7.1.0 — Polishing Tables

This release introduces a redesigned Followers table that’s easier to navigate and customize—hide columns, change how many entries you see, or remove followers directly. Migrations are now simpler: just paste in a WebFinger ID or profile URL, and the plugin takes care of the rest. We’ve also fixed an issue where old, unfederated posts could be mistakenly re-sent—those will now stay quiet unless they’re recent. Plus, lots of behind-the-scenes improvements for a smoother experience.

https://activitypub.blog/2025/07/23/7-1-0-polishing-tables/

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #peace

In the same spirit, if you are interested in #reading #positive #stories, please see #solarpunk #novel at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

"A New Faith" is like a 7-layer #burrito that has #climatechange #adaptation #migration #geopolitics #bigotry #trauma #sacrifice all wrapped tightly into a #tortilla of #murder #mystery that is being solved by a dashing #detective who doesn't mind getting into #action

We get this stuff about declining birth rates regularly. Australia and the developed world have all got declining birth rates driven by educating women, high cost of living, difficulty in buying a home etc. We are, and have been for decades, dependent on migration to expand our population so that economic growth occurs.

A bit weird that the declining birth rate is a threat to continuous growth. Does that mean that capitalism which has demanded 2 incomes to fund a home, that stresses employees to the max has created the seeds of its own destruction? Maybe we need a different socioeconomic model.

#migration #auspol #birthrate #sbs
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/from-economy-to-health-what-lower-birth-rates-could-mean-for-australias-future/t1wbdnzux

In Chapter 26 of "A New Faith", the characters discuss this aspect while exploring the idea of Sequoia. They decide to make housing, utilities, and healthcare free for all residents along with universal basic income (UBI).

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-free-speech-genocide-israel/

#climate scientists and activists will soon face this kind of vilification as they continue to point out the perfidy of #fossilfuels

#voters need to not just indicate their preferences in Gallup and Pew surveys but actually show up to vote and do so for the good candidates. Else it is all performative.

Developed countries (DCs) & emerging/developing countries' (EDCs) workforces are exhibiting very different dynamics:

In DCs (broadly defined) generally we see an aging population & a slowly contracting workforce (driven by low birth rates);

In EDCs we see a developing crisis of absence of work for a growing working age population (growth of population outrunning economic growth).

But the politics of migration make useful linking these trends difficult.

#migration
h/t Adam Tooze/World Bank

ein zeitloses zitat aus kaltland

Part 3 begins!

Finally, the stakes come into focus.
How does it all end?

Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats

#solarpunk #hopepunk #books #bookstodon #novel #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller #amwriting #WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
#climatefiction

https://www.bu.edu/gdp/files/2025/06/GCI_WP_043_Energy-Poverty_FIN.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#China financing power in #Africa is making a difference and if the current trend holds can ensure that #electricity is also #clean

#US and #EU - turning away from contributing to this trajectory going forward.

https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/up-on-the-roof?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The surveys keep telling us that majority want to do something about #climatechange

Time to put your money where your mouth is - #China has brought down the cost. Buy/install #solar #batteries #heatpumps etc. at cost to actually show you do care.

#Democrat states/cities enact new taxes to subsidize poor customers. After all the #wealthy got their tax cut right?

Difficult to know what too make of the UK/France one-in-one-out deal on migrants.

It continues to present the idea that (some) migrants are cynically trying to enter the country without good reason; while others have a 'legitimate' case.

There is a sort of logic to retuning a failed migrant & (essentially) swapping them for a legitimate migrant who has not tried to cross the channel, but this distinguishing between deserving & undeserving migrants seems all too Victorian.

#migration
h/t FT

Chapters 27 and 28 of "A New Faith" are up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats

Greece gets tough on migrants from Libya after EU diplomatic blow-up.

The Greek government announced today stricter measures against migrants arriving from Libya, following a diplomatic incident on Tuesday in Benghazi, where an EU delegation was declared persona non grata by local authorities.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250709-greece-gets-tough-on-migrants-from-libya-after-eu-diplomatic-blow-up?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Macron kicks off a 'historic' UK state visit to reset ties with King Charles and Keir Starmer.

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to begin a three-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, aiming to renew ties with King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with talks expected to focus on Ukraine, defence and curbing Channel migration.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250708-macron-kicks-off-a-historic-uk-state-visit-to-reset-ties-with-king-charles-and-keir-starmer?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Bundesrichter stoppt Abschiebung von Migranten in den Südsudan

Sie kommen zwar nicht aus dem Südsudan - trotzdem will die US-Regierung acht verurteilte Migranten in das Land abschieben. Der Supreme Court hatte schon grünes Licht gegeben. Nun stoppte ein Bundesrichter das Vorhaben.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/abschiebung-migranten-suedsudan-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Comparable #books to "A New Faith" < https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith >

- Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
- Neal Stephenson’s “Termination Shock”
- Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Ministry for the Future”
- Steven Markley’s “The Deluge”
- Amitav Ghosh’s “Gun Island”
- Emily St. John Mandel’s “Station Eleven”