Tag: environment
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If you want to know how things are going to be, look at how they are.
Mexico. May 2024. Mexico is struggling amid record-high temperatures and a severe drought. Water is being trucked into service hospitals and essential services. In protest of “intolerable” working conditions and lack of water in their barracks, the police themselves manned a protest blockade and blocked traffic. Meanwhile, in other species, a large number of Howler…
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Mantis
Sitting outside in the late Autumn sun I didn’t even notice this little green dude as he somehow made his way out onto my forearm. He finally snagged my attention with fore-claw air guitar semaphore and some sort of funky Mantis beat-bobbing. I watch his dance moves for a bit, amazed when he stops and…
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Bus stop update
I originally posted about our local bus stop here. On a recent walk, I met the man behind the aesthetic upgrade. Turns out he is on a mission to bring a little splendiferousness to our suburb. We chatted for a while, and spent some time vacillating over the correct shade of grey to paint the…
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Climate emergency: no soup for you.
Recently I became angry watching a news report about a group of ‘kids’ who allegedly threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery in London. That is just vandalism, I thought. And although I am super duper sympathetic to the cause of raising awareness of the climate emergency….defacing precious art is…
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There is no snooze button on the doomsday clock.
Midnight.This worldtips over. Last night I read that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has had its power cut for the second time this week, leaving it to rely on backup diesel generators (they have 10 days of fuel) to prevent any nuclear catastrophe. The plant is currently surrounded by Russian forces, whilst Putin continues to…
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Tis the season, of Gymnorhina tibicen.
I’m sure you have noticed. An arousing homeopathic tease of spring in the air. Days are just that little bit warmer, the sunsets are sneaking out just that little bit later, and buds are all popcorn on the stove.But of course, it is just a tease, and no doubt it will backslide to winter for…
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Is there something inside a fish other than fillets?
This article published in Aeon looks at the question of sentience in fish. In me at least, when I really stop and think about it, this raises a creeping feeling of unease. There is definitely an increasing body of evidence that challenges our sapien-centric claim to being the consciousness boss of things around here. If…
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