@empiresofwaste.bsky.social
Holy crap.
"Dr. Daniel Swain
@Weather_West
The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns). #WAwx"
"Dr. Daniel Swain
@Weather_West
The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns). #WAwx"
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Holy crap.
"Dr. Daniel Swain
@Weather_West
The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns). #WAwx"
"Dr. Daniel Swain
@Weather_West
The fact that parts of Washington are seeing record-breaking flooding this week is not surprising given that 1) many locations saw record 24hr precipitation (well above 100yr ARI) & 2) near-record temperatures *simultaneously* (no snow in mtns). #WAwx"
Reposted
Jimmy Fallon has the integrity of a cardboard bed
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jimmy Fallon has the integrity of a cardboard bed
"A dual-origin model for cat dispersal, indicating an initial spread from Anatolia to Europe by Neolithic farmers ~6400 years ago, followed by a second wave from Egypt ~2000 years ago.
Dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"A dual-origin model for cat dispersal, indicating an initial spread from Anatolia to Europe by Neolithic farmers ~6400 years ago, followed by a second wave from Egypt ~2000 years ago.
Dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted
Labour & Selfservatives are imploding, Deform UK are charlatans who will be even worse than the other two.
I voted Green last year because their candidate was the most left-wing and least genocidal candidate on my ballot paper, but now I've joined. If you want to stop the rise of Deform, #VoteGreen
I voted Green last year because their candidate was the most left-wing and least genocidal candidate on my ballot paper, but now I've joined. If you want to stop the rise of Deform, #VoteGreen
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Labour & Selfservatives are imploding, Deform UK are charlatans who will be even worse than the other two.
I voted Green last year because their candidate was the most left-wing and least genocidal candidate on my ballot paper, but now I've joined. If you want to stop the rise of Deform, #VoteGreen
I voted Green last year because their candidate was the most left-wing and least genocidal candidate on my ballot paper, but now I've joined. If you want to stop the rise of Deform, #VoteGreen
Liking this very much - from artfuleye.quora.com
"If the movie "Finding Nemo" was biologically accurate, Nemo's father would become female after Nemo's mother passed away. Then he would have mated his son."
"If the movie "Finding Nemo" was biologically accurate, Nemo's father would become female after Nemo's mother passed away. Then he would have mated his son."
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Liking this very much - from artfuleye.quora.com
"If the movie "Finding Nemo" was biologically accurate, Nemo's father would become female after Nemo's mother passed away. Then he would have mated his son."
"If the movie "Finding Nemo" was biologically accurate, Nemo's father would become female after Nemo's mother passed away. Then he would have mated his son."
Unfortunately, there aren't sufficient words in the English language to describe how corrupt, useless and pointless COP and its participants are...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...
insideclimatenews.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Unfortunately, there aren't sufficient words in the English language to describe how corrupt, useless and pointless COP and its participants are...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Reposted
"You know what else is prohibited? Wars. Banned since 1928, when Germany signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, designed to prevent another world war. Ah." buff.ly/DeudE5c
Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no | Mithu Sanyal
The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die, says German academic Mithu Sanyal
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"You know what else is prohibited? Wars. Banned since 1928, when Germany signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, designed to prevent another world war. Ah." buff.ly/DeudE5c
Reposted
‘Troubled Hinkley Point C #nuclear will add £1bn annually to UK energy bills as soon as it’s switched on, official figures show. The money will be taken from consumers and handed to the French owner #EDF.'
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
‘Troubled Hinkley Point C #nuclear will add £1bn annually to UK energy bills as soon as it’s switched on, official figures show. The money will be taken from consumers and handed to the French owner #EDF.'
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
"India has recorded its highest-ever annual addition of clean energy with 31.25 GW of non-fossil power added"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
Clean energy surge: India adds record 31.25 GW non-fossil capacity this year, says Pralhad Joshi - The Times of India
India Business News: India has achieved a record 31.25 GW of non-fossil power capacity addition this financial year, with solar power leading the surge. The nation's solar
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"India has recorded its highest-ever annual addition of clean energy with 31.25 GW of non-fossil power added"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
Reposted
#China emissions flatlined; deploying clean energy faster than any other country, dominating supply chains of vital minerals, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
What happened on energy and climate in China this year?
Emissions flatlined; clean power pushed out coal; and oil for transport falls again.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#China emissions flatlined; deploying clean energy faster than any other country, dominating supply chains of vital minerals, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...
"Up to 200,000 English properties are at risk of sea level rise from the 2050s"
All from the climate change Nigel Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation say isn't happening... strange!
tyndall.ac.uk/news/150000-....
All from the climate change Nigel Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation say isn't happening... strange!
tyndall.ac.uk/news/150000-....
