Cry for the Earth
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The usurpation of nature destroys our soul.
Fortunately, the future of statues is oblivion.
Connecting insights. Courage in despair.
Fortunately, the future of statues is oblivion.
Connecting insights. Courage in despair.
Pinned
Never forget the underlying contempt for women and people who are vulnerable, unlucky or deemed unproductive.
We've seen that before.
We've seen that before.
Netherlands: 'Much less wind energy in 2040 due to ministry's calculation error'
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'If the Netherlands wants to generate the amount of green energy planned for 2040, up to 50 percent more wind farms will be needed than currently estimated'
#ClimateEmergency
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'If the Netherlands wants to generate the amount of green energy planned for 2040, up to 50 percent more wind farms will be needed than currently estimated'
#ClimateEmergency
Veel minder windenergie in 2040 door rekenfout van ministerie
Het aantal windparken op de Noordzee moet enorm toenemen om de klimaatdoelen te halen. Maar omdat de molens elkaar straks in de weg staan, wekken ze minder stroom op. Het ministerie rekent dit effect ...
www.trouw.nl
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Netherlands: 'Much less wind energy in 2040 due to ministry's calculation error'
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'If the Netherlands wants to generate the amount of green energy planned for 2040, up to 50 percent more wind farms will be needed than currently estimated'
#ClimateEmergency
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'If the Netherlands wants to generate the amount of green energy planned for 2040, up to 50 percent more wind farms will be needed than currently estimated'
#ClimateEmergency
'Greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions from global #wildfires are much higher than previously thought.'
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'The refined measurement method makes less difference to the consequences of the fires.' [But what about a feedbackloop-effect?]
#ClimateEmergency #unknowns
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'The refined measurement method makes less difference to the consequences of the fires.' [But what about a feedbackloop-effect?]
#ClimateEmergency #unknowns
Veel meer uitstoot door natuurbranden, vooral door de kleinere branden
De uitstoot van broeikasgassen en fijnstof door wereldwijde natuurbranden ligt veel hoger dan gedacht. Dat blijkt uit een veel nauwgezettere meting.
www.trouw.nl
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
'Greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions from global #wildfires are much higher than previously thought.'
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'The refined measurement method makes less difference to the consequences of the fires.' [But what about a feedbackloop-effect?]
#ClimateEmergency #unknowns
www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
'The refined measurement method makes less difference to the consequences of the fires.' [But what about a feedbackloop-effect?]
#ClimateEmergency #unknowns
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Since 2015 the richest one percent gained 33.9 trillion dollars while climate and development goals went unfunded.
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
The Planet Can’t Afford Billionaires
The executive directors of Oxfam and Greenpeace explain the connection between wealth inequality and climate change.
time.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since 2015 the richest one percent gained 33.9 trillion dollars while climate and development goals went unfunded.
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
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Murderers. How is Cotton any different from Ted Bundy? Why do we think of Bundy (accurately) as a profoundly evil person, but not Cotton? This is no different.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Murderers. How is Cotton any different from Ted Bundy? Why do we think of Bundy (accurately) as a profoundly evil person, but not Cotton? This is no different.
'Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is "climate obstruction dressed up as education", advocacy group says'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #Shell #deception #propaganda #indoctrination
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #Shell #deception #propaganda #indoctrination
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
'Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is "climate obstruction dressed up as education", advocacy group says'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #Shell #deception #propaganda #indoctrination
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #Shell #deception #propaganda #indoctrination
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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New article on how we discovered -- and are discovering -- the idea of human extinction. I consider this to constitute a revolution with implications no less profound than the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions, as I explain below. If you have the time, take a look!
A Revolutionary Paradigm Shift, on Par with the Copernican and Darwinian Revolutions, Is Happening Right Now and No One Is Talking About It
Over the past two centuries, especially since the 1950s, a dramatic shift has been unfolding in how we understand humanity's place in the universe. This article explains. (4,500 words)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
New article on how we discovered -- and are discovering -- the idea of human extinction. I consider this to constitute a revolution with implications no less profound than the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions, as I explain below. If you have the time, take a look!
