www.oxfam.org/en/research/... "two deeply concerning trends of growing #authoritarianism and rising #inequality are not separate problems. They instead deeply entwined, as governments across the world side with the powerful, not the people, and choose repression, not redistribution."

www.ft.com/content/5523... Prediction: because of the physical limitations of low earth orbit #LEO - these idiots (#Mush #Bezos etc.) will destroy that #space in no time. Bye-bye #space-based benefits such as #research. #satellites #orbits #science #technology

www.ft.com/content/b6ad... Prediction: this is DOA just like #NEOM in #SaudiArabia Folks from that region should cut a deal with Kushner: here is our land, in return for a place in the higher latitudes in #Europe #Canada - Deal? #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #survival #extinction

Hey #EU #Europe #UK - get ships from #China etc. instead of #US #Qatar #Russia #SaudiArabia etc. No-brainer! Should have done this in 2021. Better late than never, though!

Well, this douchebag sure is on a reputation rehab tour. Rahm Emanuel is a crook, no matter his message.

billmckibben.substack.com/p/we-interru... 1/ @billmckibben.bsky.social - right about #India on a different trajectory. This is a story of missing the boat that #China caught in terms of #development #industrialization Being late created the opportunity for #solar #batteries #wind to beat #coal

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u... Actually, make it 60 for ALL elected positions all across the world. And bring down the voting age to 15. The young have the most at stake in the future which is shaped by policies/politics. The old, the least!!!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Know Hope! Go #StaceyAbrams ! #progressive #liberal #democrats #democracy #authoritarianism

watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha... "Half the #world’s 100 largest #cities are experiencing high levels of #water stress, with 38 of these sitting in regions of “extremely high water #STRESS #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #humanrights #justice #urban #land #air

www.theguardian.com/business/202... It is time! #progressives #liberals #democrats #labor #union

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... well... here we are again in 2026 getting ready for another round of this BS.

Because our systems prioritize profit over people.

Economics makes more sense if you think of it as a Power Game! Accounting could have been mandatory in high schools since 1950. The traditional social structure has decided that most people are supposed to be losers who do not know the script. Screw the peons! 🤑 chevan.info/depreciation...

www.noahpinion.blog/p/lets-save-... 1/ I would love to see people like this writer (Noah Smith, white man economist who hangs out w/ Silicon Valley billionaires) explain why we suck at feeding, housing, and generally taking care of even the existing population.

www.heritage.org/marriage-and... The folks who wrote "Project 2025" have now published the wonky version of "The Handmaid's Tale". They have shown zero compunction in shooting #women (or putting offenders in positions of power!) #men #women #equality #gender #lgbtqia #family #children #freedom

carbonmajors.org/briefing/Car... Very informative database on #GHG and #CO2 #emissions #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #oil #gas #coal #solar #EV #batteries #drought #flood #heatwave #hurricane #cyclone #food #land #air #water

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 1/ "We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just." #Canada #oil #gas #migration #adaptation #justice #humanrights

🧵 #climate #geopolitics 1/ #Canada, #Russia, #Norway, and #China have a bit of a problem. Canada, Russia, and Norway depend a LOT on exporting #oil China exports a lot of everything, especially, #solar #batteries #EV

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #garden #naturephotography #flowers

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o... "#America’s #factory #farms generate nearly a trillion pounds of #manure every year, and way too much of it ends up in #rivers, #lakes and #estuaries Next time you take a bite of #beef #pork #chicken etc. - remember this. #water #land #air #climatechange

collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10... "75% of #people lived in #countries classified as #water insecure or critically water-insecure and 2 billion people lived on ground that is sinking as #groundwater #aquifers collapse." #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #thirst #hunger #starvation #drought

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Goes in the list of "things to look forward to" for the pre-college kids. #AI will either ruin the #economy or create massive #unemployment which ruins the economy - and fewer #education opportunities to figure out how to still make a living.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Super-odd to see this kinda language used between two mostly white Christian wealthy educated parts of the world that share a long history of the people themselves - #US and #EU - #colonialism #imperialism aggression rules-based order etc. etc. Surreal!!

openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c... Backing away from #trade #aid #immigration #climate that the #US #EU are doing right now will make this situation even worse for the #poor in the rest of the #world.

www.thenation.com/article/envi... "A 2023 survey of nearly 800 #climate #policy #researchers found that almost three-quarters of them favored #degrowth or no #growth over #greenwashing growth." #climatechange #oil #gas #coal #solar #wind #batteries #EV #fossilfuels

Friends, go write the books that will be the change.

