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Living in the jackpot

Posts about living in a time when everything is changing far faster than we can keep up.

Off track

From The Skimm newsletter today [https://www.theskimm.com/news/2021-10-26-1z8zCijCTYCnWKzCXNQzdY] > Yesterday, a UN report found that concentrations of greenhouse gases hit a record high last year. Even with a temporary slowdown of new emissions during the pandemic, carbon dioxide was almost 150% higher than pre-industrial levels. The report

A Myth About the Workforce in the 60s & 70s.

From an article in The Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com] titled The Great Resignation Is Accelerating, by Derek Thompson [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/derek-thompson/]. > You may have heard the story that in the golden age of American labor, 20th-century workers stayed in one job for 40 years and

Rain where?

It rained at the top of Greenland for the first time in recorded history [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/19/weather/greenland-summit-rain-climate-change/index.html] .

◎ Drafts №10 | Theses

Hi, Over the past few weeks that I've been writing ◎ Drafts, I've been thinking more and more about the ways that I can use psychoanalysis and social work that does not suck to engage with, and possibly change, the different ways that ideology (i.e., fundamental

Expanded NOT Expedited

The Skimm reports [https://www.theskimm.com/archive/2021-08-03]: > Yesterday, the State Dept said its expanding eligibility for Afghans seeking US refugee status. The new pathway creates an opportunity for thousands of Afghans who worked with the US during its nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan. BUT, (and this is

More Satellites (more CO2...)

Following up what I posted here [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/less-business-travel-means-less-co2-emissions/] about less business travel, Bryan Walsh writes [https://link.axios.com/click/24633212.414312/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3NwYWNlLXJhY2UtYmV6b3MtYnJhbnNvbi1uYXNhLTVjMTkzMTNlLTJjYzctNGQzNy1iZjVlLTAyODRlZDQzMjIzNi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0mc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46Bd60085ac] > Competition among

Less Business Travel Means Less CO2 Emissions

Erica Pandey writes [https://link.axios.com/click/24633212.414312/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2J1c2luZXNzLXRyYXZlbC1wb3N0LXBhbmRlbWljLWNvbWViYWNrLTA1YTA5YTMzLTMzZjYtNDc2Mi04OWVmLTZjNDdmYWI5MGIyNi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0mc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46Bb017625c] for Axios What's Next [https://link.axios.com/click/24633212.414312/aHR0cDovL2xpbmsuYXhpb3MuY29tL2pvaW4vd2hhdHNuZXh0LXNpZ251cD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR

In Myanmar

The Daily Skimm email newsletter reports that in Myanmar [https://www.theskimm.com/archive/2021-08-02], > [M]ilitary leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said 'hi, I'm prime minister now.' And extended the country's state of emergency until 2023 (up from 2022). In February, the

The jouissance of not 996?

From the NYTimes The Morning email newsletter [https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210802&instance_id=36887&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=56891994&segment_id=65126&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%

Every time we drive, or fly, or burn fossil fuel...

From Skimm’s [https://www.theskimm.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paidmedia&utm_campaign=Brand_Tier%201_Exact&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6ZOIBhDdARIsAMf8YyG7a6l84uitdgDCh7ZdwdWmFu21ikcgAW_iLyKYUEdNfMW6E7Gq-3caAp50EALw_wcB] daily newsletter. > Who should pump the brakes.. Americans. Yesterday, a new analysis found that the lifetime emissions of about three average Americans create