Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
"We urgently need to overcome the capitalist law of value and democratise our economy, so that we can organise production around urgent social and ecological priorities. After all, we are the producers of the goods, the services, the technologies. It is our labour and our planet’s resources that are at stake. And so we must claim the right to decide what is produced, how, and for what purpose."
#climate #climatechange #environment #economics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
Surya Bonaly became a sports icon during the 1998 Winter Olympics after landing the then-banned backflip during her figure skating routine.
Wael Tarabishi was a 30 year old disabled man who's father Maher was his full time caregiver. ICE took Maher in October, leaving Wael without support. He died three months later.
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died three months later.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t even get to say goodbye.
My latest:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/ice-took-wael-tarabishis-full-time
#uspol #ice #abolishice #fascism #disability #ableism #eugenics
Surya Bonaly, a Black woman, performed an "illegal" backflip in which she landed on the blade of one skate in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?
Craft on the Production Line
Everywhere, advice on how to write faster. A novel in four months, a blog post a day, Substack longform in an hour.
Write quicker. Publish more. Optimise. Optimise. Optimise.
This essay argues for something else.
Speed doesn’t just change how we write, it changes what can be written at all.
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/the-writing-factory
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Book #Books #Scotland #UK #Publishing #Craft
Federal rollback violates well-settled law, putting fossil fuel industry’s profits over American’s health and safety OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today denounced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which forma...
The world is going to hell in a handbasket but at least the kākāpō are going hog wild.
Arcane curation from the IndieWeb, Fediverse and Cybersecurity realms
📜 Scrolls volume 29 is live! Lots of #indieweb #fediverse & #infosec / #cybersecurity nuggets to be found within 🤗
https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2026-02-13
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