Greg Laden

@gregladen
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Geography: Albany NY -> Boston MA -> Milwaukee, Zaire, South Africa -> Twin Cities MN.

Academics: Anthropologist (Biological and Archaeology). Origin of the bipedal apes, Origin of the genus Homo, Race and racism, Critique of Evolutionary Psychology.

Politics: DFLer, Democratic activist, Indivisible local and regional leadership. MN SD42 CC, SCC.

In covering climate risks despite less extreme warming path, Washington Post washes over the most significant: The Seas Will Rise

In seeking to understand climate risks, modeling of worst-case “business as usual” paths put the world on a path to 5C (five degrees celsius) / 9F (nine degrees fahrenheit), or more, wa…

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"I do grow weary when justice commenters, many of whom I adore and am addicted to listening to, come back to that old line: "No one is above the law." Sorry, Arlene, Rachel, Chuck, Jill, Heather, Kimberly, Barb, Joanne, Neal. Just stop saying "Nobody is above the law" when talking about Trump. It makes me sad when you say that. He is above the law. You need to reconcile that and learn to live with it. "

https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/20/trump-by-design-is-above-the-law/

Trump, by design, is above the law

Every now and then a person of privilege, who has done something seriously wrong, gets popped and spends some time in prison. They pay fines all the time, and spend piles of money on lawyers, so &#…

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""Two numbers. One long-term goal. In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. It was at COP21, where the Paris Agreement, the most important climate pact to date, was enshrined.""

https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/11/15-2c-history-temperature-target-climate-paris-agreement/

1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

Translated from the original published at climatica.lamarea.com. Two numbers. One long-term goal. In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks […]

DeSmog

"It was a mistake by Liasson allowed because she lives in an environment engendered by the specific journalistic culture of NPR in which all efforts are made to maintain the sense of false balance.... NPR maintains the “Overton window” in just the right position that the view out that window includes equal parts QAnon and Bernie Sanders."

https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/18/npr-political-bias-annoys-blogger/

NPR Political Bias Annoys Blogger

Damn, I am annoyed. But I see hope. On this morning’s “Weekend Edition” report on Monday’s expected US House January 6th referral of former President Trump for criminal char…

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"Why This Climate Scientist Is Hopeful About Climate Change?" | My interview earlier today with the great @ThomHartmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7cCYstvCG0
Why This Climate Scientist Is Hopeful About Climate Change? Featuring Michael Mann

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Humanity has to make peace with deep time. There’s no alternative to sustainability.

This is not "Making a list and checking it twice."

"Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety .. received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’ .. compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their Texas driver’s license ..

“Need total number of changes .. the last 24 months, broken down by month .. We won’t need DL/ID numbers at first but may need to have them later ”"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/

Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans

The effort to obtain data came as Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have marshaled resources against transgender Texans.

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Crank up prices, bilk customers, get rich, and strike fear in the heart of voters nation-wide; price fixing and gouging is good business. I don’t know why industrialists and business owners in all areas and at all times love Republicans, but they do, and they did cause the inflation bubble of 2022, in order to skew the election red. Didn’t work this time.

https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/14/inflation-was-a-right-wing-plot/

Inflation was a right wing plot

Crank up prices, bilk customers, get rich, and strike fear in the heart of voters nation-wide; price fixing and gouging is good business. I don’t know why industrialists and business owners i…

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