Daily global mean sea surface temperatures are on the rise again, ranking as the 2nd warmest on record for the current date. Some of the largest departures globally are actually off the coast of southern California and Mexico.
Graphic from https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/
15K likes, 393 comments - rockblog101 on March 22, 2026: "On September 25, 1982, Queen made their only appearance on Saturday Night Live, delivering a high-stakes performance that stands as a critical data point in their North American career. Serving as the musical guest for the Season 8 premiere (hosted by Danny DeVito), the band performed āUnder Pressureā and āCrazy Little Thing Called Loveā during a period of significant transition. At this moment, āUnder Pressureā their legendary collaboration with David Bowie, had already reached #1 in the UK and was a Top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, but the band was facing a cooling US market following the experimental, disco-leaning sounds of the Hot Space album. The SNL set captured the bandās raw live power; showcasing Roger Taylorās ability to handle the iconic high-octane vocal harmonies alongside Freddie Mercury. Despite Hot Space eventually going Gold in the US, Queen wouldnāt tour North America again for the rest of Freddieās life, making this Rock performance a historical anomaly. Today, the enduring data of āUnder Pressureā is staggering, with over 1.7 billion streams on Spotify and a 4x Platinum certification (RIAA), proving that even on a night when the band felt like outsiders in the US, they were performing a future global anthem. #queen #snl #80s #underpressure".
"Researchers from Lund University and Stanford University found that these untouched forests store 78 to 89 percent more carbon. This carbon exists in living trees, dead wood, and even deep in the soil.
The difference between old-growth and managed forests is far greater than earlier estimates. Researchers found that the gap is 3 to 8 times larger than what scientists previously thought."
https://www.earth.com/news/old-growth-forests-hold-far-more-carbon-than-managed-forests
āāFor OrbĆ”n in Hungary, it took about four years, for VuÄiÄ in Serbia, it took eight years, and for ErdoÄan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one yearā
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US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. āThe world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same timeā
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A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the worldās population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.ā
The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.
Yes, Iām looking at you, tech folks.
Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the stateās drinking water.
We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oil #Gas #Environment #Oklahoma #Data #EPA #Regulation
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the stateās injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act.
"We still donāt know why the Justice Department scrubbed three interview summaries of a woman who credibly accused Donald Trump and Epstein of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. We still donāt have all the Epstein files. We still donāt know why Ghislaine Maxwell received a magical transfer to a minimum security prison camp where she has access to Yoga classes and a dog."
#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #ToddBlanche #pedophiles #coverup
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Oil fuels war.
Breaking our dependence on fossil fuels is essential for peace, people and planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/19/iran-greed-oil-capitalism-regimes
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