Posts by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
(DIR) Post #AZhlllBwwfwPGPUtU0 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-09-12T22:29:05Z
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@internetarchive Tagging @ai6yr
(DIR) Post #AZsFeqJTfAghg1TkAq by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-07-30T16:55:44Z
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So, I may be a "doomsayer" (I consider myself a realist), but I'm always trying to see if there's a solution to getting us out of the mess we're in. Perhaps I would describe myself as an optimistic pessimist. Anyhow, based on my recent research, here are some of the solutions I think we (humanity) should pursue collectively...1. Plug up the #MethaneLeaks! Seriously! That's a big part of the problem!2. Make the price of #meat expensive! I remember when having meat was considered a special occasion -- not a daily occurrence.3. Make things out of #RomanConcrete. Now that we've cracked the recipe, there's no excuse not to use it! Especially with rising sea levels (Roman concrete holds up better when exposed to water).4. Manufacture stuff that lasts! No more #PlannedObsolescence -- items that can't be upgraded and/or repaired by a skilled user or a local repair shop!5. Grow food locally! Turn empty #office spaces into #IndoorUrbanFarms (and #housing). 6. Utilize new (and ancient) technologies to the max! #SolarPrisms, reflective white paint, building new structures with #skywells, #geothermal and other ways to cool/heat spaces without using #FossilFuels! That's just a few off the top of my head. I think a lot of the solutions are right in front of us -- but #greed and #Oligarchy are keeping them from being implemented! #ClimateChange #RightToRepair #ClimateChangeSolutions
(DIR) Post #Aa1r7hRpQW1rPfTF20 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-09-22T14:57:16Z
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@internetarchive I love that there's an archived copy (though incomplete) of the first online magazine I put together with my friends (whatmagazine.org). It seems we had concerns about the environment and the radical far-right back in the 1990s (and with myself, that went back further to the 1980s). It's a bit sad to see how much worse things have gotten since then.
(DIR) Post #Aa4QGqSFC8EMfHgIAi by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-09-23T20:51:30Z
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@lowqualityfacts There are very few things in nature that fill me with complete and total revulsion -- and one of them is slugs! A salt shaker (or packets) is an excellent object to have on hand! (And moss is great!)
(DIR) Post #AaVLKfiYMfkS4v5gh6 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-10-06T20:33:23Z
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@IdahoLark Baaaaahaaaa... đ đ
(DIR) Post #AanuRgMAh6OtYNY1L6 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-10-15T19:25:57Z
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@justinling From my list...News@TexasObserver Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.@thenarwhal Our team of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you canât find anywhere else.@thetyee Independent BC-based journalism that swims against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. @openDemocracy Free thinking for the world We're an independent media organisation covering world affairs and ideas.@mergerson Assistant professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland Âť Interests include media, race, and democracy; journalism history; and journalism and social equity@suswatibasu Head of Audience / Dep. Editor @NationalWorld Ex-Dataminr, ITV and Channel 4 News journalist. @w7voa Voice of America chief national correspondent and former White House bureau chief; 2022-23@JaeBern Journalist covering climate change and other sciencey stuff @ CBC News.@ScienceDesk We curate the latest science news, including climate change, space exploration, health and more. All posts are written by Flipboardâs editorial team.@coloradosun Telling stories that matter for a dynamic, evolving state. Independent, journalist-owned news covering the entire state of Colorado.@SFPublicPress Noncommercial news and investigative reporting for San Francisco Bay Area â online, print and on air at KSFP 102.5 FM & SFPublicPress.org@NewsDesk We share stories, explainers and analysis to offer context for the top news of the day. All posts are created and curated by Flipboardâs editorial team. Not a bot.@mongabay Reader-supported news and inspiration from nature's frontline. Mongabay is a non-profit.@AK_OK Alaska statehouse reporter for the Alaska Beacon, formerly with the Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire, Kodiak Mirror and Fairbanks Daily News Miner.