Jim Richardson

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Teleology, existentialism, hedonism. Expand the self; fight entropy; create meaning.

Follow requests are closed here, but open at my newer kolektiva account.

Pronounshe/him
LocationNever ceded land near Warrane
Moved tohttps://kolektiva.social/@jimrhiz

@sortius

If a conventional political party forms, MMPR might be relevant. On the other hand, if the intent of Blak Sovereignty is not to compromise with settler structures, it's moot.

(Replying from my old account because kolektiva is down.)

The UK government has until 19 January to decide whether to block the Scottish gender recognition bill from royal assent. Rishi Sunak claims to be awaiting advice before setting out the next steps.

"Stephen Flynn, the [Scottish National Party] Westminster leader, warned it would be anti-democratic for the UK government to block the bill. He said: “The Scottish parliament has voted in favour of legislation that sits within devolved competencies, and it’s incumbent upon Westminster to ensure that legislation is passed in full.”"

The bill was passed at Holyrood by 86 votes to 39.

#GenderRecognition #GenderRecognitionAct
#GRAReform #GenderRecognitionReform
#RishiSunak #Transphobia #UKpol
#Scotland #Holyrood #TransRightsAreHumanRights

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/13/rishi-sunak-concerned-impact-scotland-gender-recognition-bill

Rishi Sunak ‘concerned’ about impact of Scotland’s gender recognition bill

PM dodges questions about whether he would stop controversial bill receiving royal assent

The Guardian
Blog post highlighting where the field of #darkmatter research is at, attitude-wise. #astronomy #cosmology
https://tritonstation.com/2023/01/13/what-we-have-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate/
What we have here is a failure to communicate

Triton Station

The freedom to responsibly travel on foot and spend the night under canvas on Dartmoor in England has been taken away in a court judgment. 

That sound you hear is wealthy English landowners calling up their lawyers to try the same on their own designated access land.

#RightToRoam #Access #Outdoors

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/13/dartmoor-estate-landowner-alexander-darwall-court-case-right-to-camp

Right to wild camp in England lost in Dartmoor court case

Wealthy landowner Alexander Darwall wins case against national park after arguing right to pitch tent on moors did not exist

The Guardian

I'm constantly amazed at us, our inability to anticipate worse, the failure of our collective imaginations when it comes to non-linear climate impacts

The way we're behaving assumes we have mastery of the crisis we have caused (CCUS and decarbonisation) and pays zero respect whatsoever to how Earth systems might react to this unprecedented destabilisation

We never (even at IPCC level) seem to factor in LPHI events into modelling, and it's going to trip us up very soon #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis https://www.carbonbrief.org/tonga-volcano-eruption-raises-imminent-risk-of-temporary-1-5c-breach/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-01-13&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+13+01+2023

Tonga volcano eruption raises ‘imminent’ risk of temporary 1.5C breach - Carbon Brief

The eruption of Tonga’s underwater volcano in 2022 may cause global temperatures to rise, raising...

Carbon Brief

@patrickgaley

Does LPHI = low probability high impact? I had difficulty googling it.

I was a stranger in a strange new digital land... but it was kind of awesome.

Recuerda PV : Chapter 5

https://roiskinda.cool/2023/01/recuerda-pv-chapter-5-the-rise-of-pv-pt-1.html

#RecuerdaPV
Recuerda PV : Chapter 5 - The Rise of PV, Pt. 1

I'm Ro. I'm pretty ok. Mostly.

conservatives: women don't want children. they're selfish!

2 women in a relationship *really want to have a child*

conservatives: not like this!

"The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found …

"Armed with this knowledge, Exxon embarked upon a lengthy campaign to downplay or discredit what its own scientists had confirmed."

#Exxon #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Ecocide

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/12/exxon-climate-change-global-warming-research

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating

The Guardian
The case revolves around a television freelancer who was effectively fired after he published a Christmas song on YouTube that promoted tolerance towards same-sex couples.
#Poland #LGBTQ
https://www.dw.com/en/ecj-rules-against-polish-workplace-lgbtq-discrimination/a-64360606
ECJ rules against Polish workplace LGBTQ discrimination

Judges in Luxembourg have ruled that employers cannot terminate contracts based on a person's sexual orientation. The European Court of Justice said a Polish court had made the wrong decision.

Deutsche Welle