Finished reading: Disorder by Helen Thompson đź“š
Not an easy read, but fascinating. Made me re-consider some of my own views.
Ireland is among the least unequal countries in the world, while the Irish tax and welfare systems, far from bolstering inequality, work the hardest in the world to redistribute income from the richest earners to the poorest.
Chartbook #154 Who is going to vote for Italy’s right-wing coalition?
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain
For example, we found a sandstone that carries grains and rock fragments created far from Jezero Crater – and a mudstone that includes intriguing organic compounds.”
Cool science.
Unselfing Social – The Marginalian
Experiment.
make the focus of one in every three things you share on social media — wherever you normally share, however regularly or irregularly you do, however many people you reach — something other than yourself or your own work:
Opinion - China Is Writing the Story of the Climate Future - The New York Times
Last year, China installed more renewable capacity than was rolled out in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa combined
The General Court largely confirms the Commission’s decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices and mobile network operators in order to consolidate the dominant position of its search engine
€4bn decision.
Finished reading: Matter by Iain M. Banks đź“š Didn’t enjoy this one as much as I thought I would. 5/10. Will read all the others in the Culture series again though.
First day I’ve really noticed that the leaves are falling. Days are getting shorter.
Gradually, then Suddenly - by Lawrence Freedman
Climate Change Advisory Council: Annual Review 2022
Linking to this directly as media report on the document but rarely link to the source.
In Summary. We can and must do much more as quickly as possible.
I think these reports would reach more people if they were written in plain English.
China approves the world’s first inhaled COVID-19 vaccine, from Cansino - Fortune
Irish Data Protection Commissioner fines Instagram €405m – The Irish Times
For breaching children’s privacy.
Many small businesses have been through a very difficult period since March 2020, but the State supported them.
Now, just as we thought things were beginning to improve, we are hit with an energy crisis in Europe. We all understand why.
Faced with rapidly escalating energy costs, consumer confidence is falling and businesses are looking at their utility bills to check when their current contracts run out.
If nothing changes, discretionary consumer spending will collapse and small and medium sized companies will find themselves unable to cover their new operating costs.
It’s really worrying.
We need an urgent massive intervention at EU level.
The Ukrainian Offensive Must Come in Stages - Royal United Services Institute
Realistic appraisal.
Generating Agency Through Blogging
Instead we can think of blogging as “finding your people”, which sounds much more wholesome, generative and positive.
Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries - Energy - The Guardian
The energy market in Europe is going completely crazy. Not sure the Irish Gov is addressing this urgently. We need a comms campaign on reducing energy use at the very least.
Heatwave in China is the most severe ever recorded in the world - New Scientist
NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere - NASA
Test
We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting - The New York Times