@Chron Houstonâs home for news, culture and conversation. Chron, a free digital news site, is Hearst owned and run independently from the Houston Chronicle.@Toastie Indigenous affairs reporter, High Country News@jmcjmc451 Journalist with an eye for environmental stories, ranging from the effect of climate change on agriculture to investigations into groundwater pollution. Current Midwest Reporting Fellow at Grist.@damemagazine #Reporting & #analysis on politics, policy, culture and more. Based in the United States. Support women-led independent #journalism. @sarahstierch â¨Journalist. I write about weather, wildfires and other subjects relevant to Mendocino County for the Mendocino Voice. I cover portions of Sonoma, Napa, and Marin on social media. @ProPublica The official Mastodon page for ProPublica.Pursuing stories with moral force.@theintercept Fearless, adversarial journalism. @gratefuldread aggregated leftist news, arts, culture, activism, peace, love - always monitored #RevolutionaryLove - Natalie Davis, owner/editor@JeffreyStClair Editor of CounterPunch@BBC_News_Labs This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse. You can read more about this experiment at https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mast
(DIR) Post #AanuRiF9g9ybPCHRgG by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-10-15T19:27:23Z
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@justinling Also, https://kolektiva.social/@DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss@burn.capital
(DIR) Post #AbR9J695HSX9HGAMt6 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-11-03T16:32:25Z
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What #BigOil knew about #ClimateChange, in its own wordsby Benjamin Franta, October 28, 2021"Back in 1979, #Exxon had privately studied options for avoiding #GlobalWarming. It found that with immediate action, if the industry moved away from #FossilFuels and instead focused on #renewable energy, fossil fuel pollution could start to decline in the 1990s and a major #ClimateCrisis could be avoided."But the industry didn't pursue that path. Instead, colleagues and I recently found that in the late 1980s, Exxon and other oil companies coordinated a global effort to dispute #ClimateScience, block fossil fuel controls and keep their products flowing."We know about it through internal documents and the words of industry insiders, who are now beginning to share what they saw with the public. We also know that in 1989, the fossil fuel industry created something called the Global Climate Coalitionâbut it wasn't an environmental group like the name suggests; instead, it worked to sow doubt about climate change and lobbied lawmakers to block clean energy legislation and climate treaties throughout the 1990s."For example, in 1997, the Global Climate Coalition's chairman, William O'Keefe, who was also an executive vice president for the American Petroleum Institute, wrote in the Washington Post that 'Climate scientists don't say that burning oil, gas and coal is steadily warming the earth,' contradicting what the industry had known for decades. The fossil fuel industry also funded think tanks and biased studies that helped slow progress to a crawl."Read more:https://phys.org/news/2021-10-big-oil-knew-climate-words.html #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #BigOilAndGas #Climate #ClimateEmergency
(DIR) Post #Ac7qRT8lNnClDQ1guG by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-10-21T19:16:47Z
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#NavajoNation pushes for #radioactive waste remnants to be fully removed The United Nuclear Corporation is asking to transfer 1 million cubic yards of mine waste to a spot still near the NationBy: Arlyssa Becenti - October 22, 2021 âThe #Navajo people have endured decades of radiation exposure and #contamination caused by #uranium mining and production, and continues to impact the health of individuals, families and communities. We strongly oppose the proposed amendment that would allow the transfer of uranium mine waste and contamination just a short distance from the Navajo Nation and the homes of our Navajo people.â -- Navajo President Jonathan Nezhttps://sourcenm.com/2021/10/22/navajo-nation-pushes-for-radioactive-waste-remnants-to-be-fully-removed/#IndigenousNews #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism #FirstNations #NativeAmericans
(DIR) Post #AcDBhOo6Ka9XElbBGi by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-11-26T20:22:36Z
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I am not anti-technology. I am against technology that pollutes and ends up in the trash after a year. I'm against proprietary technology which can't be repaired by someone with a little skill and a multimeter. And yes -- I want my technology to be fully recyclable once it stops working and can't be repaired. Is that too much to ask? Apparently, under #crapitalism, it is!
