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the #fossilfuel industry is taking more direct action to influence #climatepolicy. The world’s largest climate #conference, #COP28, is being led this year by a United Arab Emirates #oilbaron. Al-Jaber and other UAE leadership have already said they have a new “game-changing plan” to solve the #climatecrisis: involving oil and gas companies more fully in the U.N. climate talks. This isn’t the first time the fossil fuel industry has #infiltrated the U.N. climate summit, but it is the most blatant.

#Climatedenial

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North #Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack, along with Air Koryo and Kim Il Sung University.

Expert confirms web and email servers went offline, indicating a significant web infrastructure attack.

nknews.org/pro/north-korean-fo

Gene linked to long COVID found in analysis of thousands of patients: The first genome-wide search for long-COVID risk factors could pave the way for larger studies. nature.com/articles/d41586-023

Will any Republican Senators vote for the bill? It's about ethics & the integrity of the SC. Ethics & integrity are not words generally associated with the Republican Party: Democrats Set Up Vote on Bill to Rein In Supreme Court Corruption. “Since the Court won’t act, Congress will,” Senators Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse said in a statement. #CorruptSC #CorruptGOP #ExpandTheCourt truthout.org/articles/democrat

Crows and Magpies Using Anti-Bird Spikes To Build Nests, Researchers Find - Birds have never shied away from turning human rubbish into nesting materials, but... - science.slashdot.org/story/23/ #science

Can we now get *bipartisan* support for applying standard ethics rules to the Supreme Court? I’m looking at you, John Roberts.

And nice work, AP. “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books” apnews.com/article/b2cb93493f9

Carving of HMS Agamemnon on a Clydebank tenement at 421 Dumbarton Road.

Built by William Beardmore and Company at the Dalmuir Naval Construction Works, HMS Agamemnon was the largest warship built on the Clyde at the time it was launched in 1906.

#glasgow #clydebank #clydebuilt #sculpture #publicart #hmsagamemnon
#tenements #ship #riverclyde #dalmuir

Some #Bloomscrolling photos from today. Orange and white dahlia blossom. Iris Kucifer, pink three petal Tigridia. All from seed. #GrowYourOwn

I feel for the genie who likes to twist wishes to cause suffering who gets an airtight, 40 page wish contract, including wish repeats and fines for wilful misinterpretation of any clauses.

This is why lawyers don't appear in genie stories.

⚠️⛔️Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets to start in August in Denmark, first results may be six months from start date, in 2024 (more) pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07 #Ukraine #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive

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