Glimpses of Recovery Through the Trees Nature, democracy, and ecological contradiction in America's Pacific Northwest Withdrawal is not an adequate response to our environmental challenges. Understanding, and thence action, require encounter and engagement. matapet.substack.com/p/glimpses-o...

Alan Turing, born on this day in 1912. Helped save this country only to be persecuted by it.

Trump has Obama Derangement Syndrome.

What I hate is seeing a random video of animal control rescuing two abandoned dogs and thinking how sad it is that human left them behind, then finding out a few days later that it was ICE that left them there to die after stealing their human family.

Brilliant succinct, and correct, analysis!

Hilarious Russian fail.

Trump has Obama Derangement Syndrome.

Gyotaku began centuries ago as a way for Japanese fishermen to record fish size and species, eventually evolving into beautiful traditional art. Original post

Trump, Rubio, Witkoff and others have realized Zelenskyy can't be bought, so are not wasting their time. Their only reason for engagement is to build resorts and casinos. No resort? No engagement.

OPINION: Southeast Asia's aviation industry capitalizes on Middle East tensions Airlines in the region emerge as transit hubs to Europe trib.al/5SZT6na

Bernie Sanders and his progressive allies are on a hot streak. The senator’s support has been instrumental in powering unknown candidates to major wins this cycle, a demonstration of how much political influence the 84-year-old progressive leader still commands.

Evidence of possible US war crime in Iran. This is so disappointing.

Nigel Farage - Two Tier Politician. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When octopuses are stressed, they retreat into hiding to avoid attention, showcasing their unique coping mechanisms in the ocean's depths.

AMERICA IS BIGGER THAN TRUMP Recently I visited the US to speak about my research. I hadn't been there for a long time, so I took some days to rent a car and travel. These 3 Substacks capture my feelings and experiences with people and nature while there. 1/2 matapet.substack.com/p/america-is...

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

Ugh! Poor Lebanon, poor Beirut. He really doesn't want this war to end. #corruption #war #peace #Israel #MiddleEast www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

TONY BLAIR WROTE AN ESSAY AND IT MADE MY BLOOD BOIL "We do need a new politics, but it’s a politics for the anthropocene." Come over to my Substack and read my sincerely considered response to Blair's intervention. #politics #climate #biodiversity #jobs #health matapet.substack.com/p/tony-blair...

The Emperor Caligula.

This is what an effective leader does.

Until we realise where he gets so much of his funding from.

Russian truck drivers beware. If you participate in feeding the beast, don't be surprised if it turns around and swallows you up.

I absolutely love that film, and Studi's Magua is the essential pivotal character, in my opinion. He was magnificently evil. There were some other scenes which are hypnotising in their depth and quality, but he held the whole thing together, no doubt for me. Thank you for reminding.

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

I'll put it in the diary.

I'm more thinking about that little white dot that rises into the top right corner.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Lower speed limits are effective in reducing, or even eliminating, traffic deaths. It's ok to be late if it means reducing the risk of killing something, or yourself. www.politico.eu/article/hels...

GLIMPSES OF AMERICA THROUGH THE TREES I wrote a second substack about my visit to the US. This time I focus on America's environment, and how it made me think and feel. Come on over and take a look. I'd really appreciate any comments, thoughts and ideas. matapet.substack.com/p/glimpses-o...

You get an entire page of a national newspaper to communicate your ideas and this is how you use it. What a wasted chance to say something useful.

America is Bigger than Trump. I haven't posted on Substack in a while, but now I've regained access, come on over and share my opportunity to reset my attitudes about America and Trump when I visited Oregon. matapet.substack.com/p/america-is...

These are important questions that get to the heart of the matter, which journalists are not asking. Is Farage taking Russian money? Did Farage initially support going to war with Iran because he would profit financially? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I miss having a dog. They're just the best thing ever.

When assembling your dog, please make sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

Just a dog having the best day of its life. Original post

I love this woman ! youtu.be/yRNZIKa6k7E?...

Savemooncamp.org Please share. Developers want to build homes/dredge lake for boat slips where our resident eagles, Shadow and Jackie, live. Please donate if u can to help put the land in trust. Please share on all of your socials. People across the world follow Big Bear's eagles. Thanks

Facts…

Britain must prepare for regular 40+ degrees heatwaves by 2050 as exceeding 1.5 degrees of global heating now expected. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns #Climate

So many are wounded that Russian hospitals are being turned over to military use, such as underused maternity facilities. This has implications for Russia in many directions, and indicates the country's demographic conditions today and far into the future. novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

Thailand, perhaps? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If anything, all three of Obama, Boden, and Trump have been too timid to properly help Ukraine win. So brave and clever Ukrainians have been their own saviours. When you win, you will reap huge admiration and many lucrative defence contracts.

Good to make spoiled Muscovites feel it in their wallets.

Good to inconvenience spoiled Muscovites.

Russian strategies and tactics have not varied since the Napoleonic wars. They believe in scorched earth, outlasting their opponents, and pyrrhic victory achieved by huge losses of peasant conscripts. Ukraine knows exactly who they are dealing with. USA naive, uninformed, and timid.

Russian logic.

Russian nihilism runs very deep.

Cost of Ukraine's domestically engineered and produced precision -guided bomb called "The Equalizer" is ⅓ of US-made JDAM-ER. 500lb JDAM-ER bombs cost $35,000-$50,000 each.