2026-03-30T00:05:39Z https://yabu.me Pauline von Hellermann https://yabu.me/npub1wl5sn7hvyczng9shjha043nc87phu7qvjv5kymmy5vh8hxtzjccs8xvs4x https://files.mastodon.green/accounts/avatars/109/290/118/204/647/219/original/b31d80bed1bcbddb.jpeg https://files.mastodon.green/accounts/avatars/109/290/118/204/647/219/original/b31d80bed1bcbddb.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqq4l8v0g8d5srdn4jl0twrg3rcwcpzw6nvwxst999xdrwnjfet3czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzjkeejy RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109308498065515745">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109308498065515745</a><br/><br/>The Tragedy of the NON Commons<br/><br/>Thought I might as well reshare this piece now. The whole state of the world being in the hands so very few, #EpsteinClass starting #IranWar: it is all a massive, complete Tragedy of the NON Commons <br/><br/>ps still my only blog! 😄<br/>nostr:note1xajje6wrh95799sn5j7jvkjarxy0rchwgz5lf5amqpxh65x396lqz6tcd4<br/> 2026-04-09T07:24:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9sgmg5e6vj3wc77zjnn9p77ara44d8eye5pxde7w44cunqw47p0gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzq6lpry Israel launches massive strikes on central Beirut after Iran ceasefire <br/><br/>Reportedly hundreds dead. Israel is doing everything to jeopardise the ceasefire. A murderous, horrific regime. <br/><br/><a href="https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/daab9e74-ebed-4e0e-8f58-1d2721503d31">https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/daab9e74-ebed-4e0e-8f58-1d2721503d31</a> 2026-04-08T13:16:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz23a2gx8ktrf0yu6pt9mh5jjtm65mf6j3ru8vjsr2qzpclhg0zfczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwkqaqz And then of course the inevitable market surge.. I wonder who is making billions this time <br/><br/><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2868ed5b-865f-4491-a78e-c84967d50c34?shareType=nongift">https://www.ft.com/content/2868ed5b-865f-4491-a78e-c84967d50c34?shareType=nongift</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/367/874/231/764/817/original/cdb21a4f1bacb0c9.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-08T07:20:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx89nnhatwwd26mp6nxz4pwznpd3c0zjgtu9a6pq78jvqdgpztt4qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzhwktsf Phew, again… <a href="https://aje.news/9k7fl9">https://aje.news/9k7fl9</a> 2026-04-07T22:42:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszllt9dz7xwdfsrm7hhyh8gn3s3al72smaxxaqvd7f587qrsl600gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzhp7kny 💯with Polanski and Davey on this. This must happen immediately.<br/><br/>“The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military.“<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/363/804/583/079/349/original/0959a1a05567d8e9.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/363/804/833/101/780/original/55c4a792b623e7ae.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-07T14:05:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg63amrjtxcll59mpy8emz9xu3xalr6tffa95ftmqtevu308dzamczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzw0ea45 #ClimateDiary This really is a wonderful Easter present. Greens leading UK polls! <br/>For those of you not in UK: this is unprecedented, and as little as six months ago pretty unimaginable. Happy Eastear everyone! <br/><br/>#GreenParty #GPEW #UKPolitics<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/352/766/444/011/819/original/f1d94f8526fc5419.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-05T15:18:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx52vs02ksv8xlxpf7pzvhatlpf62hzkly3xmgqsv0f4sh27w9wgszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzlx4pua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyts3rzx6muhejvl3dtxdhq4yy7ayu3he4rjwfelr4ke2rtt0j4tgzgfmc5'>nevent1q…fmc5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>3/3 And hundreds of these political prisoners facing death sentence are children. <br/><br/> “On Monday 30 March 2026, the Israeli Knesset passed a law mandating the death penalty, by hanging, for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings. Executions are to be carried out within 90 days of sentencing. There is no right of appeal. There is no provision for clemency. And there is no age exemption for children.”<br/><br/><a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/israels-death-penalty-law-and-the-collapse-of-international-protection-for-children/">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/israels-death-penalty-law-and-the-collapse-of-international-protection-for-children/</a> 2026-04-01T08:01:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyts3rzx6muhejvl3dtxdhq4yy7ayu3he4rjwfelr4ke2rtt0j4tgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz2gsmyx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszyu80w20eetp45yjw4j04tvylrxawskltkgjr5pjtz2ky9uudhyczh8xud'>nevent1q…8xud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2/3 In case you missed it, you can watch “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” here. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gaza-doctors-under-attack?cntsrc=social_share_ios_gaza_doctors_under_attack">https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gaza-doctors-under-attack?cntsrc=social_share_ios_gaza_doctors_under_attack</a> 2026-04-01T07:56:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyu80w20eetp45yjw4j04tvylrxawskltkgjr5pjtz2ky9uudhyczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzylvd2s My heart is heavy beyond words thinking of the 9000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israel now facing imminent death sentence. Amongst all the evil that has become normalised, this is a new, awful low. Everyone knows this, yet we allow it to happen.<br/><br/>Thinking in particular of doctor Hossam Abu Safiya. So familiar since watching “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” - he is a hero and has been made to suffer for it so much already 💔<br/><br/>1/3<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/328/366/559/725/802/original/7c8c29e6a9e10181.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-01T07:53:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03ck8fhndp0jtzc9hpv6dz369e9kqjnthe4psvwxd48v5x6pg58qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzdqh83p April Fools’ Day piece? So many layers of deception these days, it’s impossible to know!<br/><br/><a href="https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/bd309f9f-7d71-43ba-9a03-7dd10f82e633">https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/bd309f9f-7d71-43ba-9a03-7dd10f82e633</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/328/250/814/897/407/original/e7cbe6dabf58d158.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-01T07:24:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsflep3sp9jlhhmjgcnuu2uyfnac80tyelxgvveswevq9vpv2tqcggzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzlqec5g FAO Chief Economist warns of severe global food security risks from disruption to Strait of Hormuz trade corridor<br/><br/>“Fertilizer prices have risen sharply, with Middle East granular urea increasing by 19 percent in the first week of March, while Egyptian urea prices surged by 28 percent.”<br/><br/>I fist learned about “urea” from farmers in Tanzania’s Par Mountains. These price increases will be terrible for many (even though everyone uses organic, local fertilisers too). #IranWar<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-chief-economist-warns-of-severe-global-food-security-risks-from-disruption-to-strait-of-hormuz-trade-corridor/en">https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-chief-economist-warns-of-severe-global-food-security-risks-from-disruption-to-strait-of-hormuz-trade-corridor/en</a> 2026-03-30T08:17:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl2jr99t25tw24n483q05anrupufpxmdktma9klswhe9fpsfhd2gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwvpq86 Israel is now blatantly beginning to take control of southern Lebanon, using the same playbook as in Gaza and West Bank, and the majority of our political elites here in lovely civilised Europe do not bat an eyelid. Genocidal warfare and territorial expansion normalised and endorsed. <br/><br/><a href="https://aje.news/eiz4vg">https://aje.news/eiz4vg</a> 2026-03-25T06:03:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxfmt2cmhlp9wzqsgtr0k6p6z63zmc0ws8p9222snptk8ezkvvfczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzztr34y #ClimateDiary Short overview of my evolving consciousness<br/><br/>2000s: climate change, ecological destruction bad but can be tackled/ a while off/studying this is my contribution <br/><br/>2017-2021: it’s a #ClimateEmergency! We need to act NOW! #Activism<br/><br/>2022-25: it’s a #Polycrisis What will get us first - Climate breakdown? inequality? Fascism? AI dystopia? (Nuclear) war? <br/><br/>2026: Oh, it’s all at once, right now, this is it #CollapseDiary<br/><br/>(and yes i know many of you will have been years ahead of me) 2026-03-24T06:14:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqke5kx7zxtdqfu6xtp8cl0z5k8vgenal98xukf9mpfw9zqlvnm3szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzdxz4e3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtfgn5knxcmt50gvup5mm6rpdf7n5q9yxgzwse4n4nvqjqtpp40g8hzl8y'>nevent1q…zl8y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i just saw your post and had to smile, even though there is nothing to smile about here - just because you used almost exactly the same wording as I did this morning! 