First review of the EDPB opinion on personal data in AI models by an Irish lawyer.

Opinion by EU Data Protection Board wrt personal data processing in AI models.

This seems to describe the proposal akwardly, bc as is would run afoul of AI Act. I think it actually says: AI used in realtime to detect suspicious behaviour/movements. Then w human decision, follow a person specifically in vid streams, then recordings to fish out face to be compared w existing databases.

this is not the same as real time mass identification which is disallowd in AI Act. The detection is automated, id upon human decision later.

Also a mention of a faces dbase based on public online images for police to use.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/covalent-organic-framework-carbon-capture-powder

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/31/eu-emissions-fall-by-8-in-steep-reduction-reminiscent-of-covid-shutdown

Bericht: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/trends-and-projections-in-europe-2024

#401B Nu-trol Control Cleaner for Electronics, a specialty cleaner

Nu-trol is a a degreaser/cleaner which also has a bit of oil in it as well for cleaning and oiling the rails, mainspring, and friction points of a typewriter. Follow up with compressed air to knock off the excess.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/16/biden-inflation-reduction-act-tax-benefit-wealthy

Subdivision 4- Everything we are is formed from nature- our bodies, our blood and the atoms that make us up are all connected to nature and that goes back through human lineage (born here of parents, who were born from parents the same, and their parents the same indicates this has been throughout history). Now, it's his turn to take on the world.

Excess oil on a typewriter can be cleaned up with both air and a clean rag.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240715081505/https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/fluege-klimaneutral-100.html

UK rail hooked CCTV up to algo's to detect emotions.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240611111852/https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

creepy uncanny valley stuff. Platform sanctioned bots insinuating themselves in spots where the expected context is 100% human interaction, undisclosed, and with the aim to mimick interaction to lock in engagement ('cause #adtech) Making the group of people a means. One wonders if this reaches the emotional influencing threshold in the EU legal framework

Untersuchungen zeigen, dass die COP28 mit dem Emissions Peak für Treibhausgase zusammenfallen könnte. Um das 1,5°-Ziel zu erreichen, müssten allerdings die Emissionen bis 2030 um die Hälfte sinken. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/nov/29/cop28-what-could-climate-conference-achieve

Der vergangene Februar war mit einer 1,7 Grad höherer Durchschnittstemperatur als in der vorindustriellen Zeit der wärmste Februar der messgeschichte. In Europa lagen die Temperaturen 3,3° über den Werten von 1991 bis 2020.In den letzten Jahren in den letzten 12 Monaten lag die Durchschnittstemperatur der Erdoberfläche 1,56° über dem vorindustriellen Niveau. Die Temperatur an der Meeresoberfläche erreichte mit 21,06° ebenfalls einen neuen Rekordwert. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/07/february-warmest-on-record-globally-copernicus-climate-change-service

Bulletin: https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-february-2024

Die Libération geht in ihrem Bericht über die neuen Copernicus-Daten auch darauf ein, dass die die Niederschläge im nördlichen Europa in den vergangenen Monaten außergewöhnlich hoch waren, während große Teile des Mittelmeerraums unter Dürre leiden. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/fevrier-2024-le-neuvieme-mois-consecutif-a-battre-des-records-de-chaleur-a-lechelle-mondiale-20240307_QEOGM4COGBEXNH3YNNH4V7GWUM/

Infografik zu den globalen Temeperaturen: https://www.liberation.fr/resizer/JJN09W_ApS4Zf2cpQvVKLptNxMs=/1024x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70):focal(596x395:606x405)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/liberation/GS4YFUGEWFGETAIZSSMOR3SYBA.jpg

Eine Attributionsstudie von Climate Central ergänzt die Copernicus-Daten für den Februar. In den vergangenen 3 Monaten waren 4,8 Milliarden Menschen von höheren Temperaturen betroffen, für die die globale Erhitzung mitverantwortlich war. Untersucht wurden die Werte von 678 Städten weltweit. Die Luft an der Oberfläche der Ozeane war wärmer als in jedem zuvor erfassten Monat der Geschichte. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/climate/winter-february-heat-wave.html

Copernicus-Bulletin: https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-february-2024

Climate Central-Bericht: https://assets.ctfassets.net/cxgxgstp8r5d/1MIMyO7isC5mLwnx5jvGil/51784bf8aff2c6b18ba166d395fa59ae/Climate_Central_Seasonal_Attribution_Report__Dec_2023_-Feb_2024.pdf

