LEADS

A new phase of civilization
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/a-new-phase-of-civilization/

The Difficulty of Defining the Anthropocene
https://eos.org/articles/the-difficulty-of-defining-the-anthropocene

A Photographer Zooms Out to Reveal Hidden Costs of the Anthropocene
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/slideshow/photographer-zooms-out-reveal-hidden-costs-anthropocene

Sir Attenborough’s “Extinction: The Facts” Shows How Things Got So Bad
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/sir-attenborough-s-extinction-facts-shows-how-things-got-so-bad

Hunters Wreaking Havoc on Roaming of African Elephants
https://www.courthousenews.com/hunters-wreaking-havoc-on-roaming-of-african-elephants/

Reading this? The odds are your consumer habits are causing the loss of 4 trees per year
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/consumer-habits-deforestation-30032021/

Global rainforest destruction saw a surge in 2020, study finds
https://www.dw.com/en/global-rainforest-destruction-saw-a-surge-in-2020-study-finds/a-57057241

Satellite Imagery Shows Northern California Kelp Forests Have Collapsed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-imagery-shows-northern-california-kelp-forests-have-collapsed-180977214/

Meager Snowpack Spells More Pain for Parched California
https://www.courthousenews.com/meager-snowpack-spells-more-pain-for-parched-california/

Europe's Heat And Drought Crop Losses Tripled In 50 Years: Study
https://www.ibtimes.com/europes-heat-drought-crop-losses-tripled-50-years-study-3173360

Climate change cut global agricultural productivity 21% since 1960s
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-climate-global-agricultural-productivity-1960s.html

Pesticides put two-thirds of agricultural land at risk
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/agriculture/pesticides-put-two-thirds-of-agricultural-land-at-risk/

Birds versus bees: Here are the winners and losers in the great pesticide trade-off
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/birds-versus-bees-these-species-are-losing-out-great-pesticide-trade

Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled, study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/01/toxic-impact-of-pesticides-on-bees-has-doubled-study-shows

Chemists Warn: Toxic Air Pollutants From Fossil Fuels “Multiply” in Sunlight
https://scitechdaily.com/chemists-warn-toxic-air-pollutants-from-fossil-fuels-multiply-in-sunlight/

Breakthrough in Creating Fuel from Sunlight Puts Us Closer to Carbon-Neutral Energy
https://leaps.org/green-energy/

Biden’s War on CO2 – Starving Planet Earth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/bidens_war_on_co2__starving_planet_earth.html

Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to turbocharge U.S. shift from fossil fuels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/31/biden-climate-infrastructure/

US fossil-fuel companies took billions in tax breaks – and then laid off thousands
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/02/fossil-fuel-companies-billions-tax-breaks-workers

Texas Lawmakers Are Using the Blackouts to Make Fossil Fuel Dreams Come True
https://earther.gizmodo.com/texas-lawmakers-are-using-the-blackouts-to-make-fossil-1846583275

Exclusive: World Bank revises climate policy but stops short of halting fossil fuel funding
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-climate-change-worldbank-exclusive/exclusive-world-bank-revises-climate-policy-but-stops-short-of-halting-fossil-fuel-funding-idUKKBN2BN3HJ

New fuel from plastic waste aims to replace fossil fuels in marine industry
https://www.mining.com/new-fuel-from-plastic-waste-aims-to-replace-fossil-fuels-in-the-marine-industry/

Plastic Pollution Keeps Increasing Despite Public Acknowledgement of the Problem
https://www.courthousenews.com/plastic-pollution-keeps-increasing-despite-public-acknowledgement-of-the-problem/

Global Petroplastic Markets Set To Explode This Year
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Global-Petroplastic-Markets-Set-To-Explode-This-Year.html

'Garbage Freaking Everywhere' as Americans Venture Outdoors After a Year of Lockdowns
https://time.com/5949983/trash-pandemic/

Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party's on at sea
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/italy-easter-lockdown-partys-sea-76829872

Get ready for Britain's post-pandemic boom
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/04/02/get-ready-britains-post-pandemic-boom/

Red-Hot U.S. Economy a Mixed Blessing For Rest of World
https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-hot-u-s-economy-a-mixed-blessing-for-rest-of-world-11617355800

US Manufacturing Rebound Accelerates In March: Survey
https://www.ibtimes.com/us-manufacturing-rebound-accelerates-march-survey-3173304

Huge Beat: March Jobs Soar By 916K, Smashing Expectations
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/huge-beat-march-jobs-soar-916k-smashing-expectations

Biden stock market outperforming predecessors
https://www.axios.com/biden-stock-market-outperforming-predecessors-d4ccf293-e019-47bd-be87-e967c5cbd7e0.html

