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=====Donald Trump, beware – this is what a global liberal fightback looks like=====
   
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/donald-trump-beware-global-liberal-fightback-canada by Timothy Garton Ash 28/4/25 The Guardian]
 
Liberals of all countries, unite! Just as anti-liberal powers outside the west are becoming stronger than ever, the assault on everything we stand for has been joined by the United States. Against this massed onslaught of anti-liberal nationalists we need a determined fightback of liberal internationalists. Canada’s election this week can contribute a strong mounted brigade.
 
=====Scientists issue urgent warning after alarming collapse of bird populations across the US: 'We have a full-on emergency'=====
 
[https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/declining-bird-populations-report-cornell-lab/ by Rachel Beyer 4/5/25 TCD]
 
  A report from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows that bird populations across every U.S. habitat are plummeting, with 229 species in urgent need of help. And the impacts go far beyond bird-watching, pointing to deeper risks for ecosystems, economies, and human health.
=====Are We Scenting Ourselves to Disease, Dysphoria and Even to Death?=====
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/18/2323092/-Are-We-Scenting-Ourselves-to-Disease-Dysphoria-and-Even-to-Death?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by dratler 18/5/25 DAILY KOS]
Our current self-poisoning may be just as consequential, and far more widespread, than ancient Rome’s poisoning of its own elite (but not its ordinary people) with lead leached from lead water pipes.  (Our English word for “plumbing” comes from the Latin word “plumbum” for lead, with its Periodic Table symbol “Pb.”  Only Roman Emperors, senators and other elite drew their drinking water though lead pipes; ordinary Romans got their drinking water from safer concrete or stone acquaducts and fountains.)
=====Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows=====
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/fires-record-loss-forests-global-heating-agriculture-logging-brazil-bolivia-aoe by Patrick Greenfield 21/5/25 The Guardian]
The destruction of the world’s forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, driven by a surge in fires caused by global heating, according to “frightening” new data.
=====Honda commits to going out of business by pulling back on EVs as sales rise=====
[https://electrek.co/2025/05/20/honda-commits-to-going-out-of-business-by-pulling-back-on-evs-as-sales-rise/ by Jameson Dow 20/5/25 electrek]
Honda’s announcement came earlier today in Japan, stating that it will scrap its plan for EVs to be 30% of its global vehicle sales by 2030, citing a “slowdown in the expansion of the EV market due to several factors, including changes in environmental regulations.” It will reduce planned investment from 10 trillion yen ($69 billion) to 7 trillion ($48 billion).
=====The Biggest Political Con of the Last Century Unmasked: But Why??????=====
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323602/-The-Biggest-Political-Con-of-the-Last-Century-Unmasked-But-Why?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by thomhartmann 21/5/25 DAILY KOS]
Trump’s administration just said you can’t get the Covid vaccine unless you’re over 65 or sick, setting up America for more death and disease.
=====California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures=====
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/26/california-plants-garden-wildfires by Philip Cheung 26/5/25 The Guardian]
Test Plot, a project launched in 2019 by the landscape architecture firm Terremoto, has built eight plots in Elysian Park alone.On a recent Friday morning, volunteers were pulling out invasive grass and black mustard to make room for wildflowers and other drought-resistant, native species.
=====Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days=====
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality by Eric Holthaus 30/5/25 The Guardian]
Enormous early-season wildfires have erupted across the prairie provinces of Canada this week, taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.
=====Three ways to make dental care kinder for anxious patients=====
[https://theconversation.com/three-ways-to-make-dental-care-kinder-for-anxious-patients-256925? by Isabel Olegario 4/6/25 THE CONVERSATION]
For many, a visit to the dentist brings fear, anxiety, or memories of uncomfortable experiences. But dentistry is changing – and it’s becoming much kinder.
=====#272  Find the Others! Beyond the Death of Democracy lies Citizen Power – with Jon Alexander of the Citizen Collective=====
[https://accidentalgods.life/find-the-others-beyond-the-death-of-democracy-lies-citizen-power-with-jon-alexander-of-the-citizen-collective/ by IN CONVERSATION]
Democracy is breaking around us in real time and a small percentage of those in power would like us to become – at best – obedient subjects in a world dedicated to the destruction of ecosystems and the annihilation of compassion, empathy and all that makes us thrive.
=====Russia has been working on creating drones that ‘call home’, go undercover and start fires. Here’s how they work=====
[https://theconversation.com/russia-has-been-working-on-creating-drones-that-call-home-go-undercover-and-start-fires-heres-how-they-work-257699?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The%20Conversation%20UK&utm_campaign=publer by Marcel Plichta 4/6/25 THE CONVERSATION]
Russia launched its largest single drone attack of the war against Ukraine’s cities on June 1. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that they faced 472 unmanned one-way attack (OWA) drones overnight.
=====Dry mouth, bad breath and tooth damage: the effects Ozempic and Wegovy can have on your mouth=====
[https://theconversation.com/dry-mouth-bad-breath-and-tooth-damage-the-effects-ozempic-and-wegovy-can-have-on-your-mouth-257859?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=The%20Conversation%20UK&utm_campaign=publer by Adam Taylor 4/6/25 THE CONVERSATION]
Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as wonder drugs when it comes to weight loss. But as the drug has become more widely used, a number of unintended side-effects have become apparent – with the weight loss drug affecting the appearance of everything from your butt to your feet.
=====Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing=====
=====Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing=====
[https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding by Matt Krupnick 3/6/25 PROPUBLICA]
[https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding by Matt Krupnick 3/6/25 PROPUBLICA]
  The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
  The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
[[Education-Schools]]
=====Scenic forest trails near Santa Cruz to open to the public for the first time=====
=====Scenic forest trails near Santa Cruz to open to the public for the first time=====
[https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/scenic-forest-trails-santa-cruz/3884608/?amp=1 by Joe Rosalito 4/6/25 NBC]
[https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/scenic-forest-trails-santa-cruz/3884608/?amp=1 by Joe Rosalito 4/6/25 NBC]
  The one-time dairy-turned-national monument sits nine miles north of Santa Cruz at the edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the ocean. Its opening this summer will cap years of fundraising and labor to convert the scenic landscape into a public recreational destination.
  The one-time dairy-turned-national monument sits nine miles north of Santa Cruz at the edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the ocean. Its opening this summer will cap years of fundraising and labor to convert the scenic landscape into a public recreational destination.
[[Environment-Habitat Preservation]]
=====We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.=====
=====We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.=====
[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/opinion/medicaid-work-requirements-arkansas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.wJE1._9ddBnCcgVCO&smid=url-share by Kevin De Liban 8/6/25 The New York Times]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/opinion/medicaid-work-requirements-arkansas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.wJE1._9ddBnCcgVCO&smid=url-share by Kevin De Liban 8/6/25 The New York Times]
  Many of the Republicans pushing for Medicaid work requirements — permanent program cuts that will strip up to 14 million people of their health care coverage — likely have no idea what it takes to comply with them. We do. As legal aid lawyers, we were on the front lines helping low-income people in Arkansas keep their health care coverage when the state rolled out work requirements in 2018.
  Many of the Republicans pushing for Medicaid work requirements — permanent program cuts that will strip up to 14 million people of their health care coverage — likely have no idea what it takes to comply with them. We do. As legal aid lawyers, we were on the front lines helping low-income people in Arkansas keep their health care coverage when the state rolled out work requirements in 2018.
[[Health Care-Insurance]]
=====‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines=====
=====‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines=====
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/mrna-vaccine-cancer-research-trump-administration by Melody Schreiber 12/7/25 The Guardian]
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/mrna-vaccine-cancer-research-trump-administration by Melody Schreiber 12/7/25 The Guardian]
  Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
  Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
[[Health Care-Prevention]]
=====The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters=====
=====The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters=====
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us by Ed PilKington 13/7/25 The Guardian]
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us by Ed PilKington 13/7/25 The Guardian]
  It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and – as last week showed – deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood
  It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and – as last week showed – deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood
[[Doing Nothing]]
=====Colville Tribes confirms first salmon sighting in Kettle River eight years after reintroducing salmon near Coulee Dam=====
=====Colville Tribes confirms first salmon sighting in Kettle River eight years after reintroducing salmon near Coulee Dam=====
[https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/colville-tribes-confirms-first-salmon-sighting-in-kettle-river-eight-years-after-reintroducing-salmon-near/article_5a29f663-bcba-4c83-b106-69dc3c9410aa.html by ONE News Staff 11/7/25 SOURCEONE]
[https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/colville-tribes-confirms-first-salmon-sighting-in-kettle-river-eight-years-after-reintroducing-salmon-near/article_5a29f663-bcba-4c83-b106-69dc3c9410aa.html by ONE News Staff 11/7/25 SOURCEONE]
  NESPELEM — A juvenile Chinook salmon was recently photographed in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls in British Columbia, marking the first confirmed sighting of a Chinook in the river since the Colville Tribes began reintroduction efforts upstream of Grand Coulee Dam in 2017.
