For those who haven’t seen it before, here is my review of The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg…
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I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most importantly it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change.

It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment.

This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about *ideas* which will never age.
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https://bookwyrm.social/user/BreadAndCircuses/review/1196642/s/essential-reading#anchor-1196642

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice

Ok friends I need you to listen closely:

Elon Musk doubling down and compounding his bad decisions is NORMAL. This is how rich assholes behave.

This is how they ALL behave.

We're going into a climate crisis. One that requires immediate action. We have unprecedentedly unchecked corporate power structures and an elite that has zero understanding.

And they will make WORSE decisions the more they are pressed.

The rich will destroy the world rather than admit they don't know what they're doing.

Wow. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente or Philippine Independent Church ordains first trans woman clergy 😊.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/iglesia-filipina-independiente-ordains-transgender-woman-clergy-philippines/

#TransRights #philippines

In a meeting with Ayala Land, Inc. they promised exclusive use of bike lanes despite their plans to remove protection by March 6th.

Still two weeks into their “deadline” and with bollards still in place, look who’s violating the integrity of bike lanes:

#MakeItSaferMakati #CommutersNaman

Past Lives trailer
As gorgeous as it looks, this is a heartbreak waiting to happen.

https://youtu.be/kA244xewjcI

By 2018, less than 60% of web traffic was human & half of YouTube views were bots masquerading as people. This wild article is about how much of the Internet is fake. (Spoiler: A lot.)

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html #bot #AI