David Hodgson
@davidhodgson.bsky.social
Ecology / Conservation / Regeneration / Climate / Technology / Doughnut Economics / Finance / Extreme Weather / Corruption / Inequality / Politics.
And music.
My orienting question: How can we grow a livable future for all humanity
And music.
My orienting question: How can we grow a livable future for all humanity
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It is unbearable that the world lets this happen on our watch. Shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It is unbearable that the world lets this happen on our watch. Shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Over 2000 records have fallen no-stop since June and keep falling every single day.
Today more records were broken - *=all time R:
36.6 Kasenuma
36.2 Kashimadai
37.4 Zao *
36.0 Ononiimachi
36.6 Yamada *
The record heat will continue all September !
Over 2000 records have fallen no-stop since June and keep falling every single day.
Today more records were broken - *=all time R:
36.6 Kasenuma
36.2 Kashimadai
37.4 Zao *
36.0 Ononiimachi
36.6 Yamada *
The record heat will continue all September !
August 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Over 2000 records have fallen no-stop since June and keep falling every single day.
Today more records were broken - *=all time R:
36.6 Kasenuma
36.2 Kashimadai
37.4 Zao *
36.0 Ononiimachi
36.6 Yamada *
The record heat will continue all September !
Over 2000 records have fallen no-stop since June and keep falling every single day.
Today more records were broken - *=all time R:
36.6 Kasenuma
36.2 Kashimadai
37.4 Zao *
36.0 Ononiimachi
36.6 Yamada *
The record heat will continue all September !
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'Something bigger': Trump attorney says FBI raid is over 'conspiracy to overthrow Trump'
'Something bigger': Trump attorney says FBI raid is over 'conspiracy to overthrow Trump'
Christina Bobb, former attorney for President Donald Trump who was indicted for her involvement with Trump’s 2020 fake electors plot, said that she believed the Friday morning raid on John Bolton’s home was “certainly part of a larger conspiracy” to overthrow the president, contrary to reporting tha...
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'Something bigger': Trump attorney says FBI raid is over 'conspiracy to overthrow Trump'
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can you imagine trying to convince the average skepti-dude in the year 2010 that this is what summer europe will look like in 2025
August 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
can you imagine trying to convince the average skepti-dude in the year 2010 that this is what summer europe will look like in 2025
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Encouraging everyone to think about how every right-wing paramilitary death squad around the world for the past century has armed itself with “lost” or “stolen” military/police gear and also 97% of their members were the same guys but with masks on.
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job. www.wired.com/story/myster...
Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.
www.wired.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Encouraging everyone to think about how every right-wing paramilitary death squad around the world for the past century has armed itself with “lost” or “stolen” military/police gear and also 97% of their members were the same guys but with masks on.
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Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
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Only public ownership of the UK’s water system will solve its crisis blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Only public ownership of the water system will solve its crisis - British Politics and Policy at LSE
The recent report by the Independent Water Commission led by Sir John Cunliffe recommends the abolition of Ofwat and deeper regulatory reforms. But further regulation won't resolve the fundamental ten...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Only public ownership of the UK’s water system will solve its crisis blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’, hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
- Plastic production soared more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says expert review in @thelancet.com
#plasticstreaty
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Plastic production soared more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says expert review in @thelancet.com
#plasticstreaty
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’, hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
- Plastic production soared more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says expert review in @thelancet.com
#plasticstreaty
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Plastic production soared more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says expert review in @thelancet.com
#plasticstreaty
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM! CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX!
Conspiracies are born when people have lived experience of abuse and exploitation but no language to make sense of it.
It's not a conspiracy—it's capitalism.
www.planetcritical.com/p/its-not-a-...
Conspiracies are born when people have lived experience of abuse and exploitation but no language to make sense of it.
It's not a conspiracy—it's capitalism.
www.planetcritical.com/p/its-not-a-...
It's not a conspiracy, it's capitalism
We can't make sense of the present without knowledge of the past
www.planetcritical.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM! CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX!
Conspiracies are born when people have lived experience of abuse and exploitation but no language to make sense of it.
It's not a conspiracy—it's capitalism.
www.planetcritical.com/p/its-not-a-...
