As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the hilly capital of Kigali has pushed nature-based solutions, reshaping 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff and enhancing biodiversity.

historically what the US has done in Latam in situations like this is install a right wing dictator, generally from the ranks of the military. if anything elections have been an obstacle. my guess is Trump and his people are looking for their candidate.

always forget how much i love Liberia until im back here

the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity

TotalEnergies is facing a criminal complaint in France over its support for a Mozambican army unit that's been accused of massacring civilians on its behalf: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Super proud of one of my favorite people I work with, Malavika Vyawahare, for winning a SEAL award. Well-deserved! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

This is great news

The same pundits who advocated for the Iraq War are now telling us that, this time, it'll be a cakewalk. I mean what could go wrong, right? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...

AI data centers tend to be built in arid regions to limit humidity corrosion - but that’s also where the water they use is scarce. Good roundup of the ecological cost of AI from @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/ai-d...

Devastating and damning investigation by @lattif.bsky.social and Justin Scheck. One horrific quote after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/w...

Genuinely thought this said “The Presidential Waffle House”

Funny to think about how these places may wind up more beautiful and well-used as ruins than they were while open, especially if our population does decline in the next few centuries www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...

I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

Still my favorite Mamdani - so far

Patriots fans across america collectively coming alive like white walkers to once again become the most annoying people on earth

virtue signalling is good actually

Remember kids, it’s not socialism if the state funding is for the bros.

This man can hoop

When Sons Become Mayors

It is WILD to see Mira Nair and Prof. Mahmood Mamdani up there with their son the MAYOR-ELECT of New York City

vibe shift

Mamdani’s campaign was the best I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Generational talent, hall of fame performance.

This is a very very good op-ed imho. We are a) in a moment that's been fundamentally produced by material crisis, b) in a very open field of possibility right now, and c) not going back to 2015 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

The only bit of light i see here is that people are going to want alternatives to this emergent media regime, especially as the political order damages their lives. There will be openings for critical voices to find a large following - the problem is there will be limited resources for them.

Read this.

At least 700 dead in Tanzania's post-election protests, opposition says ““The death toll could be much higher,” www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

The way Americans have managed to scare themselves over Europe is beyond weird. There’s no city on this continent that’s even half as grimy and insecure as NYC.

Something important here. The “rule of law” is sacrosanct to liberalism but one reason its under attack is because it can be an impediment to reforms that people desperately want and need

I wrote about Venezuela www.northsouthnotes.org/p/regime-col...

Not commenting on Platner’s tat but im pretty history savvy and i definitely almost bought a onesie for my newborn with that symbol on it the other day 😬

I think the thing about Mamdani that really sends a certain crowd into conniptions is that he embodies the America they are afraid of - one where you can proudly celebrate your heritage, joyfully relate with the other ones around you, and still be 100% American.

Ai Weiwei's essay on Germany is absolutely brutal hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...

Losing access to Signal because of an AWS outage/hack is a good reminder of how precarious these communication platforms are and potentially unreliable when they'd be most necessary.

Big development: Human rights lawyers have made a new filing to the International Criminal Court. It includes the names of 122 European individuals accused of committing crimes against humanity against people trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. apnews.com/article/liby...

*chris farley voice* DA POPE

Great piece on Francesca Albanese by Masha Gessen www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

The Antifa stuff is the next logical step from brutalization of immigrants. They’re moving from stripping noncitizens of rights to their political opposition. The current Democratic leadership is clearly not meeting the challenge of this moment.

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

this bit of emergent media gospel on how young voters are all shifting towards the hard right suffers from a slight problem : there's essentially no data supporting it, and in fact a lot that points the opposite way www.ft.com/content/61d4...

Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Want Their Stolen Moai Back. www.fairobserver.com/culture/chil...

Good essay here by one of my favorite people in the media world, Meher Ahmad (who wisely appears to have left social media) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Why is this front-page news? The Washington Post doesn't say. It's a turning point in US history but our pathetic journalist class hides the relevance behind suggestion and implication, afraid to say things that everyone knows. Useless

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

It does seem like the strategy here is to provoke some kind of major protest response in Chicago/Portland/NYC in order to justify repressive measures, potentially up to and including suspension of the 2026 midterms.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Jane Goodall was actually the only one keeping the apes in control. Now there's a power vacuum

Ghana has issued its first batch of sustainable timber licenses under the European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) system, which aims to block illegal logging and strengthen forest governance.

Jane Goodall was a great friend to Mongabay. Here's our obit for her, by founder @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/10/jane...

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91