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Remembering Richard Heinberg: ‘He was a vital inspiration for so much of my life and work’

Resilience - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 01:00
I feel so deeply grateful to have known him, and for the support and enthusiasm he showed for the Transition movement as it emerged. He was a sensitive and thoughtful man who knew that human beings could do so much better.

The green transition is seen as a path forward. Critics say it’s a technological fix for a larger crisis

Resilience - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 01:00
A debate between Bill McKibben and Mark Roller highlights a central question: Can a “green transition” address a crisis rooted in ecological overshoot?

Gratitude in the Great Unraveling

Resilience - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 01:00
If collective survival is possible, there will be a lot of work ahead. We’ll be more effective in that work if we’re unburdened by hate and recrimination, and are instead rooted in gratitude for life, nature, and community.

Water apartheid and green colonialism

Red Pepper - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 00:00

From the occupied West Bank, Farah, Noah and Calico examine how Israel uses water to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and livelihood – and how they are resisting

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Categories: F. Left News

Rasakan Sensasi Kemenangan Bright Night

Socialist Resurgence - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 23:03

dikenal berkat tampilan visual yang menonjolkan nuansa malam penuh cahaya serta efek animasi yang dirancang untuk menciptakan pengalaman bermain yang menarik. Meskipun demikian, setiap pemain tetap perlu memahami bahwa permainan semacam ini pada dasarnya merupakan bentuk hiburan yang mengandung unsur peluang, sehingga hasil yang diperoleh tidak dapat dipastikan.

Bright Night menawarkan konsep permainan yang sederhana sehingga mudah dipahami oleh pemain baru. Tata letak simbol, kombinasi warna, dan efek suara dirancang untuk memberikan pengalaman yang nyaman selama permainan berlangsung. Pendekatan tersebut menjadi salah satu alasan mengapa banyak orang tertarik mencoba permainan ini. Namun, pemahaman terhadap mekanisme permainan tetap menjadi langkah awal yang penting sebelum memutuskan untuk bermain.

Dari sudut pandang edukatif, pemain sebaiknya mempelajari setiap fitur yang tersedia. Informasi mengenai aturan permainan, nilai simbol, hingga fitur bonus biasanya telah disediakan oleh pengembang. Membaca panduan tersebut dapat membantu pemain memahami cara kerja permainan secara menyeluruh. Langkah sederhana ini juga mengurangi kesalahpahaman ketika permainan sedang berlangsung dan membuat pengalaman bermain menjadi lebih terarah.

Istilah “kemenangan” dalam Bright Night sering kali menjadi daya tarik utama. Akan tetapi, penting untuk dipahami bahwa kemenangan berasal dari sistem peluang yang telah ditentukan oleh mekanisme permainan. Tidak ada strategi yang mampu menjamin hasil tertentu pada setiap putaran. Oleh sebab itu, pemain perlu memandang setiap sesi permainan sebagai aktivitas hiburan, bukan sebagai cara memperoleh keuntungan yang pasti.

Prinsip bermain secara bertanggung jawab menjadi bagian penting dalam menikmati permainan digital. Pemain dianjurkan menetapkan batas waktu dan anggaran sebelum mulai bermain. Dengan cara tersebut, aktivitas bermain tetap berada dalam kendali dan tidak mengganggu kebutuhan sehari-hari. Sikap disiplin juga membantu pemain menjaga keseimbangan antara hiburan, pekerjaan, maupun kehidupan sosial.

Selain itu, memahami istilah seperti volatilitas, fitur bonus, atau persentase pengembalian kepada pemain (Return to Player/RTP) dapat menambah wawasan mengenai karakteristik permainan. Pengetahuan tersebut tidak menjamin kemenangan, tetapi membantu pemain memahami bagaimana sebuah permainan dirancang. Semakin baik pemahaman terhadap mekanisme permainan, semakin realistis pula harapan yang dimiliki selama bermain.

Pada akhirnya, sensasi yang ditawarkan Bright Night berasal dari perpaduan desain visual, fitur permainan, dan unsur hiburan yang dikemas secara menarik. Pengalaman tersebut akan terasa lebih bermakna apabila pemain memahami cara kerja permainan sekaligus menyadari adanya unsur peluang di dalamnya. Dengan pengetahuan yang memadai serta sikap bermain yang bertanggung jawab, Bright Night dapat dinikmati sebagai sarana hiburan digital yang tetap mengedepankan kesadaran, kendali diri, dan pemahaman yang baik terhadap mekanisme permainan.

