A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite

"Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite," write Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope of @coveringclimatenow.org

Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora In a surprise move, OpenAI will shut down its Sora AI video app, just months after it was first launched.

Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora

Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel.

The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs.

BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy.

Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

The UK Could Be Quietly Heading for a Solar Power Revolution As fossil fuel prices soar due to Trump's Iran war, the UK Government's plans for 'energy independence' could transform how British households power their homes, reports Josiah Mortimer

The UK Could Be Quietly Heading for a Solar Power Revolution – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/03/19/t...

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Were we less dependent on them, there might have been no President Trump, no President Putin, no ayatollahs, no Netanyahu, no perpetual Middle East wars. Democracy depends on unhooking ourselves.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The chatbots writing your emails and telling you what to make for dinner are now deciding who lives and who dies

bsky.app/profile/theg...

Breaking Free In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.

www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

The Ensh*ttificator Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

#Enshittification
Make Shitty Great... Again

vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

#Enshittification

You can’t make this stuff up. Not in a million years.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thank you for coming to my TED talk!

Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.

10/ The upfront cost of clean air is NOTHING compared to long-term health impacts of breathing increasingly polluted air every day. When will the world wake up and fix this? science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd9149

When cities are built with women in mind, they become more liveable for everyone.

A fairer planning approach that promotes a universal right to access the city, and considers every aspect of human life, from infancy to elderly; not just those in the so-called productive stage.

youtu.be/uAsRoa5_jXw

🚨We need your help!

PLEASE share our message. ♻️
More details below...
1/

Covid inquiry hearings kick off again tomorrow. It has been busy!

We will do our best to share important highlights. Visit CVF daily for more!

Support us here:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/safe-clean-air
Or:
Clinicallyvulnerable.org/donate

2/

Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.

In the Emily Holmes' original "tetris can help reduce PTSD" study, what was found was that tetris is an activity which busies the part of working memory called the visuospatial sketchpad: imagining the rotation of shapes.

www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.

He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.

At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.

Wael died on Friday at age 30.

ICE caused his death.

They didn’t get to say goodbye.

Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.

Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

A classroom is seen in an elementary school in Longueuil, Que., Monday, March 11, 2024.

Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu. But they don't have to be ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s... @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔

A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.

Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️

Parents praise 'hero' son for tackling gunman during Bondi Beach attack The ABC has spoken to the parents of Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot after he heroically wrestled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers.

big ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed.

Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design » The Urbanist # Four case studies show how Seattle's new middle housing zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design

Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...

Are you interesting in cities and how to make them better for everyone? Bluesky has, in my observation, the biggest and best community of urbanists and city-builders on social media, and STARTER PACKS were a KEY to creating that! I have a bunch of them. This was my first! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk

"Take a Deep Breath. If You Dare." In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs. [Illustration with viruses and people in masks]

"Air-Borne shows us the ways seeing where we live means listening deeply — and being prepared to see what’s perhaps never been seen.“ Grateful for this perceptive review from Robert Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review. Gift link: nyti.ms/3XAWM9E

A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Doing nothing is proving very expensive 🙄🙄‼️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

Evidence continues to accumulate linking exposure to air pollution with dementia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...