| Time |
Event |
| 1:49a |
Sargassum belt polycrisis, CARICOM
Enormous
excesses of sargassum seaweed are choking coasts in the Caribbean, and emitting hydrogen
sulfide gas, which is foul-smelling and even toxic in large enough amounts.
The dangerous excess is partly caused by the large amounts of
fertilizer runoff that humans' farms now release to the Atlantic Ocean.
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| 10:56a |
Buying EU govt influence, RUS
*Belgium investigates
alleged Russian payments to MEPs.*
*Belgian [prime minister] says Russia is trying to influence
forthcoming elections to weaken European support for Ukraine.*
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| 10:56a |
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| 10:56a |
Palestinian village raided, brutalized
Violent
Israeli colonists in Palestinian territory attacked a Palestinian village, killing one
Palestinian and injuring many. They were searching for a missing teenager who seems not to
have been there at all. However, people who hate some others are often in a rush to declare
them guilty of crimes, which may not even have happened at all.
Let's not lose sight of
where we want to end up.
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| 10:56a |
Amazon rainforest as bargaining chip, COL
*Colombian Amazon
deforestation
surges as armed groups tighten grip.* The groups started as rebels fighting a repressive
government, but now they use the forest as a hostage. Meanwhile, the erstwhile provincial rebel
group made peace and disarmed, so it is no longer there to keep the others down.
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| 10:56a |
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| 10:56a |
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| 10:56a |
More PFAS regulations, lawsuits
*US imposes first-ever limits on levels of [four specific] toxic PFA
substances
in drinking water.*
No level of these substances is absolutely safe, but a smaller concentration causes a smaller
danger. Even though no nonzero level leads to zero danger, a small enough level makes for a
danger that is insignificant, practically speaking, compared with the other dangers of life.
The effort to reduce PFA substance levels beyond that is not efficient reduction of the danger.
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| 10:56a |
Ecuadorian, diplomatic faux pas, MEX
*Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over
embassy
raid as tensions soar.*
To legitimize the practice of invading other countries' embassies would further destabilize
what remains of the conventions and rules of international relations.
That may have helped arrest a crook this time. In London, 10 years ago, it would have enabled
the UK to grab Julian Assange sooner. But overall, these specific effects will average out to
zero; what will remain is less stability.
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