#198 Weekend Reads – how bad is it going to get?
When you’ve been trying to warn everyone about the enormous perils we face – not just climate change, but the whole polycrisis – it is VERY
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#197 Weekend Reads – we’re about to pass the 7th planetary boundary
The big news this week, in case you missed it, was from the Potsdam Institute, which released its planetary health check
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#196 Weekend Reads – the rise of the Modern-Day Trojan Horse
A big news story this week was, of course, the explosions in Lebanon aimed at Hezbollah militants. I’ve seen it referred to as The Grim
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#195 Weekend Reads – where is climate change in politics?
It’s hard to believe the US Presidential Debate between Harris and Trump was only on Tuesday, because it feels like weeks have passed since
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#194 Weekend Reads – imagine being called a useful idiot?
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
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#193 Weekend Reads – the ugliness of politics is wearing, so wearing
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
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#192 Weekend Reads – have we tipped into a new climate?
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
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#191 Weekend Reads – is this heatwave enough of a wakeup call yet?
The Northern Hemisphere is going through a brutal heatwave and our news outlets are flooded with stories, featuring children dancing in fountains
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#190 Weekend Reads – and then a step to the right!
The big news this week was a significant shift to the right in the European Elections. Initially this sounded like really bad news, but
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#189 Weekend reads – sure, ban fossil fuel adverts, but what about everything else?
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”
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