Dr. Prakash Kashwan

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Well done, #France: France’s Far Right Is Denied a Majority by a Left Surge in Elections, Projections Show www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07...

Live Updates: France’s Far Right Is Denied a Majority by a Left Surge in Elections, Projections Showwww.nytimes.com The far-right National Rally appeared to have fallen short of predictions, but no coalition captured an absolute majority in Parliament, according to projections. Months of gridlock could lie ahead.

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Democrats need to stop talking about saving "democracy." They need to start talking about saving "freedom." That's what at stake here — Project 2025 *is* an anti-freedom agenda — and "freedom" is the political concept that most resonates with the majority of Americans.

The rightwing nuts are threatening violence unless they get their way!

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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"The group’s data indicate it was the largest single appropriation approved since the 1993 Oslo accords at the start of the peace process." apnews.com/article/isra...

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decadesapnews.com An anti-settlement watchdog says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades.

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Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demanddlvr.it Tech giant’s goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres Google’s goal of reducing its climate footprint is in jeopardy as it relies on more and more energy-hungry data centres to power its…

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My article for @newrepublic “The Supreme Court has effectively ruled that 250 years of U.S. history under a republic is enough.” newrepublic.com/article/1833...

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a Kingnewrepublic.com The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.

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It's not just the Supreme Court that's corrupt. Today, in Louisiana, another radical Trump appointed judge decided that dirty LNG projects should go forward, even if they poison Americans. A corrupt legal system benefits fossil fuel corporations. www.nytimes.com/2024...

Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume Permits for Gas Exportswww.nytimes.com President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed.

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France election 2024: What the manifestos say on energy and climate | Alice Vernat-Davies @mollylempriere.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3XGw4gQ

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This is just such a stupid way for democracy to perish.

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The Circuit Court ruled that Trump is not immune from persecution in Feb 2024. SCOTUS could have just declined to touch that. Instead they waited five months to say "Trump is immune on some things, not others, y'all should figure out which," and it's very clear what they're doing

Instructive to hear Howard Dean talk about VP Kamala Harris. Tells you a lot about the Democrats one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5022...

🔊 Listen Now: 'I would tell Biden to hang in there,' former DNC Chairman Howard Dean saysone.npr.org Morning Edition on NPR One | 7:11

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No matter what, the Biden campaign has every reason to get Kamala Harris out there and showcase her in the best possible light. For Biden to stay in an win they need Americans to be comfortable with her taking over should he not survive his full term. This is a crucial task post-debate.

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Global billionaire tax needed to bridge climate finance gap: report gasoutlook.com/news/global-...

Global billionaire tax needed to bridge climate finance gap: report - Gas Outlookgasoutlook.com A new report finds that a minimum ‘billionaire tax’ on the world’s wealthiest individuals could generate $250 billion annually.

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"New York City is the world’s most-congested urban area for the second year in a row, costing the city an estimated $9.1 billion in lost time, a new report shows."

NYC Has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion, Costing $9 Billionwww.bloomberg.com New York City is the world’s most-congested urban area for the second year in a row, costing the city an estimated $9.1 billion in lost time, a new report shows.

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LOL remember when Democratic Congressional leadership were like “Anyone who helps a candidate primary a Democratic incumbent is blacklisted from the DCCC” Guess that’s only for folks coming from the left!

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Story on groundwater depletion in the Ogallala aquifer on PBS News Hour tonight, with comments by me on growing climate change risks. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Depletion of major groundwater source threatens Great Plains farmingwww.pbs.org In the heart of the country, Great Plains farmers and ranchers produce a quarter of all U.S. crops and 40 percent of its beef. But they rely on a resource that has been slowly drying up, water. Stepha...

Energy transition will be derailed by the shenanigans of these extractive industries that harm the planet without any real contributions to human well being. #EnergyTransition

I learned at an engineering conference recently that one crypto mine in TX, 100s of MW, makes more money off ERCOT demand response markets than it does off crypto repeat: TX ratepayers pay them more to sometimes stop mining than they make by actual mining just bananas misuse of power markets 🔌💡

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Lots of discussions about rural-urban divides. Recent research finds "the divide is confined largely to white Americans...Black and Latino residents of rural America differ far less, if at all, from their urban counterparts than do non-Hispanic white residents" news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...

