Tag Archives: stupid

Which virus is worse?

Posted on March 14, 2020 by pendantry

I’ve been looking for a way to write about the coronavirus situation… but without writing about it. Everyone and his dog is on the former bandwagon at the moment, and the last thing I want to do is to add … Continue reading →

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Are corporations psychopaths?

Posted on March 11, 2020 by pendantry

In my reblog of Paul Handover’s post a couple of days ago I made a comment about the ‘psychopathic creed of the corporations: profit at any cost‘. I’d like to back that up with some facts…. Here’s a definition of … Continue reading →

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I should have known better…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by pendantry

… than to believe that what was once free would stay free, without a contract signed in blood. I’ve been away a while now, and what do I find when I drop by? Most of the imagery on my blog … Continue reading →

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The awakening of homo fatuus brutus

Posted on February 3, 2016 by pendantry

The idea of gaining acceptance for a change of species name for humanity is all but impossible — and yet, at the same time, totally necessary. Continue reading →

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How Man’s Effect On Nature Will Change Your Life

Posted on January 9, 2016 by pendantry

Further musings on the absurd antics of the dominant extant species on the only life-bearing planet known to said species. Continue reading →

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The scientists are wrong

Posted on August 22, 2013 by pendantry

I think that the above is a pretty good indication that now is the perfect time to declare A Large Crisis. In fact, if you’ve got a moment, it’s a twelve-storey crisis with a magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, twenty-four-hour … Continue reading →

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No Plan(et) B.

Posted on June 3, 2013 by pendantry

We’re currently using 1.5 Earths; the only Planet B (and C) we currently know of are 1,200 light-years away… I saw the image above in the Earth Overshoot Day Media Backgrounder at Global Footprint Network and it made me wonder … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play… cut down a tree today

Posted on May 23, 2013 by pendantry

EXT. DENSE WOODLAND – DAWN Mist swirls amidst the trunks of the trees of an ancient forest. BURLY MAN arrives, clearly a lumberjack, armed with a large axe. He chops down a tree. FADE OUT FADE IN The sun rises. … Continue reading →

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Why we fail

Posted on May 1, 2013 by pendantry

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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Bee the change

Posted on April 25, 2013 by pendantry

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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