In 2020, Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative by 2030. In 2024, Microsoft emissions are up by 30% compared to 2020.

Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%

The company’s goal to be carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the world will outweigh its environmental impact.

Rich people have way way way way way too goddam much money.

Within five years the Bluesky bar will be the height of the xTwitter bar and the xTwitter bar won't exist.

"We earth/climate scientists are getting seriously nervous. Abrupt changes & an acceleration of warming are occurring. We need exponential change, at speed & scale: rapid transitions away from fossil fuels & towards circular business models + healthy diets." www.ted.com/talks/johan_...

The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand

We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisive decade for action on climate change. Where exactly do things stand? Climate impact scholar Johan Rockström offers the most up-to-date s...

Many people complain about the Canadian health care system for good reason, but when I had pains today and thought I was having a heart attack I hit the local hospital, in minutes got x-rays, blood work, EKG, the works. A muscle spasm, I am fine. The only bill I got: Parking.

I have created wwater.ca#COVID19#Canada#wastewater initiative data. Inspired by the Ontario government shutting down the crucial Wastewater Surveillance Initiative on July 31, 2024.

"It is extraordinary that to date not a single US university has officially condemned the genocide in Gaza – or, at the very least, the systematic Israeli destruction of universities there." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Ussama Makdisi, Overwriting Palestine — Sidecar

The complicity of the academy.

Weird how it’s not socially acceptable to go around punching strangers in the face but it’s now considered totally fine to give them covid

Actually democratizing art would mean making it easier for people to acquire the skill they want in art. Which would look like free college. Or free continuing adult education. More time off. Universal healthcare. The foundations that allow the freedom to pursue our various happinesses.

Unsurprising that surveillance & spy technology used on Palestinians are used in #Bangladesh by dictatorship to kill thousands of students & civilians. The war machinery sold & pushed by USA further fuels authoritarian rule. News articles reported of public outcry against the tech but to no avail.