(2024-02-09). Climate Denial Network Behind 'Classic Astroturf' Farmers' Campaign. popularresistance.org A network of climate science deniers has been accused of "hijacking" rural concerns over a new social media campaign "to save the farming industry". | 'No Farmers, No Food' has gained over 50,000 followers on X in the fortnight since its launch, which was framed as a response to the widespread farmers' protests sweeping across Europe. | The campaign, which started in the UK, has rapidly won support from a number of international pundits, from Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson, to Fox News contributor and host Tomi Lahren, who has called climate change a "hoax". Populist politicians in the UK and els…
(2024-02-08). ExxonMobil Threatens Trespassing Venezuela's Territorial Waters, Vice President and Defense Minister Respond. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, has condemned the recent statements of the president of ExxonMobil, Alistair Routledge, who confirmed that the oil conglomerate will continue their operations in Guyana, even in waters yet to be delimited, including the disputed Essequibo territory. | The vice president said that these statements "violate the Argyle Agreements and international legality," and emphasized that "Venezuela will not rest in its defense of the Essequibo territory and will assert its rights in any circumstances that may arise," issuing her condemnation via social media this Wednesday, Fe…
(2024-02-08). Killing Palestinians through useless debate is the international community's tactic. thealtworld.com As Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people unfolds for the entire world to see in real time on social media, world leaders have only managed to debate humanitarian "pauses" rather than a ceasefire. Even the context of such temporary "ceasefires" is grossly misplaced, with the focus resting solely on the Israeli hostages held by Hamas, even though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no qualms about them ending up as collateral damage as he seeks the complete annihilation not just of Hamas, but also the entire Palestinian population in Gaza. | Netanyahu has rejected the Hamas proposal for a 135-d…
(2024-02-09). Buried under the Genocide Debate: Desecrated Graves. counterpunch.org 
It's hard to imagine this happening in modern times. Even an assault on a single grave is a criminal act in a civilized (sic) country. The very idea is reviled everywhere. So what about Israel's ongoing assaults on Palestinian cemeteries across Gaza? The terror has received passing reference, first in a fleeting video on Twitter,
(2024-02-09). MSB duyurdu: Suriye sƒ±nƒ±rƒ±nda 3'ຠterà∂r à∂rgàºtleri mensubu 15 ki≈üi yakalandƒ±. yenisafak.com MSB: Suriye'den àºlkemize yasa dƒ±≈üƒ± yollarla geàßmeye àßalƒ±≈üan 15 ≈üahƒ±s yakanladƒ±. Yapƒ±lan inceleme sonucunda yakalanan ≈üahƒ±slardan 2'sinin PKK/PYD/YPG, 1'inin TKP/ML terà∂r à∂rgàºtຠmensubu olduƒüu belirlendi. | pic.twitter.com/0qFv5cZ29w— T.C. MillàÆ Savunma Bakanlƒ±ƒüƒ± (@tcsavunma) February…
(2024-02-10). Correspondence] Draft of WHO Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention. thelancet.com As scientists who are deeply engaged in reducing the risk of another pandemic, we are concerned that primary pandemic prevention—actions taken to reduce the risk of an outbreak occurring at all—gets inadequate attention in the draft text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, released on Oct 16, 2023.1…
(2024-02-09). BTS fans under the rubble: Palestinian ARMYs photo card goes viral. albawaba.com
ALBAWABA – Elon Musk is yet again under fire for allegedly suspending accounts on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) over covering the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. X users took to the platform in anger and voiced their concern over "mass suspending" such accounts and claimed that free speech is not a thing anymore on Musk's former bird app. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the ongoing Israeli aggression in the Stip has resulted in the killing of more than 27,000 Palestinians of whom are children who became orphans amid the passing of their parents. Additionally, more than 6…
The mayor of New York says social media is an environmental toxin and a public health hazard. | Eric Adams is the first major elected city official in America to take such a stance. He says social media companies are fueling a mental health crisis. | Adam's alert comes less than a year after a similar warning from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the mental health risk and well-being of children and adolescents. | CGTN's John Terrett reports.