We ship 11 billion tonnes of stuff around the world and 40% of that is fossil fuels. [Baltimore shipping channel reo...](
AP News
Baltimore shipping channel reopened after explosion on cargo ship near site of 2024 bridge collapse
Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion aboard a cargo ship that was leaving the Port of Baltimore when it issued a mayday call.
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No they won’t. [OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman says i...](
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Cory Doctorow burying the lede that he’s setting up his own Bluesky server and coming to interact with us. 😍 [pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/d...](
Pluralistic: Bluesky creates the world’s weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause (15 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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We have to be purposeful about ending the use of fossil fuels because they’re not going to end themselves anytime soon. While wind and solar are cheaper, they are not as profitable. Therein lies the problem.
Other countries will take American scientists, they say. [Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on th...](
the Guardian
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Exclusive: Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
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Wtaf? [The anti-sunscreen movement an...](https://wapo.st/3J87yQA )
The most jarring thing about the capitulation of American universities is that I used to think they’re defenders of free speech (tenure and all) but it turns out they’re just real estate and patent-generation empires scrapping their way through an amoral administration for narrow advantage. RE:
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$200 million from Columbia $500 million from Harvard $1 BILLION from UCLA?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Motherfucking wind farms… https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreicwh67oj3kgbjw7nrcxfk6q3gygz4zuoupd7a3duzswhkbw25y6sa
This is basically every climate discourse on Twitter and why most of us climate scientists left. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreieqp2ybcnlqbnb66drzmnn67aneqycbcpvdr7vfmwzgwkjjrezo3i
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year. [The First Planned Migration of...](
WIRED
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its populat...
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