Monday, February 28, 2022
Sunday, February 27, 2022
PERFECT: U.S. ammo is poisoning America's national bird.
Most U.S. eagles suffer from lead poisoning, study suggests: The majority of adult bald and golden eagles carry high levels of lead, which derives from hunters’ ammunition, a large study found.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Chernobyl: Russian forces seize control of nuclear plant and hold staff hostage, say Ukrainian officials | CNN
Chernobyl: Russian forces seize control of nuclear plant and hold staff hostage, say Ukrainian officials | CNN: Russian forces seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine and have taken personnel in the station captive, spokeswoman for the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Yevgeniya KuznetsovŠ° told CNN.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
How an obscure far-right website with 3 employees dominates Facebook in 2022
How an obscure far-right website with 3 employees dominates Facebook in 2022: Most people have probably never heard of the website Conservative Brief. It employs just three writers and it does not produce any original reporting. Nearly all of its articles are aggregations of Tweets, YouTube videos, or other media websites, presented with a far-right spin. Recent headlines include "
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
#RootsOfTrumpism #MAGA #neofascism
The immigration Act of 1924, often referred to as the National Origins Act, virtually halted immigration from almost all the countries from which immigrants were coming to the United States at the time. It imposed quotas to enact the view that anyone who wasn't of “original settler” extraction was racially distinct from and inferior to members of founding nationalities. In effect, it excluded almost everyone except white, wealthy English who were seen as 'civilized' and standing above the barbarian hordes. Even Scandinavians were deemed illegible, and some congressmen even called for using the 1790 census to ensure the purest quotas tied to colonial power.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
New Report Reveals More Deets Of Ginni Thomas’ Involvement In Election-Subverting Schemes
New Report Reveals More Deets Of Ginni Thomas’ Involvement In Election-Subverting Schemes: The New York Times Magazine published a piece this afternoon that reveals new information about Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas…
CIA reportedly removed top spy from Russia over fear of retaliation — and maybe Trump - Vox
CIA reportedly removed top spy from Russia over fear of retaliation — and maybe Trump - Vox: CNN reported that the CIA removed a top asset in Russia over fear that Trump might compromise the spy.
Mark Lanegan, Singer for Screaming Trees, Dies at 57 - Variety
Mark Lanegan, Singer for Screaming Trees, Dies at 57 - Variety: Mark Lanegan, singer for Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age and a close friend-collaborator of Kurt Cobain's, has died. He was 57.
Business Booms at Kroger-Owned Grocery Stores, but Workers Are Left Behind - The New York Times
Business Booms at Kroger-Owned Grocery Stores, but Workers Are Left Behind - The New York Times: A number of the stores’ nearly 500,000 employees have reported being homeless, receiving government food stamps or relying on food banks.
How Israel is arming Ukrainian Nazis - #40
How Israel is arming Ukrainian Nazis - #40: his new outlet, Multipolarista, a
Monday, February 21, 2022
Global Warming Effects Map - Effects of Global Warming
Global Warming Effects Map - Effects of Global Warming: Explore the Climate Hot Map to see evidence of climate change including heat waves, sea-level rise, flooding, melting glaciers, earlier spring arrival, coral reef bleaching, and the spread of disease. Learn about practical solutions to curb global warming.
Remote working, Zoom and depression #Byung-Chul Han | !mprogrƔfika
Remote working, Zoom and depression #Byung-Chul Han | !mprogrĆ”fika: Byung-Chul Han says we are self-exploiting ourselves more than ever [reblogged] The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated many of the ills of our time. Videoconferences do not provide the same connect…
Amazon Co-Owns Airline Accused of Operating Torturous Deportation Flights
Amazon Co-Owns Airline Accused of Operating Torturous Deportation Flights: Activists are pressuring Amazon to divest from Omni Air International, a company at the center of ICE’s deportation machine.
