William J.

"You will never find Justice in a world where criminals make the rules." ~ Bob Marley

Global warming caused by humans is an observed fact. Yes, science still needs to learn more, but it's no more in overall doubt than the theory of gravity. And it's bad. Willful ignorance, enforced by those who choose to deny science, is an existential threat to our civilization.

Let’s stop calling them ‘medical miracles’, let’s instead call them, SCIENCE. Keep your miracles for your books of fantasy and fairy tales.

"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”

Hannah Arendt

1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.

It’s that simple.

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

- Carl Sagan

“You cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.”

President John F. Kennedy

While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

Wispy pale pink clouds suspended in a sky that is nearly inky black, framed by silhouettes of tall eucalypts on each side. The moon is a small bright dot amongst the clouds.

It's so beautiful when the sky is rapidly darkening but the clouds still hold the last light from the sun. And the moon amongst them 🤗🌛

"I have never wished a man dead. But have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Mark Twain

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.

Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

Walking around the wooded areas of Shipley is a timely reminder of the healing power of trees. As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair.

🌳 Walking the Shipley woodlands is a reminder of the healing power of trees

As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair

By Alex Mair
@alexmairyorks.bsky.social

To quote FDR: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…

If “fact checking” is preventing your free speech.

Then what is actually being prevented, is you being a liar.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.

Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid

Journal Investigates uncovered that over 135,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by data centre generators over the last five year - more than 33,000 cars
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
#GE24 #SpeirGorm #Climate

Hi back-gardeners! Planted Nola potatoes this year as a late outdoor crop. Vigorous stalks but ultimately a poor-ish yield. Is this typical of this variety? Better alternatives?
#Gardening
#Potatoes

Has anyone grown bean varieties such as Good Mother Stallard or Vaquero in Ireland? Any other heritage beans you might recommend for this climate zone?
#Gardening