at this flyer for solar panels from 2013, via FB memories
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Marvelling at this flyer for solar panels from 2013, via FB memories
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ABC, giving up on their gaming youtube account with 416K subs (having already given up on their gaming tiktok account with 66K subs): how do we reach younger viewers?
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ABC, giving up on their gaming youtube account with 416K subs (having already given up on their gaming tiktok account with 66K subs): how do we reach younger viewers?
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Hi everyone I have a new worst nightmare for you to enjoy
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hi everyone I have a new worst nightmare for you to enjoy
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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.
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
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-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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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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