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Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
'EU invests billions in research for controversial CO2 storage projects
Drilling platform P18-A'
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/eu... (Dutch)
#EU #CCUS #greenwashing #cronyism #necropolitics
Drilling platform P18-A'
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/eu... (Dutch)
#EU #CCUS #greenwashing #cronyism #necropolitics
EU steekt miljarden in onderzoek voor controversiële CO2-opslagprojecten
Bijna de helft van de Europese subsidies voor onderzoek naar het opvangen, het gebruik en de opslag van CO2 gaat naar projecten waarbij onder meer de fossiele industrie betrokken is. Tegelijkertijd z...
argos.vpro.nl
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
'EU invests billions in research for controversial CO2 storage projects
Drilling platform P18-A'
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/eu... (Dutch)
#EU #CCUS #greenwashing #cronyism #necropolitics
Drilling platform P18-A'
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/eu... (Dutch)
#EU #CCUS #greenwashing #cronyism #necropolitics
Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations tribes fear another "worst-case scenario"'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban ... [and] could also slash permitting and approval delays'
#IndigenousRights #NatureEmergency #necropolitics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban ... [and] could also slash permitting and approval delays'
#IndigenousRights #NatureEmergency #necropolitics
Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations tribes fear another ‘worst-case scenario’
Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban that has protected coastal communities for 53 years
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations tribes fear another "worst-case scenario"'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban ... [and] could also slash permitting and approval delays'
#IndigenousRights #NatureEmergency #necropolitics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban ... [and] could also slash permitting and approval delays'
#IndigenousRights #NatureEmergency #necropolitics
'The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection'
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve'
#IndigenousRights #Amazon #NatureEmergency
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve'
#IndigenousRights #Amazon #NatureEmergency
The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection
Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve for the uncontacted Indigenous group on the southern fringe of the Brazilian Amazon
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
'The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection'
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve'
#IndigenousRights #Amazon #NatureEmergency
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
'Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve'
#IndigenousRights #Amazon #NatureEmergency
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an essential piece of 2025
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
an essential piece of 2025
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Today's NYT front page.
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today's NYT front page.
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
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Was lucky enough to read this to blurb and as I wrote, few books have made me angrier. Incredible reporting and analysis.
THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Was lucky enough to read this to blurb and as I wrote, few books have made me angrier. Incredible reporting and analysis.
'Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown site
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: "Serious ethical concerns"'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence'
#Roundup #Monstanto #pesticides #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence'
#Roundup #Monstanto #pesticides #PublicHealth
Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
'Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: "Serious ethical concerns"'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence'
#Roundup #Monstanto #pesticides #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence'
#Roundup #Monstanto #pesticides #PublicHealth
'The cost of this, says Farid, is that it is almost impossible to know what’s actually going on in AI – for journalists, the public, and even experts in the field ...'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #Research #VibeCoding #slop
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #Research #VibeCoding #slop
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
'The cost of this, says Farid, is that it is almost impossible to know what’s actually going on in AI – for journalists, the public, and even experts in the field ...'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #Research #VibeCoding #slop
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #Research #VibeCoding #slop
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1 million acres of pristine public land in Alaska will now be open to fossil fuel drilling, thanks to Republicans in Congress.
Big Oil spent nearly $500 million lobbying and boosting friendly candidates last year — and now they're getting a big return on their investment.
Big Oil spent nearly $500 million lobbying and boosting friendly candidates last year — and now they're getting a big return on their investment.
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
1 million acres of pristine public land in Alaska will now be open to fossil fuel drilling, thanks to Republicans in Congress.
Big Oil spent nearly $500 million lobbying and boosting friendly candidates last year — and now they're getting a big return on their investment.
Big Oil spent nearly $500 million lobbying and boosting friendly candidates last year — and now they're getting a big return on their investment.
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Read #Strongmen and compare with Mussolini quotes on same subjects...
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Read #Strongmen and compare with Mussolini quotes on same subjects...
