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Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
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Fossil Fuels at UN COP30: There Is Already a Deal to Beat Them
A United Nations climate summit has once again failed to strengthen a pledge made two years ago to transition “away from fossil fuels.” Instead these dirty drivers of the climate crisis went completely unacknowledged in the weekend’s COP30 agreement.Lara Williams (Bloomberg)
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director Genevieve GuentherGenevieve Guenther (The Guardian)
Any attempt to abolish "capitalism" will end up with those who currently possess the capital winding up on top, and the cycle continuing.
However, if we instead abolish exploitation of specific non-renewable natural resources, we may be able to get somewhere while impacting the mechanisms that drive capitalism in the process.
Natural gas use for electricity in California falls as solar generation rises
Natural gas use for electricity in California falls as solar generation rises - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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Arizona has Saudi owned corporations sucking the aquifer for alfalfa export. Oof
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New oil drilling permits to come soon in California's Kern County
New oil drilling permits to come soon in Kern County
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — After months of waiting, new oil drilling permits will soon be up for grabs here in Kern County. “Starting Jan. 2, applications can be filed at the county. We’ve been beefing up our staff.Jacob Clark (KGET 17 News)
Aluminum giants hit major milestone with low-carbon production
Aluminum giants hit major milestone with low-carbon production | Elysis, a joint venture of Alcoa and Rio Tinto, announced a breakthrough in scaling its carbon-free “inert anode” technology to clean up smelters.
Aluminum giants hit major milestone with low-carbon production
Elysis, a joint venture of Alcoa and Rio Tinto, announced a breakthrough in scaling its carbon-free “inert anode” technology to clean up smelters.Canary Media
My first thought was when and is this something that is actually happening or just a poc and it appears to be far enough along to make rapid progress. Its a good read but here are the paragraphs that I think give some sense of timeline.
Earlier this month, the Canadian firm Elysis said it hit a major milestone when it deployed an industrial-size, carbon-free anode inside an existing smelter in Alma, Quebec. Elysis is a joint venture of the U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa and global mining company Rio Tinto, both of which produce aluminum in the Canadian province.
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Rio Tinto, meanwhile, has already licensed the inert-anode technology from Elysis. The manufacturer plans to build a demonstration plant with 10 of the 100 kA cells at its existing Arvida smelter in Quebec, possibly by 2027, through a joint venture with the provincial government.
US Interior Department skips NEPA analysis for offshore drilling expansion
Interior skips NEPA analysis for offshore drilling expansion - E&E News by POLITICO
All prior five-year drilling plans — dating back to 1980 — reference National Environmental Policy Act analyses.Ian M. Stevenson (E&E News by POLITICO)
Your New England home insurance could vanish. Climate change explains why.
From Connecticut to Maine, coastal communities are feeling the pinch of higher home insurance rates and fewer options for coverage.
My New England home insurance has already vanished.
Granted, I have never had a home in New England. But, still!
Western climate litigants keep fighting | After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
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After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.Amal Ahmed (High Country News)
Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers
How extreme heat is driving kidney failure in migrant workers
Millions of migrants toil in grueling conditions in the Middle East, where brutal heat contributes to an alarming increase in kidney failure.Natalie Donback (Grist)
Senators to investigate Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
GOP senators to join Democrats in investigating Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
Senators from both sides of the political aisle will join forces to investigate allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered there to be no survivors in U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats.
GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed announced the decision in a joint statement Saturday.
"The Committee is aware of recent news reports and the Department of Defense’s initial response — regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” the statement read.
GOP senators to join Democrats in investigating Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed, announced the investigation in a joint statementMike Bedigan (The Independent)
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Un año de inundaciones, barro y muerte en Vietnam | Los científicos indicaron que el cambio climático podría convertir el centro de Vietnam en un punto crítico mundial de tormentas destructivas.
Los científicos indicaron que el cambio climático podría convertir el centro de Vietnam en un punto crítico mundial de tormentas destructivas. Este año parece haberlo demostrado.
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US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out
Trump puts US in unflattering company as lack of representative at climate talks reveals disdain for climate progressOliver Milman (The Guardian)
How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders
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Unpaywalled (Web archive)The strange number lighting up Tawanda Majoni’s phone again and again felt like a warning.
Majoni, one of the Zimbabwe’s most respected journalists, soon learned where the calls were coming from: a federal police unit called Law and Order, notorious for abductions, torture and killings.
When unmarked cars rolled through his neighborhood after a relative was pressed for his location, Majoni packed a bag, tossed his cell phone’s SIM card so he couldn’t be tracked and fled the city, haunted by memories of slain colleagues. One was hurled from a moving vehicle in broad daylight. Another was beaten to death.
He knew he couldn’t run forever. After two weeks, he returned and answered one of the calls. An officer told him to come in: We have a case related to you.
