Disqualifying

Clean-energy technologies shaved 3bn tonnes off global CO2 emissions in 2025 (~9%)

Fossil-fuel demand would have been 7% higher without clean-energy deployment since 2019

9/10

Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory As autos and heavy manufacturing falter, Berlin is steering factories, workers and capital toward rearming Europe.

What could be troubling about this headline?

“Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory”

In other news from Germany:

“Far-right AfD tops German poll as coalition support drops”

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

www.wsj.com/world/europe...

”How did America come to be ruled by an oligarchy of old people?”

Would John Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Leland Stanford like to chime in?

One of the worst phrases thrown around all the time (regarding Gaza, now Iran and Lebanon):
„finish the job“.
The dehumanization is right there in this word, it’s a cover for deeds we used to consider war crimes.

World Cup trains: Fans being 'fleeced' as £111 World Cup train tickets announced The Football Supporters' Association says fans are being

Brief train ride to Fifa World Cup games from New York to New Jersey will cost $150. 😮

11 times the regular price.

Maybe they’ll serve $1k hot dogs 🌭 along the way?

#OpportunityPricing #inflation

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Europe faces summer flight cancellations from jet fuel shortage, IATA says Flights in Europe could start to be cancelled from the end of May ​due to a lack of jet ‌fuel, the International Air Transport Association's director general Willie Walsh said on Friday, highlighting the risk ​of disruption to the busy summer ​travel season.

Europe faces summer flight cancellations from jet fuel shortage, IATA says reut.rs/4mCfLfA

Vandalism

Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Screenshot of New York Times article showing JD Vance criticizing the Pope.

Can you top that, @theonion.com?

”Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology”

Sonntagsfrage – YouGov (Wahlumfragen zur Bundestagswahl) Übersicht über aktuelle und frühere Ergebnisse von Wahlumfragen von YouGov zur Bundestagswahl (Sonntagsfrage)

Germany’s far-right AfD is four points ahead of Merz’s CDU/CSU in this new poll. I believe that is a bigger lead than in any prior survey. Those who see Orban’s demise as a death knell for all populists in Europe are mistaken

www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/you...

It's going to be about 25 degrees warmer here today than we historically have seen.

Methane is contributing to rapid warming of our atmosphere.

Phasing out fossil fuel production and consumption is the fastest way for us to reduce methane emissions.

What will we do?

🚨NEW | The twin fossil shocks of the 2020s echo the 1970s – but this time, the #electrotech alternatives are superior.

The 1970s slowed fossil demand; the 2020s will push it into decline.

ember-energy.org/lat...

Donald Trump’s blockade of Hormuz is a dangerous gamble It further undermines international law and could lead to new fighting

This @economist.com headline could be reused almost indefinitely:

“Donald Trump’s ______ is a dangerous gamble”

www.economist.com/middle-east-...

AI Is Finding Bugs That Hackers Can Exploit. Get Ready for Bugmageddon. The White House and industry leaders are racing to fix vulnerabilities, which AI models such as Anthropic’s Mythos can discover with frightening speed.

“#AI is giving superpowers to hackers, not to defenders”, Sysdig chief information security officer tells @wsj.com.

#security #hacking

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-i...

Extremely important and timely piece by my colleagues @elisabettaco.bsky.social & @johnspringford.bsky.social .

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pope Leo Says He Has ‘No Fear’ After President’s Attack

Pope Leo, asked about Mr. Trump’s comments on Truth Social: “It’s ironic — the name of the site itself. Say no more.”

👏

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff Chief executive is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’

In case you thought the world couldn’t get any crazier:

“Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead…”

via @ftedit.ft.com

www.ft.com/content/0210...

AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

Oil shortage? Token shortage!

Anthropic “has begun metering computing supply to users during peak hours”, @wsj.com writes.

OpenAI “scrapped its Sora video-generation app in part to free up computing resources…”

Tech crunch?

#AI

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-i...

Thankyou Hungary. You didn't listen to Vance, Trump, Putin or Netanyahu, which is the first step on the road to decency and sanity. This is an important win for Europe as well.

Orban ✅️

Netanyahu ⏳️

Trump ⏳️

Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

The riches of Viktor Orbán’s home village [FREE TO READ] Hungary’s longtime leader is trailing in the polls ahead of April’s election, as the opposition alleges widespread corruption

Perhaps now is a good time to share the @financialtimes.com investigative series on Viktor Orban. To start with here’s the one we sent a reporter up in a plane for … (300 free clicks)

as.ft.com/r/8cd54659-d...

Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat

taking the MAGA out of Magyar - a great day for Hungary, Europe, and the world beyond and a great blow to the Putin-Trump axis — may it be a harbinger of a broader turning

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Winners from a Magyar/Tisza victory in Hungary:

✅ Hungarian people
✅ Democracy
✅ European Union
✅ Ukraine

Losers from a Magyar/Tisza victory in Hungary:

❌ Authoritarianism
❌ Corruption
❌ Donald Trump
❌ Vladimir Putin
❌ Xi Jinping

Tisza now momentarily with a supermajority (135 seats).

(This is a *live count* with 45.71% of the vote counted, not a projection. Some of the outstanding vote from abroad may be less horrific for Orbán.)

bsky.app/profile/tuta...

Is the hope here that Iran will cave in more quickly under financial pressure than the U.S. would under a collapsing global economy? I’m skeptical. And I also don’t really see the Chinese letting their ships be blocked.

Germany’s former Vice Chancellor Habeck:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Iran’s Nuclear Program Has Survived, Posing Problem for U.S. Negotiators Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. needs a commitment that Iran won’t seek to revive its atomic program.

“Iran survived five weeks of punishing U.S. and Israeli bombing with most of the tools it needs to make a nuclear bomb intact, officials and experts say…”

Mission unaccomplished.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...