  NESPELEM — A juvenile Chinook salmon was recently photographed in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls in British Columbia, marking the first confirmed sighting of a Chinook in the river since the Colville Tribes began reintroduction efforts upstream of Grand Coulee Dam in 2017.
[[Environment-Habitat Preservation]]
=====Why the Southwest megadrought is here to stay=====
=====Why the Southwest megadrought is here to stay=====
[https://www.earth.com/news/why-the-southwest-megadrought-is-here-to-stay/ by Jordan Joseph 13/7/25 earth.com]
[https://www.earth.com/news/why-the-southwest-megadrought-is-here-to-stay/ by Jordan Joseph 13/7/25 earth.com]
  Snowpack once reliably fed water into the Colorado River, yet winter precipitation across the Four Corners has dropped by roughly 23 percent since 1980. Reservoirs and ranchers feel the strain each spring.
  Snowpack once reliably fed water into the Colorado River, yet winter precipitation across the Four Corners has dropped by roughly 23 percent since 1980. Reservoirs and ranchers feel the strain each spring.
[[Heat and Drought]]
=====The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico=====
=====The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico=====
[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0epzp21z47o by Will Grant 13/7/25 BBC]
[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0epzp21z47o by Will Grant 13/7/25 BBC]
  After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention.
  After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention.
[[Heat and Drought]]
=====There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research=====
=====There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research=====
[https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/02/health/processed-meats-sweet-drinks-disease-wellness by Madeline Holcombe 2/7/25 CNN]
[https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/02/health/processed-meats-sweet-drinks-disease-wellness by Madeline Holcombe 2/7/25 CNN]
  There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The researchers also found elevated risks from the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids.
  There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The researchers also found elevated risks from the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids.
[[Diet]]
=====Six-hour ‘undo’ button: GAI-17 rewinds stroke damage and may beat Alzheimer’s=====
=====Six-hour ‘undo’ button: GAI-17 rewinds stroke damage and may beat Alzheimer’s=====
[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250715043357.htm by Osaka Metropolitan University 15/7/25 Science Daily]
[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250715043357.htm by Osaka Metropolitan University 15/7/25 Science Daily]
  Protein aggregation inhibitor shows lower levels of cell death and paralysis in mice with acute strokes.
  Protein aggregation inhibitor shows lower levels of cell death and paralysis in mice with acute strokes.
[[Health Care-Illness]]
=====Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable=====
=====Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable=====
[https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70079 by B.A Woodcock 1/7/25 BTITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY]
[https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70079 by B.A Woodcock 1/7/25 BTITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY]
  The intensification of global agriculture has devolved reliance on natural ecosystem services to agrochemicals and crop breeding, while simultaneously losing semi-natural habitats (Priyadarshana et al., 2024; Pywell et al., 2015; Stoate et al., 2009). In the short term this has increased yields at a level inconceivable in previous centuries but has come with negative externalities like biodiversity loss, nutrient losses and pollution burdens (Defra, 2023; Stoate et al., 2009;  
  The intensification of global agriculture has devolved reliance on natural ecosystem services to agrochemicals and crop breeding, while simultaneously losing semi-natural habitats (Priyadarshana et al., 2024; Pywell et al., 2015; Stoate et al., 2009). In the short term this has increased yields at a level inconceivable in previous centuries but has come with negative externalities like biodiversity loss, nutrient losses and pollution burdens (Defra, 2023; Stoate et al., 2009;
[[Environment-Agriculture]]
=====#290  ReWilding our Water: From Rain to River to Sewer and back with Tim Smedley, author of The Last Drop=====
=====#290  ReWilding our Water: From Rain to River to Sewer and back with Tim Smedley, author of The Last Drop=====
[https://accidentalgods.life/rewilding-our-water-from-rain-to-river-to-sewer-and-back-with-tim-smedley-author-of-the-last-drop/ by Tim Smedley The Last Drop]
[https://accidentalgods.life/rewilding-our-water-from-rain-to-river-to-sewer-and-back-with-tim-smedley-author-of-the-last-drop/ by Tim Smedley The Last Drop]
  If you listen to this podcast for any length of time, you’ll know that I believe the way forward is predicated on our finding shared values—I’d go for integrity, compassion, courage and generosity of spirit as the baselines—and then a suite of clear asks in the outer world and needs in the inner world.  
  If you listen to this podcast for any length of time, you’ll know that I believe the way forward is predicated on our finding shared values—I’d go for integrity, compassion, courage and generosity of spirit as the baselines—and then a suite of clear asks in the outer world and needs in the inner world.  
=====Ever since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he has used an “invented” national energy emergency to help justify expanding oil, gas and coal while slashing green energy – despite years of scientific evidence that burning fossil fuels has contributed significantly to climate change, say scholars and watchdogs.=====
[[Environment-Habitat Preservation]]
 
