Author: craigshields

This is funny, in a pathetic kind of way. It’s abundantly clear that the fossil fuel industry will do exactly zero to change their business model. Human greed knows no bounds.  

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Graphic design can be tricky business, as it’s sometimes hard to get out of your own head and see how other people perceive your work.  Example at left. The piece below really works for me, and, of course, I love …

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Those of us hoping to see Trump in prison may be closer to that dream than we thought.  Check out this piece from history professor Heather Cox Richardson, updating us on Trump’s efforts to overthrow the results of the 2020 …

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Many Americans live with an entire array of misbeliefs, including: a) that the U.S. is the best country in the world, and b) that attempts to make it better are unpatriotic. Improvements are slow in the making, however.  Over the …

What Americans Believe Read More »

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From Gizmodo: Last week, the Greenland ice sheet underwent a major melting event—its second in two weeks. This time around, the melting was quickened by a wholly unexpected and unwelcome visitor: rain.

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Here’s a graphic on U.S. demographics that speaks loudly to the nation’s politics.  This region is always fiercely Republican, and especially since Trump has gained control of the GOP; they really can’t get enough of him. Ever since I was …

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Garrison Keillor began his column today: My favorite word today is “unsubscribe” and I’ve been online clicking it on dozens of emails asking for my cash contributions to their battle in behalf of the good, the true, and the beautiful, …

Moving to Electric Transportation Read More »

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Is this what the left really fears? Maybe it’s more this fellow with the “Q sent me” shirt, and all the hateful nonsense that it stands for. This country doesn’t need more anti-vax, anti-science conspiracy theories. Moreover, Qanon is part …

The Left Has Fears, But They’re Not Black and White Coming Together Read More »

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From this: “The stench of corruption wafting up from Louis DeJoy’s office is so thick seagulls are flying in from the Jersey Shore and circling overhead.” A leading government ethics watchdog on Wednesday cheered a federal judge’s ruling ordering the United …

‘A Big Win’: USPS Must Turn Over Docs About DeJoy’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Read More »

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A reader who specializes in fabricating lies that fit his alt-right perspective sent me the meme here. As usual, this is completely untrue. Top six countries with the largest lithium reserves in the world are: 1. Bolivia – 21 million …

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