Odyssey

Reblogged from E.M. Smith and his blog “Musing from the Chiefio”: How I expect things to unfold in Ukraine and some reasoning about The War & The Why. What I Expect In Ukraine

Re-blogged from RT Russia suggests alternative to Suez Canal The route could cut transportation costs by up to 50% and save travel time ©  Getty Images/shih-wei The North-South corridor could become a safe substitute for the Suez Canal, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov said on Friday, adding that he expects the volume of Russian cargo […]

This article is reposted from the excellent blog run by E. M. Smith, “Musings from the Cheefio” Back about 9 June 2022 I put up a posting pointing out how central to the operation of our entire economy, technical society, and military, was a single fuel. Middle Distillate. AKA Kerosene, Diesel, Jet Fuel (and a […]

I am writing you this private letter with the greatest possible regret. I must inform you that it is my intention to refuse to perform any further military duties. I am doing this as a protest against the policies of the government in prolonging the war by failing to state their conditions for peace. I […]

A new 2021 Nature paper by Isabel Sauermilch and colleagues has told us what we always knew. From the asteroid-death of the dinosaurs till the present the earth has cooled a lot. From a declining hothouse to our current Pleistocene glaciation. For decades the scientific understanding in geology and palaeo-climate was that a big part […]

1. Putin’s speech on a global revolution against corporate neo-colonialism “Truly revolutionary transformations are gaining momentum and strength. These monumental changes are irreversible. Both at the national and global level, the foundations and principles are being laid for a harmonious, more equitable, socially oriented and secure world order. An alternative to the unipolar world that […]

The death of a science due to politicization is analogous to a caterpillar being parasitized by the injected eggs of an ichneumon wasp. The eggs hatch into larvae which eat the caterpillar from the inside, hollowing it out. Eventually only the dead husk of the caterpillar remains but the multiple offspring of the ichneumon hatch […]

Reposted from Global Times https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1270234.shtml It has been an open secret for a long time that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has had aspirations to become the leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK. So, when Boris Johnson announced his pending resignation following a series of surmounting scandals, it was little […]

Brian Berletic has an informative YouTube channel called “The New Atlas”. The main focus is a critique of America’s cynical and imperialistic foreign policy of endless interference in other countries. This one year ago might have sounded paranoid and conspiratorial, but today it’s really becoming obvious to everyone with the tragic consequences of America’s egregious […]

Oxygen in our atmosphere at 21% allows animals like humans to be active – when we choose to be! Oxygen powers a vibrant biosphere comprising plants, fungi and animals throughout the sea, land and air, on a biochemical foundation of bacteria and microbes. Oxygen is almost synonymous with life – but we know it wasn’t […]