The case against Palantir: new questions on the science and independence www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits" Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers.

The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits."

My story:

This has to be the end for the #Palantir #FDP

A damning editorial in the BMJ

Streeting: Make your move. Pick your side.

www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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DEMAND JUSTICE! DEFEND THE DEFENDERS Francesca Albanese is trying to stop a genocide. That is her crime.The United States and Israel are trying to stop her – by destroying her life, her career, her family, and her voice.The US has sancti...

Defend the Defenders! Defend those who defend the defenceless!

By sanctioning Francesca Albanese, 8 ICC judges, and Palestinian NGOs for providing evidence of US and Israeli war crimes – the US is assaulting International Justice.

You can help! Sign the petition
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Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff's "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed" pluralistic.net/2026/04/21/t...

State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year - Carbon Brief There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El Niño event is expected

State of the climate: Strong El Niño puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the...

No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections

No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar www.declassifieduk.org/no-war-crime...

Opinion: The AMOC is weakening – time to take the evidence seriously Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a critical component of the climate system. Climate models have long predicted a slowing of the AMOC due to anthropogenic forcing, w...

Preprint - Opinion: The AMOC is weakening – time to take the evidence seriously egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Q&A: How the UK government aims to ‘break link between gas and electricity prices’ - Carbon Brief The UK government announced a series of measures to “double down on clean power” in response to the energy crisis sparked by the Iran war.

Q&A: How the UK government aims to ‘break link between gas and electricity prices’ www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-the-u...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

#ICYMI: We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

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How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza

Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of centrist and liberal media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.

> www.plutobooks.com/product/how-...

> a.co/d/00CQcElr

I was lucky enough to see the authors speak when they visited Rotterdam a few weeks ago. This is really important work to understand what is going on right now.

Cheap Train Tickets | Timetables for Germany & Europe - Deutsche Bahn

Is forcing dominant websites such as Deutsche Bahn's int.bahn.de to show competitors' trains always a good thing?
It can make things very hard for passengers, here's why...

".. those behind the LabourTogether project wielded significant influence in developing this toxic culture which has been allowed to take hold.. a political culture that.. exists to promote wealth & power.. where proximity to power outweighs principle.."

Damning from @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social

Global temperatures in 2026 are on track to be the second warmest on record, at around 1.47C above preindustrial levels across the five different records assessed by Carbon Brief. Read more in our latest State of the Climate update for Q1 2026 here: www.carbonbrief.org/...

No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections

👉 NEW -- No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar

by Martin Williams

Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections

www.declassifieduk.org/no-war-crime...

Sorcha Eastwood with a Q for the PM "What was it about the twice disgraced paedophile adjacent self styled prince of darkness that you found so attractive to put into this job?"

Starmer is the frontman for a faction Mandelson was a key part of, he wanted the job, so he got it

Opinion: The AMOC is weakening – time to take the evidence seriously Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a critical component of the climate system. Climate models have long predicted a slowing of the AMOC due to anthropogenic forcing, w...

We have a new preprint out for open review at Ocean Science, which discusses the evidence for the #AMOC already slowing. 🌊
If you have any comments, counter-arguments, or things we may have missed - please post them there! (Or here.)
Thanks!
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

NEW: How is the UK govt aiming to "break the link between gas and electricity prices" – and will it work?

While headlines “suggest a decisive shift", says Aurora's Marc Hedin, "the reality is more incremental”

+ comments from UKERC, Regen & more

www.carbonbrief.org/...

If the *main political issue* raised by my constituents on the doorstep was the chronic, intolerable traffic congestion on the streets of my inner London seat, I would make it a priority to *learn about the causes of & effective remedies to congestion*
which emphatically do not include road building

A lot of execrable, wilfully ignorant tosh about ‘sustainability’, as if calling for a £1/4 billion road building scheme in Zone 2 is somehow the most ‘sustainable’ way to proceed 🙃

Fleur Anderson MP is still pretending that traffic is up on Putney Bridge because the Hammersmith Bridge closed to motor traffic in 2019. She’s just said “traffic on Putney Bridge increased by 16% between 2020 and 2023”.

Hmm, what was happening in 2020, I forget 🧐

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A RECORD surge in solar halted the rise of global fossil generation last year 🚫💨 skywriter.blue/@ember-energ...

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A RECORD surge in solar halted the rise of global fossil generation last year 🚫💨

Unpack the full story of the global power sector in 2025 👇

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Thank you for this comment @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Care work IS highly skilled, nuanced , bloody hard, work! Its seriously under valued, and taken for granted. Its disgusting how little respect there is for carers of all kinds.

CARE WORK IS HIGHLY SKILLED WORK
and only paid so poorly because of the failure of successive governments to value it properly

THE PRIME MINISTERS SHOCKING & SHAMEFUL IMMIGRATION PLAN AND WHY WE MUST OPPOSE IT YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

The Prime Minister’s plan to offer rapid routes to settlement for those earning six-figure salaries whilst punishing and making lower-paid workers wait appears to be based on the notion that care workers are “low-skilled” because they are low-paid - its an absolute disgrace

youtu.be/DI1arGGNP50?...

Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources

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