Posts by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #ARRGcnhzz97RK4Hxlw by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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I'm active at the nexus between climate change, transportation, and social justice;I write a (sporadic) blog at http://www.cellomomcars.com/I co-moderate a facebook group Global Warming Fact of the Day. Public page: https://www.facebook.com/GWFOTD/I give talks to general audiences about climate solutions;I advocate for safe walk & bike facilities and public transit in my US town;I ride a bike because I'm too lazy to walk. And I saw on a cello. Favourite fruit: the mango.
(DIR) Post #AYFs1SVM3y35l4BJOS by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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Here's some good news.You often hear that so-and-so much #GlobalWarming is "baked in", that is, the world keeps on warming on the #GreenhouseGases already emitted."The best available evidence shows that, on the contrary, warming is likely to more or less stop once #CarbonDioxide (CO2) #emissions reach zero, meaning humans have the power to choose their #climate future."A very good explainer:https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-global-warming-stop-as-soon-as-net-zero-emissions-are-reached/ #ClimateChange
(DIR) Post #B4FcJWJljnLWy4IohU by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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Austria "Many glaciers are not only shrinking in length but are increasingly entering a phase of structural disintegration," said Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer from the University of Graz.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd038pgrr1yo
(DIR) Post #B4HiIxPyTzOQljEvXU by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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@mzedp Most Americans are scared of stick shift cars.Is why mine is less likely to be stolen or taken for a joy ride.
(DIR) Post #B4sraS8vaZsrQ6CWMi by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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"Bogonko described a system where universities rarely collaborate with the organisations implementing programmes on the ground. “There’s no handshake between academia and the people who actually solve challenges,” she said, pointing to missed opportunities to align efforts and reduce duplication."https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/amp/environment-climate/article/2001544376/universities-face-climate-test-as-gaps-in-research-skills-policy-slow-africas-response
(DIR) Post #B53Kc900ZoUssQmqUC by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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“Climate disasters like floods, fires, and storms damaged homes and forced people to move.The study found that even small increases in housing damage led to noticeable rises in homelessness. Researchers also explained that the impact goes beyond direct damage. When homes are destroyed, fewer houses remain available. This pushes up rent and makes it harder for vulnerable people to find housing.This creates a chain reaction that affects entire communities."https://www.earth.com/news/homelessness-surged-across-the-u-s-but-not-for-the-reasons-youd-expect/
(DIR) Post #B55Is6CMwhbtERy6dc by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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"For the first time, researchers are assessing people’s opinions on policies for the global redistribution of wealth and the fight against climate change. Such measures receive massive, nearly universal support, albeit more so in Europe than in the United States."https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/citizens-of-the-world-on-the-same-wavelength
(DIR) Post #B5BWF8SHBdHFFAU1rM by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up"There's an old argument that protecting the environment hurts the economy. It's wrong for a lot of reasons."https://grist.org/economics/trump-administration-climate-economy-government-budget/
(DIR) Post #B5HnBeJVewWP3v496O by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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Hungary:"While Magyar has yet to say much on climate action, the Tisza Party has pledged to rebuild independent protections for nature and enforce stricter regulation of polluting industries. The party has vowed to end the country’s reliance on Russian energy by 2035 and double its share of renewable energy by 2040. And Magyar hopes to end the country’s estrangement with the European Union—which could open up more funding for green investments."https://time.com/article/2026/04/13/peter-magyar-climate-action-hungary/
(DIR) Post #B5Oo4ADCde6RjkpW4W by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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"In Guyang-ri, a farming village of 70 households, people gather for communal free lunches six days a week. The meals are funded by the village’s one-megawatt solar installation, which generates roughly 10m won ($6,800) in net profit each month.Guyang-ri serves as the national prototype for South Korea’s rapidly expanding “solar income village” programme, which aims to reach 2,500 villages by 2030."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/south-korea-solar-power-renewables-revolution
(DIR) Post #B5Oo4AUvZkHUcj7fhQ by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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You may be interested in this ^^^ real-and-now solarpunk tale, @susankayequinn
(DIR) Post #B5Oo4AcN84EgzobcIq by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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Via @wim_v12e Scotland:"There were 42,900 community and locally owned renewable energy installations at the end of December 2024, with a capacity of 1,109 MW. These installations could produce an estimated 1,963GWh of renewable energy annually."https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/report/community-and-locally-owned-energy-in-scotland-2024-report?loc=scotlandFor comparison: a nuclear reactor produces about 1GW of electricity.
(DIR) Post #B7L6ASFf6aNB9hsQ1w by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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"Latin letters do not hold hands. Arabic letters do.To understand why every machine since Gutenberg has wrestled this script and mostly lost, you need one structural fact: Arabic is cursive always."This piece is an exhilarating, eye-opening, outrageous, and very funny tale of the difference between latin letters and Arabic letters, and why printing presses and screen renderers have such a hard time with it.https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/
(DIR) Post #B7L6CE1GzUDtavzTsG by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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I wish / hope the author is on the fediverse. Their whole website is a rabbit hole of fascinating stuff. If anyone knows who they are, please let me know. https://lr0.org
(DIR) Post #B7L6CEP1ZBDomb6RtY by CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
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Apropos of @edgeofeurope's comment:Asian kanji (e.g. Chinese, Japanese) were written top to bottom, with the sentences written right to left, so you flip pages of books from left to right.While kanji are freestanding and don't' "hold hands", I was surprised to find that Japanese phonetic kana *can* be written in cursive, and beautifully so.https://www.miho.jp/en/exhibition/spring2025/