michael james ◉●○•°

That guy is on a large amount of cocaine.

“When the whole world is globalized, you’re going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match.”

— René Girard

"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat."

--Terence McKenna

"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We must become responsible for what we have tamed.

Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive.

LMFAO Alberta premier Danielle Smith and her separatist UCP party nitwits just ensured a new pipeline won’t get built by making it even more difficult to achieve key measures as agreed in Carney’s MOU.

Alberta had got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet.

Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare

A new study reveals the US had earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare.

Critical minerals key to any energy transition are being diverted to make the latest military hardware, according to the report.

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"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think. We’ve laid the groundwork."

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Trump loyalist and CIA contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual.

The ultra-wealthy are currently winning the forever war by seizing control of media + information.

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It’s not on the Canadian prime!!! I was so excited so went to find it and… nope.

Haha! Wouldn’t that be something. I wish.

Whaaaaaaaat? You just made my whole weekend!

The myth of carnivore-centric palaeolithic diets is IDEOLOGICAL.

“As Florin and Ramsey put it, we are a “broad spectrum species,” adapted not for one kind of food or one kind of world, but for many.”

“They argue that humans did not become plant eaters reluctantly or recently, but that Homo sapiens and other hominins were born into plant-rich landscapes and equipped with the skills to make those plants matter.”

The Long Memory of Plants: Rethinking Humanity’s Deep-Time Appetite Why the story of human evolution is impossible to tell without roots, tubers, nuts, and seeds.

New research reframes early humans as lifelong plant processors, not reluctant carnivores.

From wild barley to tubers and nuts, plants shaped our evolution across continents and millennia.

Roots Beneath the Rift: Ancient Southern African Genomes Recast the Story of Homo sapiens New DNA from Stone Age individuals reveals a long period of population isolation, local innovation, and unexpected evolutionary pathways in our species' deep history.

Ancient genomes from southern Africa reveal a long-isolated population that shaped the evolution of Homo sapiens. Their DNA preserves lost diversity, unique adaptations, and a deep history of local innovation.

Roots Beneath the Rift: Ancient Southern African Genomes Recast the Story of Homo sapiens New DNA from Stone Age individuals reveals a long period of population isolation, local innovation, and unexpected evolutionary pathways in our species' deep history.

Ancient genomes from southern Africa reveal a long-isolated population that shaped the evolution of Homo sapiens. Their DNA preserves lost diversity, unique adaptations, and a deep history of local innovation.

Again, the war effort was profitable and required more energy use not less, as is required now.

We need degrowth and simplification not a scaling up of production as with the war.

Completely different endeavour.

Absolutely. They had the industrial operations and supply chain networks already developed. They just had to change product specifications and tweet some machinery.

The kind of reorganization and decommissioning of production and economics required now are of a whole different order.

It easy not made by generic “humans” but by specific people. Name names, or call-out particular populations.

Haha love it!

‘Marine Protected Areas are Everybody’s Business’ Over the course of six months, Climate Spotlight spoke to representatives from 6 of 7 of Belize’s Marine Protected Area co-managers to learn more about their job and what they believe it will take …

"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social

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I’ve found that decolonizing my own thought patterns is facilitated by:

1. Extensive reading of history.

2. Rejecting imperialist culture (including aspects of modernity)

3. Reconnecting with my own pre-Christian heritage

4. Conversations with indigenous elders and folks from the “third world.”

I agree. And long-standing habits of thinking and feeling are hard to break. Psychedelics done right help, so does a consistent meditation practice.

But I love your insight that it takes a community of like-ish minded to help hold space for deep critical reflection.

I could go on and on with experts who back up everything I claimed, but I hope you get the point.

YouTube video by CNBC How The Massive Power Draw Of Generative AI Is Overtaxing Our Grid

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