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That's not the case though. Exxon knew in 1978, suppressed their reports and spent millions lobbying to ensure this outcome. Shell did similar. In fact there's probably only about 10,000 people out there that have actively prevented action on this and continue to perpetrate ecocide; the lobbyists, the fossil and big-agri executives, the psychopathic industrialists and billionaires. This is a systemic problem, but there's a good reason why little progress has been made, and these are the people on whom the blame primarily rests. They knew exactly what they were doing. As the saying goes: “The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.”

AR6 doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know. In some ways its comforting to see the IPCC align with less mediated predictions. At least it's all out in the open now. This is the doctor telling you that you're gonna lose the leg no matter what and if you don't change your lifestyle you'll be dead in 5 years. In short, we act now or we're fucked.

A miracle. Mine was destroyed in a cycling accident in 1994.

Might be an idea to add something about the video for Papua New Guinea that appeared on the 1993 Future Shock VHS. The best of a bad bunch. I recorded the whole thing to tape at the time and probably listened to it more than anything else for a year or so.

If you like those Bukem mixes you'll probably enjoy these: https://www.weareie.com/2005/11/sovereign-rhythms-vol1-1993-1995.html https://www.weareie.com/2005/12/sovereign-rhythms-vol-2-1993-1995.html Speaking of Bukem, I think this is his finest moment:

That happened a long time ago, back at least to the 50's when Erskine Childers exposed the myth that Arab nations called for the evacuation of Palestinians during the Nakba, or maybe when when we complained about Israel murdering our peacekeepers (repeatedly), or when we complained about them forging our passports for assassination squads... it's hard to keep track of all the anti-semitism.

Chomsky made the point very well in Fateful triangle that those who oppose Israeli aggression in the region and the continued occupation are Israel's friends, and the real enemies are those who continue along the path to inevitable destruction. That was published nearly 40 years ago in the wake of the first Lebanese war and Sabra and Chatila, but it's something I think about a lot in relation to this conflict. The human cost on the Palestinian side is obvious, vile and unconscionable, a sustained crime against humanity, but there's also the cost to the occupier. Israel has more or less succeeded in their strategic aims, the complete destruction of Palestinian cultural, social, economic and political existence, and in the process their own society has become sick, evil and corrupted beyond recognition. We can look at zionism post WWII and of course we reject the ethnic cleansing and terrorism of the Nakba, the occupation of 67 and so on, but you can also see some good in Israeli society, Labour zionism, the Kibbutzim etc... but now, now there is just this twisted, fascistic revenant, a grotesque right wing militaristic parody, a rogue state that is doomed to eternal war and endless trauma for its victims and its citizens. Somebody once said that Israel can win as many wars as it likes but it can lose only once, and you have to wonder about the long term planning in Tel Aviv. It's only a matter of time now before the US disengages with the middle east. They don't need the oil anymore, and climate pressure is going accelerate the shift away from fossils and also make the region less stable. The Saudis, Israel and the gulf states are all going to be dropped and left to fend for themselves, and after decades of atrocities who is going to sympathise with Israel when the shit really hits the fan and they face a real war?

This is a beaut: https://experimentalrooms.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-waves-from-niigata And this: https://linearobsessional.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-of-trains-train-of-ghosts

Absolutely love this from Ian Hawgood, the second track especially. https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/--4 It's the follow up to this, which is also excellent. https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/no-voices

My eyes!

He's a solid dude that guy. Been watching him for a while. No nonsense.

Equal opportunity police brutality seems like the best we can hope for.

Thanks! Mark made it very, very easy. Super nice guy.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that idiotic bullshit. Its in here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/52fwpzd7had9i/NPLD_on_Dublin_Digital_Radio

Our most recent show: Have to figure out how to evade the roadblocks for the next recording.

Copeland had a particularly unsettling moment in the limelight last year.

We've done a bunch of shows since this was last updated. Guest mix from composer Amanda Feery: And our last pre-pandemic appearance:

We did an interview and profile of Mark last year for the radio show. Absolute gentleman.

We've had two drone gigs cancelled this week.

Did a fair bit of writing, design and editing for Woofah a few years back. https://www.woofahmag.com/

A ramshackle best of 2019 now up, finally: https://www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigitalRadio/no-place-like-drone-010120-2019-rundown/

Great thread. Not quite cult music, but this is a banger and I think it fits in here: There's a great story behind this record as well. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/donal-dineen-s-sunken-treasure-sister-irene-o-connor-fire-of-god-s-love-1.3050696

Best of 2019 - tonight at 9pm. https://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home

Yeah - they kinda were though. The '17 manifesto pledges were even more popular in some cases. https://www.businessinsider.com/poll-huge-public-support-for-jeremy-corbyns-manifesto-promises-2017-5?r=US&IR=T These numbers are unusually high for economic policy pledges from any party. I would agree that there were serious issues with messaging, and this was highlighted by a large contingent of Labour activists during the campaign, but it seems that based on the available data its fair to say that Labour's policies over the last two election campaigns have been unusually popular. That's not really a huge surprise considering this agenda are more or less in line with moderate social democratic policies in most European countries and only seem radical in the context of the UK's political environment, which is amongst one of the most neo liberal on the planet.