@joonhyeok_ahn@pkm.social it’s awesome, typically I want even more things to be available for keyboard customization, lol

David Suzuki says it's time to get off fossil fuels — sooner, rather than later — and he also says those of us in the wealthy Global North must change our lifestyles, shifting away from overconsumption.
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How bad does it have to get before the world wakes up?

Unless we reject the widespread power and influence of the fossil fuel industry in all aspects of our lives, we could reach the point of no return before we employ the many available and emerging solutions.

Industry puts massive resources into convincing people that curbing the crisis will cause too much hardship. Shell chief executive Wael Sawan recently offered an example. “What would be dangerous and irresponsible is cutting oil and gas production so that the cost of living, as we saw last year, starts to shoot up again,” he told the BBC.

Shell had planned modest production cuts but backtracked under Sawan’s leadership, instead enriching its executives and shareholders in the wake of fuel prices driven up by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As global temperatures exceed record highs, so too do the profits of companies such as Shell.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation offer numerous advantages over fossil fuels beyond climate benefits. Along with energy storage, technologies including wind and solar have advanced much faster than experts predicted, and costs have dropped to the point where they’re far lower than coal, oil, and gas prices.

The only ones who don’t reap massive benefits from a rapid transition away from fossil fuels are the relatively few who profit enormously by monopolizing supplies, production, and distribution of gas, oil and coal — and the politicians and media supporters on the receiving end of their donations and ad dollars.

That doesn’t mean shifting from fossil fuels to cleaner energy will be painless. We might have to curtail or give up luxuries, and the overconsumption, to which we’ve become accustomed — especially in wealthier parts of the world. For example, although electric vehicles are far better than gas-burners, private SUVs and automobiles for everyone aren’t sustainable over the long term regardless of how they’re powered.

But the transition won’t be as painful as the fossil fuel industry wants you to believe — although the more we delay in taking the much-needed steps, the more difficult it will be.

The only records we should be breaking now are in the speed at which we adopt healthier ways to live and to power our societies — without fossil fuels.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://rabble.ca/environment/scorching-climate-records-call-for-real-solutions/

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

@BenRiceM@mastodon.social it really should be optional

@Colman@mastodon.ie I think Obsidian and it’s users would benefit from a better manual/online reference, or a solid book.

@Colman@mastodon.ie I think Obsidian and it’s users would benefit from a better manual/online reference, or a solid book.

#Bitwig

@Colman@mastodon.ie I hear you. forum.obsidian.md?

OpenAI talks about ensuring AI is "aligned with human values" but if the CEO doesn't understand there are downsides to building a nuclear bomb and didn't even notice Mark Zuckerberg was the villain in The Social Network then it's unlikely the company is aligned with human values.

The top 5 measures to halve emissions by 2030 as identified by IPCC are wind, solar, energy efficiency, stopping deforestation, and cutting methane emissions. This require no new technology but lacks political will.

Read more on this IPCC climate optimism chart:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/20/down-to-earth-ipcc-emissions

There is no benefit to anyone on the left being on twitter.

Nina Turner tweeted "Insulin should be free." some libertarians responded "Nina should pick cotton for free."

Did this obvious racism hurt them? No, they now have more followers than ever. Being over there is just being bait for these extremists to build their network.

Grotesque racist images of Nina, rather than being demoted by the algorithm are being *promoted* since the people posting them paid for blue checks.

Leave.

This week’s funny has been watxhing conservative culture griftos wail and snark about how the Barbie Movie is anti-male wokeist propaganda. While it IS hilarious to see Ben Shapiro go out for an opening night showing of Barbie and pretend he’s being forced to by the Overlords, this also feels pr for the course.

I grew up in evangelicaldom during peak “The Smurfs Is A Literal Attempt To Teach Our Children Satanism” American Christianity. Before that, “Everything Is Communists” was the schtick.

@rosareven@glasgow.social Yeah, mobile and laptop, using Obsidian Sync but you can get it working with cloudproviders as well

So when will the official Calckey/Firefish-app for mobile be released? #calckey #firefish

@marcus@tut.iterate.no burde forbys, i hvert fall i sesong

Vi må aldri glemme Utøya, men vi må heller aldri glemme hvor mange som var villig til å angripe tilfeldige mennesker med annen hudfarge før vi visste noe som helst.

Every day I summarize the top weather and climate story in the world.

Top story for Friday July 21, 2023: North Atlantic Ocean temperatures have now exceeded any point in the instrumental record —with widespread implications

Read and subscribe for free:

https://currently.beehiiv.com/p/july-21-2023

@rosareven@glasgow.social Obsidian for sure

HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE:
1. Stay hydrated.
2. Have an ice cream cone.
3. Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
4. Wear loose clothing.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al Is it like this across all of Ireland?