Jeremy Cherfas

Coincidence, I’m sure, to be mentioning an author and his book on the same day seven years apart.

• An Extended Moment of Joy
• In the mind of the body politic

Criticising the likes of Bill Gates and his infernal foundation shouldn’t be that controversial a move on the left, yet it suddenly feels a bit dangerous, as if it aligns the critic with dumbass right-wing conspiracy theories about vaccine nanobots or suchlike against the supposedly scientific certainties of technocratic governance.Chris Smaje, on the money. Again.

Here’s another of my climate emergency rants from back in the day, this day in 2007 as it happens.

www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/rumi…

I do not see anything at all that could rightly be considered controversial.

Very odd. Simone got an error each time he replied via webmention to my link to his manifesto, and yet I see each of the replies and each of the emails he sent me to warn me of the error. A clear sign that I should upgrade WithKnown, and soon.

Rome-Munich direct is of immediate interest (I’ll be doing it with changes in October) although all 10 projects will make life easier for train travellers in Europe.

transport.ec.europa.eu/news-even…

On this day, 17 years ago, I linked to an article by James Hansen about the urgency of taking climate change seriously. We are still not taking it seriously.

Somewhat pooped after a long drive, Rome to almost the tip of Salento, made tolerable by a delicious lunch with friends at their new house along the way and the restorative nap that followed.

In other words, there’s no sign of an energy transition out of fossils yet.Just in case you were feeling optimistic because energy from solar increased by 24% last year …

Now that Threads is here, I no longer see options to like or reply to a comment on a photo on IG.