Primatologist Jane Goodall says that one of the key reasons she remains optimistic about the future of Earth’s environment is its resiliency. I.e., the moment we stop inflicting harm to the planet, it begins the slow process of healing itself.
Here’s a fabulous and mesmerizing illustration of precisely this.
I appreciate the content of the letter at the left, but here’s an even better idea for Walmart shoppers: Stay out.
Walmart, in and of itself, isn’t abusive enough? Shopping there is a degrading experience, and doing so is supporting the punishment that one of the world’s wealthiest families inflicts upon both its customers and its employees.
Even if this weren’t the case, how much low-quality crap do you want in your life in the first place? Do you really want a pair of gloves that will keep your hands warm for a single season, but has been engineered to fall apart soon thereafter? How much Coca Cola and Doritos do you really want in your diet?
Get out of there and stay out.
The people from Wind Catcher say their product is “perfect for camping, RVing, and off-grid living. It’s lightweight, easy to install, and produces enough energy to power your devices and appliances for days.”
Of course, “easy to install” is a relative term, but, with all those stays and anchors, it doesn’t look at all easy to me.
And, considering this sells for $1849, I’ll stick with a portable solar PV array.
Here’s a video in which former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner discusses the incendiary language that Donald Trump is using on his social media platform and at his rallies, e.g., referring to special prosecutor Jack Smith as a “deranged lunatic.”
The judge in the insurrection case has already said. “If Trump were any other U.S. citizen, he’d be detained pending trial,” on the basis that his language is clearly intended to incite violence.
I was pretty unimpressed when the lead witness for the Republicans in these proceedings was forced to admit under oath that “there is no evidence that Biden did anything wrong.”
I was even less impressed with his next assertion, “But it’s possible that there will be some evidence that emerges in the future.”
OMG. I’m not without sin, but I’m happy to say that I’ve avoided a life of utter dishonesty. I’m sure most of us can say the same.
I don’t want to see climate deniers in public office any more that Leonardo DiCaprio, but I disagree with him here.
Restricting people from government who are unscientific in their thinking is an unsupportable idea, if only because it’s unconstitutional. Hell, the second in line to the U.S. presidency has no more use for science than does a speckled trout.
If you want change here, you need an educated voter base that will not accept gross ignorance in the leaders it elects.
From “The Story of Stuff”:
At left we see another example of how we will argue about anything in the modern-day chaos we call our “society.”
As John Cleese points out, we can’t even agree that empathy for other people is an unequivocally good thing.
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s there something of validity to this investment? I’m not sure.
What I do know is that the subject of biodegradable plastic has been the subject of scrutiny of materials scientists for many decades.
Part of the problem is the time frame in which you want the degradation process to take place. If you have a gallon of milk with a shelf-life of two weeks, you don’t need the plastic to last centuries, but if you have a case of bottled water in your garage in case of an emergency, you want the plastic to be good for at least a few years.
Ha!