Growing rural-urban divide exists only among white Americans | Cornell Chroniclenews.cornell.edu Researchers have found that when it comes to politics, Black and Latino residents of rural America differ far less, if at all, from their urban counterparts than do non-Hispanic white residents.

"This gets to a fundamental problem:We’ve ceded so much power and authority to tech people with a very narrow competence and understanding of the world, but have allowed them to believe they actually understand far more about the human experience than they really do." disconnect.blog/roundup-open...

Roundup: OpenAI says some artistic jobs shouldn’t existdisconnect.blog Read to the end for a good overview of failing social media platforms

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New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals. Read The Big Take ⬇️

AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systemswww.bloomberg.com New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.

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FYI, this is extremely easy to do if you're located in the UK or Europe because of privacy laws. All of the comments from US folks indicate a lot of hemming and hawing on Meta's part; for me, a UK resident, the request was approved in a matter of minutes.

'You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.' Link: deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-t... #Privacy #Meta #Facebook

11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AIdeborahcopaken.substack.com You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.

This is why the struggle for Kashmir is tied fundamentally to the struggle for Palestine. via kashmirlife.net/a-year-later...

“Israeli army forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of a military Jeep during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday. A video showed a Palestinian resident of Jenin, Mujahed Azmi, on the Jeep that passes two ambulances.”

Israeli forces strap wounded Palestinian man to hood of military jeepapple.news Verified video shows Jenin resident Mujahed Azmi on vehicle that passes two ambulances during raid

This question has been researched and debated vigorously by ecologists and environmental researchers in India for over quarter a century. The general consensus is that this would be a "world-historical" catastrophe! #RiverInterlinking #India

In terms of actual world-historical importance, this👇 story is probably more significant than anything else you’ll read today.

India Is Building a Mega-Riverapple.news It could bring water to parched land—but scientists aren’t sure it’s worth the risk. June 23, 2024 This article originally appeared in Hakai Magazine. In India, severe water shortages in one part of t...

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Alternate title: CEOs aren't giving Trump money because they know his policies are dangerous and he's unhinged, but they're rather quiet about it because they'll be insulated by their wealth. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/o...

Opinion | What America’s Leading C.E.O.s Really Think of Donald Trumpwww.nytimes.com Donald Trump suffers the lowest level of corporate support in the history of the Republican Party.

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“On Tuesday, Mr. Macron accused the new left-wing New Popular Front alliance of Socialist, Green & far-left parties of being totally “immigrationiste” — a word often used by Ms. Le Pen’s party to describe politicians who encourage uncontrolled immigration.” It’s all masks off in The West.

The Nation Resurgent, and Borders, Toowww.nytimes.com In France, as in the United States, feelings harden against immigrants, and President Emmanuel Macron and President Biden take note.

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"Shell and the American Petroleum Institute have said officials should address climate change through policymaking, not the courts." 🤣 Not what they've said over decades when lobbying state legislators attempting to do just that ... www.eenews.net/articles/cal...

California intensifies Big Oil lawsuit, targeting more of companies’ profitswww.eenews.net California Attorney General Rob Bonta cited a 2023 state law that makes it easier to collect damages from companies.

So, what makes them "Very Serious People" ? What am I missing here? #Authoritarianism #Liberalism #Inequality

I’ve been in a meeting with a number of men (and a handful of women) in suits, and while there has been intelligent discussion, my main impression is that Very Serious People are irrationally complacent about the consequences — economic and political — if Trump wins.

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"If Jay Z really wanted to help, why not partner with public schools and create community schools with wraparound services?" Exactly. He's not helping. He doesn't know anything about education policy. He's just rich.

Jay Z makes a final push on failing public schools, backing school voucherswww.usatoday.com Jay Z's company is funding training sessions to support school choice.

That morning when you find out that the favorite western philosopher, Aristotle, raised "a deep-seated objection to democratic forms of ‘rule by the poor.’" #Decolonize #Democratize

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Wall Street’s pathological and ruinous demand that companies show perpetual growth, as opposed to healthy sustainable profits, is only possible in a world where firms are allowed to lock up markets, eliminate competition and collect increasing extractive rents at increasing scale.