Iroful Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Review - Better Than Cosmo Air Light? by [[Blake's Broadcast]]

Erneuerbare Energien sind der wichtigste Treiber des Wirtschaftswachstums in China. Zugleich droht China die Klimaziele für 2025 zu verfehlen. 2023 hat der Energieverbrauch um 5,7% zugenommen. Zwischen 2021 Uhr und 2023 wuchsen die CO2-Emissionen jährlich um durchschnittlich 3, 8%. Ein Hauptgrund dafür ist die Stimulierung der Wirtschaft in China selbst und den Ländern, in die China exportiert, nach der Covid-Krise. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/growth-in-co2-emissions-leaves-china-likely-to-miss-climate-targets

https://web.archive.org/web/20240215084925/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/air-canada-s-chatbot-gave-a-b-c-man-the-wrong-information-now-the-airline-has-to-pay-for-the-mistake-1.6769454

Air Canada in a dispute about misleading information from an AI chatbot suggested the chatbot was its own entity and responsible for its own actions, therefore Air Canada not liable for anything it generated. AI Act specifically introduces responsibilities throughout an AI tool's lifecycles, as well as the AI consumer liabilities act. Vgl [[AI Act final annotaties]]

Die Daten des europäischen Klimaservice Copernicus ergeben, dass die Temperaturen erstmals über 12 Monate mehr als 1,5° über dem vorindustriellen Durchschnitt lagen. Jeder Monat seit dem vergangenen Juni war im globalen Durchschnitt der wärmste Monat seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Johan Rockström, der Direktor des Potsdam Instituts für Klimafolgen-Forschung, sprach von einer Warnung für die Menschheit, dass wir uns schneller als erwartet auf die 1,5° Grenze zubewegen. https://taz.de/EU-Klimadienst-Copernicus/!5991185/

Copernicus-Meldung: https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-january-2024

Can I find these '20', are they mentioned in the Act? If so they will likely be implementing regulations (IRs) where the Commission has the initiative (like with the HVD IR).

Die EU hat 2023 durch die Verbrennung von fossilen Brennstoffen 8% weniger CO₂ emittiert als 2022. Damit liegen diese Emissionen wieder auf dem Niveau der 60er Jahre. Um die Klimaziele der EU zu erreichen, müssen die Emissionen noch schneller reduziert werden. Das European Advisory Board on Climate Change hat dazu in der vergangenen Woche eine Reihe von Vorschlägen gemacht. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/24/eu-fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-hit-60-year-low

https://web.archive.org/web/20240124111552/https://www.euractiv.com/section/artificial-intelligence/news/eu-commission-readies-establishment-of-ai-office/

Euractiv reports on the plans for the EU AI office, now that the AIR is ready. Read for what it says about role,scope and compare with the AIR itself on this. Any formal links with e.g. EDPB and EDIB?

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David Letterman kept the Ed Sullivan Theater around 55 degrees F because the temperature keeps the audience alert.

Apparently back in the 80s, Dave experimented with different temperatures on different shows. He tried 75 one day. 65 another day. The day he went with 55, jokes really hit and from then on that was the temperature. http://www.sandpapersuit.com/2011/07/why-letterman-keeps-his-studio-so-cool.html

Some folks say David Letterman doesn’t want to break into a sweat during intense interviews under hot studio lights. But, according to George Clarke, Theater and Building Engineer for CBS, the cool air makes the sound crisper and keeps the audience more alert. “Crowd reaction is very important in this business, and the comedy stays fresh in the cold, too” says Clarke...

At about 5 o’clock each week night, Clarke and his boss, Joe Soldano, Building Manager, must make sure that the temperature of the Ed Sullivan Theater is pulled down to 50° F before the audience arrives. The MULTISTACK chiller has never failed to cool things down. “The stagehands call this place ‘the refrigerator’.” In the filming rooms everyone sits around in winter coats, hats and gloves. They, too, are kept crisp and alert by the cool temperature. via http://www.multistack.com/casestudies/david_letterman.aspx

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  • Kevin's use of the term triage is aligned to a Stop Reset Go strategy of reframing the challenges in the next few years in terms of a potentially temporary energy diet
  • That may be more palatable for transition for people accustomed to the existing high carbon lifestyle culture to accept
  • The potential of developing alternative energy resources plus a shift to low energy / high efficiency lifestyle could get us to the target and provide incentive for a drastic energy consumption cut

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a term sourced from the industry itself to 'protect' other foundational models from this very same legislation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231125082820/http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2023/11/eu-ai-legislation-is-firming-up-ill-add.html

Donald on the AI act. I wonder if he's read it. The premise seems to be that regulating a market is bad for innovation, and that you shouldn't regulate your own market when others aren't doing that for theirs and therefore then will out-innovate you. The underlying assumption seems that adhering to civic rights is tying your hands in innovation, and settting market rules is bad because innovation is a wild west. I call bs.

