“A Message From the Future II: the Years of Repair,” released on October 1, 2020, imagines a future in which humans endure COVID-23 in refugee camps amid increasing climate devastation. But in the film, collective action changes the world for the better, creating greener, decolonized, and mo[...]
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
October 4th, 2020 - 8:35 am § in Environment, Science
Using whale songs to warn ships
The Santa Barbara Channel serves the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, making it a busy shipping lane. Several whale species, including giant blue whales, use it as a migration route. Because of that, ships collide with whales in the Channel about half a dozen times a year, usually with fatal conseq[...]
October 2nd, 2020 - 11:31 pm § in America, Economics, Environment, Hypocrisy, Politics, Racism, Religion
“Defeat the Right in Three Minutes” by Conceptual Guerilla
Introduction: This article is a classic I first read many years ago. It’s still on the internet, but getting harder to find, so I decided to archive it on this blog to help preserve it. I hope the author doesn’t mind (I’m pretty sure he won’t). This version came from a third-[...]
September 29th, 2020 - 10:00 am § in Environment, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Religion, Science
Can we all get along?
This article is liberal commentary. Probably not. It’s a lovely idea, but human beings have never gotten along, and probably never will. We’re more likely to eventually blow ourselves up. People don’t want to get along. We’ve sorted ourselves into tribes, and people want to f[...]
September 26th, 2020 - 8:46 pm § in Environment, Misc.
“Hillbilly Brigade” of amateur firefighters saves Oregon town
State fire officials call it “a miracle.” When Molalla, Oregon, was threatened by a huge wildlife, the state and federal agencies could spare no resources to help the local fire department of 13 firefighters and 33 volunteers. It looked hopeless. Then the cavalry arrived. More than 1,200[...]
Fire threatens Mt. Wilson observatory
A brush fire authorities called “suspicious” is burning near California’s Mount Wilson observatory, and a charred body believed to be that of a teenager who’d threatened self-harm was found in the area. Read story here. The observatory, which houses multiple telescopes, inclu[...]
Trump’s war on science
“A defining trait of Donald Trump’s presidency is his incessant destruction of reason, evidence and science in the service of his personal whims, conspiratorial mindset and political requirements.” Read story here Huge chunk of Greenland ice sheet breaks off Read story here Return to The-Ave.[...]
September 12th, 2020 - 1:35 pm § in Environment
Cities with worst air quality
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September 11th, 2020 - 8:59 pm § in Environment
Smoky Seattle
Massive wildfire smoke plumes are blowing onshore, blanketing the Pacific Northwest in smog. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]