@hossenfelder.bsky.social is starting to get on my nerves. What an annoying hodgepodge of real issues, half-truths & mimimis. Mixed with a good dose of rumors, myths & a superficial understanding of how the EU functions. And, of course: the bottlecap. Every empty complainer's favorite subject.

Die Grünen in BaWü beschließen mit der CDU den Einsatz der totalen Überwachungssoftware Palantir des Tech-Faschisten Thiel, dessen Firma wahrscheinlich als einzige weiß, was mit den Daten geschieht. Ich darf Arendt zitieren: Das Problem ist nicht, was unsere Feinde, sondern was unsere Freunde tun.

Welcome to the new European Parliament. This week, by relying on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules, the center-right EPP signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire. 🔗  www.politico.eu/article/euro... 

Absage an 'Studis gegen Rechts' wegen Neutralitätsgebot - von einer Universität sollte man eigentlich mehr Intellekt und Demokratieverständnis erwarten dürfen.

Ich habe diese Woche darüber geschrieben, warum man die Stromwende nicht mit der Energiewende verwechseln sollte. Und warum die Hoffnung der Menschheit, das die Klimakrise doch nicht so schlimm wird. ausgerechnet in China liegt. (der Text ist hinter der Schranke). www.zeit.de/2025/48/erne...

Scientists call on the European Union to protect people and nature from the hidden risks of #chemical cocktails. Every day, all living organisms are potentially exposed to dozens, or even hundreds, of chemicals – from #plastics and #pesticides to #cosmetics. www.gu.se/en/news/scie...

Quick reminder that the upcoming revision of the REACH Regulation offers an opportunity to improve the protection of human health & the environment. Simply by acknowledging the fact that we all are routinely exposed to complex chemical mixtures. New policy brief out in SCIENCE @science.org

Ich habe durchaus gemischte Gefühle, wenn ich so etwas lese...

Which I could disagree to any of this...

That's actually quite impressive. Would be nice if the US and the EU would try to compete with China also in this area.

Flüchtlinge nehmen dir nicht deine Facharzttermine weg. Aber Rassismus nimmt dir deine Fachärzte weg. www.mz.de/lokal/zeitz/...

Kustmiljöerna är viktiga för att vi ska kunna bada, fiska och bibehålla en levande kust och skärgård. Exploatering av kusten, bryggor, pirar och hamnar ökar i allt snabbare takt påverkar våra värdefulla kustmiljöer och våra hav negativt. www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...

Das... Äh... Wow, mir fehlen doch tatsächlich die Worte.

Hoffnung ist in diesen Zeiten auch nicht mehr jedermanns Sache. Was man trotzdem aus dem spektakulären Wahlsieg von @mamdani lernen kann www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

Super Artikel von @derbernd.bsky.social über den Wahlsieg von Zohran Mamdani. "Aber [...], aber [...], aber [...]... Ja genau, jetzt um Himmels willen nicht fahrlässig hoffen, bloß nicht lernen, womöglich könnte man beim Trott zum Schafott ja ins Straucheln geraten."

Besser als @der-postillon.com hätte man's nicht ausdrücken können... 😆

"These are not the actions of mature adults. They are examples of crude people displaying their incompetence as they flail about in jobs—including the presidency—for which they are not qualified” @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Absolut lesenswerte Kritik eines Interviews mit einem der großen Pseudo-Intellektuellen unserer Zeit. Danke @florianaigner.at für die Mühe!

Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years. Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇 🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int

And the worst: this torrent of crappy in-name-only review papers that floods the zone with sh*t comes at a time when good critical reviews are more needed than ever.

Naomi Oreskes, @naomioreskes.bsky.social , is awarded the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. Congratulation! Well deserved recognition of a voice that is crucial these days, now more than ever.

“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.” Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Garbage in, garbage out.

Wenn ein Multimilliardär erklärt: "es ist halt nicht genug Geld da, um das Klima zu retten UND Gesundheitsprogramme zu finanzieren! Entscheidet euch!" dann klingt das halt als würde er seinen Golfplatz bewässern und zu anderen sagen "Wasser zum Trinken UND zum Waschen? Geht nicht. Entscheidet euch!"

After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oh.... what fresh hell is this??

Das wird langsam echt bizarr...

Porsche will focus on comustion engines, instead of electric cars. Because "electric vehicles lacked the emotional thrill of noisy engines". Can we please stop subsidising such companies and let them go the way of the dodo? Can't happen soon enough.

Också ett uttryck för regeringens klimatpolitik. jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-i...

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In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere. In our society, this didn't make the fine print. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...

Thinking of European Commission staff behind the Farm to Fork Strategy when they'll read the new #EATLancet report.... They had it all right, and it's a real shame the EU's blueprint for healthy, fair and environmentally friendly #FoodSystems was derailed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be canceling $8 billion in climate-related projects in 16 states, the latest funding cut by the administration after the federal government plunged into shutdown overnight. www.cbsnews.com/news/govern...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list. Like a reverse rumpelstiltskin. If you don't mention it, it can't hurt you... Newsflash: It can. It will.

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

It's this time of the year again.

Ich hatte heute - Tiere im Gleis - Oberleitungsschaden - Stellwerksausfall, und - Brückenschaden. ...und ich hab' bislang nur 50% meiner Reise von Kiel nach Dessau zur #SETACGLB hinter mich gebracht. Da sind doch solche "Eilmeldungen" richtig super. Na ja, vielleicht auch einfach nur ehrlich.

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

The country that had free speech. Once upon a time.

That sounded quite different, just a couple of weeks ago. But ok, then I guess we'll see a systematic clean-up of that cesspool formerly known as twitter.

Ist doch schön. So lassen sich das Klima und die deutsche Wirtschaft gleichzeitig ruinieren...

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

NEW: Vote on 2040 climate target canceled after big EU governments — including France + Germany — blocked the decision to ensure leaders get a say. On Tuesday, countries will decide the fate of the 2035 Paris Agreement plan/NDC. Full story w/ @l-guillot.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/vote...

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.

Lesen, und... 🤬🤬🤬

"Trump has been signaling for a decade or so that political violence committed by his supporters is acceptable and might even be rewarded...Trump and...his acolytes frame such conduct not as violence, but as legitimate...self-defense;...they portray themselves as perpetual victims." New column:

The reality deniers of the Trump administration desperately try to stop global warming. ...by shutting their eyes. Aka CO2-monitoring satellites.

Wir haben recherchiert, was an der Behauptung dran ist, dass der Staat angeblich die Linken päppelt. Die kommt aus der AfD, wird aber von Teilen der Union übernommen. Das Ergebnis: Schützenvereine, Bauernverbände und andere bekommen deutlich mehr Geld www.zeit.de/2025/39/oeff...

New paper from the @ipcp.bsky.social board - Corporate ‘Capture Strategies’ Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health We highlight that capture strategies go beyond regulatory capture to include individuals, organisations, governments and intergovernmental meetings pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Sie haben friedliche Menschen gewaltsam attackiert! Was haben Sie zu Ihrer Verteidigung zu sagen? Ach? Sie dachten, das seien Klimaschützer? Ach so! Na dann ist es gut. Das kann schon mal passieren.