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Oil and white supremacy

lundi 25 janvier 2021 à 01:00

* The oil, gas, and coal industries support and fund white supremacy and far-right politics.*

Removing tax haven status

dimanche 24 janvier 2021 à 01:00

The EU is removing tax haven status from various British territories.

Number of species of bees

dimanche 24 janvier 2021 à 01:00

The number of species of bees reported from 2006 to 2015 is 3/4 the number reported before 1990.

The other 25% have become too scarce to be observed very often.

Hitting protesters with felony gang charges

samedi 23 janvier 2021 à 01:00

*Arizona Prosecutors Pretend "ACAB" Is Gang Lingo To Hit Protesters With Felony Gang Charges.*

"ACAB" is an acronym that stands for "All Cops Are Bastards". It has nothing to do with gangs. The prosecutors can't help knowing this, but — like the thugs they are trying to support — they don't object to lying to help thugs.

I do not agree with that slogan. Some cops are honest and will not lie to repress protests. They are a small minority, but maybe in the future there will be more of them.

Aside for that, I do not use the word "bastard" as a derogatory term because being the child of two people who were not married to each other is not a moral flaw. Indeed, the child has no choice about it.

Reversal of climate-related sabotage

samedi 23 janvier 2021 à 01:00

Biden has or will reverse many acts of climate-related sabotage carried out by the wrecker. This will resume the climate defense policies that were already in force in 2016 — but they were woefully insufficient to succeed in avoiding disaster.

World leaders must change the plans to boost the economy by subsidizing fossil fuels.

I disagree vehemently with the demand to prioritize adaptation to the current painful foretaste of coming disaster. That is foolish short-term thinking.

We must respond to global heating in the way that does the most to reduce the ultimate global disaster and ensure the survival of civilization. That is to put priority on cutting emissions (treating the disease).

To invest in coping with extreme weather is treating the symptoms. If our funds for doing that do not come from the funds we could use to reduce the ultimate disaster, then let's do it. But it is not equal in priority; it is clearly secondary.

Today it looks easy to get more money for both long-term prevention and short-term gecko. That is because what we are spending on long-term prevention is far too little.

The harm caused today by the foretaste seems like a lot, because we judge it against the recent past. When we judge it against the likely future we will see it is secondary.