Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong

Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Feeling proud and a little overwhelmed to have my first story for The Guardian, high on the landing page. Also, it feels right to spread it as far and wide as possible.

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Thank you for reading! And for commenting.

It is a privilege to do work for Inside Climate News, sad story to write

“Every journalist, no matter their beat or if they’re general assignment, is an environment reporter in some way or another … No matter your official title, you’re an environment reporter because we need you to be, the planet needs you to be.” -SEJ Board President @halleparker.bsky.social

Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona Killed in Israeli Strike. Was She Targeted? Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile ...

Dagen före sin död fick hon veta att filmen hon medverkar i valts ut för visning i Cannes.

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Och här finns boken, så klart!: www.adlibris.com/se/bok/barne...

Marcus var en av dem som räddade Barnens regnskog - Vetenskapsradion Hur gick det med regnskogen som svenska barn ville rädda på 1980-talet? Ett av barnen har som vuxen återvänt till skogen för att se vad som hänt.

Väldigt roligt att prata skogsskydd och konstruktivt hopp i dagens Vetenskapsradion! Sara Sällström har varit på plats i Costa Rica och följer upp på min bok om Barnens regnskog.
En synnerligen aktuell historia även i dagens värld!
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The new local journalism may not be what it might seem. Well worth the time to listen

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

On Tuesday, thousands of federal employees at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning were notified that they were subject to a reduction in force, sources tell WIRED.

In today’s political context, it’s more dangerous for civil society to do #2.

Timothy Snyder: The New Paganism—A Framework for Understanding Our Politics | LIVE from NYPL YouTube video by The New York Public Library

Yesterday, I was intellectually inspired & deeply concerned, listening live to impressive historian @timothysnyder.blsky.social comparing the politics of our time not to the 1930s, or the 1800s - but to Scandinavian paganism in the 9th century. A new, very old, take

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The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.

New on Bluesky, warily liking this idea

Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.

China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.