(DIR) Post #AcVPLBLmZuivKnvpwW by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-05T01:03:42Z
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Prediction: This #winter will be the warmest in recorded historyStory by Eric Ralls, December 4, 2023"Thee year 2023 has been a hallmark of climatic extremes, with scorching heatwaves during the summer and autumn raising alarm bells worldwide. As we approach winter, the looming question is whether we are on the brink of experiencing the warmest winter ever recorded. "Prelude to an unprecedented warm winter"The period from June to October 2023 saw the global average temperature surpassing the 1991-2020 average by a staggering 0.57â."Notably, August and September broke all historical records, exceeding average temperatures by 0.62â and 0.69â, respectively. These figures eclipsed the previous records set in 2016, signifying a consistent trend in #GlobalWarming."Full article:https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/prediction-this-winter-will-be-the-warmest-in-recorded-history/ar-AA1kTIen?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5a3830d08f484c54ebe23e5a1ba53e03&ei=6#ClimateChange #ElNino #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather
(DIR) Post #AcsdfLSUa3vsYiDOQy by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-07-22T20:27:18Z
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#ExxonKnew about #ClimateChange almost 40 years agoA new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote #misinformationBy Shannon Hall on October 26, 2015"One thing is certain: in June 1988, when #NASA scientist #JamesHansen told a congressional hearing that the planet was already warming, #Exxon remained publicly convinced that the science was still controversial. Furthermore, experts agree that Exxon became a leader in campaigns of confusion. By 1989 the company had helped create the #GlobalClimateCoalition (disbanded in 2002) to question the scientific basis for concern about climate change. It also helped to prevent the #USA from signing the international treaty on climate known as the #KyotoProtocol in 1998 to control #GreenhouseGases . Exxonâs tactic not only worked on the U.S. but also stopped other countries, such as #China and #India, from signing the treaty. At that point, 'a lot of things unraveled,' Oreskes says."But experts are still piecing together Exxonâs misconception puzzle. Last summer the Union of Concerned Scientists released a complementary investigation to the one by InsideClimate News, known as the Climate Deception Dossiers (pdf). 'We included a memo of a coalition of fossil-fuel companies where they pledge basically to launch a big communications effort to sow doubt,' says union president Kenneth Kimmel. 'Thereâs even a quote in it that says something like âVictory will be achieved when the average person is uncertain about climate science.â So itâs pretty stark.'"Since then, Exxon has spent more than $30 million on #ThinkTanks that promote ClimateDenial, according to #Greenpeace. Although experts will never be able to quantify the damage Exxonâs misinformation has caused, 'one thing for certain is weâve lost a lot of ground,' Kimmell says. Half of the greenhouse gas emissions in our atmosphere were released after 1988. 'I have to think if the fossil-fuel companies had been upfront about this and had been part of the solution instead of the problem, we would have made a lot of progress [today] instead of doubling our greenhouse gas emissions.'"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/ #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ExtremeWeather #HexonExxon #BigOil
(DIR) Post #AcuLsBOdtPniG2J280 by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-09T19:08:06Z
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So, what has #ErikPrince been up to these days? Besides "camping" with #ClarenceThomas and the #Koch brothers, he's been spouting off all sorts of vitriol -- against #LeftWing types, #ClimateProtestors, calling America "weak" (dogwhistle for more intervention and weapons). Oh yeah. He's a puppet-master and warmonger -- of "biblical" proportions!
