Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.

If it's still her telling me that I'm plucking my eyebrows wrong, or that I should improve my spelling? Thanks, I hear her voice saying that stuff all the time.

The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...

It's just f**king relentless. Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.

English is such a beautiful language

In case you're not aware, the country of Lithuania is the one to watch when it comes to a potential Russian incursion into the EU. Which is why headlines like this one are important, and scary. But why Lithuania? Here's a very quick rundown: 1/8

You will be visited by three spirits...

My late German FIL was indoctrinated like this. By 1946, he was the only surviving boy of his high school class. The rest had been sacrificed as cannon fodder to the vanity of someone’s ambitions.

My late German FIL was indoctrinated like this. By 1946, he was the only surviving boy of his high school class. The rest had been sacrificed as cannon fodder to the vanity of someone’s ambitions.

My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.

Yes. I used to share ideas on social media. Now I’m careful since I found several of mine nicked, appearing in someone else’s publication. I currently share queries or vague ramblings since I’m a stickler for community. And I share finished products, ie, published material. Be vigilant, friends.

Hey #academicsky: friendly reminder that taking the exact ideas or sources, or the exact way someone puts together ideas or sources from someone else's work and framing them as your own is plagiarism. Ideas are what we theorists make in the lab, through long hours of work and years of honing.

These deals are only good for bankers and executives, who make hundreds of millions. Audiences, artists, and employees all get screwed.

Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Reminds me of all those remote-controlled models of my youth, and their inevitable demise.

«The more we rely on algorithms, the more we normalize their values: automation, prediction, standardization, and corporate dependency. Eventually these priorities fade from view and come to seem natural—“just the way things are.”» www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

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do you ever stop and wonder why humans will rapidly spend trillions to expedite AI - a technology that basically no one needs or asked for... while doing next to nothing to mitigate climate change.

Leave no cookie behind.

A gorgeous thread on - tree planting and places in want of an oak.

“I pick them up whenever I see them. Then when I see a place that needs an oak tree, I push an acorn into the soil.” I smiled and felt a prickle run up my spine. 11/12

What a lovely review: #Refuge “is a collection that walks many roads, but which holds up a signpost: Love is always the one path forward through violence, even if just for a moment of self-redemption.”

Great piece on what trees mean to people. The goal is to fight the ignorance that feeds the notion that we can just cut them down with impunity.

Does this imply the President was entirely out of the loop on the action?

Antarctica: Ozone hole closes earlier in 2025 than it has in years: The 2025 ozone hole was the smallest & shortest-lived of the decade. Researchers believe that the ozone layer is recovering sustainably and that international # environmental agreements are having an effect. Taking. Action. Works.

Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...

Book review out today in the latest @panoramajournal.bsky.social - Sunny Singh's Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) ❤️ panoramajournal.org/issues/issue... @profsunnysingh.bsky.social #books

Anyway, calling them incompetent only works if we are applying that word to the jobs they were 'hired' to do: Governance, oversight, legislation, etc. Seems like they are very competent at the jobs they are actually doing instead.

This seems like a step in the wrong direction.

You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you. The mini MRI machine in the radiology play area seems like an okay way to go, actually.

If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.

Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale

Good morning. Have a lovely day. #Kingston #Jamaica

"Mr. Johnson’s dream dinner party was revealed to be eating salmon with Jesus, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But when would he possibly have the time?" I just - this whole thing - I can't. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health

“saying they are going to help save the bee by encouraging all the farmers who supply them to keep more hives. This was, he went on, akin to trying to reverse bird declines by keeping more chickens”

Good rant

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Powerful.

Research shows that volunteering can be helpful for retirees’ health and well-being. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to four retirees about how they’re giving back to their communities to resist current happenings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

People of my generation like Farage have no excuses for using this language, esp as kids. We were a lot closer as a generation to WWII events of only 20 yrs before we were born. It was woven into our education that some things were simply evil. Some people disagreed and apparently they still do..

the thing most frustrating to me abt liberal (& even some leftist) politics are how small the asks are/how they are the same asks people had in the 1860s! - 40 hour work week - less racial discrimination - less sexism - prison reform reformist arguments got 165 years to produce dividends. and yet.

if the system could be reformed, they would have reformed it by now. it has to be reimagined.

1900s America even