If we’re proceeding into a markedly different era where (big picture, broad brush strokes etc) pluralism (globalisation, multilateralism, universality) is giving way to polarism (regionalisation, oligopoly, singularity)…

The extent of global sea ice cover will end the year at more than 2 million square kilometers below average 😞 Monitor at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i...

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

Something most people in developed economies don’t realise is: If your retirement age is 65, and you’re below the age of 45 today, that means your retirement will occur after our climate reaches an unliveable 2.5C above 1850 temperatures.

Heartbreaking news. I was lucky enough to know her while I was working at UNSW and she was one of the nicest and most capable people you'd hope to meet in this job. What a tremendous loss.

When trees grow together as natural forests, they provide each other with mutual protection, and create their own micro-climate within. In prehistory, trees along the Irish Atlantic may have become very big at the base 100s of years of growth, but probably less tall than more sheltered locations.

No faith in fossil fuels? Why some religious leaders are speaking out on climate change. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/n...

My presentation at this seminar series is now available online at euroreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_eur...

Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 29, 2025 ~ Tomorrow and tomorrow ... "Here at the end of 2025, we are already living with the consequences of delay. Flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are no longer rare events; they are becoming features of normal life." www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

Since added flame retardants, e.g., in insulation materials, can account for more than 10% of CO2 equivalents, it is worth considering ways to avoid or replace them in construction. The current practice of using as many plastics as possible, both in homes and as homes, cannot be sustainable 1/3

"Excess fuel supplies, a hardware backlog and a more competitive alternative bode ill for LNG market incumbents. A crash is looming." I'm used to making forecasts a few years ahead. But things are moving fast now. I wrote this story in Sept and now Reuters is running with the same message

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

If you’re younger than 30 today - it means that retiring after 2060. By then our climate will be 3.0C to 3.5C above 1850 levels. A major collapse in West Antarctica’s glaciers and ice shelves is very likely, if not guaranteed. That means all of London and most of New York and Tokyo under sea.

One person died at Eisbachwelle in over 50 years and the city removed the wave. ~5000 people have been killed by cars in Munich since the discovery of Eisbachwelle and yet…

No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions. "He was worried they'd invade Russia." No he wasn't. He just wasn't. That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.

“Reform UK…A party that promised to be ‘different’ seems instead to be collecting ex-Tories like Panini stickers, except instead of legends you’re mostly getting the ones that never made the starting team” www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.

I rather think what has put Dyson's "family business¹" at risk is selling fucking hugely overpriced non-essential sucky-blowy machines. ¹ Does he want us to think Dyson is like some kind of local greengrocer or something? The massive splat of jizz.

People who say "we've all just stopped LISTENING to each other" are always a maximum of eight minutes away from saying that the left wants to shut down free speech.

interesting things going on at the klan site

So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.

Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation A shameful day for Indonesia and the world

Perpetual reminder: extreme rainfall events increase due to #globalheating. Weather station data show what has been predicted for over 30 years by climate scientists. These extremes are now far outside the historical climate. Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Good thread, Kevin. One effort that I'd like to see more energy transition proponents make relates to developing and conveying narratives about what pragmatic, incremental steps toward transition require (costs) and yield (changes, benefits). Your work produces a lot of building blocks for this.

If you are into video games set in a post apocalyptic world where AI bots and drones are trying to attack all humans, and if you like games where you can collaborate with other human players (or not) to scavenge for life saving artefacts and equipment, then Arc Raiders might be worth trying out.

Trafficked children don’t care about politics. They care if someone comes for them. Around the world, justice is delayed while evidence is buried…and the man atop the United States helps keep the truth from daylight.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

vance is a genuine lunatic

99% of what you need to understand about the relentless murder of our living planet, in one word: CAPITALISM

Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?

Your 'doom quote' for today: "Do you not see how weak they are, the impotent and dream-like state in which the sightless human race is bound?" store.doverpublications.com/products/978...

Totally normal

Boxing Day in Orimattila, Finland at 61°N latitude. Wonderful weather, although at this far north you'd expect to have some snow at Christmas.

Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Let’s hope history repeats itself with its successor.

Throwback to Audi’s Christmas advert from 5 years ago, back when top German automotive companies still believed EVs were the future. (EVs still are the future).

“After a 10-month exhaustive, rigorous investigative process, I have been cleared of all allegations raised against me & my employment suspension has been lifted & my ARC Future Fellowship reinstated” Pretty poor to subject a scholar on a prestigious Future Fellowship to this on such flimsy grounds

Pope Leo condemns suffering in Gaza in first Christmas sermon

This is worth watching. It reminds me of the claim that DDT was "so safe you could drink it." Yet another example of industry recycling refuted claims. @kaurov.org @michaelscherer.bsky.social @davidho.bsky.social > www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw... >

Probably the best Christmas story you'll read this year. At a time when it can feel like selfishness and greed are winning, some people are showing a better way.

Did you know the East German secret police ran an elite poetry circle in an outer district of Berlin?! Handles a heavy subject with a light & sensitive touch, making for an informative (no pun intended) & enjoyable read @philipoltermann.bsky.social

Such a beautiful story of an enduring friendship. Do read.

Rivers with beavers can have up to 6x more species of fish, amphibians, water insects, water plants, and dragonflies, and up to 60x more abundance, than those without. What the beaver does for nature is absolutely mind-blowing. share.google/zRvScq1fvarX...

can't pretend I particularly care about Christmas but you lot may enjoy the fact that this French-Moroccan household will be having a beef tagine and a gratin dauphinois later

Merry Christmas everyone!! Have a lovely day whatever you are doing.

Christmas tree decorations It's 16 Grey Herons in those trees #heron @everyheron.bsky.social

READ THIS: Still probably the best #ChristmasEve tradition I’ve heard. Iceland definitely does Christmas well — my Reykjavik clients had funny comments about this! Are you planning to curl up with a great new book on cities this #Christmas? Share your pick with us using hashtag #UrbanismBookClub!

The ice at Santa's workshop is melting away... #NorthPole 🎁🧑‍🎄 Check out my blog from November 2022 on this graphic at zacklabe.com/blog-archive...