😊<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/278/402/826/535/883/original/6fcd13cc83e4b0f2.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-23T12:07:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9pgfetaa7pa4y0dx8qqjs9shltfpgyx936260ap0d360t3t4c9czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzdzpflk #ClimateDiary Meanwhile, this too. <br/><br/>State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/277/066/947/293/360/original/203355e3620e56f8.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-23T06:27:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs97twj7qmxn87lev9q6vpm6av4z828rnlqgggslcyn878zu7ueapgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz40eesw Genuine question: why is there not more of a movement to get rid of Trump in the US? Why is it not possible to impeach him? Will there be mass protest at any point? #Trump #IranWar 2026-03-22T07:07:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgrlf78sgfmkgrrt9ea8fu8wkwqje6ed52zu6x06epk2z8ykyvxqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzcuc8kp #ClimateDiary US sanctions on #Cuba are cruel and devastating. But Cuba getting its electricity going again reminded me of Cuba’s past successes in dealing with oil embargoes. This 2006 film, “The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil”, shows how Cuba was able to lose more than half its oil imports and survive as a nation following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.<br/><br/>Do watch- different scenario this time but good to know this, and hugely inspiring! 1/2<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/aeM5emtaVC0?si=zQg1Fvaf0cN0qIgo">https://youtu.be/aeM5emtaVC0?si=zQg1Fvaf0cN0qIgo</a> 2026-03-19T07:53:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswjpcssafz0e2lfkgfja0dfuvlp72cz0lw5n8fldvm9gtwusph5wszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxucw6c RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116232015153063139">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116232015153063139</a><br/><br/>#ClimateDiary 🔥Please watch “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” wherever you can, and tell others. Title couldn’t be more apt: this monster is swallowing us all. US military CO2, methane emissions dwarf everything else; it poisons land, sea, animals and humans (including its own soldiers) across the world; destroys life everywhere. Eg over 400,000 whales a year its permitted “take”! <br/><br/>As Abby Martin urged us at end: understand, organise, resist. 🔥<br/><br/>#EarthsGreatestEnemy #USArmy #Ecocide #Genocide #Iran<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ewjjw8eq2yfpz0nlr7rgr3txxewdr0g5ey32qmwhh7lryfdhcmvqewudth" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ewj…udth</a></span><br/> </div> #ClimateDiary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy”, Abby Martin’s new documentary about the environmental impact of the US military, couldn’t be more timely. The US military is so unbelievably destructive, in so many ways at once. <br/><br/>The London Premiere is this Tuesday, 17th March. I am going: would be great to see any fellow UK/London ClimateDiary writers there! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-london-premiere-with-abby-martin-qa-tickets-1977675121526">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-london-premiere-with-abby-martin-qa-tickets-1977675121526</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/232/014/882/267/453/original/ffd975e575a66ed9.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-18T06:37:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsze59r4sf4jyf9vh0ud6yjayx36fqa5rxl09dx6jkkmm3cmk5m28szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzf5saf9 #ClimateDiary Ehm… it’s 2026? <br/><br/><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-record-global-heat-means-for-breaching-the-1-5c-warming-limit/">https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-record-global-heat-means-for-breaching-the-1-5c-warming-limit/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/248/685/860/219/287/original/4e82809e66dec17b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-18T06:09:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8l7eg6thkpahcsefn30an59xafsxjj83shcz2dt3nwyrd5lrs7zczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxhxy2e #ClimateDiary We are in intense #Heatpump vs new boiler discussions in our household at the moment, and it is quite something how geopolitics and radiators (and other practicalities like: will the humming be loud?) all swirl through my head at once. <br/><br/>(Our house is old, terraced and high ceilings - it looks like it’s not impossible but challenging. Costs come into it too, of course. Also worried on this front: might geopolitics mean i will not earn any money next few years?)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/238/627/713/155/906/original/462fcd4454c1bce4.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-16T11:29:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2upf0577724y90skp8t99xk3gv4cuspwuajwd0duhayna7pglusszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzr656df #Palantir really is in the process of embedding itself in governments - US, Japan, UK. This really is not good. 1/2<br/><br/>“Allowing a single entity, foreign or domestic, to have such far-reaching, pervasive access is inherently dangerous. How our national cybersecurity centre has allowed this beggars belief.”<br/><br/><a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/palantir-national-security-threat-according-high-level-mod-sources">https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/palantir-national-security-threat-according-high-level-mod-sources</a> 2026-03-16T08:22:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhff8rus9zys38el3lp5pc4nrvhx3h52vjg4qdhtml03jykmudkqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trztumgtj #ClimateDiary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy”, Abby Martin’s new documentary about the environmental impact of the US military, couldn’t be more timely. The US military is so unbelievably destructive, in so many ways at once. <br/><br/>The London Premiere is this Tuesday, 17th March. I am going: would be great to see any fellow UK/London ClimateDiary writers there! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-london-premiere-with-abby-martin-qa-tickets-1977675121526">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-london-premiere-with-abby-martin-qa-tickets-1977675121526</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/232/014/882/267/453/original/ffd975e575a66ed9.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-15T07:30:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsykvhfflvgzj5pccapnp9r3f3qk7q47v0u2cv96ujv98vulmttryqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzker3uy “Are we… are we the BADDIES?” Have to share this yet again.<br/><br/>I mean, it’s never been more evident. Starting illegal wars of choice, daily targetting of civilians, triggering economic and ecological catastrophe, covering up disgusting pedophilia, all with acquiescence across Western political and economic elites. We really, really ARE the baddies. <br/><br/>#Iran<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/214/790/420/436/489/original/597962b30bda3b27.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-12T06:29:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4z8dxgwujfcpw6j5n2ul6naceafg6zu2kfyyld9pw3g2cz7sssczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzgkyund RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116181266320339287">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116181266320339287</a><br/><br/>What #Gaza already showed is now even clearer, for all, all to see: European leaders like Starmer, Merz, Macron have no moral integrity, backbone or principles, no interest in international law or human rights whatsoever. They aligned behind the US and Israel who are openly declaring they want to kill as many Iranians as possible, Dahiya doctrine and all. It is beyond contempt. What a world. #Iran<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1nnldvqukzzr3fzzqe0zzpxsl9ucveeapgddw2fz3csx45lkqjraskahdt7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1nnl…hdt7</a></span><br/> </div> 15 yo: “i don’t understand, why can’t other European leaders be like Pedro Sanchez?”<br/>Indeed. </blockquote> 2026-03-07T07:01:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfelkkqwtpppc53pqvh3pqng0j7vxvu7s5xkh9y3gugr260mqfp7czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trza0euwm 15 yo: “i don’t understand, why can’t other European leaders be like Pedro Sanchez?”<br/>Indeed. 