Firing 1000 local employees earning $100k per year would “save” Meta payroll exactly $300 million over the next 3 years.

"Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere." ~ George Orwell

“As the CCC rightly has pointed out, investing in adaptation is very important. But governments also need to double down on net zero, because there will come a point at which we can no longer adapt, which is why decarbonising has to remain at the forefront of everything.”

"Fjord", a thought-provoking drama about domestic violence and left-wing prejudices by Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu, won the best film prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday at a star-packed closing ceremony. u.afp.com/SRFR

Good grief!

This is what we are trying to combat. From the fucking Washington Post.

Billie Eilish is facing backlash after saying you can't love animals and still choose to eat them 🌱 We delve into some of the response videos and have a full discussion on the latest episode of the PBN Podcast. Now available in full on the PBN YouTube channel 📺

THREAD 🧵 El Nino has returned, raising the likelihood of more extreme weather worldwide. From record heat and floods to droughts, wildfires and economic disruption, here is what scientists say the climate pattern could mean for the months ahead. #Infograph

Saucisson, fromage, cookie, céréales… Depuis plusieurs années, les supermarchés se remplissent de produits tous plus protéinés les uns que les autres. Une mode poussée par le marketing et le boom de la musculation qui prend les gens pour des cons.

Stand with Palestinian people this weekend on the 78th anniversary of NAKBA.

More on the destruction of US science: Federal science agencies lost more jobs in 2025 (12%) than over the previous TWO decades (8%), including 30% of personnel at NSF, 20% at USGS, NOAA, and NIH. NASA lost 12% (now up to 24% by Jan 2026). (Data from www.aip.org/fyi/federal-...)

Top 5️⃣ most eaten veg in the UK ( 🍅 are veg here, don't come @ us) 1️⃣ Tomatoes 2️⃣ Onions and leeks 3️⃣ Lettuce & salad leaves 4️⃣ Carrots 5️⃣ Courgettes & aubergines ECIU's Jez Fredenburgh explains on BBC Radio 4 why it matters if 80% of all fruit and veg we eat comes from climate-vulnerable countries

"Dr de Zeeuw explained how AI-generated videos promoting anti-migrant rhetoric fit into a ‘post-truth conspiracism’ framework. ‘Post-truth’ refers to a wider movement where arguments are made based on emotions and beliefs, rather than objective facts or ‘truths’. @northwestbylines.co.uk

defenders of capitalism love to say that it has freed billions of people from poverty. UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter explains the absurdity of this argument and how the conditions of capitalism require poverty and inequality to exist:

Oral health: integral component of overall health and important determinant of ageing - The Lancet Healthy Longevity www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Wake up at dawn on Sunday morning for one of the greatest free shows on earth! www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Consider asking your MP to push Ofcom to do its job. Email your MP today! stopfundinghate.info/get-involved...

@iea.org's Fatih Birol: “The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come.” www.theguardian.com/environment/... via @fionaharvey.bsky.social 🔌💡

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Welcome to Trump's new "Golden Age."

Zampolli is a shining example of people alleged to be scammer and abusers have weaseled their way into using Trump’s global platform for their own nefarious purposes.

He is only above the law as long as 340+ million people tolerate it. If Americans want to change the situation they just have to get off their asses, mass organise and shut everything down.

Ten years ago this week, Beyoncé released the defining album of her career: Lemonade. To commemorate the date, we have republished Roberta Nin Feliz's deep dive on the album and the history and legacies of resistance in Black women’s music. www.theflytrapmedia.com/lemonade-ten...

Fascism, betting markets, and loneliness are all connected, writes @andreagrimes.com. "To the extent that loneliness is a man-problem, it’s an everyone-problem, because however lonely they may be, men still hold disproportionate power both systemically and privately."

Can someone get this to the reactionary centrist "gas is cheap" crew?

Data center energy use will nearly quadruple during this decade. By 2030, it will require the equivalent of 54 nuclear reactors to provide this much power. Consider: The US has only 94.

everything in american politics boils down to this

This is alarming and yet not enough decision makers are playing attention to it‼️ SEE FOR YOURSELF #Climate interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...

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⚠️ PLS CONSIDER SIGNING To get Palantir out of the NHS. Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. Palantir is a US tech company with ties to the US defence & intelligence sectors and Israel Defence Forces. #NHS www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...

I can’t believe the guy on the left is moaning instead of celebrating the milestone progress of him and the guy on the right having 2.5 umbrellas per capita. #economics

⚠️ Very important, in order to stop the spread of bird flu. ⚠️ www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

What looks like a triumph to some is, in reality, a deepening social crisis. Milei’s Argentina is not a blueprint to be followed. It is a warning of what happens when the cure for inflation is more lethal than the disease itself. #Milei #Argentina theconversation.com/javier-milei...

Make War, Not Love — Natanyahu‼️

@gilltav.bsky.social Hi Gill. Thrilled to know your doing a PhD in later life. Something I’ve been interested in for a while. What is your PhD in?

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why do electricity prices rise with gas – even when much of our power is cheaper? Prof Richard Murphy explains why it’s not a bug, but how the system is designed. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Happy Spring Equinox and in these difficult times, Happy Norooz (Iranian New Year).

Bizarre piece of anti renewable equivocation from the nytimes. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

Benzinepomp? Duur?

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION 🚨 A five-minute walk from Houses of Parliament, overlooking Westminster Abbey, is one of London’s most unusual addresses. The neo-Gothic building and the political base on its second floor share a name. Welcome to The Sanctuary. investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/the-sanctuary/

A woman in a US hospital had a sample taken of her cancer cells that went on to become the most important biopsy in all medicine. Is her family due compensation? ✏️ Philip Ball

Column: The Trump administration just won approval for an unprecedented coin design from the Commission of Fine Arts. The design of the coin, though not beautiful, is perfectly clear in its message. And the message is chilling.

Fish are animals too! Don’t you think we should care about them? 🐟💔 #fish #fishing #pescetarian

Why does every techbro billionaire believe the same things - "anti-woke", "free speech" (for me but not you) - and sponsor the same creeps? Because their common belief system boils down to this: "I'm the King. Nothing must stand in my way. No one else has rights." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The #CopernicusAtmosphere European Regional Forecasts show increased ground level concentrations of PM2.5 and NO2 across NW Europe in the coming days, reducing air quality in many areas. 🔗 Explore the forecast at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... ⬇️

UK energy: about 14m households getting below average service A consumer group warns that roughly 14 million UK households receive below average service from their energy supplier. @guardian www.ft.com/content/fe8...

Ruling in Belgian Farmer’s Climate Lawsuit Against TotalEnergies Postponed to September

great. just great heatmap.news/energy/strai...

Together Against the Far Right 28 March 12 pm Park Lane London www.togetheralliance.org.uk