Links for 12/22/24

Spotify uses ghost artists to “shape listening behavior” and avoid paying real ones

Navajo Nation Uranium Waste

San Diego band ‘The Unknowns’–on the verge of success in 1981

A Glimpse into the Future: The 2023 Ocean Temperature and Sea Ice Extremes in the Context of Longer-Term Climate Change

Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

Argentina cult worships “King” President Milei as peso becomes worthless

Pluralistic: Unpersoned (22 Jul 2024)

Mapped: Reform UK’s Anti-Green Network

Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily

John Fullerton: “Regenerative Economics: New Economic Paradigms, Living Systems, & Holistic Thinking”

How Plastics Fuel Climate Change

Links for 12/14/24

The Most DISGUSTING BEACH In Northern Ireland (Hidden for 50 years)

Plutocrat Archipelagos

Gregg Carroll

soundethics

The problem-with techno-optimism – How Silicon Valley limits our imagination

Remote Indigenous tribe kills encroaching loggers in Amazon

Surrounded by microplastics: The tiny pollution we drink, eat and breathe

Surrounded by microplastics: The tiny pollution we drink, eat and breathe

5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It | naked capitalism

Capitalism as we know it is over, so what comes next?

Links for 11/3/24

The Energy Collapse | Louis Arnoux

Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America

What harmful microbes are lurking in the world’s 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste?

How Peter Sellers Fully Embodied Inspector Clouseau in the ‘Pink Panther’ Film Franchise

Climate scientists sound alarm over Asia’s rising seas

How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020

Collapse of the Thwaites Glacier Has Accelerated

Can Technology Save Humanity From Social Collapse?

Links for 10/5/24

The Plastic Crisis | Jane van Dis

Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime

The surfer and tribal chief fighting to save a 550km South African coast

A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests

Facing a Future of Fewer and Less: “Tell Them at Least What You Say to Yourself”

Program: Climate change threatening Australian live music

Find out how illegal miners in the Amazon use Elon Musk’s internet to evade surveillance

‘Underwater bicycle’ propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed

Community attempts to use sand to stop the ocean and fails

Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades yet deceived the public, report reveals