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Of course this will not end well for the United States. But just because Americans are so transfixed by their own decline doesn't mean the rest of the world should stop thinking more systematically about the long term trajectory of societies destabilised by America.

The oil and gas market is in shambles. Prices are at record highs. The U.S. and Europe are now considering lifting sanctions on russia. All because of one madman.

Itä-Suomen luonnosta halutaan Venäjää vastaan vihreä muuri – laajoja suunnitelmia vireillä Itärajan seudun luonnon ennallistamista edistetään ensimmäistä kertaa ministeriötasolla.

A Finnish government study, to be published in May, will outline a plan to “build” a “Verdant Wall” along #Finland’s Eastern border by #rewilding and restoring natural habitats, especially marshlands, as barriers to invasion. Win win win!

#biodiversity #defence

BBC Audio | How They Made Us Doubt Everything | Welcome to How They Made Us Doubt Everything: The Tobacco Playbook From climate change to smoking, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured.

“From climate change to smoking & cancer, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured. This 10 part series will explore how powerful interests & sharp PR managers engineered doubt about the connection between smoking & cancer & how similar tactics were used to make us doubt climate change.”

Have you noticed that MAGA is basically saying “ I don't care what the Epstein Files say.
I would rather have a pedophile rapist grifting the country than admit I was ever wrong."

I hate to bring up those streamers we all hate, but APPARENTLY Asmongold was like "Yes you should bomb the medics, don't let them fix up", clearly thinking "in video games, you always try and kill the healer first"

Having NO IDEA that it's a WAR CRIME, one SO BAD even the ACTUAL NAZIS DID NOT DO IT

boy in retrospect, really shouldn’t have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise

lol, yeah right

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

War in Iran exposed that Europe failed to stand up to a business lobby that slowed decarbonisation

It committed a "strategic error of slowing a transformation necessary for security & independence....truth is that rearguard action on fossil dependence is bad for business"
www.ft.com/content/a6be...

lofi norman rockwell the four freedoms (freedom of speech)

the british should send their carriers to liberate the strait of hormuz from the americans with spanish support, and the french should be on a hair trigger for vibes

"Do you guys now understand why Greta Thunberg focused on becoming an anti-war activist rather than just environmentalist?"
"US-Israeli strikes on four oil facilities in Iran released toxic fumes into the air, leading to hazardous rain. Residents have been told to stay indoors"
x.com/ablasalma/st...

From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.

”The European Union’s efforts to fight global warming rely in part on nature’s help, and peat-rich bogs capture planet-warming carbon dioxide just as well as they sink enemy tanks.”

Win-win!

#RestoreNature

www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Asian markets unhappy with US's cock-up...

Rabobank on the unfolding worst case scenario:

ugh

I have seen 1st year Uni students with writing on the level, not many though...

We are actively not teaching kids to read and write, and we are doing it off of vibes-based educational science that is being pushed as doctrine in blue state public schools.

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure.

Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

gas rationing when?

Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.

Australian TV news: "And notice which country is not on the buy side of that chart. The United States, they don't need it. They've got their own oil. They're fine. But you won't see any of those countries that are on the buy side of that chart bombing Iran, so they close those straits."

[don't] firebomb your local datacenter and blame it on Iran...

Having a Middle East war global recession while also having a capricious tariff global recession while also having an AI bubble global recession is not going to be a good time.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

🐣 🪶

who's up for some sparkling stagflation

@ATFulemin I think a lot of people think the point of sports is that your team will win and then you will be happy. That is not the point of sports. The point of sports is to be sad in a group

don’t make me tap the sign

Flambée historique du pétrole, la guerre au Moyen-Orient fait s'envoler les cours de 30% Le baril de pétrole a flambé lundi de 30% en quelques heures et dépassé 115 dollars, envolée historique dans un marché paniqué par la prolongation du conflit au Moyen-Orient, le blocage du détroit d'Ormuz et les dommages aux infrastructures énergétiques.

Flambée historique du pétrole, la guerre au Moyen-Orient fait s'envoler les cours de 30%

HOT DANG!

it would be pretty funny if a fuel crisis caused regime change in the US before it did in cuba