@cwebber stares at the entire ActivityPub network having a huge dependence on fucking domain names

Households and businesses are driving a solar boom in Africa, where rooftop arrays and other small systems account for the bulk of new solar installations. But this rapid buildout, which is driving solar additions to record levels, is largely unaccounted for in official statistics, analysts say. Read more on E360 →

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/africa-solar-2026

#Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

Terrific piece by William Dalrymple in the NY Times on the East India Company, and the parallels to our times today. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opinion/ai-power-lobbying-military-britain-east-india-company.html?unlocked_article_code=1.81A.QCsJ.Alp27s-tRfaa&smid=url-share His book The Anarchy is a must-read. Shashi Tharoor also does justice to the subject in his book Inglorious Empire.

Squam Lake, New Hampshire, US

@woozle @mcnado no, Europe wants to pass a law that requires all vehicles to have sensors to monitor the driver by 2027, and we already have mad surveillance in America.

@EveHasWords

i once went down a similar rabbithole on "whited sepulchre" and came away... remembering that i'd wasted time on this but not really gaining much clarity

i now see that my failure to comprehend is tied to what you went into this with

"Gaza Is Not 4 Sale"

#photo #trump #scotland #GolfCourse #gaza

"Direct action in solidarity with Gaza targeting Trump-associated Turnberry golf course in Scotland in 2025. (Screenshot)"

https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/08/27/trump-administration-designates-palestine-action-as-terrorist-organization/

The Art of the Meal.

#Zer0Billionaires #CultOfIgnorance #socialsciences #poverty #healthcare

#Trump has actually announced this crap like it’s a good thing.

Trump says #US has entered deal with #Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of #oil reserves

Trump posted on social media that the agreement was negotiated by Secy of State #MarcoRubio, “Defense” Secy Pete #Hegseth & Venezuela’s Trump appointed interim [illegitimate] “President” #DelcyRodriguez.

#geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #law #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Presidente de extrema-direita da Colômbia quer pulverizar a Amazônia com glifosato, agrotóxico extremamente nocivo.

O canalha decidiu pulverizar povos indígenas e a floresta, sob o pretexto de combate à coca/narcotráfico.

Espero que a suprema corte do país barre o ecocida/genocida a serviço de Trump.

https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/08/28/espriella-quer-usar-agrotoxico-altamente-nocivo-para-destruir-plantacoes-de-coca-na-amazonia-colombiana/
#indigenas #Amazonia #agrotoxico #glifosato #Colombia #Espriella #drugwar #HumanRights #indigenous

Dildo demonstrations, 10 years later: “Texas has decided it is not at all obnoxious or illegal to allow deadly concealed weapons on campus. But walking around with a dildo could land you in trouble. We’re protesting absurdity with absurdity.” https://www.texasobserver.org/cocks-not-glocks-at-10/

#GunViolence #Texas #history #activism #FreeSpeech

Just looking at a job posting that was either written by a first-year business student or, more likely, an AI.

I hate looking for work, but AI is making it way more painful than before 2020ish.

Cunk on Christmas.

The cold hard truth.

https://youtube.com/shorts/BBaNxmdVxzE?si=4cK7cXWJ4cotXG1l

#DianeMorgan #PhilomenaCunk

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Very Sorry to Postpone Her Dinner
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/gwyneth-paltrow-sam-altman-dinner-postponed/688468/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Stories @all-stories-TheAtlantic

Makes you think.

"Day" 3 is up for the next 48 hours! These are clips that may cause a welling up of feelings, so be aware when you visit the blog.

Area: shows you where the sky drama farmer who received the message is located - so you know roughly where the thing is happening.

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who up patching this perfect 10? well, get on it!

Vendor:
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Products: pipelines
CVE-2026-54745 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54745

I stare up at Gordon Ramsey as he tastes my creation.

His reaction is inscrutable. “What did you make this with?” he asks.

“Spite?” I say hopefully.

He pauses a beat, then nods. “Yeah, you can really taste it.”