Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Humans Behind Extinction Of Hundreds Of Bird Species Over The Last 50,000 Years
Humans Behind Extinction Of Hundreds Of Bird Species Over The Last 50,000 Years: Hunting and habitat destruction by humans caused the extinction of more than 469 bird species in the last 50,000 years.
FracTracker in the Field
FracTracker in the Field: Harness the power of maps to tell stories that matter. ArcGIS StoryMaps has everything you need to create remarkable stories that give your maps meaning.
The climate crisis fuels hurricanes
The climate crisis fuels hurricanes: Hurricane Ida has spread panic across the US Gulf Coast as 150 mile an hour winds and torrential rains lashed the state of Louisiana.
The Antidote To Climate Dread | HuffPost
The Antidote To Climate Dread | HuffPost: If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the constant, dire news of record-breaking heat, fires and floods, here’s what you can do, according to climate scientists.
Marxist Left Review | Biden’s plan for the US Empire
Marxist Left Review | Biden’s plan for the US Empire: Tom Bramble analyses the approach the Biden administration is taking to the new cold war between the US and China.
Monday, August 30, 2021
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine - BBC News
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine - BBC News: The country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.
Saturday, August 28, 2021
How #climatechange is making hurricanes worse. Louisiana friends, please stay safe and prepare as Ida approaches.
How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous » Yale Climate Connections: Stronger wind speeds, more rain, and worsened storm surge add up to more potential destruction.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Central Banks Accused of 'Dawdling' on Climate as World Burns | Common Dreams News
Central Banks Accused of 'Dawdling' on Climate as World Burns | Common Dreams News: "Instead of using their power to cut off finance for fossil fuels, they are making themselves busy tinkering around the edges of the climate crisis."
Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6
Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6: Starting in August 2020, Jim Jordan's coordinated effort to shape Trump supporters' belief in a stolen presidential election and January 6 as the "ultimate date of significance" to overturn the election.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Updates from our Cuckoos | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
Updates from our Cuckoos | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology: Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their migration.
Delta | Maps and Diagrams | VoxxoV Records
Delta | Maps and Diagrams | VoxxoV Records: Delta by Maps and Diagrams, released 10 March 2016
1. Delta 1
2. Voyages and Travels
3. Just An Illusion
4. Pacific Union
5. Northern Lights
6. Delta 2
7. Toixoi
8. Spherical Angles
9. The Sunken City
10. South Bend
11. Delta 3
12. Zink
VXVCD009 [CD Album]
Once again, Maps and Diagrams produces another harmonic long-player; "Delta" this time for VoxxoV Records, with 12 tracks of hazy-flavoured electronics and defined acoustic distinctions. Conjuring-up found sound and aquatic, multi-coloured melodies, Maps and Diagrams takes us on a journey combining darkness and discordance with illumination and tonality.
Limited to 250 copies.
Duration: 48.54 min
Sunday, August 22, 2021
On Remembering Stanley Aronowitz - New Politics
On Remembering Stanley Aronowitz - New Politics: Brother Stanley Aronowitz was always ahead of the curve.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021
Thursday, August 19, 2021
I Was a Teenage Were-Cicada! | PopMatters
I Was a Teenage Were-Cicada! | PopMatters: f Fatal Beauty, the writer and director of Fright Night, Thinner and Child’s Play and the writer of Psycho II and Cloak & Dagger.
State Police Had Most Fatal Shootings in Kentucky | The Marshall Project
State Police Had Most Fatal Shootings in Kentucky | The Marshall Project: The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
Why India was so vulnerable to Covid-19 and the delta variant - Vox
Why India was so vulnerable to Covid-19 and the delta variant - Vox: India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
AFGE | Biden’s Appointment of FLRA Member, General Counsel Ends Trump-Era Union Busting
AFGE | Biden’s Appointment of FLRA Member, General Counsel Ends Trump-Era Union Busting: President Joe Biden’s two important nominations to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) will bring to an end the Trump-appointed majority at the FLRA
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Friday, August 13, 2021
How Not to Fix Gentrification | Boston Review
How Not to Fix Gentrification | Boston Review: How Not to Fix Gentrification from Boston Review. The community development industry has failed in the fight for fair housing. Despite claiming to involve residents, power and self-interest still have the final say.