Border Militias Set Up Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants
Border Militias Set Up Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants: Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants
Tragic, particularly when you consider that ‘Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants’ describes the playbook of both capitalist parties. https://truthout.org/articles/border-militias-set-up-fake-humanitarian-stations-in-the-desert-to-trap-migrants/ #Immigration #AbolishICE #DomesticTerrorists #NoMoreKidsInCages #Neofascism #FarRightMilitias #Racism
Sunday, February 20, 2022
In this month in nuclear history...
February 1977: A combination of design problems and human mistakes during a fuel change cause the worst nuclear in Czech history. Just a year earlier, a malfunction during fuel replacement led to a carbon dioxide leak that killed 2 workers.
Feb. 199, Connecticut: A leaking valve causes equipment failures and a shutdown at the Millstone Nuclear Power Station.
Feb,m 2002: Ohio: Maintenance workers discover that corrosion has creaetd a football-sized hole in a nuclear reactor.
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Democrats Are Ditching Class, and It's Costing Them Working-Class Voters
Democrats Are Ditching Class, and It's Costing Them Working-Class Voters:
Neither mainstream American political party has a compelling message for working-class voters. As a result, voters are starting to vote in line wi...
Tony Perkins | Southern Poverty Law Center
Tony Perkins | Southern Poverty Law Center: Tony Perkins heads the Family Research Council, an anti-LGBT hate group located in Washington, D.C. Perkins has a sordid political history, having once purchased Klansman David Duke’s mailing list for use in a Louisiana political campaign he was managing. In 2001, Perkins gave a speech to a Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a white supremacist group.
What You Should Really Know About Ukraine - FAIR
What You Should Really Know About Ukraine - FAIR: Media echoed the view that the US should have an active role in Ukrainian politics and enforce its perspective through military threats.
General Strike Revolution – Collectively we are unstoppable.
General Strike Revolution – Collectively we are unstoppable.: Collectively we are unstoppable.
Friday, February 18, 2022
Burning cargo ship carrying Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean - The Washington Post
Burning cargo ship carrying Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean - The Washington Post: The Volkswagen Group estimated that nearly 4,000 cars were onboard the Felicity Ace, which was transporting luxury vehicles from Germany to the United States.
Could ancient viruses from melting permafrost cause the next pandemic? | New Scientist
Could ancient viruses from melting permafrost cause the next pandemic? | New Scientist: Bacteria and viruses can survive for millions of years frozen in glaciers, ice sheets and permafrost and as global warming increases they are emerging. Here's what we know about the threat
It's easier to imagine the end of the world than.... well, any neoliberal world order doing anything about it, for one thing. Could ancient viruses from melting permafrost cause the next pandemic https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333743-200-could-ancient-viruses-from-melting-permafrost-cause-the-next-pandemic/
A third person has been cured of HIV, scientists report | Live Science
A third person has been cured of HIV, scientists report | Live Science: A woman became the third person ever to be cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, after she received a stem-cell transplant that used cells from umbilical cord blood, scientists reported Tuesday (Feb. 15).
Trump Directed $375,000 In Donations To His Own Building To Rent An Unused Office | HuffPost Latest News
Trump Directed $375,000 In Donations To His Own Building To Rent An Unused Office | HuffPost Latest News: "It’s a huge scam," said a former aide, and the total exceeds what Trump donated to Republican candidates – the supposed purpose behind his committees.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
SPOOR (POKOT) - trailer EN
Finally, proof that Latinos for Trump, led by Enrique Tarrio, who was national chairman of the Proud Boys on January 6, were part of the neofascist efforts to overthrow the government of the United States.
Latinos for Trump group tied to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio: The Secret Service conducts a background check of every visitor to the White House and other locations where the president is present, but it doesn't decide who gets in, Wackrow said.
"The Secret Service doesn't invite or disinvite anybody from the White House — that's a staff function," Wackrow said. "Obviously, he (Tarrio) is a reputational risk, for a variety of factors, but there's nothing that would be immediately disqualifying."
The only time the Secret Service forbids entry is when someone has an outstanding warrant, Wacklow said. In those cases the agency will arrest people at the White House gates, regardless of objections from the White House staff.
