Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary | Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do the same for Trump’s oil industry backers?
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do the same for Trump’s oil industry backers?Hannah Story Brown (The American Prospect)
Notorious misogynist Dale Partridge falls into his own sexist trap
The so-called ‘manosphere’ has existed for several years now, and in that time the personality types we’re subjected to have diversified. Dale Partridge is known for being a misogynist of the Christian persuasion, and he’s specifically famous for shaming women. The shoe is now on the other foot, however, as Derek Guy the menswear expert […]
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To save everyone a click, apparently this entire story is that a semi-popular manosphere guy tweeted:
Dale Partridge @dalepartridge
Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn't wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear.As Pearl says, "It's amazing how hard women will fight to be naked."
Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ.
And some random guy (Derek Guy) replied:
the t-shirt you're wearing in the first photo was considered male underwear in the first half of the 20th century. according to dress historian richard martin, a visible t-shirt was a gay signifier in the 1930s. by the 1950s, it became popular partly bc it was sexual display
No indication the religious nut ever saw the reply or anything.
World's biggest polluters are no-shows at start of UN climate summit in Brazil
World's biggest polluters are no-shows at start of UN climate summit in Brazil
Organizers are hoping this year's Conference of Parties — known as COP30 — will yield action to advance the many unmet promises laid out at previous such meetings.PBS News
But the leaders of China, the United States and India will be notably absent
Are you trying to make China look less irresponsible?
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperaturesDaniel Boffey (The Guardian)
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‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears | Negotiators gathering for the global climate talks must acknowledge their failures and seek alternatives to spur action, scientists say.
‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears - Inside Climate News
Negotiators gathering for the global climate talks must acknowledge their failures and seek alternatives to spur action, scientists say.Inside Climate News
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling | Research shows oil, gas & coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate actionNina Lakhani (The Guardian)
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Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away | Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representatives
Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away
Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representativesDharna Noor (The Guardian)
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U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals
The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
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The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration.
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Ecofascism. If they said the quiet part out loud it would sound like "Climate change is going to be disastrous so we need to protect [in-group] against its consequences, regardless of the cost to others".
An obvious example is closing borders to climate refugees; but it can also be slowing down the improvement of living standards among the poor to curb global emissions; financially or culturally discouraging childbirth among the outgroup; revoking or denying access to human rights because providing them would be too polluting; deafening silence around luxuries of the in-group like the meat industry, cars, and airplanes compared to loud complaints about basic necessities for the out-group like electricity, construction, and goods transport; etc.
Much of the western world's climate change policy is informed by ecofascism, because fascism is the natural behavior of liberals that don't want to give up privileges, and the west doesn't want to admit that they only have half the population of India and only deserve to pollute proportionally.
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.Somini Sengupta (The New York Times)
Chilling video shows ICE agents grabbing daycare worker as she begs 'I have papers'
Chilling video shows ICE agents grabbing daycare worker as she begs 'I have papers'
This is the latest immigration raid in the Chicago to shock local residents with a local lawmaker claiming agents searched the daycare room by room infront of childrenCharlie Jones (The Mirror US)
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The secretary of HEALTH, ladies and gentlemen
A man collapsed at a White House press events, and RFK Jr just runs out of the room.
I can't stand Dr. Oz, but at least he acted like an F'ing doctor here.
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Windows 11 Finally Fixes "Update and Shut Down" Functionality After a Decade
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Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
What the article describes means so, so much. Being able to have electric light, to charge a phone, this was not a given for so many people. I think it's huge.
AFAIK, alone air pollution from kerosene fuel in the house is in Africa a leading cause of death.
You know that feeling when you’re waiting for the cable guy, and they said ‘between 8am and 6pm, and you waste your entire day, and they never show up?Now imagine that, except the cable guy is ‘electricity,’ the day is ‘50 years,’ and you’re one of 600 million people. At some point, you stop waiting and figure it out yourself.
What’s happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it’s not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It’s being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it’s working.
Over 30 million solar products sold in 2024. 400,000 new solar installations every month across Africa. 50% market share captured by companies that didn’t exist 15 years ago. Carbon credits subsidizing the cost. IoT chips in every device. 90%+ repayment rates on loans to people earning $2/day.
And if you understand what’s happening in Africa, you understand the template for how infrastructure will get built everywhere else for the next 50 years.
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What I am also thinking for a while that the switch to non-fossil power is a historic seismic shift in how huge streams of money are flowing. It changes how power is transmitted very much in a double sense.
