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“Across a three-page resolution, the IAGS presents a litany of actions undertaken by Israel throughout the 22-month-long war that it recognises as constituting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
yep
Grifters gonna grift. What gets me is the ineptitude of Democrats over the years to enforce purported US laws against this kind of corruption/ crime.
as a force that they can no longer contend with. Trump may even know this. He may know he is the president of the US as a fossil fuel liquidation world, but he’s taken the grift. It’s gonna be Four Seasons Total Landscaping all the way down.
use a kind of political kung fu on their opponents, using their strengths against them. Support the oil & gas powers that be to bring down your biggest competitor while you jump ahead in the technologies of the future and transform their strength into a future weakness, when you can then rise up
space. If China’s goal is really to create an ecological civilization w itself at the technological helm of that ship, it has not prevented it fm seeing how not just allowing, but advocating for the doubt/delay/deny policies by powerful oil & gas lobbies fm both Ru & the West could be a way to
to want Trump to cater to its homegrown oil & gas oligarchs, Russia style, to hamstring its renewables development so that in the next shift to a renewables world, the US will be stuck even further behind China, which has already jumped leagues ahead, sealing the deal on its own hegemony in this
ones that Xi influences Putin, then it makes sense that China would want EV/renewable friendly policies in Hungary to grow its access to European markets. In this case Hungary is a facilitator rather than competitor, while the US has been a primary competitor. So it would make sense for China
rep of being friendly to Russia, but a shift in who’s your daddy seems to be happening as in 2024 China became “Hungary’s top source of foreign investment”. So why the discrepancy between Trump & Orban on friendliness to renewables? If theories that Putin influences Trump are correct, as are
chosen Hungary as its gateway into restricted European markets & Orban has been happy to oblige. “Home to more than 700 auto and component manufacturers, Hungary is the only European country other than Germany where manufacturers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz all produce cars.” Hungary has a public
It’s also notable Trump, w his own a history opposing China, has multiple times praised Orban’s approach—which seems to have shifted prioritization to China receiving over $10 billion in investment fm China into electric battery manufacturing. restofworld.org/2023/chinese... It seems China has
this kind of dad joke exchange gives this place life. glad it’s renewable
This pivot fm Eu to Ru & Ch stems fm the countries foreign policy shift to that of an “Eastern opening”. lefteast.org/hungarys-rei...
Worth noting indeed. “Hungary is the only nation in the European Union and NATO where Russian fossil fuel and nuclear energy support the operations of Chinese battery factories, which, in turn, supply products used in German luxury cars.” www.gisreportsonline.com/r/hungary-ru...
Ooh 😳 Yes. Probably worth it indeed… the devil is always in the dirty little details isn’t it
Aww thanks. They are in retirement now & usually shun the limelight since they stepped back fm their ig meowdeling days. 😹
the ongoing disappointments
The cats know it’s September and are not even fighting over who gets to blob around on this deck in the waning summer sun.
the public euphemisms on characterizing the Gaza genocide as an unfortunate need for a bulldozing clean up job with an upside of valuable waterfront land to develop go at least as far back to this March 2024 interview www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
generational amnesia. such a biche
evergreen
Good morning flowers and birds. Hummingbird feeding in the okra flowers. 🌱🌿
being threatened w annexation doesn’t exactly bode well for Canada vibes being lit either
i just don't think it's at all mysterious why the website that's massively dominated by the exact kind of people that Trump 2.0 is actively persecuting might have more depressing vibes in 2025 than it did in 2024
This reminds me of the move to report oil & gas emissions as intensity rather than absolute bc it loses its easy comparability to other emissions so you have to do more legwork to interpret, and bc it allows them to actually continue w their growth objectives. academic.oup.com/jwelb/articl... 🌎
He’s been axing national parks for some time. psmag.com/environment/.... & blog.ucs.org/elliott-negi... #uspoli 🌎
John stuart Mill was a colonial administrator of the East India company from 1823 until 1858. He was an advocate of “benevolent despotism” of India.
And a lot of this thought traces back to Ru and older fascistic thought. salvage.zone/behemoth-and...
Ecofascists have been working hard to co opt the back to the land movement for some time now. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
2025 is a zombie movie.