=====First-of-its-kind wildlife overcrossing in Northern California officially in progress=====
[https://krcrtv.com/news/local/first-of-its-kind-wildlife-overcrossing-in-northern-california-in-progress by Timea Horvath 18/7/25 KRCR]
[https://krcrtv.com/news/local/first-of-its-kind-wildlife-overcrossing-in-northern-california-in-progress by Timea Horvath 18/7/25 KRCR]
  Wildfire Crossing Structure Project includes construction of a single-span, approximately 100-foot long by 140-foot wide wildlife overcrossing bridge at Post Mile 19.77. Caltrans crew will also install approximately two miles of 8-foot-high wildlife exclusion fencing on both sides of the highway, jump-outs every half mile to allow wildlife to escape the roadway corridor, cattle guards at private road access points and a reinforced concrete box culvert to enhance wildlife undercrossing opportunities.
  Wildfire Crossing Structure Project includes construction of a single-span, approximately 100-foot long by 140-foot wide wildlife overcrossing bridge at Post Mile 19.77. Caltrans crew will also install approximately two miles of 8-foot-high wildlife exclusion fencing on both sides of the highway, jump-outs every half mile to allow wildlife to escape the roadway corridor, cattle guards at private road access points and a reinforced concrete box culvert to enhance wildlife undercrossing opportunities.
[[Environment-Biodiversity]]
=====Named after a historic dairy ranch that still stands today, Wilder Ranch covers a staggering 7,000 acres, from the treelined ridges of Ben Lomond Mountain to rugged cliffs overlooking a particularly untamed expanse of the Pacific Ocean. A testament to the area's rich agricultural history, farmers still grow artichokes, Brussels sprouts, and other fog-loving crops on the land between the ocean and Highway 1. 
=====Named after a historic dairy ranch that still stands today, Wilder Ranch covers a staggering 7,000 acres, from the treelined ridges of Ben Lomond Mountain to rugged cliffs overlooking a particularly untamed expanse of the Pacific Ocean. A testament to the area's rich agricultural history, farmers still grow artichokes, Brussels sprouts, and other fog-loving crops on the land between the ocean and Highway 1. 


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