Dunno, for now Ironfox and Vanadium as a fallback work for me on mobile. I'm open to alternative browsers when the upstream fails.
No use cases for this so far.
Mobile service quality is defined by the baseband, which is an immutable blob to the OS. I phone rarely and currently use my old LineageOS phone for it.
I've got a support case for my Pixel 7a open due to potential battery issue. If I return it I will buy a different, bigger (6.7") Pixel model. My new Pixel tablet is doing fine so far.
I use tablets to read things when lying down, so notebooks don't fit.
Matrix (Element), Signal, Telegram. Other stuff probably requires Google services which I don't use on the tablet. Phone has Google services, but I don't really use it for messaging other than Signal.
The endgame is that nobody has money and companies go bankrupt. The end.
I'm on GrapheneOS on tablet/phone for time being, but I'm fine going back to a dumphone and a Linux or BSD tablet or convertible.
Without fossil fuels natural bioproductivity of the planet allows for 500 million individuals sustainably, probably a bit less. So some 95% of the population will succumb to excess deaths. The only question is, how soon.
Climate-driven food shocks pose a growing risk to global markets. As yields fall and insurance retreats, the next financial crash may start in the fields.
Abstract
The Southwest United States is experiencing severe and persistent drought, although uncertainties regarding the causes limit our ability to predict changes in water availability. The severity of the current drought has been attributed to a combination of warming and natural changes in atmospheric circulation, suggesting that current rainfall deficits may improve as natural oscillations reverse sign. Here we use new leaf-wax stable isotope reconstructions and simulations for the mid-Holocene (6 thousand years ago) and demonstrate that moderate warming of the Northern Hemisphere can produce drought over the Southwest United States through an ocean–atmosphere response originating in the North Pacific. The patterns of ocean warming and rainfall change resemble the negative phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, indicating that this mode can be excited by external forcings. A similar response to warming is evident in future projections, leading to sustained winter precipitation deficits through the mid-twenty-first century. However, the magnitudes of past and current precipitation deficits associated with this North Pacific response are systematically underestimated in models, possibly due to a weak coupling of ocean–atmosphere interactions. Projections may also underestimate the magnitude of this precipitation response to changes in the North Pacific, leading to greater drought risk in this already water-poor region.
Side effects became too annoying. My job is currently not sufficiently stressfull, so I can do without. Not getting stuff done is a tradeoff, but I'm too old to care.
I was on atomoxetine before it suddenly stopped working, then on methylphenidate which only fucked me up and then on lysdexamfetamine which worked best. I have been off medication for a few years now.
The Keeling Curve and lately the isotopic composition is telling you everything you need to know. The only "good" news is that we're at the extraction limit.
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown
Marketing. Fresnel lenses are not going to do well with diffuse light.
Editor’s summary
Climate warms or cools depending on whether the net energy flux from incoming solar radiation is respectively greater or less than that of outgoing long-wave radiation at the top of Earth’s atmosphere. Satellite data have shown that an energy imbalance producing warming has strengthened between 2001 and 2023. Myhre et al. show that climate models with low climate sensitivity do not reproduce that trend in Earth energy imbalance. Their finding means that increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases likely will cause even more warming than most current models predict. —Jesse Smith
Abstract
Climate forcings by greenhouse gases and aerosols cause an imbalance at the top of the atmosphere between the net incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation from Earth. This Earth energy imbalance has strengthened over the period 2001 to 2023 with satellite data. Here, we show that low climate sensitivity models fail to reproduce the trend in Earth energy imbalance, particularly in the individual longwave and shortwave contributions to the imbalance trend. The inability to produce a strong positive shortwave and strong negative longwave Earth energy imbalance trend is found to be a robust feature in the low climate sensitivity models, especially for models with a climate sensitivity below 2.5 kelvin. The negative longwave contribution to Earth energy imbalance is driven by surface temperature increases and is therefore most pronounced in high climate sensitivity models, whereas the shortwave contribution is generally positive and amplified by greater surface warming.
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Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.
Supports Linux apps poorly.
New data indicates that world diesel, copper, and platinum supplies are constrained. Nuclear power has fallen in supply. Tariffs are a new solution.
