Ukraine is showing a blueprint of how to force countries to drop fossil fuels, and the strategic and economic advantages of electrifying everything with renewable energy. billmckibben.substack.com/p/oil-as-ach...

What can architecture tell us about the nature of colonial rule? As the Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad reopens its doors to the public, Abdullah explores how imperialism shaped Kuala Lumpur's civic space.

Like many Irish people I come from mixed heritage. My father has brown eyes, my mother's eyes are blue. #speirgorm

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys share.google/nw0ojKKXnID1...

"People who spoke three languages had brains that appeared around seven years younger, and for those who spoke four languages, their brains appeared about 13 years younger." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

1/2 Once upon a time I worked in an Irish pub in France. On day the owner told me that one of the most important things he learned about running a pub was never to put mirrors in the men's bathroom. The lack of mirrors was something I had noticed about the pub, but I never thought it was a ...

Apparently I am living in an 'epistemic bubble'. I've lived in worse places, but I'm wondering if that bubble will eventually burst or just keep expanding.

It's simply extraordinary that one man can dominate the news cycle every day for years. And also that you have zero doubt about who I am referring to.

#JustHaveAThink www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5wB...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | Jennifer Eagleton on Booker Prize-winning 𝑇𝑎𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, trans. Lin King: "... the act of consuming, exoticising, and fundamentally misunderstanding a colonised culture when one travels through it." 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: chajournal.com/2026/07/05/t... 。。。

This was 1973 - bear that in mind as you read, which you should

ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ... Me and My Uncle — Ladislav Klíma (tr. Jed Slast) @twistedspoon.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/06/30/m... What Went Through the Mail Slot — @jeremystewart.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/07/02/w...

I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.

good anectdote

Caught a colleague watching a video of someone playing a videogame. Not playing the game, but watching someone else! Apparently this is a thing that people do. A lot. He was surprised at my surprise. "But its just like people watching people playing football". How did I end up on this planet?

Waiter, I ordered an orange juice. This one is yellow.

Part of North America got independence, decided it didn't really want it, gave it back to rich people. #4thofJuly

If people can be expected to die for ideologies, it's only fair that ideologies can be expected to die for people.

Credit where credit is due. Powerscourt Hotel Resort and Spa just built itself a lot of goodwill. #FreePalestine www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Le dessin de la semaine par Besse. ✏️

Celebrating with unbreathable air you say? The metaphors keep metaphoring. Hard to think of a more fitting tribute. #ugaizarsofukt

My oblique (five-star) review of Dooneen by Keith Ridgway, which I am pre-emptively choosing as my novel of the year. No goodreads? The alt text will give you the jist www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Le fléau des SUV épisode 3154 "si la tendance actuelle à l'achat de véhicules plus volumineux se poursuit, les villes européennes pourraient perdre entre 8,5 % et 14 % des places de stationnement disponibles sur la voie publique." www.franceinfo.fr/economie/aut...

I don't know a single European who is against air-conditioning. I don't think the stance is near as widespread as people would like you to believe. What many of us ARE against is using air-conditioning as a band-aid that pretends to address climate collapse, treating the symptoms but not the cause.

La canicule tue aussi les animaux - Le dessin de Gros ✍️

The Matrix was prescient. Big Tech will definitely destroy the planet and exploit every human it can along the way.

1986 - CFCs identified as ozone layer problem 1987 - Montreal Protocol to phase out CFCs ratified by 198 nations. We used to have leaders capable of listening to scientists and then agreeing to take immediate action to solve the problem. If the 80s were now they'd be adding CFCs to breakfast cereal

fire in the disco/fire in the taco bell

You can never go wrong with Kishore Kumar यह संगीत मुझे खुश महसूस कराता है www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO5q...

Victim of its own success. Puts paid to the myth that Irish people don't want EVs. What they really want is a bargain. Also - only 2000 cars out of 2.5 million registered! That's not a target, it's a rounding error. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

An interesting read.

In April, I had the miraculous opportunity to do an eco-writing residency for SE Asian writers on Cempedak Island eco-resort. Over the past year, they made a villa accessible for me, &trained staff in access. My resulting eco-horror story was published today: www.cempedak.com/post/rahim-l...

Comment certains médias façonnent l'opinion ? Cas concret. Je sors de mon interview sur BFM. La présentatrice : "Pour Marine Tondelier, la climatisation n'est pas une solution." Bizarre, j'ai pourtant dit : "la climatisation fait partie des solutions."

Le Carbofascisme - Que sais-je ? Merci @blast-info.fr Merci @palomamoritz.bsky.social et son équipe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7F...

Carbon capture ideas ...

Trans rights are human rights. No exceptions.

The towns of Niort and Poitiers both converted large city centre squares that used to be filled with parked cars and pedestrianised them. One chose greenery, trees, and fountains, the other concrete. Guess which one regrets that decision? (hint, it's Poitiers) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd99...

Can't argue with this cartoon.

Fun fact - air conditioning is illegal for the 10 million+ people who live in social housing in France, supposedly to protect them from high electricity bills. Many of those who died of the heat this week lived in social housing. www.actual-immo.fr/hlm-chaleur-...

“It's entirely possible to build cities for people instead of cars. This park in Antwerp was just a parking lot not too long ago.” award.thegreencities.eu/award-2025/b...

I know it's only June, but I will be surprised if I read another novel this year as explosively brilliant as Dooneen by @rid9way.bsky.social published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Think Beckett. Think Pynchon. Think whatever the hell you want. I rarely reread books, but I will make an exception.

Alarmists, they said. Anti-establishment commie greens. Des espèces de petite-nature écolos qui nous font chier avec leurs histoires et leurs interdits. Yes, perhaps. But the we-fucking-told-you-so has a very bitter taste. On aurait bien voulu ne pas avoir raison.

Comment Christophe Cassou, climatologue, a climatisé le plateau de BFMTV.