Durand D'souza🍃
@dldx.org
Coffee, climbing, cocktails, cooking & climate.
Astrophysics PhD dropout.
Data Scientist @carbontracker.bsky.social
Astrophysics PhD dropout.
Data Scientist @carbontracker.bsky.social
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
NEW: A glimpse at how AI image generators are used.
Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts.
73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors
Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts.
73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Researchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show how people use the software.
www.wired.com
July 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: A glimpse at how AI image generators are used.
Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts.
73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors
Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts.
73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors
Such an own goal to sacrifice our study of the universe for the sake of investing in defense to kill people. Makes me really sad as an extra astrophysicist who started in radio astronomy :(
World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain
World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain
Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growth
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Such an own goal to sacrifice our study of the universe for the sake of investing in defense to kill people. Makes me really sad as an extra astrophysicist who started in radio astronomy :(
Absolute depravity. Just a reminder that Keir Starmer and his government were more offended about an anti-IDF chant than about the IDF actually killing civilians. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli officer shown throwing stun grenade into car during West Bank raid
Border police officer under investigation after CCTV footage shows him shouting at car’s occupants and throwing device
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Absolute depravity. Just a reminder that Keir Starmer and his government were more offended about an anti-IDF chant than about the IDF actually killing civilians. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
Somehow the “fiscal black hole” returned
www.yusufimaadkhan.com/posts/blackh...
on.ft.com/48egHBo
progressiveeconomyforum.com/publications...
karlwhelan.com/blog/?p=2132
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss...
www.yusufimaadkhan.com/posts/blackh...
on.ft.com/48egHBo
progressiveeconomyforum.com/publications...
karlwhelan.com/blog/?p=2132
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss...
September 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Somehow the “fiscal black hole” returned
www.yusufimaadkhan.com/posts/blackh...
on.ft.com/48egHBo
progressiveeconomyforum.com/publications...
karlwhelan.com/blog/?p=2132
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss...
www.yusufimaadkhan.com/posts/blackh...
on.ft.com/48egHBo
progressiveeconomyforum.com/publications...
karlwhelan.com/blog/?p=2132
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
🚨 Google continues to lobby the UK government to hand the work of the country's creatives to big tech companies for free.
🧵 1/3
🧵 1/3
June 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
🚨 Google continues to lobby the UK government to hand the work of the country's creatives to big tech companies for free.
🧵 1/3
🧵 1/3
Much more effective than military spending too.
"China will crash the US stock market this year
They're dumping SOTA open-source models on the US, nearly as good as the frontier labs, basically free
Nobody can refuse cutting a $100M AI bill down to $5M
Once that deal is on the table for everyone, Anthropic&OpenAI can't justify their valuations"
They're dumping SOTA open-source models on the US, nearly as good as the frontier labs, basically free
Nobody can refuse cutting a $100M AI bill down to $5M
Once that deal is on the table for everyone, Anthropic&OpenAI can't justify their valuations"
June 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Much more effective than military spending too.
If I was a foreign adversary, I'd be happy that the UK govt is diverting money away from public infrastructure projects that keep people happy into military black holes. Easy to turn the British public against its government when everything is visibly falling apart.
June 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
If I was a foreign adversary, I'd be happy that the UK govt is diverting money away from public infrastructure projects that keep people happy into military black holes. Easy to turn the British public against its government when everything is visibly falling apart.
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
It does feel insane that none of "the progressive case for aircon" mentions solar. If this heatwave had happened in 2010, the European grid would have buckled in the daytime! As it is, there were some issues in the evening when the sun went down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas Harper
Air conditioning can bring significant benefits but also real harms. The answer is for it to take its place alongside a comprehensive state plan for climate adaptation, says writer and curator Phineas...
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2026 at 6:58 AM
It does feel insane that none of "the progressive case for aircon" mentions solar. If this heatwave had happened in 2010, the European grid would have buckled in the daytime! As it is, there were some issues in the evening when the sun went down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
In June 2024 Bloomberg ran an article about how China's LNG demand was "threatened." In that article they forecast that China's LNG demand would be in the mid 90s by the end of this year. Today they say they expect it to be in the low 60s.
June 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
In June 2024 Bloomberg ran an article about how China's LNG demand was "threatened." In that article they forecast that China's LNG demand would be in the mid 90s by the end of this year. Today they say they expect it to be in the low 60s.
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
it was surprising to hear Unite's Sharon Graham
criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism.
We hope she reconsiders, on a day where UK is under extreme heat warnings.
The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism.
We hope she reconsiders, on a day where UK is under extreme heat warnings.
The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2026 at 7:11 AM
it was surprising to hear Unite's Sharon Graham
criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism.
We hope she reconsiders, on a day where UK is under extreme heat warnings.
The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism.
We hope she reconsiders, on a day where UK is under extreme heat warnings.
The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
New from me: Are you struggling to stay cool in a hot London flat today? Here's my story about how we've spent the past two decades building heat traps for people to live in. Gift link 🎁
Londoners Complain of ‘Unbearable Heat’ in City’s Modern Housing
In Britain’s capital city, an architectural trend that started about two decades ago is now being linked to unbearable levels of indoor heat.
www.bloomberg.com
June 24, 2026 at 8:05 AM
New from me: Are you struggling to stay cool in a hot London flat today? Here's my story about how we've spent the past two decades building heat traps for people to live in. Gift link 🎁
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
@microsoft.com: We're going to be operating on 100% clean energy and be carbon negative by 2030
Also Microsoft: We're signing a 20-year gas deal with #Chevron to power AI data centers
Make it make sense. #GreenSky
Also Microsoft: We're signing a 20-year gas deal with #Chevron to power AI data centers
Make it make sense. #GreenSky
Chevron signs 20-year natural gas deal with Microsoft for AI data center
Project Kilby, a 2.67-gigawatt natural gas plant in Texas, could be among the largest co-located power and data center developments in the U.S.
qz.com
June 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
@microsoft.com: We're going to be operating on 100% clean energy and be carbon negative by 2030
Also Microsoft: We're signing a 20-year gas deal with #Chevron to power AI data centers
Make it make sense. #GreenSky
Also Microsoft: We're signing a 20-year gas deal with #Chevron to power AI data centers
Make it make sense. #GreenSky
Absolutely awful news. Dystopian government supported by a dystopian court system. Meanwhile, it is still perfectly legal to sell real estate in West Bank settlements and perfectly legal for genocidal IDF soldiers to visit the UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Ban on Palestine Action was lawful, court of appeal rules
Judges overturn decision of high court that government proscription of group under Terrorism Act was wrong
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely awful news. Dystopian government supported by a dystopian court system. Meanwhile, it is still perfectly legal to sell real estate in West Bank settlements and perfectly legal for genocidal IDF soldiers to visit the UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
Worse than futile. Actually fueling the hate business model.
June 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Worse than futile. Actually fueling the hate business model.
This story is London in a nutshell. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment o...
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This story is London in a nutshell. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
As usual, short termism culture by Labour. Nobody wants to live in a tarmac-riddled suburbia with no greenery. It's especially not fit for a UK with increasing heat stress and it wojt make any existing locals happy. The only advantage is boosting developer profit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds
Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
As usual, short termism culture by Labour. Nobody wants to live in a tarmac-riddled suburbia with no greenery. It's especially not fit for a UK with increasing heat stress and it wojt make any existing locals happy. The only advantage is boosting developer profit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Durand D'souza🍃
When I say that Carney has been a huge disappointment on climate, this is one reason why.
Carney taking a page out of the GOP playbook. There can no longer be any question that the federal liberals have abandoned climate action.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney says the world is facing an 'energy crisis' and Canada must help solve it | CBC News
In B.C. to meet with the province's premier who is sceptical of another oil pipeline, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world is in the throes of an "energy crisis" and Canada must do its part to su...
www.cbc.ca
May 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
When I say that Carney has been a huge disappointment on climate, this is one reason why.
