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By this same logic, maybe Democrats should allow Trump to steal the midterms via gerrymandering to disincentivize him to ignore Congress altogether and rule purely by decree.

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

"“If this volume just grows even more, we simply have a societal situation that is not bearable anymore because it is just too much risk that is no longer covered,” Thallinger told CNBC..."

whatever politicians pretend to believe about climate, this is what they know

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...

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?

Increasing temperatures from climate change have led to a 40% reduction in blue whale “songs” in just the past 6 years alone.

“It’s like trying to sing while you're starving,” said John Ryan, a biological oceanographer.

The world's oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from climate change

Sanctions cause significant increases in mortality, especially among infants & young children—an estimated 564,000 excess deaths annually, comparable to civilian & battle deaths from armed conflict. The deadliest are US-led, often explicitly targeting living standards to provoke regime change.

On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima…

There is a new Chotiner interview that really underscores what is unique about Israel's genocide in Gaza: it would be very easy for the world to stop it if only a few countries wanted to.

These theses are dope. I’ve pulled out a few that resonated with the liberation psychology (Freire) and the decolonial analysis (Fanon) that I was reading about yesterday.

Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."

I've now unsubscribed from Spotify to avoid my money going into the expansion of automated warfare.

If you've already done the same, please let me and others know if you found any good music streaming alternatives 🙏

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

2/2 Extreme heat has become a regular feature of life across the world, but the way it is felt depends on who you are and where you live; with working class people being hit the hardest and taking the longest to recover from its impacts - and that's even if they can recover at all.

We’re in a polycrisis—ecological breakdown, geopolitical conflict, inequality, democratic erosion. Yet 75% of UK unis still don’t teach ecological economics (@rethinkecon.bsky.social). Time for change. Explore our Ecological Economics programme @universityofleeds.bsky.social → tinyurl.com/4y6ru3ha

Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?

PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!

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The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.

Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water chuffed.org/project/1132...

A Palestinian girl cries out for food with her hands held out at a charity kitchen amid the famine in Gaza. She is surrounded by other young, anguished children. This photo was taken on Thurs July 11, 2025 after at least 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point. More Palestinians have now been killed just waiting for food than the number of victims killed in the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7. Photograph credit is to Ebrahim Hajjaj of Reuters

Gaza is now officially in IPC Phase 5, the final stage of hunger. Designated as 'catastrophe'.

A further 67 of the starving were killed by IDF soldiers yesterday trying to access food. Witnesses say the victims had their hands held in the air.

One day, everyone will have always been against this.

Lucien Sève, Marxisme et théorie de la personalité (1975)
Hans-Jørgen Schantz, Træk af behovsproblematikkens idéhistorie (1981)
Kate Soper, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism (2020)

Israel kills 38 aid seekers in Gaza as Israelis demand truce deal Israel is ‘forcibly’ starving Palestinians in Gaza, advocacy group says, as 116 Palestinians killed on Saturday.

Israel is ‘forcibly’ starving Palestinians in Gaza, advocacy group says, as 116 Palestinians killed on Saturday.

"The consolidation of a US reactionary political coalition of fossil capital, monopoly tech, and natsec hawks makes a lot of sense in the context of a existential battle to control global systems of energy, innovation + production"
– @triofrancos.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

ICJ issued its first provisional and binding order in January 2024. It said what is only now beginning, tentatively, to be lined out by western commentators. Genocide is plausible and Israel must act to stop it

The shift is welcome but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s 19 months since.

Autumn Gathering '25 - Programme Here you can find the programme of our gathering as it evolves - registrations now open!

Calling all allies! Our Autumn Gathering rough programme is now up, check it out! We can't wait for this - and will be updating the page as we confirm names, exact times and locations.

Watch this space, and register if you've decided to join us! commonecologies.net/events/autum...

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you

Will watch this documentary while in Scotland www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Quick reminder that this is after Orban banned Pride.

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Completely shocking honestly and purely the result of a brilliant, focused, lengthy, coordinated campaign from Palestinian Youth Movement. Am honored to have participated in the small ways I have. Be proud and keep the pressure

This should be interesting.
New "study confirms that Glyphosate and Glyphosate-based herbicides cause multiple types of cancer, even at exposure levels deemed to be “safe” by the EU" Register at: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

No matter how often I see this data, I always find it shocking. Of all the massive growth in output produced by the world's workers since 1980, more than half of it has been captured by the richest 1%. This is what happens when capital controls production.

'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community Details about how Meta's nearly Manhattan-sized data center will impact consumers' power bills are still secret.

Surprise, surprise: Meta's Manhattan-sized data center is going to be powered by three new gas power plants. Residents of the nearby town have no idea how much their bill will increase: "It’s like building the power impact of a large city overnight”

www.404media.co/a-black-hole...

For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague.

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

If you're still clinging on to Spotify for some reason now maybe reconsider.

I like Deezer.