House #sparrows, once one of the most common #bird species, are becoming increasingly rare in #Europe. Several studies have already shown a direct link between the decline in species and industrialised #agriculture ( #herbicides, #insecticides, #glyphosat).
A new #study shows chronic exposure to #tebuconazole, a widely used #fungicide impairing offspring growth and survival in farmland birds

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935125005729?via%3Dihub

via @cnrs https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongicides-les-plus-utilises-en-agriculture-nuit-la-reproduction-des-oiseaux

How long does Musk have as Trump's henchman and when will Trump take a leaf out of Putin's playbook and Musk will have an unfortunate accident?

A comment piece that considers the increasing vulnerability of Musk in a Trump world. One in which there is only room for one king .

http://archive.today/2025.03.12-102148/https://www.ft.com/content/ea5b09e7-1b05-4b62-9aad-64705170d6a9 (archive)

Tesla sales in Europe down 45% in January — https://www.ft.com/content/cdd0b5c8-2703-4fd4-9ebf-26087cac8523
#HackerNews #Tesla #Europe #Sales #January #Decline #ElectricVehicles

We recently had a documentary series on television about former advanced #civilisations that disappeared into nothingness quite suddenly. Some were unlucky with a volcanic eruptions or nature disasters, but many sledded down a shit run on a cascade of wrong decisions and ideologies. I missed the episode about the 21th century USA.

But the series was comforting: other civilisations always step in. And a lush green jungle grows over the ruins.

'Royal' Mail may (will) cut deliveries for 2nd class post.

I see it now, this is Beeching for 2025. Capacity will go, the equivalent of feeder lines will wither and we will be left with nothing - a Tory and Lib Dem dream, enabled by Labour. I am sure the new owner will have asset stripped before the final closure.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/30/royal-mail-should-cut-second-class-delivery-days-says-regulator-ofcom

#Political Logic of #Trump’s International #Threats. Renaming Gulf of #Mexico is a lot simpler than building the wall. Since winning 2nd term #Trump has made curious pivot to a kind of performative #imperialism..acquiring #Greenland.. #taunting #Canada by referring to its prime minister [who resigned] as a “governor” and vaguely threatening a#nnexation. He began demanding a return of #PanamaCanal, which US ceded more than 4 decades ago. #cognitive #decline #dementia https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-performative-imperialism-greenland-panama-canal/681232/

#Welfare #state at risk unless #Europe halts #decline in #growth, says #Lagarde
https://www.ft.com/content/a16868a8-44cc-4fe8-a51c-c079fb20ccda

“Yeah, Putin looks COMPLETELY isolated at 36 country-strong BRICS Summit”

by Steve Topple in The Canary @thecanaryuk

“For the West, this signals the emergence of a more multipolar world, where Western dominance is no longer taken for granted, and alternative powers are increasingly asserting their influence on the global stage.”

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/10/22/brics-summit-day-one/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh