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Mais enfin pourquoi ?? Où, quand, comment on en est arrivé là... Histoire, biologie, économie, psychiatrie, sociologie, éthologie et connerie de l'être humain.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 17h
Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years and only start to reproduce at the age of 150 with $45 per heart bounty The plan has been dropped but there is momentum growing to kill the sharks Absolute evil - spread the word nypost.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years with $45 per heart bounty
Greenland sharks becomes sexually mature at the old age of 150 and are believed to gestate thier young for over a decade — meaning populations can take an extremely long time to recover.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 13h
I used to monitor methane emissions at landfills, so I know way more about methane than I would like 😵‍💫
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 17h
Beaufort Sea, which is the largest Arctic Ocean freshwater reservoir, has increased its freshwater content by 40% over past two decades A release of this freshwater into ocean could fundamentally weaken critical ocean current AMOC AND totally change European climate cpo.noaa.gov/freshwater-o...
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Freshwater Outflow from Beaufort Sea Could Alter Global Climate Patterns - Climate Program Office
New Nature Communications study shows how record-high Arctic freshwater will flow through Canadian waters, affecting marine environment and Atlantic ocean currents.
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 23h
La déprime du matin. www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
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Les populations d'animaux sauvages se sont effondrées de 73% depuis 1970, mais "nous pouvons inverser cette courbe du déclin", assure le WWF
Le rapport "Planète vivante" dresse, tous les deux ans, un bilan de l'état des populations de vertébrés dans le monde. "Les espèces disparaissent aujourd’hui à un rythme au moins 100 fois supérieur au...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Many people would stand in awe at the beauty of the place But when Trump saw it he ordered to bring in the bulldozers and supported by Congress This is what so called civilized European invaders have done to North America Savages is what they are including all those who done nothing to stop it
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter theconversation.com/conservation...
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Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter
A new study examines ecosystems and species that are thriving against the odds.
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Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Au cas où ce n'était pas clair, le patron de TotalEnergies, a déclaré hier à Londres : "Je préfère un monde de bouleversements à un monde paisible" C'est que la multinationale a engrangé 11 milliards $ de profits en six mois, profitant de la guerre au Moyen-Orient... Le summum de l'indécence.
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TotalEnergies boss hails ‘opportunities’ created by global market turmoil
Patrick Pouyanné says he prefers ‘disruption to the peaceful world’ despite French major being among those most affected by Middle East conflict
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Blast le souffle de l’info @blast-info.fr · 05/10/2026
37 % : c’est la hausse de la très grande pauvreté en France depuis 2018. Un bilan rude pour une décennie de macronie. L’étude, publiée le 5 octobre et tirée des données des Restos du cœur, tombe à point nommé.
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10 ans de Macron : 37 % de pauvres en plus
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.bentley.edu/news/how-sex...
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How Sexism Sustains the Gender Pay Gap
New research from Kristi Minnick, Bentley’s Stanton Professor of Finance, indicates there are significant — and systemic — reasons why the gender pay gap exists: “Gender wage differentials are directl...
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous “Educated Proletariat” theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...
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The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat”
In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Jérémie Younes @jeremieyounes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
194 vues pour cette vidéo alors que La Dépêche fait du journalisme, du coup je partage : www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZZ...
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Un prof dénonce le comportement de la police
YouTube video by La Dépêche du Midi
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Latrombe @latrombe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Il s agit d investissements fossiles, dealés à l Elysee par notre président "make our planet Green again", évidemment. L internationale de l ecocide fasciste se porte bien et la France est au premier plan de la photo.
Javier Milei en France : TotalEnergies annonce un investissement de 10 milliards de dollars en Argentine
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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 03/10/2026
L'escalade des violences policières lors de la répression de manifestations ces 15 dernières années n'est pas juste une question d'opinion ou de bord politique. Il existe, ici aussi, tout un corpus de recherche qui suit, recense et analyse l'évolution, en France, de la "gestion de l'ordre public".
image extraite d'une caméra-piéton d’un policier de la CDI (Compagnie départementale d’intervention), montrant un syndicaliste de 60 ans se faire matraquer lors d'une charge de police le 7 mars 2020 lors d'une manifestation à Lyon.
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Ultimes scories @panettonepazzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
La fabrique de l’opinion c’est un vrai métier. Démonstration magistrale de l’ORTF qui nous sert de chaîne publique cette semaine
Capture d’écran d’un post X du compte X d’Acrimed, avec ce texte :

« Mouvement des lycéens : au JT de France 2, de lundi à jeudi : 8% sur les revendications… et 75% sur les violences et les dégâts. »
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Melting Permafrost Is Poisoning Rivers With Metal Levels 70 Times Higher Than Normal www.sciencealert.com/as-permafros...?
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Melting Permafrost Is Poisoning Rivers With Metal Levels 70 Times Higher Than Normal
Over the past decade, a network of usually pristine blue rivers and lakes that winds through Alaska's breathtaking Brooks Range mountains has been starting to look a little...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns
Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim. Despite breached planetary boundaries, however, scientists argue that Earth can still have a safe and sustainable future.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is crazy. They are laughing at us.
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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 29/09/2026
Que verriez-vous si vos yeux se trouvaient à la place des 2 caméras binoculaires du rover martien Perseverance ? Voici le superbe panorama interactif de Mars pris le 26 juillet dernier par Perseverance. N'hésitez pas à jouer avec : maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/jezero/360/55
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
dataforgood.fr
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Data For Good - Bâtir un contre-pouvoir tech citoyen
Mettre la technologie au service de l’intérêt général tout en luttant contre l’hégémonie des schémas de pensée qui l’ont engendrée.
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Construire des usines pour construire des pales et aubes de turbine à gaz pour construire des centrales électriques pour alimenter les data centers... www.journaldugeek.com/2026/09/27/e...
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Elon Musk vient d'admettre ce que personne ne voulait dire tout haut : l'IA pourrait bientôt manquer d'électricité, et sa solution est radicale
SpaceX construit une usine dont l’activité n’a, en apparence, pas grand-chose à voir avec les fusées. Au Texas, l’entreprise d’Elon Musk prépare une fonderie destinée à produire des pales et des aubes...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Why Humans !? @whyhumans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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INFO FRANCE 3 : Des documents confirment que le nouveau PFAS utilisé par Daikin va se transformer en TFA
France 3 Rhône-Alpes a obtenu l’évaluation des risques sanitaires produite par Daikin dans le cadre de la modification de son procédé industriel, dans le sud de Lyon. Le rapport confirme que le groupe...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
U.S. mining company Ivanhoe Atlantic wants to mine iron ore mine at a site that is the only known home of two unique bat species, as well as critically endangered chimpanzees and threatened toads and frogs. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/rare...
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Rare bats at risk as iron ore mine advances in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains
In 2018, researchers from Bat Conservation International, Cameroon’s University of Maroua and the American Museum of Natural History entered abandoned mining tunnels in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains as par...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why is the UK’s suppressed #climate national security report significant? Report warns of food shortages, conflicts, mass migration and other threats to the UK’s national security, including going as far as the risk of nuclear war or the breakdown of society. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The total insanity of #hurricane #Polo cat5 of course One of the strongest storms ever seen #ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Conspiracy Believers Often Hold Two Beliefs That Can’t Both Be True studyfinds.com/conspiracy-b... From study: "...the strongest conspiracy believers showing a 91% probability of being incoherent" (by @lewan.uk et al.)
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Conspiracy Believers Are 91% Likely To Hold Incoherent Beliefs, Study Finds
A new study finds people at the extreme end of conspiracy thinking have a 91% predicted chance of holding incompatible beliefs.
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Latrombe @latrombe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quand ta barre de vie est à 37% www.geo.fr/environnemen...
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Sept des neuf limites planétaires sont désormais dépassées
Le dernier bilan du Planetary Health Check 2026 décrit une planète toujours plus sous tension, avec de grands équilibres terrestres globalement dégradés. "Le risque de changements à grande échelle, pe...
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Contre Attaque @contreattaque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE AUX USA : TOUJOURS PLUS VITE VERS LA CATASTROPHE En cette fin du mois de septembre, le temps est excessivement chaud pour des millions d'habitants des États-Unis. À Jonesboro, dans l'Arkansas, la température a atteint plus de 38°C. 1/2 🔽
Les cheminées d'une centrale électrique, un paysage qui va devenir la norme aux USA avec le développement de l'intelligence artificielle.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of all mammals on Earth, 96% are either livestock or humans. Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals and half of plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study
Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity’s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're Killing the World’s Oceans www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-k...?
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We're Killing the World’s Oceans
The ocean can still look beautiful while life beneath it is dying. Blue water, sunshine and even a tidy beach tell us very little about the health of what lies below. Tasmania, for example, has lost a...
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gorgone71.bsky.social @gorgone71.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Apres un long voyage, me voilà arrivé dans un lieu fantastique, les abruzzes en Italie ! Ceci nest pas un montage photo mais bien la réalité. Une région sans chasse depuis 100 ans ou les animaux ont retrouvés confiance en l'homme.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Plant more Aspen trees to provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows Buffers made of aspen trees could help protect communities from worsening wildfires In other places bring in the Beavers www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Aspen trees provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows
Buffers made of aspen trees could help protect communities from worsening wildfires.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility': Former Antarctic tour guides why they quit troubling industry 100,000 tourists visiting Antarctica expected to rise to 450,000 in coming years in gas guzzling ships, helping to destroy Antarctica www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility': Former Antarctic tour guides told researchers why they quit the troubling industry
Staff writer Sascha Pare spoke with polar tourism researchers Zdenka Sokolickova and Liz Cooper about why a number of Antarctic tour guides have given up what they still consider to be their dream job...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wildfires rage near Indonesia’s new capital as health crisis deepens A new capital city that they build in the heart of the ancient Borneo Jungle, destroying vast swathes of one of the oldest jungles on Earth www.eco-business.com/news/wildfir...
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Wildfires rage near Indonesia’s new capital as health crisis deepens
The authority overseeing Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, confirmed on 9 September that fires had broken out within the new capital city administrative area, although the fires were around 30 ...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Erasing the wonderful pangolins forever Electric fences responsible for 14 of the 15 giant ground pangolins found dead near Kenya’s Nyekweri Forest since 2022 Fewer than 30 giant ground pangolins believed to remain in the country news.mongabay.com/2026/09/elec...
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Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins
Naserian, a giant ground pangolin, lived for about two years in Kenya’s last remaining stronghold for this animal, Nyekweri Forest. When researchers from The Pangolin Project began tracking her in 202...
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The atmosphere just hit a new water-vapour record: 27.35 kg of water vapour per m2 in August 2026, ~20 trillion litres more water than the previous record. Warmer air holds ~7% more moisture per °C. More water vapour means more energy to fuel extreme weather.
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El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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Cartes @cartes.app · 16/09/2026
🤖 Internet est le nouveau far-west. Et ça explique pourquoi notre service est dégradé depuis plusieurs semaines. Auparavant le contrat était simple, un éditeur autorisait un bot d'indexation à consulter son site car ça lui rapportait de l'audience.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Scientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers argue www.newscientist.com/article/2589...?
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Scientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño | New Scientist
Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers argue
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Nature @nature.com · 19/09/2026
Researchers have observed how neuronal circuits in the human brain resolve such a dilemma in real time, revealing a ‘tug of war’ between rival neuronal groups go.nature.com/4iUv2Zt
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Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide
Nature - Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain weighs up a tricky decision.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · 17/09/2026
Avec les prix à la pompe qui explosent, il est temps de s'attaquer à l'éléphant dans la pièce : interdire les SUV ne devrait plus être un débat. bonpote.com/pourquoi-int...
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Pourquoi interdire les SUV ne devrait plus être un débat
Face à la flambée des prix du carburant, il y a urgence à agir pour que nos rues et nos panneaux publicitaires cessent de s'encombrer de SUV.
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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · 16/09/2026
Devant les députés européens à Strasbourg, la présidente de la Commission Ursula von der Layen a reconnu ce matin l'urgence climatique... tout en continuant de défendre le détricotage des normes environnementales. Analyse : bonpote.com/discours-sur...
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Discours sur l'état de l'Union : Ursula von der Leyen tourne le dos au climat
À Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen reconnaît l’urgence climatique, mais défend surtout l’adaptation et la déréglementation environnementale.
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