Peter Matanle

Read Does Human Depopulation Reduce Resource Consumption? Evidence from Anthropocene Japan on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

This is a great example of the importance of understanding exactly what your data is really saying.

The Trump family is preparing to give Alaska to Putin.

I was born in Donbas. russia stole the place I called home. Now strangers on the internet explain to me why it was never mine. Imagine that level of arrogance. #donbas #ukraine #home #ukrainians #war

Putin has unleashed a tragedy for his own people. This war will go down as one of the worst strategic blunders of the modern era in any country. An unnecessary war that caused more than 1.5 million Russian casualties.

One to make me happy, and the other to make me miserable.

Imagine living next door to a psychopathic mobster.

The truth is often very different from what many people believe to be true; and what people tend to believe is often shaped by the very people who have the most reason to lie. Full report from ADL posted below.

If you're unsure about how how Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) works, then here is an example. The policy and practice are still in their infancy, and we all have a lot to learn. But this is a great start, and something to build on for the future.

Trump and his collaborators have no moral compass.

The EFRA Committee's new wildfires report has some good parts, but it also parrots the demands of wealthy grouse moor owners to review moorland burning regulations. You don’t fight fire with fire – you fight it with water. We need to re-wet our peat bogs! committees.parliament.uk/committee/52...

It's not a mistake. It's deliberate. They really are trying their best to destroy America.

Anthony Scaramucci: “I'll stipulate that Trump is an agent of Putin.”

World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says UNEP report says window has closed on holding temperate rises to 1.5C, but swift cuts would enable overshoot to be limited Meanwhile, UK government approves a new gas field… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Because apparently the US destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities and ambitions due to them being counter to US security interests. So, why is Russia helping Iran develop its nuclear capabilities and the US apparently doing nothing about it?

The 2026 State of the Climate Report published in BioScience on 14 October. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

They know full well what Europe is doing to help Ukraine. They're lying to ignorant American voters. How do we know? The TV station does not broadcast overseas.

Two reassuring outcomes and one scary. Which does media lead with? #BBC

Farage is neck deep.

Trump continues to go along with Putin's claim that Ukraine is not a real country and therefore lacks sovereign rights. Be warned. This is how he learned to treat Canada.

Day 1700 of my 3 day war. Donald is my last hope. I remain a master strategist.

Russia is a terrorist state.

Russia's systematic strategy of making frontline cities unliveable for Ukrainians in preparation for occupation by Russians. Targeting of public gathering spaces, of civilians going about their business are not random isolated incidents, but a coordinated plan. www.forbes.com/sites/davidk...

No one can say that Trump isn't working hard, once they understand who or what he is working for.

Maybe that's because Trump wants someone who can be bought, or intimidated.

Masterclass.

Nature COP17 starts today, with governments gathering to assess progress towards restoring nature The target to protect 30% of land for nature by 2030 seems within reach, but ‘paper parks’ won’t cut it - eg just 7% of England is *properly* protected for nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wow! I bet that was a shock.

They're capable of anything. And they're good at mining chaos. Don't fall for their provocations.

This, to me, appears the most reasonable explanation. I don't think Trump would have had the idea on his own. I doubt he had the technical knowledge about variable speeds. So, someone must have suggested it to him, or did it on their own. #Starlink #Starshield www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Brexit, Russia, Twitter bots – it’s been a good week for finally acknowledging a decade’s worth of malign influences on Britain. But let’s not overlook perhaps the biggest and most hostile troll of all This week’s Nerve column by Stewart Lee

I really hope Hegseth is having sleepless nights worrying about the consequences of killing all those Iranian children and Venezuelan fisherpeople after Americans vote on 3 Nov.

Whenever any politician advocates for fossil fuels it's obvious who they are working on behalf of.

Remember: Trump is working for Vladimir Putin, whose entire purpose is to weaken the collective west and destroy its strength and stability. A cornerstone of that policy is to degrade trust and solidarity of purpose between allied countries.

Elon Musk interfered directly in US foreign policy to aid a hostile foreign power. He should be arrested, indicted and tried for the most serious crimes Instead, the president and his regime abets and conceals the crime to protect Russia.

Remember: Russia is a terrorist state, and the United States and China are actively supporting them. It is Ukraine and Europe who are leading on the right side of history.

Remember: Russia is a terrorist state, and the United States is actively supporting them. It is Ukraine and Europe who are leading on the right side of history.

😡😡It is offensive that Thames Water could be bailed out and then allowed to hike our water bills AGAIN, beyond the 36% average hike by 2030 already approved @cathobbs.bsky.social.bsky.social has written to the government to block the bill hike and take water into public ownership vist.ly/5nte6

The last time Trump criticized Putin was July 31st 2025, 443 days ago. The last time Trump criticized Zelenskyy is measured in hours, not days. The US taking the side of the aggressor is a truly terrible global strategic signal, and will destabilize the world for years to come.

Very impressive result.

A long time ago I used to think that Trump's stupidity might, just might, be an eleborate hoax such that really he was trying to do good in the world through reverse psychology. But no, he really is that stupid. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

The question is not "why has Donald betrayed Ukraine?" The question is "how big a cut of unfrozen Russian assets will Donald get for betraying Ukraine?"

The question on farming and food was good, but it missed the third point of the triangle. "How are we to enable farmers to make a living and consumers afford to eat?" What about nature? Without nature no farming and no food. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Impossible to overstate how against the odds this was

Absolutely loved Monbiot's invocation of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America in his description of 700 years of English extractivism in Wales. I'm English, BTW. Thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Crazy how in less than two years Trump went from “You don’t have the cards!” to “Stop playing so many cards!”

I am fairly convinced that Musk ordered the cutoff with Trump's consent because the Yandex attacks caused a drop in activity on X by Russian bots, and a fall in revenue. He then took fright at the political heat and blamed the administration. www.kyivpost.com/post/87091

Did Musk turn off Starlink because X lost income from Russian bots due to Yandex attacks?

Ukraine's surrender is the only way that Trump can leverage to claim to have ended the war (and to get Putin's blessing to extract money out of the settlement). Don't let that happen! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...