prospect.org/2026/01/20/n... @prospect.org - really? A plan catering to the majority of #Newyorkers (and the world - hello, #climatechange ) is bold? What kinda #progressive outlet are you? This is the bare minimum that needed to be done for #justice #equality We should be doing a LOT more!!

prospect.org/2026/01/20/p... @prospect.org who exactly cares about shops that cater solely to the #wealthy? Why waste important #journalistic resources on covering this crap. Focus on the #progressive issues that matter to the majority of #humanity (and not just #Americans ).

prospect.org/2026/01/20/h... C'mon @prospect - stop w/ the nonsensical America-first style of reporting. The world needs #EVs #Solar #Batteries #Wind - period! Doesn't matter who makes 'em. #Progressives need to unite across the world to deal w/ #climatechange #climate #climatecrisis

Today's #China #news - 1. #population keeps falling 2. #realestate crash 3. booming #exports (e.g. #EV #solar #batteries) Why are these being talked of as bad things? Can you imagine a world where their population is growing; consuming like #Americans and instead of #cleantech shipping #oil #gas

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... What if #progressive parts of #US #collaborate #trade #cooperate with progressive parts of #Europe? Actively support each other ( #research #education #healthcare #climatechange etc.)Cut off the wackos in their own countries? Any examples of this?

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 1/ They don't want voluntary #migration. They want the version from before the Civil War. They already have one version of it - e.g. illegal #migrants exploited in #farms and meat factories.

www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discours... Sound advice - "Find some topic you care about. Just one. Resist the temptation to have takes on everything else. Follow the evidence where it leads, even when it's uncomfortable. Change your mind when you find you were wrong."

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch... 1/ This is super-depressing about #men Please figure out how to live in a more equal world and try not to burn it down because of your petulance. That would be so petty and well... FFS... just get your act together, man. #climate #oil #coal #solar #EV

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography #nature #garden #naturephotography #flowers

omenana.com/2022/07/18/o... #hopepunk #stories from #Africa #booksky #books #speculativefiction #Futurism #Fantasy #fantasy #urban #MagicalRealism

direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi... 1/ "Without #positive #climate #futures, visions of climate #adaptation and #resilience that we can work toward, it’s much harder to motivate broad-based efforts for change in the present." #climatechange #adaptation #hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction

www.honest-broker.com/p/25-proposi... 1/Well it is a Friday-so why not! Here is something to aspire to: the rise of #romanticism and fall of #rationalism I am totally into making this a reality. My contribution is to write stories that imagine how this could become real and what it could look like

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mat... Worth reading! But a couple of Qs - 1. Wasn't #China pulling 100s of M out of abject poverty while #US was people buying multiple houses? #energy #climate #climatechange #geopolitics #resources #southamerica

'Extreme inequality creates an “Epstein class” of global predators, exploiting the rest financially – and in other ways. It creates an ethos that no longer recognises our common humanity, that sees other people, as Musk puts it, as “non-player characters”'

speaking of "entangled" I was just thinking about that post from David Roberts about higher electricity prices (due to AI-driven data centers being cost-shifted to consumers) is making it less affordable to run heat pumps. HEAT PUMPS

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/m... Exactly how thin-skinned is #NYT and this writer (man?) when it comes to showing #women and #men in #movies in different roles. A whole mindless article about it? C'mon man... enough of this patriarchal BS. It is 2026 after all.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Precisely why the real villains in my uplifting #climatefiction #book "A New Faith" are #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #climate #climatechange #ai #genai #tech #hopepunk #mystery #thriller #booksky

Ah yes, corrupt self-interest pressing for invasion! 🤮🤮🤮

I used to distinguish more strongly between my solarpunk stories and my anti-AI stories but now I'm coming to think of them as two flavors of the same thing. susankayequinn.com/books/closet... susankayequinn.com/series/nothi...

Yep. And I just saw this from @globalecoguy.bsky.social, which is the other side of ironing out those massive inefficiencies in food production: bsky.app/profile/glob...

prospect.org/2026/01/14/t... This is quite disappointing from @prospect.org which claims to have the backs of the poor. The #trade did help pull 100s of millions of people from out of abject #poverty in #China and elsewhere. #tariffs are literally turning the clock back on the poor outside the #US

www.highspeed.blog/too-much-more/ Well worth the read - both the book review and the book that is being reviewed! #climate #climatechange #energy #oil #gas #coal #fossilfuels

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Something to keep in mind next time you buy #makeup - Estee Lauder Vs NATO - which is more important?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Iran : #climatechange -> #drought -> #instability Happening in many places - especially, in #Asia #Africa #SouthAmerica #CentralAmerica Whether its #heatwave #flood #hurricanes #cyclones etc.