Rekha Murthy

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This account is really me. I help people make good #podcasts for good reasons. Curating and sharing media since before the public Internet. #ClimateCrisis is on my mind a lot.
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Happy Forgetting is a new podcast about history, memory, and racial justice. It offers a long view at a time when the short-term outlook is grim. First episode dropped today on all platforms. I'm glad to be story editor and strategist.

https://happyforgetting.com/

#podcast #history #memory #justice #socialjustice #indigenous #black #unitedstates

Happy Forgetting

Happy Forgetting is an anthology podcast about racial justice in America.

Happy Forgetting

Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the world arrived at the seed vault on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in mid-October 2024. This was one of the largest deposits in the vault’s 16-year history.

It is the world’s most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data. #ClimateChange

https://theconversation.com/svalbard-global-seed-vault-evokes-epic-imagery-and-controversy-because-of-the-symbolic-value-of-seeds-240086

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world – but inspires strong cultural, political and artistic reactions.

The Conversation

The Harris Walz team working overtime to capitalize on JD Vance’s polished blunders

This is so good 🔥

"Pet-eating claims". "False claims". Good Lord, #BrokenTimes. Call it the blood libel it is. At least summon the courage to call it a racist lie.
As if artificial turf weren't bad enough in its manufacture and actual usage... at the end of its life cycle, it gets even worse. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/18/science/artificial-turf-not-being-recycled/
#artificialturf #plastic #athletics #pollution #recycling #corruption #heatislands #climate
Broken promises: artificial turf from fields not being recycled

When the Portsmouth, N.H., school district decided to replace its artificial playing fields with new turf, it paid to have the old carpet recycled. Instead, environmental activists found it abandoned in New Jersey.

The Boston Globe
Closure of last New England coal plant marks significant energy transition milestone

The announcement on March 27 that New England’s last operating coal plant, Merrimack, will retire by 2028 is a significant milestone in the region’s energy transition.

We are "stuck in a digital monoculture, where decades of anti-competitive practices have created it so that just one system is responsible for so much of what we rely on from everything from airlines to hospitals to schools," EFF’s @[email protected] told Mashable. https://mashable.com/article/crowdstrike-update-fail-explained
How did one CrowdStrike mistake stop the world? We asked 3 experts.

Companies tried to do the right thing. Did it backfire?

Mashable
Yes. I've been using Pocket Casts for over 10 years and it continues to be the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egHGY06Ys7Q
#podcasts #apps #uxdesign #supportgoodsoftware
Podcast App Showdown 2024: Apple Podcasts vs. Pocket Casts

I tried living with Apple Podcasts for over a year, but Pocket Casts won me over again. In this video, I compare all the big features Apple Podcasts and Pock...

YouTube
What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025

Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill, banning pornography, slashing corporate taxes, abolishing the Department of Education, replacing thousands of experienced federal workers with political appointees, imposing a "biblically based… definition of marriage and families," and placing the Justice Department and other independent agencies under the direct control of the president.

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