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A few days later, Majoni sat in a small, airless room at Law and Order offices, his lawyer ordered to wait outside. For three hours, officers grilled Majoni about his work, at one point sliding a printout across the desk—a tweet about a speech he’d given on World Press Freedom Day. They accused him of “inciting rebellion,” a treasonous offense.
The questioning made no sense until Majoni noticed a file on the desk: his photograph on top, and beneath it, text written in Mandarin Chinese.
He didn’t need to ask. His newsroom, the Information for Development Trust, had recently published exposes on Chinese mining projects that left open waste pits, poisoned rivers and displaced communities. “I know what this is about,” Majoni said.
The lead officer smiled, then pressed on about the tweet. Majoni walked free that day but stopped writing his weekly column. Later, he said, trusted police contacts confirmed what he already suspected: Chinese investors had been behind the interrogation.
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The Chinese government’s repression of journalists at home is well known. Less visible is how that machinery now reaches far beyond its borders—and what that means for the environment.
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An Inside Climate News investigation has identified more than a dozen journalists who have faced retaliation for reporting on environmental destruction and human rights abuses tied to China’s ventures in African countries, likely a stark undercount. Many of those cases involve projects under Beijing’s $1.3 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, a massive investment effort into mines, ports, railways, pipelines and other infrastructure in mostly poor countries.
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When a project carries political weight for both the Chinese government and local authorities, that’s often when repression happens, according to Sarah Cook, author of the UnderReported China newsletter who has studied the country’s media influence operations for more than 15 years.
“If there are muckraking journalists or whistleblowers who might expose environmental issues, it could potentially be in the interest of both the local actors and the Chinese-linked ones to put a stop to that,” Cook said.
That suppression hides or sanitizes environmental and human rights abuses, even as Chinese President Xi Jinping promotes the Belt and Road Initiative as a model of “green” development and positions China as a global climate leader.
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China’s media influence campaign targets a continent crucial to the planet’s climate and ecological balance. Africa is home to the world’s second-largest rainforest, vast carbon-rich peatlands and a quarter of all mammal species, including endangered mountain gorillas, pangolins and chimpanzees. Its degradation threatens not only 1.5 billion Africans, but also Earth itself.
Polluting companies from other nations have been linked to attacks on journalists, too. But China’s role is distinct.
“We’re talking about a nation that is not only highly repressive but also the second-largest economy globally,” said Cook, who worked for years for Freedom House, which defends civil liberties around the globe. “This creates an unprecedented situation.”
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Censorship is only half the story. Journalists across the Global South are regularly flown to China on all-expense-paid trips that function like indoctrination, according to some participants. Chinese officials have also showered underfunded news organizations in other countries with investments and gifts—from computers to cell phones—and later exerted influence to spike stories and promote flattering coverage, journalists and government officials interviewed for this article said.
“The Chinese are very good with disseminating their agenda,” said Leo Mutisya, manager of press freedom and advocacy at the Media Council of Kenya, an independent government institution tasked with protecting media independence.
Mutisya pointed to the reach of Chinese state media in Kenya, their sprawling Nairobi offices and their cozy ties with the Kenya Broadcasting Corp., which gives a regular slot to one Chinese network and a radio frequency to another. (The Kenya Broadcasting Corp. did not respond to requests for comment.) Chinese officials also organize private lunches and parties with Kenyan journalists and editors, Mutisya added, and sponsor the country’s annual journalism awards—handing out Huawei smartphones to winners.
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China has cast its overseas mining and other ventures not as a new form of imperialism but as “win-win” partnerships among nations of the Global South—countries, it says, long oppressed by Western exploitation. The message resonates in places like Zimbabwe, where resentment of Western interference runs deep and memories of colonial horrors remain vivid.
After winning independence from Britain in 1980, freedom fighter Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe as a symbol of unity and liberation. But by the late 1990s, his rule had hardened into autocracy—marked by election rigging, repression and state violence. Western nations responded with sweeping sanctions, in part over human rights abuses but also over Zimbabwe’s efforts to redress deep land inequities left by racist colonial rule.
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Beijing’s lending to Zimbabwe has come free from Western pressure to improve democracy and human rights—a hallmark of what Beijing calls its “noninterference” policy.
But that principle, said Richardson, who is also co-executive director of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, is “nothing more than words on paper.”
“The Chinese government interferes left, right and center,” Richardson said, adding that Beijing spends “massive amounts of time and money and effort on putting forward and protecting a very particular image of what it is.”
Environmental reporters and researchers across Africa described how that influence plays out in the media.
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How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders - Inside Climate News
Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure.Inside Climate News
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Higher resolution climate models show 41% increase in daily extreme land precipitation by 2100
Despite continuous efforts to evaluate and predict changes in Earth's climate, most models still struggle to accurately simulate extreme precipitation events. Models like the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phases 5 and 6 (CMIP5 and CMIP6) use fairly coarse resolution due to computing constraints, making it a little easier, faster and less expensive to run simulations, while still providing some degree of accuracy.However, a new study, published in Nature Geoscience, is shedding light on some of the features missed by these coarser resolution models.
