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William Burrows 
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Concerned about climate change, mass extinction, clean air and water, poverty and injustice, war, nationalism, and religion. Proponent of international cooperation
Robert Sanscartierwe don’t have time for a “good” approach — we need breakthroughs on a tremendous scale and speed
As a clinical psychologist, I diagnose our society as being in a state of mass delusion — the delusion of normalcy. Humans evaluate risk socially, not rationally. We are going through the motions of normal life, acting as if there was a future other than catastrophic breakdown. We are in a collective trance, sleepwalking off a cliff
troy the animal boy 🇲🇽 🦍kris kristofferson was the only one who stood up for sinead at bob dylan’s birthday concert
20 million climate refugees annually.
The need to support these migration swill be huge in the coming years, resisting nationalist and xenophobic urges.
Thunberg, UN urge quick action on climate migration
Climate activist Greta Thunberg and United Nations officials called on Friday for immediate action to address environmental impacts on individuals forced to flee their homes. About 20 million people are displaced every year due to climate change, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The U.N. agency stressed the importance of curbing the environmental crises that…
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“Which one?”
“William.”
Climate change makes people too poor to migrate. https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/stuck-2013-climate-change-makes-people-too-poor-to-migrate
Stuck – climate change makes people too poor to migrate — Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
01/23/2023 - Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably reduced as climate change weakens economic growth in the countries of the Global South. This is the research result of a team from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research comparing the observed migration flows to a scenario without the effects of climate change.
BobWe're a week into the 2023 and I'm still writing Democracy on my checks.
Fen CPoll: IMO humanity has one of two long-term futures:
• EITHER: We ditch #NationStates and evolve a single, unified #WorldGovernment (plus sort out #ClimateChange #ASAP);
• OR: We eradicate ourselves one way or another (nukes, disease, climate etc?), proving that humans were too #stupid to #survive.
Broadly agree/disagree?
(Please boost for wider opinion/votes.)
Broadly Agree.âś…
Broadly Disagree.❌
Poll ended at .
Elon Musk's JetTotal of both legs all the way from the US.
Apx flt. time 15 Hours : 39 Mins
Flight Fuel Info
~ 7,822 gallons (35,511 liters).
~ 52,988 lbs (23,844 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $46,931 cost of fuel.
~ 85 tons of CO2 emissions.
Apx flt. time 15 Hours : 39 Mins
Flight Fuel Info
~ 7,822 gallons (35,511 liters).
~ 52,988 lbs (23,844 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $46,931 cost of fuel.
~ 85 tons of CO2 emissions.
Electronic Frontier FoundationTargeted advertising based on online behavior doesn’t just hurt privacy. It also contributes to a range of other harms. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising
Ban Online Behavioral Advertising
Tech companies earn staggering profits by targeting ads to us based on our online behavior. This incentivizes all online actors to collect as much of our behavioral information as possible, and then sell it to ad tech companies and the data brokers that service them. This pervasive online...