the vengeful pillow by Edward Gorey

Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.

‘Abundance’ is new Effective Altruism which is same old ‘don’t tax or regulate me bro’. Likes of Collisons funding this because they’re neck deep into stuff like crypto and want to destroy ability of regulatory state to function through funding libertarian lobbyists like Progress Ireland #spéirgorm

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️

I wonder if this is verified or perhaps the Qataris are looking to apply pressure and the facility will remarkably be repaired in far less time.

Never works in reverse, does it? People talking about climate action are (correctly) required to account for the economics and politics of what they're proposing. But when the grown-ups are taking on TV about geopolitics and oil it's seen as incongruous to bring up emissions.

“Hmmmm, I just crunched the numbers and it says I’m the specialest boy? That’s crazy, we weren’t even testing for that. No, no, just doublechecked the math, definitely the specialest.”

Research funded by special boys says special boys key to functioning of society and economy. Got it.

Oh no.. data centres are an economic Trojan Horse. Who could have known this.. Everyone, everyone.. has been saying this for so long but Govt has ignored the warnings. No long term jobs, loads of energy consumption. FF FG never met a dollar they didn't like.

🔥 This is an absolute bombshell. And it also shows that Europe called it right.

The PR value of showing a cost saving on electricity bills should not be underestimated. I know it's a lumbering beast, but they ought to strike now while fossil fuel dependency is looking like a vulnerability.

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating - Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action ‘maddening’, say analysts #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gotta take advantage of what you have available in the UK (lots of wind). In Canada we have lots of water so appx 60% of our electricity is hydro. Africa is great for solar. There’s energy everywhere if you bother to look. No need to move oil/gas around the world when you can generate locally.

Britain’s electricity is currently 69% zero carbon, largely thanks to domestic renewable energy. Those ‘windmills’ sure are effective at insulating us from the effects of Donald Trump’s Iranian disasterclass.

When is media going to stop doing this?

Passing through a city regularly, you sometimes notice changes more than the locals. Many Jeremy Clarkson types scoffed at Parisians voting to make it more expensive to use big cars in the city. Just look at it now! 1/2

Worth noting that, thus far, Trump’s own Navy has refused to join the “coalition of the willing”. US Navy ships remain more than 700km from Iran, away from the Persian Gulf and having so far refused every single request for an escort.

The United States is now more internationally isolated than Iran.

This is getting genuinely pathetic

Australia imports over 90% of its refined fuel, primarily sourcing it from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and India. While Australia imports some crude oil directly, most refined products come from Asian refineries, which in turn heavily rely on crude from the Middle East #Auspol #Petrol

"Hothschild says the fossil fuel industry is desperately fighting for its existence, and cited the extraordinary progress of solar and battery storage – including in Australia – as a prime example." reneweconomy.com.au/a-tidal-wave...

That's horrific. Kids are not even safe in the things "Hyundai urged owners to use caution when operating the second and third-row power seat functions" "in certain situations, those seats may not adequately detect contact with an occupant or object as intended"

British Conservatives are just as weird as the American ones. The centre for social justice is a centre right 'think tank' lobby group. All it's three listed founders are senior figures in the British Conservative party.

Literally this

😂 They need to scale up the tanker trucks to colossal mine hauler scale.

Ireland's conspiracy nuts have convinced themselves an oil crisis and fuel shortage is a conspiracy to control them. It would be pretty hilarious to point out how everything they've claimed about EVs and Govt Control is not just nonsense but instead fully applies to petrol and diesel..

This is totally unsurprising if you've been following shipping news over the last few years. Just wonderful work from Team USA.

Let's be clear: you would not be pulling THAADs from South Korea and moving a Marine Expeditionary Unit from Japan to the Gulf two weeks after launching a war on Iran if you had properly anticipated the fallout it would be likely to cause.

This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

Ohhh they must be one of those defensive bombing raids where they use peace bombs

The Iran War is a strategic disaster for the United States. @tparsi.bsky.social

Gas. It runs on gas. Fuck these monstrosities.

No agreement the west could offer would be likely to convince them that this time we'll actually hold our end of the bargain. Not when we kept violating agreements and waging illegal war against them at will. And empty unilateral declarations that the war is over from Trump definitely won't do it.

Cartoon by Jeff Koterba

"We mustn't rock the boat by criticising the US, we might antagonise them and endanger our economy!" US proceeds to kick a hole in the global economy.. It's like an abusive relationship.

Now feels like a good time to remember that Big Oil is the reason why we're still hooked on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels. The industry's lies have essentially stolen a generation’s worth of time that we could have used to transition to cleaner, safer energy sources. It’s time for accountability.

Israel is not getting enough "credit" for their role in this. Boycott the f#&k out of them.

Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.

Israel is hiding in the coat tails of the US on this war. Europe, Middle East and North Africa will be picking up the pieces of a humanitarian disaster and refugee crisis. EU must suspend the EU Association Agreement with Israel. People need to double down on Boycotts.

Coverage on BBC. Fire confirmed to have started in a vape shop this afternoon. The whole row is gutted and collapsing. It looks as though the fire brigade are struggling just to contain the fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

The “Twing Raid” is a 2,500-mile rally in one of France’s cheapest cars. The Renault Twingo. The Twing Raid takes 250 two-person teams across Morocco in first-gen Renault Twingos, from 1992 to 2007. #weirdcarbs

All the people that have argued against clean energy and things like bike lanes and trains are such assholes.

Make it stick.

Yesterday, I asked Kristi Noem’s former number 2, whether he disagreed with Noem’s statement that Renee Good & Alex Pretti were “domestic terrorists." He refused to answer. It's clear no one in this Administration knows right from wrong. He should not be representing our country.

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I think in Dubai, they're expatriate missile batteries.

Lets not be saying anything negative now.. www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

Remember this? “If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you it will have enormously positive impact in the region" A million people died, an entire society was destroyed in a War based on a complete lie.

Rich footballers. AI guys. Crypto guys. Bankers. Somehow we have rounded up all the world's worst people, the Third Arkers, in one easily-nukable spot.

I wonder how many the US will take. 🤔