RE: https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/

"I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Google’s latest climate report, but holy hell, I did not expect this.

The company’s total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."

GenAI is gonna kill us and the planet

https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat

Last week, the house was very overheated and we were working through how to keep things cool. Today, the house is almost chilly. It's currently 15° C outside.

Climate change is definitely an interesting era to live through.

I was able to harvest my first batch of cherries off the tree today. I only got the ones I can reach without the fruit grabber.

This is probably 3 kg or more of cherries and it's only the bottom-most branches. Tomorrow harvest is going to be massive.

Edit to add: Anyone have any sweet cherry recipes to share?

#gardening #FoodForest #cherries #harvest

Today is the first official day of my sabbatical and I'm feeling weird about it. Like, I'm on sabbatical for medical reasons and my husband keeps reiterating that my health is my job now and that if I need to rest, I should rest...

I am feeling like I need to do things in order to 'earn' this time off.

Proof that I am still not culturally European.

The only time in the last year that we've not selected a cancellable hotel for my doctor's appointments and we've had to reschedule twice (once due to heatwave, second due to doctor's office rescheduling) and the hotel allowed for the first reschedule but not the second. (Totally fine, it was at their discretion.)

But now we know that the universe is lying in wait for us to make an error. I'm onto you, Universe. *stares*

Extreme heat in London has led to the cancellation of a climate event on the topic of extreme heat.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/extreme-heat-event-london-cancelled-b3001379.html?
“The magnitude of future impacts from extreme heat will largely depend on global mitigation efforts, local heat governance, and response plans,” wrote the Zurich Climate Alliance.

My husband and I have developed a game for each episode of Taskmaster.

Before we start, we guess who said the title of the episode. There's no reward aside from the sheer joy of knowing you're right.

#Taskmaster

Get rid of the bots and glowies here and this is like 90% of fedi.

G7 should be approved for CamAPS ypsopumps in Germany by the end of the month... My last G6 Order is coming in next week. Really looking forward to the shorter warm up time.

#T1D #CamAPS #Ypsopump

This evening I had to wire a mains power plug. I've done this lots of times and when I think about it the first time I did it I was far too young to be allowed near such tasks. Still, I don't do it often and I'm careful, both of which mean I'm still alive.

I wanted to check I had phase & neutral around the right way so I grabbed my phone and did a quick search for a diagram with the right labels. I'm in Aotearoa/New Zealand so we use the plug style the Australians use.

The first diagram I found was a UK style plug, though it was labeled Australian. Hmm. The second one showed the correct style but it showed the plug and the socket, which would have been okay except the labels on the pins contradicted each other.

I don't often search with my phone, and I realized I had not turned off the AI, which may have been the problem. Meanwhile Mrs had found a decent diagram on her tablet so I used that. Everything worked, no one died.

But this kind of thing really could kill someone.

#slopai

Most voters have no idea any of this is happening. These PACs run ads about jobs and immigration — never mentioning crypto or AI. 73% of voters disapprove of officials having crypto business ties, but 55% didn't even know Trump is personally involved in the industry (per CoinDesk).

But when voters do find out, the spending can backfire. In Illinois, candidates who called out the crypto money against them won their primaries despite being vastly outspent. Transparency is the only counter to this.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

Day two of Big Damn Endo Appointment done. Best result for a middle aged lady: everything looks good, only inflammation markers are elevated and we'll revisit that after the Frauenarzt puts me on HRT.

A1C is still sub 6.5 and all the wildness of my CGM readings are probably 80% perimenopause related.

Gotta love how hormones are all up in each other's business.

Oh, hubris. The Universe went "you think you won? Allow me to put you in check."

I grabbed a snack and a fountain soda. I ordered Coke Zero. I got a full sugar Coke.

I’m so frustrated that I have to argue 20th century philosophy about whether machines are people and 18th century science about whether germs are real and fucking 15th century colonial bullshit about whether people are human beings.

In the city for two days because it's my annual Run All The Tests endocrinology appointment. My husband asked me to go swing by his pulmonologist to get his health card scanned in so he could order a refill for his meds this quarter.

I said sure!

Went to the address I was given... They've moved. Annoying but okay. They're open this afternoon so I'll go after I've rested a bit. Go to the new address, much further away. There's a sign up: hey, due to a personal emergency no walk ins today. Patients will be seen by the practice across the street.

Me: well, I'm not a walk in but it's also not his doctor. They are, however, taking his doctor's patients so there has to be some mechanism at work that might make this possible. If you don't ask, you never know!

(Also, at this point someone was going to be scanning his health card whether they could help or not.)

The receptionist was wonderful. I explained the situation asked if it was possible, she said yes, got the card scanned and ordered the refill.

Ryn: 1 Universe: 0 (for the purposes of this situation).

Can’t wait for all the MAGAs outraged that Mayor Mamdani spent $700 of his own dollars on nosebleed tix for a Knicks playoff game, suddenly praise Trump for spending a fortune in taxpayer money to attend a Knicks Finals game—all while they can’t afford to fill their tank.

But it’s def not a cult. 😐

A note from one of my favourite authors at the moment.

"Becoming a victim of deep fake pornography doesn't end when you close the laptop or the video is deleted."

Bates, Laura (2025). The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny.

#FuzzyReading

The trains today were packed and I got to witness a German train driver get so frustrated with people not clearing the doors that after the third announcement in German, he said (in German) "Perhaps I am not being understood" (in English) "stand clear of the doors and allow them to close so we can leave!"

I made eye contact with the person across from me and we had a good Germanic chuckle but oh man. Native English speakers are never beating the reputation, are they?

Been a while since I shared any memes. We need more better memes especially anti-AI memes.