Donald being disingenous here. Italy never banned ChatGPT, it was disallowing OpenAI to operate as it wasn't responding to GDPR related issues (not providing a contact person for the DPA to interact with being one of them, the other absence of age check, no justification for presence of personal data in training data). The trigger was a security breach where paying user's financial info and their stored prompts/answers were leaking into/accessible in other user accounts. Once OpenAI communicated (not meaning the other GDPR issues were solved, just that they communicated) the restriction was lifted. It was a matter of a few weeks. Otherwise known as the 'pinch and peep' method. If you can't get a response, you pinch them until they peep. Italy stopped pinching as soon as OpenAI peeped.

This is the actual point of the laws under discussion. Not the EU having to 'speak for the whole world', but to not have the USA or China speak for the EU. It's a geopolitical issue, and the EU's proposition starts in a very different place than the other two mentioned. Which is the key thing.

The AI act defines market access condtions for products. The EU is the biggest market, and as such its acts do regularly have a normative impact outside it. The AI sector is clamoring for 'safety' and 'guard rails' (or was it pulling up the ladder, I might be confused), this is the only act that actually starts from the premise, if not formulated by the industry itself (which likely is the actual problem felt).

Do you spot the pattern Donald in that list of countries? And then has the gall to write in the next sentence about the EU "having the illusion to speak for the whole world". Common law is problematic as can't at all be geared to the complexity of many current areas. And the constitutional primacy of statutory law in the countries mentioned means it's limited as otherwise cohesion is lost. Statutory law can be changed and routinely is. All EU directives have a periodical review and change process built in, all regulations have mechanism in the law to monitor and review their working with an eye to change.

oh dear. Actually wrt the entire framework it is rather future proof as it isn't built on specific technologies or naming products etc. It is all about types of use and areas of consequences.

Silly remark. The EU is legislatiing a framework for a digital and data single market. It is adding digital products and data to the freedom of movement of people, products and capital. And is he really denouncing 'complexity' here, given his field of expertise which is riddled with it? There's a long list of other regulations that should be added to them. Missing here e.g. is the DGA and DA as well as the forming of data spaces which aim to provide more data in a responsible fashion, also to AI products and their development. Unlike a lot of other EU regs, this whole set is remarkably consistent, in aiming at a level playing field, strengthening rights and values, and maximising socio-economic use value. It regulates the market, and I suspect that is actually what grates. Innovation isn't helped by unregulated markets, but that is the presumption here it seems.

the cookies pop-ups are not required by law at all, nor are consentforms as they appear on the web. Adtech companies came up with them (and various versions being slapped down by the courts) to keep on tracking you despite the GDPR. Also the web isn't the only place the GDPR aims at, so keeping them up as examples of 'looking for deeper universal targets' is a category error. The pop-ups and darkpattern consent forms are because adtech companies don't want to admit adtech is illegal. The actual problem is the limited speed at which the courts are making that clear to them.

yes, adding in foundational models at a late stage is caused by the industry itself being opaque about them while they became highly visible through ChatGPT style stuff. The AIR is only about market access of products, with putting obligations on producers, distributors, users and users of outputs. It's not much different from how other types of products are required to fulfill certain things before being sold in the EU. It's literally a CE mark for AI products.

No such ban in the AI Act. Several use cases of biometric data are considered high risk, face recognition in public spaces is banned (for the purpose of identification, not for e.g. age recognition). Biometric verification and authentication, or biometrics based systems wrt cybersecurity or personal data protection are not in scope.

