Patrick Galey

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#Climate justice reporter, chronicler of the #Anthropocene. Will post #cycling content
https://muckrack.com/patrickgaley

I see a lot of media outlets are grappling with the challenges that generative #AI poses to the credibility of their output

We have developed an app that allows journalists who value accountability and transparency to capture, store and organise their entire research process, providing proof of facts-based decision making

It also provides proof of the human in the process, something which even the most advanced generative AI is decades away from being able to replicate

Tell your friends! #journalism #factchecking #AI #ChatGPT https://austingmackell.medium.com/how-to-prove-youre-not-a-robot-fab1e255a6b6

How to Prove You’re Not a Robot - Austin G Mackell - Medium

I hope this reaches you before the machines take over. We don’t have long. Things could get very tower-of-Babel very quick from here on out. In the media, academia, and elsewhere, the question of…

Medium
If I hear any of the cabinet tweeting about #WomensDay while they simultaneously seek to revoke the ability for mothers and pregnant women to access their international legal right to seek refugee status in Britain, I think I’m going to scream
We haven't had any rain in weeks. This year will be bad. Prepare yourselves https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/driest-february-england-signals-drought-ahead-experts
Driest February in England since 1993 signals drought ahead, say experts

With little rain forecast for spring and reservoirs still not refilled, drought could be worse than last year

The Guardian
60 Scientists Call for Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming - Inside Climate News

A scientific showdown over whether dispersing massive amounts of reflective particles high into the atmosphere could temporarily and safely mask global warming intensified this week, as a group of more than 60 researchers published a letter Monday calling for accelerated research and small-scale field experiments into what is called solar radiation management. As the planet’s […]

Inside Climate News

Aviation is by nature virtually impossible to mitigate without unfeasible offsetting schemes

It requires joined-up thinking, social changes, proper carbon pricing, subsidies reform - that is, hollistic rather than Big Win #ClimateChange #NotZero https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/28/scientists-uk-aviation-net-zero-ambitions-half-farmland-double-renewable-electricity

Scientists pour cold water on UK aviation’s net zero ambitions

Country would need to devote half its farmland or more than double its renewable electricity supply, says study

The Guardian

Positives: Happier, healthier, more productive workforce, better productivity, far less sick leave

Negatives: ...bosses have 20% less time in the spotlight? #FourDayWeek https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/21/four-day-week-uk-trial-success-pattern

Four-day week: ‘major breakthrough’ as most UK firms in trial extend changes

Nearly all companies taking part opt to continue with new pattern as staff report better work-life balance

The Guardian

Oooh boy. Record profits for the firm so afraid of its poorest customers missing £10 payments they break into their houses and install prepayment meters

When will we remove the social licence for extractional firms such as British Gas to keep exploiting people? #CostOfGreed https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/british-gas-owner-centrica-reports-record-profits-of-33bn?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Centrica boss refuses to say if he will waive bonus after ‘obscene’ £3.3bn profit

Chris O’Shea urged to ‘look at his conscience’ amid cost of living crisis and prepayment meter scandal

The Guardian
Lilt has vanished from UK, rebranded as a totally tropical Fanta

We haven’t touched the taste, only the packaging, promises owner Coca-Cola

The Guardian

A treat of a Friday #LongRead for you on the history of people taking psychtropic substances and climate activism

In Puerto Rico in 2018, two british climate activists had a particularly intense ayahuasca trip. The result was @news_en

By Amber Chen #ClimateChange #psychedelics https://atmos.earth/psychedelics-plant-medicine-climate-activism/?src=longreads

Tripping for the Planet: Psychedelics and Climate Activism | Atmos

With more states legalizing psychedelics, activists are interested in exploring their power. Is that a good idea?

Atmos

ULEZ is a great example of a win-win-win for central areas of a major city

Less air pollution, less GHG emissions, more cash for city coffers

The other side of the story is what's happening to emissions/air pollution *outside* the low emissions zones

And it seems positive too: 19% and 27% falls in pollutants outside ULEZ compared with business as usual

#AirPollution #ClimateChange #ULEZ #London https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/10/ulez-cut-toxic-nox-pollution-across-london-by-23-report-finds

Ultra low emissions zone expansion cut London pollutants by up to 26% – study

Findings of lower diesel and PM2.5 emissions may fortify mayor as he extends scheme across whole city

The Guardian