Brian Gordon

@elasticsoul
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Author of You’re Not Crazy, the World Is: How Narcissistic Leaders Have Perverted Morals and Countries - available online everywhere.

We need to move fast on climate and we’re still going in the wrong direction. We cannot get there without social justice and equality - all eco and justice groups need to join forces.

I blog occasionally about how narcissists and other sociopaths are literally driving us off the climate cliff. 1% of the population but they occupy most positions of power….

Smashwords: You’re Not Crazy, the World Ishttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1829076
Kobo: You’re not Crazy, the World Is: How Narcissistic Leaders Have Perverted Morals and Countrieshttps://www.kobo.com/co/it/ebook/you-re-not-crazy-the-world-is-how-narcissistic-leaders-have-perverted-morals-and-countries
Amazon: You're Not Crazy, the World Is: How Narcissistic Leaders Have Perverted Morals and Countrieshttps://www.amazon.com/Youre-Not-Crazy-World-Narcissistic/dp/1968253033

RE: https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/116443904029279313

New paper just came out by atmospheric chemists looking at what changes are already happening in the atmosphere due to billionaires using the atmosphere as a satellite crematorium: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117726003509

If anybody is wondering, mastodon.social server got DDoS’d yesterday but it had no impact on cyberplace.social (and other Mastodon servers) - no queue issues either. Everything just worked as expected.

In other news, “decentralised” network BlueSky has been down so much recently the status page doesn’t even work.

The first World Fencing League is happening from April 25th and it will debut this amazing "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event.

Developed by Japanese engineers, and - trust me and watch - it makes fencing simply stunning viewing 🤺

American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx
Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says

The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

The Washington Post
Karma is a betch, Alex Jones.

To nobody's surprise...

#abpoli #cdnpoli

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist/116442116683255680

Conservative family values, right here. Women and children are the man's possessions to do with as he pleases.

#fascism #conservatives

“'Superpower Suicide' is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda. This is bad enough on its own; but I think this performance is symptomatic of something deeper — a systematic undoing of American power by Americans."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #NATO #Europe
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/superpower-suicide

Superpower Suicide

The geopolitics of our moment

Thinking about...
Disturbing story on the intersection of AI and foreign interference in Alberta’s separation campaign. It raises many troubling questions. Who is paying for AI slop disinformation? And who is consuming it? And how on earth can those on the No side compete? #ableg #abpoli
#Alberta @thetyee
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/21/Dishonest-Online-Campaign-Support-Alberta-Separatism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee

A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

The Tyee