Concerned residents of Barnet from across faith, cultural, environmental & political organisations, wanting to take action tackling our current climate crisis.
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do you understand what just happened to your computer..
Google Chrome secretly downloaded a 4GB AI model onto your device. Without asking.. Without telling you..
It's called weights.bin. It lives deep in your system folders. It powers Gemini Nano - Google's on-device AI.
And if you delete it? Chrome re-downloads it automatically. Like nothing happened.
Just Google deciding your hard drive is their storage unit.
At 1 billion Chrome users - that's 4 BILLION gigabytes of data pushed silently across the internet.
The carbon footprint alone equals tens of thousands of cars running for a year.
Check your disk right now:
๐ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel
To stop it: chrome://flags โ disable Optimization Guide On Device Model โ restart Chrome โ delete the folder.
Reshare so people know what's sitting on their computers.
Google Chrome is quietly downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model to many usersโ computers without clear upfront consent.
The file, called weights.bin, is part of Googleโs Gemini Nano on-device language model and lands in the browserโs user data folder under OptGuideOnDeviceModel.
It powers built-in AI tools such as โHelp me write,โ smarter tab suggestions, on-device scam detection, and page summarization. The download triggers automatically for devices meeting minimum hardware requirements, and Chrome often replaces the files if deleted.
While the model processes data locally, installation happens in the background with minimal notification.
The scale is noteworthy. Hundreds of millions or billions of installations add up to thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions globally from data transfer, even though each is a one-time event.
To prevent or remove it, go to chrome://flags, disable the entries for the optimization guide on-device model and Prompt API, restart the browser, and manually delete the folder.
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
31 Jul 2025
Hmmmmm
29 Jul 2025
๐ One year into @Keir_Starmer's government, we analysed @UKLabour's progress on their climate promises
Of the 25 climate policies in their manifesto, they've:
๐ Made a start on 15, and even met 2 already
๐ Partially rolled back on 4
๐ Check out our policy-by-policy review:
voteclimate.uk/news/labour_yโฆ
โก Then join VoteClimate.uk/ so they get it: you want action vs #ClimateEmergency
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6 Jul 2025
70-year-old mature silver birch trees in East Finchley may be felled.
The trees stand outside Park House, home to Monkey Puzzle Nursery opposite East Finchley Station, where developer Places for Barnet is set to build 75 new homes and replace the nursery.
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
21 Jun 2025
Sad to see as we kick off London Climate Action Week with 700 events showing the depth of the UKโs globally competitive climate sector
We hope @Conservatives will come along to @london_climate to meet the businesses who see net zero 2050 as an opportunity not an impossibility
21 Jun 2025
Net Zero by 2050 is impossible.
There's no point Britain bankrupting ourselves over 1% of global emissions, while China and others carry on unchecked.
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23 Jun 2025
Good news. @BarnetCouncil will reinstitute food waste collections by March 2026. barnetpost.co.uk/2025/06/19/โฆ
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12 Jun 2025
I thoroughly recommend this
12 Jun 2025
My full-colour guide to knowing, understanding and identifying garden weeds is just ยฃ8 (normally ยฃ15) on Amazon UK right now, if you want to learn more about these amazing plants๐ฑ
Plenty of advice on gently zapping them, too๐
#gardening #gardens #nature
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
12 Jun 2025
Sizewell C is a colossal waste of ยฃ40 billion. The same money could fund a rooftop revolution - putting solar panels on 20 million homes - making 25% of all the electricity Britain needs and knocking around 500 quid aย year off our energy bills.ย Letโs bring Energy Independence home.
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
29 May 2025
And we're pleased to say that we now have a speaker this evening from @CityWestminster who will present on their Climate Fund - launched yesterday - westminster.gov.uk/fairer-enโฆ
29 May 2025
And a further speaker tonight under our #CommunityEnergy spotlight slot - @Brentpureenergy #Brent - see their fantastic solar project at Harris Lowe Academy Willesden here youtu.be/MEQ69bYwhKQ
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๐ขPart of the North London community? Want to take part in an exciting sound walk by the Pymmes Brook?
๐ฅพJoin our friends @PymmesBrookERS for a special #londonriversweek2025 sound walk.
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Friday 6th June 2025. 10.30am
More details: thames21.org.uk/event/londonโฆ
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26 May 2025
RT @Sara_Conway3: So lovely to join @BarnetCouncil drop-in community garden session today at Montrose Park - Mondays 12pm-2.30pm, Wednesdayโฆ
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21 May 2025
Itโs No Mow Mayย and over 30 parks and green spaces across Barnet will be left uncut through this month to increase biodiversity and create havens for wildlife, including bees.
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21 May 2025
June is @BarnetCouncil Climate Action Month. There are some fascinating events during the month barnet.gov.uk/events/all?f%5โฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
19 May 2025
NEW: Drainage work creates new wetland habitat on Monken Hadley common barnetsociety.org.uk/enfieldโฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
20 May 2025
NEW: The latest from Barnet Environment Centre barnetsociety.org.uk/mp-joinโฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
19 May 2025
Great to see new #Barnet #CommunityEnergy Fund launched! Applications will be open from Monday 19 May until Monday 30 June 2025 barnet.gov.uk/sustainabilityโฆ @BarnetCouncil @BarnetClimate @Barnet_FoE @alan_s01 @metecoban92
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
12 May 2025
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming the lovely year 1 pupils from @CrowlandPrimary in #Haringey to EcoPark House!
Here are some of the highlights:
๐ Students read the book The House Full of Stuff which is about reusing things to fix and mend rather than buying new
๐ฆ They then created a bird feeder out of a plastic bottle
โป๏ธ They also explored how to recycle correctly
๐๏ธ Students loved seeing the trucks sorting through the piles of general waste and were surprised at how many mattresses they could see!
Learn more about our education offer: nlwa.gov.uk/article/north-loโฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Today @MayorofLondon has revealed the first to benefit from his Greener Schools programme. 38 schools across 16 London boroughs will receive a share of nearly ยฃ3m City Hall funding to help them save almost ยฃ15,000 on average on annual energy bills london.gov.uk/mayor-reveals-โฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Great news for Childs Hill and Barnet as Sadiq supports local school in becoming greener and saving on their energy bills.
14 Apr 2025
I want schools to spend their money on books, not energy bills.
I'm proud to announce the first schools across London that will get help to cut energy bills and spend more on books, technology and staff while tackling air pollution and cutting carbon.
standard.co.uk/news/london/sโฆ
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Barnet Climate Action ๐ retweeted
10 Apr 2025
Another day, another delivery driver (this time @Tesco) driving right over the already damaged grass area outside resident's homes on the Stonegrove Estate #Barnet @StonegroveCT
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