BBBruce @Didaho@qoto.org

The EU is better off without Britain. It would be even better off without Hungary. Until now, Poland has been the big obstacle, keen to align with Christianist ethnonationalism, But now that they have seen Putin's version, they seem keener in Europeanism.

In case you missed this brilliant development yesterday!

This comic hits home, but when you see the 2007 publishing date in the lower right hand corner it hits even harder.

#climate #nature #sustainability #environment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/06/us-senators-urge-joe-biden-not-to-sell-scarce-nuclear-submarines-to-australia We should have stuck with France. #auspol #dutton

“FIRB approved the $4bn takeover and the Northern Beaches Hospital was bound for control in a tax haven from that moment.”

Time to review the effectiveness of the Foreign Investments Review Board in protecting the national interest?

#auspol #FIRB #privatisationfail
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nsw-government-the-feds-the-caymans-and-australias-worst-privatisation-unveiled/

That's a pretty cool #app that @howtospace just posted. It simulated the #impact of an #asteroid of different composition or #comet on any location on the #Earth. You can change the size, speed, incident angle and see all the (catastrophic) consequences.

So, I tried it with the scenario of most of #Hollywood #scifi #movies: the asteroid is hitting #Paris (why always Paris ??).

➡️ https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/

Don't worry, these events are extremely unlikely.

#Astronomy #Space

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Our new @RegAssistProj@twitter.com paper shows that smart charging of electric vehicles is taking off.

➡️139 tariffs & services for smart EV charging available in Europe today

➡️6 strategies to establish smart charging as default

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/1/88

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@chaser do write excellent 🔥🔥🔥, especially on Murdoch’s minions #auspol #media

'Who could have predicted the climate crisis?' - Macron

I'll tell you who - Exxon in 1982.

Carl Sagan testifying to congress in 1985

Multiple IPCC reports over decades, involving tens of thousands of scientists

Thats who

#ClimateChange #climateCrisis

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2023/01/03/who-could-have-predicted-the-climate-crisis-macron-slammed-on-climate-change-remark_6010139_5.html

A little bit of Australian cabinet political history from 2002 with regard to failure to act on climate by the conservative Howard Government.

2002 Cabinet Documents: Climate change impacts ackniowledged by Foreign Minister Downer and Environment Minister Kemp as Australia refuses to sign Kyoto Protocol.
#Auspol #climate #NationalArchives #Australia #KyotoProtocol #HighSpeedRail #ClimateEmergency
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/01/2002-cabinet-documents-climate-change.html

Only a starved-for-an-angle Australian media could turn a sensible decision to test Chinese visitors for COVID - a policy in line with other developed nations - into another predictable culture war. As Walter Cronkite said: “Australia: too many journalists, not enough news.”

@StarkRG

To be sure, Kelly's beeen a strong backer of inaction on #Covid in Australia. He's the worst CMO since Brendan Murphy, who wasn't even an epidemiologist and, yes, was worse.

State public health officers have been better, but are now effectively muzzled. #auspol

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

Let’s start the year by reflecting on the colossal waste of resources in Bitcoin mining:

During 2022 Bitcoin consumed 161 TWh of electricity in total, exceeding a country such as Sweden.

Related CO2 emissions were ~90 Mt; again negating the entire global net savings from EVs.

Growing the World Population Will Not Lead to More Innovation (Musk wrong again) https://erikexamines.substack.com/p/growing-the-world-population-will?publication_id=1005669&post_id=94237329&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true

@timbray the bitcoin price is in a period of semi-stability. we think the balancing forces are:

* if it goes too low, the big boys risk liquidation
* if it goes too high, the bagholders might try to cash out

so a big explosion happens and ... that sets the price level until the next one

so for price action, someone needs to be seriously out of the money and have to sell