Western Canada is experiencing the "new normal" of natural calamity, including flooding and wildfires. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/canada-wildfires-thousands-evacuate-fox-lake-fire The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence tells the whole saga. https://ishinobu.com/story/ #history

Oceans are the thermal reservior of atmospheric warming 3+ decades hence. Hot oceans now means hot air in 2050. Our doom is already baked in. https://www.wired.com/story/an-ominous-heating-event-is-unfolding-in-the-oceans/. The full saga: https://ishinobu.com/story/ #GlobalWarming

The plutocratic rot in the USA is apparent by a high court (SCOTUS) that is thoroughly corrupt, with the parliament (Congress) too feeble to staunch the stench. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/28/supreme-court-ethics-issues-worse-than-you-realize. The full story: https://ishinobu.com/story/ #SCOTUS

The dynamic of human self-extinction is systemic. As such, there is no remedy - nor even movement toward self-preservation. The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence has the full saga. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl4881, https://ishinobu.com/story/ #ClimateCrisis

Transition to electric vehicles is a greenwashing scam. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/climate/electric-vehicles-biden-epa.html It means nothing but more environmental destruction. https://ishinobu.com/electric-vehicles/ #EVs

Rich nations are polluting the poor ones by inundating them with plastic debris. The trade in plastic waste is twice what was previously thought. Rich countries do it because they are run by plutocrats. Poor countries put up with it because they are run by corrupt men. https://grist.org/equity/rich-countries-export-twice-as-much-plastic-waste-to-the-developing-world-as-previously-thought/ #plasticpollution

Climate models & gov'ts grossly underestimate the pace of global warming. For instance, USA wastewater treatment plants emit twice the methane reported by authorities. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c05373 #GlobalWarming

Benthic marine heat waves portend unprecedented mass extinction in the oceans: far more than has already occurred. https://www.livescience.com/heat-waves-are-hitting-the-deep-ocean-floor-with-potentially-catastrophic-results #globalwarming

Russia is waging genocidal war on the Ukrainian people: the very definition of crimes against humanity. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1164838051/ukraine-russia-war-kakhovka-reservoir #UKRAINEWAR

TikTok is a web platform that lets people post & view short videos. Petty authorities want to ban TikTok solely because it originated in China. This red herring is a diversion for incompetence by said authorities. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/why-are-governments-cracking-down-on-tiktok #TikTok