2026-03-06T08:23:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq7cy7vf3w3vgc5fcfjr92lyelj75scn7ct5wutrpc8lhe6jphmaszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzczxstd Good piece by Jonathan Cook here on this catastrophic war of choice.<br/><br/>In Iran, Israel’s morbid military cult now has the US fully in its grip.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-03-05/iran-israel-military-cult-us-grip/">https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-03-05/iran-israel-military-cult-us-grip/</a> 2026-03-06T07:49:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwyt8gwgr55k55eyd0ww7ygr8dqg95vuqyctf4spf303qet8yl8szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzz3l425 Greens polling higher than Labour in YouGov polls! #GreenParty #GPEW #UKPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/greens-overtake-labour-in-sensational-poll-13514420">https://news.sky.com/story/greens-overtake-labour-in-sensational-poll-13514420</a> 2026-03-03T07:28:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsda4qk8y63xsvnnp5pwladaq50m4pegd4wp4mw5ztmfgvfgf3hceszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzt2d00w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftpj5pmg7yefzt2kcp4j48n3c3qwcgrjugfx7lz83pyqrfjgn6nqzkj73x'>nevent1q…j73x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>agree with every word you say here. So well put. They do, indeed, deserve obliteration. 2026-03-02T07:08:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2yvqnnjtha056kfgzamt6jwq20hg9zvp5rs4v3k6f8fdxgcmz75czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz0suxpw When the US and Israel attacked #Iran on Saturday, the #GreenParty #Byelections victory at first felt dwarfed; our local elections campaign insignificant and hard to focus on.<br/><br/>But it is all linked, and hugely important: <br/><br/>Polanski now has the platform to articulate an anti-war stance clearly on MSM. And The Green Party is a real (the only!) political choice for those of us opposing illegal warmongering - and it keeps growing! A small glimmer of hope right there. #UKPolitics<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/158/121/395/358/426/original/93230a8867f9ce20.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/158/121/611/550/096/original/f7462b139d312f7a.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-02T06:17:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq327wkjt0ecpevn4se6dnlr402avnt7nr5cy77s8dp8zxpw7xtgczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzrmzm0m RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116147084171890025">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116147084171890025</a><br/><br/>#Iran Really worth listening to this. It is not true that Iran refused to negotiate; there was a breakthrough in last few hours. Also no preparation and consensus building within the US; no consent, no collective decision from capitol hill. No provocation, only half-arsed attempts to create a narrative: it really is a completely brazen attack. As we all know.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1t07k98nf38q94faevh4lvtj28dwgpmq8nuh7mu4k7udm6gdmm2nqryv0ck" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1t07…v0ck</a></span><br/> </div> And so it begins, again<br/><br/><a href="https://aje.news/p4rw7y">https://aje.news/p4rw7y</a> </blockquote> 2026-02-28T08:30:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hltzne5cnsz657ukt6lk9e9rkhyqasre7tld72m0wxaayxaa4fszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz4za0dx And so it begins, again<br/><br/><a href="https://aje.news/p4rw7y">https://aje.news/p4rw7y</a> 2026-02-28T07:30:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxzcg5vnvl9wmdasxk2ev63zrsfujjj9gmnwgd0qvhkdztznrkyqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz5r54ks RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116141145454158843">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116141145454158843</a><br/><br/>Anti-genocide won. It is so so good.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1ueuhhp93nl8kgm8w2afcxlw537fak52screfr4t8thkx0h6ehauqna29j9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ueu…29j9</a></span><br/> </div> Amazing!!! So happy!!!! Well done everyone who leaflettted and worked tirelessly and pulled this off !!<br/><br/>Not even close!!! <br/><br/>So, so happy. To everyone not in the UK: this is HISTORIC<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #GreenParty #Byelections <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/141/145/106/332/320/original/8ff352343e9c1a43.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-02-27T06:32:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswv7tmsjcelnmydnh9w5ur0h2gly7m29gvpu5364n4mmr8mavm77qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzzxa7tm Amazing!!! So happy!!!! Well done everyone who leaflettted and worked tirelessly and pulled this off !!<br/><br/>Not even close!!! <br/><br/>So, so happy. To everyone not in the UK: this is HISTORIC<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #GreenParty #Byelections <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/141/145/106/332/320/original/8ff352343e9c1a43.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-27T06:20:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjznnrll93p2hrcffku5rgy8sgh9e5sg7cljadddwr45r633680czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzm7zrs8 I am watching #Newsnight and so extremely angry about how it’s all being framed. Everyone, presenter, Reform, Labour, ganging up on Greens. Then the “breaking news” of concerning levels of “family voting” - i don’t know, it sounds like a move to discredit things. #UKPolitics #Byelections #GreenParty<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/139/400/530/342/884/original/8a43859af85bbc29.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-26T22:56:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmurcy8es23jf3lvt3exgvjavcr47ura5uc9gz5s68ysqhty5f7qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzmr6wtd RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116118729893851805">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116118729893851805</a><br/><br/>#Byelections today! Wishing Hannah Spencer, the #GreenParty, all the campaigners and all the citizens of Gorton and Denton who do not want a Reform MP the very best today. It matters SO MUCH!! <br/><br/>Remember: voting Green is the tactical vote. Really hoping and praying that everyone who was still planning to vote Labour will see this and back Hannah. <br/><br/>(Labour leadership prefer a Reform win to a Green win. Don’t listen to them. Not today, not ever. They are a shameful bunch).<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1rhjsmuc02jrxkmg07s0g9gwa2phxjktzfv4e7sld97tnjnah3wgqzf0shh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1rhj…0shh</a></span><br/> </div> #UKPolitics The Gorton and Denton byelections are this Thursday, 26th February. If you live there, have previously voted #Labour and do not want #Reform to come in: voting Green and helping Hannah Spencer win is, on this occasion, the tactical vote. But it’s also a historic vote that will shift the political discourse of the country, the Overton window, towards better, fairer politics, not further away. Vote Green! Hannah is great! <br/><br/>#GreenParty #GPEW #Byelections #gortonanddenton<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/118/729/449/790/555/original/55dd5ae6fe0d3911.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/118/729/673/842/077/original/86f2f7c5209e34eb.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-02-26T07:15:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9kcedwspgjqvgwn4l3reaany9pfs5xawgq7lf4za55qasp30p46czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzneg6zs RE: <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116115115027463606">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/116115115027463606</a><br/><br/>#ClimateDiary Occurred to me i should log this fungus extravaganza here on Climate Diary , too. It is one of the many small side effects we have had here from all the relentless rain in recent weeks, alongside with domestic leakage sagas, ever more gigantic potholes everywhere, and many, many cancelled junior football matches (was wondering whether it might impact the collective football skills of this generation!)<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1akx6q5el6gdus3a92qgjupfxg0y7f8ekf82n8yljvc7qalyjx6vs96lhad" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1akx…lhad</a></span><br/> </div> Not sure whether this qualifies as #MagicInTheMundane but the mushrooms on this tree stump in my neighbourhood are something else. I mean, zoom in!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/115/114/800/266/459/original/525fbab5510bce2f.