I’ve said for years that we need teams of notable voices speaking out with well crafted statements (not just knee-jerk, liberal cause-humping).
De Niro proved celebrities can break through our media blockade of important stories. Imagine teams of the biggest names in entertainment holding joint pressers to discuss emergent fascism. Some of you with connections can make that happen.
@ElleGray
“And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through”
I see a future, not many days from now, when our social media streams will be mostly AI bots arguing politics with other AI bots. It’s remarkable how, despite the 15 years of hype, social media has accomplished so little for humanity or its politics.
@NatureMC@firstdogonthemoon “All the trees are dying.”
This reminds me of Gail Zawacki and her (far ahead of its time) blog about tree mortality. Sadly, many of the links to her research are no longer valid but many more certainly are. At first I thought she was nuts. When I spent the time reading through her links to research papers, and then looking around my own area, my life changed forever.
@NatureMC I understand your points. I looked at only the things I was negative about at first myself. The links that only pointed towards a fringe thinking that I didn’t agree with. Things changed when I read her story. She is not a scientist at all. Merely a gardener that noticed things changing around her. When she realized the scope of what we are losing, well, we all have our own ways of dealing with grief. That ozone has a devastating impact on plants is well documented though.
@NatureMC That trees everywhere are not as healthy as they should be, that is a widespread issue that has many aspects. That ozone has a detrimental effect that is compounded over time, is perhaps underestimated. Anyway, I don’t want to try and make an argument over it. I respect your opinion. And yes, for myself, I do very much enjoy planting trees. I have a special love for them and what they mean for my area. Cheers.
I just want to say how wonderful everyone is here and express special gratitude to @GottaLaff for her unbelievable work keeping us up to the minute on the #electionfraud trial in NYC. What a tremendous service you’re providing, @GottaLaff! Thank you thank you thank you!
@JaneinNJ@GottaLaff This a thousand times over!
Not a day goes by that I don’t think to myself that @GottaLaff does more for democracy by 9 am than most people do in a lifetime. Huge debt of gratitude for your work!
"Media reports about #ClimateChange typically focus on big events.
But this is to greatly misunderstand how climate change is happening. Big events make headlines but, for the next few years, lots of small events should be the main concern. These will bring difficult long-term problems which are mostly uninsurable."
This report makes some business-as-usual assumptions. E.g.
"Growth".
And they forget that 40% of global shipping is of fossil fuels.
And that countries like the US are re-shoring industries (see CHIPS act).
Together, we still have choices.
Let's make the right choices: on our plates, what we buy, whom we vote for.
@CelloMomOnCars I spent some time canvassing for signatures on petitions in support of Mass Senator Mike Barrett’s carbon fee and rebate bill years ago. I was so passionate about it because it just made so much sense. I genuinely saw it as a way of at least opening the door to meaningful action at the state level. $10/ton wasn’t asking much but you know how it goes.
"Highly skilled firefighters are the last line of defense against wildfires, but that line is fraying because the government decided long ago that they’re not worth very much.
The effects of this chronic neglect have now become strikingly clear as the fire service is finding it difficult to fill its ranks, prefiguring what advocates are calling a national security crisis."
@CelloMomOnCars Warfighters that are every bit the heroes that are the military members that we celebrate so often.
If only these firefighters fought to protect oil interests instead of civilian homes and property, they would have the money and resources that they need.
"Right-wing politicians have launched a bid to block the passing of the #EU’s flagship nature protection law, which scientists have described as a “cornerstone of food security and human health”.
Derailing the law could come at significant cost to farmers, who are facing increasingly uncertain conditions due to climate #breakdown and #biodiversity loss."
@CelloMomOnCars Fridays for Future is also not directed and inspired and funded by the Russian government. Much of this farm disturbance is driven by the Russian initiative of asymmetric warfare which aims to destabilize the EU, undermine Ukraine and of course, push fossil fuels forever.
@CelloMomOnCars Actually proving funding and direct involvement in instigation is difficult but it is often discussed. That they are behind efforts to amplify the protests across social media isn’t as difficult. Here is s good article on it.
"Once a booming trade, Rockywold Deephaven Camps is one of the few places left in New England that harvests ice each winter. The camp was founded in 1897, and has since trained generations of workers on how to cut, haul, and store lake ice.
But as climate change warms New Hampshire’s winters, the harvest is facing new threats. "
@CelloMomOnCars Great article. There is a sign along the bike path that runs next to Lake Congamond in Southwick, MA. The sign marks the place where a thriving ice harvesting business once was. Reading that sign today, next to a lake that often doesn’t freeze enough to safely skate on, much less harvest ice, is like reading about life that existed on a different planet. #ClimateDiary
Senate Minority Whip John Thune said he was open to discussing term limits on the next Republican leader, with a critical caveat that the topic needs to be part of a broader conversation within the Senate GOP.