Just to note in the recent actions by climate activists, the art has not been destroyed.
Destroying art in service of justice is a time-honored tradition. Does it ever work?
Climate change paintings protests: The long history of art destruction for social justice.
A significant portion of the US appears to have lost the capacity for rational thought. They seem to want the world to burn.
‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm | The Guardian
Galerina marginata, known as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming fungus.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation strikes a chilling tone.
But wait, according to all the Twitter/YouTube/podcast Tech Bros, the iPad is broken and barely usable. Someone please tell her that what she’s doing isn’t possible. 😉
iPadOS 16 new features tips for iPad note taking, digital planning, journaling & more - YouTube
“You wouldn’t believe this is the Mississippi River.”
Mississippi River water levels plummet to historic lows due to drought - The Washington Post
Omphalotus olearius, the jack-o'-lantern mushroom.
Omphalotus illudens, commonly known as the eastern jack-o'lantern mushroom.
“The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said: “Emissions remain at dangerous and record highs and are still rising. We must close the emissions gap before climate catastrophe closes in on us all.”
Prof David King, the former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “The report is a dire warning to all countries – none of whom are doing anywhere near enough to manage the climate emergency.”
The report found that existing carbon-cutting policies will cause 2.8C of warming, while pledged policies cut this to 2.6C. Further pledges, dependent on funding flowing from richer to poorer nations, cut this again to 2.4C.”
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ | The Guardian
Tricholomopsis rutilans, common name Plums and Custard a species of gilled mushroom found across Europe and North America.
Without drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the report said, the planet is on track to warm by an average of 2.1 to 2.9 degrees Celsius
Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality - The New York Times
Heat spells are increasingly costing people their lives and livelihoods, a new report finds
The numbers are in: the heat is taking a heavy toll on health and incomes - The Verge
Reliance on oil and gas worsening climate impacts and compounding food, energy and cost of living crises
Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists | The Guardian
A lot of people ask me how to get started blogging. I figure a lot more are going to want to know how as the major social media sites start to fade. So I made you a guide!
Via Ben Werdmuller
“I wept for the Earth because I realized it’s dying,” Shatner said.
“It was the death that I saw in space and the lifeforce that I saw coming from the planet — the blue, the beige and the white,” he said. “And I realized one was death and the other was life.”
“I saw more clearly than I have, with all the studying and reading I’ve done, the writhing, slow death of Earth and we on it,” Shatner said.
“It’s a little tiny rock with an onion skin air around it. That’s how fragile it all is. It’s so fragile. We hang by a thread … we’re just dangling.”
William Shatner experienced profound grief in space. It was the overview effect : NPR
Talia Stroud from the University of Texas joins us to talk about her project Civic Signals, a project reimagining the Internet as a public space.
Talia Stroud, Civic Signals - Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure
Alaska officials have cancelled the upcoming snow crab season, due to population decline across the Bering Sea.
Alaska cancels snow crab season over population decline | The Guardian
The disaster has killed 603 people and displaced more than one million residents
Nigeria Is Facing Its Worst Flooding in a Decade | Smithsonian Magazine
Interesting news in my local town, a new cobalt and nickel processing facility for lithium-ion batteries. Fredericktown’s history is largely based upon lead mining in the 1800s. Mine LaMotte was the beginning of that. The area also has rich deposits of cobalt and other elements. So they’ll be doing both mining and processing.
Mixed feelings. On the one hand, this will, no doubt, be a new source of local pollution. They claim that the goal is “to supply clean, domestic and ethically sourced battery metals, free from child labour and human rights abuses that it sees as currently plaguing the cobalt supply chain.” But, you know, the reality will be that there will be toxic by-products.
That said, I have an iPhone and numerous devices that use these batteries. We really should be sourcing materials locally when possible. It’s irresponsible and unethical to turn to other countries for materials for devices we’ll be using if those materials are available here. The facility is about 5 miles from my place and is surrounded by various farms. Will be interesting to see how it develops.
Missouri Cobalt close to finishing key facility for cobalt, nickel production