#ecologicalcrisis — Public Fediverse posts

Safety in NIMBers: Why cities can’t save nature from destruction

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-09-14/safety-in-nimbers-why-cities-cant-save-nature-from-destruction/

Safety in NIMBers: Why cities can’t save nature from destruction

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-09-14/safety-in-nimbers-why-cities-cant-save-nature-from-destruction/

Safety in NIMBers: Why cities can’t save nature from destruction

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-09-14/safety-in-nimbers-why-cities-cant-save-nature-from-destruction/

Safety in NIMBers: Why cities can’t save nature from destruction

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-09-14/safety-in-nimbers-why-cities-cant-save-nature-from-destruction/

#Introduction

Hello fediverse,

I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

https://lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

#science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

#Introduction

Hello fediverse,

I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

https://lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

#science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

#Introduction

Hello fediverse,

I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

https://lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

#science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

#Introduction

Hello fediverse,

I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

https://lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

#science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

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3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
Bonne journée caniculaire
Lot et Garonne, #France
#photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

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3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
Bonne journée caniculaire
Lot et Garonne, #France
#photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
Bonne journée caniculaire
Lot et Garonne, #France
#photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

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3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
Bonne journée caniculaire
Lot et Garonne, #France
#photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

https://www.europesays.com/iran/227281/ ‘Super-spreader’ at sea? Scientists warn ships stuck in Hormuz could spread invasive species worldwide – Firstpost #biofouling #EcologicalCrisis #InvasiveSpecies #MarineSpecies #MaritimeStandoff #PersianGulf #PersianGulfBioinvasion #Shipping #StraitOfHormuz

bsky.app/starter-pack... #CommunityTransformation #PeoplePower #PeoplePowerProtest #CivicEmpowerment #CostOfLiving #EcologicalCrisis #ClimateCrisis #EcologicalClimate-HealthEmergency #ActNow #TellTheTruth #BeTheChange

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“One common element in most of these #neo-fascist #governments or #movements is #negationism — the refusal to acknowledge the #ecologicalcrisis and #climatechange.” climateandcapitalism.com/2026/03/28/t...

The far right as a global phen...

“One common element in most of these #neo-fascist #governments or #movements is #negationism — the refusal to acknowledge the #ecologicalcrisis and #climatechange.” climateandcapitalism.com/2026/03/28/t...

The far right as a global phen...

“One common element in most of these #neo-fascist #governments or #movements is #negationism — the refusal to acknowledge the #ecologicalcrisis and #climatechange.” climateandcapitalism.com/2026/03/28/t...

The far right as a global phen...

“One common element in most of these #neo-fascist #governments or #movements is #negationism — the refusal to acknowledge the #ecologicalcrisis and #climatechange.” climateandcapitalism.com/2026/03/28/t...

The far right as a global phen...

Republicans did this!

https://amp.dw.com/en/adrift-russia-tanker-risks-mediterranean-ecological-disaster/a-76460869

#environment #disaster #ecologicalcrisis #oil #gas #russia #usa #war #trump

Republicans did this!

https://amp.dw.com/en/adrift-russia-tanker-risks-mediterranean-ecological-disaster/a-76460869

#environment #disaster #ecologicalcrisis #oil #gas #russia #usa #war #trump

Republicans did this!

https://amp.dw.com/en/adrift-russia-tanker-risks-mediterranean-ecological-disaster/a-76460869

#environment #disaster #ecologicalcrisis #oil #gas #russia #usa #war #trump

Republicans did this!

https://amp.dw.com/en/adrift-russia-tanker-risks-mediterranean-ecological-disaster/a-76460869

#environment #disaster #ecologicalcrisis #oil #gas #russia #usa #war #trump

#Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

#Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

#Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

Senate Report Criticizes Government Handling of South Australian Algal Bloom

A federal report says SA and federal governments were not ready for the 2025 algal bloom. It caused delays in health advice and monitoring. Find out what happens next.

#SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

https://newsletter.tf/south-australia-algal-bloom-government-unprepared-early-2025/

Senate Report Criticizes Government Handling of South Australian Algal Bloom

A federal report says SA and federal governments were not ready for the 2025 algal bloom. It caused delays in health advice and monitoring. Find out what happens next.

#SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

https://newsletter.tf/south-australia-algal-bloom-government-unprepared-early-2025/

A new federal report found governments were unprepared for the 2025 South Australian algal bloom, with delayed responses and health advice. This is a big criticism.

#SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

https://newsletter.tf/south-australia-algal-bloom-government-unprepared-early-2025/

A new federal report found governments were unprepared for the 2025 South Australian algal bloom, with delayed responses and health advice. This is a big criticism.

#SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

https://newsletter.tf/south-australia-algal-bloom-government-unprepared-early-2025/

Activists warn of an ecological crisis in Idukki as small fish species vanish from streams. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/multimedia/videos/fish-population-declines-idukki-high-ranges-cv5d1zbh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Idukki #KeralaEnvironment #FishDecline #EcologicalCrisis

Activists warn of an ecological crisis in Idukki as small fish species vanish from streams. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/multimedia/videos/fish-population-declines-idukki-high-ranges-cv5d1zbh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Idukki #KeralaEnvironment #FishDecline #EcologicalCrisis

Kazakhstan Urges Regional Cooperation to Save the Aral Sea

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-urges-regional-cooperation-to-save-the-aral-sea/

Kazakhstan Urges Regional Cooperation to Save the Aral Sea

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-urges-regional-cooperation-to-save-the-aral-sea/

Kazakhstan Urges Regional Cooperation to Save the Aral Sea

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-urges-regional-cooperation-to-save-the-aral-sea/

Kazakhstan Urges Regional Cooperation to Save the Aral Sea

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-urges-regional-cooperation-to-save-the-aral-sea/

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/

#climatechange #ecologicalcrisis #planetaryboundaries

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/

#climatechange #ecologicalcrisis #planetaryboundaries

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/

#climatechange #ecologicalcrisis #planetaryboundaries

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/

#climatechange #ecologicalcrisis #planetaryboundaries

@bewilderbeast23

I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

> “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

1. https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/why-electric-vehicles-wont-reduce
2. https://www.news18.com/india/himachal-pradesh-may-vanish-from-indias-map-sc-warns-of-climate-change-threat-to-state-9479333.html

#ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

@bewilderbeast23

I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

> “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

1. https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/why-electric-vehicles-wont-reduce
2. https://www.news18.com/india/himachal-pradesh-may-vanish-from-indias-map-sc-warns-of-climate-change-threat-to-state-9479333.html

#ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

@bewilderbeast23

I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

> “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

1. https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/why-electric-vehicles-wont-reduce
2. https://www.news18.com/india/himachal-pradesh-may-vanish-from-indias-map-sc-warns-of-climate-change-threat-to-state-9479333.html

#ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

Introduced species, unintended consequences - Neltuma juliflora (formerly known as Prosopis juliflora - filming with pastoralists in Ethiopia 20 years ago, I was told about it as the 'Dergi harra' - ie as bad as the Derg dictatorship)
#ecologicalcrisis #IPBESdrivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/kenya-mathenge-desertification-invasive-plants-neltuma-prosopis-juliflora-samburu-pastoralists-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Introduced species, unintended consequences - Neltuma juliflora (formerly known as Prosopis juliflora - filming with pastoralists in Ethiopia 20 years ago, I was told about it as the 'Dergi harra' - ie as bad as the Derg dictatorship)
#ecologicalcrisis #IPBESdrivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/kenya-mathenge-desertification-invasive-plants-neltuma-prosopis-juliflora-samburu-pastoralists-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Introduced species, unintended consequences - Neltuma juliflora (formerly known as Prosopis juliflora - filming with pastoralists in Ethiopia 20 years ago, I was told about it as the 'Dergi harra' - ie as bad as the Derg dictatorship)
#ecologicalcrisis #IPBESdrivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/kenya-mathenge-desertification-invasive-plants-neltuma-prosopis-juliflora-samburu-pastoralists-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Introduced species, unintended consequences - Neltuma juliflora (formerly known as Prosopis juliflora - filming with pastoralists in Ethiopia 20 years ago, I was told about it as the 'Dergi harra' - ie as bad as the Derg dictatorship)
#ecologicalcrisis #IPBESdrivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/kenya-mathenge-desertification-invasive-plants-neltuma-prosopis-juliflora-samburu-pastoralists-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose political and economic strategies – of neoliberalism and global war-making in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and across Asia – have been so directly responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place. Indeed, in this conjuncture, it is more important than ever that the socialist left do everything possible to increase its visibility, create an organizational presence, and advance, as strongly as possible, an alternative political vision. This is not only necessary to preserve the democratic gains of the past but also to address the mounting demands of the ‘terrifying’ near future that Trump, NATO, and climate change are unrelentingly pushing us towards. If the market-based ‘solutions’ to the ecological crisis offered by the neoliberal center are inadequate, we must explicitly insist that only a fundamental challenge to capital, and a deep reorganization of the economy through a radical democracy and the implementation of a democratic planning regime, has any chance of leading to a sustainable future. That we are running out of time does not mean that centrist compromises or ultra-left posturing suddenly become more effective."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/from-bad-to-worse/

