Calling Japanese Studies academics. A little bird sent me this information. Please pass on, or apply yourself! Japanese studies (language and culture) lecturer or senior lecturer position available at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Massive Russian terrorist attacks hit multiple electricity substations in Odesa, Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure, leaving more the 1 million innocent people without electricity or water in the middle of winter.

Day 381 of nonstop protests in Georgia. The Russia backed Georgian Dream introduced a new law to curb unsanctioned protests. Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E

I'm midway through a 4-gig-1-week tour of Germany to talk about human depopulation and its social & environmental impacts. Spoke at Ruhr Uni Bochum, Dusseldorf, and Duisburg Essen, then Munich on Monday. Great to meet old friends and engage w students and academics from many countries.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reports from Kupyansk, where Ukrainian forces conducted successful counterattacks. Nevertheless, it is quite a move. That man has balls of steel.

This is the best explanation for the current "peace" process, in my estimation. It's about Trump's enrichment.

Good morning. Took this two years ago. No time to go through camera this morning. Nankeen Kestrel. Have a great day.

The EPA website showing this insightful 800,000 year methane concentration graph has been taken offline... Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.

"Irrespective of human population increase or decrease, biodiversity losses continue among most species studied mainly because of change in agricultural land use" Drat. Another glass-half-full isn't really.

Been 4 years since leading military analyst & Trump's future children's rights commissioner Scott Ritter informed us that Russian plans to invade Ukraine exist only in US & NATO imagination

426.75 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 04-Dec-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.

Wow! 100K readers so far! I'm amazed at the interest in this French translation of our article in The Conversation. Pourquoi une diminution de la population humaine ne bénéficierait pas forcément à la biodiversité #environnement #biodiversité #Japon #déforestation theconversation.com/pourquoi-une...

Russia's 1st humanoid robot was revealed today. A bit like a mobik, it fell over as if shot and our efforts at hiding the disaster convinced no one.

Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology

These ICE agents deserve the noose. No joke. They are monsters.

This is 21st century USA. The rest of the world is watching in horror.

Zelenskyy: "Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation - but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness." This is exactly right. We are at war a thug, or a school bully. Give them something and they will demand more!

Probably worth saying that gambling firms prop up The Sun through millions £ in advertising and referral deals. For some reason they don't point that conflict of interest out on their front page story against gambling taxes today (save for a promo note that it "includes Sun Bingo and Sun Vegas")

Health checks and jabs offered at football matches. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Night time in Ho Chi Minh.

An important accelerator. Thank you for your tireless efforts to find out and inform.

Why do so many Americans try to act smart, and end up demonstrating that they are actually really stupid?

Americans - even intelligent Americans - are so f**king dumb.

So, I'm in old Saigon for a few nights ... before moving on ...

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. Here is a blog post I wrote about this in 2023. Be kind to each other and, perhaps more importantly, yourself. #WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth hoodcp.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/m...

By constructing this dark and frightening image of his opposition in the form of "Antifa", isn't Trump actually admitting that he really is a fascist? Every accusation is a confession!

This kind of bothsidesism doesn't help at all, and the @wsj.com knows it. That's why they're doing it. It neutralises the real meaning of what Trump is doing, giving him space to expand and deepen the turmoil he is unleashing. Aiding and abetting the establishment of a dictatorship.

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excessive heat! Shanghai today. 34-35 degrees. Feels like 42. It's supposed to be Autumn!

I remember this in 1993! Was so amazing then.

DEPOPULATION VANGUARD COUNTRIES A GLOBAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR POPULATION DECLINE I'll be at ADRI, Shanghai University, Fri 10 Oct, 4 pm China time. Learn about this global 21st-century megatrend. QR code to register. See you soon! #population #environment #global #megatrend

Reform UK’s Skelton East, Redcar and Cleveland by-election candidate Craig Holmes, trousers down like a toddler doing a pee pee on someone’s property. He’s standing for election next Thursday.

Media indifference gave Trump permission to do these things. He doesn't need support. He just needs indifference. Media creates the public outrage that would stop him.

Apparently Jane Goodall loved this Larson. It's not 𝘮𝘺 favourite, but it was Jane's, so who am I to judge. #ValeJaneGoodall

September was close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial While this is among the least warmed months and the Tropical Pacific Ocean is relatively cool. This indicates a global warming rate of about 0.4°C/decade. A warming rate increase of >0.2°C/dec. In line with a Global Aerosol Termination Shock.

This is just Putin's way of saying he has plans to attack. It's a cute little quirk of his. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Dr Jane Goodall 💚 3 April 1934 - 1 October 2025

Been saying this for ages; but it gets me into trouble. Parading George Clooney in front of a bunch of self-selecting guests, or appearing on SNL and making a joke, and then proceeding with business as usual with the billionaire oligarchs, are not enough. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Depopulation is Reshaping Japan's Countryside, published in Geographical this month, the flagship magazine of the Royal Geographical Society. @rgsibg.bsky.social geographical.co.uk/wildlife/dep...

interesting 🤔

"Moins de monde, mais pas plus de nature : la surprenante leçon venue du Japon" [Fewer people, but not more nature: the surprising lesson from Japan] Nice article in @futurasciences from France. #biodiversité #écologie #dépeuplement #Japon #Asie www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actu...

He deliberately ran her over at top speed.

Read Biodiversity change under human depopulation in Japan on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

More than half of each year group spend until age 22 at uni, then a quarter go to grad school. If you've got huge student loans to pay off, need to get a high pay stable job, and want to get a home, then having children just feels impossible, even irresponsible.

Beautiful! ❤️