I do a climate and sustainability review of the #Merribek monthly Council Agenda.
Here is my review for tonight's Council meeting. I have two Questions scheduled to ask (That is the max I can ask). My Council is progressive, but it is important to keep the pressure on for good governance. Democracy is more than just voting.
#MerribekCouncil

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Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey

Getty Images Syrian Kurds gathered this week to listen to a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan…
#Conflicts
https://www.europesays.com/1883948/

Updating Hanlon’s Razor to help us all understand Elon & DOGE:

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence *and* malice."

Perfect!

In Wyoming, the legislature has decided, that you cannot require others to address you by your preferred pronouns — thinking that this will only hurt trans people, Trump wants to persecute.

So citizen Britt Boril calls in to a committee meeting and deliberately misgenders the male chairman as madam, which he takes offence to — because our rule about allowing disrespect was not meant to be used against us!

(And no, you should never misgenders others, but damn… this move was brilliant)

My latest in the Guardian is about my favourite genre of modern writing: published authors publishing columns in national newspapers about how they’ve been silenced.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/05/my-advice-to-male-writers-struggling-to-get-published-toughen-up-and-embrace-poverty