I research and teach on the apocalypse and part of that is case studies of disasters and the thing my students learn almost immediately is that the first thing that happens when disaster strikes is that other people look for ways to help the trope of immediate anarchy is historically untenable

One of the most remarkable photos ever taken. And it is impossible to comprehend the scale of it. Taken by Hubble, it is a jet of gas being fired out of a supermassive black hole. The jet is 3,000 light years long (1 light year = 6 trillion miles!). Full amazing story👉 mashable.com/article/blac...

« S’indigner des idées d’extrême droite ce n’est pas efficace ! » nous explique le camp qui a choisit d’arrêter de s’indigner des idées d’extrême droite pour se contenter de les reprendre

What Russian sanctions evasion looks like in chart form

Another way of looking at it: We don’t say “let’s see how many children we can afford to send to school this year”, and then tell 20% that they don’t have a place because of the fiscal rules. Climate action needs to have that same level of priority.

Résultat de la première évaluation complète de 1 500 mesures de politique climatique, prises par 41 pays, sur 6 continents. Seuls 63 de ces mesures conduiraient à des réductions d'émissions sensibles, d'environ 19 % en moyenne. Thread à dérouler ci-dessous👇 1/6

Thinking about the children in Palestine and Lebanon: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” - James Baldwin

John Carpenter had a lively friday

‘Just checking in to see how things are going over on tw—‘