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Peter Minne
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Engineer. Building & reparing things. Co-founder @Smart_Symbols, @showpad, @itpocket . Uncontrollable urge to question the status quo. Possibly annoying others with it.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 3d
Yet another climate buffer being pushed over its limits. 😔
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 4d
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
Map showing location of Thwaites Glacier overlaid on NASA visualisation showing where gravity satellite data indicate Antarctica lost most ice between 2002 and 2023
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8d
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
georgemonbiot.bsky.social George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9d
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
georgemonbiot.bsky.social George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9d
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 8d
Of een type openbare vuilbakken kiezen dat op z'n minst functioneel is?

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10d
It was a call I couldn't ignore.

I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
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Speaking at EU Energy Council
YouTube video by Jan Rosenow
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 9d
As for bike theft, a Litelok resists angle grinders fairly well
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 10d
De Antwerpse ring, Charlie K, en bijbelverzen. De discussie in de oudergroep over een daguitstapje neemt onverwachte wendingen 🍿
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 13d
De pestkop van de hele wereld zo ongeveer
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Peter De Smet @dewlanna.bsky.social · 25d
Gisteren zag ik op een beurs mensen van Kids & More, die doneren LEGO aan kinderziekenhuizen.

Ikzelf kan nog enkele weken genieten van een bedrijfskorting op LEGO.

💡 Idee
Wat als we met z'n allen geld ophalen en met die opbrengst + de extra bonus dat doneren aan die lieve mensen?

Links hieronder
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 23d
Op welke naam?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26d
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 25d
The framing of ‘giving up’ is a major issue IMO. My family changed to low(er) carbon way of eating, travelling, showering, etc, and all these things actually turned out to have improved life. People don’t reconsider their habits if it’s perceived as ‘going backwards’. That perception needs to change
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 27d
Correctie, na herlezen van de thread valt het me op dat het specifiek over controle-artsen gaat, niet specifiek adviserende artsen. Worden echter wel vaak over dezelfde kam geschoren. Maar verschillende functie dus.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 27d
Jouw beeld van adviserende artsen lijkt nogal achterhaald cliché @stefketels.vrk.social. Er zullen er ongetwijfeld zo nog wel zijn, maar de redenen waarom vaak voor die job wordt gekozen zijn helemaal niet wat je aanhaalt. En het zijn vaak uitstekende huisartsen.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 29d
We will regret not acting faster on climate change.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · 29d
I detest overdimensioned cars like Landrover, RAM, Q8 and the likes in urban environments, but I also wish articles/discussions would start with defining “SUV”, cause in the EU the term has been hijacked by marketing peeps and covers a very wide range of cars these days.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 26
“Na de traditionele fotosessie met de president en de first lady krijgen alle staatshoofden en regeringsleiders een ticketje om hun foto te gaan afhalen, zoals in een pretpark”.

Uitgang van de VN-top via de MAGA souvenirshop
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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · Sep 25
“Human activities have pushed Earth beyond its Safe Operating Space. The planet's natural resilience is weakening: warming is accelerating, ecosystems are showing clear signs of degradation, and warning signs of tipping points are emerging in key systems.” planetaryhealthcheck.org
Planetary Health Check – Our planet’s vital signs are flashing red
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Sep 24
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.

She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
from cyberselfish by paulina borsook: It's an inability to reconcile the demands of being individual with the demands of participating in society, which coincides beautifully with a preference for, and glorification of, being the solo comman- der of one's computer in lieu of any other economically viable be- havior. Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Sep 23
Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to invest in wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables (unless on-site).

But what critics conveniently forget is the huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Wickett, Texas. 👇
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 20
Lijkt ook de enige verklaring waarom Rusland het EU luchtruim durft te schenden. Iemand heeft gegarandeerd dat de US niet zal tussenkomen.
phillipspobrien.bsky.social Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Sep 20
The US is even telling Europeans openly now that they plan to cut military assistance to NATO counties bordering Russia. It’s not like Europeans have not been warned. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 20
De gegevens en de privacy zullen gecontroleerd worden door de Ellisons en het algoritme door het Witte Huis.

Zou straf zijn moest Bytedance z’n merk & imago aan een potentieel US propagandakanaal willen vastklikken. US markt verlaten lijkt me dan logischer.
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 12
Copilot in VSCode
a brown and white dog wearing a red collar stands in the grass
ALT: a brown and white dog wearing a red collar stands in the grass
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 9
Samengevat: zij die al 15 jaar met de voeten slepen zijn niet te spreken over de gevolgen van hun eigen uitstelgedrag.

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BMW en Mercedes-Benz noemen EU-verbod op benzine- en dieselwagens "nefast" | VRT NWS: nieuws
BMW en Mercedes-Benz noemen het Europese verbod op het bouwen van benzine- en dieselwagens vanaf 2035 "nefast" voor de hele sector en vragen dringend een herziening. Elektrische autobouwer Polestar en...
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Peter Minne @pminne.bsky.social · Sep 4
I visited Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela 20 years ago, a lake that sits on top of on oil field.
Quite an eye-opener.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 4
Inadvertently, this is an incredible illustration of how

(a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and

(b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea
View Hege Skryseth’s graphic link Hege SkrysethHege Skryseth • FollowingFollowing Executive Vice President at Equinor | Shaping the future of energy supplies and achieving carbon net zeroExecutive Vice President at Equinor | Shaping the future of energy supplies and achieving carbon net zero 2h • 2 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Recently I met with the Board of Equinor to present how technology is innovating the way we work and how it could solve hurdles we are facing. I started by showing this picture. Wells at the Troll field in the North Sea compares to the size of Bergen and Stavanger (here showing only Bergen). When Troll was discovered in 1979 there were no technology available to bring the gas to shore. There where issues to solve, like water depths to conquer, the Norwegian Trench to cross. And the thin layer of oil on top of the reservoir needed a solution. The result? Equinor and partners built the largest manmade object ever to be moved, developed horizontal drilling to penetrate the thin oil layers, and built an extensive network of pipelines and gas processing capability to provide reliable gas to Europe. The key to success has been development of technology, with record-long wells and advanced downhole equipment, together with a strong focus on standardisation and visualization of data. As Europe’s largest energy supplier, Equinor is aiming to maintain the production at the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) at today’s levels also in 2035, targeting 1.2 million barrels of oil equivalents per day. Yet here is our new reality: To maintain production on the NCS and meet global