Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez responds to Trump “not be complicit in something that is bad for the world – and that is also contrary to our values ​​and interests – simply out of fear of reprisals from someone”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The most political act in a time of confusion is refusing to be carried along by the current hysteria. What matters is mastering yourself, because only a self you truly know can act from truth rather than fear.

Guano, global inequality, and the long history of shifting environmental costs from centres of power to distant and expendable regions. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Greece Beyond Recovery: Notes from a Country That Learned to Survive but Not Yet to Change open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

"Democracy is now back to 1985 levels according to some metrics, with 72 percent of the world’s population now living under autocracy. Russia and China are less free today than 20 years ago. And so is the United States". -Human Rights Watch, World Report 2026 www.hrw.org/world-report...

It's no secret that the U.S. has long opposed deeper European economic and political integration. Brexit stands as an example of this meddling. One should always ask who stands behind - and finances - the think tanks promoting particular policy agendas. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

About a year ago I started using more European services. It hasn’t been easy-I’m still on Substack & here -but I’m getting there. If you want to make the shift, here’s a community‑driven directory to help you find European products and services based on real recommendations. www. goeuropean.org/

Could one day future generations look at our extractive habits, the environmental devastation, the coerced labour, and the invisible human cost, and judge us with the same moral clarity that we now apply to slavery? open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Europe doesn’t need an apocalypse to lose to Russia.All it takes is a”bad peace"in Ukraine&a few well-timed crises in Europe itself.The essence of the scenario isn’t that Russia will”defeat NATO"in a major war.The essence is that the Kremlin can win without a major war 📹17.07.2025/BBC News,chykahlo

“And as you will have realised, … policies are often decided by us, humble servants of the State, rather than by those who in the eyes of the people govern. …” Why the most consequential political decisions are made by people you never voted for open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

Excellent video by ClimateAdam about the nonsense that Tech CEOs have been spouting about climate change. They talk about the crisis with casual certainty, zero accountability, and a weird conviction that they’re the ones who should fix the mess they helped create. www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

"The world, and Europe in particular, must abandon the hope that Trump is a temporary aberration. The political forces that produced him will not disappear even if he does. The world as we know it is gone, and it's not coming back any time soon." open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Wondering about the Trump regime’s impact on American science? The graph below says everything This assault will haunt U.S. science for decades. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

When even Plato is suddenly too controversial for a philosophy class, you have to wonder what’s next —banishing Aristotle for elitism? Exiling Homer for depicting rage? open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

When Wealth Make Societies Poor The Lauderdale Paradox, or why accumulating riches often comes at everyone else’s expense. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

If you want to understand what it really takes to own a smartphone or drive an electric car, read The Elements of Power. A book that exposes the dirtiest supply chain on Earth. I can’t recommend it enough.

Remember that these platforms survive on our attention and our subscriptions. Resist.

A story of persistence and courage, a reminder that sometimes the first step toward changing the world is simply refusing to handle seven grapefruits. theclimatehistorian.substack.com/p/ten-shopwo...

Spotify is running ads to help recruit for the regime’s secret police. Don’t use Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky

Power that pretends to be moral is more dangerous than power that admits it is brutal.

A decade after the Paris Agreement, we can see it for what it was, a rare moment when humanity briefly aligned around science, and the possibility of collective action. The years that followed reveal a story of both real progress and deep contradictions. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

A remarkable book by Ian McEwan about how we shape, romanticise, and misremember history. Longing for a Past That Never Existed open.substack.com/pub/marginal...

We say we care about inequality. We say we care about climate change. Yet when faced with policies that might actually shift power or alter the status quo, resistance prevails Today, I write about the chasm between our proclaimed values and our political choices. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Switzerland Votes on Whether Its Rich Should Pay for the Planet. Switzerland head to the polls today to decide on two proposals: - a tax on extreme wealth to fund climate action, and - the introduction of compulsory civic or military service for all citizens. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

The #COP30 agreed on a package. It does not include a transition away from fossil fuels. It hardly comes as a surprise. Predictably, the transition was blocked by fossil fuel interests and oil‑producing states, determined to protect their business model at the expense of climate action.

Something a bit different from me this weekend. How To Spot A Fascist or, how societies seduce themselves into authoritarianism. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

GDP tells us how much we produce - not how well we live. It worked after WWII, but today we need new metrics that reflect how long we live, how secure we are, and whether our environment can sustain us. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How Big Oil Undermined Our Future A look at the double strategy that protected profits while imperiling the planet. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

On the connection between violence against people and violence against the planet. new Substack posting ... open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Guterres is right. Every fraction of a degree higher means more hunger, more displacement and more lives & ecosystems lost. Fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public Every dollar poured into subsidies for fossil fuels is a dollar diverted from our health & shared future. shorturl.at/ZEtXo

Hotter, Sicker, Poorer: Why Climate Change Is Now a Public Health Emergency open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

We saw it coming, but still ... Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor And that’s not all ... Democrats swept the PA Supreme Court races and key elections in Virginia, New Jersey and California go to Democrats. Somewhere, Trump is probably drafting an ALL-CAPS tweet

Remember, remember the 5th of November www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKnj...

Hard as it is to read Virginia Giuffre's story, it is far more necessary, for this is not just a memoir of abuse, it’s a searing look into how sexual predators operate, how they manipulate, and silence their victims. And how society lets them. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Bhopal: When a Sleeping City Met a Toxic Dawn open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

The Vanishing Art of Being Unseen open.substack.com/pub/marginal...

Climate change will have serious consequences but it'll not lead to our demise, Gates said It will just kill millions of people, countless species, and the ecosystems that keep the rest of us alive. But at least wise billionaires will still be around to advise us. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...

Iceland just got its first mosquitoes. Icelanders can thank climate change and the growth of international transportation for this new arrival on their shores. Antarctica, you're officially the last mosquito-free frontier. Hold strong. www.npr.org/2025/10/22/n...

Let's Talk About Trains How Europe’s skies are subsidized at the expense of rail, the climate, and our patience. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

In 2022, Ireland did something bold. It trusted its artists. 2000 creators received €325 a week, no strings attached. The result was more art, less anxiety, stronger communities, and even economic gains. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Over 40 methane seafloor cracks seeps have just been found in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, in areas where none were seen before. Scientists say it signals a major shift likely driven by warming seas and glacier melt. What was once rare is now becoming widespread. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

How the US-China Rare Earth Wars Threaten Europe's Energy Policy and Security open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

When data is compromised, so too is our ability to predict and prepare for extreme weather. In short, you can’t forecast what you can’t measure. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

The Normalisation of Hate How far-right extremism crept into everyday politics and why so many of us stopped noticing. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Writing today about @zackpolanski.bsky.social , Largely ignored by mainstream media, yet since his election as Green Party leader in Sept 2025, the Greens have become the UK’s fastest-growing party and credible alternative to the long-established parties. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

The Trump administration has decided that the road to American energy greatness is paved with coal dust. open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

Given the widespread distrust of Tony Blair among Palestinians, the lack of consensus and support from regional actors, and the ongoing security, political, and humanitarian crises in Gaza, what could possibly go wrong with this plan? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

United States: Where killers dial their insurers, daughters vow chastity to their dads, and families are built not on love and trust, but on control. open.substack.com/pub/marginal...