“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports

Kenan Malik (again) hits the nail on the head!

'Turning the issue of “broken Britain” into one of immigration deflects from the real problems facing the working class & the poor, obscures the real causes of those problems, and lets off the hook those who are responsible for breaking Britain. It only ensures that the brokenness will deepen'!

Exactly, the politics of anti-immigration is one of distraction from the crises that pit politics class has wrought!

#politics
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/britains-social-fabric-has-been-torn-but-its-just-easier-to-blame-immigration

It was bad enough that establishment Democrats were refusing to endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor.

Today drops the news that Donald Trump has been directly coordinating with Andrew Cuomo to help him win the election, and Cuomo has been taking his calls and advice.

At this point, anything short of a loud, immediate, and full fledged endorsement of Zohran Mamdani is an admission by establishment Democrats that they prefer Trump's candidate over the people's nominated candidate.

The extraordinary loss of August #Arctic sea ice thickness over the last four decades...

Data available at https://psc.apl.uw.edu/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/data/model_grid. More info at https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/pan-arctic-ice-ocean-modeling-and-assimilation-system-piomas

Any vets mind reaching out?

I fucked up

I went to far into the bad memories and I'm freaking out a little bit

Edit: I just need some bland reassurance from someone who's been through the loss of a friend, not just vets

Edit: thank you all. You helped my come back to earth enough to remember I AM WEARING A BRACELET WIT THE VETERAN'S CRISIS PHONE NUMBER ON IT lol

I called, I talked to a wonderful person who helped me re-cage, get my head space and timing back within regs, and scheduled a followup call

Crazy how fast you can go from being on top of the world to absolutely buried under it.

Im ok now, thank you all so, so much