Ben Abraham
@afterclimate.com.au
I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions.
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
https://afterclimate.com.au/
https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/
Was @afterclimate on Twitter
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Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025 – and is Nvidia to blame?
One of my most-read GTG pieces of 2025 was hot out the gates – published in the very first week of January. In it, I asked “What is going on with Nvidia GPUs and PC gaming emissions” and I looked at t...
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New year new thread for Newsletter posts!
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
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Nothing Trump says -- including publicly shitting on the contributions of Australian armed forces to US war aims, whether in Afghanistan or elsewhere -- will alter Australia's status as loyal servant to American power.
The head of Australia’s largest veteran organisation has categorically rejected Trump’s claim that allied soldiers “stayed a little back” from the frontlines when they supported the US campaign in Afghanistan, calling the comments “unfathomable”.
‘Unfathomable’: Australian veterans disgusted by Trump’s claim allied troops ‘stayed a little back’ from frontline
In casting doubt on Nato’s reliability, US president references Afghanistan campaign – which involved 40,000 Australian troops and left 47 dead
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Nothing Trump says -- including publicly shitting on the contributions of Australian armed forces to US war aims, whether in Afghanistan or elsewhere -- will alter Australia's status as loyal servant to American power.
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Says the man not listening to advice on climate change "as it comes through."
January 24, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Says the man not listening to advice on climate change "as it comes through."
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DESPITE A COURT ORDERING HER RELEASE
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 AM
DESPITE A COURT ORDERING HER RELEASE
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ICE 🤝 IDF
Using food as bait to kill people
Using food as bait to kill people
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 23, 2026 at 6:10 PM
ICE 🤝 IDF
Using food as bait to kill people
Using food as bait to kill people
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Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
Documents prove the Trump administration arrested students for criticizing Israel
Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
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ICE pigs won’t help you in an emergency and they’ll still lock you up even if you literally save their lives. They should’ve just let this fucker choke on his own tongue, it would’ve saved more lives in the aggregate.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
ICE pigs won’t help you in an emergency and they’ll still lock you up even if you literally save their lives. They should’ve just let this fucker choke on his own tongue, it would’ve saved more lives in the aggregate.
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God it fills my heart up to read stuff like this
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
God it fills my heart up to read stuff like this
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Yet another data point supporting the view that there is change afoot in the global financial system.
I know it's trite, but this is all "how to dismantle a reserve currency."
The dollar as the go-to haven in times of crisis, well, that appears (again) to be shaky.
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I know it's trite, but this is all "how to dismantle a reserve currency."
The dollar as the go-to haven in times of crisis, well, that appears (again) to be shaky.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Yet another data point supporting the view that there is change afoot in the global financial system.
I know it's trite, but this is all "how to dismantle a reserve currency."
The dollar as the go-to haven in times of crisis, well, that appears (again) to be shaky.
1/
I know it's trite, but this is all "how to dismantle a reserve currency."
The dollar as the go-to haven in times of crisis, well, that appears (again) to be shaky.
1/
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New year new thread for Newsletter posts!
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025 – and is Nvidia to blame?
One of my most-read GTG pieces of 2025 was hot out the gates – published in the very first week of January. In it, I asked “What is going on with Nvidia GPUs and PC gaming emissions” and I looked at t...
gtg.benabraham.net
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
New year new thread for Newsletter posts!
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
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Ahead of an exceptional heat wave, SE Australia this morning was very chilly
In Particular the Tasmanian King Island dropped to 2.7C ,its January lowest temperature on record
‼️Extreme dangerous heat from tomorrow in SA,NSW and VIC with peaks of 46/49C until the end of the month
In Particular the Tasmanian King Island dropped to 2.7C ,its January lowest temperature on record
‼️Extreme dangerous heat from tomorrow in SA,NSW and VIC with peaks of 46/49C until the end of the month
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Ahead of an exceptional heat wave, SE Australia this morning was very chilly
In Particular the Tasmanian King Island dropped to 2.7C ,its January lowest temperature on record
‼️Extreme dangerous heat from tomorrow in SA,NSW and VIC with peaks of 46/49C until the end of the month
In Particular the Tasmanian King Island dropped to 2.7C ,its January lowest temperature on record
‼️Extreme dangerous heat from tomorrow in SA,NSW and VIC with peaks of 46/49C until the end of the month
New year new thread for Newsletter posts!
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025 – and is Nvidia to blame?
One of my most-read GTG pieces of 2025 was hot out the gates – published in the very first week of January. In it, I asked “What is going on with Nvidia GPUs and PC gaming emissions” and I looked at t...
gtg.benabraham.net
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
New year new thread for Newsletter posts!
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
First up - Did PC gaming emissions grow in 2025? And, uuhhh, *how much* is Nvidia to blame? Read my short post below to find out. ⬇️
gtg.benabraham.net/did-pc-gamin...
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If anyone here has ever used my research (book, chapters, articles) in their teaching could you send me the details of where and how so I can document 'research impact' better for my institution. Could be on neoliberalism, unions, heat and climate change, anything. Many thanks!
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 AM
If anyone here has ever used my research (book, chapters, articles) in their teaching could you send me the details of where and how so I can document 'research impact' better for my institution. Could be on neoliberalism, unions, heat and climate change, anything. Many thanks!
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There is so much good stuff in this report but man does this stand out - it has never been so important to switch from fossil to clean rather than from coal to gas. This is great to see
I'll end on a goodbye...for coal.
The coal share across the EU fell to 9.2% in 2025. Ten years ago, coal made up a 25% of EU electricity generation.
19 EU countries now have less than 5% coal (and no, its not being swapped for gas).
Coal is on the way out...
The coal share across the EU fell to 9.2% in 2025. Ten years ago, coal made up a 25% of EU electricity generation.
19 EU countries now have less than 5% coal (and no, its not being swapped for gas).
Coal is on the way out...
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There is so much good stuff in this report but man does this stand out - it has never been so important to switch from fossil to clean rather than from coal to gas. This is great to see
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Things looking really good atm
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Things looking really good atm
Oh yeah I bet it's being discussed. In terms like "wow, you can actually say that?" and "gee, people seem to like a leader that isn't a gigantic suckhole" wonder what the lessons the govt will take from that might be! Won't hold my breath on a change of strategy
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Jim Chalmers says Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ denunciation of Trump is being widely discussed in Australian government
Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Oh yeah I bet it's being discussed. In terms like "wow, you can actually say that?" and "gee, people seem to like a leader that isn't a gigantic suckhole" wonder what the lessons the govt will take from that might be! Won't hold my breath on a change of strategy
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"I know we are all going gaga over Carney, but Gaza, not Greenland, broke what was left of the liberal international order." -- @GregGrandin
Exactly right GG. @katemac.bsky.social & I last yr
"Western legitimacy, moreover, lies buried in the rubble of Gaza."
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pol...
Exactly right GG. @katemac.bsky.social & I last yr
"Western legitimacy, moreover, lies buried in the rubble of Gaza."
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pol...
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"I know we are all going gaga over Carney, but Gaza, not Greenland, broke what was left of the liberal international order." -- @GregGrandin
Exactly right GG. @katemac.bsky.social & I last yr
"Western legitimacy, moreover, lies buried in the rubble of Gaza."
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pol...
Exactly right GG. @katemac.bsky.social & I last yr
"Western legitimacy, moreover, lies buried in the rubble of Gaza."
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pol...
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I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
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The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
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I still keep up with the pleadings in the ongoing 9/11 civil litigation seeking accountability from those who gave support to al Qaida in the decade before the Attacks, and I note with a raised eyebrow that the FBI's document production has been delayed by "a high-priority transparency project."
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I still keep up with the pleadings in the ongoing 9/11 civil litigation seeking accountability from those who gave support to al Qaida in the decade before the Attacks, and I note with a raised eyebrow that the FBI's document production has been delayed by "a high-priority transparency project."
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Speers: "If they say Israel is engaged in genocide ... and Jewish Australians feel harassed or intimidated, they can be banned for that reason?"
AG Rowland: "If those criteria are satisfied then that is the case."
So, criticism of Israel is now deemed harassment & intimidation & illegal?! #auspol
AG Rowland: "If those criteria are satisfied then that is the case."
So, criticism of Israel is now deemed harassment & intimidation & illegal?! #auspol
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Speers: "If they say Israel is engaged in genocide ... and Jewish Australians feel harassed or intimidated, they can be banned for that reason?"
AG Rowland: "If those criteria are satisfied then that is the case."
So, criticism of Israel is now deemed harassment & intimidation & illegal?! #auspol
AG Rowland: "If those criteria are satisfied then that is the case."
So, criticism of Israel is now deemed harassment & intimidation & illegal?! #auspol
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water temple
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 AM
water temple