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A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I'll never look at Mel Gibson the same again.
Heck, I'll likely never look at him again at all

Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in lead

The answer is, of course, "yes, we must."

"We aren’t seeing a simple dilution effect but rather a complete shift in the composition of our foods … This also raises the question of whether we should adjust our diets in some way, or how we grow or produce our food.

Should be able to scare off a fair number of malign spirits burning that...

100% AGREE with Simon Rosenberg

"there are two areas that Dems must develop a clearer and louder voice on: Trump’s deeply dangerous selling out of Ukraine and Europe to Putin, and his turning of America into a police state. We simply can and must talk about more than affordability and health care."

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

Listening to a sobering recording from Heather Cox Richardson regarding the fascist, criminal kleptocracy that has seized the government, while reading this absolutely soul-crushing article.
Have a nice day.

I wonder if she still has her job?

When it comes down to it, the U.S. has to convince the world--the allies it needs--that it is fighting for something better than what China, Iran, North Korea, Russia et al are fighting for. I don't think the United States can plausibly make this case today.

Seriously, we've won every war without being lawless scumbags. Why start now? Stay on this path, and we'll be fighting MUCH larger wars in the near future--and we may not win those. Who's going to assist a criminal force fighting illegally for nothing & no one other than a handful of corrupt people?

Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war

There is a history of military service, officer service, in my family. I don't think any of my people would choose to serve in a military that can't be distinguished from something akin to the Janjeweed. Either the U.S. is better, or it's not. Perhaps "not" is where we are today. We're being shamed.

"The killing of the [boat] survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans." ~ George F. Will

I agree.

This is very good work, Dr. Macdonald (Chris?).
Thank you for doing it, and congratulations on the paper's stickiness!

Gosh, if only he were in a boat, Trump might have done something about him.

I just want to know whether we are going to be able to haul ALL of these criminal clowns into court and convict them, or not?

This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.

People are the root of every significant problem.
People ARE the problem. Really, there are no others.

Oh, they are so lovely!

Please, try not to eat animals. Eat their products: eggs, dairy, honey instead.

Senior Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Earthjustice is seeking a collaborative and experienced litigator to join our newly established enforcement group as a Senior Attorney.

Earthjustice has eleven (11!) attorney positions open.

Whether you're fresh out of law school or a veteran trial litigator, we've opportunities for you. In particular there are new opening(s) in our new enforcement team, headed by Laura Thoms, formerly of DOJ's Environmental Enforcement Section.

The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...

Patent Trolls rob opportunity from innovators. We’re asking supporters who care about a fair patent system to file comments using the federal gov's system. Comments don’t need to be long or use legal or technical vocabulary. The important thing is that everyday users and creators of tech speak up."

What the Democrat's Video Gets Wrong About Military Professionalism A video circulated yesterday by some U.S. lawmakers urging U.S. service members to “refuse illegal orders,” and within hours, it had become another lightning rod in a long line of political flashpoint...

This is a fine perspective, worthy reading. By and large this holds true, but not in every case. We know this.

However, primarily-accurate analysis does not negate that the President, most definitely, called for the execution of lawmakers.

Oh yes he was. Yes he did.

I've always thought that it is not capitalism per se that is hateful, rather those that practice it at the top who are--these who do not value the natural world or human society. Capitalism smooths the way for the most craven of human impulses to flourish, but it doesn't dictate them.

E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands

Gift Article: so that you may know and help stop these piggies in their tracks. Quiet, Piggies!

"The Trump administration proposed on Monday to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water across the country."

Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.

Can this even be believed?!! Unspeakable depravity. Wealthy tourists in the 90s are alleged to have paid $90K to travel to Bosnia where they were allowed to shoot at besieged civilians in a "human safari."

Greetings from the Arctic Circle, where an icebreaker ship drew polar bears' attention Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

"...It was breathtaking to be where so few people on Earth have traveled, to feel the thick ice crack under the ship, to watch the polar bears approach the ship, all the while knowing this swiftly changing hinterland would never be the same."

Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.

After an interminable amount of time and unspeakable depths of brutality and misery, there is glorious news out of UK!

Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger

“Climate change is the greatest hoax!” said the psychopath.
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“Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade…By mid-2025, 117 million people were displaced by war, violence and persecution.”

“Distorted Masculine”
I cannot seem to get this phrase out of my head.

What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”

more valuable than they are.

These pitiful guys need to stop whining. Feeling disempowered, are they? Don’t know what to do if they can’t oppress something?

Awww.…I’m so not feeling them.

Look, there are absolutely wonderful men in the world, for certain. But the culture of men has sucked sh*t forever.

These guys feel they must walk around with their cocks in their hands subordinating everyone and everything—even those who are *significantly* more intelligent or intrinsically