Categories: D2. Socialism

Sea into the future

Ecologist - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 23:00
Sea into the future Channel Comment brendan 31st July 2026 Teaser Media
Categories: H. Green News

OPINION: U.S. Should Scale Autonomous Vehicles Thoughtfully, Not Slam the Brakes

Streetsblog USA - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 21:03

Streetsblog is, officially, dubious on autonomous vehicles because our coverage focuses on all of the deleterious effects of cars on cities, not just the safety effect. As a media outlet devoted to presenting news about how to reduce car dependence, we are skeptical that AVs will move the needle on that. But our recent coverage has spurred many AV boosters to demand the space to make their arguments. Today, we present one such piece.

Roughly two New Yorkers die in traffic crashes every three days. The state’s own comptroller traced most of those deaths to the same preventable causes: speeding, distraction, impairment. So when a technology promises to take human error out of the driver’s seat and save lives, New Yorkers should pay attention.

Autonomous vehicles have incredible potential to save lives and prevent injuries. Waymo’s own safety data shows a remarkable record. Compared to a human driver over the same distance and environment, Waymo’s autonomous vehicles had 94-percent fewer serious injury crashes, 93-percent fewer pedestrian crashes with injuries, and 82-percent fewer injury-causing crashes.

Critics often point to a recent Hunter College analysis to argue autonomous vehicles are less safe than advertised. But even the study’s lead author acknowledged the limits of the evidence, saying Waymo is like “a rookie hitter who goes two for five in his first game and claims to be a .400 hitter.”

Meanwhile, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an independent group with no stake in the outcome, once again found that autonomous vehicles were far safer than human drivers: 68 percent fewer police-reported crashes, 85 percent fewer single-vehicle crashes, and 81 percent fewer injury crashes.

Even if you believe the evidence on autonomous vehicles is mixed – which it is not – should embrace a measured rollout built around pilot programs, public reporting, and clear safety benchmarks.

A responsible autonomous vehicle policy for New York would be to target the exact risk of distracted, drowsy, and impaired driving.

The case for autonomous vehicles is also a mobility one. Residents of transit deserts, seniors, people with disabilities, and overnight shift workers could all gain from transit options that don’t depend on owning a car or staying awake to drive. A Chamber of Progress poll shows that residents believe AVs can benefit seniors and residents with disabilities. In addition, AV deployment is already creating manufacturing, maintenance, and fleet-operations jobs, most paying above the national median wage and requiring no college degree. We should embrace this shift, not slam the brakes.

New York is right now in a pause after allowing Waymo’s testing permit to expire in March. Two pilot programs — a supervised AV program on New York City streets with trained safety drivers and a cold-weather test upstate in Buffalo — should not be one-offs. City Hall, the Taxi and Limousine Commission, and the New York City Department of Transportation should expand the city pilot with more vehicles, a longer timeline, and public reporting to let the data speak for itself. State legislators should also turn evidence from these pilot programs into a statewide framework for testing, insuring, and deploying AVs, which would replace the patchwork of waivers currently in place.

New York already has the mechanisms in place to measure safety, mobility, and the economic benefits of AVs. Let’s not let skewed studies halt a technology that saves lives.

Friday’s Headlines Stay in Their Lane

Streetsblog USA - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 21:01
  • The Trump administration’s designation of bike lanes as woke is drawing a lot of ridicule from the likes of Rolling Stone (paywall), which calls Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s war on whatever he considers DEI “monumentally stupid.” Despite calling bike projects “hostile to motor vehicles” (The Guardian), the U.S. DOT’s own data — now scrubbed from its website — says bike lanes reduce crashes by 53%, including both cars and bikes (Fast Company).
  • States are falling further and further behind on road maintenance, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. (Governing)
  • Uber is investing $1.2 billion in electric automaker Rivian and could purchase up to 40,000 robotaxis. (Motley Fool)
  • The D.C. Metro has reached an agreement with the Washington, D.C. government to fund transit improvements around the new Commanders football stadium. (ABC 7)
  • A day after the head of the Maryland Transit Administration stepped down, Gov. Wes Moore appointed a former state delegate to replace her. (Maryland Matters)
  • Work is advancing on Amtrak’s replacement of a 150-year-old Baltimore rail tunnel. (Smart Cities Dive)
  • MIlwaukee’s Bublr Bikes opened a new lakefront bikeshare station. (WTMJ)
  • Philadelphia is expanding its automated speed camera program. (NBC 10)
  • The public is mostly opposed to an Asheville proposal to add frequency to busy bus routes while cutting those with low ridership. (Mountain XPress)
  • Wannabe architect-in-chief Donald Trump is overseeing plans to renovate Dulles Airport, including a massive 32,000-space parking garage. (Politico)

Tres hilos tejidos, una asamblea mundial, Bandung 2026

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:33
Xochill es miembro del equipo de facilitación del TGA, que forma parte de Crianza Mutua México () y del grupo de trabajo de CLACSO «Cuerpos, territorios, resistencias». Ha vivido, trabajado y luchado en el sur de México durante más de cuatro décadas y, en las últimas tres, ha formado parte de redes transnacionales de alterglobalización.CMM

