@rudysovinee
Retired chemist, educator, entrepreneur living in a remote rural community. My wife and stepchildren practice permaculture in our yards while I study climate, energy and sustainability options. I'm frustrated by societal behavior that ignores best science.
Brent Crude Oil at >$109/barrel.
My 9 yo daughter asked me last week if she could give us some money to help us pay for things, after learning in school that everything will get more expensive because of rising oil price.
We're fine.
As always, the poorest will suffer most.
Many people are taking the threats seriously, but what about elections can possibly become a National State of Emergency?
Trump yet again proves to be an asset to Putin.
Heather's March 6th Politics Chat reminds us of the history.
(youtu.be/I70KDCbtkjI?...)
On Thursday, the US government temporarily eased economic sanctions to allow Russian oil currently stranded at sea to be sold to India. This gifts $Billions.
Those who follow politics likely know, those who don't need to become aware.
Multiple groups are warning similarly (like warnings abounded against Project 2025) The placement of photos in this warning might catch more attention.
#NoKings Fair elections.
I can sort of understand people treating climate breakdown as a distant, peripheral issue when they thought it was just a future threat to polar bears and Pacific Islands
But we're seeing these sorts of warnings all the time now, and little seems to have changed
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
'Climate change is speeding up — the pace nearly doubled in ten years'
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Republicans are going to try to use Kristi Noem's firing to deflect from ICE's cruelty ahead of the midterms.
Don't let them. She didn't design the agenda. Stephen Miller and Donald Trump did.
Firing the face doesn't absolve the people who built the machine.
As he sends soldiers to die…
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I follow the news closely, but Zeteo catches items of significance I never saw elsewhere.
Those at the top of any society enjoy their lives, their wealth, power and status. They are the least likely to care about others, and are repeatedly the least willing to help society adapt to environmental changes.
There is no Planet B for refugees from this global society as its stresses mount.
The repression of ideas seen in the Dark Ages didn't bode well for civilization then, and doesn't now.
Not just FL, but already 15 others states named. Long a campaign against climate science, the ideologues of MAGA politics are expanding their choke-hold on ideas now banned.
True.
A budget is a moral document.
This administration, during a war with IRAN, while DHS is shut down, is nominating someone with no experience in that department or the Executive branch.
Expect Iran and lone wolf supporters to have new opportunities for creating havoc on top of the havoc ICE has been doing for months.
The current biosphere is not likely to last. The current global human society is surely set to pass.
We who were born during the time of rising expectations are more shocked than those who've only know contraction.
She was fired - while live on TV. Sadly, the MMA senator nominated has much the same leanings towards violence.
Will the senate approve him for the job? ... maybe to be rid of him?
Yep. It is the Christian Nationalist portion of his coalition. I've a friend stuck in a condo high-rise filled with such.
For ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a war with Iran is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, a step on the path to final redemption for embattled Christians.
This AP post adds country specific details to the image I shared yesterday.
In Manila, authorities banned non-essential travel and personal use of government cars to cut fuel use.
In Thailand, officials have urged the public to save energy, as motorists lined up at filling stations as prices climbed
“Bari Weiss Is Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’ With the Iran War”
Read our media columnist Justin Baragona’s latest scoops from inside pro-Israel, pro-war CBS News:
Yes. I know I posted about this before, but Keith's rants are epic.
Global map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in February 2026 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1.
Sea surface temperatures continue to show large departures (red shading) across the midlatitudes of both hemispheres through February 2026. Note also the recent warming across the eastern tropical Pacific (especially Niño 1+2 regions).
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...) 🌊
Donald Trump has previously been reported as calling US military killed or captured in war “losers” and “suckers" .. (cartoon Michael de Adder)
🚩 House Oversight just voted 24-19 to SUBPOENA AG Pam Bondi over her half-baked Epstein files release.
Key docs still hidden.
Redactions everywhere.
Powerful names protected.
Enough is enough.
Tell Congress: FORCE Bondi to release EVERY unredacted file NOW. No more cover-ups! 🔥
