I am exhausted by the moronic behaviour of western academics who say nothing about Russia's bombing and murder of tens of the thousands of civilians, but scream the moment Ukraine fights back

‘Morale bombing’ Moscow is not justified | Ukraine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/morale-bombing-moscow-is-not-justified

There has been a lot of debate recently about the need for #airconditioning in #europe. I believe we should be migrating all heating and cooling to bidirectional heat pumps, we can recoup the cost of cooling with the reduced cost of heating.

Some have also criticised the fact that Aircon just moves the heat outside. That is fair, but a new technology will allow us to radiate it directly to space instead!

#heatwave #clim #EUpol

https://www.skycoolsystems.com/science

What #Ukraine is doing in #Crimea now is beyond incredible. They have systemically hit refineries and fuel transport infrastructure.

They have hit all the bridges entering Crimea from Southern Ukraine. They have hit all the ferries transporting goods in and out of Crimea.

And today they hit the air defences that protect the Kerch Bridge.

They are making Crimea intenable for the Russians, and isolating Russian Units in Occupied Ukraine.

#RussiaUkraineWar

Seeing the comments under this post is wildly discouraging. I left twitter precisely because of this type of pile-on holier-than-thou behavior.

The commission is present across a multitude of social networks including the Fediverse (where their presence is growing), #Wsocial (ATproto), and other proprietary non-federated social media sites.

Do the commenters here really believe that their comments are advancing the interests of the #Fediverse or Open Source ?

We need to stop using #GDP growth as a metric of economic success.

The only relevant metric is: are citizens lives being improved? Do they have greater puchasing power? Is the air cleaner? Can they eat safer food? Can they afford to have children? Are public services good? Are they safe?

These are the criterea that matter. Everything else is irrelevant.

No, #Europe isn’t “Falling Behind” America.

#EUpol #USpol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DG4XeMUaA4

I take it back. I just had an argument in the airport with a British man who insisted EU border controls exist to "punish" the UK.

When I reminded him that you have to be in the European Union to enjoy the benefits of it, he shouted "do you think I'm stupid".

I declined to answer for obvious reasons.

#brexit

I thought the second-hand embarrassment of other British tourists abroad was bad, then I became French and learned French, and honestly, hearing the entitlement and arrogance of some of my compatriots I'm not sure if it isn't worse.

It's a good thing not all Europeans speak French.

#UK #France #British