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-02-23T16:13:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmegd7v84fpntd58lg85z58w4qmnft93yk2ulg0kjl9eef7mchyqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzp8ynd5 #UKPolitics The Gorton and Denton byelections are this Thursday, 26th February. If you live there, have previously voted #Labour and do not want #Reform to come in: voting Green and helping Hannah Spencer win is, on this occasion, the tactical vote. But it’s also a historic vote that will shift the political discourse of the country, the Overton window, towards better, fairer politics, not further away. Vote Green! Hannah is great! <br/><br/>#GreenParty #GPEW #Byelections #gortonanddenton<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/118/729/449/790/555/original/55dd5ae6fe0d3911.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/118/729/673/842/077/original/86f2f7c5209e34eb.png"> <br/> 2026-02-23T07:20:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgc2g3fhpq5xz9t7k44fyaldv02zm30xtpu3x7afjkwrskyqal7szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz8y4pzn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsy4smu5776n5ec3qk5hmesm7d3jphsu8kydzkysyq5l0dla9h6cq875fa'>nevent1q…75fa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you both - as is evident from my post i knew nothing about these kinds of funguses and am now reading up on turkey tails and false turkey tails. Fascinating! 2026-02-23T06:56:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmrdq2vlayx7gg7j4qyfwq5ny8j0ynumyn4fnj0exv0qwljfrdxgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxhye0s Not sure whether this qualifies as #MagicInTheMundane but the mushrooms on this tree stump in my neighbourhood are something else. I mean, zoom in!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/116/115/114/800/266/459/original/525fbab5510bce2f.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-22T16:00:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcdrgyet25l3m65djhdfm67ly97llllenyxn9w70tgfnqrkamzzszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwat6yn Long overdue catch up with #ClimateDiary and thinking about how, in history, there are always co-existing trends, each with their own momentum, inertia, infrastructures, material changes, discourses; like waves going in and out simultaneously. Perhaps we need to get better at seeing several simultaneously. <br/><br/>These 3 climate trends all co-exist and are all real:<br/><br/>1. Earth’s climate is now departing from stable conditions; we may be on a “hothouse trajectory” 1/4<br/><br/><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022026/earth-unprecedented-shift-from-warm-to-hot/">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022026/earth-unprecedented-shift-from-warm-to-hot/</a> 2026-02-22T07:50:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9ua564sru98pjcdnzxulfuvfz7e24gtufa5xk72x4vlugdq2dhqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzuptz0z Thinking about “civicmindedness”:<br/>thinking and acting beyond your private life and work. Protesting, volunteering, participating in local politics, etc.<br/><br/>How some people have it and others don’t. How our whole Western individualist value system (more so now than even 30 years ago) works to erode it, but how important it actually is, in a deep, psychological way even. We are all part of communities and need to feel it.<br/><br/>(feeling local election U-turn! #GreenParty)<br/><br/>#CivicMindedness #Personhood 2026-02-20T07:39:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3g7es4dnv4rh9pncjhty2y28kkqlhnzwkx0xw5mw65hhcz99a8gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz9nzcuq Hello UK #GreenParty members on here: I would really like the Green Party to set up on #Mastodon. Our local party (closed down after last election by somewhat erratic unilateral decision) has just reestablished and it is all X, FB and Insta. I have suggested Mastodon but noone knows it. I will work on it locally but is there any way to take it to the top somehow? Can we get together on here to write an email? Any suggestions welcome. #UKpolitics<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14h377afvm28azdh6npp4zhf6vg8tva7wlapl89s93ldv0ddl2u2qhckaez" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mark Burton</span> (<span class="italic">npub14h3…kaez</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ecsvapql5rerese5hwtmkn74rfhk02s2ad6d3n22cphjpv8rs8zqm0kh2u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>JuneSim63</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ecs…kh2u</span>)</a></span> 2026-02-11T06:03:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8f4e24ynxryqwg8rcglysuczwrwczz3a07dscdylkjznx59gaakszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzs7n2md In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qpr845vah39kyf7ptwf5d4hpw07xl0dqy6psfzn34h242qh2a2gppttrn'>nevent1q…ttrn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do read this piece by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tq2fl26mck3ek9y3wcn6pe36txugwvuh0yyn6ewvfj0gf9903fhst0rcp0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Radical Anthropology</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tq2…rcp0</span>)</a></span>’s Chris Stringer, who is a linguist and Chomsky expert. Really insightful<br/><br/><a href="https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/116024652691905844">https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/116024652691905844</a> 2026-02-09T06:14:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03242udgzeqnfen9a8z2p9hsdmltk4uu85sp2y908gjj0wgjcflgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzf6tj2u #ClimateDiary. I am marking and marking - at the moment, blogs students wrote for Urban Political Ecology.<br/><br/>This final sentence just now is so good I have to share it here:<br/><br/>“The next time you are walking through a city on a hot day, do not just look for a tree. Ask yourself why it was planted there, who is allowed to sit under it, and who is still standing out in the sun.” 2026-02-02T11:47:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyul754ruvl96wch3d9l2glqpmnmfgukhtusl4hgjkp8kyn7jzkpgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzm5rnka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdgf5plvq5s4yq4y8qxvsx67rd5z5g54l7u4uusfvxvu9vgpl2ygklcfn4'>nevent1q…cfn4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i am do glad. I knew she was going to be extra awful with him, so couldn’t bring myself to watch it, even though i also thought/hoped he would emerge well from it. Thank you for watching it for us! 2026-02-01T10:51:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygx5lt9a3h70fj9f58m39gvrju23sw848lw4557nafvudv5prqhqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz7dftnt #ClimateDiary After a year or more of “post-activism” I have had a bit of a turning point this week: i became a “Relationships Officer” of my newly reborn local #GreenParty (Eastbourne), am part of the Exec and instantly linked into mobilising around the #gortonbyelection. Getting Hannah Spencer elected would be amazing! <br/><br/>On a personal note: you feel so much better when you are doing something. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj5gplpl9o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj5gplpl9o</a> 2026-01-31T09:20:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8f7ah4eeracwrqrea6rnxezl0pz0nvnzllfmm8guudzenqjeupqczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz7ru8mu Walking home from work feeling tired, looked up into sky #MagicInTheMundane<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/986/117/490/370/937/original/d131e7da4e0ef56c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-30T21:15:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw8f5uzp99nf8fmzy2j0n49gcmhhfwmp8rd26fa7nv573vadhxn7czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz4fl8ra #ClimateDiary Storm #Chandra in UK, extreme winter storm in US, above 48°C in Australia, a suppressed UK national security report on ecosystem collapse: yep, things really are in full swing. #ClimateChange<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/27/storm-chandra-uk-severe-flood-warning-devon-ottery-st-mary-rain-wind?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/27/storm-chandra-uk-severe-flood-warning-devon-ottery-st-mary-rain-wind?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/971/517/863/770/598/original/4abd78affd66d9e6.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-28T07:22:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwyrvl7yk497nhku0q0vmu93pxzvgpm8r204vpsj66elahhrm8yszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz7j2lx9 Total, total #Dystopia. That it has really come to this - Trump’s plans for #Gaza unveiled at #Davos. <br/><br/>“I&#39;m a real estate person at heart and it&#39;s all about location. And I said: &#39;Look at this location on the sea. Look at this beautiful piece of property. What it could be for so many people.&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>Which people? Who will live in there? What will happen to the people of Gaza? And the Western world goes along with this.