#peace #humanrights #lawfare #legalsky
This is such an important conversation to be having right now. Not only in Canada, but around the world. Yes. Universal human rights are foundational. Their erosion underscores the climate crisis, the atrocities in Gaza, the rise of western autocracy, & the growing sound of war drums globally.
Sorry to hear that. Been a rough summer on my end as well. Hope your fall is better.
Yes I wouldn’t be able to get it to grow at our house bc it’s too wet and shady here. It seems to like thin rocky soil and hot dry conditions.
and now I’m kicking myself we didn’t pack more because apparently it makes a lovely cider. Years ago my husband made rosehip wine that was really good, and these taste better than rosehips to my palette, so defs will have to try. Maybe we have enough to flavour some apple cider. Hmm 🧐 🍷
We have usually gone up to Desolation Sound in July, but one bonus of our July plans getting shot this year was learning that in August manzanita berries ripen and, though dry, actually taste rather delightful. Tart & sweet. I managed to convince the 8 yo to pick a few while we were packing up camp
day
The previous photo was fm last July. I was so spent when I was there this August, but remembered on our last dat to gather a few yarrow leaf fronds. Today I dehydrated them and am storing them to drink in the cold months as a restorative tea. Making a note to self to harvest & sun dry next year.
Coastal yarrow sun salutation through the old arms of a great grandmother manzanita. The sea so wet and azure blue. The land so parched and yellowed.
I am once again reposting this absurdly useful essay from Tim and Kate, because not enough of you have read it.
been off grid for a week up the coast wilderness camping boat access only. did me in. heat exhaustion, scrapes, mosquito bites… but at least i got to hang out w this guy for a bit
Thanks! Just getting back. That sounds utterly lovely.
drat. heading off grid so can’t watch for at least a week. pls at least don’t retire before then! 🙃
It can take a while on this new platform to get engagement. This article has some good tips. I hope things take a turn for the better for you here soon. debbieohi.com/2024/03/blue...
Maybe you can petition to join Canada? We already have connecting trains, hydrogen highway, and history of climate deals. Not to mention I miss Joshua Tree…
Thanks. 🙏🏻 Dh broke his hand, and then his father’s cancer took a turn for the worse leading to us losing him earlier this month, so it’s been a biche of a summer that trashed all our plans. So hopefully we can decompress a bit off grid up the coast for a bit…
You must be fun at parties. Maybe look up what rhetoric is, of the use of hyperbole. You are reading her totally wrong and coming across as not only dense but super judgemental. Clearly you ought to apologize for putting your foot in your mouth & then proceeding to eat it.
No! What?? 😭
www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
this moment and convince @mark-carney.bsky.social and other democracies it’s time to partner with the Eu and finally not just do the right thing, but the necessary thing to actually walk the talk of making the dream we sell to our kids of a brighter future. #cdnpoli #biodiversity
“it is now more than ever that the EU must play a leading role internationally to inspire confidence and prevent other countries from dropping out” This is a massive issue looking fm Canada where we have precedent largely mirroring the US. I hope @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will step up to meet
Isn’t that the whole thing about contract law. That you can’t just cancel them? And it strikes me as utterly unacceptable, tragic, despicable that the US by law protects dog babies more than human ones. I recently ranted on about this: bsky.app/profile/amar... It’s systemic child abuse.
Alright she's done! #illustration #art #portugal
The Moon, Jupiter, and Venus hosting a 5 in the morning peek-a-boo conference of parties.
Great. Let’s do it on education, health & wellness too.
I’ll try and take some ocean life pics for you. 🪼🐙🐟
Please join us on a life-changing journey!
I love the colour shift to turquoise in Howe Sound as you approach Squamish. Going to be offline a lot in the next week, trying to make up for the loss of most of my summer…
Study confirms what I teach my World Civ 1 students in the first few weeks of class.