150,000 - 200,000 homes and businesses in England at risk of sea level rise from the 2050s - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Up to 200,000 English properties are at risk of sea level rise from the 2050s shows a study published today by Paul Sayers an Affiliate of the Tyndall Centre UEA.
tyndall.ac.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Up to 200,000 English properties are at risk of sea level rise from the 2050s"
All from the climate change Nigel Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation say isn't happening... strange!
tyndall.ac.uk/news/150000-....
All from the climate change Nigel Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation say isn't happening... strange!
tyndall.ac.uk/news/150000-....
Reposted
Some good news.
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Some good news.
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
Apparently, OpenAI is going to end up just like MySpace.
"OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble" - futurism.com/artificial-i...
"OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble" - futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble
What was once a healthy lead over OpenAI's competition thanks to its blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT has turned into a razor-thin edge.
futurism.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Apparently, OpenAI is going to end up just like MySpace.
"OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble" - futurism.com/artificial-i...
"OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble" - futurism.com/artificial-i...
"Interestingly, the suit alleges that spreading false information is essentially Owens’s business model."
She copied it off Rupert Murdoch, apparently...
finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-...
She copied it off Rupert Murdoch, apparently...
finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-...
Inside the economics of Candace Owens’s media empire and the Macron lawsuit threatening to unravel it
The French president and first lady have tapped the firm behind Dominion’s $787.5 million win against Fox News to pursue Owens personally and commercially.
finance.yahoo.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Interestingly, the suit alleges that spreading false information is essentially Owens’s business model."
She copied it off Rupert Murdoch, apparently...
finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-...
She copied it off Rupert Murdoch, apparently...
finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-...
Reposted
The one who sounds sane @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌🏻
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The one who sounds sane @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌🏻
Reposted
Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Anyone noticed how UK media is a lot less obsessed with Farage’s alleged antisemitism than Corbyn’s alleged antisemitism?
Odd that.
Odd that.
Reposted
The November 2025 Arctic sea ice volume was the lowest on record for the month of November. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The November 2025 Arctic sea ice volume was the lowest on record for the month of November. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Trumpist National Security Strategy 2025 is now online.
You should check it out (www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...) - it is a seriously deranged document, the purpose of which is to add a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.... no, seriously.
You should check it out (www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...) - it is a seriously deranged document, the purpose of which is to add a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.... no, seriously.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Trumpist National Security Strategy 2025 is now online.
You should check it out (www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...) - it is a seriously deranged document, the purpose of which is to add a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.... no, seriously.
You should check it out (www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...) - it is a seriously deranged document, the purpose of which is to add a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.... no, seriously.
Reposted
Good for Halle Berry. Dems, take note:
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Halle Berry blasts Gavin Newsom at live event, says he 'shouldn't be our next president' before he takes stage
"At this stage in my life, I have zero f---s left to give," Berry added.
www.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Good for Halle Berry. Dems, take note:
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Isn't it lovely that Japan has now found a group of Chinese that it loves and wants to defend, rather than, say, invading, mass-murdering and wholesale raping? Like Nanking?
www.btimesonline.com/articles/176...
www.btimesonline.com/articles/176...
Beijing Rejects Takaichi’s Clarification, Says Japan ‘Absolutely Does Not Accept This’ on Taiwan Remarks
Tensions between China and Japan have intensified after Beijing rejected Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's latest clarification regarding her earlier comments on Taiwan, insisting that Tokyo mu...
www.btimesonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Isn't it lovely that Japan has now found a group of Chinese that it loves and wants to defend, rather than, say, invading, mass-murdering and wholesale raping? Like Nanking?
www.btimesonline.com/articles/176...
www.btimesonline.com/articles/176...
Also, if your government is insisting on mass development of AI data centres, which chew up energy and water faster than Trump can tell a lie, your Net Zero is fucked anyway....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Also, if your government is insisting on mass development of AI data centres, which chew up energy and water faster than Trump can tell a lie, your Net Zero is fucked anyway....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted
Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
Reposted
We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth
Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.
www.euronews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data”
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
According to Greenpeace, plastic recycling is a myth perpetrated by plastics industry PR
"The latest U.S. government data indicates that just 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled annually,4 down froma high of 9.5% in 2014"
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
"The latest U.S. government data indicates that just 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled annually,4 down froma high of 9.5% in 2014"
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
www.greenpeace.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
According to Greenpeace, plastic recycling is a myth perpetrated by plastics industry PR
"The latest U.S. government data indicates that just 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled annually,4 down froma high of 9.5% in 2014"
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...
"The latest U.S. government data indicates that just 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled annually,4 down froma high of 9.5% in 2014"
www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...