Author Archives: pendantry

About pendantry

Phlyarologist (part-time) and pendant. Campaigner for action against anthropogenic global warming (AGW) and injustice in all its forms. Humanist, atheist, notoftenpist. Wannabe poet, writer and astronaut.

Feelings across the universe

Posted on May 19, 2013

Reblogged from Learning from Dogs: If you can’t feel it, you can’t write it! This saying was offered in a creative writing class that Jean and I attended when we were living in Payson, Arizona.  It came to me spontaneously … Continue reading →

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Darkwood: an appeal to fear

Posted on May 18, 2013

There are these three guys in Warsaw, Poland — Gustaw, Artur and Jakub — and they call themselves ‘Acid Wizard Studio‘. They’re developing a game called ‘Darkwood’ for the PC, Mac and Linux. They need help. And I’m not talking … Continue reading →

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Unsustainable Muse

Posted on May 16, 2013

Thanks to my brother, I’ve been introduced to Muse. Night 2 at the O2 Arena, London. Muse performing ‘Unsustainable’. All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy … Continue reading →

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Mitakuye Oyasin

Posted on May 4, 2013

Music: ‘Gran Canyon’ from ‘The Enchanting Sounds of North America’ by Higher Plain Drifting. Mitakuye Oyasin May the Fourth be with you.

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Where oceans meet

Posted on May 2, 2013

[ A heads-up after the event: Gail (of Wit's End) immediately leapt in with what I think is crucial input as soon as this post was published. So please do read the comments section below, too! ] I’ve recently been … Continue reading →

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Why we fail

Posted on May 1, 2013

24327 votes for: ‘Keep Dropbox simple. Just make sure it’s fast, robust, multiplatform and bug free. ‘ 59 votes for: ‘Go Green! Run your data centres with renewables!‘ Homo fatuus brutus doesn’t deserve to survive. Meanwhile, in other news… Leave … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Leopard

Posted on April 29, 2013

That clip was just in case you don’t know what is meant by the term ‘Schrödinger’s cat’. Moving on, then… … let’s do a quick species jump, to dogs (from whom, I’m reliably assured, we can learn a lot). And … Continue reading →

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Bee the change

Posted on April 25, 2013

Neonicotinoids are pesticides. The last time I checked, bees were not pests. On the contrary, bees are essential to our survival, as they and other insects pollinate the crops upon which we rely for our food. And yet our economic … Continue reading →

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Global warming, one day at a time

Posted on April 20, 2013

In this video presentation, Dan Gilbert presents four features that threats must have for humans to react to them decisively and instantly. These are: a face violation of moral sensibility clear and present danger fast rate of change We don’t … Continue reading →

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Occupy Love

Posted on April 16, 2013

About the film – Occupy Love

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