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The Wire. No contest.

Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

A slow-burning environmental disaster: “As prey became scarce, blue whale vocalisations dropped by nearly 40% alongside a collapse in krill and anchovy populations.
‘It’s like trying to sing while you're starving,’ Ryan adds. ‘They were spending all their time just trying to find food.’”

This is my friend.

His name is Christian Smalls.

He founded the Amazon Labor union

Not as a professional activist, but as a worker who decided he’d had enough.

Recently, he was beaten and detained by the IDF

And no one in the MSM is talking about it.

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i am going to die in a world that is more antisemitic than the one i was born into and it will be entirely thanks to what the israeli state has done in the name of fighting antisemitism. i think about this constantly.

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

Marjorie Taylor Greene is now in front of many Democratic elected officials in calling out the horrific suffering in Gaza.

We are living in the Twilight Zone.

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation https://on.ft.com/4o5I46b

Nearly two years into this war, Israeli government propaganda is only just being exposed as baseless

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...

I wasn't

The rest of the comments are an open expression of ethnic cleansing. They are confirmation of a war crime.

From the Congo to Kenya, timber trafficking is flourishing In East Africa, a lack of border controls and widespread fraud facilitate the illegal timber trade, which has become increasingly mainstream.

Opaque supply chains, uncontrolled borders, logging operations stretching over a thousand kilometers into the center of the DRC, and the language barrier facilitate the illegal trade.

Meme of a cat sitting in a small crater. Caption is correlation does not imply causation

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Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democrats, over Joe Biden's 2024 campaign Hunter Biden has criticized prominent Democrats and party advisers in a recent interview. In a podcast published Monday, he expressed frustration over George Clooney’s call for President Joe Biden to ...

The embodiment of entitlement apnews.com/video/hunter...

It looks like these states are attempting to exonerate themselves in the face of international law.

The thing about human beings is that our behavior is motivated, and thus changed, by incentives and penalties.

UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations say the war in Gaza “must end now” and Israel must comply with international law.

Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations say the war in Gaza “must end now” and Israel must comply with international law.

UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations say the war in Gaza “must end now” and Israel must comply with international law.

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I'm quitting everything and sitting life out for a while because it all seems such an exercise in futility right now.

73 people killed waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 73 people have been killed while waiting for aid at locations across Gaza.

BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people have been killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza.

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffre...

It only gets better apnews.com/article/trum...

BP offloads US onshore wind business as it pivots back to oil Sale to LS Power is part of plan to generate $20bn from divestments

BP offloads US onshore wind business as it pivots back to oil https://on.ft.com/46PrBwR

The Brief – Ursula von der Leyen is cooking the books on climate funding Even if the entire €2 trillion were spent on airport runways, the EU would still hit its climate target thanks to creative accounting that counts the same euro multiple times.

The Brief – Ursula von der Leyen is cooking the books on climate funding

What you risk reveals what you value.

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A question of intent On Israel and Gaza.

Former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption in the New Statesman: Israel's conduct in Gaza is a war crime www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...

In other words, two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't use a holocaust to justify a genocide.

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ https://on.ft.com/3IGEGOY

At least 798 people have been killed at Gaza aid points, the UN says At least 798 people in Gaza have been killed while receiving aid, the UN human rights office has said.

At least 798 people have been killed at Gaza aid points, the UN says