Yes, I've also gone back to Hacker's Keyboard on GrapheneOS (been using it on LineageOS for years) after checking out some alternatives. Interestingly enough, my new Pixel Tablet's screen has less contrast than my trusty old AMOLED on my Samsung Tablet.
Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While deforestation is the primary cause of forest loss, intact forests are also experiencing a rise in tree death.
Abstract
Global surface warming has accelerated since around 2010, relative to the preceding half century1,2,3. This has coincided with East Asian efforts to reduce air pollution through restricted atmospheric aerosol and precursor emissions4,5. A direct link between the two has, however, not yet been established. Here we show, using a large set of simulations from eight Earth System Models, how a time-evolving 75% reduction in East Asian sulfate emissions partially unmasks greenhouse gas-driven warming and influences the spatial pattern of surface temperature change. We find a rapidly evolving global, annual mean warming of 0.07 ± 0.05 °C, sufficient to be a main driver of the uptick in global warming rate since 2010. We also find North-Pacific warming and a top-of-atmosphere radiative imbalance that are qualitatively consistent with recent observations. East Asian aerosol cleanup is thus likely a key contributor to recent global warming acceleration and to Pacific warming trends.
Thanks! FYI, I went for Hacker's Keyboard (apk downloaded from F-Droid since newer version than GitHub) after all. I hope this does not have a severe security impact on my setup.
I've made a support request and chose the payout version rather than a free walk-in repair for my 7a. I will be contacted by an agent within three weeks. Probably have to revert to Google stock if I have to send it in.
GitHub blurb mentions "WARNING: This is a rather ancient project that was originally developed back in 2011 based on the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) AOSP keyboard. While it still works as-is for many users, it would need some major rewrites to work with newer APIs, and some features such as language switching or popup keys don't work right on modern Android systems. I'm not currently planning on significant updates, and it's possible that it will stop working on modern devices or will no longer be updateable via the Google Play store due to minimum API level requirements. Play Store requires targeting API level 29 (Android 10), while the code was written for API level 9 (Android 2.3) from 2011." and I thought I saw that the F-Droid package is 7 years old.
It's not in https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/essd-17-2641-2025.pdf ? I can't really make out what's in the thumbnail.
Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al., 2025a) to produce updated estimates for key indicators of the state of the...
Hacker's Keyboard (official). Contribute to klausw/hackerskeyboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
I know it's on F-Droid but it is very old. I try using Obtainium, but there's no apk for it on GitHub. Not sure it would even work on latest GrapheneOS. Anything similar in free/libre?
Thanks.
…but not because of climate change
Preservation of Knowedge, peak oil, ecology -
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Detecting tree cover is crucial for sustainable land management and climate mitigation. Here we develop an automatic detection algorithm using high-resolution satellite data (<5 m) to map pan-tropical tree cover (2015–2022), enabling identification and change analysis for previously undetected tree cover (PUTC). Our findings reveal that neglecting PUTC represents 17.31 ± 1.78% of the total pan-tropical tree cover. Tree cover net decreased by 61.05 ± 2.36 Mha in both forested areas (63.93%) and non-forested areas (36.07%) between 2015 and 2022. Intense changes in tree cover are primarily observed in regions with PUTC, where the World Cover dataset with a resolution of 10 m often fails to accurately detect tree cover. We also conduct a sensitivity analysis to quantify the contributions f climate factors and anthropogenic impacts (including human activities and land use cover change) to tree cover dynamics. Our findings indicate that 43.98% of tree cover gain is linked to increased precipitation, while 56.03% of tree cover loss is associated with anthropogenic impacts. These findings highlight the need to include undetected tree cover in strategies combating degradation, climate change, and promoting sustainability. Fine-scale mapping can improve biogeochemical cycles modeling and vegetation-climate interactions, improving global change understanding.
A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million hectares (Mha)—has been consistently overlooked by global forest monitoring systems, exposing significant gaps in efforts to track deforestation and ecological degradation.
One-third (32%) of global semiconductor production will be reliant on copper supply at risk from climate disruption by 2035, rising to 58% by 2050 if emissions do not decline, according to a new report from PwC, published today.
Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their nutritional value especially in vital leafy greens like kale and spinach. This shift could spell trouble...
