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  • With all the bad stuff happening in the world like politics war racism homophobia etc. What is some good news that isI happening that we don't read or see about?

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  • Whilst it's true solar is growing, it is not likely to be the silver bullet you make out.

    Another way to look at the source you linked is that despite the ongoing climate catastrophe the US is still planning to add 4% more fossil fuel sources to their grid next year.

    It also leaves out the fact that 84% of the current US power is generated by fossil fuels and that figure is not being reduced.

    The source is also very US-centric. If we take the IEA's projections, only 25% of the world's new energy will be from renewable sources in 2024.

    Then there's the weird choice of counting battery storage as energy generation. At the end of 2022 half of the battery storage was being powered by fossil fuels so should probably be left out of any statistics.

    We need people to understand the true scale of the problem rather than generating more hopium. The energy companies have teams of people for that.

  • NASA discovers Earth's electrical field at last after 60-year search

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  • I think it means the electric field created within Earth's atmosphere that is responsible for lightning as opposed to the (electro)magnetic field which forms the magnetosphere around Earth and makes compasses work.

  • Four-day week: Workers' rights could be strengthened

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  • Why would you expect it to affect productivity when you were working the same number of hours?

    It's just slightly increased flexibility under the guise of a 4 day week.

  • New rioting across UK cities as arrests multiply

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  • Guessing you might have been being rhetorical but I'll give my take anyway... The stabbings were just the spark that ignighted it all.

    They do not have a common goal but they are united in thinking immigration levels are too high, despite it being a net benefit to the country. From what I've seen they generally fall into 3 groups:

    1. EDL/BNP/facists/racists who have been whipping up anti-immigration rhetoric forever. Emboldened by extreme language used by Farage, successive Conservative governments and no doubt rhetoric from the convicted felon across the pond. They blamed the stabbings (and every problem ever) on immigrants despite the fact it was carried out by an autistic kid born in this country.
    2. Brexit/Reform voters who see themselves as "more centrist" because they aren't as far-right as #1. They blame years of austerity, worstening living conditions and growing class divide on the idea "the country is full". They thought Brexit was supposed to solve this and are now protesting because it hasn't. They claim it wasn't done properly so voted Reform but got a more centrist government instead. They want to make their dissatisfaction heard but as far as I know do not condone the violence. They might now know the stabbings were not linked to migration but the issue has escalated beyond that incident now.
    3. Young people who are generally not very well informed on any of the issues and have been fed misinformation on their various social media channels encouraging them to join the protests. It's the holidays, they are impressionable and angry. They think they're part of some revolutionary movement or just drunk and up for some chaos so are out with their mates filming it all in their phones for the views. I imagine as they become more informed they will align with #1 or #2.

  • Exclusive: Google Pixel 9 has a new weather app, here's what it looks like

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  • Shame climate change has rendered it about as useful as looking out the window at predicting the weather.

  • Conversing with Mathematicians

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  • Isn't that the joke?

  • Man accused of Nazi salute during US Capitol attack jailed for nearly five years

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  • Ok fair enough, just thought it was strangely straight for an "I'm ok folks" wave.

  • Man accused of Nazi salute during US Capitol attack jailed for nearly five years

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  • Anyone notice the salute Trump gave mere seconds after the shooting?

    He swiftly turned it into a wave/fist and weirdly brought up that it was definitely a fist during his last speech.

  • French conservatives move toward far-right alliance

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  • Good to see the left/centre rallying when it mattered most need to reject fascism again.

    From an outside perspective this seemed like quite a shrewd political move by Macron for once. Is that a fair assessment?

  • French conservatives move toward far-right alliance

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  • I was going to say "Planet Earth" but yes you are correct.

  • What scientific discoveries greatly weakened religion and the case of God ?

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  • The diminishing returns of in-office mandates

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  • So they've failed at pushing full return to office and now they're commissioning unscientific studies to try to make hybrid seem necessary?

    These results really can't be applied to all jobs. Some jobs obviously require in-person but many white collar jobs can be done entirely remotely saving workers time, money and freeing up infrastructure for those that need/want to go in. Not to mention other benefits to mental health and reduction of emissions involved in commuting.

  • Britain's Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship

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  • Oh yeah agree, he has the reverse Midas touch at the mo. Might add it coincided with the media flipping sides when they saw it was a foregone conclusion.

  • Britain's Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship

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  • One of the admittedly minor things I dislike about his tetchy interview answers is when he starts going "blah blah blah...that's why we've done things such as..." and then proceeds to list the one and only example of said thing.

  • Britain's Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship

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  • Nowadays?!

  • Well-Known Anti-Gay “Conversion” Therapist Comes Out As Gay

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  • I have somewhat of a pet extension to projection theory... Many people who are anti-gay think that it is a choice as they themselves have made that choice. ie. They are repressed bisexual/gay.

    Completely unsubstantiated with no evidence but I find it fun to think about as it would explain their complete misunderstanding of it not being a choice. "I made the tough choice and am living with it, why can't they?!"

  • French conservatives move toward far-right alliance

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  • We are just recovering from a similar situation here but the Overton window has shifted so far the supposed left-wing workers' party now look like centre-right conservatives.

  • French conservatives move toward far-right alliance

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  • Right on cue, the descent into fascism begins ahead of the impending climate disasters.

    It's so depressing to see France like this, I always held it up as a prominent antifa nation.

  • Airport security be like

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  • Cavity protection ain't gonna cut it where they're going.

  • Switched to linux before it became mainstream

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  • Mmmmm fresh pasta.

    For me it is very weird, no one introduced me formally to Lemmy(no one I knew run or heard of it), it felt like it was a legend. I never really got to know how good it was and always felt Reddit and Twitter were lacking, never really in control of your memes, never happy with my content, always downvoting stuff. The years went by and my curiosity only became larger as Reddit and Twitter experience was getting worse and worse. I already had experience shit posting and trolling on 4chan since my school days, so last year I signed up to Lemmy and posted my first meme. Next thing I know my feed is breathing again, the grass was definitely greener here. So I switched for both reasons.