美國這裡很多縣市政府單位主辦的會，提供同步口譯，但他們完全不考慮必須給口譯員提供清晰音質這個必要條件，而是任他們用耳朵從現場擴音器轟隆迴響一團模糊的聲響中，接收講者的內容，再用小蜜蜂口譯給聽眾。

Auf den Öl- und Gasfeldern der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate, darunter vielen, die der staatlichen Gesellschaft Adnoc gehören, wurde in den vergangenen 20 Jahren in großem Umfang routinemäßig Gas abgefackelt, was zu hohen Methanemissionen führt. Die Emirate hatten sich verpflichtet, das Abfackeln schnell zu reduzieren. Die dieser Selbstverpflichtung krass widersprechende Praxis gilt bei NGO als weiterer Beleg dafür, dass Selbstverpflichtungen der Fossilindustrie nicht getraut werden kann. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/cop28-host-uae-breaking-its-own-ban-on-routine-gas-flaring-data-showsactor

Am Freitag lag die globale Durchschnittstemperatur zum ersten Mai in der Geschichte mehr als 2° über dem vorindustriellen Durchschnitt. https://www.repubblica.it/green-and-blue/2023/11/20/news/raggiunta_la_temperatura_media_globale_di_2_gradi_per_la_prima_volta-420832253/?rss

Infografik: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_YJ_vVWwAAR8V8?format=jpg&name=small

In den USA wurde in Anwesenheit des Energieministers, die erste große kommerzielle Fabrik zur Direct Air Capture also der direkten Entnahmevon CO2 aus der Atmosphäre, eröffnet. Die Biden-Administration fördert diese Technologie mit enorm hohen Beträgen. Die Kosten für den Entzug einer Tonne CO2 aus der Atmosphäre in der neuen Anlage werden auf 600 bis 1000 Dollar geschätzt https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/climate/direct-air-capture-carbon.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20231108195303/https://axbom.com/aipower/

Per Axbom does a nice overview of actors and stakeholders to take into account when thinking about AI's impact and ethics. Some of these are mentioned in the [[EU AI Regulation]] but not all actors mentioned there are mentioned here I think: EU act not only defines users (of the application) but also users of the output of an application separately. This to ensure that outputs from un-checked or illegal applications outside the EU market are admissable to the EU market.

John Kerry besucht in dieser Woche China für dreitägige Gespräche mit seinem Pendant Xie Zhenhua. Konkrete Ergebnisse dieses Treffens werden von den meisten Experten nicht erwartet. Ein mögliches Ergebnis könnten regelmäßige Gespräche beide Seiten zur Abstimmung ihrer Dekarbonisierungspolitik sein. Hintergrundbericht in der New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/climate/us-china-climate-talks.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/01/uk-us-eu-and-china-sign-declaration-of-ais-catastrophic-danger

EU, USA, China (UK) sign shared 'AI danger' declaration

MEP says EU AI Act now imminent.

In Frankreich ersetzt die Eisenbahn auf Inlandsstrecken zunehmend das Flugzeug. Flüge sind verboten, wenn eine Eisenbahnverbindung unter 2:30 Stunden Dauer möglich ist. Da die Fahrpreise abhängig von der Zahl der NutzerInnen bestimmt werden, werden bestimmte Verbindungen für viele unerschwinglich. https://www.liberation.fr/economie/transition-ecologique-en-concurrence-avec-lavion-le-ferroviaire-espere-ramener-les-passagers-sur-terre-20231021_PF5A4OJLS5HAVBNZHMIJ52NHII/

Concern whether market regulators will be capable enough for the AI act, in a post market access perspective. Vgl in NL NMA en AP worden de AI autoriteit, maar beiden kunnen dit niet.

Auf einer neuen Tracking-Website von Greenpeace können die Flüge österreichischer Privatjets in Echtzeit verfolgt werden. Die Zahl der Flüge von Privatjets hat sich gegenüber 2019 verdoppelt. Allein im Monat August wurden dabei 10.000 Tonnen CO2 ausgestoßen..

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000185807/oesterreichische-privatjets-emittierten-im-august-ueber-10000-tonnen-co2

• for: KLM cap, air travel cap, flight cap, degrowth
• comment
  • “In a few months’ time, this government will not be accountable for the severe consequences that may follow from the Schiphol decision, particularly with respect to relations with the Netherlands’ trading partners, and lost jobs and prosperity at home,”
  • This comment ONLY refers to things economic, and NOTHING to climate boiling, which air travel is a significant contributor to.'
  • If they saw it coming from years ago, why did they not adapt? It is their failure to adapt itself that places themselves in a self-created position of vulnerability
  • During a transition as unprecedented as this, the governments of the world must invoke policy that gives protection to workers in industries such as the airline industry and all industries downstream of it so that they can survive the transition as such jobs vanish or morph.
    • Indeed, this is one of the major tenets of degrowth advocates. A Universal Basic Income and job retraining to sustainable jobs is the responsible thing to do to protect from job losses.

