John Vaillant

A white Ford Transit van that is labeled "Midwest Plumbing". This is not a real company.

We saw an uptick in ICE activity today.

ICE continues to be spotted around the metro area - dining, driving, and hiding in between events.

Current vehicles on the short list include Black Chevrolet Tahoes, White or Silver Jeep Wagoneers, and White Ford Transit vans with fake branding.

A loveless people whose parents never took them outside . . .

Yes, it really seems that way - a vengeful, spiteful necrology seems to guide their actions.

Life After Cars book cover Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon

"Cars are cars. The problem is cars, and the problem of cars cannot be solved with different cars."
#booksky #cars #infrastructure
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Honored to have an excerpt from my book, "In Trees" (out 4/7) in the pages of this week's
@newyorker.com

This piece is about the summer I spent in a treehouse to blockade an oil pipeline, and why some protest movements change history, while others fade quietly into obscurity.

“I want to state clearly: I will never abandon Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there,” Zelensky said.

Ohne Worte 👇😏

Oil prices are up because of the war in Iran.

That means Russia's illicit profit margins are up.

There has never been a more important time for Ukraine to target and for us to seize the shadow fleet.

Don't let a tight global energy market fund a war machine

Probation for Mountie Who Ordered Witnesses to Destroy Evidence | The Tyee Bystanders said police told them to delete videos of the arrest of Dale Culver, who died in police custody.

A former Prince George Mountie will avoid jail after being found to have obstructed justice by asking bystanders to delete cellphone footage of the arrest of Dale Culver, a First Nations man who later died in police custody. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports.

Nothing to indicate the current admin cares about -any- country's citizens

Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’ Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

US & Israel have such good intel that they know where members of Iranian leadership are to launch strikes or what is in their facilities. But didn't know the community school they bombed, killing ~180 including kids hasn't been a military location for 10 yrs. Bullshit
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'To avert defeat, he is "picking external fights," seeking to mobilize Hungarian voters against Ukraine while also pointing the finger at the domestic political opposition.'

#China is facilitating this depletion with cheap drone tech.

"War pricing"
Don't you mean "profiteering" ?
#Iran #oilandgas

Is oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran? Is oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran? To understand the Trump administration’s military targets, take a closer look at the petrostate pattern.

On Iran, see the larger context.

Five of the seven countries that the Trump admin has militarily attacked since Jan. 2025 are significant oil producers, even though petrostates are rare.

It's not a coincidence. I explain why @goodauth.bsky.social

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Time to bone up on the Crusades . . .
#Iran

Domestic abuser convicted of killing wife who jumped from bridge in Scotland Glasgow high court found Lee Milne, from Dundee, guilty of the culpable homicide of Kimberly Milne, 28 A man has been convicted of killing his wife after she took her own life following a campaign of domestic abuse, in what is the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. Kimberly Milne, 28, died after jumping from a motorway bridge in July 2023. Her husband Lee Milne, 39, from Dundee, had denied culpable homicide and a separate charge of domestic abuse, but was found guilty following a trial. Continue reading...

Domestic abuser convicted of killing wife who jumped from bridge in Scotland

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Hegseth has a history of disrespect for Rules of Engagement.

I know of two of his war crimes punishable by death.

He says US troops should not be limited by legality.

That will maximise bloodshed and retribution on both sides.

If one side breaks the Rules of Engagement then so will the other.

The Crusades come home:

Scenes from a personalist regime

Colin Gray, father of accused Georgia school shooter, found guilty of murder Colin Gray, 55, faces a maximum of 180 years in prison after a Barrow County jury found him guilty of 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder.

Breaking news: The father of a teenager accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school in 2024 was convicted of second-degree murder.

It’s a landmark victory as prosecutors attempt to bring charges against the parent of an alleged shooter.

A Paradise in Spring: An Ecological Account of Birds, Fishes and Hunters in the Bāburnāma Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur’s autobiography anticipates an ecological and multispecies way of understanding the environment, highlighting confluence rather than divergence between humans and nonhumans...

New Arcadia article by Smarika Nawani on how the autobiography of Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), the first Mughal emperor, anticipates an ecological and multispecies understanding of the environment, highlighting confluence rather than divergence between humans and nonhumans.

#EnvHist

Scientists Decry Political Interference in Courtroom Science – Science Politics Leading scientists speak out after climate science was dropped from the federal judiciary's key scientific reference guide.

28 scientists say political pressure to remove a chapter on climate science in a manual for judges is a troubling turn for other disciplines, too. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

sciencepolitics.org/2026/03/02/a...

Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

Forensic pathologist who watched Epstein's autopsy says suicide ruling 'absolutely wrong' The US Department of Justice, the FBI and New York City forensic experts might have moved on from the possibility Jeffrey Epstein did not take his own life, but many have not, and now suspicions aroun...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

AI: Does not compute Building fossil-fuel infrastructure to power data centers is a poor bet. Renewables are by far the cheaper, faster choice.

Amory Lovins has entered the chat:
"Today’s AI mania rhymes: Gas and nuclear vendors that can’t beat energy efficiency and renewables in competitive markets are leveraging hype into mandates and subsidies to rescue their losers."
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Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting CNN: “We’re told that Pentagon briefers did make a stark acknowledgment, and that was that there was no indication that Iran was preparing to preemptively strike U.S. bases.” Below is a CNN split-screen segment showing a female anchor on the left and a male correspondent on the right. A red “BREAKING NEWS” banner reads: “SOURCES: BRIEFERS TO CONGRESS UNDERCUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIM OF IMMINENT IRANIAN THREAT.”

Just like Venezuela does not send fentanyl to the U.S. and Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. It’s all been false flags to justify military aggression and war.

B.C. is finally adopting permanent Daylight Saving Time | The Narwhal On Mar. 8, British Columbians will spring forward one hour for the last time — seven years after B.C. introduced legislation for permanent adoption of Daylight Saving Time

BREAKING: B.C. is finally ending twice-yearly time changes, announcing that as of this Sunday, the province will be on permanent Daylight Saving Time. Originally created to save energy, changing the clocks doesn't benefit the environment, writes @michellecyca.com: thenarwhal.ca/daylight-tim...

Total Lunar Eclipse on March 2–3, 2026 – Where and When to See Total lunar eclipse on March 2–3, 2026: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.

🌕➡️🔴 Lunar eclipse alert!

Depending on where you are (mostly: Central/Eastern Asia, Oceania, most of North/Central America), you may be able to see a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ("blood moon") overnight!

You can find information about timing and viewing locations here: www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna...