"Republicans’ Closing Message: We Lie to You
Fear wasn’t enough, so they are campaigning on falsehoods.
...political lies are the campaign now. Republicans no longer use lies as a defensive tool to escape political jams. Spewing falsehoods is now an offensive tactic they all learned from Trump, what Steve Bannon calls “flood[ing] the zone with shit.”

Trump isn’t likely to stop, and neither is Vance.

Prepare yourself for this ugly reality: Every Republican in elected office will be expected to go out and lie again if Trump loses on November 5. And they will do it, even if it causes violence." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republican-closing-message-2024-we-lie-to-you


#photo #meme #politics #women #power #patriarchy #Kamala #USPol #climatechange #permaculture

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#permaculture #information #design

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Want new plants to succeed in #dryland conditions? Consider this 'deluxe zai hole'. #permaculture #gardening

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#AndrewMillison has a new video about how he made a #polyculture paradise on a small 1/3 acre lot in Western #Oregon: #permaculture #UrbanPermaculture #design #video https://youtu.be/b5Xgw_DqmEw


When lawyers get anxious, they get active? Apply more heat.
Amy Siskind 🏳🌈
reports:
"A bipartisan American Bar Association task force is calling on lawyers across the country to do more to help protect democracy ahead of the 2024 election, warning the nation faces a serious threat in “rising authoritarianism.”"


The Permaculture Institutes Annual #Design Contest returns in September!!

Submit your best #Permaculture designs for the chance to win Cash Prizes.

https://pina.in/pina-permaculture-design-challenge/
#agroforestry #ecology #gardening

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Downloadable PDF, Illustrated #Agroforestry guides, in 13 different languages.
https://agroflorestaemquadrinhos.wordpress.com/english/
#permaculture


It took two years from seed to #flower...but it was worth it. These pure white foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora)
Also the latest addition to the urbanite #landscaping project. #permaculture

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Cow’s Milk Containing Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus — Heat Inactivation and Infectivity in Mice
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2405495?


A newly favorite perennial #plant that's hardy into Zone 5, drought tolerant, sand tolerant, has edible seeds, beautiful flowers, & you can make linen out of its fibers: #Flax, Linum perenne. More people should grow it.

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Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, #Michigan’s largest #egg producer, says it will lay off 400 employees in Ionia County as it deals with [the economic results of] an outbreak of #BirdFlu [in farm animals].

https://youtu.be/ZASDlUiaZ0E


nostr:npub1scrtmdrspxks7h3s0gz45uagynxaz7ueqfex0ynsvpyk7p7se42ql3teus
The Repair Manifesto. Available in many languages: https://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

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I just bought 2 lbs. of organic cocoa powder for $30. This may be the last time I can find it this cheap.
"Cocoa is currently more expensive than copper, its price having soared 60% this month alone. Demand for the crop is expected to grow by more than 4% a year this decade but bad harvests in west Africa mean chocolate makers are scrambling for scarce beans."
https://theconversation.com/easter-eggs-are-more-expensive-this-year-and-climate-change-may-be-a-culprit-226183?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon


2/ ""Forests harbor some 80% of the world’s terrestrial #biodiversity; they support more than a billion people with food, shelter, income, & #energy. And they provide ¾ of the world’s accessible freshwater. Containing over half of the global #carbon stock in #soils & vegetation, forests also support us in combating #climate change." https://www.cbd.int/article/world-forest-day-2024


#Permaculture instructor #AndrewMillison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of #Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of #Africa that is harvesting #rainwater, increasing #food security, & rehabilitating the #ecosystem. #restoration https://youtu.be/WCli0gyNwL0


Thanks nostr:npub1a44k3ck3f9lelyhdcp6t97e5hsaaglp246z9f92lppeeez4c0vzqz0f9rp for publishing this story about Radical Oakland #Permaculture
Permaculture instructor #AndrewMillison journeys to East Oakland, #California, to visit the legendary plant nursery Planting Justice, which primarily hires formerly incarcerated people. They provide a fair wage & benefits to former #prisoners with unbelievable results: a 2% recidivism rate, compared to 60% for the State of California.

