Good shot!

First strong direct observational evidence that AMOC has already been weakening for the past 20 years. The bad news keeps coming. Need I add that we should reduce emissions asap? www.linkedin.com/posts/pall-g...

Netanyahu will have to bid goodbye to Budapest: PM-elect Magyar vows to return Hungary to the ICC and refuses to commit his government to vetoing EU measures against Israel’s far-right government. A dramatic shift from the Orbán-era alliance @davidiss.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...

UK slowly repairing some of the damage it did to itself by voting for Brexit.

🇺🇦FM SYBIHA: Russians are now losing an average of 30,000 soldiers per month, based on visually confirmed casualties. But they don’t care. However, this is becoming increasingly harmful for them. Once again, Putin must realise that he will never achieve his goals on battlefield.

Sweden has committed €4 billion in aid to Ukraine and agreed to launch training for Ukrainian pilots on Gripen fighter jets as early as this year. The package has also included continued humanitarian support, including child repatriation efforts and school meal programs. #Ukraine

One of Ukraine's favorite Russian refineries; not their first visit there ;)

The Netherlands will deliver a minehunter to Ukraine in June after completing crew training. The vessel will be named Henichesk and will become the fifth ship in Ukraine’s future mine countermeasure fleet. #Ukraine

One of Ukraine's favorite Russian refineries; not their first visit there ;)

'Time for Half-Measures Is Over': Study Warns of Terrifying Collapse of Atlantic Ocean Current "We must avoid this collapse at all costs," said a leading current researcher, who warned that "the stability of the entire planet" is at stake.

Commissioner Dan Jørgensen: The EU is in a better position than in 2022, but the scale of the current shock to global oil and gas supplies is greater. Warns against lowering taxes on oil and gas, since that risks keeping demand high, putting pressure on supplies. www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Are the Trump regime's continuing attempts to kill the Mauna Loa time series of atmospheric CO₂ having an impact now? The March update on the @climate.noaa.gov website is already 10 days late, while the data are there. gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

And it's more complicated than that. We recently learned from @swinda.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) that a subsystem of AMOC, the Subpolar Gyre south of Greenland, could shut down much faster than AMOC as a whole. This can have a profound effect on climate in NW-Europe within decades.

❄️ California's snowpack is at 10–20%, a new record low. Snowpack is a slow-release water source. When it's low, moisture disappears faster and vegetation dries out weeks ahead of schedule. Drier grass ignites faster. Fire moves through it faster. @alertcalifornia.bsky.social #Snowpack #CAwx

New research combined real-world ocean observations on the AMOC circulation with a range of climate models to determine the most reliable, and this hugely reduced the spread of uncertainty. They found an estimated slowdown of 42% to 58% in 2100, a level almost certain to end in collapse of AMOC.

Dutch government privacy advisor warned - in November - that allowing the official digital ID system for Dutch citizens to be sold to an American company will leave sensitive data exposed to US government. Parliament was not informed.

As King of the Netherlands, you do what govt wants you to do, like visiting Trump. But then you make sure you show up with black dancers, and speech about the need for 'reliable partners serving common interests', 'ruthless aggressors such as Russia', and 'essential international organisations' :)

Corruption 2.0

Hello, Germany?

Shadow fleet tankers are increasingly avoiding Sweden and authorities and opting for a relatively safer Germany route, if todays trend is anything to go by. 5 of them just in this thread.

🇫🇷 French cities are losing the right to establish low-emission zones to improve air quality – a measure that benefits everyone – marking a victory for older fossil-fuel-powered cars

Wilders is een ramp. Maar wat te zeggen van het huidige kabinet, dat willens en wetens asielwetten wil invoeren waarvan alle experts zeggen dat ze niet werken? Het kabinet-Jetten heeft niet alleen de asielwetten, maar ook het wetgevend opportunisme van het kabinet-Schoof overgenomen.

New research combined real-world ocean observations on the AMOC circulation with a range of climate models to determine the most reliable, and this hugely reduced the spread of uncertainty. They found an estimated slowdown of 42% to 58% in 2100, a level almost certain to end in collapse of AMOC.

