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My main account is here. I'm also using this one: solo@piefed.social, because I really like the feed feature.

Btw I'm a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].

  • Decomputing as Resistance

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  • I see things differently than the way they are analysed in this text.

    AI by itself is nothing. What it is depends on the context, and the context here is capitalism. This is very obvious because most, if not all, the problems atributed to AI in this text, actually derive from how capitalism works. Maybe I should I say how AI works under capitalism.

    So the problem for me is not the tool itself, it's who is holding it. Meaning, going after AI, doesn't change how capitalism operates. It's by unstiching capitalism that the broader social and economic relations get the chance to reconfigure.

  • Peruvian rainforest defender shot dead in suspected targeted killing

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  • As you say, and the fact that there is a list of environmental killings makes it even worst. So many more activists have been killed this century than the previous one, and we're just 25 year into it.

  • Anarchism versus communalism

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  • I don't agree with everything Bookchin said, but I believe that this is mostly due to the info that was available at the time (it's the ecology of freedom that I have in mind). At the same time, I really like his openness to look for new ways for social change. To my understanding, this is how he got to anarchy.

    If I got this right, through his book social anarchism or lifestyle anarchim he actually denounced the path anarchy was taking: abandoning collective freedom practices, for personal freedom. I agree with this point, because imo, the important thing is to create societies that are organised in such a way (horizontaly, bottom-up etc) that nurture people so we can explore our full potential as humans. For me, the goal is not to do what I want at all times.

    So he came up with social ecology and communalism, as a solution to the problems he found that contemporary anarchism had/has. And Rojava came along.

    I dunno, at least this is my super-brief understanding so far.

  • Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions | Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades

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  • So, again, what are they trying to argue here? The only environmentally responsible option is to leave Gaza destroyed?

    From the study itself (4. Discussion & 5. Concluding remarks), this is not what I got. On the contrary, it seems to me like they try to make some calculations/estimations/evaluations so that this is something that takes place.

  • Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions | Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades

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  • The point of this study, to my understanding, is to calculates some of the aftermath of this ongoing genocide, concerning debris, carbon emissions, time frames, and implications for rebuilding. No?

  • Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions | Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades

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  • Is this supposed to sway eco conscious genocide supporters?

    This is not the way I understood this article. It seems to me it is one more argument for the case of continuous ethnic cleansing for so many decades.

    If we agree that

    most frequently, however, the aim of ethnic cleansing is to expel the despised ethnic group through either indirect coercion or direct force, and to ensure that return is impossible,

    then by bombing all buildings, homes and infrastructure, they force people to go somewhere else and in the same time restrict them from coming back, since there is nothing to come back to.

    So in this study, they actually measure the not coming back for decades part

    Edit: I did several edits. I stop now.

  • Global South calls for Strategic Energy Transition Amidst SDG Target Slowdowns

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  • The following part is very indicative

    “Only 17 percent of the 169 SDG targets are currently on track,”

  • Plant-Based Reusable Bottle Sets a New Standard for Sustainability - Yanko Design

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  • The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

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  • In this link, they also mention the sourcing of materials, but they don't really talk about it. The focus is on recycling.

  • The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

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  • I have the impression that in the EU what they care more about is having a constant supply and recycling. At least this was my understanding from the European Critical Raw Materials Act.

    Maybe there's another piece of legislation that tackles the issue of how these materials are mined, but I don't know about it. So if anyone does, please share.

  • ‘Climate Delusion’ Or Vital Solution? Carbon Capture’s Uphill Battle | NOEMA

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  • Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS) is a topic I changed my mind about, not that long ago, including its subsets like Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Direct Air Capture (DAC), etc. Up to last year or something, I was thinking that it's important for these kind of tech to be researched.

    Now I see things differently:

    • To my understanding, the only CCS tech that makes sense is the one that catches emissions at the source, the factory chimneys.
    • The others that claim to suck up GHG and store them "out of sight out of mind" are highly problematic for so many reasons. They are distractions from the real issue which is phasing out fossil fuel.

    A few relevant links:

    Fact or fantasy? Can carbon dioxide removal save the climate?

    For fossil fuel corporations, keeping CDR on the agenda as a credible climate change solution is a Get Out of Jail Free card. Instead of stopping emissions, they promise to capture and bury them. Not now, but someday. As the CEO of Occidental Petroleum told a conference of her peers in 2023, “We believe that our direct capture technology is going to be the technology that helps to preserve our industry over time. This gives our industry a license to continue to operate for the 60, 70, 80 years that I think it’s going to be very much needed.”[

    Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions

    The car­bon capt­ure comp­any Cli­meworks on­ly capt­ur­es a fracti­on of the CO2 it promises its machines can capt­ure. The comp­any is fail­ing to car­bon off­set the em­issi­ons resulting from its operati­ons – which have grown rapidly in recent ye­ars.

    More articles in the relevant community: cdr@slrpnk.net

  • Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

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  • I didn't post the article. I just replied to your comment.

    Edit: Just realized, am I vaguely accused of something undefined?

  • Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

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  • Stop getting caught up in the narcissism of small differences, and focus on solving the fucking problem.

    The problem is phasing out fossil fuel, and now. Nuclear power plant take so long to plan and build that using them as solution to the climate emergency is only a way to prolong the use of fossil fuels. We no longer have the luxury of time.

  • Can somebody please explain why the world hasn't gone nuclear yet?

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  • Fewer people doesn't always mean better outcomes for nature—just look at Japan

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  • I haven't read the report itself, just the abstract. There it looks like they ackgnowledge other parameters, but their main focus in this one is around depopulation in Japan.

    Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan

    Irrespective of human population increase or decrease, biodiversity losses continue among most species studied mainly because of change in agricultural land use, either due to urbanization, disuse and abandonment, or intensification.

  • Director General Grossi’s Statement to UNSC on Situation in Iran | IAEA

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  • The way I see things no nuclear facility should ever be bombed. Never.

  • Statement on the situation in Iran | IAEA

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  • I also think that the Israeli attacks are related to Iran's nuclear program but I don't think they are related to this alleged leak. Here is a 25 min long al jazeera podcast for more on this:

    Why is Israel attacking Iran now?

  • Statement on the situation in Iran | IAEA

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  • Thank you for your input. Even tho I find this to be totally faisable, from what the cradle article provides, I cannot verify much:

    • fars looks like it's an Iranian outlet I personnaly don't know if I can trust or not, regardless of mbfc
    • the informed sources are not named
    • I didn't manage to find the documents mentionned*

    Apart from that at some point it mentions that Grossi said in Times of Israel that “We have seen some reports in the press. We haven’t had any official communication about this.”, but it is about Iran stealing Israeli documents.

    Anyways, if you or anyone has more on this, please share.

    Edit: *I mean deducted, or something

  • If You're Going to Protest, Watch This!

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  • For easy access, here is the text: The Black Flag Catalyst Revolt Guide

    Edit: As mentionned in this video, there can be many local variations. Still, imo this guide has valuable inputs.