Day: 25 May 2023
Michael J. Fox is proud to be the face of Parkison’s, but it hasn’t always been that way. The actor-turned-activist met in New York with CBC’s Harry Forestell, who is also living with Parkinson’s, to talk about learning to accept the disease and opening up about his fight in the new documentary,
Previously, DeSantis has rolled out harsh measures against undocumented immigrants (Axios) and claims that defending Ukraine is not of vital interest (NYT) to the United States.
Also, this appears to be more evidence that Musk has made Twitter the home of the radical far-right?
Global clean energy investment to be over USD$1.7 trillion in 2023
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said the projection is the latest sign that a “new global clean energy economy is emerging” at a rate that is consistent with UN targets for limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels.
Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’
The Guardian | Business Green | Financial Times 🔒 | DW |
The wonderful Tina Turner passed away today at her home in Switzerland. She was 83.
Tina Turner (Nov 26, 1939 » May 24, 2023) » Rest in Peace
TINA (2021) Official Trailer | HBO
The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.
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France’s Citizens’ Convention on Climate, which was created by President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 and included 150 members of the public, had proposed scrapping plane journeys where train journeys of under four hours existed.
Comparing emissions per passenger per km travelled from different modes of transport
The new Thunderbird logo
Microsoft and the Five Eyes intelligence partners — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US — have accused Chinese state-sponsored hackers of carrying out attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States.
“Volt Typhoon” have “been active since mid-2021 and targeted the manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology and education sectors in Guam and elsewhere in the US.”
The Guardian | Al Jazeera | Security Week | VOA | The Hacker News | HKFP | SiliconAngle | Ars Technica | CyberScoop | Geek Wire
In Italy, Stellantis is cutting jobs and being accused of skimping on janitorial work. In the US, it’s offering buyouts to scores of staff and has idled a Jeep factory.
In Canada, the carmaker halted construction of a new battery facility, pending more government aid. And in the UK, it’s warned Parliament that post-Brexit trade rules and other issues could doom the country’s EV manufacturing prospects.