It’s November here in the UK; it’s chilly, but still unseasonably warm. I’m no botanist, but this rosemary bush seems to think something’s odd, too…
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It’s not only time to redefine normality, but it’s time to revisit MORALITY.
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Indeed. Well said!
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The Economist cover for the week of November 5th has a picture of the world with an arrow through it and the heading SAY GOODBYE TO 1.5 C and the subheading: Why climate policy is off target. It’s a grim read!
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Though it doesn’t feature that image, I think you’re referring to this article.
It is indeed a grim read. I’m reminded of a quote from Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins (p17; my bold):
… and then World War I happened, and the distraction it caused allowed the question of pollution to be quietly forgotten; I’ve long wondered whether that was more than just coincidence.
Here we are again, over a century later, and I now wonder whether Putin &co have watched as the nations of the globe dither, seen the writing on the wall, and are attempting a land-grab so as to have more resources to (IMO futilely) survive the coming collapse….
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And just to increase one’s gloom about where things are going, yesterday I read that since 1950 the world’s population has TRIPLED! So when I was 8 years old we had a population of 2.67 people! Now we are 8 billion people!
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“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” – Professor Albert Bartlett.
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Prof. Bartlett got it in one!
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And yet, despite proof, so many people are in denial.
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I believe it’s all down to cognitive dissonance. When faced with facts that contradict an internal model of the world you’ve built up throughout your life, it’s extremely difficult to accept that your worldview can be wrong.
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Yes lots of flowers not supposed to be still flowering here in England. I have spring bulbs already poking their heads up, I have primroses out and a Hollyhock flowering along with Shamrock still in flower… The weather is as confused as we are. :-) Great pictures
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I’m a bit surprised that my dwarf horse chestnut tree hasn’t budded twice this year, as it did three or four years ago. A couple of its winter buds did start to show green, but it seems to have changed its mind. Maybe it’s learned its lesson? (– if only we would!)
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Yes if only we would so agree..
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That has to be the cutest groundhog I’ve ever seen!!!
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Wait, what? … ah, I think I see: ‘normality’? Nice one, Jill; nice one. You nearly had me going!
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🤣 Mission accomplished! Have a good day, my friend!
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I see Denmark just copped a downfall of snow so wondering if the Rosemary bush has been set right about the seasons, now?
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