The team involved in the study developed a higher resolution model that breaks up the atmosphere into 10–25 km (6–15.5 mile) squares for analysis, instead of 100 km (62 mile) squares. Their high-resolution model is based on the Community Earth System Model v.1.3 (CESM-HR), which looks at the time period between 1920–2100. These results are then compared with the low-resolution version's (CESM-LR) results.
Higher resolution climate models show 41% increase in daily extreme land precipitation by 2100
Despite continuous efforts to evaluate and predict changes in Earth's climate, most models still struggle to accurately simulate extreme precipitation events.Krystal Kasal (Phys.org)
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plantsLuke Barratt (The Guardian)
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China Offers Panda Totes, but No New Commitments, at Climate Talks
For evidence of China’s prominence at the United Nations climate summit in Brazil, look no further than the convention hall, where China boasts one of the largest pavilions, prominently located in the center next to the host country.
Before a fire tore through part of the Pavilion Hall on Thursday, throngs converged daily at China’s exhibition area to pick up panda-themed tote bags, listen to energy experts and admire displays of China’s global investments in clean energy.
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But behind closed doors in the negotiating rooms at the U.N. summit, where nations are wrestling with how to move away from fossil fuels, China has been mostly quiet.
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Analysts said China was showing little interest in taking up the mantle of global climate leader.
“It is frustrating,” said Natalie Unterstell, the president of Talanoa, a Brazilian climate research organization. “We would like to see a high-ambition China.”
One reason appears to be self-interest.
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In the real world, the Chinese have provided billions of dollars in loans and grants to poorer countries to help them deal with climate change and to transition to renewable energy. But its delegation at Belém objects to any language that might result in the United Nations requiring, or even asking, it to provide such aid.
When it comes to the most contentious issue in Belém, whether nations will enact a so-called road map for transitioning away from fossil fuels, China has been quiet, diplomats said.
Even though China is currently the planet’s biggest polluter, it “has a strongly-held view that climate change is a problem caused by developed countries, and that they should lead the way,” said Kaveh Guilanpour, a vice president at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a nonprofit group that is following the negotiations in Belém.
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China’s own plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions has been criticized as insufficient. The European Union climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, called it “disappointing,” and former Biden administration officials in Belém said it did not do nearly enough to limit dangerous warming.
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China’s top issue in Belém has less to do with leading other nations and more with its own economic interests.
Specifically, China wants to eliminate European and other tariffs it sees as a barrier to selling its solar panels, electric vehicles and other exports to global markets. And, it has argued here that if countries are serious about more quickly bringing down emissions, they should make it easier for China to sell its green products.
“From a soft power perspective I don’t believe China has been ready to play a larger role or even to replace the vacuum left by the U.S.,” said Zou Ji, president of Energy Foundation China, an organization that works with the Chinese government on climate change issues, and a former member of China’s climate negotiating team.
Instead, he said, it is leading by selling solar panels, EVs and batteries cheaper ... than the rest of the world.
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Fire Threatens Iran’s Ancient Forest, a World Heritage Site
Such a blaze in late autumn, he said, points to the “increasing vulnerability of Hyrcanian Forests to intense fire activity” even beyond the hottest summer months.Iranians are increasingly anxious over the compounding effect of climate change in the country.
Inside the Human Aspect of Climate Meetings — a Collection of COP Memories
Inside the Human Aspect of Climate Meetings — a Collection of COP Memories
COP talks bring together thousands of people once a year with a goal to advance the fight against climate change. They’re cathartic events where hyper-technical diplomatic talk takes center stage.Bloomberg
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen
Why is climate action stalling, not ramping up as Earth gets hotter?
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happenMichael Le Page (New Scientist)
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
A new global assessment explores who is blocking action on climate change through coordinated disinformation campaigns.Priyanka Shankar (Mongabay-India)
Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment
Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment
US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assemblyDharna Noor (The Guardian)
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Still subsidizing the oil and gas industry to the tune of 10s of billions every year, even though they’re the most profitable companies on earth.
Who kept signing off on those subsidies Nancy?
A Decade After Paris, Climate Diplomacy Is About Saving Itself
The outcome of the COP30 summit in Brazil kept multilateralism alive while barely pushing forwa
COP30 in Brazil: A Decade After Paris, Climate Diplomacy Is About Saving Itself
The outcome of the COP30 summit in Brazil kept multilateralism alive while barely pushing forward the promise of combatting global warming.Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg)
A Stand Against Coal Exports Could Push Oakland, California Toward Bankruptcy
After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.
EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action as "axis of obstruction" remains reluctant to quit fossil fuels
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Unpaywalled (archived)The EU and a handful of other countries have been left unusually isolated as they push for action to tackle global warming, after geopolitical schisms spilled into climate policies at the UN COP30 summit in Brazil.
The meeting of 194 countries for more than two weeks in the tropical temperatures of the city of Belém nearly ended in collapse on Saturday when the EU warned of the possibility of a “no deal”. Countries such as the UK considered walking out.
Their efforts to directly reference fossil fuels or ambitious climate action language in a final agreement were blocked again and again by China, India, and some petro-states.
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“At a time when extreme heat, catastrophic floods and wildfires are setting new records every year, negotiators still could not summon the basic courage to stand up to fossil fuel interests,” [Martina Egedusevic, an expert in nature-based solutions and risk management at the University of Exeter] said.
Benoît Faraco, the ambassador in charge of climate change negotiations for France, said the EU and France had fought for a road map away from fossil fuels and deforestation all the way into the early hours of Saturday morning, in “bloc against bloc” negotiations, but to no avail.
“It is profoundly worrying to realise that climate multilateralism is still something that needs to be protected, that there is everything to play for,” he said.
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More than 80 countries had initially backed a proposal for a so-called road map aimed at setting out how countries could shift away from fossil fuels during the two-week talks. By the final night of talks, the EU, UK, Colombia and a handful of other nations remained the driving forces.
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China joined India, Saudi Arabia and other exporters in using COP as an opportunity to spar with the EU over its soon-to-be-introduced carbon border tax. The final agreement set out plans for further trade talks next year.
Other than on this issue, China remained quieter than expected at talks where the petrostates took centre stage. This is despite China’s renewable energy boom and President Xi Jinping’s affirmation that green energy is the “trend of our time”.
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I really wonder about these people's reasoning? If only we call others names in public, bully them, they'll change their minds? Climate action will occur? It's clearly not working!
These other countries are sovereign. EU has very little to offer them. So what's left is to convince them by being a great example of how climate action, energy security, economical wellfare and political stability can be balanced. They'll copy the policy, when it's an example worth following, to their benefit.
Just throwing tantrums like Hoekstra is embarrassing and more importantly contra productive to the cause. I understand that reasonable people don't want to work together with that.
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That's a false dichotomy, a childish one, that hurts everyone.
I presented a third option, one that would have direct positive effect locally, and long term positive effect globally. It's the part of my comment you ignored in favour of divisive rethoric.
If only people, like you, weren't so short sighted, fixated on name calling and bullying. The choice isn't "who should we bully". We should just not bully at all. We could use the same effort to look for solutions instead.
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These countries
You're talking about the majority of the world. If you read the article, the EU is part of only a very small group of countries, representing a very very small part of the world's population and emissions.
We can, and are, antagonizing them all. They can and are simply ignoring us. How does that help climate change mitigation? Or is that not the goal?
You're saying we should give Jeffery Dahmer a hand job to convince him to stop killing people.
Where did I say that?
I, instead, proposed leading by example. To stop the hateful speech and namecalling that is hindering policy change.
I proposed actually developing good technology and policy internally, that others will want to copy, for their own benefit.
What we're currently doing, screaming and shouting like a toddler, is clearly not working.
Given that context, can you see how the people who want to stop putting holes in the boat would get frustrated with the people putting holes in the boat
Yes. Can you see how starting to namecall like a toddler is a bad plan? Now you destroy all possibility of cooperation, and the boat is still sinking. It makes things worse!
would be baffled by someone more concerned about the descriptive pejorative than they are by the other guys putting holes in the boats?
Let's say a boat is sinking. There's people making holes and there's toddlers screaming and shouting and kicking everyone in sight. Can you see how a reasonable person would see both as an annoying hinderance that make things worse, not better? How one group telling they don't like the other group is useless and frustrating childish behaviour - the boat is sinking, remember?
Your whole plan is to show them how things would be better
Yes. Work on technology and policy others will want to copy for their own benefit. It's the only thing that's going to work.
The growth in solar power production, for example, isn't because it's green. It's because it's a cheaper way of producing power in many situations. That's all that is.
The current methodology of bullying is not working, even doing the reverse. Emissions are currently at an all time high, and rising. Your plan is to keep doing that same thing, antagonize the majority of the world, and expect a different outcome?
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitmentFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
In addition to Brazil: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Bolivia were against this agreement. In Europe, once again France and Germany are leading the way to push forward this language.
I hate that I'm saying this, but there needs to be some horrific events that are clearly caused by climate change for any of these stubborn countries (including Russia, India, and now sadly the US) to do anything about it. Until that happens, it's all just about how to best juice the next quarterly earnings report.
The alternative is that about 100 people in charge of holding the world up are personally addressed so they can change their minds. After all geopolitics comes down to individuals at the end of the day.
TotalEnergies faces criminal complaint in France over alleged massacre in Mozambique
As French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume work on its multibillion-dollar offshore gas project in northern Mozambique, it faces a criminal complaint back home over its role in funding an army unit accused of torturing and executing dozens of civilians in 2021.
