Trump signs executive order labelling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’ So he's going to destroy the US's nuclear arsenal?

Al Jazeera

Trump signs executive order labelling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’

Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised language to justify US operations against drug smuggling.

> Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised language to justify US operations against drug smuggling. #Trump #war

Swords of Icicles. (Rhymes with Damocles)

My BiL was complaining that he couldn't get home in BC because the floods had washed out the road. I reminded him that he used to lead wilderness canoe trips and wrote a book on canoeing. I realized his canoe was probably at home but he has access to a kayak. It's not even a thousand km. He's not quite 60 yet, the young folk today are so lazy! 🤣🤣

The race to mine the Moon is on, and it urgently needs some clear international rules "International" is pointless. No country with corporations approaching Moon mining capacity has signed the last treaty. We need a *global* democracy to make decisions affecting everyone, not "sovereign states" controlled by oligarchs. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-moon-urgently-international.html Since the 1979 Moon Agreement attempted to designate lunar resources as the "common heritage of mankind" but failed, it will become the property of colonial powers #space #colonialism.

‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people

the Guardian

‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people

About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that

56,000 people control three times as much wealth as 4,000,000,000 people. This is what they have designed the economy to do. This is the purpose of capitalism. #inequality #capitalism #democracy #ethics