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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-23 at 15:34

International Criminal Court prosecutor Khan seeks arrest warrants against Taliban leaders for gender-based persecution.

Might as well get these out before Trump and co shut down the ICC employees’ bank accounts and cloud services… :-(

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-afghanistan

[#]ICC #Gender #WomensRights #Feminism #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-23 at 10:24

Here’s the Ember think tank report cited in the press article, if you want the numbers of renewables and nuclear in EU Power Generation

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2025/

[#]Renewables #Energy #EnergyPolicy #ClimatePolicy #Climate #FossilFuels #EU #Europe

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-23 at 09:55

The EU electricity sector is decarbonising rapidly. We’re currently at 29% fossil generation, the rest are already renewables and nuclear.

We will still need some time to go (much) further and stop peak electricity prices being set by gas/LNG this often.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-renewables-climate-change-solar-wind-fossil-fuels-4a6ff96bbde3251cb42109e1d9d4b399

[#]Energy #Climate #ClimatePolicy #EnergyPolicy #Renewables #FossilFuels #Electricity #EU #Europe

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-22 at 09:36

Microsoft secures deal to restore Amazon rainforest, to offset AI emissions.

My Mastodon bubble will surely love this one!

But does anyone know whether their partner Re.Green is legit in terms of ecological restoration? The latter, at least, we need.

https://www.ft.com/content/3ac7e92f-bea5-4460-8791-23a2697d8b80

[#]Microsoft #AI #Climate #Biodiversity #Forests

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 19:40

Is this what Trump offered them, in exchange for the ceasefire?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/israeli-security-forces-launch-operation-in-west-bank-city-of-jenin

[#]Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Jenin #Gaza

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 11:10

“The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope of all humanity. So Europe will stay the course, and keep working with all nations that want to protect nature and stop global warming.”

• Ursula von der Leyen, just now

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_285

[#]ParisAgreement #EU #EC #Europe #Climate #ClimatePolicy #UN #COP30

[#]Trump

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 10:03

European Leaders! It’s going to be up to us to support the WHO, and stop the next pandemic.

You know that right? You’re prepared right?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-executive-withdrawing-world-health-organization-2025-01-21/

[#]WHO #Trump #Covid #Pandemic #EU #Europe #Health #H5N1

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 09:45

German strategic energy-intensive industries ask for more government help…big topic for the coming years

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl-kaum-luft-zum-atmen-hilferuf-der-industrie-erreicht-cdu/100101813.html

[#]Industry #Germany #Deutschland #EU #Europe #Energy #EnergyPolicy #industryPolicy

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 09:21

The first executive order he signed…

https://apnews.com/article/trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-788907bb89fe307a964be757313cdfb0

[#]ParisAgreement #Trump #FarRight #Climate #ClimatePolicy #COP30 #ClimateCrisis

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-21 at 08:01

Song for the Day:

“The Day The Nazi Died” by Chumbawamba.

Where did these fascists suddenly come from? Weren’t they defeated in ‘45? Well…

https://youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0?feature=shared

[#]Music #Folk #Punk #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Nazi #Anarchism

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-20 at 12:33

Book for the Day: Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy.

In this less famous but more important work, Machiavelli advises citizens of a Republic on how to keep their freedom!

Includes fine advice, like “get rid of those who would flaunt the Rule of Law” and “don’t allow a class of people to get so wealthy, they can effortlessly corrupt your Republic”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourses_on_Livy

[#]Bookstodon #Democracy #RuleOfLaw

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-20 at 10:10

“It’s likely that 2024 was the warmest year of the last 100,000 years.”

Interview with the director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service — the European Union’s Earth observation program

https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-01-19/director-of-copernicus-climate-change-service-its-likely-that-2024-was-the-hottest-of-the-last-100000-years.html

[#]Climate #ClimateCrisis #EU #Copernicus

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-20 at 10:08

“Trump held a meeting with fossil fuel bosses where he reportedly asked them for $1bn in campaign donations, while vowing to roll back dozens of environmental regulations if elected.

Since that infamous meeting, the combined wealth of these 15 fossil fuel billionaires shot up by $40.2bn, the report found, from $267.6bn to a stunning $307.8bn.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/18/us-oil-gas-industry-wealth-trump

[#]Trump #Climate #FossilFuels #Corruption #Oligarchy #USPol #USA #Energy

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-19 at 20:10

Here the story in Dutch from @nrc_nl

Terrible. Things aren’t going well in India for Press Freedom; whether top-down Orbanization of the media, State harassment, or here, Mafia murders.

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01/19/de-indiase-journalist-mukesh-chandrakar-deed-belangrijke-onthullingen-en-eindigde-in-een-septische-tank-a4880061

[#]India #Journalism #PressFreedom #Press #Media #HumanRights

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-19 at 20:08

The sad case of Indian journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, found brutally murdered for investigating a corruption case.

He was a journalist’s journalist, reporting independently, with limited resources, from a poor region facing violence between Maoist guerrillas and mining interests.

Via @nrc_nl

https://rsf.org/en/indian-reporter-murdered-exposing-corruption-surrounding-road-contract

[#]India #Journalism #Media #PressFreedom #Press #HumanRights

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-18 at 09:02

Biden openly chatting about Netanyahu “carpet bombing” Gaza, and (according to Biden) being fine with a 1000:1 civilian:combatant kill ratio.

So basically kill ‘em all and Hamas will statistically die too.

Netanyahu happily compared his acts to Allied terror bombing of civilians in WW2.

How long did we get lies about “proportionality”?

https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/1880122229918507010

[#]Gaza #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #ICC #ICJ #Genocide

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-17 at 16:48

EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib is visiting Syria, promises humanitarian emergency aid:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_282

[#]Syria #EU #EuropeanCommission #EC

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-16 at 21:33

Part of an essay series on the cybernetics of governance:

https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/s/vol-viii-cybernetics?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=menu&sort=top

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-16 at 21:31

The plague of excess government outsourcing:

“It’s not just that we evaluate bids on inappropriate criteria, it’s that we’re not soliciting for the right deliverables. We lack the internal core competence to outsource well.”

https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/you-cant-contract-out-the-compass

[#]Government #Governance #Outsourcing #Neoliberalism #IT

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Written by Akshay on 2025-01-16 at 20:49

Harper’s Bazaar publishes AI slop: a listicle of “best Dutch literature” is riddled with errors and turns out to be AI-generated.

Slop publishers need to be boycotted with extreme prejudice!

Via @nrc_nl

https://mastodon.nl/@nrc_nl/113839893458642330

[#]AI #Slop #AISlop #ChatGPT

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