TotalEnergies faces criminal complaint in France over alleged massacre in Mozambique
As French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume work on its multibillion-dollar offshore gas project in northern Mozambique, it faces a criminal complaint back home over its role in funding an army unit accused of torturing and executing…Conservation news
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COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
Environmental organisations, climate scientists, and Indigenous groups had already been urging Brazil to drop Edelman from its role handling media relations at COP30, taking place in the Amazonian city of Belém, due to the firm’s decades-long history of representing major greenhouse gas polluters such as Shell, Chevron, and ExxonMobil.
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client - DeSmog
As Edelman prepared to work on the climate summit’s PR, the agency also lobbied for fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.Maria Clára Parente (DeSmog)
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Biofuels Push at COP30 Could Accelerate Climate Crisis and Threaten Food Supply
The governments of Brazil, Italy, Japan, and India are spearheading a new pledge calling for the rapid global expansion of biofuels as a commitment to decarbonizing transportation energy.An analysis by a clean transport advocacy organization published last month found that, because of the indirect impacts to farming and land use, biofuels are responsible globally for 16 percent more CO2 emissions than the planet-polluting fossil fuels they replace
Biofuels Push at COP30 Could Accelerate Climate Crisis and Threaten Food Supply | Truthout
Despite their positioning as a green alternative, experts warn biofuels expansion could have catastrophic consequences.Zack Kligler (Truthout)
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The fuel vs food issue is a well known problem in first generation biofuel, has been for years. It's sad to read they're still being developed and encouraged.
There are standards, either in draft or already in place, to encourage biofuel made from second generation feedstock: sources that are not suitable for human consumption, such as agricultural and municipal wastes, waste oils, and algae. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-g…
Has COP30 ignored all of that?!
How it started:
Let's try and at least pretend we're saving some of the planet?
How it's going:
Wanna get high?
10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal | This year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
How world leaders let go of the Paris Agreement's biggest goal
At COP30 in Brazil, this year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.Zoya Teirstein (Grist)
Wow!
Great job!
Some of us figured this out before we got out of college, or even without going to college.
Some people even figured this out many decades ago!
Anyway, time again to roll out the 'ole limits to growth chart, with a modern update, using CO2 instead of 'pollution'.
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Uh yep, yep you're reading that right, the peak of civilization is roughly now, all downhill from here.
Here's the UK's Institute and Faculty of Actuaries estimating global economic losses due to climate change:
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It sure was fun to be a data analyst this last decade, screaming into apparently the void, as the world effectively decides to commit suicide.
Oh well, apocalypse timeline it is then, good thing I can sing most of the New Vegas soundtrack, in case my radio/smartphone/pipboy breaks.
Current climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
The global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken, warns a new report by the IFoA.Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action | ‘Axis of obstruction’ stalls progress with poor and middle-income countries reluctant to quit fossil fuels despite peril
Indigenous people reflect on meaning of their participation in COP30 climate talks
Indigenous people reflect on meaning of their participation in COP30 climate talks
Many Indigenous people who attended the United Nations climate talks felt strengthened by the solidarity with tribes from other countries and some appreciated small wins in the final outcome.PBS News
UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future | By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.Peter Brannen (The Atlantic)
We don't have to be — the bulk of coal, oil, and gas is still in the ground. There are forests yet standing.
Doom is a choice, and one we can fight against.
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices | In Baltimore, blue collar workers are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future” and defending offshore wind
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Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
Unionize workers are fighting Donald Trump's attacks on wind energy. In Baltimore, they're preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future."Antonia Juhasz (Rolling Stone)
Canada's largest pension fund increases fossil fuel investments
Canada's largest pension fund increases fossil fuel investments - rabble.ca
Earlier this year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board dropped its net-zero greenhouse gas emission commitment.Gabriela Calugay-Casuga (rabble)
This is one of the reasons I try to point out that there's a generational conflict. A lot of leftists act like this isn't happening, but, well, it is. I noticed it some time ago with relation to BP: theguardian.com/environment/20…
The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change implicitly calls for leaving 80% of coal, 50% of gas and 33% of oil reserves underground. This paper studies the scarcely addressed relationship between investors like pension funds and climate policy implementation by addressing the question: what is the extent of pension fund investments in the fossil fuel sector, what is the range of actions that pension funds take to address environmental issues, and what does this suggest about pension fund commitments to ambitious climate targets through leaving fossil fuels underground? A small sample of pension funds alone manages at least €79 billion in liquid fossil fuel assets, suggesting that OECD pension funds may jointly manage between €238–828 billion. Sustainability reports reveal that pension funds engage in five actions to implement climate policies: 1) divestment; 2) direct engagement; 3) carbon footprint calculations; 4) investing in ‘green’ alternatives; and 5) engaging in climate-oriented coalitions. However, their use of these actions is so far ineffective and counterproductive to taming the fossil fuel sector. Pension funds are not fully committed to leaving fossil fuels underground, which de facto renders them not yet committed to meeting ambitious climate targets. Forthcoming policies must target investors like pension funds to improve the prospects of meeting such targets and protect vulnerable countries from inheriting the risks of stranded assets.