71% of Canada was in drought as of July 31. In British Columbia, snowpack in May was 71% of normal, but by June, that plummeted to 13% of normal, w some areas at 0%. archive.ph/SWQMH #drought #climatechange 🌎 #cdnpoli 🇨🇦
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
You can see a bit more detail about my new Rapa Nui book here mikepitts.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/i...
look I'm not myself a political scientist so I can't say what effects it would have for a spate of politicians to crop up saying "the enemy is the oligarchy" and "the enemy is billionaires" while swinging a kettlebell but I think we should try it for science and see what happens
Quote post w a pic of graffiti on your phone. I have a fair amount of graffiti photos, but this one fm a side door I noticed in passing in Montréal is the most haunting
An important new research publication from the Laudato Si Research Institute: "Indigenous Approaches to Nature: Insights at a Time of Planetary Crisis" lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Long gone. Left when I started seeing pedo rape memes about Greta T start getting amplified. I’ll have nothing to do w anything or anyone that fosters that scene. They should lose their license to operate. And if the state doesn’t revoke it—is a dereliction of their primary duty to protect.
denim eye-balm wish you were royal before queens when you call I rise
I agree. It would be good for Canadians to divest fm anything to do w DJT. Extricate ourselves completely. Holdings Goal: 0% #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Heroes
How effective is psychological inoculation in improving resilience to vaccine #Misinformation? Introducing Bad Vaxx, a game that "exposes people to weakened doses of manipulation techniques commonly used in vaccine misinformation and to strategies to identify these techniques" - Appel, R.E. et al.
I was a Boy Scout growing up. Where is the digital equivalent? All of the organizations we have for addressing the “boy problem” seem woefully archaic. Where is the non-profit using games to reach young men? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Also wasn’t asking you to track. Was just wondering if you knew someone on here who was.
got it. thanks for letting me know
For a little bit more about what #BigOil did and how they owe YOU for what they did, tune into the latest episode of the #ClimateLens, featuring #PetroleumPapers author & investigative journalist @geoffdembicki.bsky.social of @desmog.com #yyc #abpoli #ClimateChange #cdnpoli bsky.app/profile/calg...
A 'maddening' new bombshell report revealing the fraud of plastics recycling. @rebeccajohn.bsky.social reports for @desmog.com on an exclusive document showing the petrochemical industry knew as early as 1974 that recycling was a false solution. www.desmog.com/2025/08/05/m...
Once Upon A Time In LA ... Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact 'Civilization' NEW story of early front group that went 'rogue' before being pressured back into line by California's oilmen Latest investigation and story by me ⬇️ www.desmog.com/2024/11/12/r...
DuPont knew. Plastics knew. We can't recycle our way out of the plastic problem. Earthday.org calls for global cuts in plastic production, citing latest findings by @desmog.com
The Israeli military has a special unit called the “Legitimization Cell" assigned to identify Gaza-based journalists it could portray as undercover Hamas operatives, in an effort to blunt growing global outrage over Israel’s killing of reporters. I'm going to be sick www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Today’s @theglobeandmail.com editorial cartoon is a banger
Yeah sorry. Too vague & big of a Q. It was late..
glad to hear that
*taps the sign*
“Nemesis is different from revenge and far from justice. They both require external agency, but in nemesis the evildoer destroys itself in the very process of making evil….In attempting to deprive all other actors of their agency, the evildoer turns the whole action against himself.” So true.
this is the nrg
rubio: look, he just says shit ok? it’s verbal diarrhea. you can’t hold him at his word. you just need to flush it after every speech. you just need to focus on keeping watching the grand ol show. and, just keep silent. and complying.
watched in on silent bc dh is sleeping and it was still awesome
all kids. everywhere
rallying around the kids is my, if you could do one thing, thing bsky.app/profile/amar...
I make lists and find ppl that way, manually. I thought it was mostly hard to find ppl bc even though it’s chronological, some talk a lot, while others post intermittently so it’s hard to wade through it all to find their contributions.
“Roughly half of the Palestinians killed by Israel were children. The deliberate massacre of children is unprecedented, as is the record number of reporters killed.”
the logic of the abuser. the one who considers himself a justified predator
Yeah. I thought maybe he had changed w the Molly Maid thing, but noop
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, Lest the last syllable of the Epstein records be found on time; All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Such an important piece
prez of “peace” actual president of pieces: you take this piece putin, & i take this one
i had to go to highs school w him. was bad then. worse now
their ecological civilization can’t come too soon