Labour have been in power for 2 years with a majority of 172 seats btw, at some point the cavalcade of horrors being inflicted on the British public does become their responsibility, and has been their duty to fix from day 1
The climate issue is a prime example of what I mean by reformism being too slow, too minimal and too easy to retract. Addressing the climate rapidly required drastic changes in production globally. The ruling class said no. So now you get to roast alive.
@amuredda Genuinely awful television, the glowing reviews made no sense. I remember talking to people irl who enjoyed it and they were unable to articulate why, beyond liking Jodie Foster in a general sense (I still think she was horribly miscast, in a role written for her no less)
She’s just another psychotic billionaire. On a holiday weekend. Amidst all this worldwide suffering, the ultra-wealthy still have no compunction. Unreal.
The Department of Energy appears to have deleted its thermostat-level recommendations to avoid people noticing that their generic recommendation was to set indoor temperatures at the same level which Zohran has asked New Yorkers to maintain during a grid-stressing heatwave.
A Kamakazie One term Government, ramming through measures Nobody asked, or voted for & surrendering everything over to Palantir is not just a scandal, it is deeply sinister, & there will be no coming back from it.
🚨 Months ago, The Intercept lost control of its Signal tip line to an unknown third party, which has been operating it actively.
The Intercept recently learned of the breach and posted the innocuous-sounding update below, chalking up a change in the Signal account username to "security best practices."
In reality, it's a devastating operational security collapse and The Intercept should publicly address it so that sources who may have been trying to leak to the outlet understand they may have been compromised.
Please share this post so potential sources become aware of the risk they may have been duped into. Details below:
Reporter Nate Halverson took to the sky to get an aerial view of forestlands sprayed with the world's most controversial herbicide, glyphosate.
The imagery from above was startling, as the extent of the barren land sprayed with glyphosate became apparent.
The practice of spraying glyphosate—AKA Roundup—in the woods is now the fastest-growing market for the world's most widely used herbicide, according to 5 million state records analyzed by Mother Jones.
An April investigation by Halverson that revealed the extent of the spraying has sparked a national debate over the practice and elicited pointed questions from members of Congress overseeing the Forest Service, leading some to call for an end to spraying in sensitive forestlands.
The World Health Organization has called glyphosate a probable carcinogen, and the EPA has said it likely harms 93 percent of endangered species and is especially detrimental in areas like forests.
The manufacturer Bayer says it is safe when used as directed.
The United States Forest Service and timber companies say they use the controversial herbicide to reforest land that has burned in wildfires or been harvested by loggers. These foresters believe that by killing all other plant life, they help trees regrow faster by reducing competition for sunlight, water and soil nutrients.
Record amounts of it have now been sprayed across the forest, according to state pesticide reports. In Lassen National Forest, the federal government plans to spray about 10,000 acres with the herbicide. Halverson flew over the area to see both the land planned for spraying and the private timberland where extensive spraying has already taken place within and surrounding the national forest.
Sierra Pacific Industries, a timber company, is the second-largest user of glyphosate in California, according to state records analyzed by Mother Jones.
After another, quieter, week of layoffs impacting local staff, the Washington Post has now laid off all of its reporters who have covered Gaza full time since 2023.
This is a choice about what coverage and whose voices matter.
🚨🚨We found out EPA approved ANOTHER PFAS pesticide yesterday
That makes 3 PFAS pesticides never before used in the United States approved IN ONE DAY
Just days after pesticide companies got immunity at the supreme court
This was the plan all along
https://t.co/TBNTbiVL2i
I've set up private servers for nieces, nephews, friends' kids, etc. so they can play Minecraft together safely. If private servers were illegal they'd be forced to play with whoever on public servers. Seems like the exact opposite of protecting kids