Monthly Archives: December 2019
The gaudy-hued beast
When you wake up in the morning to news of four people who allegedly raped a woman having been shot to death by the police, it’s hard not to ask yourself what kind of country this is. It’s even harder … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged cynicism, extra-judicial killing, failure, journalism, mental health, misanthropy, relevance, reward mechanism, The Wire
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A windier world
A new paper in Nature Climate Change reports a reversal in “terrestrial stilling” since 2010 – i.e. global wind speeds, thought to be in decline thanks to deforestation and real estate development, actually stopped slowing around 2010 and have been … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, plastic, steel, terrestrial stilling, wind energy, wind turbine
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