Wenn die EU bis zur Mitte des Jahrhunderts klimaneutral sein will, muss sie die Erzeugung von Wind- und Solarstrom bis 2040 versiebenfachen, ergibt eine Studie des @PIK_climate . Autor Robert Pietzcker hält dies angesichts der Dynamik in dem Bereich für erreichbar […]

Finally! A brilliantly well written English-language article about #Orbán and his epic fall last week, about #hungary and its last 16 years spent in state capture, and a detailed background on Hungary's new prime minister Péter #magyar#Orbán(explains where he comes from, how he got into national […]

Interview by @pkrugman.bsky.social of @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about Hungary is superb; well worth 30min (on 2x). Thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social I had the privilege to hear and & meet her in Berlin not too long ago, but this is just INCREDIBLE analysis about #democracy and how it has been gamed.

@TransitionShow The US has *never* been able to muster that. Congress has never committed the US to any kind of climate action or any decarbonization goal. Because too many of its legislators, the occasional president, and yes, too many SCOTUS justices are in the pockets of the fossil fuel […]

We did a miniseries about the UK’s transition at @TransitionShow for those who want to see what a functional government that actually intends to do something about global warming looks like […]

Having a presence in the Fediverse isn't about reach, engagement metrics, or cost per conversion. It's a civic duty of every organization believing in democratic values. #fediverse #mastodon

RE: https://mastodon.world/@longreads/116375692608737439 We can see the same phenomenon on those who created the propaganda and disinformation news in Hungary: their worldview started to accommodate to the fake reality they created in the news / in the disinformation videos / on TV, etc. At […]

"These results show that, in politics, there is no inevitable trend," commented Prime Minister Donald Tusk from Seoul. "Everyone was convinced it was the era of authoritarian and corrupt regimes. That's not the case. First Warsaw, then Bucharest, Chisinau, now Budapest. I'm glad this part of […]

🧵 #választás2026 Less than 2 weeks until the parliamentary #elections in #hungary#választás2026 and though it gets remarkable international coverage (even by John Oliver 😻), was thinking that maybe adding more context and highlighting the most relevant stories would prove helpful.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z/-/a-dHaawse0TlCFW1dxAadrpA%3Aa%3A2427788627-%2F0 Next time you hear about the imminent #demographiccollapse and extinction of the human race because women don't have enough babies (ideology promoted not only by right-wing politicians […]

The Polar Climate Space: Our next hackathon/bootcamp on polar climate processes is now open for applications. Funded by European Space Agency - ESA's climate programe under the #esapisco project, and in association with the Horizon Europe project #snowpi, we are looking for talented ECRs and […]

Claim 3: “Fossil fuel markets are highly competitive”. If, as it appears, his yardstick is subsidies, he really needs to do some research. Globally, the IMF states, explicit subsidies for fossil fuels were $725 billion in 2024. Implicit subsidies were $6.7 trillion. www.imf.org/en/publicati...

Great video. Watch it!

Highly recommend this pod on AI where @chrislhayes.bsky.social interviews Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of a big recent New Yorker piece on the subject. Tons of interestng discussion, especially for us ex-philosophy geeks. Forthwith, a short 🧵

Best roundup of the effects of Trump's war on Iran on the global energy system so far is from Carbon Brief (no surprise there): https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-the-iran-war-mean-for-the-energy-transition-and-climate-action/ Per FT: “granular urea prices in the Middle East have risen by […]

Germany news: Household wealth reaches record €10 trillion German households are holding record levels of financial assets amid economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, the number of illegal border entries in Germany has decreased by over 50% in the past two years. DW has more […]

Sustainable energy just makes sense: [Bluesky] Bloomberg News ‪@bloomberg.com‬ Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the […]

@chrisnelder One of the NPR shows had an oil industry expert on saying 1) none of the majors are interested; 2) market can’t support the needed investments; 3) OPEC was increasing production despite low market prices to suppress any new entry.

