Another week in the Anthropocene. Oh, to say the word, to think the thought! Anthropocene. Feel the power . This week in the Anthropocene , in the geological epoch of the Anthropos , of the upright ape with opposable thumbs, this week, some Sapiens stopped some oil. Some more Sapiens reported on their actions as if they were somehow 'radical'. Hundreds of humans got together and glued their bodies to fossil fuel infrastructure, locked their wrists to the top of tankers, stopping ten key oil refineries from functioning altogether. They acted in unison with groups from around the world, and their actions have already led to immense queues for petrol at empty stations. And while they went home, in their Pampers, from their overnight stays in beautifully rigid, admirably human police cells, the government of their country went ahead and announced they'd be selling off their own ocean for oil and gas drilling. It cannot be overstated just how radically Boris Johnson, and the ent