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NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean #NewZealand

NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean
For the past fortnight, the city of Nice in France has been the global epicenter of ocean science and politics.

The policies May Mailman helped devise
— and is now leveraging as she leads the White House’s negotiations with colleges
— have sent shock waves through higher education,
dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.
The aggressive tactics could have far-reaching implications for the future of academic freedom,
the admissions practices at the most competitive colleges
and the global reputations for some of the crown jew…

The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities
May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.

Kari Lake declares US Agency for Global Media 'rotten to the core,' sets 2026 shutdown goal: 'A boondoggle' (Jasmine Baehr/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kari-lake-declares-us-agency-global-media-rotten-core-sets-2026-shutdown-goal-boondoggle
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p151#a250625p151

Trump is ‘killing jobs and jacking up prices’, Democrats say,
as global markets fall over tariff turmoil – US politics live
Senate minority leader Jeffreys says
‘chickens are coming home to roost for Trump’
amid markets slump and meagre job growth figures
🔸Trump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods
🔸Full list of new tariff rates

Man, some of our Republican MAGA electeds are just completely off the r.. *touches earpiece*
Hang on, I'm being told that it's a Democrat. Oh, a NY Democrat, at that?
https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/politic…

N.Y. Senator 'Misspoke' When She Flasely Claimed Zohran Mamdani Condoned 'Global Jihad'
During a radio interview Thursday, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to suggest that Zohran Mamdani had condoned “global …

"The new agreement is openly unequal. From what is known so far, the United States is imposing 15% tariffs on all European imports, with exceptions including steel and aluminium (which could remain at 50%) and certain products deemed strategic by the U.S. and necessary at a low cost (such as critical minerals). In return, the European Union commits to applying no tariffs on U.S. exports."
#USA

USA–EU: The Treaty of Atlantic Humiliation
From Free Trade to Forced Deals: How Washington Uses Power Politics and Economic Pressure to Bend Europe to Its Rules in the New Global Order

"Israel and America’s war with Iran is not just a strategic throw of the dice. It is a fundamental shift in how power operates in a multipolar world. Though a transition toward new models of collective security remains theoretically possible, as the foundations of US global hegemony wither under Donald Trump the current trajectory favours entropy over order. The danger is not merely in acts of war, it is also in the chaos they leave behind."

Chaos engulfs Iran. What can Britain and Europe do?
Whether it is a democracy or a dictatorship, a state that loses a long war usually faces a dangerous reckoning. For four decades the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran were anchor

Q&A with Wired's global editorial director Katie Drummond on how it is impossible to disambiguate tech from politics as the US turns toward authoritarianism (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/wired-katie-drummond-interview

WIRED for the Moment
In a conversation with Status, WIRED’s Katie Drummond argues that Silicon Valley is no longer just innovating new technology—it’s actively shaping American democracy.

I always wonder what message it sends when countries turn to internet geo-blocks. It doesn't project confidence.
(Israel's "National Emergency Portal", for example, has been unavailable from non-IL IP ranges since 2021.)
https://www.theverge.com/politics/688875/i

Iran is going offline to prevent purported Israeli cyberattacks
Iran has begun throttling its own internet bandwidth, taken down mobile services, asked citizens to delete WhatsApp, and will shut off global internet access.

Amid escalating global tensions, Trump struggles to be a 'peacemaker' (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/escalating-global-tensions-trump-struggles-peacemaker-rcna209451
http://www.memeorandum.com/250618/p16#a250618p16

A typically cogent piece from Richard Heinberg.
Good to see this emphasis on the #bioregion as the appropriate scale to think about the (post #collapse) future. We've always emphasised this too, see thread to follow.
Bioregioning Is Our Future - resilience

Bioregioning Is Our Future
Humanity soon will be returning to low-power ways of organizing itself. And in our new age of tariff wars, the tide is already turning from global to regional in trade, investment, and politics. What has seemed impossible may soon become obviously necessary to larger numbers of people.

Whom We Trust, What We Fear: COVID-19 Fear and the Politics of Information
Daniele Baccega, Paolo Castagno, Antonio Fern\'andez Anta, Juan Marcos Ramirez, Matteo Sereno
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20146

Whom We Trust, What We Fear: COVID-19 Fear and the Politics of Information
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered not only a global health crisis but also an infodemic, an overload of information from diverse sources influencing public perception and emotional responses. In this context, fear emerged as a central emotional reaction, shaped by both media exposure and demographic factors. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between individuals' self-reported levels of fear about COVID-19 and the information sources they rely on, across nine source categories, including…

Well, that sucks.
Oh well, he still has to face a leadership convention. His chances are better having won the by-election, but there's still a chance he loses.
https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@glcalgary_mirror/115064682942073821

Global News Calgary (@glcalgary_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net)
Attached: 1 image Poilievre wins Alberta byelection, securing return to House of Commons Battle River—Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down to make way for his party's leader, Pierre Poilievre, to run for a seat. #politics #election #Alberta #BattleRiverCrowfoot #Canada #canadaelection https://globalnews.ca/news/11339007/battle-river-crowfood-byelection-voting-day-pierre-poilievre/

The Trump administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/poli…

Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations
The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries.

Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT (John Ismay/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/ukraine-war-tnt-shortage.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250901/p31#a250901p31

Watch the 'We Are Guardians' film #Brazil #Amazon

We Are Guardians | Film
We Are Guardians follows the indigenous forest guardians of the Amazon as they fend off loggers. A global story erupts entwining science, politics & the fate of the Amazon.

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are illegal,
upholding a ruling from the federal court of international trade
that the president’s declaration of an economic emergency to justify sweeping tariffs violates a 1977 law and the US constitution,
which reserves taxation for the Congress.
The New York-based US court of international trade previously ruled against Trump’s tariff policies in May,
saying the president had exceede…

A federal appeals court ruled that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but can stay in effect until 14 October, to give time for a supreme court appeal.


Trump suggested that the court decision, which affirmed a lower court ruling in May, could spell the end of the United States of America, but added that he expects the supreme court to help him win.


Charles Borges, chief data officer of the Social Security Administration, resigned after filin…

Trump emerged today from his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin without a deal and without much to say.
Trump rarely misses a chance to take advantage of a global stage.
But when he stood next to Putin at the conclusion of their three-hour meeting,
Trump offered few details about what the men had discussed.
Stunningly, for a president who loves a press conference,
he took no questions from the reporters assembled at a military base in Alaska.
In his br…

Trump Leaves Alaska Empty-Handed
Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin but failed to make a deal.