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Jared Kushner’s ‘developing’ dream. Opportunity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Nevertheless, true beauty is not relative and for the soulless, neither is opportunity — it is a heartless ‘fact’ to be shaped and hardened by greed. For while...
by mikeymikey
on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 08:03 AM PDT
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It’s simple, stop taking ‘candy’ from strangers. Curb your consumption & the rest will follow When I was growing up in the 1950s, most of us were taught not to accept candy from strangers — and not because candy isn’t good for you (that was a separate...
by mikeymikey
on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 08:14 AM PDT
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Climate Emergency teamwork is critical! Please support birches’ ‘Climate Strike’ series daily. Ironically, despite the ‘earth shattering’ and ongoing environmental catastrophes we are witnessing, our climate community is still the unloved child of DK,...
by mikeymikey
on Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 09:07 AM PDT
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Narcissism&Climate blame: Capitalism&Consumer ties vs Choices + the Monty Python ‘bunny’. Capitalism can be seen as an extreme form of human narcissism. Like narcissism, it is parasitic and has subversively infiltrated its nutrient-robbing tentacles...
by mikeymikey
on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 09:15 AM PDT
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There is a path out of this mess, if we’re willing to choose it (…and we can be!) Climate Reboots Note: I have not gone into detail about methods for implementing ‘reboots’, as I have extensively covered these in my January 2022 diary that first...
by mikeymikey
on Thu Aug 03, 2023 at 09:31 AM PDT
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Daily Update May 28th Organizing for DECF Did: Found out how we can access van for data collection Met with DECF RTCW Committee and van expert to learn van. Got access to VAN. I’ve been practicing making lists. Made lesson plan for thursday meeting and...
by Rachel Brown
on Sun May 28, 2023 at 03:08 PM PDT
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Daily Update May 19th Organizing for DECF Did: DECF RTCW Committee Meeting 1 Productive follow up meeting with Judy and Tiff; planning for canvassing activity and subcommittee meeting 1 this Thursday Send email invite To do: Find out how we can access...
by Rachel Brown
on Sat May 20, 2023 at 09:51 PM PDT
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Scroll past the bullet points to get to the diary. Organizing for DECF Did: Talked to Judy, sent her list so she and Tiff can call through the ones that didn’t answer To do: Meeting tomorrow Plan subcommittee meeting for Thursday Organizing...
by Rachel Brown
on Fri May 19, 2023 at 08:46 PM PDT
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Organizing progressives Did: To do: Solidify talking points with Cindy Organizing for Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Did: Called all the DECF county presidents to invite them to DECF RTCW Meeting 1 To do: Organize meeting 2 with Tiff, Judy,...
by Rachel Brown
on Thu May 18, 2023 at 08:29 PM PDT
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May 13th Update Organizing progressives Did: called 3 people: Chair of local dem party: learned that perhaps what I want is actually a progressive club. Got contact info of two others. former leader of local progressive caucus, Leader of state...
by Rachel Brown
on Sat May 13, 2023 at 06:51 PM PDT
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Today I felt like I had a balanced day. I published another journal (other than this one), I planted some pigeon pea trees with my friends in one of their backyards, I secured a job at dollar general (I need something easy while I study for my...
by Rachel Brown
on Fri May 12, 2023 at 08:56 AM PDT
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Once upon a time I was a republican. It was thanks to a handful of friends in my life that I realized I’m not a republican. If I believe that basic necessities like healthcare and housing should be something we all pool our resources together for then...
by Rachel Brown
on Thu May 11, 2023 at 02:44 PM PDT
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The Right to Clean Water has 5 months left to reach their goal of 1 million signatures. This is a really important cause that is underfunded. This amendment will change the FL constitution to include clean bodies of water as a right to all Floridians....
by Rachel Brown
on Mon May 08, 2023 at 10:48 AM PDT
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Throughout college I’ve done many jobs: taking drive through orders, seating people at fancy restaurants, shoveling mulch and planting Bromeliads, lifeguarding, giving campus tours and helping new students pick their classes, but the most meaningful...
by Rachel Brown
on Sun May 07, 2023 at 07:04 PM PDT
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I made a promise in my last diary that “I am going to take you to the ignition point of what is believed to be the largest contiguous forest fire in North America.” I should have course said, “in North American history.” The Chinchaga Fire, which...
by Nonlinear
on Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 10:29 PM PDT
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What’s happening in the PUGET Sound of Seattle Washington? Chemical blizzard entering Puget Sound from wastewater plants by John Ryan from NPR. Seattle . This chemical PFAS ( polyfluoroalkyl substances), is known to last for a long time in water, also...
by Rajwantee
on Tue Feb 07, 2023 at 03:01 PM PST
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Sacramento, CA — Despite California’s image as a “green” and “progressive state,” Big Oil and Big Gas continue to exert huge influence over California regulators in the promotion of carbon capture and storage as a “tool” to addressing climate change....
by Dan Bacher
on Tue Oct 25, 2022 at 11:38 AM PDT
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Climate crisis Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion: ‘We’ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It’s time to stand our ground’ Governments may say they’re doing all they can to halt ...
by Angmar
on Sun Oct 16, 2022 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Thirty sitting Republican senators publicly reject the science behind the climate crisis, so it’s hardly a surprise that GOP candidates in 11 key senate races—the outcome of which could mean big changes come 2023—take the same stance. It’s tempting, of...
by Meteor Blades
on Tue Sep 13, 2022 at 09:22 PM PDT
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With just two ocean-based wind farms, the U.S. is far behind other nations when it comes to installed offshore wind capacity. There’s the five 6-megawatt turbines of Block Island, Rhode Island, generating enough electricity to power about 17,000 homes,...
by Meteor Blades
on Wed Aug 17, 2022 at 07:23 PM PDT
with 113 Recommends
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