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forests. fibres. fighting fascism.
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Breaking News!
Code: y-axis alert!

As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean.
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The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:
July 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Pete Hegseth is removing or blocking the promotions of all military officers who he has determined would not participate in an illegal pro-Trump self-coup (auto-coup) in 2028.

You can believe me now or believe me in 2028.

Either way, stop seeing what Hegseth is doing as random.
June 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

How hot is this El Nino?

Not only is the sea-surface temperatures in the Nino 3.4 region on June 13th the hottest on record since 1982, the temperature is a mind-blowing 0.72°C hotter than any previous June 13th.
June 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
In case you haven't seen this: STATEMENT FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING THE MENTAL FITNESS OF PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP; CONGRESSIONAL RECORD VOLUME 172, NO. 76
(SENATE: APRIL 30, 2026)
May 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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STOP TELLING US THESE PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR STRIPES
As the Trump administration moves to tamp down turmoil at HHS—including by announcing a new CDC director—a more restrained version of RFK Jr. is appearing, Tom Bartlett writes:
HHS Wants to Be Done With Drama, for Now
As Trump nominates a new, uncontroversial CDC director, a more restrained version of RFK Jr. is appearing.
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April 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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MAGA howled for a decade about President Obama unfreezing Iranian assets, falsely calling it a gift and terming him a terrorist enabler.

So we'll now hear MAGAs howl about Trump for 50 years and call him an *actual terrorist*, right?

Because they're not fucking hypocrites, right?
April 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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President Donald Trump has crossed from grandiosity into full-blown psychosis, a psychologist has warned.
Why Trump’s Delusions Are So Dangerous: Psychologist
Dr. John Gartner goes through the evidence of a manic, delusional spiral unfolding in real time.
trib.al
April 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Donald Trump’s deranged threat to destroy “a whole civilization” in Iran is a threat to commit war crimes and genocide. Republicans in Congress must prevail upon VP Vance, now campaigning for Putin’s puppet Viktor Orban in Hungary, to return to the U.S. and invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
April 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Sorry... you are telling me that during the run-up to the 2020 presidential election the Trump FBI hid the fact that it was actively investigating sitting president Trump for Child Rape?

Because that would appear to be what happened, and it appears also that the death of Epstein ended that probe...
April 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Today's haiku:

Plants say spring is here
Sky says not so fast, buddies
Make some room, snowflakes
April 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Journalism isn’t just reporting facts.

It’s connecting them.

Seth Abramson does exactly that—pulling scattered reporting into a single line of sight.

Dismiss him if you want.

But don’t pretend the patterns he highlights aren’t there.
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
March 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM
OMG, this is SO good!
So I was just looking at streaming data for my new album BILLIONAIRES, and my mind was blown: the most popular song isn’t the singles I expected (“Billionaires,” “Mighty Maker,” “Billionism,” “Knockabout”) but the emotional-catharsis album closer, “The Worst Men on Earth.”

I didn’t see that coming.
Hounds, “The Worst Men on Earth”
YouTube video by Seth Abramson
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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In shocking news, turns out spending every day of the last 15 months being as big an asshole to everyone as you could just because you thought you could does not lead to them wanting to get punched in the face for you during yet another fight you started for no reason
March 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Do I have to join some sort of a movement or can I just call it common sense to say I'd like mentally unwell people out of leadership positions if the products they make or the people they oversee have the ability to kill

Karp, Musk, Trump, Hegseth... JFC, how hard is it fill positions of power?
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on his support for Trump's Iran war: "I don't really believe in the wars we've fought in the past, because I don't believe in regime change. And that's one of the reasons I'm supportive of this policy we currently have."
March 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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I just did a more rigorous computation for increasing Earth's albedo (reflectivity) using 92% efficient mirrors.

To get back to year 2000 albedo levels, we only need a band about 84 km wide (42 km North & South of the equator) of mirrors circling the earth.

The more you know!
March 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
March 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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(🚨) This is just the beginning. But it is one hell of a beginning. You will never see the Epstein Scandal the same way again.

And Part II is on the way.

You can read this for free by clicking the red button at the link. Or subscribe for free and use this as your free article.
EXCLUSIVE: Evidence Indicates Jeffrey Epstein Was Key to 2016 Pro-Trump Election Meddling
So much attention has been paid to Epstein's serial sex crimes that we've spent too little time asking whether Trump owes his political career to a dead pedophilic rapist he can’t stop lying about.
sethabramson.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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WATCH: “In any remotely sane political climate she would be impeached, fired, or just have the good sense to resign in disgrace,” says Chris Hayes on Attorney General Pam Bondi.
‘Astounding’: Chris Hayes stunned Bondi still has DOJ job 
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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A follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Conservative National Review Journalist—and Former Chief Assistant United States Attorney—Calls for the Department of Justice (Repeat, the Department of Justice) to Be Defunded Over Politicization, Weaponization and Corruption

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Fox News guest shreds DOJ lawyer for recruiting pro-Trump prosecutors
Former federal prosecutor fires back at ex-DHS official soliciting Trump loyalists for top roles
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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"Jeffries also stipulated that there must be language in any new DHS bill empowering state and local law enforcers to conduct their own investigations, and perhaps bring their own charges in cases of alleged misconduct by DHS officers."

Let me be really fucking clear: this is ALREADY the law.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM