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A New Faith - a solarpunk novel by TinJar 18h ago

In the novel "A New Faith" - I explore not just the possibility of mass #migration from the tropics to the poles but also who gets to migrate first and why. Equally importantly, once the chosen climate refugees settle down in their new home, are they able to move past their individual and collective pasts? Are they able to build a better society? Are they able to build a new way of life? < https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith >

A New Faith

Part 1 is available for free to all - online or download in DRM-free EPUB/PDF formats.

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K2 21h ago

Rob McMinn 21h ago

Codename Hirondelle — Chapter 1 (audio feed)

To celebrate publication day (27 June 2025), here's chapter 1 of Codename Hirondelle, my latest novel.

http://robmcminn.uk/2025/06/26/codename-hirondelle-chapter-1-audio-feed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Brian Jopek 1d ago

When Stephen “Goebbels” Miller continues to spew his bullshit and gets it lobbed back in his general direction.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names

Natasha Jay 1d ago

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:

McNadoMD 1d ago

SCOTUS has just allowed Medicaid to refuse to pay for services from a provider based on politics. In this instance, Planned Parenthood can be pulled as a Medicaid provider.

For the record folks, people with Medicaid have a hell of a time finding primary care services right now. Getting rid of a huge provider because some religious nuts don’t like women’s healthcare is going to be terrible for a lot of people, and on balance will probably kill people.

internetarchive 1d ago

For Louis Brizuela, leading the microfiche digitization team for Democracy's Library is more than a job—“I feel like I’m making a difference,” he says.

From Supreme Court docs to Canadian archives, he’s preserving history—live on stream. Meet Louis & tune in: ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/26/digitizing-democracy-louis-brizuela-takes-viewers-behind-microfiche-scanning-livestream/

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/vera-rubin-observatory-will-find-millions-of-asteroids-millions-513f

Phil Plait 1d ago

Something lost a bit in the amazing images released earlier: Vera Rubin Observatory is a steely-eyed asteroid hunter! It's already found thousands of new ones in just a few nights, and is predicted to find *3.7 MILLION* more.

THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION

Vera Rubin Observatory will find millions of asteroids. Millions.

That’s a lot of space rocks.

Bad Astronomy Newsletter

HumToTable 1d ago

@MsMerope @W6KME @ai6yr Yes, yes, and hell yes.
Chaps my hide that we long ago gave up Reduce, Reuse, Recycle because it was so important that we do so IN THAT ORDER.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-26/malaysia-bans-us-plastic-waste-what-will-california-do

AI6YR Ben 1d ago

In more "recycling is just shipping your plastic overseas where it actually doesn't get recycled"

LA Times: Malaysia will stop accepting U.S. plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California

#plastic #environment #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle

Malaysia will stop taking U.S. plastic waste. What will California do?

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned U.S. waste imports in 2018.

Los Angeles Times

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names

Joris Meys 1d ago

Brace for impact. The #ECMWF #weather #model promises scorching temperatures over #Europe the coming week. Anomalies of up to 15-20 C higher than normal are expected.

This weather is brought to you by climate change (for those who claim it's been hot before: weather is what happens, climate is the probability it happens. And this has become significantly more probable because greenhouse gases and physics.)

#wx #Climate

Natasha Jay 1d ago

crouton 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay appalling. I just wanted to say that I definitely did not do that.

Russ O 1d ago

@crouton @Natasha_Jay me neither. That would draw attention to these companies' role in the climate crisis, and embarrass them, which we should certainly not do.

Lasse Gismo (Friendica)1d ago

@Natasha_Jay
😁

Frank 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Gosh darn that would be a darn shame were my fingers to accidentally click on that and fill in those boxes...

Simon 🐮1d ago

@Natasha_Jay I made some suggestions too!
I think Big Pete (BP) and Valero (well... Valero!), might be the least conspicious

jayfell 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay I followed your advice and didn't do that, but somehow a screenshot appeared on my laptop

econads 1d ago

@johnflomax @Natasha_Jay I would try to stick to the same names because they will probably only look at the most popular ones. 50 BeePee 50 BP and 90 Alice, Alice wins. It's not as good as 100 BP 90 Alice.

Kumar Ghosh 1d ago

Agree, atleast for the first choice

MacCruiskeen 1d ago

@econads @johnflomax @Natasha_Jay it’s not like any of these names will ever actually be used. we should give them a large and creative list.

econads 1d ago

@maccruiskeen @johnflomax @Natasha_Jay no for sure, or Boaty McBoatface taught us nothing :D
But I assume the point is to make a news article about it. Top of the list being BP is more newsworthy (i.e. simpler to verify) than 1000 variations on BP. Anyway, I'm just some internet rando, do whatever you like :-)

IreneMoews 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay 👍 But at the same time, it would be advertising them as making a negative reference to them is better for them than not to mention them.

Dźwiedziu 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay
It would be a shame if the form allowed inputs outside the UK

LucileDT 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay boosting to make sure people are aware filling this form should be taken _seriously_

blueorangeblue 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay I suggested Cassandra. The met office as been *modelling climate change for decades

BeeCycling 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Hmm, think I will definitely not go over there and suggest Shelly McShellface...