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7mmpljze7o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7mmpljze7o</a> 2026-01-24T09:54:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsyygw6y2jfpyqqrzkn54wgdhha09qr6eyrkncsfk0nkkh22pnpszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz6gs9z3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznaerk6g5tyv2s65gwypajpckc5u9yx2trhktaurtwue242wwwugae78en'>nevent1q…78en</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, exactly 2026-01-22T06:51:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gly4ay03uzptvr3l0e9w7ur52dt3j0fwudm604dlsuh4ap0p8mczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzznvv3z I am sick and tired of having #Trump in my life. Stupid MSM reporting every second of the day his latest stupid, exhausting antics, changes of mind. <br/><br/>Remembering a German phrase from the 1980s: “Stell dir vor es ist Krieg und keiner geht hin.” “Imagine it’s war and noone goes”.<br/><br/>Well, imagine all media just not reporting anything Trump says. Like, nothing. Wouldn’t that kind of take the wind out of him? <br/><br/>Forever. Or even just for a week or so. Just to have a break. That would be nice. 2026-01-22T06:04:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27nhx5v6a7pewf78puv3kexnr2te6r7w6022y9mqvsypm5ml60vczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzakkj33 RE: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/115912876558052136">https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/115912876558052136</a><br/><br/>#ClimateDiary Just yesterday i remembered listening to an interview with Abby Martin about this documentary, wondering whether it’s out now - a must watch in these times<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note18ehjlh9dn0uxvjgh9hacwhm33mkakx0h3g9cxej7zhl90ch9y4cs077cuk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note18eh…7cuk</a></span><br/> </div> It would take the average American driver over 40 years to burn as much fuel as a single flight of a Boeing Pegasus refueling tanker. No amount of recycling your cans and bottles is ever going to compete with these numbers. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-u.s.-war-machine-is-earths-greatest-enemy">https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-u.s.-war-machine-is-earths-greatest-enemy</a> </blockquote> 2026-01-18T06:11:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wmyhfs3euuve0dn7pruhmpxftxhxzd4ytz2wla6qu8r57wvcf2qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz5ccxq3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2qe0frnyqgsxyv0ttljsq7ur6ud6sk5sels2rzfth25gjfcppfrqzdxtl6'>nevent1q…xtl6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>3/4 And now remembered this excellent recent LRB (my sanity sanctuary these days) article by Amia Srinivasan, “The Impossible Patient. The Return of the Unconscious”, about psychoanalysis and politics. Really recommend it - really worth exploring all this! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n23/amia-srinivasan/the-impossible-patient">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n23/amia-srinivasan/the-impossible-patient</a> 2026-01-17T07:33:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2qe0frnyqgsxyv0ttljsq7ur6ud6sk5sels2rzfth25gjfcppfrqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzeyv0ya In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy000csecmwz7zxk2e7mn8ke7eq229rdt6qg6lupue4dvc5hm6xjc2ldjn3'>nevent1q…djn3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2/4 Also (more uninformed musings linking psychology and geopolitics with no expertise in either): <br/><br/>Trump is basically abusive, he is abusing/gaslighting all of us. Our times are so distorted that we have all become super quick to detect individual abuse (“he is gaslighting you ”; “you need to leave him”), but absolutely noone in MSM is calling out Trump in this way. They are all co-creating Trump world, gaslighting for him, reporting on him as if he is a normal person. <br/><br/> #Gaza #Trump 2026-01-17T07:23:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy000csecmwz7zxk2e7mn8ke7eq229rdt6qg6lupue4dvc5hm6xjczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzy6p256 Dream team here, this “Board of Peace”<br/><br/>Have been detecting a new emotion recently triggered by news like this - same when Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. <br/><br/>Barely an emotion; more like cold resignation to the surreal evil of our times; when you recognise there might have been outrage before but now it’s barely a flicker, like the last little flame when you switch off a gas cooker. <br/><br/>Need a name for it! <br/><br/>1/4 (mini #Geopolitics #Psychology 🧵)<br/><br/>#Gaza #Trump<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/trump-gaza-board-rubio-blair?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/trump-gaza-board-rubio-blair?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/909/182/389/196/245/original/a04c545ce6f5ba7a.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-17T07:09:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst27k3y8yqlz9zdw4gl3le9umwjgm7qapcxc92fmmvvv77fjegzrgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzy2stff Aftershock: The War On Terror. <br/><br/>I just finished listening to this outstanding LRB podcast series and cannot recommend it enough. Like all of us of a certain age I remember 9/11 and its aftermath very well, and followed it all critically and angrily- but it is incredibly illuminating to be told the whole story of how 9/11 triggered an unprecedented expansion of US powers (surveillance, financial) especially now as it provides so much context for the #Venezuela coup. <br/><br/><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aftershock-the-war-on-terror/id1853047396">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aftershock-the-war-on-terror/id1853047396</a> 2026-01-05T14:45:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyfn0h5grkkswcl57aed0qgvtxule7mld6a9dms43875pvdrs3s8czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzsryc7c &#39;We need Greenland&#39;<br/><br/>The gloves are well and truly off<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0zg974v1o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0zg974v1o</a> 2026-01-05T10:17:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstuf727vgug8t5a40jdj04uvz4us9y8qvs624nld92gd9gwad8r2gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzd5eu68 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29xh7rq2d28pehleg2f8zztgzprjpuh2s2tf2zz6f8wz60a9ly8ssv3kfz'>nevent1q…3kfz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just finished this last, fifth episode of the outstandingly good LRB podcast series Aftershock. I really, really recommend listening to it all, but sharing the 5th episode here as it’s about the #Petrodollar, in the context of the war on terror. Learned a lot! <br/><br/><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aftershock-the-war-on-terror/id1853047396?i=1000741888766">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aftershock-the-war-on-terror/id1853047396?i=1000741888766</a> 2026-01-05T09:42:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdt0quxelk9q4ngv9nnjgdghtatv6cr55k6s8uamr4kzgqv0e20gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxa4dn3 I have nothing original or insightful to add but also don’t want to just stay silent when the US attacks its third country this holiday season (Nigeria and Iran before). The attack on #Venezuela is a bloody coup, breaking all international law. It should be condemned by all other leaders but many (Starmer) will not do that, of course. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/830/582/525/091/259/original/f253ff9f148427a5.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-03T10:00:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrx29w2jaygse625m3wskjf2tw7sfaajju457947ttwnpulz6gdxszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trztrujmt #ClimateDiary Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown<br/><br/>No news to any of us here on #ClimateDiary - hundreds of you making these small observations already - but it’s good to see it officially recorded. #Phenology<br/><br/>So important to highlight these small, silent changes, that most people are completely oblivious to. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/02/winter-blooming-of-hundreds-of-plants-in-uk-visible-signal-of-climate-breakdown?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/02/winter-blooming-of-hundreds-of-plants-in-uk-visible-signal-of-climate-breakdown?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/824/770/195/006/854/original/e4cd920f67c599b4.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-02T09:22:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rq3vqfen8sty9qpjq9pzqjx5rxf3m8fv6swq57cddnypdk7tv5gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzae72jq #ClimateDiary i showed this in teaching the other day and it hit me all over again: how on earth did it happen that we all accepted #Profit having equal weight to planet and people? What even is this. <br/><br/>And yes, aware of origin and that now changed to “prosperity”. Also of the 17 UN SDGs etc. But there is no need for listing economic growth at all: planet and people wellbeing alone just fine. But we all accepted capitalism being inserted right into the heart of #sustainability<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/801/913/549/238/752/original/2e2f158f0b129e6b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-29T08:29:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf303vudpx5p34edwmvv3tkgt4jxeqfh3utxeh3g688zhukslfyqgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzsukp93 “Of course he abused pupils”<br/><br/>Really worth reading this account about not just #Farage but the institutional support he received, being made prefect despite his racist abuse and openly expressed far right views - he revelled in having same initials as National Front.