Autocrats like Trump "rule by law" (originally written in Dec '23) open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

A single ship load of solar PV – which can ultimately deliver 170 terawatt hours of PV once installed, is now worth 120 coal carries, or 57 LNG tankers. reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...

Rump consulted the oracle of Grok

When the US is allowed to act with impunity and the debate around it focuses on who is winning, the credibility of the rules-based order has already eroded. It is then unrealistic to expect Russia, China or any other country to treat selectively enforced rules as binding.

maybe not killing 20 people a day could be the first step

PSA - for UN orgs, governments and international NGOs: We refuse to work with donors who do not allow national NGOs to budget for their normal daily overheads. This is one of the original sins of the humanitarian system and a key reason why the localisation agenda fails.

Incidentally, this is what a lot of Palestine looks like today. Very hard for someone with a serious lung condition, like Naser.

Realizing the bubble I live in is not left/right but people who understand the scale and seriousness of the moment and are willing to think ambitiously and creatively about ways to address it and those that… just don’t.

Funny that those of us who survived abuse in the sixties have been telling people for years that the world is, in no small part, run by rich, paedophilic elites, and were roundly laughed at, sidelined, and treated as crazy, yet here we are and The Epstein files and yada yada yada. We told you.

I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...

23/ "NEW ODD LOTS The War in Iran is creating a fertilizer crisis at the worst possible time for farmers around the world @tracyalloway.bsky.social and I talk to Bloomberg Intelligence agriculture analyst about the surging cost of urea" - Joe Weisenthal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

So it’s clear this was a very smart move by the Ethiopian government! A decision they took in 2024!

When I was a child I had books about a bear called 'Mary Plain'. She lived in the bear pits in Bern and got up to all kinds of exciting adventures. I loved those books. In 1990 I came to Bern to see the bears. I cried. They were living in this concrete pit. It was miserable. 1/ A thread 🧵

Liberals love to do “what if these monsters were gay? ha ha ha” satire. It’s gross every time.

This is good news. Likely to accelerate too.

"Once supply chains are established and economies of scale take effect, there is essentially nothing to prevent sodium-ion batteries from fully taking over the market" It wasn't long ago that we were told the energy transition would have to slow because the world didn't have enough lithium.

ANALYSIS: Badenoch and Farage might not want to admit it, but Conservative and Reform plans to scrap net zero whilst boosting the North Sea would actually make the UK even more reliant on gas imports 🤔 www.carbonbrief.org/...

Top trolling by Iran

Of course, this rests upon people acting wisely - and in their own best interests. That's something few people are capable of without reverting to selfishness - though this itself is a symptom, not a diagnosis.

It will always be tragically ironic that the only member state to leave the EU was the one that should have *most* appreciated the greater benefits & value of being a customs union, a single market of regulations/standards & a "Schengen" (& indeed a political union) across multiple nations.

I don't know who pasted the extra couple of words onto this Just Eat sign I saw in Bristol yesterday, but I think I love them. #Subvertising #CivilDisobedience #EatTheRich

Someone suggested the future will be less globalised, less integrated. I think that's an entirely mistaken view. Here's why ... a short thread 🧵

Increasingly clear that the future of the species hinges on the American/Israeli empire collapsing before the climate does

Iranians living in UK tell Starmer that war will only strengthen Tehran regime. I guarantee they are panicking in Whitehall and Washington www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Netanyahu has an end game - months of bombing so Iran ends up as a failed state. He doesn't care what happens to the region or the world economy. All that is completely incompatible with any possible US end game. Trump wanted Venezuela but any slim possibility died with the first bombs.

It's a lot of men we are talking about. Not many compared to us. But more than one. Disintegrate the #EpsteinClass.

Increasing energy dependence on a volatile, globally traded commodity delivers neither energy security nor affordability. Hope that helps. 🫡

Absolutely nothing.

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms "I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

Ann Pettifor and Grace Blakeley will join the David Graeber Institute on Thursday for a talk on Wall Street. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtxZ...

This is a very effective comparison

🆕 Update on Iran War 🇮🇷 The most informative pairing on all things Iran is back with what is becoming (sadly) a weekly slot. @snellarthur.bsky.social and Charlie Gammell offer actual insight rather than breathless speculation. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2oKo... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

I would say that in retrospect Microsoft's Clippy wasn't so bad. He gave some pretty great tips on how to write a memo. He didn't destroy the environment by consuming more energy than most countries. He didn't help bomb any countries. All in all, C- to B+ range, realistically.

An 'epidemic' of violence: The women and girls killed by men last year

Breathe for me. You are realistic, you are goal directed, & you're focused only on the next micro choice in front of you today. You focus on self talk, mental focus, & physiology, because that's what sustainable trauma recovery is actually about. Breathe. Blink. Focus.

Possum is quite correct on the facts. Whatever you think about the decision, prima facie it doesn't constitute Australian participation in aggressive war. We also have a strategic agreement with the UAE, for those who agree international commitments should be honoured. Debate is fine but pollies...

“Everything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. We’ve already lost a lot, but we don’t have to lose everything. We don’t have to surrender.” 💯 - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

@amnesty.org Everything is broken.

@schweiz.amnesty.ch "Houston, we have a problem".

Ahmad is suffering with the rising prices in Gaza and would deeply appreciate help today. @gorangligovic.bsky.social @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app ❤️

@amnesty.org @amnestyuk.bsky.social @schweiz.amnesty.ch The asylum regime in Switzerland - as with the rest of Europe - is overwhelmed and broken. Prejudice in medical settings is rife. We could be so much more humane.

It looks likely I am going to die, soon, in a shabby asylum hostel in Bern, having spent ten days in Inselspital with a perforated pelvic floor - that was never examined. What a shit show. My basic human rights under the Swiss constitution have been trampled on.

Stock taking interview by the great Rebecca Solnit, always inspired by and inspiring social-ecological change. youtu.be/sOJ_uaffG5s?... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

And *deliberately* being obstructive with community energy projects, which could have played a big role in making the coming shock a lot less severe.

So what's on the bingo card for this week? Popular uprising in China? The second American civil war? Anarchist overtake of the 'mother of parliaments'? Scientists prove why dropped toast usually lands butter side down?

I don't always agree with George, though he's right on this. Great man psychopathy meeting narcissistic supply demands can be an ugly business - quite destructive.

No surprise. Censoring the web achieves nothing useful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...