Though Shelly is a perfectly legit name of course. No reason a storm can't be called that... 🤔

Dr Pen 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay humble contributions submitted

@Natasha_Jay
Worry that these will fall under "Any offensive names submitted will be deleted" but I filed with Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Gazprom, Putin, and ExxonMobil.

I wanted to include "Israel" but you know that's never getting through.

@xinit Yeah , Ok. Though not allowing blatant antisemitism seems to be a good thing. If you ask me. @Natasha_Jay

@DerGiga there's being against the Israel state's actions and there's anti-semitism. Maybe "Palestinian Genocide" then?

@xinit Ok. Clarification: Has Israel the right to exist?

@DerGiga
Ok. Clarification: Has Israel the right to do what it's doing?

@xinit To some degree it was defense and an expectable overreaction, that turned to a genocide at a point.
Though this was calculated in the terrorist attack.
I answered your question. Could you answer my simple question.
I may have confused you with someone you are not.

@DerGiga
I wish Israel hadn't been a place built on suffering for a whole class of people since the creation of the state. I've visited Jerusalem and the old city and enjoyed the cities and met some amazing people, but this really can't continue.

@xinit I answer later, since I have stuff to do.
But I do apologize, since I DID confuse you with someone you are not.

@xinit Thousands of years, have taught the jews, that they should never again be helpless. If there is a good reason for the existence of a state Israel would be a prime example. Though it would have been more fair if they were given the territory of Brandenburg.
It would be different if my neighbors would not have to wear basecaps on shabbat.

@xinit Also, I agree that there should be a Palestinian state, but that would need Israel to exist or it would become a vassal or territory of their neighbors.
Sadly, it has become the Palestinian fate to suffer, because their suffering is a weapon that can be weilded against Isreal . This suffering is also prolonged by the inheritable refugee status.

@xinit Also it would help, if the antisemitism everywhere would not pressure an exodus, that pushes people searching for affordable living space into the settlements and in extension taking land from the Palestinians.

levampyre 1d ago

@DerGiga It sure does. But it doesn't have the moral right to kill, torture, disable, starve and orphan thousands of Palestinians, to deprive them off their livelyhoods and turn their entire land into a rubble desert. Is it antisemitism to point that out, to find that inhumane?

But we were talking about storms, weren't we? So let's not derail this thread!

@xinit

Frank Bennett 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay
Mine:

"Giant" is a film with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, and a good name for a big storm.

"Burgan" is an oil field in Kuwait. If it's worth going to war over, it's a pretty good name for a storm.

"Big Tex" is a symbol of all things Texas, a tall statue at the Texas State Fair, that burned up a few years ago, so it seems fitting.

"Ghawar" is an oil field in Saudi Arabia. Lest we forget.

"Ahvaz" is an oil field in Iran. Included to be fair and balanced in these nominations.

Volker Stolz 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay #equinor – Heia 🇳🇴!

Jon PENNYCOOK 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay The Met Office say that I'm inhuman!

SomeoneElse 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Presumably Stormy McStormface was already taken?

Dharma Dan 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay I definitely didn't type this, the form came pre-filled.

Ken Milmore 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Storm Drax would be poignant.

Tiggy 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay
Fossilfuelkills
And more

teacher_rick 🇪🇺1d ago

@Natasha_Jay

The Tired Horizon 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay no Storm Huntley? 😂

Jan Simon Frelier 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Other appalling suggestions: Chevron, Aramco ... https://companiesmarketcap.com/oil-gas/largest-oil-and-gas-companies-by-market-cap/

Largest oil and gas companies by market cap

List of the largest oil and gas companies by market capitalization, all rankings are updated daily.

Secret Slutty S African 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Despicable! People, where's the love for Saudi Aramco? They deserve credit too for all their hard work ❤️

Little Art Histories 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Oh no, I accidently did that! Shame on me. My reasoning: "We should honour the biggest polluters on the planet and the drivers of the climate catastrophe by naming storms after them. Their contribution should not go unnoticed."

David Honess 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Michael Fish probably deserves one 😂

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #BigOil #FossilFuel #Environment

Mark Kirschstein 1d ago

Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay It's fair that fossil fuel companies that contribute so much to these storms receive the recognition they deserve.

Advanced Persistent Teapot 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay whoops I did a variation

__Miguel_1d ago

@Natasha_Jay No Stormy McStormface? 😛

Danni Storm 🇺🇦 🇺🇦1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Oops I accidentally filled this out. It would be a shame if it happened again....

Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

@Natasha_Jay Oh, bugger! I slipped on my keyboard and accidentally suggested a bunch of planet destroyers

Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC 1d ago

@Natasha_Jay I added Gazprom.

Plsik (born in 320 ppm) 🇨🇿🇺🇦🇵🇸1d ago

@Natasha_Jay
I don't know who did it, I think this malicious person used my phone. Oops, it happens. He posted this:
The names of the super-rich who are contributing to increasing climate instability and using the influence they have through their wealth to restrict civil liberties.