Iran published footage of underground tunnels stocked with naval drones, anti-ship missiles, and sea mines. Reuters reported, citing US officials, that Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz with dozens of sea mines. #Iran
#MedSky
Deep into the testosterone zone: the AI war
This is a war being waged with a new generation of AI-guided missiles. Gaza was the laboratory, this is the next stage, writes @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
It's insane that Starmer's government is joining illegal attacks on Iran, after the US and Israel have spent the last week committing war crime after war crime, including bombing hospitals and massacring children in schools. Absolutely sick and depraved man.
Trying to use less plastic?
Big Oil and the plastics industry are spending billions to make sure everyone else uses more.
“I think what stood out most is the deliberateness and intentionality over the years of pushing plastic into our lives,” said @bethgardiner.bsky.social. “It was such a shock."
"While the world argues over plastic straws, military jets are bombing oil facilities in the middle East, releasing centuries of carbon into the atmosphere in a single strike. This isn't 'collateral damage.' It's deliberate planetary arson. Perpetrators of war: You should be ashamed. #Ecocide
Wetlands filter water naturally—removing pollutants through plants & microbes, no chemicals needed. We bulldoze them for development, then build expensive treatment plants. Humility means restoring what works. #Ecology #Wetlands
"Calling the destruction of an ancient forest 'land use' is like calling arson 'rapid oxidation.' One is a sterile bureaucratic term; the other describes the violent loss of something irreplaceable. Let’s retire the euphemisms. It’s time to call it what it is: #Ecocide."
Good interview with Canadian PM Mark Carney: “you find countries that share your values on specific issues, even if they don’t agree on everything. Then you build together. At the same time, you must recognise that you can’t be truly sovereign or independent just by yourself.
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Big Oil did imagine this — and the risk to industry profits scared them so badly that they launched a decades-long deception campaign to block the energy transition and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
Imagine how different the world might be without Big Oil's climate lies.
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, the story inevitably changed. What began as a film about a city redefining itself became a record of resilience — following how ordinary people adapted as their lives were suddenly reshaped by war.
Explore the series: www.youtube.com/@KyivOfMine
trump says he can end the war whenever he wants.
but:
1) straitsclosed: drone strikes, mining continuing
2) mojtaba khameini in charge
3) regime making big money from oil export
4) knowledge base, enriched uranium stocks, and strong motivation to build a nuclear bomb asap
WHO warns escalating Middle East conflict is worsening:
> 1,300 deaths and 9,000 injuries in Iran, 570 deaths and 1,400 injuries in Lebanon, 15 deaths and > 2,100 injuries in Israel.
+ attacks on health facilities, displacement, shortages of med supplies, disrupted aid deliveries.
Former NDP MP Lori Idlout on joining the Liberal caucus: "Like with any complicated issue, it wasn't just one thing that happened. There are a variety of many things that have allowed me to really reflect on this. And I'm very thankful to be so warmly welcome."
The most prominent cryptic lineage in the world right now is from Lincoln, Nebraska.
It's a B.1 infection (about 5 years old) that has been detected in their wastewater every week for about the last 18 months.
Sooo....
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In the run-up to his war, Trump ignored warnings that Iran could retaliate across the region and stop oil shipments, the NYT reports.
He downplayed risks as a short-term concern that shouldn’t overshadow the mission to decapitate the regime.
Now the energy markets are in chaos.
UK's Climate Change Committee has some of the smartest minds working on modeling the costs of how to get to net zero. And this assessment is likley to be applicable to any fossil-fuel import dependent country.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
#MedSky
The arrogance and stupidity of 🇺🇸 sending 2 real estate developers to the nuclear negotiating table
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
BREAKING - NDP MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to the Liberals, as per a statement from NDP Leader Don Davies.
"The legislation would impose export controls on arms and munitions that are sent to the U.S., similarly to mechanisms that exist for most other countries."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
NEW: Companies are already selling robots that pick fruit and vegetables and weed bots that can tell baby ragweed from baby carrots.
Corporations are trying to automate farming. Time for farming communities to come together to resist, writes journalist, organizer, and farmer @suzan63.bsky.social:
The point of being an independent country is to set our own agenda. In refusing to risk any confrontation with the United States on any issue, Carney is undermining the autonomy Canadians elected him to protect. And, as Trump's taunts remind us, getting absolutely nothing in the bargain.
Fuck this country. #Canada never forget who is a danger to us.
Ottawa Hydro has put out information on preparing for tonight/tomorrow’s freezing rain storm.
