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Vacation from world history

Posted on February 14, 2026 by borderslynn

Some extracts from the Guardian coverage of Friedrich Merz speech at the Munich Security Conference: Patrick Wintour in Munich Fri 13 Feb 2026 The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role … Continue reading →

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The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: elites

Vacation from world history

The Human Meteorite

Where did we come from? Where are we going?