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Category Archives: People
The Anti-Democracy Movement Run Amok
Originally posted on Filosofa's Word:
As I lay in bed at 5:30 this morning seeking that elusive thing called sleep, I received an email with Robert Reich’s latest newsletter. Despite my better judgment, I started reading the piece and…
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, News and politics, People, Reblogs
Tagged billionaires, injustice, politics
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The writings of Chat Qu’éspire
About four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare was born and died in the Aprils of two successive centuries. As I sit here putting the final touches to this post, it’s the last day of this year’s April; the first day … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Just for laughs, People, Phlyarology, Poetry
Tagged Chat Qu'éspire, Dead cat, Terrible poetry, William Shakespeare
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Towel Day 2022 kicks off in 101010* days
* There are 10 kinds of people: those who grok binary, and those who don’t.‡ As at the date of publication of this post, the number of days remaining until Towel Day 2022 is, coincidentally, also The Answer to The … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Fantasy, Just for laughs, People, Phlyarology, Science Fiction, Tributes
Tagged #towelday, 42, Douglas Adams, HHG2TG, HHGTTG, Pink Floyd, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Towel Day
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Greens celebrate House of Lords defeat of draconian government ideas
Originally posted on Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb:
The House of Lords inflicted a staggering 14 defeats on the government in one historic evening, with a further 5 government amendments being withdrawn. The Lords seized their chance to reject most of…
Posted in News and politics, People, Reblogs
Tagged #PoliceBill, House of Lords, Jenny Jones
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Oligarchy: a sickness at the heart of British democracy
I’m wondering how long it will be before the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, currently with the House of Lords, is used not just against peaceful protests in the streets but also to silence those who would speak out … Continue reading
The Galaxy Song, revisited
Three days shy of a decade ago, I published a post entitled ‘A little perspective for the new year‘, which featured ‘The Galaxy Song’ from Monty Python‘s The Meaning of Life. I considered waiting another three days before posting this … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Brian Cox, Eric Idle, Galaxy Song, Monty Python, Wonders of Life
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Ten new insights in climate science (Johan Rockström at #COP26)
We are on average, moving towards four degrees warming this century. And we haven’t been in a four-degree warmer world for the past four million years. So it’s not as if it’s a place we know very well. Johan Rockström … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, People, Strategy
Tagged Change, climate change, environment, Johan Rockström
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Wellbeing Economy approach to meeting climate goals
Half an hour from now, Caroline Lucas MP is scheduled to lead a Westminster Hall debate on ‘a Wellbeing Economy approach to meeting climate goals‘. I was invited to offer my thoughts to her on this topic (because I signed … Continue reading
Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan’s marvellous, awe-inspiring ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech puts Life, the Universe, and Everything* into perspective.
“Be humble, for you are made of dung. Be noble, for you are made of stars.” – Serbian proverb
* Carl would have been 86 now. Which is 42 (in base 21). Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Core thought, People, Tributes
Tagged Carl Sagan, Earth, Pale Blue Dot, transcription
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The implausible green star hunter
None of us will ever forget the day we saw it. Though we may live to regret having done so. We weren’t looking for it, as such – naturally not: why would one deliberately try to find something that can’t … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Fantasy, Flash fiction, People, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged aliens, astronomy, David Kipping, green, green star, Kermit, little green men, technosignature, transcription
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