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The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .

He always talks like a 12 year old trying to impress his 18 year old cousin.

Another difficult night for #Kyiv. A Russian missile attack injured 11 people, including an 11-year-old boy. 📹: A huge crater left by a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv / Yan Dobronosov / Telegraf

We really should stop calling it "age verification." Because that is not what it is. Call it "forced doxxing" instead. Most people think the concept of age verification and protecting kids online is common sense. So we must rebrand it to reveal its true purpose, which is something they will fear.

I shouldn’t have to enter a life-ruining amount of easily hackable personal information to visit a website, and neither should anyone else of ANY age.

Reminder: world’s oceans absorb 90% of global warming; this massive heat buffer is now almost completely saturated. 🚨 “Nearly 40% of oceans worldwide undergoing marine heatwaves, with intense hot patches in Mediterranean Sea & Pacific Ocean >10F hotter than usual”. grist.org/climate/heat...

Voor de mensen die nog op twitter zitten: willen jullie deze pagina aub rapporteren? Ik heb geen toestemming gegeven voor het gebruik van mijn foto, vooral niet voor cyberbullying.

Out standing in our own field.

One way of seeing climate change in action is looking at 1200 year continuous data from Japan about cherry tree blossoming.

a lot of talk about polluted water and data centers these days — it’s been a really massive hidden issue since well before ai. ai just made it worse, but the logics of it all have been long established

Ik zag van de week in het niews ook al een gezin op weg naar Zuid-Frankrijk, die man zei: tegen de tijd dat wij daar zijn, zijn die bosbranden wel over. Psychologen noemen dit verschijnsel onrealistisch optimisme.

British Jewish politician speaks out against the genocide by Israel.

Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe #energysky -- via Canary Media:

Climate driven heat shutters EDF France nuclear reactors My CGTN interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4eI...

Major Jason Watson has apparently been restricted to a military base as the Air Force considers what charges to bring against him Being silenced by a gag order as well, he can’t communicate with the general public But if he COULD speak, I think we all know what he’d say IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE

The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them | Extreme heat https://www.europesays.com/3122901/ Some people – and media organisations – still have difficulty connecting the heatwaves currently gripping much of the…

Just ban disposable BBQs.

"A massive data facility uses automation and, once built, rarely employs more than a few dozen people. Data centers really only benefit the Big Tech emperors, to whom, according to a growing American consensus, we are no longer willing to sacrifice our towns." newrepublic.com/article/2126...

Just shows that creatives and Fascists don’t match.

Tropical nights come to Europe ft.trib.al/18Zt1Lj

Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’, warns IEA chief ft.trib.al/33nhndh

🌳🌴 🌳 Trees and urban forests can make our cities cooler, greener, healthier and happier places to live. They even act as air filters, improving air quality for city dwellers! #CleanAirNow #GreenCities #GenerationRestoration

Apple alleges OpenAI improperly obtained trade secrets tied to the iPhone maker’s hardware development through former Apple employees as the AI company expands into consumer devices.

British trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die.

"I think the biggest misinformation spreader in the U.S. is the President of the United States himself. [...] Even if you don’t like him, or you don’t like what he says, even if you know that whatever he says is not true, it’s impossible to avoid seeing his content."

En ook in Nederland : steeds vaker Beuken met een opvallend dunne kroon en veel dode takken, en bomen die in de xomer al blad laten vallen door droogte en hitte. Verdrogende bossen nemen geen CO2 meer op, klimaatopwarming versterkt zichzelf.

Seen some folks asking about lawyers who help federal employees so: 1. obviously, you can call us. we'll try to fit you in considering ~everything~ 2. go to MWELA.org. that's the plaintiff's employment bar association in the DMV. go to NELA.org nationally. search for lawyers who do federal work.

My lovely friends, I have decided to be brave and commit to doing this, but I need your help! The Wayzgoose will be an opportunity to learn more about print and print history, meet other printers and book craft folk and develop some new skills & ideas. Rewards for £10+, £50+ and £100+ in next post!

Joined the tech report to talk about how Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon buying AI GPUs is making memory - and everything else - more expensive in tech, and turning them into asset-heavy, cashflow-negative monoliths based on their disastrous bet on generative AI. youtu.be/3u0KeTC7jso?...

NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist

One step closer to the European Union. Ukraine and Moldova have delivered. And the EU is delivering too. Today’s agreement by EU Member States to open another cluster in the accession negotiations marks further progress for Ukraine and Moldova.

Er zijn twee scenario’s: energietransitie met energiebesparing OF geen energie. #EnergieCrisis #KlimaatVerandering #EuropaOorlog #FitFor55 #Paris2030

Please do read the excellent article by my @carbonbrief.org colleagues @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social with analysis by @zekehausfather.com www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...

NEW: Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate KEY FACT: Many European cities, on the world's fastest-warming continent, never needed AC in the past For some strange reason – I can't imagine why – many commentators prefer to ignore this

Umm, guys…

As Super Typhoon Bavi approaches, residents in Taiwan, Japan and China have been stockpiling supplies and closing businesses. Hundreds of fishing boats have rushed back to port to shelter from the storm, while flights and ferries have been cancelled.

Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.

Russische dienst hackte camera's langs militaire routes in Nederland

No words. When does it stop? 💔 #Pinks #ProudBlue

Spotted last night on hoarding around a partially-demolished abandoned former hotel on the seafront in Clacton 🗑️

Nothing says “this insurance company knows my country” than using an AI generated map of Belgium that puts Ghent in Wallonie, gives us two Namurs and a south coast on the Med.

Reminder that we are still sending out anti-ICE whistles to anyone who needs them! Any quantity from 100-3000. Free. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Britain’s public sector runs on US cloud, and that is now a billion-pound risk - thenextweb.com/news/uk-clou... " Almost every UK government body depends on handful of American hyperscalers, concentrating billions of pounds and critical services in systems Whitehall cannot fully see inside" stupid

As Europe bakes in another heatwave, the AC discourse rumbles on. To add some data to the debate, here's a map of residential AC uptake around the world from some forthcoming research. Given the temperatures now regularly being experienced, people in Europe really just don't have a lot of AC.

"We live in the most dangerous time since the Cuban Missile Crisis because Ukraine is becoming unwinnable for Russia." Rt Hon Al Carns MP discussed the NATO summit in Ankara and the threat posed by Russia at our 2026 London Conference.

It won't be too many decades before such camps, in Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam, Hamburg and other northern European continental cities, are homes to Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, Bulgarians and other southern Europeans sleeping rough after being displaced by climate change impacts.

10 July 1888 | Dutch Jew, Hartog Velleman, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU