We've reached the first tipping point (99% probability even if we'd manage to keep the 1.5 degree target) This means coral reefs on any meaningful scale will be lost. Nearly a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend on them.

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point | University of Leeds

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will...

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Global Tipping Points

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

To roughly quote Maja Göpel: People don't seem to grasp the irreversibility of such changes in ecological systems.

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand: "Change permissions to 0777"

The majority of the tech industry has no valid vision how to contribute to a liveable future for humanity on this planet. Their dystopian fantasies don’t match with human needs. That’s why we will keep sliding from one bubble to the next. Everything has to be artificially inflated to hide the massive abyss of meaninglessness behind it all.

Reading the shocked reactions that Apple and Google removed ICE warning apps from their stores, I think that more should probably read about the role of IBM during the holocaust. Can we please finally get rid of the fairytale of social corporate responsibility in big tech?

The absurdity of billionaires explained in a brillant post by @npub17yk4...u0mw

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#Bezos hat angeblich ein Vermögen von 237 Mrd. Dollar und seine Hochzeit kostete rund 50 Mio. Dollar. Wenn man das auf eine "normale" Person mit e...

"Jeff Bezos is supposed to be worth $237 billion. His wedding cost 50 million dollars. Applying this to someone with an average net worth of $200,000, their wedding would have cost $42. Well, the man didn't actually want to hit the shit out of the place, he was celebrating a small, humble wedding." (freely translated from German)

German politician Nico Semsrott has suggested that we give billionaires one year to solve the climate crisis. If they fail to do so, we should dispossess them. I think that’s a wonderful idea! It's never going to happen, but it's nice to dream.

I'm mostly hiding under a cosy rock at the moment, but this has to be shared to support Carole's bravery: "This is What a Digital Coupl Looks Like":