Military miseries and bloody oil wars As the world’s biggest petrostate bombs the runner-up in fossil gas reserves (and number 3 in oil reserves), the rest of the world is looking for an alternative to carbon-fueled power as a matter of s...

“World’s militaries have fourth largest carbon footprint in world … > world’s air travel and shipping, combined; not even account for GHGs from actual war-fighting or reconstruction … each $100 billion in military spending causes 32 mil t of CO2 equivalent” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/09/o...

More than 70,000 women are serving in Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Every day they risk everything to defend their motherland, freedom, and values—while challenging long-standing stereotypes. This is 20% more than in 2022, when russia launched its full-scale invasion. Duty called, and women answered.

Scene from Hungary tonight as crowds rally against the Russian-backed Orban regime.

This one hits hard.

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis? Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

“What is surprising is that the authorities are surprised by such an outcome,” he said. “We are not experiencing the worst possible scenario, but simply a probable one, entirely within the range of what can be expected from climate simulations.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”

Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.

A Pastor's Warning: We're Not in a Civil War, But a Christian Nationalist Holy War—And They Must Not Win. I’m not sure Americans really understand what we’re facing right now.

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‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina

“This year has not had enough snowfall; there are low humidity levels and a high accumulation of combustible elements in the forest” – a reference to monoculture pine plantations, which act as “powder kegs” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

First Nations warn members to be careful when entering US following ICE actions Several First Nations are warning their members to be wary of crossing the border into the United States in response to immigration enforcement raids and the detention of some US tribal citizens.

"We're just being racially profiled because we have darker skin, darker hair, so it's easier to pick us up from crowd and say, 'I think they're an illegal immigrant,'" Diabo said when asked about ICE actions against Indigenous individuals” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk' Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...

Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator.

The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.

It's time for a massive general strike across the country.

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

We elected a mendacious convicted criminal of low moral and ethical character, backed by a detailed plan designed to turn a democracy into a dictatorship. It'll take more than a generation to fix all the damage, assuming we get the chance.

Sadly, too many Americans are amoral and uneducated.

Another proud day for America.

After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.

John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.

Pay-to-play imperialism.

Extreme storms, atmospheric rivers and wildfires drove billions in insured losses last year The country recorded more than $2.4 billion in insured losses in 2025, part of a trend that has seen them nearly triple from one decade to the next — rising from $14 billion in the ten years before 20...

“Two decades ago, insured losses seldom surpassed $500 million in a year. Today, annual costs exceeding $1 billion have become the norm,” said Celyeste Power, president and CEO of IBC, calling for more resilent buildings and a focus on adaptation www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Sadly, our governments are focusing on urgent priorities and not addressing important priorities.

Peinture classique représentant une femme et une petite fille se prenant dans les bras, vêtues de robes d’époque. L’une est vêtue d’une robe blanche avec des détails rouges et l’autre d’une robe bleue. Elles sont assises et semblent partager un moment intime. L’arrière-plan est atténué, ce qui met l’accent sur les sujets de la peinture.

Le 21 janvier on célèbre la Journée internationale des câlins 🥰.
L'idée est d'encourager les personnes d'une même famille ou des amis à se prendre dans les bras quelques secondes, en marque de tendresse ❤️.
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About a third of all self-described Republicans believe that the US should dispense with democratic process and the holding of elections, if this is what Trump wishes.

Michael McFaul @McFaul How to lose the 21st century to China: 1. Unilaterally disarm regarding the soft power competition by ending economic aid and international media agencies. 2. Impose tariffs irrationally on everyone. 3. Invade Greenland, break up NATO, and isolate the US from the entire world. 4. Defund universities. 5. Discourage the best and brightest from immigrating to the US. 6. Withdraw from international organizations, handing over their control to the Chinese Communist Party. 7. Foment polarization between Americans. 8. Stop supporting democracy abroad; just talk about power. 9. Weaken American democratic institutions at home.

All of this. We're being so incredibly stupid.

creenshot of an X.com post by Dan Koh claiming Trump is spending $30B on 10,000 more ICE agents, listing alternative uses for the money (ACA subsidies, ending prescription copays, eliminating medical debt) and criticizing the policy. Below the text is a TV news screenshot with a ‘Breaking News’ banner about a shooting in Minneapolis and on-screen text reading ‘$30 BILLION…’.

Priorities matter. So do elections. Vote the GOP out!

‘You don’t want this smoke’: US sheriff reflects on her viral remarks about ICE Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s words have become a rallying cry against Trump’s immigration crackdown

“We stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement … I call them made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Adam Douglas Thompson, The New Yorker

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

“2025 had continued a three-year streak of “extraordinary global temperatures. The hottest year on record since the mid-19th century is 2024, which was plagued by heatwaves and wildfires … To all intents and purposes, the 1.5C limit is now dead in the water” www.theguardian.com/environment/...