J. Martin

March 6, 2022

Yesterday’s News

During rapidly evolving crises like Putin’s act of terror against the Ukraine, the Russian people, and humanity in general, I habitually read less news instead of more. The reason is that almost every piece of news becomes yesterday’s news right away. To keep up with current events, a few quick checks per day suffice, Twitter included. And while I’m all for participating in discussions and propagating information and supporting people and initiatives and organizations on social media and the web, a crisis like this rather calls for different kinds of action—transferring money, donating stuff that’s needed, offering premises for shelter, whatever’s in anyone’s reach.

Sure enough, there’s a lot of mid-term and long-term news that you should follow very closely. These include the predictable rise of fossil fuel vampires and nuclear power ghouls, but also other assaults on nature that try to cash in on Putin’s assault, from torpedoing agricultural conservation laws in Germany to backpedaling on climate change measures in the EU that are screamingly insufficient to begin with.

In personal news, there are none. I did and wrote and edited all the things I usually do and write and edit last week, but I didn’t post or publish any of it. Perhaps I’ll pick up on it this week.

Y’all keep being vigilant,
J.