David Jekel

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.

How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?

if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app

Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules | CBC News A federal judge has sided with two First Nations in Manitoba and one in Ontario that sued the Canadian government over its duty to provide them with safe housing and clean drinking water, in separate ...

Reminder that the Canadian government had fought this in court.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Men aren't more lonely than women but the loneliness epidemic is real. Millions are in isolation, it's capitalist individualism, & disability is isolating. Lots of folks are really alone. But it's not gendered, that framing is patriarchy, babying men like their unhappiness is everyone else's burden.

Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes, UN warns The confinement facility “lost its primary safety functions” after a Russian drone strike in February, nuclear watchdog says.

"Eine Struktur, die radioaktive Leckagen im stillgelegten Kernkraftwerk #Tschernobyl in der Ukraine verhindern soll, ist nicht mehr in Betrieb, nachdem russische Drohnen sie Anfang des Jahres angegriffen hatten, stellte die Atomaufsichtsbehörde der Vereinten Nationen fest."

RFK Jr. Lets Parasitic Sea Vampire Bite His Arm to Show Off ‘Hickeys’ - NewsBreak Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added another weird encounter with an animal to his growing list. President Trump’s conspiracy theorist Health Secretary took a t

www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeas...

Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?

The citizens of the E.U. - all 500m of them need to start boycotting everything Musk sells - his cars, his social media and space services. Boycott everything!

According to Article 1(1) of the UN Convention against Torture, an act constitutes torture if four elements are present: (1) intention, (2) infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering, (3) a purpose such as coercion, intimidation, obtaining information or a confession, or discrimination and (4) a degree of official involvement.254 State agents at “Alligator Alcatraz” use the ‘box’ as a form of punishment. The conditions of the ‘box’ – an extremely small space that prevents sitting, lying or changing position –, combined with high temperatures and humidity levels, and the deprivation of water, sanitation and protection from harsh weather conditions and insects, would likely cause severe physical and psychological pain and suffering.255 Amnesty International considers that the use of the ‘box’ as a form of punishment at “Alligator Alcatraz” constitutes torture.

Amnesty International released findings from its investigation into the Everglades Concentration Camp (Alligator Alcatraz), which was built by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

They found evidence of torture, among other human rights violations.

www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledges that the reason he is in Israel instead of Netanyahu being in Germany is the ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu.

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.

We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money

The thing about being an US born person of immigrant extraction who has also lived in a couple of other countries and traveled to a bunch more is... I can be both very clear eyed in the way the US sucks while also being aware of how other countries use the USA's failings to distract from their own.

BREAKING

Prime Minister Netanyahu says he will NOT retire in exchange for a pardon.

This was a key demand by opposition leader Yair Lapid.

Netanyahu says the voters will decide his political fate.

I read something yesterday that I’ve still not been able to get out of my mind, and I’m nowhere near coming up with a conclusion.
Do teeth taste of nothing? Or does your mouth just get used to the taste of your teeth?

Marwan Barghouti's lawyer Ben Marmarelli: there are reports that Barghouti was badly assaulted in prison, they "broke his ribs, teeth, fingers and cut part of his ear". Israeli Prison Service refused to comment or let the lawyer meet with him.

Marwan Barghouti’s son: Released prisoner said guards ‘physically shattered’ my dad, cut off part of his ear

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.

New investigation: The Egyptian government has sharply escalated deportations of Sudanese refugees, even as war worsens across the border. Through leaked documents and extensive interviews, we examine how the system operates and how UNHCR has failed to protect those affected. buff.ly/jkkaCkg

They hit a nursery.. death toll expected to rise.. a nursery, killing, at least, 33 children
#KeepEyesOnSudan

US imposes $7 million penalty on company connected to sanctioned Russian oligarch The U.S. Treasury Department on Dec. 4 fined New York-based property manager Gracetown Inc. more than $7 million for accepting payments linked to a company owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg…

From @kyivindependent.com: The U.S. Treasury Department has fined New York–based property manager Gracetown Inc. more than $7 million for accepting payments tied to a company ultimately owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. buff.ly/y7Vvj0G

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Please share widely. Let's create a list of BA/BS and MA/MS programs that provide support for refugee scholars and scholars at risk. Thank you!!!

In honor of the unjustly banned Link, I invite folks to post their mutual aid below this thread. I will repost need as long as I am able.

As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important.

Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.

The easiest thing for Democrats to do would be to stop confirming Trump judges, but they can’t even be bothered to do that. Just failure all the way down.

I really hate these people.

YouTube video by ABC7 Man finds 500-pound bear living in narrow crawl space underneath home

Altadena man finds bear living in crawl space underneath his home: 'He's been in and out all week'

The bear's been seen roaming around the neighborhood for 6 months.

The fires must have destroyed his home.

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China’s Climate Transition: Outlook 2025 – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

"[China] will not achieve the target of reducing carbon emissions per unit of GDP nor the pledges to “strictly control” coal consumption growth and new coal-fired power plants"

"The policy environment and target-setting for the next few years are concerning, raising the risk of an emission rebound"

New Mexico launches free online library of teacher-created classroom resources The Public Education Department has launched a free website where New Mexico teachers can download, adapt and share lessons and classroom materials created by fellow educators, including Indigenous, B...

New Mexico is rolling out a free collection of classroom resources created by educators, including materials centered on Indigenous, Black and New Mexico history.

Church Commissioners change policy to allow investment in UK defence companies ‘The bar to investing in defence businesses will remain high,’ Commissioners say

Church of England commissioners are now able to invest in defence companies. This is horrendous

Probably the most heinous line " The Commissioners’ new policy focuses on where a company is domiciled rather than where it sells its wares"
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...