Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

"Those of us who care about a humane, inclusive #Britain have to get strategic, get organized, and get loud --- not just in Westminster or on TV, but on doorsteps, at work, and in every corner of the country.

We must offer a vision that speaks to people’s hearts, not just their heads"

#NigelFarage

Scientists have warned previously that collapse of the #AMOC would leave ”catastrophic” consequences, and must be avoided ”at all costs”.

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoLNG #NoPipelines

Collapse of the #AMOC would have ”devastating and irreversible climate impacts” and “potentially catastrophic consequences”, including ”significant changes in weather patterns, extreme temperature shifts, rising sea levels, and even disruption to marine ecosystems”

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/amoc-atlantic-tipping-point-keeping-climate-stable-greatly-underestimated/

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoLNG #NoPipelines

The good news is the solutions are right there, sitting on the shelf: a rapid transition to renewables & deep cuts in emissions would dramatically reduce the chances of an #AMOC collapse.

But we actually have to *do something* to get that result.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/collapse-critical-atlantic-current-amoc-no-longer-low-likelihood-study

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoLNG #NoPipelines

Once reliant on expensive fossil fuel imports, Uruguay has gone from blackouts & power cuts to energy sovereignty in under 10 years - with a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, & bioenergy.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/uruguay-renewable-energy-revolution/

#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #NoPipelines

Emmett Till would've been 84 today. He was only 14 when white supremacist terrorists horrifically murdered him.

The white woman Carolyn Bryant Donham who accused him of harassing her later confessed she lied. The warrant for her arrest was never enforced. She died only 2 years ago in 2023 at the age of 88.

White supremacy terrorism isn't ancient history. It's not even history. It's contemporary reality.

BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop?

#windows95

https://www.europesays.com/2368128/ Poland to host Europe’s first advanced small nuclear power plant #Aktualności #Bwrx300 #Europe #GeHitachi #GeVernova #nuclear #poland #polska #SmallModularReactor #SmallModularReactors #SMR

#geneva – 📢 Condemning the enforced disappearance of starving Palestinian civilians seeking food aid at distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group of #UN experts urged Israeli authorities to put an end to the heinous crime against an already vulnerable population

“Reports of enforced disappearances targeting starving civilians seeking their basic right to food is not only shocking, but amounts to torture." #warcrimes
#gaza

📰 Report OHCHR 👇🏽

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/un-experts-alarmed-reports-enforced-disappearances-gaza-humanitarian

Oui, l'ONU peut utiliser la procédure "UNITING FOR PEACE" pour envoyer une force d'interposition en Palestine

How the UN could act today to stop the genocide in Palestine

As a key deadline approaches in the United Nations General Assembly, a little-used UN mechanism, immune from the US veto, could bring military protection to the Palestinian people - if we demand it.

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"we can also demand intervention and protection for the Palestinian people.

Established by a Cold War-era resolution adopted in 1950, the Uniting for Peace mechanism authorizes the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to act when the Security Council is blocked by the veto of one of its permanent members. Under this mechanism, the UNGA could mandate a UN protection force to deploy to Palestine, protect civilians, ensure humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of Israeli crimes, and assist in recovery and reconstruction. "

more here:
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/08/how-the-un-could-act-today-to-stop-the-genocide-in-palestine/

#unitingForPeace
#freePalestine
#stopTheGenocide

@palestine

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Not education nor intellect: I feel that it is a person's ability to use their education and intellect, outwith the 7 deadly sins, to apply critical thinking to their lived experience that makes them lean left in politics.

Scientists Reveal What's Inside Mars: It's Chunky, With a History of Violence
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-whats-inside-mars-its-chunky-with-a-history-of-violence?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Wildfires in Europe are becoming more frequent, more intense, and lasting longer.

Between 8 and 25 August, wildfires burned nearly 600,000 hectares in Portugal and Spain alone – a land area over twice the size of Luxembourg.

We thank 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇲🇹🇳🇱🇷🇴🇸🇪🇸🇰 for supporting Portugal and Spain in their fight against the wildfires that affected both countries.

We are working hard to anticipate risks and strengthen preparedness.

The EU is getting ready for anything, anywhere, anytime.

#EUCivilProtection

@tomjennings @benroyce @maxleibman

There is a big difference between Chatbots and actual intelligence.

An example.

If you asked a Historian a question about Physics, while they may give you an opinion they would know when their knowledge is insufficient to give a reliable answer, and would tell you so.

If you asked them a question about History not only would they give you a reliable answer, they would assess your understanding of the question to provide an answer you can understand.

They would also know what they don't know and tell you so, and then tell you where to go for a good answer.

Asking a Chatbot is like asking the loudmouth stranger in the pub, regurgitating something they overheard once from someone's mate.

They speak with confidence on subjects they have no expertise in, and they don't know what they don't know.

The Fediverse is only worth something if it isn’t just about the Fediverse.

That’s why I make it a point to document the things I love and care about here—games, music, tech, retro finds, fitness logs, all of it. Because at the end of the day, these are the human things that give the network any meaning.

If all we ever talk about is ActivityPub specs, moderation drama, or which server just forked which, then the Fediverse becomes a closed loop—a tech cult mumbling to itself. That’s not culture. That’s maintenance.

The real value is when people bring their lives here. When you scroll and see what others are passionate about—what they’re creating, playing, collecting, cooking, lifting, or rediscovering. That’s when it stops being “just another platform” and starts being an archive of human experience.

So yeah, I post my stuff. Not because I think the world desperately needs another hot take on cassette tapes or Sega Saturn imports. But because documenting what we care about is what makes this place feel alive.

Because in the end, it’s not about the network. It’s about the people who make it worth networking.

@sjwrenlewis asks the somewhat timely Q.:

are the Right Wing press leading/influencing the Right wing - the Tories & Farage - or are they following their lead?

either way, public/media discussion on a range of issues has become almost a right wing monotone, with the a large number of voters now seeing their views & beliefs hardly represented in the media at all;

its looks grim for democracy & grim for those the Right is targeting.

#democracy #politics

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/reform-and-uk-press.html

Looks like #Microsoft Word is taking another step (after oh-so-many) to new depths of depravity. Your Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

Even if you're not up to the full move of jumping to #Linux, at least get #LibreOffice and use Writer instead. Its a word processing program that works 𝘧𝘰𝘳 you, not against. #opensource is the way forward, not this nonsense

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/27/your-word-documents-will-be-saved-to-the-cloud-automatically-on-windows-going-forward/

Gaza Doctor Says Israel's Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital "Crosses All Red Lines"

http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/27/ahmed_al_farra