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You’re invited to change the world

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Symphony of Science

With thanks to Climate Denial Crock of the Week for the introduction to Melodysheep.

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There’s no tomorrow

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Portalmania

A while ago, I got ‘Portal’ from Valve Software. It was clever, and fun. But, I thought, a tad limited. Then I got the sequel: Portal 2. And now, I’m totally hooked. No escape!

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Stop, you fools—you’ll kill us all!

All truth passes through three states: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. And third, it is accepted as self-evident. So said Andrew Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788-1860) —...

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Chasing Ice: Fox News Fan Discovers Bill O'Reilly Lies About Climate Change

Reblogged from 350 or bust: Here’s a video that’s going viral. When I first watched it on Tuesday, it had just over 3,000 views. Late on Tuesday it was posted on DeSmogBlog.com , and when I saw it...

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It’s beginning to look a lot like…

… Christmas we (and our planet) aren’t just toast — we’re that acrid black stuff that you get when the toast is looking a tad anaemic, so you pop it back in for just a little longer, but then forget to...

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Less is more

The Sufficiency Economy — Envisioning a Prosperous Way Down By Dr. Samuel Alexander of the Simplicity Institute Reproduced in five parts with the permission of the author[1] on Learning from Dogs Part...

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24601 — To the barricades!

Only those who don’t grok large numbers are surprised by coincidences. Nevertheless, I watched Les Misérables (the 1995 10th anniversary edition at the Royal Albert Hall) the other night, and, soon...

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Despite Pleas In Doha, Our Governments Have Failed Us & Our Children

Reblogged from 350 or bust: The lead negotiator for the Philippines at the Climate Conference in Doha, Naderev Saño, could not keep back the tears as he made a passionate appeal for real action on...

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Yet more clueless software design

Dear Gail, Many thanks for your invitation to ‘SkillPages’. Unfortunately, the idiots who built this system have clearly not even done basic testing on their platform before releasing it into the wild....

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The end of the world is coming...

Reblogged from Wibble: The end of the world is coming… … it’s just late (like everything else). So, here we go with another year that is destined to be filled with doomsday prediction lunacy. The last...

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Bright ideas needed!

No batteries. No burning. No ongoing costs. Just light. GravityLight: lighting for developing countries, by deciwatt. Contributions welcome! (Note: the closing date of the funding appeal is Tuesday 15...

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Greenpeace - we told you this would happen

Reblogged from Lack of Environment: Latest email from Greenpeace: Our greatest fears about Shell’s incompetence in the Arctic are starting to be realised. The Kulluk – Shell’s creaking Arctic oil rig...

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Idle No More Challenges Canadians' Commitment to Truth & Reconciliation

Reblogged from 350 or bust: Photo: http://www.trcm.ca As I write this, Chief Theresa Spence of Attawapiskat Cree First Nation has been fasting for 28 days as she awaits a meeting with Canadian Prime...

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Does the denial industry have its teeth in GMO too?

I’ve been against the idea of tinkering with genes to create new things for people to eat for some considerable millennia (or so it seems). My objection is quite simple: though they may believe that...

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The planet?… no. We?… no. YOU need: you

Annie Leonard still waves her hands around far too much for my liking, but once I get past that and listen to what she’s saying, I find she’s still speaking a whole lot of sense. Self-interest seems...

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Where are our rich influential people?

Mixed metaphors can be fun. Me, I’d love to see an image depicting our society plummetting towards the edge of a cliff like lemmings in headless chicken mode. I’m almost tempted to take up the art of,...

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Flipping the coin

I recently read Guy McPherson’s book ‘Walking Away from Empire’. While I do recommend it, Guy is one of those who highlights the stupidity of homo fatuus brutus: here I am, going around trying to turn...

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Urgent appeal for green singers

I recently became a member of Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) (you, too, can join). Their communication feed may be a bit long in the tooth (but don’t knock it, it works!). I received the...

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