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[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/27/2112882/-Welcome-To-the-Anthropocene-The-Age-Of-Human-Die-offs?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended by thomhartmann 27/7/22 DAILY KOS] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/27/2112882/-Welcome-To-the-Anthropocene-The-Age-Of-Human-Die-offs?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended by thomhartmann 27/7/22 DAILY KOS] | ||
The world today is on the verge of a major food emergency, provoked in part by Russia’s attack on Ukraine but more broadly by the damage heat from global warming is doing to crops worldwide. This is both a crisis and an opportunity. | The world today is on the verge of a major food emergency, provoked in part by Russia’s attack on Ukraine but more broadly by the damage heat from global warming is doing to crops worldwide. This is both a crisis and an opportunity. | ||
[[Climate Change-Foundational]] | |||
===== Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives ===== | ===== Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives ===== | ||
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[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323602/-The-Biggest-Political-Con-of-the-Last-Century-Unmasked-But-Why by thomhartmann 21/3/25 DAILY KOS] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323602/-The-Biggest-Political-Con-of-the-Last-Century-Unmasked-But-Why by thomhartmann 21/3/25 DAILY KOS] | ||
“If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.” | “If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.” | ||
[[Economy-Economic Policy]] | |||
===== The Joe Rogan of the Left ===== | ===== The Joe Rogan of the Left ===== | ||
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/30/2324960/-The-Joe-Rogan-of-the-Left by Mark Sumner 30/5/25 DAILY KOS] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/30/2324960/-The-Joe-Rogan-of-the-Left by Mark Sumner 30/5/25 DAILY KOS] | ||
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck. | Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck. | ||
[[Economy-Economic Policy]] | |||
===== California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures ===== | ===== 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] | [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/26/california-plants-garden-wildfires by Philip Cheung 26/5/25 The Guardian] | ||
Kerrigan, 28, landscape designer, and Sam Richman, 31, film-maker and landscape designer, pull out invasive grass and black mustard during a volunteer day to maintain the Elysian Test Plot in Elysian Park | Kerrigan, 28, landscape designer, and Sam Richman, 31, film-maker and landscape designer, pull out invasive grass and black mustard during a volunteer day to maintain the Elysian Test Plot in Elysian Park | ||
[[Environment-Habitat Preservation]] | |||
===== Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days ===== | ===== 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 Katharine Viner 30/5/25 The Guardian] More than 17,000 people are in the process of being airlifted out of wildfire zones by the Canadian military, some of which now have no safe overland roads connecting them to the rest of the country. Wab Kinew, the Manitoba premier, declared a province-wide state of emergency on Wednesday, and Saskatchewan’s premier, Scott Moe, declared the same on Thursday. | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality by Katharine Viner 30/5/25 The Guardian] | ||
More than 17,000 people are in the process of being airlifted out of wildfire zones by the Canadian military, some of which now have no safe overland roads connecting them to the rest of the country. Wab Kinew, the Manitoba premier, declared a province-wide state of emergency on Wednesday, and Saskatchewan’s premier, Scott Moe, declared the same on Thursday. | |||
===== A traceable global warming record and clarity for the 1.5 °C and well-below-2 °C goals ===== | ===== A traceable global warming record and clarity for the 1.5 °C and well-below-2 °C goals ===== | ||
