Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jason Hickel writes that on a global scale, poverty is the result of inequality and the misallocation of resources rather than underdevelopment. And…
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Climate Change – AMOC goes Amuck?
There’s a current known as the Atlantic Ocean circulation that is responsible for the Gulf Stream that, in turn, regulates the weather in Europe and North America. Scientists have worried…
Global Food Security – This Time It’s America’s Corn Belt
It is not easy to keep up with change undermining global food security. Soils degradation is a prime culprit. Some countries, such as large areas of India, have literally worked…
The Leaders’ Dilemma
In most countries, governments and their leaders are facing a worsening dilemma that could, if unresolved, devastate national economies, perhaps for decades. We’re all familiar with the metaphor about the…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melissa Healy reports on yet another dangerous variant of COVID-19 which is spreading in California. Nicky Phillips writes about the likelihood that the…
But What About Me?
Reading newspapers used to be a lot more enjoyable back before they had to pack existential and quasi-existential crises four or six to a page. If it’s not dysfunctional governance,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Active cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrea Reimer examines the power dynamics at play in government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the limits of formal political power…
GOP FUBAR – A Party Beyond Redemption
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin is what is being described as an ‘old school’ or conservative Republican. George Will and David Frum are her fellow travelers. Think of them as…
Unraveling the Menace
He’s no longer in the White House but, like Napoleon on Elba, Donald Trump remains a menace to the Republican Party, to America and potentially even to the world. Trump…
On unknown consequences
There’s been a spate of recent stories about the change in butter quality arising out of the use of palm oil as feed for cattle – with attention being paid…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marieke Walsh reports on the new modeling from the Public Health Agency of Canada which shows how COVID’s variants will foreseeably result in…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Gutierres’ needed message that we can’t afford to keep waging war on our natural environment. And Bruce…
No, Conservatives, Texas Power Grid Collapse Wasn’t Because Of Wind Turbine Failures
Texas had a record breaking cold snap this past week as a result of the Jet Stream slumping way south of where it normally sits, and allowing a huge mass…
Spreading Like Wildfire
It’s an old phrase that has taken on a new meaning in the Anthropocene epoch. Wildfires that sweep vast regions, year after year, sometimes spreading at such speed that they…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andre Noel reports on the growing push among medical professionals for a COVID-zero strategy, while Zach Goudie points out how people can reduce…
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Hum – Waves
We’re In a Pandemic, the Worst In a Century. People Are Hurting. Governments Struggle to Help. Even Our Banks are Struggling…
If you’re a small business owner, you’re probably in trouble. If you work for that small business owner or the hundreds of thousands of others, your job may be gone…
This is Our New Normal and, No, We’re Not Prepared For It.
While all eyes are on Texas, the foibles of Ted Cruz, etc. there’s scant mention of the heatwave over Greenland in the 24 hr. darkness of the Arctic winter. Greenland…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Karp writes about the connection between heavily polarized politics, and the concentration of wealth in the hands of people whose interests are…