(DIR) Post #AdE7ZkemoLzQt7HGRk by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-08-04T16:36:04Z
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays. 2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of âneed.â The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists⌠4. Supremacy of the #Military Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.5. Rampant #Sexism The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.6. Controlled #MassMedia Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common. 7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the governmentâs policies or actions.9. Protection of #Corporate Power The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.10. Suppression of #Labor Power Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.14. #Fraudulent #Elections Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA
(DIR) Post #AdFO7dYlUtTj9BbJMu by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-26T17:34:36Z
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The right to #protest is under threat in #Britain, undermining a pillar of democracyBy JILL LAWLESSDecember 26, 2023LONDON (AP) â "For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading '#JustStopOil' off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison sentence. Just for walking slowly down the street, scores of people have been arrested."They are among hundreds of #environmental activists arrested for peaceful demonstrations in the U.K., where tough new laws restrict the right to protest."The Conservative government says the laws prevent extremist activists from hurting the economy and disrupting daily life. Critics say #CivilRights are being eroded without enough scrutiny from lawmakers or protection by the courts. They say the sweeping arrests of peaceful #demonstrators, along with government officials labeling #EnvironmentalActivists #extremists, mark a worrying departure for a liberal democracy."'Legitimate protest is part of what makes any country a safe and civilized place to live',' said Jonathon Porritt, an #ecologist and former director of #FriendsOfTheEarth, who joined a vigil outside Londonâs Central Criminal Court to protest the treatment of demonstrators."'The government has made its intent very clear, which is basically to suppress what is legitimate, lawful protest and to use every conceivable mechanism at their disposal to do that.'"Read more:https://apnews.com/article/britain-democracy-protest-arrests-unwritten-constitution-616078b918e27d5098890be6f9967b14#DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas #SLAPPs #AbolishTheMonarchy #2023PublicOrderAct
(DIR) Post #AdJfDz2BZnizTL38Km by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-29T22:02:36Z
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More of this, please..!Hoopa Valley Tribe Acquires 10,395 Acres Bordering the Western Boundary of their Reservation.Friday, 22 December 2023â'#California #NativeAmerican tribes are leading the way conserving Californiaâs lands for future generations,' said California Natural Resources Agency Secretary #WadeCrowfoot. 'We are proud to support this leadership and help to enable the return of #HupaMountain property to the #HoopaValleyTribe. Ancestral land return like this is not only the right thing to do, itâs the smart thing to do as tribal communities have cared for these lands since time immemorial.'" https://kymkemp.com/2023/12/22/hoopa-valley-tribe-acquires-10395-acres-bordering-the-western-boundary-of-their-reservation/ #LandBack #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousSovereignty #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #LandStewards #Stewardship #IndigenousNews #NativeAmericanNews
(DIR) Post #AdNQ4PNm2QnHc6xmBE by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-31T18:25:07Z
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@lowqualityfacts Same!
(DIR) Post #AdPWw1T49ky97eJ5RQ by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2023-12-31T20:30:49Z
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Oh goodie! A whole 6 hours! What happens after that? Why, a meltdown! Thanks for looking out for us, #NRC! đ¤ˇđżđ¤ˇđź #SouthCarolina #NuclearPlant's cracked pipes get downgraded warning from officialsBy The Associated PressDecember 29, 2023"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission downgraded its preliminary 'yellow' warning for #VCSummer Nuclear Station issued this October to a final 'white' one after owner and operator #DominionEnergy showed its generator could still run for six hours in an emergency, the agency announced Thursday."That demonstration calmed officials' concerns that Dominion Energy's failure to maintain #cracks and #leaks â discovered at least five times over the past two decades â had neutralized the plant's ability to cool down its reactors if electricity failed."https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/south-carolina-nuclear-plants-cracked-pipes-downgraded-warning-105988939 #LightsOut #Blackouts #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCrackedPipes #NuclearCrackPipes #PipeDreams #NotCarbonFree
(DIR) Post #Adbp2oUVFkdDBTYmfo by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2024-01-07T17:10:54Z
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@wauz @LordCaramac Wow! So, pretty much, #capitaism is #fascism!"Fascism is not a form of state power 'standing above both classes -- the proletariat and the bourgeoisie,' as Otto Bauer, for instance, has asserted. It is not 'the revolt of the petty bourgeoisie which has captured the machinery of the state,' as the British Socialist Brailsford declares. No, fascism is not a power standing above class, nor government of the petty bourgeoisie or the lumpen-proletariat over finance capital. Fascism is the power of finance capital itself. It is the organization of terrorist vengeance against the working class and the revolutionary section of the peasantry and #intelligentsia. In foreign policy, fascism is #jingoism in its most brutal form, fomenting bestial hatred of other nations."This, the true character of fascism, must be particularly stressed because in a number of countries, under cover of social demagogy, fascism has managed to gain the following of the mass of the petty bourgeoisie that has been dislocated by the crisis, and even of certain sections of the most backward strata of the proletariat. These would never have supported fascism if they had understood its real character and its true nature." #Corporatism #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
(DIR) Post #Adbp9GjZ9wLyW1gSga by DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2024-01-07T17:12:05Z
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@wauz @LordCaramac "Fascism is a most ferocious attack by capital on the mass of the working people; Fascism is unbridled chauvinism and predatory war; Fascism is rabid reaction and counter-revolution; Fascism is the most vicious enemy of the working class and of all working people."