Whoa! 2°C by 2030 now! 😬 2034-7 was bad enough!
13.03.2026 16:30
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Whoa! 2°C by 2030 now! 😬 2034-7 was bad enough!
I agree. First time round, I think someone would have intervened - but this time he's surrounded himself with sycophantic lackeys. There are no guardrails.
Assuming that there was such a thing as a future, then I think it would agree with you.
The Doomsday clock is way more optimistic than me!
'What makes the narrative of a “good bubble” concerning is that it provides justification for investors to keep pumping money into AI, regardless of whether it really makes sense to do so. As the cash keeps flowing, the risk of a debilitating crash seems to only be increasing.'
'If the AI bubble were to collapse, the fallout could be “catastrophic,” Carlota Perez… told me. The flood of investment is the eye “of a much larger hurricane that involves the whole financial world,” she said. According to one estimate, an AI crash could wipe out some $35tn in global wealth.'
'Indeed, a phenomenal amount of money is at stake: OpenAI, which is still far from profitable, is currently worth more than Toyota, Coca-Cola, and Disney combined. This year, Big Tech plans to spend some $650 billion on the AI build-out—a sum that far exceeds the GDP of most countries.'
Who needs regulations anyway?
'“Bubbles are good,” Taneja, the CEO of… a venture-capital firm, told me in an email. If AI comes crashing down, it will lead to “some spectacular failures,” he said… but that’s a price worth paying for “enduring companies that change the world forever.”'
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
'Though no bases will be built, on Wednesday the Trump administration announced that it would be opening its first field office for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Ecuador.
A statement called it a “strategic and operational milestone for security” in the region.'
'Trump & Noboa, in particular, have forged a tight bond, with Noboa appearing to echo the US leader’s hardline positions towards countries like Cuba & Colombia...
The Trump administration has said it would like the US to exert its “preeminence” throughout the Western Hemisphere.'
World domination
'The curfew is expected to stretch for more than two weeks, from March 15 through March 30, requiring that residents stay indoors during designated hours.
Should travel be necessary during curfew hours, officials warned that residents must be prepared to show documentation to justify their trip.'
What are you doing, Ecuador? You don't invite the vampire into your house! 😱
'Ecuador prepares for attack on ‘criminal economy’ with Trump backing.
The govt of Ecuador has announced that, starting this weekend, it is prepared to launch a sweeping military offensive against criminal networks in the country, with the support of the US'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
'How Venezuela’s Oil Industry Killed Lake Maracaibo.
Decades of extensive and largely unregulated oil operations, starting… in 1922, have covered Lake Maracaibo with leaking infrastructure, creating a devastating and worsening environmental disaster.'
oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
'At least 25 people were killed, including seven children, in an attack by militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, a civil society leader said late Thursday… Some of the victims were executed using firearms and edged weapons.'
www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/25...
Sounds very hopeful - and unlikely.
But then, we've made no real effort to move towards net zero anyway, so I guess it's all academic.
Have we started including military emissions yet, or are we still pretending that they don't have an effect?
Are we still pretending we have a carbon budget left?
'Drone warfare has added dangerous depth to Sudan’s humanitarian catastrophe by making safe aid delivery and emergency response virtually impossible in some of the hardest-hit areas. “No food, no medical care, no sanitation,” says Zaki.'
news.sky.com/story/sudan-...
'At the bustling bus depots in Mekelle, the air is thick with the sour scent of desperation and the frantic energy of a city preparing for the worst. Families are cramming their lives into plastic sacks and cardboard boxes, paying whatever price is demanded'
streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/tigray-...
BBC's coverage of the story. The cheek of calling it a blood libel! There was video & medical evidence!
'Prime Minister Netanyahu hailed the end of what he called the "blood libel".
"The State of Israel must hunt down its enemies - not its heroic fighters," he said.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC's coverage of the story. The cheek of calling it a blood libel! There was video & medical evidence!
'Prime Minister Netanyahu hailed the end of what he called the "blood libel".
"The State of Israel must hunt down its enemies - not its heroic fighters," he said.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'…it was a particularly strong case “where the world saw security footage of the assault alongside medical evidence of severe sexual & physical abuse”.
“By abandoning the charges, the Israeli military has made clear that those who engage in torture of Palestinians face no risk of accountability.”'
'Benjamin Netanyahu, welcomed the decision to drop charges, saying it was unacceptable it had taken so long and describing the men as “heroic warriors”…
Sari Bashi… said: “Israel’s military attorney general just gave his soldiers licence to rape, so long as the victim is Palestinian.'
'…the Sde Teiman military detention centre… notorious for torture. After the first arrests of Israeli soldiers in connection with the attack, a far-right mob including a minister & lawmakers broke into the base demanding the men’s release.
Israeli media broadcast a video of the attack soon after.'
'Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped all charges against 5 soldiers accused of the violent abuse & rape of a Palestinian detainee from Gaza.
…the detainee was taken to hospital in… 2024 with injuries including broken ribs, a punctured lung & rectal damage'
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
'Israeli settler attacks soar in West Bank as Iran war rages on…
Israeli settlers have killed five Palestinians in less than two weeks. As the war began, the Israeli army established new gates and checkpoints, severely restricting movement across the territory.'
www.channel4.com/news/israeli...
I'm pretty sure that's another war crime, in case anyone is keeping track of USrael's crimes against humanity.
'Israeli planes spray herbicides on Syrian farmers’ fields…
Following these spraying operations, farmers say their crops turned yellow in just a few days. Local agricultural authorities report that hundreds of hectares have been affected, including fruit trees.'
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
'‘Perfect storm’: Lebanon crisis deepens as civilians bear the brunt.
A staggering 815,000 people have been uprooted by the violence in Lebanon since Israeli forces responded to Hezbollah rocket fire… on 2 March, with airstrikes and mass evacuation orders.'
news.un.org/en/story/202...
'Tomahawks…cost of $3.6mn each.
The US military has bought only 322 of the missiles in the past 5 yrs…
The US also used at least 124 of the missiles to target Houthi militants in Yemen & Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2024 & 2025…
…US used 168 Tomahawks in the first 100 hrs of the [current] war'