The nursery itself has an incredible #diversity of edible and useful #plant species & varieties, custom selected to grow an epic permaculture #garden.
https://youtu.be/_HtYKgXT774


nostr:npub1zt30rymrqvm3vtdxq4wnknpsy6arkzcttkehwqttympk7ww7ezfqqg0v09 Generally it's for nematodes, says my local garlic guy.


nostr:npub1jdtw5z5k0uxuch9pf9rwrcalf8wq4pmdd0hurq45v37v0ekqh9fsxhcdh4 Scene: Elon. Gun. Rock. Ricochet. Karma balanced.


The idolatry of selfie-ness.

"Monument to the new generation"
by Anna Uddenberg (Sweden), Berlin Biennale 2016

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nostr:npub17x7nadxsvzet55g0e5xq5aeyn7l7m9f8nny6rw57runy2w0ltu0szfnaa8 Here's an example of an expandable sandal, 'Expandals', at https://grofive.com/collections/all-expandals

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"Warming has been shown to be a driver of shrinking surface area of wetlands Alaska is becoming a much woodier place as lakes and ponds are encroached upon or replaced by shrubs and trees.
One thing is certain, however, the vegetation changes instigated by a warming and changing climate will exert consequential and far-reaching influences on most of Alaska’s biota including invertebrates, birds, mammals, and humans, among others. This is because plants form the energetic foundations of terrestrial ecosystems (they are the primary base of all food webs) and define the primary structural elements of habitat for most animal species."

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We think of vegetation as stationary and remaining pretty constant. Usually that is true, but  when you look closer, especially over long periods, you see how vegetation changes. This article summarizes some of the major changes  we are seeing in Alaska's vegetation communities.
"A survey of the recent #ecological literature reveals that #Alaska’s vegetation is already responding in myriad ways to our changing #climate  with profound consequences for resident biota. There is copious evidence for both process-related and structural changes being manifested with important and lasting implications for both humans and Alaska’s #ecosystems."  https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/aps-22-1-3.htm


A straight line of closely spaced sapling maples twice as tall as me paralleling the curb at the intersection of it and the asphalt. A groundcover of seedling maples sprouts beneath their dappled shade.

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There must have been a grandmother maple nearby as they form the dominant tree species at the current stage of the #rewilding.

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It's been a few years. I need to go back for new photos. These two show ants using the advancing mossy shade of adolescent maples. Grasses in the asphalt cracks make dams to slow water and collect organic debris. The second is a closeup of the ant highways that tunnel under moss and accumulated leaf duff.

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When drains clog, #rewilding begins...and all drains clog sooner or later.

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Maples erupting through the cracks at the edge between the pavement and the curb.

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From my #rewilding files. An asphalt drive at an abandoned parking lot at a rest stop in W. Michigan, being reclaimed by Life.

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nostr:npub1cjau3cgpfuavp954a42zl84t47l8aal9m7unwenwjeu5mz36tdgstsrqkq Here's a  photograph of #moss and an #ant colony advancing over the cracking asphalt of an abandoned rest area parking lot in Michigan. From my #restoration / #rewilding files.

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nostr:npub14vj7x5az3gcu0n5n4y27qzqyldtg986s2h2h9w2addy3sl7ryrmsfvzx2q Right. Earthquakes, added, would also shift the map.


I get it. NO ONE WANTS TO THINK IT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM.  But it absolutely can.  You can pick the most perfect place, where you hope you will not be impacted by X or Y #disaster and it will still happen.  Because this extreme #weather is something different.  And it is only going to get worse."


I get it. NO ONE WANTS TO THINK IT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM.  But it absolutely can.  You can pick the most perfect place, where you hope you will not be impacted by X or Y #disaster & it will still happen.  Because this extreme #weather is something different.  And it is only going to get worse."


11. You probably live in your town for a reason - the great schools, the friendly neighbors, the cute little downtown, or the great city resources, the awesome library, the low taxes.  Now, the flood comes.  Half your neighbors houses were flooded, and now they have mold and long term damage.  They have to move out, move away.  The houses can't be sold, because no one wants the remediation problem.  So now your street has six empty houses on it.  Half the businesses were flooded.  The first week they all say they will rebuild, but a lot won't - they'll move away.  Empty storefronts.  Oh, and look, the wing in the school where your kid gets speech services flooded, and now there's no speech for six months.
12. Your property values will be impacted for a decade or more.  Your beautiful, dry house on a hill just lost half its value, because even though your house is dry, no one wants to buy in a disaster zone.  Hopefully, now you aren't underwater...on your mortgage...