Informe de los grupos temáticos y de trabajo

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:26
Informe de los grupos temáticos y de trabajo Grupo temático sobre Democracia Radical El Grupo temático sobre democracia radical ha estado impulsando varias líneas de trabajo interrelacionadas, desarrollando tanto la profundidad conceptual como las vías organizativas.MASSAMASSAMASSA

MASSA (Movimiento por las Alternativas y la Solidaridad en el Sudeste Asiático)

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:26
MASSA (Movimiento por las Alternativas y la Solidaridad en el Sudeste Asiático) MASSA, junto con la Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI) de Indonesia, organizó la segunda Asamblea presencial del Tejido Global de Alternativas (TGA) en Bandung, con el apoyo del Sindicato de Agricultores de Pasundan (SPP). Fue un gran honor para ellos dar la bienvenida al TGA a sus territorios, arraigando la Asamblea en las historias, las luchas y las prácticas de los movimientos populares de Indonesia…

Tejido crianza mutua en México

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:25
Tejido crianza mutua en México Crianza Mutua México ¡La Asamblea de Indonesia nos confirmó que no estamos solos! En Bandung tejimos con colectivos/organizaciones/comunidades de diferentes lugares del mundo, entre rituales, culturas, comida, reflexiones grupales, luchas compartidas, caminares territoriales, alternativas locales, y todo esto en el marco de la Segunda Asamblea Presencial del Tejido Global de Alternativas, donde siempre se puso en el centro la vida. Desde Crianza Mutua México (…

Bandung y más allá

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:25
Bandung y más allá Vikalp Sangam La segunda Asamblea presencial del Tejido Global de Alternativas (TGA), celebrada en Bandung, Indonesia, en abril de 2026, reunió a movimientos, comunidades, colectivos y organizaciones de todo el mundo comprometidos con el fomento de alternativas basadas en la justicia, la autonomía y el cuidado de la Tierra. Esta fue la segunda vez que los miembros de Vikalp Sangam participaron colectivamente en la asamblea. La delegación de Vikalp Sangam estuvo integrada p…

Poemas de Bandung (continuación)

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:25
Poemas de Bandung (continuación) Lubna Qadri y Shail Shrestha Juntos reflejan las numerosas voces, territorios y experiencias que dieron forma a Bandung Soy el agua, de Lubna Qadri Soy el agua tu origen, tu devenir, el único hogar que se mueve contigo.

Poemas de Bandung (continuación)

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:25
Poemas de Bandung (continuación) Nnimmo Bassey Cada poema ofrece una forma diferente de recordar e imaginar la Asamblea Un paseo por la naturaleza Un paseo por la naturaleza Saltando entre los árboles Árboles que saludan al cielo Arañas en sus telarañas

Poemas de Bandung: Voces y versos

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:25
Poemas de Bandung: Voces y versos Manali Divecha y Lebohang Liepollo Pheko Estos poemas surgieron de los encuentros, las emociones y las conversaciones vividas en Bandung. Y me quedé, de Manali Divecha Corrí tan rápido como pude, hacia lo más profundo del bosque,

Aprender a quedarnos, aprender y construir juntos

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:24
Aprender a quedarnos, aprender y construir juntos Pankati Jain El agobio, la ansiedad y la soledad se han vuelto algo habitual en nuestras vidas. Los efectos del cambio climático, la concentración de poder y la desigualdad económica ya son visibles y nos afectan en nuestro día a día.

Llegar. Conectarse. Escuchar.

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:24
Llegar. Conectarse. Escuchar. Madhuresh Kumar Introducción El territorio es fundamental para el tejido y ocupa un lugar especial en muchas de las cosas que hacemos en el TGA. A menudo hablamos de movimientos, comunidades y alternativas, pero estos nunca existen de manera aislada. Surgen de algún lugar. Están moldeados por los ríos y los bosques, por las montañas y los campos, por los recuerdos transmitidos de generación en generación, por los idiomas que habla la gente y las historias que h…

Tejiendo nuevas esperanzas desde Bandung

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 18:24
Anwar «sastro» Ma'ruf es el secretario general de la Confederación del Movimiento Popular de Indonesia (KPRI), miembro del Movimiento por las Alternativas y la Solidaridad en el Sudeste Asiático (MASSA

Weaving Mutual Rearing Mexico

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 16:54
Weaving Mutual Rearing Mexico By Crianza Mutua México The Assembly in Indonesia confirmed that we are not alone! In Bandung, we wove together with collectives, organizations, and communities from different parts of the world amid rituals, cultures, food, group reflections, shared struggles, territorial journeys, and local alternativesCMMCMMGTATapestryAlternatives

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