Revealed: BP's close ties with the UK government
Documents show the extent of BP’s influence on government policy and how their intimate relationship is at odds with UK commitments to reduce carbon emissionsFelicity Lawrence (The Guardian)
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •So it seems that Israel (one of the leading country in hackers spies for hire) thinks that there’s a lot « Hezbollah honey pot » that target android device
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in reply to TribblesBestFriend • • •Israeli company Cellebrite sells a device to extract data from locked phones, both Android and iPhones afaik. So indeed I'm guessing their government knows some stuff about the security of both platforms.
Fun fact: comments mentioning Cellebrite get immediately shadow-hidden on Reddit, or at least in some of the main subs.
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in reply to [object Object] • • •Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellebri…
Sounds like it is just malware to me.
Israeli digital intelligence company
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)[object Object]
in reply to kbobabob • • •Vulnerable software is different from malware.
Iirc there was also the part of the story where the exploit for Cellebrite's thing was included in Signal, and Marlinspike said that data on any device scanning Signal with Cellebrite software would be poisoned.
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in reply to Skeezix • • •Really depends on the phone and how the controlling organization (whether it's a private company or the IDF) uses MDM/MAM. It's totally possible to poorly manage iPhones, and if you do they'll be insecure as hell. If you were to restrict everyone to a specific Android phone model with hardened software, then you could theoretically do better than deploying all iPhones. Hell, you could even put GrapheneOS on them, but that would be quite an undertaking, and I'm not aware of any company doing it at scale.
Because of the homogeneity of iPhones and how strictly Apple controls them, it's generally simpler for organizations to manage them and ensure all of their employees are using updated software on a relatively secure phone. So that (in my opinion) is why we're seeing a lot of organizations just say "screw it, only iPhones allowed".
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in reply to grehund • • •But isn't that stupid tho. Like they should want their military officers to be using the most secure OS.
But then again, its funny to see them make stupid decisions.
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in reply to [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] • • •unwarlikeExtortion
in reply to Cethin • • •It's a both-ways situation.
They allow only the Fisher-Price version of phones so less-than-power-users don't do something stupid.
They also allow only Fisher-Price so power users can't beat Celebrite as easily.
418_im_a_teapot
in reply to [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] • • •HazardousBanjo
in reply to [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] • • •They want to be able to perpetually spy on their military officers to keep them in line. Boot out any dissidents or anyone refusing to carry out illegal and genocidal orders.
Many fascist states like Stalin's USSR, Nazi Germany, North Korea, etc all have mass spy programs on the most powerful who aren't the leader.
It shows perpetual paranoia, which is expected as popular support for Israel has fucking collapsed in most Western countries. They know their time is limited.
Cricket@lemmy.zip
in reply to HazardousBanjo • • •I would be interested to know what definition of fascism you are using that includes the USSR and North Korea. Fascism is not the same thing as authoritarianism, if that's the definition you're going by.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definiti…
scientific theories about the historical phenomenon of fascism
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)HazardousBanjo
in reply to Cricket@lemmy.zip • • •I'm using the 14 points:
public.websites.umich.edu/~rsc…
Of which the USSR under Stalin, and North Korea in general fit damn near perfectly.
14 Points of Fascism
public.websites.umich.eduCricket@lemmy.zip
in reply to HazardousBanjo • • •bluemoon
in reply to fne8w2ah • • •says everything about iPhones 'security' & 'privacy'
repeats it
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in reply to SlippiHUD • • •D_C
in reply to fne8w2ah • • •The Official Phone Of Genocide
Lets face it, the more you know about ol' tyranty boy StevieJobs the more it makes sense.
The Quuuuuill
in reply to fne8w2ah • • •frankly this is because israel knows exactly how much spyware they've gotten their partner, Google, to put into android. the iphone is also chock full of spyware, and they do want to spy on their military force to make sure it's as ideologically and racially pure as they need it to be to continue their genocide. further consider that budget iphones don't exist and you realize that their systemic impoverishing of the indigenous Palestinian people means that all of the targets of their genocide are much more likely to be android users than iphone users. given this, israel is in real time creating a new signifier of jewish-israeli identity. soon having an android phone as civilian will be evidence of HAMAS.
and again.
i want to remind everyone that google is a major partner to israel. this is not a case of iphones bad guys, android phones good guys. this is a case of both being components in a system of torture. i can't tell you yet to divest yourself of both to switch to linux phones like postmarketos because even i can't do that without buying a new device, but please watch that space. and until you can, if you're using a google pixel please consider installing grapheneos, and if you're not please consider using a de-googled lineage based rom. israel greatly values the intel they get from their partner google.
