Hidden costs of Green Transition

"As world transitions away from fossil fuels, patterns of resource extraction and violence are intensifying globally amid skyrocketing demand for the “critical minerals”—including cobalt, lithium, manganese and copper—essential to renewable energy technologies. In particular, the EV market is generating unprecedented demand for nickel, valued for extending driving range. By 2030, global demand for nickel is projected to triple."

newmandala.org/extracting-valu…

Extracting value, losing ground: the critical minerals boom in Palawan - New Mandala

Indigenous lands, livelihoods and unique ecosystems are at threat

^{Dorothy Mason, Wolfram Dressler & Dario Novellino (New Mandala)}

#ProLifeMyAss

This is beyond...

Via Rupar:

Brevard County Sheriff Sheriff Wayne Ivey: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at, because we will kill you graveyard dead."

Some people just want to bend the truth or provide half truth, either to argue or to shape their own narrative, down play the reality, and add a sense of doubt in reality and those sharing the facts.

I have no time and no patience for such people. Same type of people who played games during COVID, when everyone around me was dropping like flies, implying it was all a big deal over nothing and that everybody was over exaggerating. 🙄

Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes | Minnesota | The Guardian

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Worrying...

The cause can be directly connected to Trump's hate speech... and to that of his collaborators...

#uspul #trump #fascism

Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes

Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were attacked

^{Rachel Leingang (The Guardian)}

Never trust a French President (and his ministry).

#france

#palestine #statehood #un

#westbank #gaza #genocide

Canadians seek more information from influencers than from actual journalists.

Opinion: 😔

cbc.ca/radio/news-influencers-…
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Les Canadien•ne•s vont chercher les nouvelles chez les influenceur•se•s plutôt que de véritables journalistes.

Opinion: 😔

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #News #Nouvelles #Journalism #Journalisme

Vietnam has officially joined BRICS as a partner country, Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the BRICS chair for 2025, said.

The partner country category was created at the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan. Current partners include:

🇧🇾Belarus
🇧🇴Bolivia
🇨🇺Cuba
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
🇲🇾Malaysia
🇳🇬Nigeria
🇹🇭Thailand
🇺🇬Uganda
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
🇻🇳Vietnam

The core BRICS members include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, the UAE, and Ethiopia.

#BRICS #BRICS+

what do i use for my home server?

i am not very interested in availability monitoring – if something breaks down, i’ll notice – and more interested in having at least a fighting chance to notice if a stranger is inside my machine

also, as far as performance is concerned, all my machines are basically potatoes with blinkenlights

so what do i use for monitoring

• prometheus (13%, 2 votes)
• grafana / loki (20%, 3 votes)
• secret third thing (26%, 4 votes)
• don’t (40%, 6 votes)

Looking forward to this. Shifty, the new film/ series from Adam Curtis.
UK only I fear 😕

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002…

Shifty - Series 1: 1. Part One - The Land of Make Believe

The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.

^{BBC iPlayer}

When Mastodon or Bluesky get called an "echo chamber" it is hilarious to me, because yes, that is how this works. We don't have some corporate overlord algorithm dictating everything you see, so you are SUPPOSED to build up your own feed following the topics that specifically interest you and utilizing filters to fine tune them to be perfect for you. Why WOULDN'T you want that?

#fediverse #socialmedia

Okay, the fact that they are having a "No Tyrants" protest in London instead of "No Kings" is fucking hilarious.

No Kings, people. No Kings.

A little Saturday morning read for you.
Something we can all agree on maybe…on a day we need to look to what we have in common rather than what they seek to divide us by…
We all need #bees.
Nobody I’ve ever engaged with denies this.
Most people profess to love them.
#nature
#humans
#together
#worldbeesanctuary
#bumblebees

With the aim of sharing their methods for supporting bees with the world, Paul Handrick and family are expanding the mission of their bee sanctuary. thejournal.ie/readme/bees-6728…

The Bee Guy: We're going global for bees - they need our help

^{TheJournal.ie}

ICE arrests of migrants with no criminal history surging under Trump

According to numbers gathered from ICE and the Vera Institute of Justice, after Trump returned to the White House in late January there was a steep surge in arrests of immigrants, in general. One of the sharpest increases in arrest numbers has been of immigrants with pending charges, who have not yet been convicted of any crimes.

#USpol #ICE

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Ice arrests of migrants with no criminal history surging under Trump

Guardian analysis sharply contradicts president’s claim that officials are targeting ‘criminals’ for deportation from US

^{José Olivares (The Guardian)}

POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Whatever happened in Minnesota today, DO NOT start encouraging retaliatory attacks in either direction.

Please take it from a guy who has unzipped a lot of humans to try to save them from gunshot wounds — we do not need a hot war. Really.

SRES276
A resolution designating June 12, 2025, as "Women Veterans Appreciation Day"

📢 Introduced in Senate

congress.gov/bill/119th-congre…

#SRES276 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill

Just went upstairs, Jorge is sacked out in his bed - understandable.

Sean was in the crate?! I am guessing he sniffed out the treats Jorge may have missed. Or is just blocking it from being used on Jorge again.

He also might be a little mad at my brother for allowing me to take away Jorge like that today.