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Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
' #Democracy is under attack, but contrary to what the doomsayers believe, it is far from lost. A nine-step DIY guide for the proud citizen who doesn't want a dictator.'
www.groene.nl/artikel/verz... (Dutch, paywall)
Inspiration: #Indivisable #NoKings
#NeoFascism #resistance #activism
www.groene.nl/artikel/verz... (Dutch, paywall)
Inspiration: #Indivisable #NoKings
#NeoFascism #resistance #activism
In verzet tegen de autoritaire dreiging: een doe-het-zelf handleiding in 9 stappen
De democratie ligt onder vuur, maar anders dan de doemdenkers menen is zij nog lang niet verloren. Een doe-het-zelf handleiding in negen stappen voor de trotse burger die geen dictator boven zich blie...
www.groene.nl
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
' #Democracy is under attack, but contrary to what the doomsayers believe, it is far from lost. A nine-step DIY guide for the proud citizen who doesn't want a dictator.'
www.groene.nl/artikel/verz... (Dutch, paywall)
Inspiration: #Indivisable #NoKings
#NeoFascism #resistance #activism
www.groene.nl/artikel/verz... (Dutch, paywall)
Inspiration: #Indivisable #NoKings
#NeoFascism #resistance #activism
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"Thiel and Musk have credited Rand with inspiring them. The financial crisis should have brought about the death of neoliberalism by making plain the human cost of deregulation & privatization; instead 'zombie neoliberalism' is stalking the land. Trump’s associates have paid homage to her ideas."
The Persistent Ghost of Ayn Rand, the Forebear of Zombie Neoliberalism
A new book about the author of “Atlas Shrugged” unpacks Rand’s influence on our current political moment.
www.newyorker.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Thiel and Musk have credited Rand with inspiring them. The financial crisis should have brought about the death of neoliberalism by making plain the human cost of deregulation & privatization; instead 'zombie neoliberalism' is stalking the land. Trump’s associates have paid homage to her ideas."
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Christofascists gather this week in Europe. Keynote speaker who could not get tenure at Princeton, Catholic Integralist Deneen.
They are battling for the “soul” of Europe, in case anyone didnt realize this is Holy War.
brusselssignal.eu/2025/12/defi...
They are battling for the “soul” of Europe, in case anyone didnt realize this is Holy War.
brusselssignal.eu/2025/12/defi...
Defiant conservatives gather to ‘battle for soul of Europe’
The Brussels Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s (MCC) two-day Battle for the Soul of Europe conference attendees gathered in Brussels yesterday to challenge what they call “the elite”. As the European Union...
brusselssignal.eu
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Christofascists gather this week in Europe. Keynote speaker who could not get tenure at Princeton, Catholic Integralist Deneen.
They are battling for the “soul” of Europe, in case anyone didnt realize this is Holy War.
brusselssignal.eu/2025/12/defi...
They are battling for the “soul” of Europe, in case anyone didnt realize this is Holy War.
brusselssignal.eu/2025/12/defi...
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Kagan dissent: " Texas may run next year’s elections with a map the District Court found to have violated all our oft-repeated strictures about the use of race in districting." www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
Updated on Dec. 5 at 8:58 a.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to Texas’ efforts to be able to use a new congressional map favorable to […]
www.scotusblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Kagan dissent: " Texas may run next year’s elections with a map the District Court found to have violated all our oft-repeated strictures about the use of race in districting." www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
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Even test-scale deep sea mining significantly damages life on the seafloor - reducing the diversity of species by a third and the number of animals by even more
That's not ok
We need to stop this new threat before it starts at industrial scale - and we can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's not ok
We need to stop this new threat before it starts at industrial scale - and we can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over a third of animals impacted in deep sea mining test - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Even test-scale deep sea mining significantly damages life on the seafloor - reducing the diversity of species by a third and the number of animals by even more
That's not ok
We need to stop this new threat before it starts at industrial scale - and we can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That's not ok
We need to stop this new threat before it starts at industrial scale - and we can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...