And this is not the end of what is possible and what is needed. Tiny solar installations might not be enough for cooking, efficient induction stoves might now still be too expensive. Standard AC voltage systems for home appliances might not match these power sources well. Broken components might be difficult to repair and create waste.
But hey, that's life, isn't it - we solve one problem and in turn we get two new ones for free 😉
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the pastSkander Garroum (Climate Drift)
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ArcaneChat 2.25.0 released!
ArcaneChat 2.25.0 is on its way to Google Play and f-droid and should be available in the upcoming days, can't wait? for other download options check arcanechat.me/
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★ Now it is possible to create channels that have invite links! (to join the official ArcaneChat channel update your ArcaneChat client and you will receive the invitation in Device Messages!)
★ More metadata protection (now Date header is protected!)
★ Better multi-device: synchronize group creation across devices
★ Data saving: reduce size of read receipts
★ Improved on-boarding speed
★ Now it is possible to save to storage files shared from inside in-chat apps
★ Fixed sorting of old media in the chat's gallery
★ Several other fixes and small improvements
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Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?
The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings.
In a recent article published in the New York Times, author Casey Michael Henry argues that today's tech industry keeps borrowing dystopian sci-fi aesthetics and ideas -- often the parts that were meant as warnings -- and repackages them as exciting products without recognizing that they were originally cautionary tales to avoid. "The tech industry is delivering on some of the futuristic notions of late-20th-century science fiction," writes Henry. "Yet it seems, at times, bizarrely unaware that many of those notions were meant to be dystopian or satirical -- dismal visions of where our worst and dumbest habits could lead us."
You worry that someone in today's tech world might watch "Gattaca" -- a film that features a eugenicist future in which people with ordinary DNA are relegated to menial jobs -- and see it as an inspirational launching point for a collaboration between 23andMe and a charter school. The material on Sora, for instance, can feel oddly similar to the jokes about crass entertainment embedded in dystopian films and postmodern novels. In the movie "Idiocracy," America loved a show called "Ow! My Balls!" in which a man is hit in the testicles in increasingly florid ways. "Robocop" imagined a show about a goggle-eyed pervert with an inane catchphrase. "The Running Man" had a game show in which contestants desperately collected dollar bills and climbed a rope to escape ravenous dogs. That Sora could be prompted to imagine a game show in which Michel Foucault chokeslams Ronald Reagan, or Prince battles an anaconda, doesn't feel new; it feels like a gag from a 1990s writer or a film about social decay.The echoes aren't all accidental. Modern design has been influenced by our old techno-dystopias -- particularly the cyberpunk variety, with its neon-noir gloss and "high tech, low life" allure. From William Gibson novels to films like "The Matrix," the culture has taken in countless ruined cityscapes, all-controlling megacorporations, high-tech body modifications, V.R.-induced illnesses, deceptive A.I. paramours, mechanical assassins and leather-clad hacker antiheroes, navigating a dissociative cyberspace with savvily repurposed junk-tech. This was not a world many people wanted to live in, but its style and ethos seem to reverberate in the tech industry's boldest visions of the future.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/magazine/ai-tech-industry-sora-science-fiction.html
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A free mirror for premium podcast RSS feeds
Hey folks,
I run the site piratefeeds.net/. It's a free mirror for premium podcast feeds hosted on Patreon and works entirely from people donating feeds they subscribe to. I don't host the media files, just the RSS feeds. I don't make any money from it. If you wanna listen to any of the pods listed all you have to do is plug the feed URL in your podcast app of choice.
This is both self promo and a request for feed donations. If you subscribe to a podcast and are willing to collectivize your subscription, reach out! Sharing is caring... I anonymize the feeds before publishing them, so there's no risk of other users doxxing the donors. In the past there have been some issues with Patreon blocking some feeds, but I've improved the site's OpSec since then and there haven't been any issues in months now. Even then, the worst that can happen is that Patreon might block the specific link and issue the subscriber a new one.
I mainly mirror feeds hosted on Patreon because those are guaranteed to work, other hosts such as SupportingCast have better anti-piracy protections so I cannot use their feeds for now. If you want to donate a feed all you have to do is PM me your Patreon RSS audio feed URL.
So far most of the pods listed are lefty politics/media/culture commentary and comedy. I'm not picky about the donations I accept, as long as they're not actively reactionary/bigoted. A bunch of the feeds on the site are currently inactive for lack of working sources, I'd be particularly grateful for donations of those. If you have a subscription to a pod that is already listed you can absolutely still donate your link: backups are valuable.
