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Denman Island is on unceded territory of the K'omoks First Nation and on shared territory of the Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish peoples in so-called British Columbia on the west coast of Canada.

11/01/2026

10/31/2026

An excellent pro-intersectional analysts of systemic oppression

10/30/2026

“The wildlife trade study identified 107,356 species that are either in use or traded globally – far higher than a previous estimate of about 50,000, which was made by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

The study draws on more comprehensive datasets, as well as newer research papers that have tracked species sold online for decoration. It shows flaws in our understanding of what species are at risk; for example, the number of butterfly species found to be traded is greater than the IPBES’ entire estimate for all traded terrestrial invertebrates.”

More than 100,000 species are traded globally, whether illegally smuggled, sold as ornaments or in fisheries, timber and fashion industries, study finds

10/30/2026

Big tech is on a rampage

Finland is outraged after Google illegally bulldozes 250,000 trees for an AI data center, skipping the environmental review the law requires. Regulators have now shut down work at two sites.

Finland's government has now ordered a halt at that site and a second one, where conservationists say another 150,000 trees are already down.

The Guardian went to see what's left outside the town of Muhos: a strip of churned earth nearly two miles long, a quarter mile from the Oulujoki River. Residents say brown runoff is draining into a stream that feeds it. Google took the topsoil, too.

This is part of a $15 billion buildout Google announced in September, its biggest investment ever in Europe, per Euronews and Al Jazeera. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, whose government has been slashing public spending, called landing the deal a top priority.

Finland's system runs on trust, the head of the country's biggest conservation group told The Guardian. Google bought the land from the state forest agency in 2024 and started felling.

Regulators asked questions September 18. The stop order came October 6 and it covers everything from cutting trees to digging ditches.

Google's apology? It acted on its "best understanding of the law." Its fix? Replanting 320 acres, less than half of what it flattened at Muhos alone. And the timber can't even be sold. It was cut illegally.

The promised jobs: 37,000 during construction, shrinking to about 7,000 once the servers hum. The head of computer science at the University of Helsinki says very little of the corporate tax ever reaches Finland.

Over 93,000 people have signed a petition demanding data center rules and payment to the towns left with the wreckage.

In the old mining village of Otanmäki, wolves now wander into town, their forest is gone. The three-toed woodpeckers that nested there? Gone too.

Big Tech's AI boom has a price tag. Finland just got the bill.

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10/30/2026

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