Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@yogthos @adiz

Ahh the West's systemic addiction to cars, a trait meticulously duplicated by China, given that they produce a third of world's new cars (which is much more than US and EU combined), 89% of which are for sale domestically.

Greenwash is beloved by all governments and corporations all around the world.

October heatwaves set to become more likely and Britain must prepare, climate scientists warn
Parts of the UK are expected to record temperatures as high as 26C this weekend

https://inews.co.uk/news/october-heatwaves-uk-ready-climate-scientists-2669463

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #UK

One of the saddest parts of an #opensource maintainer's life is having to reject PRs, sometimes thousands of lines long, for no better reason than "this is not the project's direction right now and it will interfere with what we're working on".

I don't know where the "write code first ask questions later" approach came from, but I really wish we'd communicate with each other more. The fallout of not doing so isn't fun for anyone.

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UNICEF: 43.1 million children displaced by climate-exacerbated disasters over 6 years https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/10/06/UNICEF-child-displacement-climate-change/9111696600233/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The death toll of a Russian strike on a cafe in Ukraine's Kharkiv region rose to 52 on Friday, Ukrainian officials confirmed.
https://t.co/Eg70LHi0Ni

Going to launch my next X/Twitter migration report soon (next week). This is work from my day job, and we & think it will be a very helpful snapshot for folks of the state of play inside X, and quantifying what other platforms users are shopping for. The Fediverse gets featured as you would expect.

Watch this space. #TWitterMigration #XMigration

cc: @fediversenews

Here are links to our past quarterly reports: https://www.deweysquare.com/digital/twitter-migration-report/

Secret Service and government agencies illegally used smartphone location data https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/06/secret-service-and-government-agencies-illegally-used-smartphone-location-data?utm_medium=rss

Chinese Hackers Target Semiconductor Firms in East Asia with Cobalt Strike https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/chinese-hackers-target-semiconductor.html

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in the Americas.

AP reports "The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago."

https://flip.it/1UVOjB

And here's the original research in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh5007

#Human #Archaeology #WhiteSands #NewMexico

Today in America, it is legal for a man to openly carry an "AK-47 like" rifle but he will be arrested for carrying a collapsible police-style baton in his backpack without a valid concealed-carry permit. SMDH

#guns #democracy #law #lawfedi

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/man-gun-arrested-tony-evers.html?unlocked_article_code=X9ZTZeXlCOvjQmsmC9r1l_YHlqH_QvyBeWNxFnmhio8Uj8zco3w-GPj-8Rhc2HQd6gp3cv83KFW_Q62W1GtVBJWKRfBRiR0Kg0SGzLt5x522-4gIB8WLv3Kszd9Vg9ck09iJaHQ_DYwvBOkT2Q0qFu56bHvYD6WhfdQe-tYwmx1OfcBITUF6lfByCqyXtoG4OvXHR04XoOsugJghE7maosT5gS6Ubd23DFEWlnJDYDvfD6k_UgG9FnW1lRqdSMXmgyMnF3PQ-SLoa_VAuG_C0BSxX_0R9lCSKVdtZqKCARs3Rvb7eOd2xhMVWoEs28y-w1_adbJWPod4Ht9S-II6zQ&smid=url-share

BREAKING: Trump SURRENDERS to Michael Cohen, withdraws his $500 million lawsuit against Cohen — right before Trump was supposed to testify in a deposition under oath.

He conceded defeat rather than tell the truth and lose.

We have a global freshwater crisis and it going to get much, much worse

What's the solution?

AI and more data say the tech visionaries and innovators

Doesn't AI consume vast quantities of water itself?

Globally, data centers are forecast to consume 450m gallons of water daily by 2030, up from ~205m in 2016, according to data reviewed by Bloomberg.
https://thehustle.co/big-tech-s-thirst-for-ai-dominance-may-bring-literal-thirst-for-everyone-else/

'One of the biggest on record': Ozone hole bigger than North America opens above Antarctica | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/one-of-the-biggest-on-record-ozone-hole-bigger-than-north-america-opens-above-antarctica

The anti-science movement is "organized, it’s well-financed, and it’s politically motivated. It’s doing a lot of damage to the country and to American science and scientists. And now it’s become a lethal force." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccine-scientist-warns-antiscience-conspiracies-have-become-a-deadly-organized-movement/

Heat warnings up and down the California coast today. Stay hydrated, stay cool! #CAwx #heatwave