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Si queréis ideas para ̶l̶a̶v̶a̶r̶ ̶e̶l̶ ̶c̶e̶r̶e̶b̶r̶o̶ regalar estas fiestas os hago una recomendación en parte interesada: tres libros cortos de colores que piensan sobre el momento que nos ha tocado vivir y se empeñan en buscar soluciones. Un trilogía azarosa con @esantiago.bsky.social y @carloscorrochano.xyz.

Esto lo he visto comentado por aquí y pensaba que estabais de broma.

That’s a lot of wanker packed into one headline

We have come to the point in the year (ie the weeks before the climate negotiations begin) when everyone releases their state-of-the-planet reports. This year, the perspective is overwhelmingly bad:

Hoy @martamontojo.bsky.social escribe sobre el proyecto de @hopeenpie.bsky.social en @eldiario.es: cómo crear un fondo soberano que utilice las renovables para pagar vivienda pública y pensiones. 👇

Habla el hombre.

Hoy estamos aquí. ☀️

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

The increase in fuel prices isn't what makes the US stand out though: price increases there are similar to other market economies. The reason that per capita costs in the US are so high is the high consumption of fuels per person and lack of progress in reducing reliance on oil.

New from me: The US has faced a higher cost than any other country from the global Hormuz oil shock, with the crisis adding $160 billion to its fuel bill — or $471 per person on average — despite being the world’s largest oil producer.

If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.

"This blog is about celebrating that friendship" with open source developers. That was our first post in Feb 2008. Today, all 1,557 posts (2008–2026) live in the Atmosphere as verified @standard.site records: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2008/02/welcome-to-google-open-source-blog.html

It’s been a wild 24 hours for me on BlueSky and I’m getting so many messages asking what can be learned from Brazil and applied globally on top of the below. Once again, I’m not a political expert but this is what I’ve seen as a consensus amongst specialists and voters so far 🧵

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

I'd read the leak less as a message about Orbán's relevance & more as a message to Europe & Ukraine about Trump making deals over their heads with Putin & Xi. And a middle finger to multilateralism I can't see UK & FRA going along with this (& others have even more to lose in this new-Yalta world)

That’s a very significant percentage of their entire workforce.

Con la victoria de Lula respiramos más tranquilos. También el planeta lo hace, literalmente. Su pulmón, la Amazonia, solo reduce su tasa de deforestación cuando gobierna la izquierda.

We have updated our website: it is now prettier, faster, contains more information about our activities, and is available in two languages ​​(Spanish and English). institutomeridiano.org

Hemos actualizado nuestra página web: ahora es más bonita, más rápida, tiene más información sobre nuestras actividades y está disponible en dos idiomas (español e inglés). institutomeridiano.org

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

In about 24 hours, poles will open here in Israel. In what is a strong contender for Israel’s most critical elections. The election pits Netanyahu’s extremely unpopular coalition against a non-coherent, but moderately more liberal, opposition. Here are some thoughts as we head into it.

Bluesky elders know that @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social was the first head of state on the platform!

Lula’s win is really good for my mental health.

It's happening.

La lucha por la democracia no entiende de fronteras. Nuestro apoyo al pueblo brasileño y a Lula. ¡Bora, Lula! ✊

Lula projected as having the best chance of winning (though Congress is already won for the right in the first round)

If Lula does it, Republicans get thrashed in the midterms, and Spain's coalition government wins a new majority, we'll 100% be back. (Please don't think about France)

Incredible gender difference in voting intention in Brazil.

Toda acusación es una confesión.

A ver si en Asturias votáis bien.

Cultivan viñas bajo paneles solares y consiguen racimos de uva un 152 % más pesados que a pleno sol, aumentando también la biodiversidad. ecoinventos.com/cultivan-vin...

Thank you to the driver of this Ford Explorer for making my day.

Ya disponible el nuevo episodio de ¿Qué hacer en caso de incendio? en el que @martamontojo.bsky.social nos ayuda a presentar nuestro libro "España contra el desierto" para que no quedase muy ridículo hacerlo @esantiago.bsky.social y yo preguntándonos el uno al otro. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtr...

⚡️️️️️️️Amid Starlink crisis, Finnish tech giants announce plan to help Ukraine build its own sovereign satellite system. "Ukraine needs secure, sovereign, and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls," ICEYE CEO Rafal Modrzewski said.

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Si criarte con mujeres te convierte en feminista, ¿veranear con narcotraficantes en qué te convierte?

Hell of a round trip

thought about this bit out of nowhere this morning so i watched it again extremely solid use of my time www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEC...

Escucho a un tipo decir en una radio decir que “es llamativo que se produzca la transferencia de voto del PP a Vox”. Supongo que hay gente que cada día se sorprende de no haberse olvidado de cómo se traga saliva.