energy/environment/media/culture; writer; occasional podcaster; improv philosopher; aspiring hyposubject
petropolis, TX
Joined April 2008
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New Cultures of Energy pod! We talk to @CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent @BillWeirCNN about climate storytelling and his fantastic new book Life as We Know It (Can Be). Please listen, share and enjoy! tinyurl.com/ydb4ft5v @cymenehowe @4sweb @culanth @RiceUNews
dear friends living in Georgia -- you've got a really important election coming up with a chance to take more democratic control over your power system. please listen to this podcast with all the details.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… thanks!! D
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Did you know that already more than 1000 glaciers have disappeared in Switzerland over the last 50 years as a consequence of human-caused climate change?
One of those is Pizolgletscher which I visited today. Always a saddening yet impressive sight...
New Cultures of Energy pod with the always brilliant @RoyScranton vv
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For those of you still following, had a great chat with @DominicBoyer and @CymeneHowe for the Cultures of Energy podcast. Have a listen! @Enviro_Ant
@env_and_society @EthicsEnergy
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Join us Wed., Nov. 27, 4–5 pm (UK time) for the next Critical Conversations in Environmental Humanities series: “Elements and Energies” w/ @CymeneHowe & @DominicBoyer (@RiceUniversity). Co-organized w/ @jpinheirodias. Register for Zoom link: sas.ac.uk/news-events/events…
For obvious reasons, things are really hopping over at Bluesky now. If you've been thinking of shifting over this is a great time to do so. You'll be welcomed with open arms. Encourage the folks you like here to come too. Find me @dominicboyer.bsky.social
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If you're upset at the Washington Post and LA Times being controlled by billionaires, consider following independent journalists. Legacy media has been on the downswing for a while now, and there are really amazing people stepping in and doing the work themselves.
A list:
Hey @washingtonpost just cancelled my subscription. Democracy dies in darkness. npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-516…
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NEWS
The editor of the Los Angeles Times editorial page has resigned after the owner blocked the editorial board from moving forward with an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent. In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.”
@sewellchan reports
Full Story: bit.ly/3BTyDDB
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Blackstone is now the largest corporate landlord on Earth with over 300,000 homes in the U.S.
Billionaires and corporations have bought millions of homes and either raised rents or left them as empty investments.
There are 16 million vacant houses—28 for every homeless person.
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For #Solar Friends in the US & UK and elsewhere:
In a significant move towards sustainable living, #renters and #condominium owners across #Germany now have the legal right to install #solarpanels on their balconies.
balkon.solar/news/2024/10/17…
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ABSOLUTION is here! The surprise fourth volume in @jeffvandermeer's Southern Reach series—and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time. bit.ly/4dWe3Q3
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Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty' apnews.com/article/faith-env…
Join us this morning to talk about teaching energy democracy!
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if only scientists had been predicting this
ALT headline: Rising disaster costs leave U.S. confronting fiscal risks of climate change
Send this short primer on bullshits jobs to ur fave administrator justincase they might be abetting this process via meaningless spirit-killing tasks and taskmasters. Bureaucracy is such a devious stopgap for the care (and leisure!) everyone deserves youtube.com/watch?v=utdDB10u…