Hans-Peter Plag
@ontheprecipice.bsky.social
Lot's of life experience in science, politics, business, main interest: safeguarding the Earth's life-support system on which the welfare of all of us and others depends. Home: place4us.net
World's economic accounting system of #GDP is designed for the #economy to bring immediate benefits to very wealthy #oligarchs - it's not made to work for the #people, the #environment, or our #future. This won't change until the oligarchs are no longer in power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
World's economic accounting system of #GDP is designed for the #economy to bring immediate benefits to very wealthy #oligarchs - it's not made to work for the #people, the #environment, or our #future. This won't change until the oligarchs are no longer in power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – the last image that passes through my mind before I shut down – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – the last image that passes through my mind before I shut down – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🧪 It's been 10 years since Dorothy Bishop and I published a commentary in Nature about the risks of transparency. doi.org/10.1038/529459a
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February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🧪 It's been 10 years since Dorothy Bishop and I published a commentary in Nature about the risks of transparency. doi.org/10.1038/529459a
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There are many ways to kill #people. One is to keep them away from #vaccination. Maybe this is a secret measure of #Florida #Republicans to reduce #population growths and #overpopulation? Who knows what they think?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Florida Republicans advance bill to weaken vaccine protections for children
But effort fell short of state surgeon general’s promise to end Florida’s immunization mandates altogether
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
There are many ways to kill #people. One is to keep them away from #vaccination. Maybe this is a secret measure of #Florida #Republicans to reduce #population growths and #overpopulation? Who knows what they think?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"There is nothing more evil, nothing more horific or important to avoid, than a situation in which the one planet in the universe known to house life is made inhospitable to most life." Samuel Miller McDonald.
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
"There is nothing more evil, nothing more horific or important to avoid, than a situation in which the one planet in the universe known to house life is made inhospitable to most life." Samuel Miller McDonald.
Yes, David, #fascist governments murder their own people. But I would not call this #civilwar, it is a #crime against the #people committed by the #government of the #USA and directed by #POTUS.
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‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Yes, David, #fascist governments murder their own people. But I would not call this #civilwar, it is a #crime against the #people committed by the #government of the #USA and directed by #POTUS.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"There is one political problem from which all others follow. ... It is simply stated: the extreme wealth of a small number of people." Yes, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, these people constitute the Global Ruling Class! Like in a beehive, we live and work for them!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
"There is one political problem from which all others follow. ... It is simply stated: the extreme wealth of a small number of people." Yes, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, these people constitute the Global Ruling Class! Like in a beehive, we live and work for them!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The #bully is leaving the playground! Hurrah!?
This means for many groups less funding, but it comes with the freedom to discuss #evidence and respect #science. Maybe without the #USA blocking #progress towards a better world, progress can be made faster?
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This means for many groups less funding, but it comes with the freedom to discuss #evidence and respect #science. Maybe without the #USA blocking #progress towards a better world, progress can be made faster?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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We can’t negotiate with physics.
If we don’t choose degrowth in the areas that are destroying the biosphere, collapse will choose it for us - brutally and unfairly.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/degrowt...
If we don’t choose degrowth in the areas that are destroying the biosphere, collapse will choose it for us - brutally and unfairly.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/degrowt...
What's Degrowth? And Why If We Don't Choose It, Collapse Will Choose Us
I’ve been thinking about a word that can make otherwise reasonable people flinch: degrowth. Say it at a dinner party and you can feel the temperature change. Someone will hear “recession”. Someone els...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We can’t negotiate with physics.
If we don’t choose degrowth in the areas that are destroying the biosphere, collapse will choose it for us - brutally and unfairly.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/degrowt...
If we don’t choose degrowth in the areas that are destroying the biosphere, collapse will choose it for us - brutally and unfairly.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/degrowt...
