Informed opinions, please!
Unburdened by knowledge or experience, I've decided to create a podcast interview series. After some online digging, I think I'm going to use Libsyn (studio/hosting/connect), which I believe will hold my hand on everything but the editing.
Good plan?
Visionary organizer Grace Lee Boggs reminded us to ask ourselves "What time is it on the clock of the world?" Unfortunately the second hand is moving in the wrong direction https://thebulletin.org/2023/01/press-release-doomsday-clock-set-at-90-seconds-to-midnight/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RadicalWhispers/status/1617963228772073472
The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, due largely but not exclusively to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increased risk of nuclear escalation. The new Clock time was also influenced by continuing threats posed by the climate crisis and the breakdown of global norms and institutions needed to mitigate risks associated with advancing technologies and biological threats such as COVID-19.
People – real people – are starving.
They need your help. They need you to take action.
And they need you to do it now.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/vanessa_vash/status/1616865410652962816
Washington state friends: we’re gearing up for Week ✌🏽of #waleg session, so wanted to flag ways to make your voice heard!
🏛️ testify in-person
🖥️ testify via zoom
📨 submit written testimony
✅ the easiest: sign-in as pro/con
what’s on the docket this week 👇🏽
Celebrating one year of rooftop solar in rainy Seattle! It generated 80% of our annual electricity. In the last 9 months we paid $50 total in electric bills, inclusive of EV charging. Rooftop solar lowers energy costs, reduces emissions and helps protect sensitive landscapes.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MeadeKrosby/status/1613644872111751168
“Celebrating one year of rooftop solar in rainy Seattle! It generated 80% of our annual electricity. In the last 9 months we paid $50 total in electric bills, inclusive of EV charging. Rooftop solar lowers energy costs, reduces emissions and helps protect sensitive landscapes.”
Anyone else tear up watching this? 😢 Didn’t have to be this way. #ExxonKnew https://twitter.com/rarohde/status/1613837306485514241
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza/status/1614018605418676224
which might persuade the persuadable that this is a risk to take very seriously ("even with a mild case" being the key words). And this is separate from more obvious long covid symptoms, which have put major dents into some friends' lives too.
All of this seems like a lesser but
Just found out that the 40-ish sister of a dear friend just had a stroke. That's on top of the 60-ish friend who had to be rushed in for open heart surgery this week after a major bacterial infection. And on top of the 65-ish friend who died last year of a heart attack.
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Here's a line you can expect to see frequently over coming years: "International attention has receded, but the waters have not."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/06/pakistan-floodwaters-climate-disasters-international-aid
