Iran's government has a planned long-term strategy for winning the war. US officials didn't bother to think about one, assuming that resistance was impossible.

Since the Iranian regime and the US regime are both cruel and repressive, it would be unjust for either of them to control Iran. But there is no evident way for Iran to avoid both of those outcomes.

*Democrats must defund [the fascist's] Imperial war.*

US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the deportation thugs' mass surveillance and use of widespread face recognition.

A US mining company has been cutting down endangered native forest in Australia. The Australian government secretly made a deal to allow it to continue this, to placate the wrecker.

An influential PI company is manipulatively urging officials and voters to worry about being "left behind" if they don't embrace Pretend Intelligence. Therefore they should race to give PI companies tax breaks, waive environmental regulations for them, and teach students to disregard the danger of letting companies get your data and store it in cloudy systems.

*Study finds global increase in hot, dry days ideal for wildfires.*

Over the last 45 years, the frequency of such days has increased from around 20 days per year to around 60 days per year. About 60% of that (36 days per year) are caused by fossil fuel, but some of the rest is caused by other human activities such as deforestation.

As long as we keep driving global heating, we will increase our vulnerability to fire. This is why I reject the idea that today's fires, floods and storms are "natural disasters".

A secondary problem of this increased temperature level is damage to coffee cultivation, in the main coffee-producing countries.