Meeting the 30×30 target requires more than expanding park boundaries. A new report reveals millions of hectares of tropical protected areas overlap with extractive concessions, urging #COP17 delegates to restrict industrial activity and uphold Indigenous land rights. By @aimeegabay.bsky.social.

Extractive industries threaten global goal to protect 30% of nature by 2030, report finds

A new report by Earth Insight finds more than 61.5 million hectares (151.9 million acres) of protected and conserved areas — an area roughly 2.5 times the size of the United Kingdom — overlap with…

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Reading this really fucked me up last night. I suppose rape profiteering has been around as long as war profiteering. They’re siblings. That said, there’s something about the unapologetic attitude of betting on the implications of gang rape that bruised the inside of my soul last night.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 5d ago

Polymarket allowed users to bet on whether any one of the 7 defendants in the Cornell rape case will be charged with a felony sex crime and the market did almost HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN VOLUME

Well, if this holds through the end of the month that’s one less place that we’ll be posting links back to the website. Billionaires fucking suck man. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...

Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say

Starting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.

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It's not about placing themselves at the top. They're already at the top. It's about putting us more firmly under control. Deskilled, devalued, hyper-surveilled, desperate. That vision of fascism won't be defeated in the next two elections. It's a long fight.

I would also urge people to lean into a culture of rebellious care right now. Our empathy and our refusal to abandon each other are at the heart of what they seek to destroy, and these things fuel all meaningful opposition—as MK and I discussed in our book, Let This Radicalize You.

We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind

Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

Now that's what I call high-impact journalism!

Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.

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Activists in Seoul lie on the ground near the Israeli Embassy in a symbolic scene representing the victims of the genocide in Gaza, during the National Day of Action Condemning Israel’s 3 Years of Genocide in Gaza. Video: IG: Mo.alriashi

I’m not sure what to do with some climate news at this point. ‘Things are even worse than previously projected’ seems to be the thrust of a lot of news these days. Staving off despair and doing my bit day by day takes up most of my capacity these days.

Mongabay@mongabay.com · 3w ago

Thawing permafrost, wetlands, wildfires, and freshwaters could increase global warming by up to 30% by 2100, according to a new study. Most climate models omit these natural feedback loops, meaning current warming projections are likely underestimated and carbon budgets too generous.

Read a poem tonight’s monthly poetry open mic to commemorate all my feelings about this time of year in Belize. It’s called ‘Happy 10th!’

The things people go to jail for in the US will never not astonish me. Hell on earth.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w ago

The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him

At the start of new musical fusions courtesy of the Belize Sound Syndicate, blending heritage sounds with modern house. My shitty phone mic doesn’t do it justice. Grateful to be alive for this new wave of music.

This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.

Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.

Another way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each other

People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait

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BREAKING: Electric Mayhem will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

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Alt: Dr Teeth Muppets turning to viewer. Text on bottom reads ‘Exactly’

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Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Remmick will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

“It’s like we live in the shadows, when we just come out when the sun sets.” Featured story: Residents of the Rio Grande Valley feel under siege from ICE. People are afraid of leaving their homes, opting to go grocery shopping at night or asking people with U.S. citizenship to drive them around.

'Living like Vampires': ICE Surge Fractures Daily Life in Deep South Texas

"It's gotten that bad: People don't want to register their children to school. They don't want to do groceries. They don't even want to stop by the store for their morning coffee."

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Our 2027 Calendar traces more than 250 years of Black women self-publishing—from Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Naomi Long Madgett to Audre Lorde, the Combahee River Collective, Vaginal Davis, and more. Pre-order the calendar by November 1. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/ - only way to get a copy.

If the world survives for another 20 years, idk how the US imagines it’ll regain international credibility when many supported a leader that vomits this garbage. Our leaders are also awful, but at least our dumb leaders mostly stay off socials.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In case anyone thought this war wasn’t all about Trump and his fragile ego, he’s telling you in writing it’s all about Trump and his fragile ego.

Essential work for these times!

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For years, people have asked @tanuja.bsky.social and me how we built and sustained Understory, our spiritual and emotional support group for activists. So we made a toolkit to help others build spaces of their own.

Broadcasting Bill 3- The Impact on Online News Outlets To view the data referred to in this video, visit. tinyurl.com/Belizeonline... #broadcast #belize #news

“I came to this country to pursue my education. I didn’t come here to commit a crime or hurt anyone. Yet now I’m walking through the streets with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation that I never imagined I would experience.” www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...

Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say

A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.

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Cambodia has defied a UN call to release five Mother Nature Cambodia environmental activists jailed in 2024. A UN working group declared their six- to eight-year sentences arbitrary, while rights advocates point to a broader crackdown on defenders. @geraldrflynn.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Cambodia defies UN call to free ‘arbitrarily jailed’ environmental activists

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Cambodian government has defended its continued imprisonment of five environmental activists, after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared the…

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Some good news on this slow going Monday: I’m one of 6 finalist for the Belize International Film Festival’s short screenplay competition. Especially grateful as it’s a love story inspired by my abuelxs.

I'm in transit so let me fire off these posts before I get to my destination. I'm thinking a lot about collapse and what it means to understand that this is what is happening and to still try to figure out how to live to the best of one's ability through collapse. Collapse is only one kind of end.

Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There's no right answer ofc, but if I were trying to mark phases I'd say the inflection point is Reagan's election, 1980; collapse stage is 2003-08 (Iraq invasion, Katrina, financial crisis); and now is the long necropolitical aftermath of spreading dehumanization and plunder in the rubble

Blast fishing is decimating coral reefs in Indonesia’s Spermonde Archipelago. Using low-cost underwater microphones, researchers tracked over 3,500 blasts, proving acoustic monitoring can help local groups detect and combat illegal fishing. @shapersyris.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

Blast fishing destroys reefs. Underwater microphones can help detect it

When he went for a dive between the tiny islands off the coast of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, marine biologist and AI researcher Ben Williams could often hear as many as three fish bombs detonate.…

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Broadcasting Bill- Belize’s Journalism Standards In the words of prime minister John Briceño on August 4, the broadcasting bill intends to hold online news outlets to the same standards as legacy tv and radio outlets, but just what are these standards the Prime Minister is referring to?

Tomorrow I get a sewing machine from a family friend and can start my long delayed plan to do my own repairs and make simple pieces for myself. Looking forward to a craft that involves no screens.

Summarizing my latest story for @mongabay.com on the Queen Conch Lab’s mobile hatchery program. Story link below