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In a triumphal move back toward democratic rule, Hungary’s new leader Péter Magyar took his oath of office Saturday in a “regime-change” ceremony rich with symbolism before thousands of jubilant constituents. The sense of a hopeful new political era resonated – in Magyar’s tribute to a victory for “ordinary, flesh-and-bloodContinue Reading

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We round up the top features of the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop and point releases in this page. Cinnamon 6.6 released a few months back on November 2025 with month worth of bug fixes and feature enhancements. Linux Mint team is incrementally updating this core desktop environment for their Mint offerings.Continue Reading

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You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. We are already in the midst of the 2028 Democratic primary fight. No one has formally declared their candidacy, but former Transportation SecretaryContinue Reading

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This past summer was the hottest ever recorded…again. As monthly heat records fell one by one worldwide, wildfires also became front-page news throughout 2023. From across North America, Greece, Chile, Algeria, and Kazakhstan among many others, wildfires burned uncontrollably. The striking orange New York City skyline was the result ofContinue Reading

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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, long before vaccines became available, many countries acted to curb the spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on people’s movement called lockdowns. Lockdowns have saved lives by reducing the physical interactions between infected and uninfected people, which in turn reduces transmissionContinue Reading

what’s-in-a-number?-the-significance-of-the-1.5°c-warming-threshold-and-reporting-on-its-possible-breach-in-popular-media

1.5 is an important number in climate science. It is the recommended target, in degrees Celsius, to which global warming should be limited relative to preindustrial levels, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science[1]. Further, the legally binding Paris Agreement tasksContinue Reading