#SocialIsm #Capitalism #Populism #Neoliberalism #EcologicalCrisis

"The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose political and economic strategies – of neoliberalism and global war-making in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and across Asia – have been so directly responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place. Indeed, in this conjuncture, it is more important than ever that the socialist left do everything possible to increase its visibility, create an organizational presence, and advance, as strongly as possible, an alternative political vision. This is not only necessary to preserve the democratic gains of the past but also to address the mounting demands of the ‘terrifying’ near future that Trump, NATO, and climate change are unrelentingly pushing us towards. If the market-based ‘solutions’ to the ecological crisis offered by the neoliberal center are inadequate, we must explicitly insist that only a fundamental challenge to capital, and a deep reorganization of the economy through a radical democracy and the implementation of a democratic planning regime, has any chance of leading to a sustainable future. That we are running out of time does not mean that centrist compromises or ultra-left posturing suddenly become more effective."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/from-bad-to-worse/

#SocialIsm #Capitalism #Populism #Neoliberalism #EcologicalCrisis

"The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose political and economic strategies – of neoliberalism and global war-making in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and across Asia – have been so directly responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place. Indeed, in this conjuncture, it is more important than ever that the socialist left do everything possible to increase its visibility, create an organizational presence, and advance, as strongly as possible, an alternative political vision. This is not only necessary to preserve the democratic gains of the past but also to address the mounting demands of the ‘terrifying’ near future that Trump, NATO, and climate change are unrelentingly pushing us towards. If the market-based ‘solutions’ to the ecological crisis offered by the neoliberal center are inadequate, we must explicitly insist that only a fundamental challenge to capital, and a deep reorganization of the economy through a radical democracy and the implementation of a democratic planning regime, has any chance of leading to a sustainable future. That we are running out of time does not mean that centrist compromises or ultra-left posturing suddenly become more effective."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/from-bad-to-worse/

#SocialIsm #Capitalism #Populism #Neoliberalism #EcologicalCrisis

"The growing threat of the right must be addressed. But this must not come at the expense of dissolving socialist politics into coalitions whose political and economic strategies – of neoliberalism and global war-making in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and across Asia – have been so directly responsible for the growth of hard-right forces in the first place. Indeed, in this conjuncture, it is more important than ever that the socialist left do everything possible to increase its visibility, create an organizational presence, and advance, as strongly as possible, an alternative political vision. This is not only necessary to preserve the democratic gains of the past but also to address the mounting demands of the ‘terrifying’ near future that Trump, NATO, and climate change are unrelentingly pushing us towards. If the market-based ‘solutions’ to the ecological crisis offered by the neoliberal center are inadequate, we must explicitly insist that only a fundamental challenge to capital, and a deep reorganization of the economy through a radical democracy and the implementation of a democratic planning regime, has any chance of leading to a sustainable future. That we are running out of time does not mean that centrist compromises or ultra-left posturing suddenly become more effective."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/from-bad-to-worse/

#SocialIsm #Capitalism #Populism #Neoliberalism #EcologicalCrisis

I took a badly needed birding break, today, at the Marine Nature Study Area. What does the future hold for these guys? Even under the most optimistic scenario for climate change, I believe ~30% of our species are predicted to go extinct by the end of the century. And of course, climate change goes hand in hand with other anthropogenic factors, none of which have halted, but which will certainly accelerate under the current regime. This is where Christian Cooper's observation that environmental and social justice must march in tandem comes in. Please see captions for id's.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #ecologicalcrisis #biodiversity

I took a badly needed birding break, today, at the Marine Nature Study Area. What does the future hold for these guys? Even under the most optimistic scenario for climate change, I believe ~30% of our species are predicted to go extinct by the end of the century. And of course, climate change goes hand in hand with other anthropogenic factors, none of which have halted, but which will certainly accelerate under the current regime. This is where Christian Cooper's observation that environmental and social justice must march in tandem comes in. Please see captions for id's.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #ecologicalcrisis #biodiversity

I took a badly needed birding break, today, at the Marine Nature Study Area. What does the future hold for these guys? Even under the most optimistic scenario for climate change, I believe ~30% of our species are predicted to go extinct by the end of the century. And of course, climate change goes hand in hand with other anthropogenic factors, none of which have halted, but which will certainly accelerate under the current regime. This is where Christian Cooper's observation that environmental and social justice must march in tandem comes in. Please see captions for id's.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #ecologicalcrisis #biodiversity

I took a badly needed birding break, today, at the Marine Nature Study Area. What does the future hold for these guys? Even under the most optimistic scenario for climate change, I believe ~30% of our species are predicted to go extinct by the end of the century. And of course, climate change goes hand in hand with other anthropogenic factors, none of which have halted, but which will certainly accelerate under the current regime. This is where Christian Cooper's observation that environmental and social justice must march in tandem comes in. Please see captions for id's.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #ecologicalcrisis #biodiversity

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If you are not yet in a union, then join! An organized act to start the new year! :blobcatgun:
#union #iaa #anticapitalism #ClimateCrisis #ecologicalcrisis