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Soltanov then described natural gas as a “transitional fuel”, adding: “We will have a certain amount of oil and natural gas being produced, perhaps forever.”

Azerbaijan pledging to limit emissions with one hand while striking fossil fuel deals with the other. Betraying the world to make a quick buck.

Also makes sense that they’d be delusional enough to think their gas money is gonna last forever. What does they think nonrenewable means? This isn’t Minecraft where you can just keep digging basically forever.

The BBC has also seen emails between the COP29 team and the fake investors.

In one chain, the team discusses a $600,000 (£462,000) sponsorship deal with a fake company in return for the Socar introduction and involvement in an event about “sustainable oil and gas investing” during COP29.

Also, trying to imply there is any such thing as “sustainable oil and gas” is heinous. It will run out, if this money grubbing doesn’t run us out first.

Considering the sheer amount of mis/disinformation we’ve seen in just our own media over the last decade (cough the NHS buses cough), I absolutely agree that we need the government to be putting more accountability onto online media sources (I.e. news publishers and social media platforms) for the mis/disinformation they allow to propagate through them, and to find more ways to increase the digital literacy of our population (particularly the elderly and children) so they’re more resistant to it in the future.

Which is why it won’t happen, cause the Hague don’t even have the enforcement capability to drag him there - nevermind actually punish him for everyhing he’s done.

Don’t worry - I’m sure in a few years time when our next election comes up, our population will end up forgetting about the previous decade of getting fucked by the Tories, and immediately put them, Reform-UK, or some other alt-right party into power for round 2 just like you guys

To borrow @[email protected] words, an economic disaster. The price of basically everything skyrocketed overnight, even basic essentials, which pushed swathes of people below the poverty line, and even today is putting increasing pressure in foodbanks. The effects of the Tories’ complete mismanagement of Brexit, the Covid19 pandemic, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine only served to compound the damage.

This cumulative Brexit damage and mismanagement is what finally got the Tories kicked out (which they should’ve been years ago if you ask me) - and while the economic effects have slowed down somewhat recently, prices are still going up substantially, and I think we’re gonna be feeling it a while longer.

It annoys me to no end that we knew this would happen, economists literally predicted this economic shitshow during the referendum and +50% of our population decided to just put their fingers in the ears and shout racist rhetoric instead.

Well you see, this post is about the ways in a nuanced explanation is inferior to using the phrase “Dumb Fuck!” because it has to be specifically written for a post, can lead to an exhausting back and forth debate where you end up having to write more explanations, can often sound condescending due to the inability of text to carry the subtleties of spoken language, and the length of them can often be too boring to read. Of course simply writing “Dumb Fuck!” has none of these downsides, because it can be copied and pasted into almost any situation, is very hard to debate against, is very cathartic, and loses no subtlety in text versus spoken language.

Honestly using Infowars to raise awareness of gun violence in a satirical way with help from Everytown is such a middle finger to Alex Jones and I’m all here for it

Yes. And this story is indirectly related to one of those. Trump’s 2nd Term will definitely have knock-on effects to the rest of the world, but it isn’t like the rest of the world stops.

It’s like back in the Covid Lockdowns - it’s not like every other disease took time off because of Covid being in the zeitgeist.

Was about to comment exactly this. “We internally investigated our strategic ally and found no wrongdoing”

For the US, definitely… But the rest of the world doesn’t just stop happening because Donald Trump got elected.

Wow that was a very short and to the point article.

Having said that, banks are about the most sleezy organisations around, so of course they’d pledge for net-zero with one hand and loan to BP with the other.

Unfortunately the world often does the fucking around part for you, and you’re stuck finding out with them. Sincerely a Remainer being forced to find out on Brexit.

It sounds like you are doing your best to connect with him (I’d have loved for my parents to take an interest in my hobbies back when I was a teen), but not all kids take the stresses of going through adolescence the same way.

… And they’re very influenced by other kids, so if his friend circle puts emphasis on material things, it might be that he feels like he’s struggling to keep up with them or is actually feeling FOMO, and is taking that out on you.

Either way, best thing you can do is to keep extending that olive branch to him. Perhaps try to see if there’s any other hobbies he has that you might be able to connect with him over?

Hopefully it’s just a combination of puberty stress and misplaced teenage FOMO. If you’re doing your best with what you have, that’s all you can do, and hope that he learns to appreciate that in time.

You might feel like a failure, but you’re not. It’s not your fault that the tides turned against you, and by the sounds of it you’re doing your best with what you have to keep you and your son above water.

Your son sounds like a good kid, and I have no doubt that your situation will serve as a good lesson for him - to be prepared for what life can throw at you, and that financial success isn’t everything.

I’m honestly more inclined to agree with longer interpretations, as I’m sceptical that he was enough of a natural at all the skills he demonstrates in the movie to have perfected them all in just 6 weeks

Ukraine really just needs to get some new nukes at this point. As much as I hate the idea of nuclear proliferation, Russia has very clearly proven it’s the only way to stay sovereign against a nuclear power.

I would love to see Putin and his generals dragged into the Hague to answer for the war crimes taking place under their command, but I suspect that’ll never happen

Considering how historically ineffective age bans have been online, I’m surprised that countries keep trying for this. Telling kids, esoecually teenagers, that they’re not allowed to use social media will only make them want to use it more, and thus bypass any restrictions, defeating the purpose of the ban.

It’s like CoD being 18+ yet somehow still full of prepubescent squeakers who all apparently fucked your mother last night and have Dads who work for Xbox.

Forcing social media companies to put in place appropriate safeguards for kids who do end up on social media like this “digital duty of care” is probably more effective in the long run than playing an endless cat and mouse race.

Bloody hell, this is the US version of Brexit… this world would be such a better place if people just did the bare minimum of reading into what they were actually voting for before they fucking voted!

Also, seeing the other top searches being about the tariffs would have me creasing if it weren’t so disappointingly stupid that these peoole seemingly knew nothing about Trumps most advertised economic policy before (assumably) voting for him