What a career goal, you’re working hard for years, earning a LOT of money, and then you find out your “employer” is the Russian Government, and they think of you as a useful idiot. That was the big, breaking news this week, whenThe United States Department of Justice released a new indictment – Office of […]
#194 Weekend Reads – imagine being called a useful idiot? Read More »
I don’t know about you, but the ugly rhetoric of politics is really starting to wear me down and of course, with a woman of colour entering the US Presidential race, it was always going to get uglier. However, recently, Trump has gone to a new level and it’s nothing short of disgusting. No question
#193 Weekend Reads – the ugliness of politics is wearing, so wearing Read More »
Welcome back to the Weekend Reads, where I write a short blog highlighting the main news and then link through to a collection of news across the world’s media, covering the planetary crisis; topical moments in the world; global politics and war; business and technology, social issues; and passion/humour/history. I’ve had a break from the
#192 Weekend Reads – have we tipped into a new climate? Read More »
The Northern Hemisphere is going through a brutal heatwave and our news outlets are flooded with stories, featuring children dancing in fountains
#191 Weekend Reads – is this heatwave enough of a wakeup call yet? Read More »
The big news this week was a significant shift to the right in the European Elections. Initially this sounded like really bad news, but
#190 Weekend Reads – and then a step to the right! Read More »
The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, did his thing this week in a speech stating fossil fuel companies are the “godfathers of climate chaos”
#189 Weekend reads – sure, ban fossil fuel adverts, but what about everything else? Read More »
We have microplastics in breast milk… silence. Microplastics in placentas… silence. Babies today are born with microplastics in their bodies
#187 Weekend reads – microplastics in the testes, now we’re listening Read More »
Let’s kick this off with the fact that the climate crisis is a food crisis, and we are certainly pushing the limits here. Some recent news on crop impacts
#186 Weekend reads – the climate crisis is a food crisis Read More »
Greetings from Thailand, which has been in the news this week because of extreme heat sweeping the country and region. Where I am, in Phuket
#184 Weekend reads – greetings from the world’s hot zone Read More »
An article appeared in CNN this week titled: European slaughter of Native Americans changed the climate, study says. This article is
#183 Weekend reads – historical genocide could unlock solution to global cooling Read More »