Conspiracies are born when people have lived experience of abuse and exploitation but no language to make sense of it.
It's not a conspiracy—it's capitalism.
www.planetcritical.com/p/its-not-a-...
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she posts videos of them trying to get away from her on tiktok that are sped up yakety sax style and scored by norteno music, theyre hilarious
August 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
she posts videos of them trying to get away from her on tiktok that are sped up yakety sax style and scored by norteno music, theyre hilarious
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The marine heat wave in the North Pacific is one of the most extensive, spanning the giant N Pacific, and in spots, the most intense, I’ve observed. Anomalies near Japan are 15 F (8C) above normal. (Japan just recorded its hottest temp on record.)
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
August 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The marine heat wave in the North Pacific is one of the most extensive, spanning the giant N Pacific, and in spots, the most intense, I’ve observed. Anomalies near Japan are 15 F (8C) above normal. (Japan just recorded its hottest temp on record.)
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
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NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
newrepublic.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
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The economy "grew" because trade is collapsing. It's not good news at all, says WSJ. www.wsj.com/opinion/gdp-...
Opinion | The Weirdest GDP Report Ever
The economy grew 3%, but mainly because imports collapsed. Alas, investment fell too.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The economy "grew" because trade is collapsing. It's not good news at all, says WSJ. www.wsj.com/opinion/gdp-...
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July 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Are we allowed to identify this as ethnic cleansing now?
"Far-right Israeli Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) says Israel is advancing the destruction of Gaza, and that the Strip will be made totally Jewish."
“There’s no hunger in Gaza,” he says. “But we don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip."
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
“There’s no hunger in Gaza,” he says. “But we don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip."
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Minister says Israel racing ahead to wipe out Gaza, will make it Jewish
* * *
www.timesofisrael.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Are we allowed to identify this as ethnic cleansing now?
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Rethinking Marine Protected Areas – why current practices are failing ❌
We're told that 30% of the ocean 🌊 will be protected by 2030. But only 8.4% of our blue planet is protected and just 2.8% is effectively protected.
✊Real change is needed #30x30
blueplanetsociety.org/rethinking-m...
We're told that 30% of the ocean 🌊 will be protected by 2030. But only 8.4% of our blue planet is protected and just 2.8% is effectively protected.
✊Real change is needed #30x30
blueplanetsociety.org/rethinking-m...
Rethinking Marine Protected Areas - why current practices are failing - Blue Planet Society
We keep hearing that 30% of the ocean will be protected by 2030. But only 8.4% of our blue planet is protected, and just 2.8% is effectively protected. We need drastic change to achieve the 30% target...
blueplanetsociety.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rethinking Marine Protected Areas – why current practices are failing ❌
We're told that 30% of the ocean 🌊 will be protected by 2030. But only 8.4% of our blue planet is protected and just 2.8% is effectively protected.
✊Real change is needed #30x30
blueplanetsociety.org/rethinking-m...
We're told that 30% of the ocean 🌊 will be protected by 2030. But only 8.4% of our blue planet is protected and just 2.8% is effectively protected.
✊Real change is needed #30x30
blueplanetsociety.org/rethinking-m...
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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PEIPLE WILL DIE. 7th post in an endless series:
A dozen carcinogen-spewing petrochemical plants in Louisiana have been exempted, by Presidential proclamation, from rules to make them lower their cancer-inducing emissions.
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
A dozen carcinogen-spewing petrochemical plants in Louisiana have been exempted, by Presidential proclamation, from rules to make them lower their cancer-inducing emissions.
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
July 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
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President Trump is openly telling a celebrity and political enemy — Rosie O’Donnell — that he is “serious” about taking away her American citizenship and exiling her from the U.S. because he dislikes the views she expresses when exercising her free speech rights
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like
Trump says he wants to take away Rosie O’Donnell’s American citizenship after threatening Zohran Mamdani.
www.rollingstone.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
President Trump is openly telling a celebrity and political enemy — Rosie O’Donnell — that he is “serious” about taking away her American citizenship and exiling her from the U.S. because he dislikes the views she expresses when exercising her free speech rights
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Brownie 2025: FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Brownie 2025: FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...