tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

Iran war sparks EU proposal to reduce tax on electricity and encourage green transition
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/16/iran-war-sparks-eu-proposal-to-reduce-tax-on-electricity-and-encourage-green-transition?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Den klassiska "det blir så dålig stämning när alla bara pratar om all skada vi gör i samhället, vi är ju jätteeffektiva på att dränera skattemedel till riskkapitalister, kan ingen prata om det, eller om hur bra vi är på att göra reklam för oss själva?"

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Sneak peek on my upcoming ethnography of economic reform as seen by professional politicians.

I interviewed six politicians from various European countries on their view on economic reform. Do they see it as an opportunity? A threat? What else? Did they try it already, and what where the critical elements determining the success or failure of those experiences? What would need to be in place for them to attempt to re-align the economy in depth?

SHORT THREAD 1/n

#economics

När vita svenskar fastnade på sina charter-semestrar var det ettan på Ekot, Aktuellt och i tidningarna i flera dagar. När andra svenskar familjer dödas av bomberna är det knappt en fucking notis. Sällan har svenska medier varit mer rasistiska än så här.

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The new Fellowship crypto PAC has filed its first fundraising disclosure. It reports a $10 million contribution from Cantor Fitzgerald (previously headed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, now controlled by his sons) and $1 million from Anchorage Digital.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics

The problem with OpenAI saying the solution to AI taking all the jobs is to raise taxes on corporations and the rich to pay for benefits for the unemployed is that they literally spent millions of dollars getting Trump elected to do the exact opposite.

https://www.vox.com/politics/485461/openai-economic-policy-superpac-sam-altman

oof

Great Wave, Evan M. Cohen, Digital Art, 2019

#Art

Yes, we should all celebrate Orban leaving office. It is a victory in the fight against autocrats - where Orban was a weird ally of the US AND Russia AND China.

But: This has come at a huge cost for any progressive movements in Hungary. Parliament is now run EXCLUSIVELY by right-wing, anti-migration parties. Leftists voted for Magyar to get rid of Orban.

Magyar will be an easier partner for EU institutions (also increasingly anti-migration). He is no ally for the left.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9vg782kx7o

🇬🇧 A new comet is visible with the naked eye !
C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is an Oort cloud comet which will reach perihelion (the closest distance) on the 19th, before going away forever.

This morning, I loaded my backpack and set up to capture it. I wanted to see it rise next to the Bietschhorn (3 934). The comet is currently in the Pegasus constellation, just below 51 Pegasi, the first star known to host an exoplanet.

If you have clear skies, you should definitely try to see it : It is bright, and will pass only once! It already shows a very long tail, more than 10° long.
The image was taken with a 120-300 lens, set at 180mm. It is an ethical composite: I first captured the foreground with the tracking off (5 x 15s) and then turned the tracking on when the comet reached the desired position (120 x 15s).

🇨🇭 Une nouvelle comète est visible à l'œil nu !
C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) est une comète du nuage d'Oort qui atteindra son périhélie (la distance minimale au Soleil) le 19 avril, avant de s'éloigner pour toujours dans l'espace interstellaire.

Ce matin, j'ai chargé mon sac à dos et je suis allé la capturer. Je voulais la voir se lever à côté du Bietschhorn (3 934 m). La comète se trouve actuellement dans la constellation de Pégase, juste en dessous de 51 Pegasi, autour de laquelle on a découvert la première exoplanète.

Si vous avez un ciel dégagé, ne ratez pas ça : elle est brillante, elle ne passera qu'une seule fois, et sa queue s'étend déjà sur plus de 10° dans le ciel !

J’ai utilisé un objectif 120-300 mm à 180 mm. L’image est un composite éthique : le premier plan capturé sans suivi (5 x 15 s), puis suivi activé une fois la comète en position (120 x 15 s).

#Astrophotography #Comet #PanSTARRS

I had Jehovah's Witnesses round this morning (not a very common occurrence round here).

Them: "Do you ever think about the future?"

Me: "I'm a climate scientist, I think it about the future all the time.."

Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster.

That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast, both of which store vast amounts of carbon and support complex webs of life. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-dna-adaptation-heat-waves-wildfires-7c34ca1d3a09065b9f9ab617dd1a6e25

A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.

In a first, renewables beat na...

High resolution US water table depth estimates reveal quantity of accessible groundwater. #US #grounwater #water #AI #machinelearning https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03094-3

En ny analys visar att EU i mars har sparat mer än 1 miljard kronor per dag på den olja och gas vi inte köpte tack vare solel – en total besparing på över 30 miljarder på en månad! ☀️ www.euronews.com/2026/04/07/a...

The Green Party now has over 225,000+ members. Just to note; In December 2025, the Labour Party recorded that it had less than 250,000 members. It's likely, based on the analysis graph (included) that the Green Party now have more members than the Labour Party have.

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