Mastodawn

Rekha Murthy Nov 12, 2024

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

Rekha Murthy Nov 5, 2024

Climate News Now Nov 5, 2024

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

Rekha Murthy Oct 2, 2024

flexghost.Oct 2, 2024

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

This is so good 🔥

Rekha Murthy Sep 17, 2024

Jeff Jarvis Sep 17, 2024

"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.

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Rekha Murthy Aug 23, 2024

@owasow Ah yes, you're right. That's bad UX x2: 1) asking for my email for a gift link 2) throwing up a nonstandard popup at the moment I'd expect a paywall. :-) Thank you for the effort, I promise to read it.

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Rekha Murthy Aug 22, 2024

@owasow The link was paywalled, I'd be interested in reading it, if possible.

Rekha Murthy Aug 12, 2024

George Conway Aug 12, 2024

Rekha Murthy Aug 1, 2024

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

Rekha Murthy Jul 27, 2024

Closure of last New England coal plant marks significant energy transition milestone
https://ieefa.org/resources/closure-last-new-england-coal-plant-marks-significant-energy-transition-milestone
#climatecrisis #pollution #coal #fossilfuels #newengland

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.

Rekha Murthy Jul 20, 2024

Electronic Frontier Foundation Jul 19, 2024

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

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