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in reply to The Quuuuuill • • •The Quuuuuill
in reply to krooklochurm • • •iOS Overview - Privacy Guides
Privacy Guideskrooklochurm
in reply to The Quuuuuill • • •What you're describing isn't spyware though.
I'm not dying on this hill because at a point it would just be quibbling over semantics. Your point isn't wrong - I know there are options built into OSes that can be used to monitor user behaviour - but this isn't spyware in the same way backdooring shit into android would be
No argument that the end result is pretty similar - but one requires exploits to get some shit on the phone. The other is innate to the OS.
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •muusemuuse
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in reply to bss03 • • •bss03
in reply to titanicx • • •Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me either way. There IS a lot of telemetry and other BS that is definitely still on my phone, included in OS updates, and not uninstallable (I can "uninstall updates", but that would also give me back any security issues). But, I don't think that it is Gemini, or at least predates that naming convention.
To get free of Google telemetry, I'd have to install a non-Google ROM, and I haven't ever tried that.
Telemetry certainly can be abused, and Google should be legally (by regulation) required to provide a simple opt-out. BUT, telemetry really is a fairly normal thing to include in "web-scale" deployments and is primarily used to discover issues that have escaped into production without affecting a testing environment--or, at least, that what the telemetry systems I've interacted with as an software developer were for. So, I'm not too worried about non-personalized data collection.
EDIT: I confirmed that Google says I have no Gemini activity to delete, so while I'm sure my phone is reporting stuff, it's not to Gemini.
muusemuuse
in reply to bss03 • • •and
proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini…
were easy enough to find. If I remember correctly the grapheneOS guys spoke on this too.
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
Elena Constantinescu (Proton)bss03
in reply to muusemuuse • • •The first one does tell you how to "completely remove Gemini from your smartphone" under that heading. I do not have the Gemini app installed.
The second one says:
But, I've also disabled Google Assistant across all applications, so I don't share data with Gemini/Assistant. I had to lose some features to do so.
Overall, your reply serves to confirm for me that I have disabled Gemini on both of my Android devices. Still, I appreciate the links!
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in reply to titanicx • • •I was curious so I searched. This is the best info I could find.
proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini…
Proton claims that even if you turn everything off, it will still watch in the background because Google is replacing assistant with Gemini. That still hasn't happened on my phone. I can still use the regular Google assistant, but I feel like I'm not smart enough to evaluate the claims to know whether it is really running on my phone or not.
Proton also has a profit motive in making people upset with Google, so I don't know.
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
Elena Constantinescu (Proton)muusemuuse
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in reply to muusemuuse • • •asudox
in reply to titanicx • • •What programming? Code related to turning off Gemini is not publicly available. You're blindly trusting Google engineers.
muusemuuse
in reply to titanicx • • •titanicx
in reply to muusemuuse • • •You made up a scenario. Here's one
I have a switch that turns off my car when I push it. I push it, it does exactly what I ask. There done. My scenario is more real then your made up one.
muusemuuse
in reply to titanicx • • •again, you didnt counter, you just said "nuh-uh"
I dont mind not getting the last word but that seems important to you and I'm petty so guess how this is going to go?
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in reply to Tja • • •Duamerthrax
in reply to Nico198X • • •It's like no one remembers the 90's and Microsoft.
Also, IBM literally made computers for the Nazis.
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in reply to Phoenixz • • •rumba
in reply to muusemuuse • • •I mean it's not just that. Probably not even mostly that. Security is really not great on Android far beyond the AI. I've been running Android for years and probably won't change until Linux with LUKS is a reasonable alternative, But from a hardware level on through to the software, there are so many holes in the OS and ways to access privileged information. Even the top end of the Samsung line is largely rootable at this point, not without concessions, mind you, but as far as an enemy getting a phone and gaining access, or the company itself getting your data even without AI, I'd probably be concerned enough for ANY military org not to allow them to be used.
Apple has a hell of a lot of issues, might even be overly friendly with Israel, but from a security standpoint, it's probably safer for secrets than android at the moment.
I really just want an encrypted portable linux device with a cellular modem. I don't even care if it can SMS or VOLTE, I just need it to run a secure chat client, support Bluetooth headphones and last all day on a charge.
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in reply to rumba • • •Then you're in luck, because that's something you can already have by now! Just get yourself one of the more recent-ish phones that are well supported by PostmarketOS. The things Linux phones struggle the most with these days, are the more traditional phone-things, such as text messages or calling, which may not be ready for production, as they say (although, both texts and calls have actually worked well for me as of late). But if all you want is a pocket Linux computer/PDA, and intend to carry another phone for calls and texting, that's something you can have, for the grand price of an old, second-hand phone. I've been loving my (LUKS-encrypted) OnePlus 6T, and I do actually use it for calls and texts as well!
rumba
in reply to skaffi • • •If all I needed was five hours worth of battery would be a great fit.
Both post-market and nix are great options if you want to run a really old phone, but neither one can last even
half a day.