Putin is getting a little bit afraid.

Yeah, there is one NATO country that doesn't provide any funds nor help and only profits from others buying weapons from them, let them share a part of the burden.

Moderate El Niño coming up: our planet could be in for another very warm year.

As King of the Netherlands, you do what govt wants you to do, like visiting Trump. But then you make sure you show up with black dancers, and speech about the need for 'reliable partners serving common interests', 'ruthless aggressors such as Russia', and 'essential international organisations' :)

HEALEY: Putin wants the world to think his forces built up unstoppable momentum on the battlefield. But for 4 straight months, Russia lost more troops than it recruited.

Ukraine's 1st Unmanned Systems Center unit hit a petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak, more than 1,500 km inside Russia, damaging facilities linked to aviation fuel and synthetic rubber production. #Ukraine

The UK will supply at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine in its largest-ever package. It includes long-range strike UAVs, reconnaissance drones, logistics systems and maritime platforms, with deliveries already underway. #UK

Canada starts 'fuel tax holiday', including aviation fuel, expected to cost an estimated C$2.4 billion. The stupidest tool from the box. Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It looks like Dutch government will avoid the unbearable dumbness of lowering fuel taxes amid a supply crisis! More sensible measures include compensating kilometers driven for work, support for low income households, and more subsidies for insulating homes. nos.nl/artikel/2610...

Australia didn’t avoid the unbearable dumbness unfortunately.

Canada starts 'fuel tax holiday', including aviation fuel, expected to cost an estimated C$2.4 billion. The stupidest tool from the box. Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It looks like Dutch government will avoid the unbearable dumbness of lowering fuel taxes amid a supply crisis! More sensible measures include compensating kilometers driven for work, support for low income households, and more subsidies for insulating homes. nos.nl/artikel/2610...

Capitulatie aan extreemrechts ziet er zo uit. Wat een beschamende vertoning.

❗️Norway will soon transfer the first of six upgraded F-16 fighters to Ukraine, with the aircraft refurbished and modernized in Belgium, PM Støre confirmed. #Ukraine

"The ousting of Hungary’s Putin-friendly premier Viktor Orbán in Hungary – by Péter Magyar’s Pro-European Tisza party – has sent shockwaves through much of Britain’s anti-migrant commentariat." bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/m...

And so may Europe's richest far-right think tank MCC, although Orbán made sure they still have €1.3 billion in Hungarian taxpayers' money to spend. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/meet-eu...

The far-right 'conservative' CPAC get-togethers in Europe may have to look for new sources of funding.

OPEC oil production drops by 7.9 million barrels/day due to the effects of the Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran. That puts OPEC's recent decision to increase the production ceiling by 0.2 million barrels/day in perspective.

❗️Raytheon has signed a $3.7 billion contract to supply Ukraine with Patriot GEM-T interceptor missiles, with Germany funding the acquisition. A new production facility in Germany will be a key element in supporting this agreement.

Saudi Arabia has warned Iran might retaliate against Trump's "blockade" of Hormuz by closing the Bab al-Mandeb—a Red Sea chokepoint crucial for Saudi's remaining oil exports. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

OPEC oil production drops by 7.9 million barrels/day due to the effects of the Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran. That puts OPEC's recent decision to increase the production ceiling by 0.2 million barrels/day in perspective.

The stupidest tool from the box. Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦

⚡️Spain, Belgium to allocate over $2 billion in defense support for Ukraine. Spain and Belgium have pledged a combined 2 billion euros ($2.35 billion) in new military aid to Ukraine following recent defense talks, officials said.

The far-right 'conservative' CPAC get-togethers in Europe may have to look for new sources of funding.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

To what extent must you have become so unsufferable to your own people that, with a historically record turnout, voters handed the opposition an absolute constitutional majority -- and have now spent nearly a full day celebrating in the streets, hugging each other because you're losing power.

Loyalty among far-right kleptocrats is skin deep.