a doodle of an artist kitty looking at an empty sheet of paper

the kitty bangs its head on the paper

there’s now a stamp of the kitty in the paper, and it has a bandage on the forehead

creative process

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025 Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

"Clean energy is now scaling fast enough to absorb rising global electricity demand, keeping fossil generation flat before its inevitable decline."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The report lists 12 "action insights", each with three "action recommendations". (The list was cut down from a shortlist of about 40-50 insights, Carbon Brief understands.) One of the most striking in the draft is "action insight 5", which says: "Take immediate measures to prevent future emissions. Ban new fossil infrastructure, mandate deep methane cuts, accelerate electrification and inscribe fossil-fuel phase- down targets in NDCs [nationally determined contributions] and clean-energy pathways support to low and middle income countries (LMICs)." The accompanying three "action recommendations" include "halting all new fossil-fuel extraction and infrastructure projects ahead of a final investment decision", "implementing deep, legally binding methane cuts in the energy sector" and "inscribing] targets for fossil- fuel phase down, electrification and green exports in NDCs". (The draft report includes multiple references to "phasing out" and "phasing down" fossil fuels, rather than the "transition away from fossil fuels" language that was, ultimately, agreed by countries at the COP 28 UN climate talks in Dubai in 2023.)

A preliminary scientific “synthesis report” circulated to the 50 nations at the conference on fossil-fuel phase out in Santa Marta, Columbia, recommends real-talk "action recommendations" including the ban of new fossil infrastructure and fossil-fuel phase-down targets in NDCs.

This is the way!

Sun Tzu feelin real vindicated

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

The aim of the organised transphobic movement is to mandate trans people out of existence, they won't be happy until their targets are dead, it's a movement motivated by genocidal mania, and the cruel, vindictive, hateful bigotry extends from there.

Dr Upton was indeed cleared. 17 years ago Navratilova fought former partner Toni Layton’s claim for alimony by trying to use the non recognition of their relationship as a marriage to avoid payment. She wound up paying ~$3m out of court.

Only one predator here. www.louisbayard.com/blog/crying-...

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for new PM

“The EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising and in breach of basic democratic values…”

This is a crucial decision. The court rejected the political claim that LGBTQ+ representation is “propaganda.” We must keep fighting politics that dehumanise us.

The people that whip themselves into a frenzy over trans athletes convince themselves all trans women are predator men who want to attack women and it’s exactly like every trans feminine person said about how the sports bans are just the first step into broader hate against trans people.

This is international stalking, libel, and bullying at the very least. But it does feel like some level of terrorism tbh.

This is just horrific. The gender critical movement along with the British press bullied her out of her job at the NHS and now they doxed her after she fled the country and are continuing the harassment and defamation. These people are absolute monsters.

The BBC forced out Gary Lineker, a far more successful and appealing sports presenter, over far less than this

Tucker Carlson: I'II be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We're implicated in this. I misled people.

It'd sure be nice if Kamala Harris' campaign organization wouldn't constantly promote Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, and whatnot. But oh well.

Apparently Sam Altman also wrote a manifesto (on top of Marc Andreessens a while back). Are there others?
Genuine question: why do we think the tech bros are doing this? Which need does this fulfill for them?

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Add universities to this list.

Every? You haven't seen the CAQ nuke the budget of Societé de Transportation de Montréal because it wasn't "profitable"? Of course it's a valid comparison

It costs $1 to mail a postcard across the country. Of course it's not profitable! That's not the damn point! The point is keeping people connected and this is especially true in rural, remote and Northern communities where for-profit courier services will *never* fill the gap.

Why the fuck am I paying taxes if Canada Post has to turn a profit?!?

Ford says no one in Canada is scrutinized like he is after backtracking on $28.9M private jet purchase | CBC News Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday that "no one in the country" is more scrutinized than he is, as he explained his government's rationale for buying a $28.9-million private jet before qu...

I just keep thinking about this. Ford loves to pound people to shit and strut across their political bodies. All the name calling. The Lefties. Socialists. Cyclists. Gravy eaters.

But he whines like a high maintenance nepo when something doesn't go his way.

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Applying the language of business efficiency to public services makes as much sense as asking what animals have done for us lately in exchange for our care for their habitats.

Carney must make cuts, not only invest more: former Bank of Canada governor | Power & Politics YouTube video by CBC News

Another former head of the Bank of Canada says Carney is not going far enough on austerity.

I dunno. Maybe it's the capitalists who are the problem.

We need freedom of information to be able to fact check this. And also any deals around the jet. And also the still-missing billions in federal transfers

There's a video circulating on social media of a newborn being apprehended from a First Nations family in Winnipeg this weekend. While the practice of "birth alerts" has (allegedly) ended, newborns are still being apprehended, sometimes in hospital.

How much "loss" do fire departments report annually? Police? The armed forces? Roads? Schools? Solid waste collection? Wastewater treatment? Public health agencies?

When does it become ‘cancel culture’ again?

One thing that a lot of trans people have been doing (esp trans women) is silently dropping out of public life. The MSG is obviously extreme but the panopticon of pressure trans ppl experience in a heavily surveilled America is a lot. Safer to just stay home, forfeit public life

I hate grappling with this calculus every election

This is an extremely obvious and banal point that I have been surprised to find is hard to land with people both-sidesing the AI debate. The highest VC funded companies in tech saying “we want to ruin your lives” as marketing copy > any flavor of online poster anti-Ai hyperbole you can find.