Most of the pods listed are by independent creators who definitely deserve your money if you can afford to support them. The reason I run this is that, like most people, I cannot afford to subscribe to all creators I'd like to follow.
Do you have podcast X?
If it's not listed then nobody donated it yet, or it's hosted on a service I don't support.
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Meta is making billions of dollars from scam ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, report says
Meta is making billions of dollars from scam ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, report says
Meta is making billions of dollars every year from ads marketing scams and illegal products on its platform, according to a new report from Reuters.Karissa Bell (Engadget)
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
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Europe’s first autonomous military convoy unveiled in Spain
A fully autonomous military convoy underwent its last round of testing in Spain, according to reports.
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Japan to screen #MeToo film Black Box Diaries months after Oscar nomination
The documentary will be shown at one cinema in Tokyo from December.
Japan to screen #MeToo film Black Box Diaries months after Oscar nomination
The documentary will be shown at one cinema in Tokyo from December. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
[Article] This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found
Researchers say well over 100,000 spiders from two different species coexist in this remarkable underground metropolis for arachnids
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Uzbekistan Airways Confirms Order for Eight Additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Uzbekistan Airways has finalized an order for eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, expanding its fleet of the long-haul aircraft as part of a wider international growth strategy. The deal was formalized in Washington, DC, marking a significant step in the airline’s ongoing fleet modernization.
Uzbekistan Airways Confirms Order for Eight Additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Aviation News – Uzbekistan Airways has finalized an order for eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, expanding its fleet of the long-haul aircraft as part of a wider international growth strategy. The de…aviationnews.eu
Local hero: 'DC sandwich guy' found not guilty of assaulting officer with sub
A US man charged with using a sandwich to assault a law enforcement officer was acquitted Thursday after a jury decided that charges brought by President Donald Trump's prosecutors were baloney.
Experts say China's targets to cut pollution don't go far enough
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For the first time, China set a specific target for reducing emissions. However, it falls short of what analysts say is needed to meet the Paris goal of limiting average global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), compared to the 1850s.
Xi announced in a video message to a U.N. climate meeting in September that China would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035, and would strive to do even better than that.
Modeling by multiple climate experts shows that China would need to cut emissions by around 30% for the world to be on track to the Paris goal.
“This is disappointing as China has the opportunity to decarbonize faster,” Norah Zhang, an analyst at Climate Action Tracker, said after Xi’s announcement.
Previously, China had not pledged to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, it promised to reduce its emissions relative to the size of its economy — so they could still grow but at a slower pace than the economy. Its goal has been to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030.
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Experts say China's targets to cut pollution don't go far enough
Experts say China is likely to exceed its modest climate goals, but question if it will be enough to help the world curb warming. The world's largest carbon emitter submitted its 2035 goals to the United Nations this week.Ken Moritsugu (AP News)
México too, we're burning fuel oil daily because the expresident hated green energies and the current one does whatever the cult leader tells her to.
Also cutting down trees and fucking up the environment to build their illegal mega projects.
On a lower scale, there was a civil organisation trying to replant the streets so they stopped being concrete deserts but the last thing I knew was the goverment was trying to get them in jail for damaging public property.
US strikes another alleged drug boat bringing death toll from campaign in Latin America to 70
US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to America
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New drone alert in Belgium – flights stopped
The airport in Liège, Belgium, has been closed to traffic after an unidentified drone was spotted in the airspace, Belgian media report
UN calls for recommitment to Women, Peace and Security agenda
On the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, a photo exhibition by UN Women and EEAS in Brussels celebrates women at the heart of peace processes.
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Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors
Exclusive: Tory leader has plans to reinstate group that provided top donors with direct access to senior ministers
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2025 is on track to be among the three warmest years on record, Copernicus data finds
Copernicus says the findings reflect the “accelerating pace of climate change”.
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Japan resumes seafood exports to China 2 years after Fukushima wastewater release
Japan has resumed seafood exports to China for the first time since a ban was imposed over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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US | Multiple people fall ill after package delivered to Air Force One base
The building the package was opened in was evacuated and those taken ill were found to be stable.
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in reply to silence7 • • •Of course they will.
Not to divert attention from Trump's unprecedented corruption or the utter and complete legal, moral and ethical collapse of this Supreme Court, but it's near certain that the government would grant the fossil fuel industry some sort of patently undeserved immunity no matter who was in office or on the Supreme Court.
Interfering to protect corporations from the consequences of their negligence and fraud is a long-established service of the federal government.
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