Kant defined the #Enlightenment as “man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity, the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another”. Before Enlightenment, humans looked to God for answers! Now, in the post-Enlightenment, we look to #AI!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
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December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Kant defined the #Enlightenment as “man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity, the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another”. Before Enlightenment, humans looked to God for answers! Now, in the post-Enlightenment, we look to #AI!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a world-leading Earth-science centre in Boulder, Colorado.
go.nature.com/4pjzUqB
go.nature.com/4pjzUqB
Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
go.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a world-leading Earth-science centre in Boulder, Colorado.
go.nature.com/4pjzUqB
go.nature.com/4pjzUqB
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Indigenous People protesting on the last day of COP30 said it ended the same way it started, a lot of promises, but still no real seat at the table ...
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Indigenous People protesting on the last day of COP30 said it ended the same way it started, a lot of promises, but still no real seat at the table ...
"Leaf blowers are the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen." I couldn't agree more! "First of all, they are incredibly noisy." And they cause air #pollution! "It’s a very stupid invention." #leafblower #leafblowers
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Fran Lebowitz: ‘Hiking is the most stupid thing I could ever imagine’
The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels
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November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Leaf blowers are the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen." I couldn't agree more! "First of all, they are incredibly noisy." And they cause air #pollution! "It’s a very stupid invention." #leafblower #leafblowers
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
While I was having lunch in a great spot, they were having lunch in a great spot!
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
While I was having lunch in a great spot, they were having lunch in a great spot!
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Hey, @nature.com, regarding your COP30 editorial, it might be worth acknowledging that countries with a "legitimate concern" about a transition away from fossil fuels have had 30 years. You make it sound like that's somehow a NEW thing.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hey, @nature.com, regarding your COP30 editorial, it might be worth acknowledging that countries with a "legitimate concern" about a transition away from fossil fuels have had 30 years. You make it sound like that's somehow a NEW thing.
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COP 30 Climate Plan...
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
COP 30 Climate Plan...
Hopefully, 19 countries in #G20 will respond to the greatest #bully of all times by not coming to the Summit "in the Great City of #Miami, Florida", a city that is great because 67% of the population is Hispanic, and only 14% is White. Thank you, #SouthAfrica ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
South Africa hits back at ‘punitive’ Trump move to bar it from G20 meeting in Florida
Diplomatic row worsens after US president says member state will not be invited to 2026 summit
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November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hopefully, 19 countries in #G20 will respond to the greatest #bully of all times by not coming to the Summit "in the Great City of #Miami, Florida", a city that is great because 67% of the population is Hispanic, and only 14% is White. Thank you, #SouthAfrica ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When a judge, who approves an arrest warrant for a person who allegedly committed genocide is declared a terrorist by the president of an "allegedly" democratic country, something is fundamentally wrong!
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
When a judge, who approves an arrest warrant for a person who allegedly committed genocide is declared a terrorist by the president of an "allegedly" democratic country, something is fundamentally wrong!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Does the law of negligence apply here? Or does this amount to 1.3m manslaughter?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Does the law of negligence apply here? Or does this amount to 1.3m manslaughter?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump and Mr Bone Saw! This is the #USA Government elected by the American people! Who would have thought 10 years ago, when the US had an outstanding president respected in all countries, that the country claiming to be the best could sink that deep that fast?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’
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November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Trump and Mr Bone Saw! This is the #USA Government elected by the American people! Who would have thought 10 years ago, when the US had an outstanding president respected in all countries, that the country claiming to be the best could sink that deep that fast?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
"The climate needs it, the people demand it." Jasper Inventor, deputy programme director at Greenpeace International! Life on Earth needs it!
@greenpeace.org #COP30 #climateemergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@greenpeace.org #COP30 #climateemergency
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More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"The climate needs it, the people demand it." Jasper Inventor, deputy programme director at Greenpeace International! Life on Earth needs it!
@greenpeace.org #COP30 #climateemergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@greenpeace.org #COP30 #climateemergency
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Wealthy countries benefiting from increasing emissions are like a man standing at a river and seeing someone drowning, screaming for help: The man turns away to add more water to the river. #SIDS, do not hope for help! I's not coming! Help yourself.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30
Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wealthy countries benefiting from increasing emissions are like a man standing at a river and seeing someone drowning, screaming for help: The man turns away to add more water to the river. #SIDS, do not hope for help! I's not coming! Help yourself.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...