Diaries
Why does the climate crisis appear hopeless? A critique of Nathaniel Rich's NYT piece
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 5:03pmClimate change appears to be a hopeless spiral into ever-hotter temperatures, with eventual outcomes being crop failure, release of methane clathrates from permafrost and from ocean floors and the transformation of Earth into a planet of Venus-lite, dead to the universe.
The Evening Blues - 8-3-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 3:34pmA tale of two job markets
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 1:49pmThe US manufacturing job market hasn't been this strong in over 20 years, goes the Business Insider headline from today.
Plus, the picture of Trump in a hardhat.
What has actually happened is a continuation of shitty job creation, rather than the "strong job market" that the news media keeps telling us.
Assange well supported by Virginia State Senator Black
Submitted by Linda Wood on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 12:48pmState Senator Richard Black has written an excellent piece in support of Julian Assange and Wikileaks this week at Consortium news:
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/07/31/virginia-state-senator-in-rare-sup...
Virginia State Senator in Rare Support by Politician for Assange
July 31, 2018
Big Money predicts the Dems take the House
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:51amWe aren't even done with the primaries yet, but Wall Street has begun betting on the results.
US money to support Afghan irrigation ‘helped’ poppy cultivation – watchdog
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:43amThe treasure we’ve lost, both in lives and money, is obscene. The corruption and graft this has stolen our children’s and our grandchildren’s futures.
US money to support Afghan irrigation ‘helped’ poppy cultivation – watchdog
Published time: 3 Aug, 2018 12:17*
The Logos of Terpsichore
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 8:34amAs the world shakes and rumbles beneath the feet,
the spinning top retains its balance,
The external motion having no purchase upon
its dance, energy imparted that will be completed
and so I act the toy.
Let the cruel marvel at my motions and beat,
let my hands weave patterns they interpret
as the flap of a wing, or the flow of water.
Open Thread - Friday, August 3, 2018
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 3:20amThere was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars .
- Jack Kerouac -
Twenty-four days, eight thousand miles, nine national parks and more than a dozen high mountain passes, but alas my indulgent adventure has come to an funkin' end.
what’s life like in your town?
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 5:03pm
…either figuratively, literally, or both.