The United States of America is run by gangster corporations who will use their enormous influence to destroy the biosphere and the economy.
And they believe there is less than nothing any of us can or will do about it.
All funded by American money.
How to hear the song of life – immortal wisdom from naturalist and philosopher Aldo Leopold died on this day in 1948, having sparked the conservation movement www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/03/a...
French philosopher Henri Bergson saw clearly the double edge of technological progress. Technology, for him, was a dazzling expression of human creativity and intelligence—but also a carrier of grave dangers.
“Without an image of tomorrow, one is trapped by blind history, economics and politics beyond our control. … Only by having clear and vital images of the many alternatives, good and bad, of where one can go, will we have any control over the way we may actually get there…”
— Samuel Delany
A pulse without leaves and becomes.
A gaze made constant,
where time forgets motion
and yields into grace.
The immensity of an open sky
in that nearness
between cloud and cosmos—
No sky its boundary
only quiet vastness opens
beyond both day and night.
No distance can prove,
all that I am
falls gently into You.
#Unmeasured
I don’t think it’s humans generally who are degrading the biosphere, but particular humans controlling particular systems and institutions.
It could easily be otherwise should the masses decide that extreme wealth hoarding and the political influence that comes of it are no longer tolerable.
“The Earth is collapsing because a concentrated slice of humanity built an economy on permanent extraction, sold that economy to itself as progress, and arranged the political culture so that questioning the arrangement felt radical while living inside it felt normal.”
A list of 11 books that creatively weave ecology and the humanities together to help people make sense of and navigate the rough roads ahead.
It’s an amazing collection of influential offerings curated by @eevakheev.bsky.social — himself one of Canada’s leading ecocultural thinkers.
“Purpose unifies us:
It focuses our dreams,
Guides our plans,
Strengthens our efforts.
Purpose defines us,
Shapes us,
And offers us
Greatness.”
— Octavia E. Butler
'Parable of the Talents'
#earthseed
The structure of the whales’ communication has “close parallels in the phonetics and phonology of human languages, suggesting independent evolution”, a recently published peer/reviewed paper argues.
Multi-species communication may lead to genuine recognition and major improvements in coexistence.
The power and influence of corporate climate criminals continues to grow.
“The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran… meaning key opponents of climate action continue to prosper.”
In China battery electric trucks and hybrid trucks now outsell diesel trucks for the first time.
“The arrival of Artificial Intelligence brings us two golden opportunities. Only one of them is technological. Both of them are deeply philosophical.”
— @eevakheev.bsky.social
“The tech companies will survive, & the governments will bail out the financial institutions that get into trouble. Once again, it will be ordinary people who are left picking up the pieces.”
If you are someone who thinks we are making real progress in terms of tackling the climate crisis, then read this excellent piece
We are not exactly treading water, but we are not doing much more
jacksondamian.substack.com/p/solution-d...
Cc: @maxfawcett.bsky.social @thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Back to the basics!
Based on the most recent full-year data (2025), Alberta's oil production accounts for approximately 4.85% of the world's total.
Alberta's produces 4.1 million barrels per day (2025 Avg) — a record-setting figure for the province.
World Production (2025 Avg): 84.5 million barrels per day.
Alberta’s budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, tabled on February 26, 2026, projects a significant $9.4 billion deficit.
So the current state of things has the 24 major shareholders of these corporations profiting MORE off provincial resources than a government responsible for 5 million citizens.
Imagine what the people of Alberta could do with 80 BILLION more in public spending capacity and development.
Current Alberta Government budget: 80 billion dollars. So double that and you get the most advanced region in Canada.
The revenue of oil corporations operating in Alberta last year is estimated to be $177 billion in 2025.
But the Alberta government and taxpayers only get $15.4 billion of that returned in taxes and loyalties.
That’s 8.7%.
In a sane world it would be 50%.
Let me introduce you to The Big Oil Grift.
Below is a chart showing the amount of money paid out to shareholders of Alberta’s four big oil sands companies (Suncor, Imperial, Cenovus and CNRL) — all of whom have been recording record production and profits while employing fewer and fewer Albertans.
“abundance needs to be measured in terms of integration with community and the biosphere” is exactly their argument in the book. That’s what makes the abundance “radical.”
If want people to care about anything other than their own needs then *common prosperity* (aka radical abundance), generally, is the goal.
For sure.
But that’s the ideal. The reality is moderns need livelihoods to be secure enough to develop aspirational values.
The indoctrination matters. to those who structure their identity around being able to provide for their children.
Poverty does not lead people to wider circles of care.
Proposed 9.5% property tax increase. Wrong target for taxes.
That’s probably the only one. lol.
Perhaps overall best municipal approach for a major megacity in so-called North America ever.
Tell me again how capitalism supports the working class?
Current state of things = the 24 major shareholders of these oil corporations profit MORE off territorial resources than a government beholden to 5 million people.
Alberta government's budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, tabled on February 26, 2026, projects a significant $9.4 billion deficit.