dumnezero
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dumnezero@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US Energy Department to Gut Funding for Solar and Wind ProjectsEnglish2·2 days agoThere is still dependence on imports because the “oil liquids” that extract in the US are different from the oil that they want locally. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54199
There’s also dependence on the petro-dollar. This one is more complicated, but if the world demand for oil drops, it’s going to make USD less valuable.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. SaysEnglish3·3 days agoApparently this conspiracy theory was too bonkers for even the Trump regime.
sighgs
dumnezero@piefed.socialto cybersecurity@infosec.pub•The Czech Republic bans DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concernsEnglish2·4 days agoYou’re not wrong, but there’s going to be a priority/risk list.
https://mistral.ai/ is probably not on the list.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinctionEnglish31·5 days agoAgriculture emerges as the primary threat across the region from both small- and large-scale farming, while logging represents the second major threat in five countries.
The opposite of a cow is a tree:
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Production breaking driven developerEnglish18·6 days agoOften I’m a doom-driven developer.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Europe@feddit.org•EU blocks Britain’s attempts to join pan-European trading blocEnglish9·11 days agoEU officials familiar with the discussion said the Commission had decided that the UK joining PEM was not currently in the EU’s interests, because it would increase the risk of products unfairly qualifying for low-tariff access to the bloc.
Makes sense.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Buy European@feddit.uk•Meta may face daily fines over pay-or-consent model, EU warnsEnglish9·16 days agoMeta accuses EU of discriminating against business model
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That looks like an admission of guilt to me.
“We have always enforced and will continue to enforce our laws fairly and without discrimination towards all companies operating in the EU, in full compliance with global rules,” the Commission spokesperson said.
It would be so funny if Meta left EU and blocked the users.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Comics@lemmy.ml•How am I supposed to organize all this fire?English2·16 days ago
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•The creativity of end usersEnglish4·22 days agoshed.getCurrentTemperature() > dog.getSafeTemperature()
(true)
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Solarpunk technology@slrpnk.net•Tough, Tiny, and Totally Repairable: Inside the Framework 12 [iFixit teardowns]English1·22 days agoSo… like laptops used to be.
dumnezero@piefed.socialto World News@lemmy.ml•According to the WSJ, Trump privately approved plans for an assault on Iran pending a final decision.English4·24 days ago“sources say”
dumnezero@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says | False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalisedEnglish3·24 days agoHowever, Jensen said the problem was deeper than social media. “Alliances of industry and conservative thinktanks actually target misinformation at the key people who will be making decisions. Those links are particularly worrisome because it’s something approaching a conspiracy.”
In the European context, rightwing populist parties are “actively contravening climate science”, the report says, including the AfD in Germany, Vox in Spain, and the National Rally in France. Media outlets with conservative or rightwing political ideologies give priority to and amplify denial, scepticism and conspiracy theories regarding climate change, the report says.
They’ll be the same ones demanding meat and cheese when the food crises start: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2025/06/18/us-and-europe-face-40-drop-in-food-production-scientists-warn/
horrible