From Panic to Progress: Why Weather Deaths Have Fallen

The WHO’s climate narrative doesn’t match the evidence

The WHO’s climate narrative doesn’t match the evidenceMark Keenan – Having emerged from the COVID era with its credibility under increasing scrutiny, the WHO is now attempting to redefine climate change as a public health emergency. The latest push comes from a special commission urging that climate change in Europe be treated as an international health crisis requiring urgent action.

The language is familiar. We are warned of catastrophic risks, escalating emergencies, and growing threats to human well-being. The objective is clear: to create a sense of urgency that justifies greater political intervention and international coordination.

Yet when we step back and examine the evidence, a very different picture emerges. Continue reading

Awareness and Balance—Reset Your Inner Compass

The theme for June is “Awareness and a Need for Balance”

The theme for June is “Awareness and a Need for Balance”Lena Stevens – Let’s start with Awareness. Everyone is dealing with something, and the somethings are all over the map. Overwhelm, exhaustion, illness, relationship issues, disappointments, regrets, lethargy, depression, anxiety, uncertainty, discouragement, ambivalence, irritation, impatience, confusion, fear, and general discomfort around personal and collective situations as well as others not mentioned are all part of this field of “somethings”.

Almost everything has an emotional component to it and becoming truthfully aware and responsible for self is a major step to healing, realigning, and moving forward.

Awareness brings you into present time as most anxiety is about the future which has not happened yet; and most regret, disappointment and discouragement is related to the past. Once you become aware of wherever you are in your physical, emotional and mental state, you can then move towards more clarity around what is out of balance.

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How June 2026 Astrology Sparks Insight, Pain, and Change

A Month of Anxiety, Thoughtful Purpose, and Transformation

A June Month of Anxiety, Thoughtful Purpose, and TransformationHenry Seltzer – This month, in its first two weeks, harkens back to the Taurus New Moon from the middle of the previous month, which kicked off the thirty-day lunation cycle that is still current as the June month gets underway.

The Full Moon of May 31st just one day before the month officially begins is also relevant in terms of its configuration affecting the opening half of June, and then subsequently we have the June 14th New Moon at 24° Gemini, which sets the stage for the last half of the month, leading up to the Full Moon of the 29th, in Cancer–Capricorn.

Throughout, both Chiron, the Wounded Healer, and Eris, Feminine Warrior in support of soul intention, are featured, and connected to Mercury, making for a very mentally active time, with both rationality and intuitional messages from our own deep psyche bringing us information. This is knowledge that we will want to regard with great discernment, to act on as appropriate, as the essentially revolutionary tenor of these fractious times continues to confound us.

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The Real Talk on Iran’s Grand Strategy: Strength vs. Hype

Selling Defeat As Iran’s ‘New Grand Strategy’ Is Pathetic Damage Control

Alexander Muse – There is an old trick in argument, and it works by choosing the finish line before the race is run. You define victory as something your opponent was never trying to do, you note that he did not do it, and you call his failure to do it your triumph.

This is the move at the heart of “Iran’s New Grand Strategy,” the Foreign Affairs essay published on June 3 by Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr. The authors observe that the Islamic Republic did not collapse under U.S. and Israeli bombardment, that no crowd stormed the palaces, that the lights stayed on in Tehran. From these facts they conclude that Iran has been remade, emboldened, and positioned to dominate the Middle East for years. The conclusion does not follow, because it rests on a victory condition that Washington never set. Continue reading

Harness June 2026’s Unique Energy to Transform Your Life

June 2026 Energy Report

June 2026 Energy ReportJennifer Hoffman – Some people say that a month with a ‘7’ numerology is a time for introspection and quiet contemplation. I disagree. We had 2 full moons in May that stirred up a lot of energy and expanded May’s Alchemy theme. With a full moon on May 31 just in time for our entry into June, this is a time for action with a specific purpose. June is for acting from within and that means in our self-interest.

June is the 6th month and that means the year is half over. How has it been so far? If you feel like you have not accomplished anything, don’t despair. This is one of those years where the second half is much different than the first half. And we are entering the second half with June as a bridge point and that’s good because June has some wonderful energy and astro aspects. Continue reading