Please look at how big these wolves are. I always thought they were the size of dogs. I’ve been heavily mistaken.

The US government runs a program named “wildlife services’’ which exists solely to kill wildlife, from black bears to beavers to coyotes, at the behest of agribusiness interests. I wonder how many US taxpayers would approve of this if they knew about it. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-r…

Scot Sir James Gunn painted portraits of royalty, prime ministers & other notables, but I suspect he most enjoyed depicting his wife Pauline. The portrait of her in a yellow dress was described in the press as “the Mona Lisa of 1944” garyarmer.co.uk/70-years-of-pa…

Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/1…

#Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look The former commander of the #UK 's Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by #Russia in 2024.

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In a new nature documentary about matriarchal species, the males are mostly absent trib.al/T8GXiFT

Amazing news! New Zealand's Māori king and other native leaders recognise whales a legal persons 👉ow.ly/LjE550RceSI

A 2018 piece about a future for Ontario Place that is worth revisiting for the kind of approach that ⁦Ontario Place for All ©⁩ and others have advocated: Ontario Place: Building on our Legacy canadianarchitect.com/ontario-place-…

If you're in Chicago on Sat. April 13, I am, too - with the mighty Pete McBride: chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/… Chicago Humanities

We cannot excuse the unconscionable torture of a wolf by a man in Wyoming. Sadly, most of his actions were legal – this is where anti-wolf extremism has brought us.

Stand up for wolves & help power on-the-ground efforts to combat anti-wolf legislation! dfnd.us/3Ugu2Rt

“We project that climate-driven increases in future smoke PM2.5 could result in 27,800 excess deaths per year by 2050 under high warming, a 76% increase relative to 2011-2020 averages. Cumulative excess deaths from wildfire smoke could exceed 700,000 between 2025-2055.”

Pathogenesis: How #Germs Made #History by Jonathan Kennedy #newbook

The elephant in our living room is a cow . . .

Next time you hear an economist explain how little impact #climatechange will have on the economy, ask them who will pay the $25 TRILLION in expected losses to world’s housing stock alone from climate impacts.

“An energy supplier in Finland has announced the upcoming construction of an underground seasonal thermal energy storage facility about the size of two Madison Square Gardens that could meet the heating demands of a medium-sized city for up to a year.” newatlas.com/energy/varanto…

Send the USFWS an email today asking that they end their delay and reclassify West Indian manatees as endangered under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-u…

#Trump thought #Ukraine ‘must be part of #Russia ’ during presidency, #book says - Ex-president ‘could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state’, former adviser Fiona Hill tells #author
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#China supporting #Russia in massive #military expansion, #US says - #Beijing helping with #drone production, #space -based capabilities and ballistic #missile production
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#Paisley #artists facing biggest challenge in 150 years
#Paisley Museum

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#AlexeiNavalny : #Russian opposition leader's #memoir to be published in October
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