We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex
We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex: If we’re serious about stopping impending climate disaster, we have no choice but to radically rein in one of the world’s worst polluters: the US military.
Immigrant workers are essential to America's future — and we need a new paradigm for justice | Salon.com
Immigrant workers are essential to America's future — and we need a new paradigm for justice | Salon.com: Beyond a pathway to citizenship: True justice for immigrants will help everyone, and build a better country
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Rest In Power Elka Schumann, Matriarch of the Bread and Puppet Theater
Elka Schumann, Matriarch of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Dies at 85 - The New York Times: She and her husband ran a Vermont-based troupe that has taken on social and political issues in productions featuring enormous puppets.
Biden admin sued over 'shockingly deplorable conditions' at temporary camps for migrant children
Biden admin sued over 'shockingly deplorable conditions' at temporary camps for migrant children: The Biden administration has been sued over “shockingly deplorable conditions” at a number of so-called “emergency” camps holding unaccompanied minors, with children’s welfare advocates alleging the administration has been violating a decades-old court...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Winona LaDuke Feels That President Biden Has Betrayed Native Americans - The New York Times
Winona LaDuke Feels That President Biden Has Betrayed Native Americans - The New York Times: “What did we get from Joe? A pipeline shoved down our throats.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The case for ecocentric socialism: Part 1 - Resilience
The case for ecocentric socialism: Part 1 - Resilience: “How does Ecocentric Socialism differ from other theories of socialism and ecosocialism?” This is the task of this essay.
Dr Michael Mann on the IPCC report: We have ZERO years left to avoid climate change, it's here | Red, Green, and Blue
Dr Michael Mann on the IPCC report: We have ZERO years left to avoid climate change, it's here | Red, Green, and Blue: A short post on the just-published #IPCC #AR6 scientific working group (#WG1) report. By Dr Michael Mann Three key takeaways: 1. The Hockey Stick grows longer, blade grows sharper. Recent warmth may be unprecedented in at least 100,000 years. 2. Impacts of climate change are now “widespread and pervasive”. Climate change is NOW causing amplified …
Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
More than 70,000 Americans died from drug-involved overdose in 2019, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids, and even more died this past, pandemic year. Purdue Pharma has a great deal to answer for. :-(
As the U.S. Withdraws From Afghanistan, China Forges Ties With the Taliban - Toward Freedom
As the U.S. Withdraws From Afghanistan, China Forges Ties With the Taliban - Toward Freedom: Peace is not on the horizon for Afghanistan. The country remains caught in the ambitions of regional and global powers, wedged in the new “great game” that involves a contest between India and Pakistan, as well as the United States versus China, Russia, and Iran.
Key takeaways from the IPCC report on the climate crisis | CNN
Key takeaways from the IPCC report on the climate crisis | CNN: The IPCC report represents the most comprehensive and conclusive "state of the science" on the climate crisis: why it is happening, what the impacts are and how much worse it could get.
Ohio Immigrant Alliance – August 2021 Update – Ohio Immigrant Alliance
Ohio Immigrant Alliance – August 2021 Update – Ohio Immigrant Alliance: Far From Their Eyes: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume I
Monday, August 9, 2021
Barack Obama Has Been One of the Worst Ex-Presidents Ever
Barack Obama Has Been One of the Worst Ex-Presidents Ever: Since his retirement from politics, Barack Obama has displayed an astonishing lack of regard for the public good. Instead of serving his fellow human beings, he has mainly devoted himself to a rigorous program of conspicuous self-celebration.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
For Native women, wildfires and droughts are threatening ‘everything we are’ - The Lily
For Native women, wildfires and droughts are threatening ‘everything we are’ - The Lily: Wildfires and droughts are fundamentally changing the relationship between Native women and the land they steward.
Monday, August 2, 2021
Sunday, August 1, 2021
Why the world needs viruses to function - BBC Future
Why the world needs viruses to function - BBC Future: If all viruses disappeared, the world would be very different — and not necessarily for the better. But what exactly would happen?
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