tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

The geo-politics of climate geo-engineering is set to become a thing. A good example is the recent finding that tweaking the Californian climate to lower temperatures would likely result in heatwaves in the EU.

It's as though we're running out of different ways to find out we all share the same atmosphere.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/climate-engineering-off-us-coast-could-increase-heatwaves-in-europe-study-finds

"In a meta-analysis of nutritional impacts of deworming, we find that in areas where the WHO recommends mass drug administration (>20% prevalence), multiple-dose deworming leads to statistically significant, positive increases in child weight, mid-upper arm circumference, and height. We then conduct a cost effectiveness analysis and find that MDA is many times more cost-effective than widely implemented school-feeding programs."

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2308733121#sec-2

The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC Fairshake is now #1 out of all Super PACs by total funds raised.

They've raised more than $175 million to influence upcoming elections in the US, and have more than $100 million of it still waiting to deploy.

#CryptoLobby #Fairshake #USPolitics #cryptocurrency

Thirteen children and teens in Hawaii took the state government to court over the threat posed by climate change. Now they're celebrating a settlement that emphasizes a plan to decarbonize Hawaii's transportation system in the next 20 years.

It's the latest example of frustrated youth in the United States taking their climate concerns into the courtroom. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawaii-settles-climate-change-lawsuit-filed-youth-plaintiffs-111301740

One question at the heart of the #h5n1 outbreak in US cows has been: Is there something special about this virus? Or is H5N1 generally able to do this and this particular version was just "in the right place at the right time"?
Quick thread, because it seems we have an answer

The Netherlands already warmed by 2°C, we recently had our first 40°C, and rainfall patterns are changing. More of this is coming until we reduce global emissions to zero.
Today is #showyourstripesday!
https://showyourstripes.info/c/europe/netherlands/all

Därför är det kanske inte konstigt att utbildningsministern och politiken framstår som det största hotet mot den akademiska friheten just nu på Sveriges lärosäten.

https://universitetslararen.se/2024/05/23/kritik-mot-regeringen-vid-debatt-om-akademisk-frihet/

This post from @MissingThePt brought me back to my 9th grade Civics class:
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/112649562587904467

Our teacher decided that we needed to learn about the virtues of the Free Market, so he devised a special plan: students would own resources in the classroom, and rent them out to other students. Educational!

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I can't believe I'm explaining this but here we are. It is a racist trope that Palestinians are the real "semites" and European Jews are not so that Israeli oppression of Palestinians is the real antisemitism. "Antisemitic," because of old racist European theories, means anti-Jew. It shouldn't, but it does. Obviously, this semantic distraction does not affect who is right and wrong in the Middle East and if you think it does you're thinking like a racist.

@Anders_S Håller helt med om att Karlsten drar väldigt stora växlar på det här. Spontant så skulle jag tro att en enormt stor del av det här är regeringens fel genom sin överstressade behandling, och det är "intressant" att Karlsten väljer att göra en stor grej av V/MPs vändning snarare än de faktiska regeringspartiernas svek.