A few hours after he was admitted to the White House, Tarrio's followers were involved in violent clashes across the capital. Several people were stabbed in the day's protests and dozens of people were arrested. Tarrio claimed he burned a Black Lives Matter banner, posting a photo to Parler showing him kneeling as others held lighters to it.
Gracia said she isn't concerned about Tarrio's past. She said the Proud Boys have always been polite and supportive of her organization whenever she has encountered them at rallies and
WHY WE CAN'T HAVE ESSENTIAL THINGS: Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 'defense' budget, sources say | Reuters
EXCLUSIVE Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 defense budget, sources say | Reuters: President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. 'defense' budget exceeding $770 billion for the next fiscal year as the Pentagon seeks to modernize the military, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations, eclipsing the record budget requests by former President Donald Trump.
ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden - Inside Climate News
ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden - Inside Climate News: The Biden administration is facing a major test for its climate agenda in the Alaskan Arctic, where an oil company is proposing a 30-year development that would pump more than half-a-billion barrels of petroleum from a fragile and rapidly-warming ecosystem. Climate advocates say the Willow project, planned by ConocoPhillips, is incompatible with President Joe Biden’s […]
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Report: Trump Interior Secretary Violated Federal Ethics Rules – Mother Jones
Report: Trump Interior Secretary Violated Federal Ethics Rules – Mother Jones: Ryan Zinke allegedly participated in commercial negotiations with real estate developers and lied about it to an ethics official.
Texas' New Voting Law Is an 'Absolute Nightmare'
Texas' New Voting Law Is an 'Absolute Nightmare':
Election administrators in Texas are reporting a record number of ballot rejections—and early voting has only just begun.</str...
This is what Weyrich summed up as the "I don't want everybody to vote" strategy: not the Blacks, teenagers facing catastrophe, Latinos, Asians, immigrants, progressives, environmentalists, women, etc.
America’s Book Bans: The Latest Culture War Front | The Daily Show
t's no coincidence that the state calling for the most books to be burned is ALSO the state with a corporate stranglehold on the textbook industry....
#TEXAS #JustSayin'
#TEXAS #JustSayin'
Top banks pumping billions into oil and gas expansion despite climate commitments, report says | The Independent
Top banks pumping billions into oil and gas expansion despite climate commitments, report says | The Independent: ‘Now is the time for banks to get real with the science,’ Carbon Tracker founder says
(99+) (DOC) Remaking the World One University at a Time: Turning Point USA and the White Nationalist Dispossession of the Academy | Wendy Lynne Lee - Academia.edu
(99+) (DOC) Remaking the World One University at a Time: Turning Point USA and the White Nationalist Dispossession of the Academy | Wendy Lynne Lee - Academia.edu: Enclosed is my presentation for the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World Conference, July 2018. The first is a shorter introductory abstract, the second longer and more detailed. *************************** Organizations like the Society
#neofascism #AltRight #Nazis #TurningPointUSA #TheGOPIsADeathCult #CharlieKirk #JackPosobiec
Turning Point USA's onramp to fascism - Failed State Update
Turning Point USA's onramp to fascism - Failed State Update: As the empire crumbles, lots of different creeps are jockeying for power. Sometimes they fight amongst themselves, sometimes they help each other out. The
Investigations Into Trump Are Good News, But Won't Rid Us of Trumpism
Investigations Into Trump Are Good News, But Won't Rid Us of Trumpism: There are currently at least 19 legal actions against Donald Trump.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Earth The Biography Part 05. Rare Planet - video Dailymotion
Earth The Biography Part 05. Rare Planet - video Dailymotion: Bekijk Earth The Biography Part 05. Rare Planet - Carlo Deserno op Dailymotion
"No Empire will last forever...."
Highway Boondoggles 6 | U.S. PIRG
Highway Boondoggles 6 | U.S. PIRG: In our sixth annual Highway Boondoggles report we profile six budget-busting highway expansion projects that are poised to go forward amid COVID-related budget shortfalls.
