A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.
Whatever you do,
A U.S. firm now holds major Democratic Republic of Congo mining assets under a new partnership. While the deal aims to secure minerals for EVs and tech, advocates warn of "devastating pollution" and past violence at these sites.
@shokes.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
(From this bit of cartoonish madness) bsky.app/profile/ayou...
The Vietnam and Iraq wars were events that hollowed out trust in the American nation state and created the social forces this crowd blame for its decline. The tech elites seem above all to me, suicidal.
The bulk of the 20th century was a series of events that proved, in fact hard power is severely limited in what it can accomplish. Above all else this crowd is (fairly) good at building things and atrocious at thinking about them
The death toll in Lebanon is now 2,020 with 6,436 injured
Strategery
man morale at the AP is real bad huh
Seems like it could be bad
had a long term friend (younger) pull a "you can't really trust anyone anymore" type of argument over *whether the moon actually exists* the other day. took me a minute to clock what she was trying to get at. the world is getting very very weird.
While Kenyan authorities say a new luxury camp hasn't affected wildlife yet, Maasai leaders and scientists worry the project threatens the Great Migration and traditional livelihoods.
Experts are calling for long-term data to track the impact on wildlife.
Elodie Toto reports for #Mongabay.
Meanwhile
No matter how long it takes, US political and military operatives will have to face trial for war crimes they commit this week. It took years to get Pinochet, Karadzic, and Taylor in front of a judge. If the same is true for this bunch, so be it, but that day must eventually come.
I know it's not in vogue but I still believe that making moral arguments is good.
Love this!
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. www.wired.com/story/border...
But behind the scenes, Israeli officials have conveyed a more targeted message. In private calls to local leaders across southern Lebanon, Israeli military officials have assured several Christian and Druse communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them as Israeli bombardment flatten Shiite towns, according to local Christian, Druse and Shiite leaders who spoke to The New York Times. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon.
So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...
Interesting, now let me crack this book about the history of the world over the last 50 years and see how the economists did
The Knesset passed a bill today mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror - but not for Jews.
There is a word for a legal system where different legal standards apply to different categories of people.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS
A study of 38,000 people across 75 countries found that feeling connected to nature consistently predicts higher well-being, hope and resilience – regardless of wealth or national culture.
theconversation.com/a-connection...
"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
could it be because you PUT THEM IN JAIL
[Commentary ] Slow-moving and peaceful, manatees are vital to the health of our oceans.
This Manatee Appreciation Day, we honor the dedicated people working to save them.
As a new op-ed by conservationist Omar Vidal argues, whether these giants survive the next 100 years is up to us.
at some point in the future i think that social media overuse is going to be seen the same way as chain smoking or alcoholism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...
absolutely incredible. Trump might have done more damage to American imperial power than anyone ... ever?
being a respected elder is a divine and fruitional role that can be the most impactful phase of one's life. it is an exalted space of achievement that most cultures hold in reverence, it has been very sad seeing so many people choose to hold on desperately rather than transition into it.
Why are Chinese state-owned deep-sea mining vessels outside research zones?
#Mongabay and @cnn.com analyzed the routes these ships took for the past five years and found them navigating close to key U.S. military territory.
Experts believed they might be serving a dual-purpose.
With peace talks between the DRC and M23 going on and the US taking a tougher stance on Rwanda as part of its attempt to get critical mineral access in the south, there are notable implications of a new separatist movement emerging in Katanga, which has its own insurgent history./
It's possible that this was more than a skirmish over conservation and land. The attackers purportedly carried out targeted killings of people from Tshisekedi's home region and its communique specifically mentioned Joseph Kabila.
