A good thought, and an attempted homecoming.

It's been a long pause. I've been dragged through many knotholes and learned many new things that I did not want to know.

Now that there is a prospect for less turbulent times, the need for me at this other task is lower and I'm seeking out my original motives. If you like this blog and want me to write more, please have patience while I attempt a transition. 

In the meantime: 

Through the howling halls of the Social Media Nightmare came this missive from a friend. I liked it and decided to post it.

This is from a friend’s FB page, common sense guidelines to keep in mind:

“Huge numbers of our population believe in a complete alternate reality. Alternate facts as it were. But just as intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded. Maybe I am. So how can I be confident in my perception? It can be quite difficult. But I have found that in times of confusion, particularly when emotions are running high and creating tunnel vision, the presence of Nazis can be an extremely helpful indicator. If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, miscellaneous-Nazis or the latest-whatever-uber-mythology-Nazis, I figure out which side they are on. And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side. It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi. Look to my right. Is there a guy wearing a 6MWE (6 million wasn’t enough) t-shirt? I am on the wrong side. Look to my left. If that guy is wearing a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt? Wrong side. Speakers referring to things Hitler got right? Wrong side. Team-spirit face paint and hat with horns? This is an unclear indicator that could mean anything but safest to keep my distance from that guy even at a football game. But I can always, always, always, rely on the presence of Nazis as a guiding light through a fog of disinformation. Some things are relative, but evil and good are absolute.

I will add that the presence of the confederate flag is another huge, flashing warning sign. (Feel free to copy/paste)

I took them at their word, and did so :)

And because of the unrequested visitors last week, this is one of the consequences.

https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1349386390291828744

Sleeping hard at the Capitol.

 

To my family, friends, friends of my friends, and anyone else who feels like they have a stake in their own future, please read and watch this.

The IPCC, a part of the UN created specifically to provide science and policy to the entire world, has just released Working Group II's report on the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability from Climate Change. The IPCC was set up in 1988, with full endorsement from Presidents Reagan and Bush (no, not W). The term Climate Change was felt to be more accurate than Global Warming, in spite of the push from the press. No, it's not something that 'them damned liberals' invented because there was no Global Warming.

Having learned their lesson from the last 4 Assessment Reports, Working Group II has revised their reporting format to make things easier for non-specialists to understand. One of those improvements is a video designed to be seen by anyone who has access to a computer.

Please take time to watch the video, it's about 12 minutes and it's worth 12 minutes of your time, somewhere in the immediate future, to understand what is confronting us, and our children.