Gray whales are starving. Some have died off Oregon Coast Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.

Damn. www.opb.org/article/2026...

No need to insult a great rock album :)

“New research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic.” A sane, self-preserving humanity would indeed view this as a crisis

Similar pathway to non-democratic governance of climate #geoengineering is ahead

Let’s move from embarrassed to kick ass

🇸🇩 SUDAN | 73,000 people have been newly displaced from Kurmuk, a border town in southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile State near Ethiopia, after UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters seized the city on March 24. Displaced people are now seeking safety in the state capital, Ed Damazin, and surrounding areas where they are sheltering in schools, public buildings, and informal gathering sites. The capture of Kurmuk is a significant strategic victory for the RSF, providing a corridor for fighters, fuel, and weapons from Ethiopia. It comes as a new report from the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab concluded with high confidence that military support to RSF is being facilitated via an Ethiopian National Defense Force base in Asosa, about 100 km away. Analysts and local reporting from the Ayin Network, say the RSF and its ally, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction), could now advance north toward Ed Damazin, potentially opening a major new front in Sudan’s civil war.

See new posts Conversation Ayin Network - شبكة عاين @AyinSudan After the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on March 24 claimed control of the border town of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, an ongoing flow of civilians fled the area. According to the UN, over 10,000 residents fled the town with 3/4 of those heading towards displacement camps in the state capital, Damazin. After the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on March 24 claimed control of the border town of Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, an ongoing flow of civilians fled the area. According to the UN, over 10,000 residents fled the town, with 3/4 of them heading toward displacement camps in the state capital, Damazin.

🇸🇩 SUDAN | 73,000 people have been newly displaced from Kurmuk, a border town in southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile State near Ethiopia, after UAE-backed RSF and allied fighters seized the city on March 24.

Displaced people are now seeking safety in the state capital, Ed Damazin, & surrounding areas...

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

From the bank of the St. Lawrence

theconversation.com/ontario-is-c...

Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.

An honest must-read from climate scientists: theconversation.com/climate-scie...

theconversation.com/ukraines-sto...

Trump paid a French company $1 billion, using taxpayer money, not to build windmills in the U.S.
www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g...

Oh, we know about it. It’s you publicly “thinking” about it that is the problem here.

Italy warns Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz could explode in Mediterranean Italy is one of nine EU countries urging the European Commission to act over the Arctic Metagaz, drifting out of control in the Mediterranean Sea.

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Key statistics on extinction risk and population trends are moving in the wrong direction.

An interim report ahead of #CMSCOP15 finds that 24% of species listed under @cms.int are globally threatened, while 49% have declining populations.

Read the report: www.cms.int/publication/...

Relatedly, the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety, will finally come into force in February 2027

Vacancy for a fully funded 4-year PhD at @uvahumanities.bsky.social on the key roles played by social science, demography, and nutritional science during the blockades of the First and Second World Wars, especially where they related to food.

“We Had No Choice” The 71-page report, “‘We Had No Choice’: ‘Filtration’ and the War Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia,” documents the transfers of Ukrainian civilians. The transfers are a ser...

Deported and forcibly transferred Ukrainian children should be returned, and the Russian officials responsible must be held accountable.

Read HRW’s 2022 research on forcible transfers:

Generally overlooked so far but we will hear more about this…..

Enjoying the focus on solutions at the #Economist Impact World Ocean Summit in Montreal this week.

University Affairs

Political Science and North American Studies @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social is hiring for a #TT assistant professor in #politicaltheory with a focus on areas such as #law, #settlercolonialism, #Indigenouspolitics, critical approaches. See link for details: universityaffairs.ca/jobs/job-pre...

Important job alert! Toronto’s City Planning Division is looking for a new Director of Urban Design. If you have a passion for cities and for the importance of architecture, urban design, art and heritage in successful city-building, you should check out our job posting at tinyurl.com/3e8s3br8

Surprised to hear you are pro-climate change. Must have been a recent conversion :)

Stormwatch (an old painting of mine but feeling its vibes often these days)

“force over-reaction” yeah OK

Whales are now ‘sharing’ food amid shortages due to climate change Whales in the North Atlantic appear to be adjusting their behaviour to coexist and divide food resources among themselves as climate crisis and human pressures reshape ocean ecosystems, according to a...

Researchers studying fin, humpback, and minke whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence have found that the animals are eating more fish and less krill than they did in the past. Scientists say the shift could be a result of growing competition for prey as warming waters disrupt marine food supplies.

Multilateralism doesn’t work well without diplomats

This is an awesome opportunity! Need more students on bluesky to spread the word.