A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org

in order to meet policymakers’ EV and green energy hopes, we will need to mine more than twice as much copper over the next 25 years as has been mined throughout all of human history up to 2018.

“It is highly unlikely that there will be sufficient additional new mines to achieve 100% EV by 2035,”

Watching H5N1 extend its host range, now show respiratory symptoms in a human case, should concern us all. We are whistling past the graveyard, not remotely prepared for what comes next. Perhaps H5N1 will not acquire the mutations necessary to ensure efficient human-to-human transmission, but counting on good fortune is not a strategy.

Drinkwaterbedrijven lozen PFAS terug op het oppervlaktewater omdat ze niet weten wat ze er anders mee moeten. Dat blijkt uit een rondgang langs deze bedrijven en gesprekken met experts. https://www.groene.nl/artikel/pfas-verdwijnt-niet-we-verplaatsen-pfas

An incredible story:

When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.

Data from @emberclimate.

https://www.ft.com/content/ef2f6f8e-60df-4ccd-8c4f-ef5cd0eb3176

Wetland restoration is an effective strategy to tackle water quality

https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/affect-water-quality-restoration/?utm_medium

Me, this morning, on little sleep:

"I'm going to plant all of these partial seed packets!"

husband: "sounds great!"

me: starts emptying all of the packets into 1 big bag, including 3000 carrot seeds.

husband: "oh, you're not going to separate them at all...."

me: looking crazed, "No!"

The kids and I have just completed planting everything. I can't wait to see what happens.
#gardening

Lady staring at us in the grocery store checkout today.

I just stared right back until she gave up.

I ask this relatively regularly because I want to keep an eye on the landscape.

I'm a software engineer with a PhD in international criminal law. I am on the lookout for (open source?) projects that are useful to human rights researchers/activists/defenders. I am hoping to contribute as a volunteer software engineer.

If you know of a project like this, please get in touch. If you don't, please boost if you'd like!

#opensource #humanrights #tech

With this annual peak of around 427 ppm, atmospheric CO2 has reached its highest level for 14 million years!

Featured: “This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.” https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/

#Indigenous #ClimateChange #environment #history #politics #USpol #news #Texas #pollution #NativeAmerican

Got a very un-fun call last night from the local PD, telling me that someone broke a window at our tea & spice shop. 😨

We have insurance of course, but we're still going to be out the $500 deductible, which really sucks considering I'm still unemployed, unemployment benefits have run out, & the shop isn't profitable. 😩

If you like loose leaf tea & want to help, go place an order at https://chaicupboard.com/

🇮🇪Ireland: Covid-19 may have been a factor in crash which claimed couple’s lives, coroner says.

"Dr Bolster said that while the full impact of Covid-19 infection was yet to be fully understood, it was established that the disease can cause long term tiredness and fatigue. She said she believed Covid-19 could have been a factor in Pat Allen losing control of his car."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/05/31/covid-19-may-have-been-a-factor-in-crash-which-claimed-couples-lives-coroner-says/

#HeartAttacks In Young People On The Rise: Healthy 38-Year-Old Speaks Out

https://www.today.com/health/causes-heart-attack-young-person-rcna144529

#itsAMystery

This is THE mother of all articles on everything that is wrong with our society #itsCovidStupid

I just cannot🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Oh my good FCKING GOD.
Friend in the UK who has just been on a CRUISE posting that she has "caught a cold on the plane on the way home" but that she had a bit of a sore throat on the ship which she put down to the air conditioning. Several others travelling with her also have "a cold".
We are in YEAR FIVE of this fvcking PANDEMIC people.
IT'S NOT A COLD.
#COVIDISNOTOVER

While Democrats are cheering the #TrumpVerdict, #Republicans and #FoxNews are filling the heads of millions with lies designed to convince them that Democrats are destroying democracy and the rule of law. It's hard to believe that all of those millions will stay nonviolent. So what exactly is our plan?

WHO: As Mpox Outbreaks Continue, Cases May Be Underestimated | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2819492

It's always some kids need public schools to escape abusive parents, and never some kids need homeschooling to escape abusive schools, even though in reality both are true.

Australia could be foreshadowing what we will be seeing in the northern hemisphere but our governments have decided to just let it rip pretending that the pandemic is over.
#COVID

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/sa-public-hospitals-in-internal-emergency/103915690

May 30, 2024- “SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increase in new diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorder: A study using the US national COVID cohort collaborative (N3C)” https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295891

Does the US have a planned economy? You might be surprised.

TL;DR: Yes, but by a handful of corporations, not by government.

#democracy

https://theconversation.com/does-the-us-have-a-planned-economy-you-might-be-surprised-228765

> New research finds that the top 1% of American companies control 90% of U.S. production-related assets and account for 80% of sales revenue. This means a relatively small number of companies are responsible for the majority of U.S. economic activity.