“We want to destroy the humanities as a field, we only want people working vocations, we don’t want you thinking, speaking, writing for yourself.” Is, once again, a Saturday morning cartoon villain’s plot.

The article, about "brazen behavior", uses 5 x the word "to steal" = taking w/out permission or legal right. We abuse w/out their permission hundreds of millions of animals every day. We imposed on the planet our invention of "legal propriety". Isn't human exceptionalism the most brazen behavior?

@wmo-global.bsky.social - Earth’s energy imbalance is at its highest level on record - The past 11 years are the warmest on record, and 2025 was among the three warmest globally - The ocean is warmer and more acidic than ever in the observed record - Climate extremes are posing growing risks to all

Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water?

I know the 'cutest' threatened species get the attention but knowing we've collectively driven emperor penguins to near-extinction hits hard. Short of systemic change I wonder what it will take to make us stop overproducing/consuming. Threads-style docs? Corporate and personal emissions rationing?

Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli wants the federal government to fast-track environmental approvals for oil projects.

"Marine life started blooming again"

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people). This should be treated as a crime! Why should we pay taxes if the richest avoid it & don’t face consequences? www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel....

Was talking to a guy who started scuba diving in the 1970s and still dives regularly. I asked him what were some of the biggest changes he has seen. I expected something about dive computers & other new tech. His reply: There is so much less life now 🙁 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ecosyst...

Sea levels around the world’s coasts are higher than modelling often assumes.

'Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temps The temp of one lake >40C (104F) as water levels plummeted... The extreme heat triggered mass die-offs among endangered Amazon river dolphins & fish, which cannot survive in such high temps' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity "The Earth cannot sustain the future human population, or even today’s, without a major overhaul of socio-cultural practices for using land, water, energy, biodiversity, and other resources"

Between 1603 and 1868, Edo grew into one of the largest cities in the world without ecological collapse through a circular economy rooted in Buddhist values. In this Ted-Ed animation, philosopher Roman Krznaric explores what this 265-year experiment might offer today’s consumption-driven world

"Suffering does not sum. You cannot subtract someone’s hell from another’s happiness." - Tommaso Biagi c4ss.org/content/61059

We assume our best theories are closing in on the truth about reality. | https://bit.ly/3O2OHsX But philosopher of science Manuel Delaflor argues this assumption is not only wrong, but dangerous, and urges us to stop worshipping our models.

NEW: Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes @worldwildlife.org www.worldwildlife.org/publications... “Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing; hundreds of species need urgent, coordinated cross-border action” Please share!

#TheyMatter #AnimalRights 🐟 Imagine being born a #fish and deemed unworthy of moral consideration based solely on the perspective of those who want to eat you, despite mounting evidence proving sentience, intelligence & the ability to suffer more than most 💔 www.sciencealert.com/fish-suffer-...

A Bellingcat and @mongabay.com investigation has identified nine Facebook groups, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform. youtube.com/shorts/uwQNZ...

Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing with hundreds of species in need of urgent, coordinated cross-border collaboration, warns a new UN report.

We tend to see the world as a collection of objects but what if that’s just how our minds learned to survive? In ‘Creative Evolution’, Henri Bergson challenges Immanuel Kant’s idea that space is the foundation of all understanding, as explored in this hypnotic short by John Brady @epochemagazine.org

A new film reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it. 👉 Read the full article: theconversation.com/project...

”How do you apply ethical frameworks to leaders who openly reject them, who treat war as spectacle and legality as optional?”, asks Sasha Mudd in her analysis into Washington’s war in Iran

Esto es mañana! 🌱🐾✨

“Transhumanists want to make the limits disappear that prevent us from getting everything we want and need. They would like to change the world by changing what we are,” writes Michael Hauskeller. | https://bit.ly/4rcDX9Y Click to read more about the techno-optimists who want to delete humanity.

Sure, but he never met Donald Trump.

Layers & layers of challenges due to #climatechange. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

El presidente de Brasil dice que le fue prohibida la entrada al país a Darren Beattie, asesor de Donald Trump, y quien había solicitado autorización para visitar a Jair Bolsonaro en prisión.

Just WhatsApp'd this to my two students working on feminist philosophy, for international women's day. Apparently they're considering giving me the Best Advisor Ally Ever award?

"As women, we have no state; as workers, we have no state; as migrants, we have no state; as Indigenous peoples, we have no state. "When we say we have no state, we mean there has never been, and will never be, a state that represents us, protects our interests, or prioritizes our well-being." 🧵⬇️

It’s worse than we think.

"the Antipodean Antinuclearism project performs the most thoroughgoing investigation into Richard Sylvans nuclear thought" "Sylvan’s distinctive Antipodean nuclear philosophy was punctuated by a non-anthropocentric (or non-humancentric) nuclear ethics and non-statist (or anarchist) nuclear politics"

OpenAI is supporting Trump. #QuitGPT I will be leaving GPT asap.

Run through graveyards on a dusty Winter day Spit the dirt out and try to say Give me the freedom to destroy Give me radioactive toy youtu.be/C9hjOqCKE-U

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

“It feels like you’re liberating soil.”

As deforestation and degradation accelerates, scientists warn the country is entering a hidden water crisis with global consequences.

Brazil: decree 12.600/2025 is moving to privatise major waterways in The states of Pará & Amazonas, including stretches of the Tapajós, Tocantins & Madeira Rivers. The goal? Turn living rivers into export highways for commodities. 🧵

Change the narrative about the ocean! 🌍 Dive into our #oceanoptimism Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with #GES4SEAS — 4 weeks of inspiring learning. Let’s build hope together! 🌟 🧪🌐 #MarineEcology #Conservation check our ocean optimism video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozxe...

"For the first time in a century, shellfish in parts of Boston Harbor are officially safe to eat straight out of the water." featuring my wonderful BU colleague @wallyfulweiler.bsky.social 🦪 #OceanOptimism www.bu.edu/articles/202...

“the govt.,has approved 33 coal & gas developments or extensions since it was elected Just last week, it approved the expansion of a coalmine estimated to release about 236m tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime – equivalent to almost half of Aust’s..annual footprint” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory. www.cell.com/one-earth/pd...

Beyond Kuhn and Feyerabend -- read Mary Hesse! aeon.co/essays/why-a...

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