<br/><br/>So important not just in view of Farage possibly becoming our next PM, but also because it highlights how public schools foster conservative and far right views. Today as much as then. 1/2 #UKPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/28/of-course-he-abused-pupils-ex-dulwich-teacher-speaks-out-about-farage-racism-claims?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/28/of-course-he-abused-pupils-ex-dulwich-teacher-speaks-out-about-farage-racism-claims?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/796/414/779/425/773/original/a8c658a4c62e1955.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-28T09:09:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsymuyjxstpacaqr3g9x0j4nyy7q3yhvpg56hhfmdr2wdh9exmetjqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzf7pjgh Trump bombing #Nigeria on Christmas Day with the pretext of protecting Christians: a nice, fitting finale for all the awful craziness of 2025. Wonder what 2026 will bring. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/us-carries-out-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-trump-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/us-carries-out-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-trump-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/785/189/258/768/977/original/5bdc23f5c465ecf2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-26T09:36:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf0fxl0rgcnvct72mr7wqelw2vty5cnv0vkdymv96dex78rgn5mqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz4aq9sp This is sad: Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years<br/><br/>I mean, I am just as bad as anyone else, never writing real letters anymore, but I love and miss them. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/denmark-postnord-postal-delivery-letters-society?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/denmark-postnord-postal-delivery-letters-society?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/756/423/732/859/657/original/a10c2bdf59470dce.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-21T07:40:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2krqk334eeq4502rdn83ejsl4re4rc687xr8ws7gzdagfkfndgqgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trznhefc7 #ClimateDiary Storm Byron hitting Gaza, all those people in tents being swept away, yet again losing everything, dying, whilst Israel stays safe and dry: so awful in so many ways #EnvironmentalJustice #StormByron<br/><br/><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-storm-byron-brings-new-catastrophic-chapter-Israel-safe-dry">https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-storm-byron-brings-new-catastrophic-chapter-Israel-safe-dry</a> 2025-12-12T07:55:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrc5zrr9ee0xht3vjfv9tm6vj9pva7zattflhp7n7gpkvsca8tzdqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzrt5vx2 #ClimateDiary New report by German researchers: climate change is accelerating faster than initially assumed; we cannot exclude 3°C warming by 2050<br/><br/><a href="https://worldcrunch.com/focus/green-or-gone/global-warming-at-3c-by-2050-what-s-behind-the-new-german-climate-warning/">https://worldcrunch.com/focus/green-or-gone/global-warming-at-3c-by-2050-what-s-behind-the-new-german-climate-warning/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/684/191/594/193/157/original/05160413de1c67ad.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-08T13:29:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdxzwvhetdjcycp52pw23jk7tqtf429t8jqnprmmjn5xmken3znpczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxr5vhq #ClimateDiary “We have nothing left” Severe floods in Asia kill over 1,000. <br/><br/>The floods and mudslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand in the aftermath of #CycloneDitwah are truly devastating. Yet over here, in the UK, they barely register in the news or people’s consciousness. I have not even brought them up myself in conversation. It is terrible, where we are at. <br/><br/><a href="https://aje.io/0y8xc4">https://aje.io/0y8xc4</a> 2025-12-01T07:12:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmwap7mcqadxdremfzmkvgd8ewymcms2kd4ugnmmuyq963x2jspszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzm4y78v #ClimateDiary It’s 8th November, in the UK. All these flowers in our garden still flowering. And indeed, it’s is so warm. It’s crazy!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/513/459/474/892/915/original/18099db6d0561499.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/513/459/815/731/003/original/ff42fa6c0d3c86fc.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/513/460/119/651/678/original/c71518a19ddd6284.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/513/460/435/793/341/original/589f6f0bae097f78.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-08T09:52:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrseq4wqv5af0r5k5jal5ge5qn8ufsf63ayh8t4nrf0u3tc7m8wszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzaj0lry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7ahtp6fl9exz6w5y8pwqk3lv9u9q04zwjlxmw74ewrqc53hqvjq5m0gkc'>nevent1q…0gkc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is always the way! Thank you for all the anazing work you do 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 2025-11-05T17:54:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswghw2q2vrdxcdx9kvmjtm6lckztw4g0nj3ls6dzfkgks3tj7uvmqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzw0mnzc #FollowTheMoney An ongoing 🧵 I started a while back and add to every now and then. Inspired by this initial piece by #GaryStevensonon, it is rag bag of somewhat eclectic thoughts and pieces, on how money flows towards the rich and away from others, and how this shapes everything. Today at 80 posts - let’s see how long it will get! <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/112047945347154458">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/112047945347154458</a> 2025-11-05T07:52:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrd384ujjuj7uwx2ta6nfmrwh7ajj44jm5ku0k2huugkx9kwwjszgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzuf6hzg Go #ZohranMamdani! <br/>Go #NewYork! <br/><br/>“We ARE an existential threat” ❤️<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQDURJbMehc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQDURJbMehc</a> 2025-11-04T08:45:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmmz8qkq0cvt9zcszmfmckny65k4hns6e96nqqjlyp94syrqvhxgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzux5xg0 #ClimateDiary The UK #GreenParty now has over 150,000 members- ie we have more than doubled our membership since #ZackPolanski became leader on 2nd September - overtaking first the LibDems, then the Conservatives (who have 124,000) last weekend. I am too tired at the moment to get truly excited, and it’s only the beginning - so much work, so much organising to be done by all of us- but it’s quite something. #UKPolitics<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/447/708/172/337/832/original/f54de1b81bb627c2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-27T19:10:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9ntgacj74j4xvr3r42u9l73gzwjcg5g9xgurd5xyzty0gt42pdszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzf4v2s8 #ClimateDiary Really thinking of everyone in Jamaica as the island is bracing itself for #hurricanemelissa<br/><br/>All the more so because I have a PhD student there right now, researching coffee production past and present in the Blue Mountains. She says her building has strong walls but needless to say I am very anxious for her and everyone she is with. Also this year’s coffee harvest! As ever, having a human connection makes it all the more real. <br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-haiti-cuba-c33102eb52bc8dfec08bdcd20968ca1d">https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-haiti-cuba-c33102eb52bc8dfec08bdcd20968ca1d</a> 2025-10-27T10:29:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs988g2rv453x7lwue46ze8g9ymgmtnf85r3rza6npkxcajjl6zqzgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzzcs7ja In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspjx96qe0z5q87jm9ma4aeumxcp2jly56vzx5ur9ara04yrn8k6hqg7zngh'>nevent1q…zngh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thank you for sharing this - really good. I just posted it again myself, just to say a bit more about it - hope that’s ok 2025-10-26T17:10:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnd50gxnah70dlpcj7jhysgg6q7z2wrm9q8k0yruw6g2yhnr7g6qzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzycart9 #Gaza Excellent piece on how, by attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the morality of their actions; and on the role of AI in this.