Investors are betting the S&P 500 reaching 4,000 is just the beginning
https://www.axios.com/sp500-4000-whats-next-239fb449-132f-4f69-897e-029e0a758fb8.html

The Bull Market Roulette Wheel Just Keeps Landing on Winners
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-01/the-bull-market-roulette-wheel-just-keeps-landing-on-winners

Billionaires got 54% richer during pandemic, sparking calls for "wealth tax"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/billionaire-wealth-covid-pandemic-12-trillion-jeff-bezos-wealth-tax/

The Explosive Surge of Mortgages for “Second Homes”: Housing Bubble Math
https://wolfstreet.com/2021/04/01/the-explosive-surge-of-mortgages-for-second-homes-housing-bubble-math/

The Mortgage Market Is Roaring, But Lots of People Can’t Get a Loan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mortgage-market-is-roaring-but-lots-of-people-cant-get-a-loan-11617355802

Who is hungry in America? The pandemic has changed the answer.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2021/0331/Who-is-hungry-in-America-The-pandemic-has-changed-the-answer

Exclusive: Nearly 7 million uninsured Americans qualify for free health insurance
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22360870/american-rescue-plan-act-premium-tax-credit-health-insurance

Ancient Mayan collapse reveals why America needs UBI
https://www.inverse.com/culture/ancient-mayan-village-holds-a-terrifying-lesson-for-the-united-states

Civilizations don’t really die. They just take new forms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/01/civilization-collapse-rome-angkor-harappa/

The Triumph of Death: A Haunting Portrait That Reveals Humanity's Remarkable Progress
https://fee.org/articles/the-triumph-of-death-a-haunting-portrait-that-reveals-humanitys-remarkable-progress/

The origins of human kindness may be found in these surprisingly generous apes
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/546073-the-origins-of-human-kindness-may-be-found-in

Humans Will Probably Evolve to Be Venomous
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35982125/humans-could-evolve-to-be-venomous/

POLITICS and FLEAS

Analysis: Millennials and global consumers push U.S. companies to get political
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-georgia-voting-companies-analysis/analysis-millennials-and-global-consumers-push-u-s-companies-to-get-political-idUSKBN2BP0N1

Liberals pressure corporations into Georgia boycotts — it’s time to ignore the mobs
https://nypost.com/2021/04/01/liberals-pressure-corporations-into-georgia-boycotts/

Stacey Abrams: Don't boycott corporations over voting rights yet. First press them to speak up.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/31/voter-suppression-will-corporations-redeem-themselves-column/4820354001/

Corporations line up to condemn Texas voting legislation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-advances-voter-restrictions-bill-corporations-line-up-in-condemning-move

Americans Oppose Many Voting Restrictions — But Not Voter ID Laws
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-oppose-many-voting-restrictions-but-not-voter-id-laws/

Poll Finds Big Drop in GOP Support for Making Voting Easier
https://www.courthousenews.com/poll-finds-big-drop-in-gop-support-for-making-voting-easier/

Thousands of South Florida Voters Changed Parties After Capitol Attack
https://www.nbcmiami.com/investigations/thousands-of-south-florida-voters-changed-parties-after-capitol-attack/2418833/

Oath Keepers Drove To Capitol Building In Golf Carts, DOJ Claims
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/04/01/oath-keepers-drove-to-capitol-building-in-golf-carts-doj-claims/

Two alleged Oath Keepers from Roger Stone security detail added to conspiracy indictment
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/546128-two-oath-keepers-from-roger-stone-security-detail-added-to

Sidney Powell Gets $100,000 Bill From Wisconsin: Governor Demands Legal Fees Over Election Lawsuit
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/04/01/sidney-powell-gets-100000-bill-from-wisconsin-governor-demands-legal-fees-over-election-lawsuit/

Wisconsin Is Trying to Make Trump Pay $145,000 in Attorneys’ Fees for Filing Election Lawsuit That Was ‘Bereft of Legal or Factual Basis’
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/wisconsin-is-trying-make-trump-pay-145000-in-attorneys-fees-for-filing-election-lawsuit-that-was-bereft-of-legal-or-factual-basis/

Alan Dershowitz Has Close Ties to Firm Behind Explosive New Epstein Lawsuit
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alan-dershowitz-has-close-ties-to-firm-behind-explosive-new-epstein-lawsuit-that-claims-he-mutilated-a-victim

Feds looking at alleged payments Rep. Matt Gaetz made to women and online solicitation: Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/feds-alleged-payments-rep-matt-gaetz-made-women/story?id=76827846

REPORT: Matt Gaetz Showed Other Lawmakers Photos Of Nude Women On House Floor, Talked About Having Sex With Them
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/01/report-matt-gaetz-accused-showing-lawmakers-nude-photos-women/

