The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Chapter 1. Now on the news.

The problem with late capitalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money

This is so on point. The worst chapter in every such book. (I've had several authors tell me that publishers basically force them to write this chapter.)

crazy time for a trip to the moon considering gas prices right now

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

Strange how the same people who spent years attacking NATO suddenly expect it to show up and fix their mess. NATO isn’t there to bail out the Trump-Epstein war. #SheShed #Voices4Victory

Posted by the Tla’amin Nation on Facebook. This is epic. 𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” www.facebook.com/tlaaminnatio...

Americans are told low taxes equals freedom. But freedom that disappears when you get sick, lose your job or age is conditional. The real question is not what you pay. It's what you get in return.

I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.

Too funny

No one outside the U.S. is confused and no one here would be confused if they saw this happening in another country.

You threaten to conquer a country a whole bunch of times and all of a sudden people get all mad bsky.app/profile/step...

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

I don’t know why this incenses me as much as it does, but it does: we very likely have a thousand plus Mozarts *right now*. But they make non-Western art in economically destitute conditions so they have to do other work to pay bills; if you cared, UBI’d be more important to you than going to space

Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you

“What about China?” For years this was the go to excuse for people not to support action on climate change. Sure China still uses a lot of coal but that appears to have peaked and when it comes to installing renewable energy tech China leads globally hands down.

Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."

Wow.......no words.

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.

Mark Carney makes Pierre Poilievre look like Pierre Poilievre.

It's disgusting that Canada is being unwilling sucked into the vortex of MagaBS. That we now have to defend ourselves against f'ing Trump & his uneducated, brainwashed zombies.This manufactured Canadian threat would be comical if stakes weren't so high. I preferred watching their shitshow from afar.

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

Just a reminder that there is still beauty in humanity, amidst the chaos

Translation: "We are containing the geopolitical damage done by President Manbaby and the eyeliner wearing sofasexual."

Did you know the most powerful force for climate action is LOVE—for our children, their future, and the world they’ll inherit? That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather. Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

Imagine if we could use this tech towards solving humanities climate crisis instead of wasting it on another killing machine. "The system blasts more than 60 kilowatts of directed energy, enough to power up to 60 homes, at the speed of light and can hit targets up to five miles away."

I love reading.

Canadian shoppers ditching made-in-USA goods as tariff threat looms #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIH5...

Massive rally in Berlin against against far-right fascism. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇

Wonderful #ClimateChange substack by @katharinehayhoe.com No single person or solution can solve the climate crisis – and sadly The Trump is against anything that's not oil or gas – but it doesn't mean hope is lost.

The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them. -TurkishProverb #Democracy#humanrights#climatecrisis#WealthDisparity #PowerAndManipulation #SystemicInjustice#EquityForAll

Canadians will happily join in. There will be a massive decline in American manufactured purchases by Canadian consumers if he goes ahead with his ridiculous tariff threats. Guaranteed.

Another reason to vote for Carney. #Neverpoilievre #Canadianelection #climatecrisis

This in one essential reason to support Liberal Mark Carney as the next PM of Canada. PP of the conservatives is the Temu Trump we do not need. #MarkCarney #Canada #TemuTrump #NeverPP #Prochoice #vote #Canadianelections #womensrights #mybodymychoice

The #UCP is being supported by large fossil fuel interests. They are doing their bidding rather than working for the benefit of ordinary #Albertans. Why else would OK an open-pit coal mine but stand in the way of renewable energy. #ABpoli

#MasculineEnergy #clowns

This era of AI, political manipulation, alternative facts & social media algorithms, media trust is on life support. Journalism needs quality standards to be labeled such. Code of ethics for all, non-partisan watchdogs, and clear labeling for authentic, fact-checked work. 🚨 #MediaEthics#TruthMatters