<br/><br/>“AI has, in effect, enabled Israel to turn a cornerstone of international law — the obligation to attack only military targets — into a tool that legitimizes and accelerates the very slaughter it was intended to prevent” #Genocide<br/><br/><a href="https://www.972mag.com/israelis-logic-gaza-genocide/">https://www.972mag.com/israelis-logic-gaza-genocide/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/441/557/621/186/400/original/132da3fd15fe13de.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-26T17:06:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrjsse7r7fgg0gxk79cs0s75yw8e9qdjc7g002zv8l3t6zr5dz54gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trza3wvex #Gaza Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade<br/><br/>“I can’t help but fear that the army now intends to establish new borders that we will never be allowed to cross again.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/26/fears-gaza-temporary-ceasefire-line-could-become-permanent-new-border?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/26/fears-gaza-temporary-ceasefire-line-could-become-permanent-new-border?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/440/456/590/960/302/original/01b277edce0db1fc.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-26T12:26:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdup6wqdfxwaygw03p6jr73aty4274p4m40me2n9623v99kv577kszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzgc3q7t Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse<br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115345346648445621">https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115345346648445621</a> 2025-10-10T05:20:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztp8m677wgdlnz2c9tumej0gkfsmnsrsexxg2j9kl3640el6l44gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzneptgh Police to get broader powers to restrict repeated protests<br/><br/>This article is infuriating but worth reading. Look at how #PalestineAction protests and fhe Manchester Synagogue attack are deliberately muddled together here, as a narrative and in policy. <br/><br/>This is dirty work - don’t fall for this! This narrative here is so wrong. Yet, as ever, it is so much easier to put it out there than to dismantle it and show why it’s wrong, what is being done here.<br/><br/>#UKPolitics #Gaza<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24rmdngrrjo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24rmdngrrjo</a> 2025-10-05T07:14:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrr8t7959ejwymac6hc2vnsjuywd2v4stu8tnz94rqkp2ltm24xwczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz4wmexl #Gaza Ok today i am more positive about all the gradual shifts that are happening now, FINALLY. They may be really late and it is awful, awful, awful that Israel still gets away with killing many more each new day. But Italy and Spain now both protecting the #Flotilla: i am hopeful that this will make a difference <a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/115247218759201634">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/115247218759201634</a> 2025-09-25T05:55:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tzpr6z8y20f8rdrlmxczr9c99fjl4qlhc9rpxemgtkmwd9lq8hszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz458fh5 To be honest i can’t stand how all these middle of the road people are now calling Israel’s two year onslaught on #Gaza a genocide. <br/>Not hard now to see when so many thousands dead, millions displaced and starving, all institutions and infrastructure destroyed. The point is not what you call it, but to PREVENT it. That’s what the early calls were about. To stand by, say nothing for two years, then come out and look at the total destruction: “oh yeah, that does look like a genocide” - disgusting 2025-09-22T09:23:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9apeh0vtthu0v7xmtmg6ypthrj53wpl6k8fye6cy6nw8w88g4fmczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzgpk8uf Oh god, the whole #YourParty fiasco today is so embarrassing and annoying. I was completely open and hopeful for them alongside Greens, but now hope Zack Polanski will emerge all the stronger from this. 2025-09-18T15:22:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz6mtdt6jkcld53nmhyzz4yynt2rzhwxstgz8q7zgzw6htuqeancgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwlqc3v You couldn’t make it up! Honestly.. <br/><br/>Starmer to recognise Palestinian state ‘after Trump state visit’<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/reports-say-starmer-will-recognise-palestinian-state-over-weekend?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/reports-say-starmer-will-recognise-palestinian-state-over-weekend?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/223/821/165/392/039/original/cab55a8b6e95282c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-18T06:11:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0tvhjh6jvuzvh3kxthyl5393ftsf6alkewnu7uyz45p9rus33t3gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzas9hhr #ClimateDiary Just back from a week in Nigeria for work, for the first time since 2019. Was really struck by seeing quite a few solar panels now on roof tops, and apparently it’s really popular. Not because of climate concerns, but because of very unreliable electricity supply.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/212/423/991/712/977/original/d151dd87d88625ef.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-16T05:54:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2v05ws4w9vk77rgsvh9mnfgf7x7m94ulhc7758k0vhwfcm29fexczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwe4yzv Just back from a week away for work and the craziness of it all hits you all the more after a break. Like this sentence alone: <br/><br/>“Washington’s priorities are the liberation of Israeli hostages and the destruction of Hamas”<br/><br/>How on earth can they still get away with thiis entirely fake narrative, after TWO YEARS of bombing? What hostage crisis takes killing 100,000s? <br/><br/>Also, as long as Israel is given carte blanche by US, nothing the rest ofus do matters. #Gaza<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/rubio-says-netanyahu-has-full-support-of-us-over-plans-to-destroy-hamas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/rubio-says-netanyahu-has-full-support-of-us-over-plans-to-destroy-hamas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/212/306/205/447/702/original/aad5b9e4f9450b1c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-16T05:24:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vx44xgugu0arrduq2ayp0asdrjjs83sjvvunfsj562eur8w3swqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzt6w4kv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyptxpj8s3jzn0g9f5n8zmyxrn3ay539rmke7mhnpc7syx9wdd7vsplhdsz'>nevent1q…hdsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. It is all of (depressing, infuriating, sickening, worrying) piece. 2025-09-02T16:28:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwhpjjrzsmxyq0w7px63au6cc9mmzp23n9wehvyualrld3fynm0gzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzw4aza9 #Gaza The latest, most extreme version kf colonial capitalsm - neoliberal genocide. Sickening beyond words. <br/><br/>“Palestinians would be encouraged into “voluntary” departure. Those who own land would be offered “a digital token” in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, to finance a new life elsewhere.<br/><br/>Those who stay would be housed in properties with a tiny footprint of 323 sq ft – minuscule even by the standards of many non-refugee camp homes in Gaza.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/leaked-gaza-riviera-plan-dismissed-as-insane-attempt-to-cover-ethnic-cleansing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/leaked-gaza-riviera-plan-dismissed-as-insane-attempt-to-cover-ethnic-cleansing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/132/959/369/178/524/original/2a61e17271e9b042.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-02T05:05:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwpz6fvy65j9628qtpf09n6mg7wqac365mz7gyl2ng43ctnr9z2czypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trza0dxf8 #Mastodon: The Tapestry of Alternatives<br/><br/>Tapestry of Alternatives is this actual existing organisation/website. But I also like to think of Mastodon in this way. This is what it is to me. Full of amazing people who are trying to build other worlds, whether digitally (eg <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span>’s fantastic work on the small web), through forest gardens and #permaculture (so many wonderful people here!), or just by seeing through all the bullshit. Thank you to all, keep going. ❤️<br/><br/><a href="https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/">https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/</a> 2025-08-29T07:10:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9csl54n9as6gqt6xg4v5tajjjx88xkmmxspqcg56vd4mjt3mwnszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzw42e6e Keir Starmer’s X posts. <br/><br/>This Labour government’s approach to dealing with the threat of Reform is so extremely WRONG and STUPID. So very obviously, maddeningly so. Another awful development in a time of nothing but awful developments. <br/><br/>#UKPolitics<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/105/108/045/406/955/original/db8e4b1e362b3781.