20 January 2026 / Kiel. The renewal of deep waters in the North Atlantic has slowed markedly over the past three decades. This is shown by a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, now published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. The study demonstrates th...
Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/belueftung-des-nordatlantiks-nimmt-ab
The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.
you *must* read the Battle of the Dildo at the Minneapolis Graduate Hotel (where ICE is lodging):
"The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light." 🤣
one of the most beautiful things I've ever read
https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation
This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction
Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.
"There is no act of violence committed by the agents of the state they won’t defend – no victim they won’t slander and vilify. ...
Here is the clearest encapsulation of Trumpism as a political project: Redraw the lines of who belongs, who is legitimate, who is part of the 'Volk.'”
~ Thomas Zimmer
#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
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https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/fccbc0fe-2ec6-4507-92ce-73c50964fdee
A tech worker's reflections
“This will result in the largest ever accumulation of power and wealth in the hands of a diminishing few, while the legitimate needs of the people, from healthcare to education, are met with ‘let them eat chatbots’. That *is* the intent and why AI is a project of class domination.” — https://disjunctionsmag.com/articles/why-leaving-big-tech/
Researchers developed a strong, recyclable cellulose plastic that dissolves in seawater, offering a new way to stop microplastic pollution.
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One ICE agent, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, 'You guys gotta stop obstructing us — that's why that lesbian b---- is dead.'
Agent:🚨walked to my car & pepper sprayed into the vents➡️SMASHED the frt wdw of my car, DRAGGED us out & ARRESTED us➡️SHACKLED my ankles. I asked 4X to make a phone call -denied that legal right.
Holding cells: filled with ppl who appeared to be of Latino & E African descent.💔The screaming, wailing & pleading from these men, women & children will forever haunt me. I’m lucky to be back at home (citz),🚨~100 or so ppl in that #ICE fac MAY NEVER AGAIN SEE THEIR FAMS...
#USPol
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/26/ice-detained-us-citizens-minnesota-arrests/88304880007/
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
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