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Finland will supply Ukraine with €660 million in new arms production, the country's Ministry of Defense announced. Thank you, Finland! 🇫🇮🇺🇦 This is exactly what Ukraine needs right now and what will boost our defense capabilities.

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

We have to use social media to reach & hear the world these days, but to avoid inevitable enshittification & exploitation of all platforms to date, what society needs is a PBS model. I'd gladly pay 5, 10, 20 bucks a year at this point for a stable platform not run by sociopaths.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone willing to live on a planet where Elon Musk is given control over the basic resources to sustain life has lost their damn mind. And, no, I'm not talking about Mars.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Trump quits WHO, abandons global health www.thewhig.com/opinion/trum... @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

Time to pretend everything is normal and share a #painting. "Dublin Hippocampus" is a view I painted of my hometown because I never tire of looking at Grattan Bridge or sitting on it enjoying its sea-horse lamps as they look in opposite directions at Capel St and Paliament St. #SpeirGorm #Januarty

submitted 40 days ago • 4 comments

These people have never read a book about antiquity or have any idea how big their world was, North Africa fed Europe, Roman Emperors were from everywhere from Tunisia to Serbia, and not to put a fine a point on it, the Levant is not exactly next door to Rome bsky.app/profile/shar...

submitted 41 days ago • 98 comments

Thread boost. Incredibly important to remember that despite the fucked-up times we live in, we still must LIVE. We are dealing with ppl who lead miserable lives despite their immense wealth. Living joyfully is a middle finger to fascists who want us to dwell in the same darkness they do.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Everybody knows preparation is needed, but are not there yet. Thanks to @CurtainSilicon for this in-depth discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqTi...

submitted 65 days ago • 10 comments

"Millions of vulnerable UK households on prepayment meters could see their energy bills consume almost a third of their incomes this winter." (The Guardian) #collapse

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

"Cobh III" A painting for you to enjoy on this day of heartbreak, happiness, and how did we get here. My 3rd time to paint the Cork Harbour town was done 12 years ago. #Art #SpeirGorm #ArtAdventCalendar

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

⚡️Ukraine sending humanitarian aid to Syria to prevent 'food crisis,' Zelensky says. "We are ready to help Syria prevent a food crisis ... I have instructed the government to organize food deliveries in cooperation with international organizations and partners willing to help."

submitted 80 days ago • 24 comments

Wieder eine wichtige Recherche von CORRECTIV! Wenn die Anti-Klimaschutz-Lobby weiterhin solchen Einfluss auf die Politik hat oder ihn gar noch ausbaut, werden wir alle (und erst recht unsere Kinder und Enkelkinder) einen sehr bitteren Preis dafür bezahlen.

submitted 88 days ago • 7 comments

"This winter is forecast to bring sudden bouts of extreme cold to Texas that could test the state's electric grid in early 2025, the grid operator's chief meteorologist said on Tuesday, reviving memories of crippling Storm Uri four years ago." (Reuters) #collapse

submitted 91 days ago • 4 comments

Just saw a long thread of people arguing pointlessly with an anti-vaccine, pro-raw milk troll. Please don’t do this. Block and go. Don’t give them the attention they crave.

submitted 97 days ago • 10 comments

It will be rich get richer and poor get the picture in USA from now. I can see hard labour to qualify for social security. And NO free healthcare. And empty supermarket shelves and many countries point blank refusing to trade with USA and to stop renewing their US govt bond holdings. Will be ugly

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

I spent days digging into the public statements of every single Trump Cabinet pick to see what they've said about climate change and it was a horrible process but I did it because Journalism Is Important and climate change is actually real so please click it I beg you heated.world/p/trumps-ent...

submitted 104 days ago • 45 comments

"Stone Wall, Cottage" is one my favorite paintings. It comes from when I lived briefly with my little dog in north Donegal. These fields, and view to the mountains that are the Seven Sisters, were by one of our regular walks. I love it for memories of her as much as anything. It hangs in Liverpool.

submitted 111 days ago • 10 comments

Russia’s goal is to freeze Ukrainian civilians this winter. Europe, are you ready for more refugees?

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

It doesn’t matter what it would cost, it’s immoral, evil, and must never be allowed to happen.

submitted 137 days ago • 8 comments

By far the most underreported US weather / climate story of 2023 was the intensity of the nation's drought. Crop insurance indemnity payouts now up to $7.5B -- and rising. This makes 2023 the third-costliest year for the program since 1990. The overall economic cost: >$14.5B.

submitted 386 days ago • 1 comment

Four of the right wing justices encouraged Abbott’s lawless behavior at the border, but they should probably consider what happens in the long run when the Court sends the message that the Constitution and the law are optional for the majority’s ideological allies www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 400 days ago • 11 comments

Elon Muskovite has no respect environmental laws, especially Clean Water Act. He has multiple violations in Bastrop TX. (Among others - Travis county & Germany.)

submitted 508 days ago • 0 comments