The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives

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New wave, psychedelic, jazz and folk rock influences join forces behind Pete Gioconda’s outlandish, poetic, lyrics for Up You – unlike anything else you’ll hear this year!

PETE GIOCONDA is a unique, edgy singer, a protest poet with penchant for historical reference. This mix of punk attitude and psychedelic-folk feel teases the audience to see through new eyes ... like

Psychedelic power ballad, lilting and celebratory - with an erotic poetry about an ecstatic union with nature, and freedom shared with a very special girl. Musical influences: The Doors (Endless Nigh

14 track album

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From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught, says literary agent Jonny Geller

MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security risk

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Mike Pence is latest prominent figure to call for release of files on sex offender once close to president

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The question now: will countries cave in to these threats or stick together and collect the billions they are rightly owed?

Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the climate crisis. They just need to be listened to, says professor of energy and climate governance Rebecca Willis

With their illiberal attitudes and ever more draconian use of technology to crack down on protest, it is ministers who now imperil our rights, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Wolf Hall director calls for urgent action to protect public service broadcasting in Britain

These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris

High-fronted vehicles are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ag...

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarity, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

He is surrounded by people who have plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga project, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Petition to Ban Platform X (formerly Twitter) in the European Union

I played a fictional billionaire on TV. It’s time world leaders got serious about taxing the real ones, says the actor Brian Cox

Russian Intelligence expert Zarina Zabrisky tracks back the decades-long dossier on the US President.

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from the album We Are Real EP