Congrats to NYT for striking a better balance than Vox, who ignore here that Ehrlich lost his famous bet due to a temporary trend, against his long-term, correct prediction.

I know doomers who continue to work hard to make the world a better place. They understand collapse plays out over generations and we can still do a lot to minimize the unpleasantness as it unfolds. Some things they do give up on, but others they go about supporting in healthy ways I can get behind. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/483398/population-bomb-paul-ehrlich-overpopulation-hunger-julian-simon

Cool! Newly found fossils of older (Avalon, deep water) Edicaran life surviving later than thought, into the era of more complex, possibly animal Edicaran life, pre-Cambrian. The authors suggest this means The Kotlin Event (towards the end of the Ediacaran) was a fairly sudden mass extinction. https://www.earth.com/news/kotlin-crisis-earths-first-mass-extinction-may-have-been-far-worse-than-we-thought/

The Life Through Time guy is skeptical, pointing out that we just don't have fossil assemblages of deep ocean floors from the later Ediacaran to compare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLGQEpXarc

Empathy is a miracle.

Having enough empathy from others, and having enough empathy for others, are two of humanity's greatest gifts.

In 1986, there was less than one square kilometer of vegetation in Antarctica. A 2021 study had it at almost twelve, and by now probably adding half a kilometer year and accelerating.

It will be hundreds of square kilometers before the century is out. If you think oligarch fights over the Arctic are bad, just wait! Hrm. Better yet, let's use the time to pry power from the oligarchs and center it in everyone, to better serve, and call upon, all of us as we continue to grow up as a species. #life