It really must be tough to process, watching both your favourite empires decay and collapse during your lifetime.

Vaccines are humanity's greatest scientific achievement.

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

Its amazing how rational Republican senators get when they're on the way out.

Fun facts about the Danish Straits: the tolls paid by shipping were responsible for the beautiful castle of Helsingør which also led to one of the most magnificent works of English literature - Hamlet.

Europe has hit a record share of electric vehicle sales - in May it was up to ​23.6% market share "Consumers are responding to Europe's energy security challenge, ​with every new electric car sold cutting fuel costs ​and permanently reducing oil imports" www.reuters.com/business/eur...

He can't talk about anything without being weird and creepy. I would change my seat on a bus just to get away from this guy.

Is there a URL to the black on white part? I might want it for the thread serving as my 'collection of poorly sortedl things that are happening lately' store bsky.app/profile/hele...

"profoundly immoral" feels like an understatement, somehow.

Arrêter de scroller pour le fun fact du jour 🚨 75% de l’aluminium produit depuis 1880 est encore utilisé 🤯 Donc mettez vos canettes dans la bonne poubelle ♻️ Vous pouvez continuer de scroller 😇

“The rest is irrelevant…”???

how many administration officials had pre-IPO positions in SpaceX stock?

I mean just look at this, my god www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

lmao

This is damning. This was his main justification for the war.

La France devenue paradis de la finance non régulée : un rapport d’enquête de l’Assemblée nationale dénonce les soutiens aveugles des pouvoirs publics à des fonds de capital-investissement qui reprennent des entreprises par centaines en les endettant. www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...

I initially misread the headline as ‘with 40% coal’ instead of ‘with 40% goal’. But the aim of Chinese policy is actually to improve integration with renewable energy generation. (even with a coal-heavy grid, electrification makes sense)

‘You are legally required to be indoctrinated at the Center for Intellectual Freedom’

How 6 Billionaire Families Fund Climate Denial and brought us Project 2025 - desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial

To date, the adaptation needed to cope with this has not kept pace with this trajectory. We are, for the most part, completely unprepared for this rate of change.

Worth noting that it would be possible to tax his wealth *AND* convict him for his crimes.

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what this means is they are going to fully obliterate black representation in the state

We often label fossil fuel firms as #climate criminals (and they are) but spare a thought for the bankers without whose mega-funding this would not be possible. They are every bit as criminally culpable. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"If you want to move to the next stage where we can work on [affordability, healthcare, and other issues] elect me for this one term and I will help get rid of Donald Trump sooner rather than later, and help push Democrats to fight this guy harder now because we don't have the luxury of time."

These guys turn my stomach. They should be in prison forever.

Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.

every accusation is a confession

I mean, that's got to be the face of one evil motherfucker, right? 🫤

www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts... I am so sorry New York fans He shouldn't be there causing havoc for thousands I will be loudly booing with you So wrong I hate him for doing this GO KNICKS 🏀🏀

People always threaten to boycott the World Cup but they never do. There are good reasons to do it.

loud. But not loud enough. They could never be too loud. They can never be enough.

This is an outrageous story. A farmer donated 87 acres to a small Texas city on the condition it be used as a public park. Years later, the farmer has passed away, the city sold the land to a developer, and now it will be the site of a 135,000 square foot data center www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...

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Trump running away from an interview like he runs away from a peace negotiation.

Do our politicians act like they are properly aware that their actions today are changing climate on Earth for thousands of years to come? Do they have sleepless nights and intensive exchange with experts over this huge responsibility?

it’s real legacy media brain to think this makes you look good

“Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? Now, I’m paraphrasing... And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving *toward* the officer.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

Immigrant voter fraud isn’t a real issue. Trump’s DOJ has just 90 open investigations nationwide out of 160 million voters. This is proof our system works.

Also might be nice for the White House Correspondents Association to make a statement in defense of Kristen Welker and calling out Trump for calling her "darling."

On the anniversary of the landmark ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut — establishing the right to contraception for married couples — we want to underscore: privacy and reproductive rights go hand in hand. These rights face renewed threats, and NCJW remains committed to defending them.

The Griswold v. Connecticut decision 61 years ago was a turning point for reproductive rights in this country. Too many people today are struggling to access reproductive health care, and we must commit to protecting this life-saving resource.

2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic discovered in Turkey with the caption: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life” Original post

“Do you, Peter Phillips, take NHS Nurse to be your lawfully wedded wife?”

The "dangerous ideology" that most threatens Europe does not come from Africa or the Middle East. It is the corrupt, racist, right-wing, authoritarianism of Trump's USA and Putin's Russia that seeks to divide and weaken Europe and to undermine its citizens rights. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Hegseth's speech is in line with last year's US National Security Strategy, which is clear that the Trump regime will back parties and individuals in Europe who seek to divide and undermine the EU. Europe - UK included - must resist this attempt to subjugate Europe. ecfr.eu/article/why-...

Wonder how many teams will face barriers getting into the U.S. If it is hard for teams, must be harder still for fans. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Wow! 200,000km² of ocean declared entirely off-limits to fishing in some of the most biodiverse waters on earth 🌏 That's a win 🙌 #oceanoptimism oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

Preparing for a long, hot, and fiery summer. Record low snowpack across the west, a looming El Nino, & DOGE driven layoffs, reorgs, and continuing chaos at Fed agencies spell trouble for the region's forests (& for all of us who like to breathe). @insideclimatenews.org @peteraldhous.com