Elliot Hanowski

@ElliotHanowski
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Academic librarian and Canadian historian. I published a book (with McGill-Queen's) on atheist/rationalist/humanist groups in interwar Canada. Opinions are my own, not my employer's.

The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?

Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://grist.org/language/global-heating-climate-news-drought-chaos/

The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?

Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.

Grist

if you need another reason to get off Amazon (for shopping or books):
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/11/amazon-artificial-intelligence

It's such a weird case of getting high on your own supply.

Like you could argue that they're just hyping it to sell the tech to *others* but then you'd expect them to *not actually* use it in their own code because they *KNOW* the flaws.

Or maybe... they are down the rabbit hole like every exec.

Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work

Corporate employees said Amazon’s race to roll out AI is leading to surveillance, slop and ‘more work for everyone’.

The Guardian

Remember when Trump admitted white South Afrikaaners as refugees claiming they were suffering "white genocide?"
South African Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber reports that 1000 have returned back to South Africa because America is "too dangerous, too expensive, and too low quality of life."

They would rather live in South Africa and suffer "white genocide" than live in Trump's America. (NOTE: There's no such thing as white genocide, never was, & Trump made it up because he's a fascist).

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining.

Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet, a much bigger footprint than previously thought. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/mar/11/how-mining-threatens-the-worlds-biodiversity-aoe

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining

Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought

The Guardian
I was recently interviewed for the New Books Network! You can find the episode here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/towards-a-godless-dominion
Elliot B. Hanowski, "Towards a Godless Dominion: Unbelief in Interwar Canada" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2023) - New Books Network

New Books Network
Go Behind the Scenes at an Iconic Irish Library as Staff Move 700,000 Historical Treasures Into Storage

Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library will close for restoration and construction in 2027. What does that mean for the medieval manuscripts and books housed there?

Smithsonian Magazine

“It’s 2025 and the book burners are back. Along with a form of neo-McCarthyism that is tantamount to a witch hunt.” 📚 #canpoli #uspoli

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/11/14/Librarians-Traces-Battle-of-Lifetime/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

‘The Librarians’ Traces the Battle of a Lifetime | The Tyee

As rightward forces campaign to pull books from library shelves, a gripping new documentary exposes what’s at stake.

The Tyee
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf149
#ClimateChange #ClimateScience
"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide tells CNET. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/features/no-your-iphone-isnt-listening-to-you-heres-whats-really-happening/
No, Your iPhone Isn't Listening to You. Here's What's Really Happening

There are lots of reasons an ad pops up on your phone, but none involve a microphone listening.

CNET