Monday, February 14, 2022
Climate Crisis Has Made Western US Megadrought Worst in 1,200 Years
Climate Crisis Has Made Western US Megadrought Worst in 1,200 Years: "Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."
Ecofeminism and Radical Ecological Democracy – Radical Ecological Democracy
Ecofeminism and Radical Ecological Democracy – Radical Ecological Democracy: Ariel Salleh, the renowned scholar and activist, and Ashish Kothari discuss the salience of Ecofeminism as well as the emerging issues in its study and practice.
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Turning Point USA - DeSmog
Turning Point USA - DeSmog: Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Background Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a youth conservative activist organization founded by Charlie Kirk on June 5, 2012. According to its website, TPUSA’s “mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government.”1“About Turning Point USA,” Turning Point USA. Archived February […]
Support Grows in Congress for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest
Support Grows in Congress for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest: Support is growing in Congress for the “Day Without Immigrants” protest planned for Monday, February 14. The rationale behind the protest led by TikTok star Carlos Eduardo Espina is tha…
Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Jack Posobiec, & the Proud Boys — Part 1 (2016 election) | by Jennifer Cohn | Feb, 2022 | Medium
Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Jack Posobiec, & the Proud Boys — Part 1 (2016 election) | by Jennifer Cohn | Feb, 2022 | Medium: Roger Stone is a corrupt political advisor who specializes in propping up dictators, liars, and cheats, including former President Donald Trump. Stone is not always taken seriously. As political…
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis - The Lancet
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis - The Lancet: To our knowledge, this study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the global
burden of AMR, as well as an evaluation of the availability of data. AMR is a leading
cause of death around the world, with the highest burdens in low-resource settings.
Understanding the burden of AMR and the leading pathogen–drug combinations contributing
to it is crucial to making informed and location-specific policy decisions, particularly
about infection prevention and control programmes, access to essential antibiotics,
and research and development of new vaccines and antibiotics.
Another global health crisis in motion...
The Second Insurrection is Coming — Are We Ready?
The Second Insurrection is Coming — Are We Ready?: Through voter suppression tactics and and locally focused organizing schemes, Republicans are setting up conditions to favorably contest the next presidential election.
Weyes Blood - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Saturday, February 12, 2022
On this date, Sister Dorothy Stang, from Dayton, Oh was assassinated by the meat-and-soy industry for her efforts to protect the Amazon Basin. Close to 2,000 activists have been killed in the last 25 years in Brazil protesting deforestation.Under the Patriot Act it's illegal to speak out against the meat industry if it hurts their profits in any way.
https://vegannews.press/2020/06/24/regan-russell-history-activists/
Friday, February 11, 2022
Michael Reeves
On this day in history, one of the most promising horror directors died from an accidental overdose, aged 25:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/movies/michael-reeves-horror-movies.html
Thursday, February 10, 2022
These are the 6 proposed laws that are leading us towards fascism - The Canary
These are the 6 proposed laws that are leading us towards fascism - The Canary: The Tories are trying to turn the UK into a fascist state right before our eyes. We have to stand up to them before it's too late.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Monday, February 7, 2022
A history of labor activism at Miami - The Miami Student
A history of labor activism at Miami - The Miami Student: Though the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) would be Miami’s first faculty union, the university has a history of labor activism that spans more than 50 years.
Mary Anning: How A Poor British Carpenter's Daughter Became "The Greatest Fossil Hunter Ever Known" | A Mighty Girl
Mary Anning: How A Poor British Carpenter's Daughter Became "The Greatest Fossil Hunter Ever Known" | A Mighty Girl: English paleontologist Mary Anning discovered the first known ichthyosaur skeleton at only 12 years old and went on to make many more discoveries which changed human's understanding of prehistoric life.
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Cimate REMINDER
REMINDER: According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must eliminate all emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. I hope this puts things in perspective for those of you with the power to do something about it.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021 | BioScience | Oxford Academic
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021 | BioScience | Oxford Academic: In 2019, Ripple and colleagues (2020) warned of untold suffering and declared a climate emergency together with more than 11,000 scientist signatories from 153
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