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  • incomprehensible is defined as :
    • impossible to comprehend : unintelligible.
    • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incomprehensible

  • yet on KLM's website, they appear aware of climate change and even make the following commitment:

    • https://news.klm.com/klm-groups-co2-emission-reduction-targets-for-2030-approved-by-sbti/
    • "KLM Group’s CO2 emission reduction targets for 2030 approved by SBTi
    • Together with Air France-KLM and Air France, the KLM Group commits to reducing its CO2 emissions by 30% per revenue tonne kilometre (RTK) by 2030, compared to base year 2019; -The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved that – in compliance with the Paris Agreement – the emission reduction target for 2030 adheres to the well-below 2°C trajectory; -The validation marks an important milestone in KLM’s sustainability roadmap, which encompasses actions aimed at achieving its 2030 CO2 reduction target."

  • Clearly, they understand the intent of this action. It is not "incomprehensible" KLM language attempts to convey that the cap is not informed by rational thinking, while the rationale is quite obvious.

  • KLM officials must be aware of the record breaking extreme weather events as well as the dire climate situation and planetary tipping points, yet they are not including this in their media statement. All they mention is the economic impact on the
  • Logically, fossil fuel dependent businesses such as the airline industry will fight hard to keep their business alive.Government has to regulate when industry and society are too slow to respond to existential threats such as global boiling.
  • Perhaps a more transparent response would be to say they don't agree with it because they want to continue BAU and are against measures that significantly impact their bottom line, even if it is necessary for the survival of our civilization.

Zu den vielen negativen Folgen von Hitzewellen gehört, dass sie die Luftqualität verschlechtern. Die World Meteorological Organisation zeigt in ihrem Bericht über Luftqualität und Klima 2022 u.a., dass die Hitzewellen des Jahres zu sehr viel mehr Waldbränden und zu einem bedeutend höheren Anteil an Sahara-Staub in der Luft einiger Regionen führten.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/06/world-meteorologists-point-to-vicious-cycle-of-heatwaves-and-air-pollution

China steigert die Produktion von Strom aus Kohle weiter. Im Augenblick wird pro Woche eine zusätzliche Kohleverbrennung genehemigt, die ca. 2 durchschnittlichen Kraftwerken entspricht. Diese Entwicklung steht im Widerspruch zu den offiziellen Klimazielen Chinas. Das Hauptziel ist dabei offensichtlich kurzfristige Energiesicherheit. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/china-coal-plants-climate-goals-carbon

Bericht: https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/chinas-new-coal-power-spree-continues-as-more-provinces-jump-on-the-bandwagon/

https://ecoevo.social/@biodiversity/110790626800847007

Dr Christina Lynggaard, University of Copenhagen, shows an air sampler for DNA. eDNA as a way to do species observation.

eDNA sampling is dna sampled from the environment, not from organisms. Can be sampled from air. Do I know of eDNA citizen science projects?

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• stats
  • of 478 intentional communities since the 1820s,
  • 112 exist worldwide in the last 30 years (1988 - 2018

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• stats
  • The Shift Project has estimated that
    • if only 3% of festival-goers attending the Vieilles Charrues Festival come by plane, they account for more than 60% of carbon emissions linked to public transport!
  • Tomorrowland concert - close to 25,000 festival-goers fly in via "party flights"
  • North America Burning Man - 20% of festival goers fly in
  • In general, the largest footprint for famous cultural events is air travel

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• noteworthy
  • some DJ's fly to perform in four European cities in a single evening!

Instead of dumping the humidity outdoors, why not have an option to condense it to a water holding tank, thus offsetting the need to purchase water? This sounds like it might even be able to distill water, which would further save money for those who need distilled water for apnea devices and other uses.

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• title
  • He’s a millionaire with a private jet. But now he’s selling it for the sake of the environment
• source
  • https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/millionaire-selling-private-jet/index.html
• date
  • July 13, 2023
• Stephen Prince, vice-chair of the Patriotic Millionaires – a group of wealthy Americans pushing for higher taxes which also contributed to the report – is giving up his Cessna 650 Citation III.