Matt Gaetz Receiving Little Support From GOP Colleagues Amid Sex Trafficking Allegations
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2021/04/01/matt-gaetz-receiving-little-support-from-gop-colleagues-amid-sex-trafficking-allegations-n354250

John Boehner unloads on Republican "crazy caucus" in new book excerpt
https://www.axios.com/john-boehner-book-ted-cruz-fox-news-a17d646c-ed6a-48a0-85e8-e115823c94aa.html

Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/02/john-boehner-book-memoir-excerpt-478506

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

'Two bullets is enough': Analysis of Tigray massacre video raises questions for Ethiopian Army
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/africa/tigray-mahibere-dego-massacre-video-cmd-intl/index.html

Myanmar Soldiers, Aiming to Silence Protests, Target Journalists
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/world/asia/myanmar-journalists-arrests.html

Human Rights Watch Accuses Taliban of Targeting, Killing Journalists
https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/human-rights-watch-accuses-taliban-targeting-killing-journalists

Record number of Filipino lawyers killed under Duterte’s watch
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/record-number-of-filipino-lawyers-killed-under-dutertes-reign

France Defends Army’s ‘Honor’ After UN Says Mali Civilians Killed
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/04/02/france-defends-army-mali-strike/

Mexican Police Who Massacred Guatemalan Migrants Get Their Guns from the U.S.
https://nacla.org/news/2021/03/29/mexican-police-massacre-guns-tamaulipas

Honduras hired elite D.C. law firm in failed lobbying effort to derail ‘state-sponsored drug trafficking probe’ of president’s brother
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/honduras-lobby-us-prosecutors/2021/04/01/5aaac942-9274-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html

Inside The Lobbying Battle Over America’s Longest War
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/afghanistan-biden-lobbying_n_6064bd53c5b6555472ce7370

After the Apocalypse: Security in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan
https://inkstickmedia.com/after-the-apocalypse-security-in-syria-yemen-and-afghanistan/

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

We need to talk about UFOs again
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/01/we-need-talk-about-ufos-again/

Elon Musk Could Help Aliens Notice Humans, Study Says
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a35993923/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-earth-visibility-aliens/

Raelians urge U.N. Member States ambassadors to support the "Embassy for Extraterrestrials" project
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raelians-urge-un-member-states-ambassadors-to-support-the-embassy-for-extraterrestrials-project-301260519.html

Is There Life on Mars? A Look at Potential Aliens on the Red Planet
https://interestingengineering.com/is-there-life-on-mars-a-look-at-potential-aliens-on-the-red-planet

THE MEDIA SCRUM

Supreme Court Sides With FCC, Allows Loosening of Media Ownership Rules
https://www.thewrap.com/supreme-court-sides-with-fcc-allows-loosening-of-media-ownership-rules/

Supreme Court Awards the FCC for Long Neglecting Its Mandate to Promote Media Diversity in the United States
https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/supreme-court-awards-fcc-long-neglecting-its-mandate-promote-media-diversity

Filmmakers Call Out PBS For A Lack Of Diversity, Over-Reliance On Ken Burns
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/982706363/filmmakers-call-out-pbs-for-a-lack-of-diversity-over-reliance-on-ken-burns

Suzi Quatro criticises Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over her 'stupid' snub
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/suzi-quatro-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-snub/

Akron, Ohio Goes All Out for Month-Long Branded Campaign to Vote Devo Into Rock Hall of Fame
https://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/akron-ohio-uses-sculptures-and-qr-labels-to-vote-devo-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/

Paul Simon sold his catalog to Sony for millions. He'll still end up a historical footnote to Dylan.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/paul-simon-sold-his-catalog-sony-millions-he-ll-still-ncna1262845

ODDS, ENDS

March of the mummies: Egypt readies for pharaohs’ parade
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1835876/art-culture

'Pharaoh's curse' blamed for Suez Canal blockage, other unfortunate events in Egypt
https://abcnews.go.com/International/pharaohs-curse-blamed-suez-canal-blockage-unfortunate-events/story?id=76813274

Cold-Case Investigator Turns to Science to Disprove Christ's Resurrection, Gets Shocked by the Evidence
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/march/cold-case-investigator-turns-to-science-to-try-to-disprove-christs-resurrection

No, Jesus Did Not Survive the Horrors of Crucifixion, Then Escape to India
https://pjmedia.com/culture/marktapscott/2021/04/01/no-jesus-did-not-survive-the-horrors-of-crucifixion-then-escape-to-india-n1436876

Jesus: A failed rebel, a myth or a Roman invention?
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/04/02/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/jesus-a-failed-rebel-a-myth-or-a-roman-invention/858558/

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