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Two international courts just issued major climate rulings. Here’s what that means (skepticalscience.com)
 

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Rafael Méndez Tejeda and Pearl Marvell

The New Aesthetics of Fascism in c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The answer to this is a bit nuanced since solarpunk is not a political movement per se. Still, to reply to your question as best as I could say through political approaches like social ecology and anarchy, but I wouldn't want to restrict it.

For more on this, check out the 2 links in my previous comment.

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How Cambodia’s new environmental code undermines Indigenous peoples’ rights (commentary) (news.mongabay.com)
 

  • Indigenous peoples in Cambodia have traditionally stewarded — and relied on — millions of hectares of forestland for their sustenance.

  • Now, these communities are concerned about the long-term viability of their cultures and forest stewardship traditions since Cambodia’s parliament adopted a Code on Environment and Natural Resources, which excludes Indigenous peoples’ input and fails to recognize their rights in forest and natural resource management.

  • “Without their voices and needs being considered, Indigenous peoples will continue to be victimized on their own land as their rights to access to nontimber forest products and traditional forests and land management have been excluded in the code. If these rights aren’t protected, Indigenous cultures and customs are at risk of disappearing, as their daily livelihoods and cultural practices are strongly intertwined with forests and natural resources,” the author argues.

  • This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily of Mongabay or his employer.

The New Aesthetics of Fascism in c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I only watched a few minutes of this video and stopped because it is too ill informed about solarpunk. Maybe it gets better, but the intro made me think that it is not worth my time.

Solarpunk is on the anticapitalist spectrum. The projects portrayed in this video as solarpunk are most certainly not. They are part of the greenwashing of eco-capitalist approaches.

Edit: If anyone would be interested to understand what solarpunk is and were it stands, andrewism would be a good starting point

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PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract (www.climatechangenews.com)
 

As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas giant raises an alarming conflict of interest

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The prison abolitionist who dares to envision a world without ‘unfreedoms’ (aeon.co)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25396264

Imagining a world without prisons might seem like a fantasy. But for the US geographer and prison abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore, it’s not just a possibility but a necessity.

Decomputing as Resistance in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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.

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Wyoming lawmakers consider nuclear waste storage as tensions rise over microreactor plant proposal (wyofile.com)
 

A draft bill that would make an exception to Wyoming's nuclear waste ban is intended to accommodate a California firm's plans to "mass-produce" microreactors near Casper.

Lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities.

The company notes the location is “actually over a mile away from any home,” and meets the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s distance requirements.

lawmakers managed to carve out an exception in 2022: “Temporary” storage is allowed, but only if the radioactive waste is associated with a nuclear power plant operating in the state.

Although Radiant may sell the microreactor units, it also plans to lease them, according to the company. When the units need refueling, the mobile reactors will be shipped back to Radiant’s Wyoming facility — from all over the world — and the spent fuel will be stored at the Bar Nunn campus, where it will remain until there’s a permanent federal repository to send it.

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Device turns plastic waste into chemicals for fuels (www.futurity.org)
 

As tons of plastic waste continue to build up in landfills every day, researchers have developed a way to convert this waste into fuels and other valuable products efficiently and cheaply.

The study: Selective electrified polyethylene upcycling by pore-modulated pyrolysis

Peruvian rainforest defender shot dead in suspected targeted killing in c/treehuggers@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago

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.

The General Theory of Enshittification in c/enshitification@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago

I think it's the profit-maximizing strategy that creates the problem. Why a steady flow of income isn't enough? Why more and more and then some more profit is needed?

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain in c/enshitification@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For easy access, archived link of the article

Anarchism versus communalism in c/anarchism@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 days ago

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.

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Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center (insideclimatenews.org)
 

The developer behind the $14.5 billion project in Alabama has suggested residents’ concerns are based on misinformation. Here’s what we know about the project and its impacts.

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‘You want my consent? You improve my people’s health,’ First Nations chief near oilsands tells Carney (thenarwhal.ca)
 

Archive link

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Peruvian rainforest defender shot dead in suspected targeted killing (news.mongabay.com)
 
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New study reveals coral reef food webs are more siloed and vulnerable than previously understood (www.uri.edu)
 

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought. Instead of being part of a highly connected system where species can easily switch food sources, many reef creatures in these incredibly biodiverse ecosystems rely on surprisingly narrow, specialized energy pathways that link specific species to distinct sources of primary production.

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New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates (news.asu.edu)
 

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts.

The study, led by Arizona State University and published today in Science Advances, highlights the emergence of four continental-scale “mega-drying” regions, all located in the Northern Hemisphere, and warns of severe consequences for water security, agriculture, sea-level rise and global stability.

Beautiful Indigo Milk Cap in c/fungus@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for your input, anyways! I had to ask, I really like links hahaha

Beautiful Indigo Milk Cap in c/fungus@slrpnk.net
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

If you find the link for the recipe, please share!

By trying to find one, I got the impression that indigo milkcaps (Lactarius indigo) are not widely used for coloring, at least this was my understanding from the iNaturalist forum. I also tried to find it in the Mushroom Color Atlas - Index, but no luck there.

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Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful (theconversation.com)
 

A secret under-layer explains why songbirds’ colourful feathers look so damn good.

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 in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

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 in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

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