The thing nearly all media commentators have missed (because nobody knows nothin’ about energy in media) is that Venezuela has a lot of oil alright, but it’s heavy sour, hard to produce, hard to refine, and hard to transport, requiring: • Conventional drilling + artificial lift • Diluent […]

Most people who have something to say about climate change deliver their thoughts to me electronically these days, but I still get the occasional letter.

If you missed @molly0xfff's #SXSW conversation with @mike#sxswabout digital sovereignty, you missed out — one audience member said it was "worth the badge alone." Luckily, it's now available on the SXSW site. Check it out here: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154 We're working on […]

Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-coming-to-the-eu/

There are so many great apps and services in the fediverse. To gain a better understanding of these I spoke with @atomicpoet for the latest episode of DotSocial. As many of you already know, Chris is a long time fediverse enthusiast with a lot of insight into the past, present and future of the […]

I wouldn't be certain China has nothing to do with all this. Russia is becoming a peripheral dependent, like North Korea. The UN vote was striking: there was a Russia block, a Ukraine Block, and a China block. Who was in which is well worth reading thoroughly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...

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Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/mastodon-is-working-to-add-the-controversial-quote-posts-feature/

America's new plan for AI safety is "let's see what happens." I wrote about JD Vance in Paris https://www.platformer.news/paris-ai-action-summit-vance-safety/

Transparency International: Corruption is a climate issue Several countries, including Germany, have received their lowest score yet on the global watchdog's "Corruption Perceptions Index." https://www.dw.com/en/transparency-international-corruption-is-a-climate-issue/a-71567464

If the EU threw the AILD under the bus as a "concession", I can only say, "well played." That the (very lightly revised) product liability directive is sufficient for the #AIAct makes the key message that AI and software ARE just products. bsky.app/profile/luca... #AIActionSummit #SommetActionIA

DeepSeek took off in part because, in a first, it offered a reasoning model that explains to you what it's doing. Its success shows how little AI product teams have done so far to make their products appealing to normal people […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

@Sarahp so true! I can’t wait for this myself. It is coming soon and will have special layouts for larger screens too.

@mike I need a web version of surf :cwy:

How the 'Frankfurt kitchen' triggered a domestic revolution Around a century ago, working in the kitchen was still cumbersome and inefficient. But then a Viennese architect had a groundbreaking idea that has endured to this day: the fitted kitchen […]

I don't understand the prevalent techno-pessimism. Today, technological empowerment is at the greatest level ever in human history. Our computers can run @debian, our phones can run @GrapheneOS and @fdroidorg, our TVs can run @Kodi, we can turn to @wikipedia for vast troves of human knowledge […]

Billionaires growing richer faster than ever, says Oxfam Oxfam said trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade, as the richest 1% now own 45% of global wealth, while 44% of humanity lives on less than $6.85 per day […]

#greatread ❤️ interdisciplinary research "We found that even 200 years after immigration, the ancestry at one site (Leobersdorf) remained dominantly East Asian-like, whereas the other site (Mödling) shows local, European-like ancestry. These two nearby sites show little biological […]

What a 💚 #vanilla story! Until recently local farmers were unaware of its commercial and financial value. In 2015, after discovering the orchid in El Valle, #swissaid #Colombia partnered with two local community councils. "offers a more sustainable alternative to traditional, often […]

Cool graphic from KWS on the #GenomeEditing timeline. Impressive how few years passed between the first use of CRISPR/Cas9 in a crop plant (2013) to the first release of an edited crop ( #GABATomato ) (2021). Trad. #PlantBreeding can take decades! 😮 www.kws.com/corp/de/inno... #PlantScience

I absolutely LOVE this audio post from @atomicpoet about @Gargron. Chris perfectly summarizes Eugen's years of tireless work to help make the social web a reality. Listen to the end. Eugen is a hero. He's done so much with so little. I'm grateful for the important work he's done over the years […]

New direct train from Paris - Berlin is only €72 in first class (OK, I have a Bahncard 25). 😎 #aiactionsummit

#admin #indiewebsocial We watch the Meta changes in factchecking, moderation policy, etc, with concern. But this is still true: "We have all the tools we need for that [protecting our users] ...And if we find ANY server not responsive THEN we block. Protecting our users is our 1st job but we […]