• Air pollution impacts
  • 5.5 million people die each year of air pollution from
    • burning coal
    • driving cars
    • burning fires to clear land
      • and forest fires

Über 100 Menschen sind in den vergangenen Tagen in Nordindien an den Folgen einer Hitzewelle mit Rekordtemperaturen gestorben. Eine Studie der World Weather attribution hat ergeben, dass die Hitzewelle in Indien im April durch die globale Erhitzung um 30% wahrscheinlicher geworden ist. Wenn sich die Erhitzung fortsetzt werden große Teile Indiens, wie eine weitere neulich veröffentlichte Studie ergibt, für Menschen potenziell unbewohnbar werden.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/india-heatwave-scores-dead-warning-stay-indoors-during-day-heat-wave-uttar-pradesh-eastern-bihar

In Peking und den acht chinesischen Provinzhauptstädten wurden in den vergangenen Tagen Rekordtemperaturen gemessen.

https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/climat/chine-pekin-suffoque-sous-39-degres-un-record-pour-la-periode-20230616_ICAJYWZ3ERBIZDIJHRGIVSZSJQ/

• Title
  • Air pollution particles may be cause of dramatic drop in global insect numbers
• Date
  • July 12, 2023
• Publication
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230712124747.htm

Die Rauchwolken der riesigen Waldbrände in Kanada bedrohen zum zweiten Mal die Gesundheit der Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner großer Teil der USA. In vielen Städten erreicht der Air Quality Index Werte von über 200. Ab 100 sind Menschen mit Atmwegsbeschwerden akut gefährdet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/us/canada-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-midwest.html

Der Rauch der kanadischen Waldbrände führt in Montréal zu dichtem Smog. Am Wochenende hatte Montréal die schlechteste Luftqualität der Welt. In der Provinz Québec gibt es zur Zeit 81 aktive Waldbrände, von denen 27 außer Kontrolle sind. Seit Januar sind in Kanada 7,4 Millionen Hektar Wald verbrannt. Von den 470 aktiven Waldbränden im gesamten Land sind 244 außer Kontrolle. . https://www.liberation.fr/international/amerique/montreal-suffoque-sous-un-nuage-de-fumee-du-aux-incendies-qui-ravagent-le-quebec-20230626_T62FG5AXQ5GBTHKE7RTFRTDKNI/

22 europäische Verbraucherschutzorganisationen klagen 17 europäische Fluggesellschaften wegen Täuschung der Verbraucher. Dabei geht es sowohl um die angebliche Kompensation von während der Flüge ausgestoßenem CO₂ wie um die Bewerbung von Onvestitionen angebliche nachhaltige Kraftstoffe. In beiden Fällen handelt es sich für die verbraucherschutzorganisationen um Greenwashing. handelt.https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/pollution/vols-ecoresponsables-17-compagnies-dont-air-france-visees-par-une-plainte-pour-greenwashing-20230622_B62ELF4MV5AQJHFAOCERO25SGI/

While wrongly describing the EU regulation on AI, author rightly points to the geopolitical reality it is creating for the AI sector. AIR is focused on market regulation, risk mitigation wrt protection of civic rights and critical infrastructure, and monopoly-busting/level playing field. Threatening to pull out of the EU is an admission you don't want to be responsible for your tech at all. And it thus belies the ethical concerns voiced through proximate futurising. Also AIR is just one piece of that geopolitical construct, next to GDPR, DMA, DSA, DGA, DA and ODD which all consistently do the same things for different parts of the digital world.

Auch die liberation berichtet über die Studie zu den Möglichkeiten, die innereuropäische Luftfahrt auf grünem Wasserstoff umzustellen Punkt die Gesamtkosten würden bei 300 Milliarden Euro liegen, und mit der Umstellung müsste sofort begonnen werden, damit dieser Teil der Luftfahrt bis 2050 die karbonisiert ist. In jedem Fall muss die Luftfahrt deutlich reduziert werden damit genug Energie für eine co2-freibetriebene flotte zur Verfügung steht. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/lavion-a-hydrogene-vert-une-solution-serieuse-mais-des-limites-nombreuses-20230529_UPDSTKKUABD5JMI5NIRICSWMQY/

China hat viermal so umfangreiche Projekte zur Kohleverstromung genehmigt wie im Vorjahr. Die Leistung wird damit um 50 Gigawatt gesteigert. Hinter dieser Politik steht die Angst vor Energieknappheit. 2022 würden in China Kapazitäten für 87 Gigawatt erneuerbare Energien geschaffen, sich das ist ein Rekord.