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/105/108/296/342/547/original/70056d28467c5cfd.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/105/108/523/190/020/original/fc611f85e686b74b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-28T07:02:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspdh59mj8mjl7y0zs9ml9zqtdf2lpk56dxmv04mvjs3ht0twhnsnczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzrv73ht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3es0nytqh0v4597p56x0e52v8u7trn6tgy0kvcvqmqs5gn8xl0seu66f2'>nevent1q…66f2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#Gaza This is Mariam Abu Daqqa. Mariam replaced the journalist Anas al-Sharif who was killed, just a week ago. Today she was killed along with three other journalists at the hospital in Gaza.<br/><br/>(source: <a href="https://x.com/omdimbeyachad/status/1959918643510120556">https://x.com/omdimbeyachad/status/1959918643510120556</a>)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/089/322/092/400/063/original/7f85360504470a5f.png"> <br/> 2025-08-25T12:08:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3es0nytqh0v4597p56x0e52v8u7trn6tgy0kvcvqmqs5gn8xl0szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzf7z7nq #Gaza Today, another beyond comprehension event in this beyond comprehension genocide:<br/>Israel strikes the aid workers and journalists who have arrived to rescue and document. Four more journalists killed, all live streamed.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/ncbLbiWNp80?si=b0Mw7CdIgqQMcMeu">https://youtu.be/ncbLbiWNp80?si=b0Mw7CdIgqQMcMeu</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/089/313/160/345/851/original/4d10dbadc6bc87bb.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-25T12:00:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfnxclx42t7v7e9sw23dyl543nn5gjmfshytsysfm3gg4tant8zxczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzs643da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrhm3v7hjnjt6nvdhcw2r3arjzmxcg7ans0vukp3v5dkw60ynehc557re6'>nevent1q…7re6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#KnowTheirName #Gaza We read from 9am-6pm. This is a joint effort: the reading started in Seaford, where the names of 0-4y children were covered; we did 5-11; Lewes will read 11 upwards. <br/>We had the inevitable negative comments and confrontations here and there, but also a lot of support. Some passers-by also did some reading. Needless to say, it was profoundly sad and upsetting.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/089/052/516/954/386/original/99ea5ab808ad25d4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-25T10:59:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrhm3v7hjnjt6nvdhcw2r3arjzmxcg7ans0vukp3v5dkw60ynehczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzk7kvww There is #KnowTheirName reading in Eastbourne today: we are reading all the names of the children killed in Gaza. I arrived during the reading of 6 year olds. 30min later, still doing 6 year olds. It is just awful. #Gaza<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/083/402/175/905/439/original/e5545bad5ae12f33.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-24T11:04:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqwxzrtmq23k40dkg90cupvnahqm28qdjvrx8ltyagf30rvtg4dczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzzzpa3m UK close to giving Israel&#39;s Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers<br/><br/>“for Israeli companies such as Elbit Systems… the ongoing genocide has been a profitable venture”.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-close-giving-israels-largest-arms-company-ps2bn-contract-train-troops">https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-close-giving-israels-largest-arms-company-ps2bn-contract-train-troops</a> 2025-08-23T14:06:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfr2arj69cklfjwcym6hkn867w26j90lfksyufl52vy4e0an7xqqzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzwmk7u2 TFW when you switch on radio (BBC World Service) and the first thing you hear is an Israel spokesperson describing the declaration of famine in Gaza yesterday as “the blood libel of the week”. #Gaza 2025-08-23T09:25:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrt3mn4umedmxx480k0a5kls58jrmfqw0zfq3r7d7yern6q0k57eszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzar5d5z The #GazaCity offensive is really taking shape. Heavy bombardment has started and troops moving in soon, with 60,000 reservists called up. West Bank settlements too rapidly expanding. France and Germany now openly condemning Israel’s latest actions but with ongoing US and UK support I guess Netanyahu will just continue. #Gaza<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/israel-is-killing-prospect-of-peace-in-the-middle-east-says-jordans-foreign-minister?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/israel-is-killing-prospect-of-peace-in-the-middle-east-says-jordans-foreign-minister?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/062/455/133/773/968/original/dd304732b436f490.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-20T18:15:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswc75vayrskclmwt8nte9dwz9d57akqdtqj4pe9xa5yfj906x04tczypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzs200sg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzkr00dqaxl0m5093pay2w8pe7le2ugycjhxuzxcx8cj7lq96urqxpwxxy'>nevent1q…wxxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly, exactly this. So well put. My number one cultural reference in the last few years, even pre-genocide, has been and contiues to be The Fire Nation in The Last Avatar (the series). We are the fire nation: so many nice normal people part of an imperial machine destroying everything. 2025-08-18T07:50:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsquqdxuzajnknla6t9ha55ye62505696wlgkgje2hwwqcf6amyz4szypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trznpltju #ClimateDiary Wildfire danger forecasts for Europe 11-17 Aufust. What a map. <br/><br/>439,568 ha burnt since beginning of year in 1628 fires; 14.11Mt of CO2 emitted since the beginning of the year CO2 emissions were 9.59 Mt during the same period of last year.<br/><br/><a href="https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and-activities/natural-and-man-made-hazards/fires/current-wildfire-situation-europe_en">https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and-activities/natural-and-man-made-hazards/fires/current-wildfire-situation-europe_en</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/037/010/085/861/010/original/18cee04eeb79795f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-16T06:24:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8f9zq7qe5q2huxxj7q8vyzypr3w30r5r4023z7n34m273y2r6pcgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzkdmnuk Just doing a much needed catch up on #ClimateDiary and yet again floored by reading all these posts together. To any more recent followers who may not have come across it yet - do contribute and share. It is a collective project that i, for one, have learned an enormous amount from and that has really been helping me navigate these times. <br/>(and it’s not just about climate. So much more) <br/><br/>#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency<br/><a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109884795065085875">https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109884795065085875</a> 2025-08-14T04:28:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6wkffrge639w6ys358ft9ekjehdc36f2lfc27z23upkekw2svmgzypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trzxgmpy3 #ClimateDiary Everything is fine, everything is normal.<br/><br/>Alaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier, with the event being driven by climate change amid glacial retreat, according to a federal agency.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/alaskas-juneau-glacier-flood-record-climate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/alaskas-juneau-glacier-flood-record-climate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/022/105/716/951/217/original/2f52fd3071e07b69.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-13T15:14:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstuntzqw6urkgqxwae9hq3m28ajjugvvlknhmdqd4d3ckh5qf88yszypm7jz06asnq2dqkz72l47kx0qlcxlncpjfjjcn0vj3ju7uev2trz3a7pt0 Another happy weekend in this unhinged timeline of ours<br/> #Gaza #Protest<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/palestine-action-arrests-london-largest-protest-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/palestine-action-arrests-london-largest-protest-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/115/003/358/767/491/334/original/42fa38383849934d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-10T07:46:36Z