The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData

ECOLOGICAL MYOPIA 'Modern societies also forget that their prosperity rests on a simple physical process: burning things. Contemporary civilisation has been built around combustion, from coal and oil to natural gas that run homes and industries.' theconversation.com/ecological-m...

SOUTHEAST ASIA and GREENHOUSE GAS 'The study found that cutting down forests and converting them to other types of land released more greenhouse gases than any other activity during the 20-year study period.' phys.org/news/2025-12...

With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇

WEST ANTARCTICA and RAPID MELTING '... what happened in the past is likely to recur: geologically rapid shifts that are felt locally as apocalyptic events such as earthquakes, eruptions, landslides and tsunamis – with worldwide effects.' theconversation.com/west-antarct...

Så kan vi måske stoppe snakken om "massakren på Tiananmen-pladsen", som ikke fandt sted, og snakke om de mange tusinde studerende og arbejdere, der blev dræbt i kampe med soldater i Beijings gader og i de andre store byer omkring hovedstaden. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

No Peace on Earth: ICE Swarm Walmart Parking Lot for Christmas Eve kidnapping. Camerawoman calls out their lies about letting detainees call loved ones. Yakima, Washington.

Because famously, all other nuclear weapon states are totally not threatening to the United States.

EU rules help protect your rights, your 🎁 gifts, your 🐶 dog, and your ✈️ travels, so everything and everybody can make it home safely... and on time for the gathering! Merry Christmas from the European Parliament🎄

We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼 Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech. Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful!

Except Mary, Jesus and Joseph were brown… Merry Christmas, everyone.

Journalism USA

GLOBAL WARMING 2026-27 '... we are all [UK MET Office, James Hansen, Zeke Hausfather] forecasting a future rate of warming well above the ~0.2C per decade that has characterized the post-1970 period.' www.theclimatebrink.com/p/my-2026-an...

THE CLIMATE INSURANCE GAP 'Lower-income and marginalized populations face greater exposure, have fewer resources to prepare or recover and incur a higher proportion of losses not covered by insurance.' theconversation.com/the-climate-...

THE “BUILD BACK BETTER” APPROACH 'Disaster affected communities should be rebuilt with capacity to cope with future external shocks and environmental risks. Lessons can be learned from both negative and positive experiences of past disasters.' theconversation.com/disaster-aft...

CLIMATE-DRIVEN PESTS and FOOD “We’ve been lucky so far. But with the multiple threats of climate change and numerous pests and diseases, we need to start thinking about a resilient system to feed everyone.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

THE POLAR JET STREAM 'In the short term, the polar jet stream will be shaping the winter ahead. It is most powerful in winter, when it dips southward into the central and even southern U.S., driving frequent storm systems, blizzards and cold air outbreaks.' theconversation.com/2025s-extrem...

TWO YEARS TO 1,7 °C 'In a sane political culture, this would be treated like an emergency briefing. Instead, it will compete with culture wars, cricket scores and Christmas shopping. That’s the real scandal.' www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...

THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM "With this holistic view, which considers climate and human health outcomes and the environment as well as social justice, we are contributing to the increasingly intense social and political discourse on the future of our food." phys.org/news/2025-12...

WESTERLY JET STREAM and EXTREME WEATHER "Given that future global warming is projected to increase westerly jet stream waviness, it is reasonable to predict that mid-latitude regions will face more frequent hydroclimatic extreme events, such as severe droughts and floods." phys.org/news/2025-12...

MASSIVE BREAKING: : We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files. No Joke! krassencast.com/p/breaking-w...

👀 The most effective protection against fiber-optic FPV drones, according to the military, is still the combination of the Safari shotgun and Ptashka netgun. Ptashka netgun: 4x4 meter net flies up to 30 m. The effective range of the shot is 20-25 m.

Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back

tЯump has begun lifting American sanctions on companies that sell weapons to the Russian military. The Russians have finally offered enough money to the tЯump family and tЯump is 100% on Russia's side now. This is blatant corruption...

The 60 minutes segment they don't want you to see. Thank you Allison. You are priceless. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

PEATLANDS 'They are critical for preserving global biodiversity, providing safe drinking water, minimizing flood risk and helping address climate change by storing more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined.' phys.org/news/2025-12...

In Salisbury, Maryland, on December 18, 2025, a 24-year-old woman named Vanessa Parrazal was violently abducted by ICE while dropping her daughter off at elementary school.

This Immigration attorney is standing outside an apartment building where ICE is searching for anyone of color. She informed them that her clients are legal and they should leave them alone. The goon started threatening her.

Greenland Flag for anyone who is less aware. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark

Russian army 🚴🚴‍♀️

The Arctic continues to set new record daily lows for sea-ice extent, putting early 2026 on track for a potential record low sea-ice extent maximum.

CLIMATE-INDUCED MIGRATION "Whereas climate migration was seen as an issue affecting small islands or Alaska, many Europeans now consider themselves at risk, too." phys.org/news/2025-12...

FOOD COMPANIES and PLANETARY BOUNDARIES 'If the biggest players in the food sector can define what "green transition" means without acknowledging the largest environmental harms, who then sets the direction for the future of agriculture?' phys.org/news/2025-12...

MARINE DEBRIS in MEDITERRANEAN SEA CAVES 'Our findings show that these secluded environments act like natural traps, quietly accumulating debris that drifts in from the sea, and what we saw inside some caves was shocking.' phys.org/news/2025-12...

Nu er det ikke længere kun sympati med "Palestine Action" der får folk arresteret i England men generel kritik af Israel. Europa er under besættelse.

In Chicago, Illinois, armed ICE goons have refused to provide an explanation for their illegal stop of a woman’s car after surrounding it.

Here we go again

WORK and EXTREME HEAT 'Around the world, studies show extreme heat boosts the chances of injuries both indoors and outdoors, impairing worker coordination, reaction time, and judgment.' yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/extr...

ARCTIC REPORT CARD 2025 'Record heat, record low sea ice, shrinking glaciers, continued warming of the ocean and unprecedented extreme weather events are just some of the disruptive changes reported that are transforming this once reliably frozen region ...' wmo.int/media/news/a...

WARNING LIGHTS from THE CRYOSPHERE 'Climate negotiations may move at a glacial pace, but the irony is that the pace of glacier change is rapidly overtaking our ability to adapt to it and protect the most vulnerable people.' theconversation.com/earths-froze...

CATEGORY 6 TROPICAL CYCLONES '... overall, the team estimates that human-caused climate change is responsible for about 60–70% of the increased size in these hot spots—and consequently, of Category 6 tropical cyclones.' phys.org/news/2025-12...

THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET and SEA LEVEL "Understanding the key feedbacks that control ice sheet/ocean interaction is important not only for contemporary environmental change around the poles, but also for predicting future global sea-level rise." phys.org/news/2025-12...

HYDROGEN 'Because methane breaks down into hydrogen in the atmosphere, more methane means more hydrogen. More hydrogen, in turn, means methane emissions stick around longer, doing more damage.' phys.org/news/2025-12...

500,000 Palestinians dead. It is a Genocide! It is mass murder! It is not a war when only one side has all the means for eradication! Hold ISRAEL, Netanyahu & his genocidal followers accountable!

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ICE in Indio, CA chased a family, caused a car crash that injured everyone in the vehicle, kidnapped the father and left the hurt mother and children without providing medical attention (12/19/25)

In a brutal abduction incident on December 18, 2025, ICE In Pittsburgh subjected a man to a horrific ordeal, involving beatings, pepper spraying, and choking.