Very interesting article, there are few evaluating the effect of actions

This paragraph caught my attention for several reasons. The first is that it was one of the first paragraphs that I actually understood what it was saying. Additionally, it made me feel like I could do something about it. When it said that reusing electrical components are better, it helped me see a clear way that I can direct effect this. Finally, I thought this paragraph was interesting because it talked about creating jobs. This is important to note because more and more people are going to school for something involving technology. This creates jobs for that specific group of people.

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    • 1% of the world's population is responsible for 50% of emissions from commercial air transport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifDi2SsQjQM

Comparing the various e-note/e-reader devices, Kit Betts-Masters ranks them overall as follows: - Boox Note Air 2 - Supernote A5X - Remarkable 2 - Bigme Inknote - Kobo Elipsa - Boyue P10

Fifth boundary : air pollution

GAO statement on low cost senstors

Work in Malaysia using ardunio and MQ sensors - used breadboards,

HoLU sensor kits, some dutch talk about calibration that needs to be translated, but seems to confuse collocation correction with calibration

second version of dutch HOLU-kit

They quit using these HoLu kits as the data was unrealiable. Here they were removing the humidity sensor as it was causing some problems

bicycle mounted PM AQ sensor

pre covid AQ kit - good stuff from Amsterdam

open hardware approach (2018) from Waag group

SODAQ - pm sensors

Smart Citizen Lab aspart of Waag.

pay attention to the HoLu project

EPA sensor toolkit read the docs with python code

covers electrochemical gas cells

use of three sensors

EPA target reports

World Health Organization

WHO guidelinesfor indoor air quality

Davis, N., & Sample, I. (2021, November 29). UK science advisers brace for hundreds of confirmed Omicron Covid cases. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/uk-scientific-advisers-brace-confirmed-omicron-covid-cases

Mccarthy, C. (2022, February 22). This Fort Worth inventor created a DIY air filter that traps coronavirus particles. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crossroads-lab/article258052148.html

emma o kelly [@emma_okelly]. (2021, December 6). I was @scoilidepps today looking at ventilation. Built in 60’s with dual aspect classrooms for cross ventilation. Handy outdoor ‘corridors’ too. All designed to prevent the spread of TB. School has also bought HEPA filters for classes. Re Covid it has managed pretty well so far. Https://t.co/KgZgABDeDL [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/emma_okelly/status/1467922855333699587

Petition: Funding for ventilation in all school/college/uni classrooms. (n.d.). Petitions - UK Government and Parliament. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/595205

David Fisman. (2021, December 15). HEPA air cleaners in hospital...lets compare cost to ECMO. ECMO course in the US costs around $93,000 CDN; US cost:charge ratio is around 0.2, so let’s say that’s $20,000 CDN. That’s the cost of 50 high end hepa air cleaners! Or you could do 250 CR boxes at around $80 a pop. [Tweet]. @DFisman. https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1471259305961828355

Eric Feigl-Ding. (2022, January 13). WATCH📺—Despite 97.5% of all adults in England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with antibodies to #COVID19 (via vax/infection)–hospitalizations still surging. Why? Because variants like #Omicron are adapting. Need multivalent vax, plus ➡️N95 & ventilation are agnostic to variants—Key! Https://t.co/gDNRJIWojX [Tweet]. @DrEricDing. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1481732793482813443

Wong, S.-C., Au, A. K.-W., Chen, H., Yuen, L. L.-H., Li, X., Lung, D. C., Chu, A. W.-H., Ip, J. D., Chan, W.-M., Tsoi, H.-W., To, K. K.-W., Yuen, K.-Y., & Cheng, V. C.-C. (2022). Transmission of Omicron (B.1.1.529) - SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern in a designated quarantine hotel for travelers: A challenge of elimination strategy of COVID-19. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100360

Hyde, Z., Berger, D., & Miller, A. (2021). Australia must act to prevent airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1), 7-9.e1. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51131

Mackay, A. I. M. & PhD. (2022, January 29). Thank goodness we did all the work. Virology Down Under. https://virologydownunder.com/thank-goodness-we-did-all-the-work/