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Only one Terra made day 2 of the Calling for the world premiere in London this weekend, and I am _so_ sad to not have been able to go >.>

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

I dunno how big the overlap between the Dropout and Flesh and Blood communities is, but the promo cards for Philadelphia have incredible Gunner Channel energy

TFI live app says bus in 2 minutes so it's time to play

WHEEL

OF

TRANSIT

I'd like to buy a bus? Oh, there's no bus? The endless abyss, you say? I see.

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed

The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.

I just donated - thanks for being an example of a tech organization adhering to humanist principles!

ah yes the 2020s

Cloudward Ho is killing me - imagining a city where the focus is long term planning and ensuring everyone has what they need has me wanting to start building an airship

i may have successfully flashed a bios with a probe! at least, the chassis intrusion detection lights are flashing, and i'd disabled those on the previous BIOS.

have to wait until the CMOS battery recharges, now... and might have to put it into a chassis to change the BIOS settings again >.>

I have successfully read the contents of a BIOS using a chip probe, yay

now it's time to unpack the capsule file of the update I want to write to it, and try replacing the contents

I think as a society we need to move beyond pyramidal d4s

they're just so hard to pick up

and so pointy

the correct order is definitely not cocktails and then kitchen gadget store

mistakes are so easy to make

systems design interviews are kind of the only time I get to do design thinking, because my job is just pushing whatever garbage horizontal management has produced today

it's so much fun, actually. I haven't been to many conferences, but if the energy is like this, I absolutely see the appeal

A black butterfly with white specks near the wingtips, and two orange stripes, sits on a fluffy collection of white flowers. a couple fat, out of focus bumblebees are nearby, on similar white flower columns.

i’m not going to accept any statement on the “steep environmental cost” of air conditioning while countries are backtracking on their climate goals to keep powering AI

Jaysus, the coil whine playing Rogue Trader is wild

playing on 1080p with a frame limit and my poor computer is sweating profusely

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Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.

HEY here's a new piece for @crikey.com.au!

Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...

Climate necropolitics I have been thinking of politics and death recently. In fact it’s all I can think about. I think you should too.

Powerful piece by @jksteinberger.bsky.social

If we truly understood the necropolitics driving the polycrisis of our age, could we resist better?

jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr...

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= FINANCIAL TIMES Probability of above average near-surface temperature* 0 4— Less likely Average More likely →> 1 May to Sep period 2025-29 Nov to Mar period 2025-26 to 2029-30 Predicted temperature patterns over the years 2025-29 show a high probability of temperatures above the 1991-2020 average almost everywhere, with enhanced warming over land.

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat.

People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

I have finally, after too many beginnings, actually finished chrono trigger

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.

It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

'Somebody needs to do it' YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

this is wildly good: youtu.be/zXrjlOE9e50?...

One of the most lethal tendencies of centre-left governance is the idea that deliberation has no political cost, whereas adverse outcomes are both avoidable and the only things that do carry any cost.

it begins

Secret Tunnels, Bunkers and Arsenals: The ‘Panic Industry’ Is Booming (Gift Article) Fortifying the American home has become big business, selling an endless supply of paranoia.

Or we could fight climate change and stop voting for sociopaths so we don’t have to hide in bunkers.

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