Handy little article talking about what the ICJ ruling means. It's not much, but it isn't quite as irrelevant as people think.
I was in Italy recently! Can confirm that Rome, at least, is a great city for walkability.
Forwarded from The 15th International Vore Brigade (18+) (Tyulki (She/Her))
Oil execs and other industry higher-ups were aware of the impacts of what they were promoting SEVENTY years ago and chose to keep going anyways for the sake of profit. Not only did they keep going, but they suppressed public knowledge of this information and fought efforts to stop them tooth and nail.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/fossil-fuel-industry-air-pollution-fund-research-caltech-climate-change-denial
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/fossil-fuel-industry-air-pollution-fund-research-caltech-climate-change-denial
Forwarded from r_iww
Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are "unconstitutional."
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bnyb/meta-spacex-lawsuits-declaring-ftc-nlrb-unconstitutional
https://redd.it/1agocci
@r_iww
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bnyb/meta-spacex-lawsuits-declaring-ftc-nlrb-unconstitutional
https://redd.it/1agocci
@r_iww
Vice
U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried.
Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are "unconstitutional."
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Forwarded from Blockchain & GenAI are Stupid
Bloomberg.com
US Bitcoin Miners Use as Much Electricity as Everyone in Utah
Bitcoin miners in the US are consuming the same amount of electricity as the entire state of Utah, among others, according to a new analysis by the US Energy Information Administration. And that’s considered the low end of the range of use.
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Y'all ever think about the fact that most of (English speaking) telegram is a collection of far right and conspiracy theorist shitchannels? Like, what most of us (at least, in this corner) think of as the "telegram community" is actually a super tiny subset of users. Isn't that wild?
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Well, the good news is that I no longer have a gas guzzling suv
The bad news is that I no longer have a car
The bad news is that I no longer have a car
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