The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

as a French national I would like to make it clear that it's fine and good for us to make fun of Brits, but Americans can however put a sock in it

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

the harry potter franchise is a decades long science experiment to see how insane you can make three children. it failed once, it will not fail again

This is a very good piece on how the splintering Iranian military-political state means that any negotiations and resolution will now be even harder, if not impossible. There has been regime change, but not the sort the United States wanted.

NEW from us: India's CO2 emission growth slowed to less than 1% in 2025, the slowest rate in two decades, outside of the Covid drop. This was in part due to record clean energy growth which helped push down power sector emissions and is projected to accelerate this year.

If the war is won, why is the Strait of Hormuz still closed, and why does Hegseth need $200 billion?

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

8 am update for you. The UK grid is currently close to fossil fuel free. Wind and solar 70%, nuclear 13%, gas… 4%. grid.iamkate.com

The featured photo from this excellent post on Defector: defector.com/ice-agents-d...

The little vest grabbing thing they all do... we've gotta get a name for that and make it as socially acceptable as jacking off in public as soon as possible.

'The World According to Gaza. #Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant'

'It’s time to stop posting on X. There aren’t any good arguments left to stay on Elon Musk’s platform' Via @parismarx.com disconnect.blog/its-time-to-...

Notice what they brag about: arrests, trafficking stings, “security like no one’s ever seen before.” Not a single concrete metric on shorter lines or better staffing. Because that’s not the goal.

Activists say that aid delivery is small 'gesture of solidarity' meant to draw attention to US energy blockade.

Wind & solar are currently producing 65% of Britain's electricity. Meanwhile, renewables now offer 30,000 more UK jobs than oil and gas. Meanwhile, we're in a climate emergency. Meanwhile, we're in a fossil fuel supply crisis. Meanwhile, the Tories and Reform want to scrap Net Zero. grid.iamkate.com

This will go down as one of the most pathetic exchanges in the history of the US Congress bsky.app/profile/jami...

Once again, a war fought over fossil fuels, without a semblance of moral value, any justifiable cause, a single coherent aim, or a mote of tactical competence, is about to make us all much poorer and a lot less safe. We deserve to be angry about it. www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...

Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A milestone day for the UK's green economy and clean energy transition as the Future Homes Standard is finally confirmed. Will create a huge new market for solar panels and heat pumps, cutting energy bills and providing a huge boost to flexible grid services. www.businessgreen.com/news/4527363...

Whatever your views are on corporal punishment for girls, this is a bit concerning. bsky.app/profile/patr...

In 40 minutes, Donald said: the Strait of Hormuz isn't closed, but he wants it reopened; we’re not at war with Iran, but our allies are cowards for not helping; he wants a ceasefire, but he doesn’t want one. He also declared victory three times. Such clarity. Such leadership.

To be fair, it's better to pay ICE agents to stand around airports doing absolutely nothing than it is to pay them to brutalize people, but it looks like they're managing to do both.

Cubans are the most affected: nearly 1 million blocked applications totaling $543 million in fees. Venezuelans follow with 239,000 applications and $138 million. Nigerians, Afghans, Haitians, and Iranians round out the top groups.

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

the judge was like “oh yeah! the first amendment”

At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it.

State of Climate report confirms 2015-2025 hottest 11 years on record. Earth’s energy imbalance is highest in 65-year record. Oceans are absorbing 18 times the annual human energy use each year for the past two decades. Extreme weather costs billions. 🌎🧪 wmo.int/news/media-c...

Trump's war is devastating the world economy, yet he expects other countries to thank him. The dementia is getting very serious deanbaker22.substack.com/p/what-donal...

NEW The US guided missile attack on a school in Minab in Iran looks like a war crime By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement

genuinely why does anyone report anything he says at all as if it means anything still

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

As I was saying, par for the course.

“Chronic hunger” at American concentration camps reported by USA Today. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

'On the Warpath. Messianic Zionism, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Israel's War Without End' #Israel #IranWar #US

Turns out #Trump has no idea how #energy markets work 🤷‍♂️ #VeryStableGenius #Iran #Oil @nytimes.com 'Despite Spiking Oil Prices, There’s No Talk of a Boom in Texas Oil Country. Even with oil prices climbing, people in West Texas say it doesn’t feel like the start of another boom, at least not yet.'

'Trump Doesn't Remember What He's Done. But others do' via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social #TrumpShambles #Trump #NATO #Iran

If Iran is dead, how are they pinching off the Strait of Hormuz, attacking other Persian Gulf countries, and getting missiles into Israel?

Nigel Farage can't even turn his notifications to silent. Nor can he stop the video getting out (don't spread it that would be bad) Both useless and security risk.

The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.

FUCK

Trump just raged at our NATO allies for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bail him out of the fiasco he created. He threatened to withdraw from NATO with childish insults. This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2080...

OK, so it’s official from the President of the United States when someone you don’t like dies it’s OK to say “I’m glad he’s dead” we got it in writing folks

Really cannot overstate how bonkers the heat wave out West is. Just obliterating records. 🧪

'The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists.' #tech @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social @aftermath.site