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@greentechperson.bsky.social
Tech, people and the environment
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Faster breakdown of nitrous oxide (GHG that helps destroy the ozone layer): "a feedback loop that adds another layer of complexity to climate projections."
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
Climate change is accelerating the breakdown of atmospheric nitrous oxide, introducing uncertainty into future climate and ozone projections comparable to differences between major emissions scenarios. doi.org/hbnjrz
Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas, research shows
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, to break down in the atmosphere more quickly than previously thought, introducing significant uncertainty into climate projections for the rest of the 21st century.
phys.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Faster breakdown of nitrous oxide (GHG that helps destroy the ozone layer): "a feedback loop that adds another layer of complexity to climate projections."
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
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I've just chipped in a few quid. If you can afford to, please do so too. Ether way, please re-post.
There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
Defend trans kids in school | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I've just chipped in a few quid. If you can afford to, please do so too. Ether way, please re-post.
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“Bowen and Watson's own writing is embarrassingly sloppy, too often mirroring the imprecision and nonsense of even the best AI models. Typos abound. Metaphors fall flat… Research is misrepresented and citations too often come off as afterthoughts. The AI-generated index is useless.”
Nothing I love more than a scathing, borderline-petty academic book review. Truly the best tradition in the genre.
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
“Bowen and Watson's own writing is embarrassingly sloppy, too often mirroring the imprecision and nonsense of even the best AI models. Typos abound. Metaphors fall flat… Research is misrepresented and citations too often come off as afterthoughts. The AI-generated index is useless.”
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What we are seeing right now with leading Democrats is a defining moment of liberal propaganda. As you try to understand the situation, please read this article I wrote on Democrats, police, and body cameras. campuspress.yale.edu/yjll/volume-...
VOLUME 4 (2023-2025) – Page 4 – Yale Journal of Law & Liberation
campuspress.yale.edu
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
What we are seeing right now with leading Democrats is a defining moment of liberal propaganda. As you try to understand the situation, please read this article I wrote on Democrats, police, and body cameras. campuspress.yale.edu/yjll/volume-...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Happy Friday, bitcoin is tanking again! Or is it tanking more?
January 30, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Happy Friday, bitcoin is tanking again! Or is it tanking more?
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PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
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I was interviewed for two documentaries about "AI" that both premiered at Sundance this year: @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social ("Ghost in the Machine") and "The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist". As a pair, these films are a study in contrasts.
Another long 🧵>>
Another long 🧵>>
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I was interviewed for two documentaries about "AI" that both premiered at Sundance this year: @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social ("Ghost in the Machine") and "The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist". As a pair, these films are a study in contrasts.
Another long 🧵>>
Another long 🧵>>
Timeline cleanse courtsey of @beckyferreira.bsky.social and @404media.co Veronika the cow exhibting flexible tool use - aka scratching her butt with a brush. Plus points for calming narration by the researcher and the adorable pairing of Veronika and her owner www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAk4...
Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow (Veronika)
YouTube video by Antonio Jose Osuna Mascaró
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Timeline cleanse courtsey of @beckyferreira.bsky.social and @404media.co Veronika the cow exhibting flexible tool use - aka scratching her butt with a brush. Plus points for calming narration by the researcher and the adorable pairing of Veronika and her owner www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAk4...
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rent is the biggest need right now now and this is a great place to give.
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
rent is the biggest need right now now and this is a great place to give.
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Today I'm announcing the AI Shills Hub - free AI training, available now for every adult in the UK 🇬🇧
You'll learn:
- Torrenting pirate libraries
- AI scamming
- Ensloppification
- Misinformation 101
and much more!
aishillshub.org.uk
You'll learn:
- Torrenting pirate libraries
- AI scamming
- Ensloppification
- Misinformation 101
and much more!
aishillshub.org.uk
AI Shills Hub
Upskill in AI using our range of free courses, all paid for by big tech!
aishillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Today I'm announcing the AI Shills Hub - free AI training, available now for every adult in the UK 🇬🇧
You'll learn:
- Torrenting pirate libraries
- AI scamming
- Ensloppification
- Misinformation 101
and much more!
aishillshub.org.uk
You'll learn:
- Torrenting pirate libraries
- AI scamming
- Ensloppification
- Misinformation 101
and much more!
aishillshub.org.uk
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Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
If you were looking for a real shadowy cabal of global elites, the Atlas Network would probably be it. Glad to see them getting some attention
BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
If you were looking for a real shadowy cabal of global elites, the Atlas Network would probably be it. Glad to see them getting some attention
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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
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Esther Mahlangu, South African Ndebele artist known for her bold large-scale paintings, including murals, that reference her Ndebele heritage #WomensArt
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Esther Mahlangu, South African Ndebele artist known for her bold large-scale paintings, including murals, that reference her Ndebele heritage #WomensArt
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"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses."
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses."
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
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NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
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Cryptocurrency is privacy money! Meanwhile, here's a bust for bitcoin money laundering in June 2025 based on transactions on the Silk Road in 2013 (PDF)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#1 in United States v. CASTELLUZZO (D.N.J., 2:25-cr-00501) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT as to CHRISTOPHER CASTELLUZZO (1). (akw, ) [2:25-mj-16093-JRA] (Entered: 07/03/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Cryptocurrency is privacy money! Meanwhile, here's a bust for bitcoin money laundering in June 2025 based on transactions on the Silk Road in 2013 (PDF)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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What I find astonishing is that a handful of individuals are able to run a species of 8 billion+ into the ground and there seems so little combined agency of the rest of us.
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
What I find astonishing is that a handful of individuals are able to run a species of 8 billion+ into the ground and there seems so little combined agency of the rest of us.
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"It’s as if, having abolished feudalism, we reintroduced it in the cloud; we diligently tilled our data, while Silicon Valley collected the rent." observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The UK is wedded to US tech. Time for a divorce
Ofcom’s investigation into X is not just a regulatory issue. It will define our future relationship with America
observer.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:21 AM
"It’s as if, having abolished feudalism, we reintroduced it in the cloud; we diligently tilled our data, while Silicon Valley collected the rent." observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt
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Who else is building weird websites in 2026? Show me all the weird websites you love, or are building
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Who else is building weird websites in 2026? Show me all the weird websites you love, or are building