Ricaz
in reply to rumba • • •What exactly is insecure about running GrapheneOS?
Or even stock OS on a Pixel? Has any of the conspiracies about Google Play Services ever been proven?
muusemuuse
in reply to Ricaz • • •Ricaz
in reply to muusemuuse • • •What part? The fact that they no longer will be providing Pixel-specific source code?
Who else has been providing the literal OS source code for their devices?
I'm talking about the conspiracy where Google is monitoring your every move, reading all your encrypted messages, and providing backdoors to government entities.
rumba
in reply to Ricaz • • •You mean besides the fact that the IDF has been selling ICE software specifically to compromise android phone and now they're forbidding their own forces from using Android...
That's not much of a stretch IMO, but you do you.
muusemuuse
in reply to rumba • • •You aren't going to get such a device enabled on the american cellular networks. The duoploy wont allow it. You would have a better chance creating a new network that doesnt need cellular technology. something that behaves more like a cordless phone that uses whatever wifi, packet radio, reticulum node, etc as the base. You wouldn't be able to get a straight phone number without a VoIP subscription but thats also not a terribly big problem as phone numbers are a terrible idea in 2025 anyway. We should have revocable keys exchanged at will that are unique to each contact. Either side can block communications effectively that way at any time and you couldnt just call them from a different number or sell the key to a different scammer or something.
Really, a 5G capable phone running linux isnt a big enough goal. Mobile communications needs a profound shift away from the legacy model.
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in reply to rumba • • •tym
in reply to muusemuuse • • •and meanwhile, the american supreme court is ruling on terminating online access due to piracy today. I wonder what they'll rule....
usatoday.com/story/news/2025/1…
Daily Briefing: This SCOTUS case could shut off your internet
, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)UnspecificGravity
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in reply to biggeoff • • •Like most things in contemporary society, we are given the choice between two terrible options, and then encouraged to go all in on one of those terrible choices, or you're a LOSER.
Modern life is just Pavlov's lab.
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in reply to muusemuuse • • •Wasn't it also just reported a few weeks ago that Samsung installs Israeli spyware on android devices sold in MENA?
androidauthority.com/samsung-a…
'Unremovable Israeli spyware' on your Samsung phone? Here's what the controversy is all about - Android Authority
Tushar Mehta (Android Authority)The Quuuuuill
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •FFS a government makes a policy on phone security which may or may not be a good decision. OK whatever, who cares?
Ah but that government is Israel. So now this is today's reason for your daily Two Minutes Hate?
Get a grip people.
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in reply to SpaceCowboy • • •I've hated the Israeli Gov't much longer than 2 minutes.
Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!
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in reply to cockmushroom • • •Arthur Besse
in reply to tyler • • •Physically obtaining the devices is insufficient; they need ongoing software updates and other network services too.
The IDF could/would absolutely not be doing this if they did not trust that Apple is a very committed partner.
You can also observe from Apple's job listings that they are.
Search Jobs - Israel - Jobs at Apple (IL)
jobs.apple.comtyler
in reply to Arthur Besse • • •Go ahead and post the same link for Google job listings. I’ll wait.
Having jobs in the country has nothing to do with being a “committed partner”. You’re making up connections that are most likely not there. Same for anyone claiming the same about Google. Microsoft on the other hand is directly selling and assisting the IDF, they are a committed partner.
Arthur Besse
in reply to tyler • • •::: spoiler I think you misunderstood me
My comment was in response to your comments (bolded below) in this thread:
My point was not to say that Google is better than Apple here - in fact, unlike Apple (as far as I know), Google has actually built AI tools specifically tailored for Israel's genocidal business requirements.
My point is that if Apple wanted to boycott a country (which in the case of Israel they obviously don't, which job listings at their R&D centers are just one of many points of evidence of) it would actually make it difficult-to-impossible for any substantial part of the boycotted country's government to rely on using iPhones.
(Unlike Android derivatives which can easily be used without direct reliance on Google's services...)
As an aside, while I would not use iOS (due to it being proprietary), it is hard to dispute that (for most adversaries, at least) compromising it is generally much more expensive/difficult/unlikely than Android. So, given that Apple is very friendly to them, the IDF's policy decision to use iPhones makes sense.
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •IDF rules:
OK things to do:
- Kill children,
- Rape women,
- Kill prisoners,
- Destroy peoples property,
- Use iPhone.
Not OK things to do:
- Use Android OS
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •If ever anyone still doesn't get how Western countries still support Israel despite the populations of those countries widely hating Israel, this shit is why.
They have blackmail on all our politicians, but moreover they can sell their domestic surveillance spy tools (such as malware) to bad actors (such as the US gov) to spy on their own citizens too.
Israel is the #1 perpetrator and exporter of fascism and police states.
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in reply to fne8w2ah • • •SSTF
in reply to Rhoeri • • •The first words of the article:
Rhoeri
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