9. Do you have homeowners insurance?  Because your insurance rates are going to go way, way up.  Or, the insurers may refuse to insure anyone in the region at all.  Does it matter that your house didn't flood?  Nope.
10. Flooding picks up every contaminant from sewage to chemicals to PCBS and dumps them everywhere.  Even if you didn't flood, your soil may now be contaminated, your water may not be safe for weeks, & you may be dealing with chemical aftereffects for years...


3. Being on a hillside during a severe flooding event can be a disaster, as your home begins moving downhill with the water.
4. People on hills still need roads.  Flooding can leave you isolated in your home, with no way to get out.
5. People on hills still need the grid, and running water.  Those things can be undermined by severe flooding.  Is all the infrastructure on hills?  Do all the repair people live on hills?
6. People on hills have friends, family and loved ones who do not live on hills.  Watching your neighbors drowning or standing on their roofs is not fun.
8. Most downtowns are...well, down on the flatlands of most towns (not all) which means the local businesses you rely on may not be open.  Do you need groceries?  Medications?  Banking?  Schools?  Hospitals?  Do you care about your local economy?  The people most likely to be driven out of business are the small business owners and farmers who can't afford to lose everything...


Sharon Astyk wrote from her home in NY:

"So yesterday I reminded people we are ALL facing regular #flooding events, & of course, a lot of people responded with why that doesn't mean them personally.  I get it - I live up on a hill too, quite intentionally.  The odds of my personal space flooding ARE lower than my neighbors down the hill.  However, that's not really the point.
Having lived through a massive flooding event (Hurricane Irene) up above the worst areas, let's talk about what it is like EVEN for people whose houses don't flood - & why even people on hillsides can have problems.
1. First, being high above sea level does not necessarily mean water will not cause flooding.  Sewer backups, can happen even on hills - the water will go where it is most convenient to flow, & it may be more convenient to back into your basement than anywhere else.
2. If the water comes down fast enough, even places that are quite elevated can still have flooding. Also places above YOU may send water in your direction....


Avoid the zombies.

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'Challenge Accepted': Mehdi Hasan Checks Elon Musk's Wild Claim About Hate Speech
The MSNBC host dropped receipts to show a rise in hateful content on the site formerly known as Twitter since Musk's $44 billion acquisition last year. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mehdi-hasan-elon-musk-hate-speech-twitter-x_n_65167b29e4b0e237dcdfbbc4


Sycamore Gap: Cut down tree could regrow shoots, experts say. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66957589


nostr:npub12n4rk4ghvwxnrcsf2arv2r07kletfqwhcamcdux6vmj0f627fplqttpphu Here's an example of multistemmed stump regrowth trimmed back to a two trunk to stimulate accelerated and healthier growth that won't be in conflict with itself.

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nostr:npub12n4rk4ghvwxnrcsf2arv2r07kletfqwhcamcdux6vmj0f627fplqttpphu No it won't, not for a long time. Though, if it will sprout, it needs careful management. The coppice below is ancient and many-stemmed. Trimmed to one stem, the growth can be amazing. I hope they don't remove the stump until they know for certain that it can regrow. That it has struck such a nerve may help more people to care about the fate of trees, like the burned banyan in Maui.

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While it's very sad that the #sycamore on #Hadrian's wall was cut down, the good news is that the root system is still intact and will send up regrowth shoots. Selectively prune the '#coppice' to one stem and it will come back rapidly.

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Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Female Senator, Dead At 90 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dianne-feinstein-dead_n_59005a7fe4b081a5c0f8dd92


nostr:npub1hz335pdw2xcct62qm57u8ea2wqc3a4wj8cgqf24kspjvjw2k26xqtpmtrv FYI, the URL (without the hyphen) took me to a Chinese site. I learned the actual URL is http://marigold-society.com/


nostr:npub14hals7mg55wgdj0lwv3p2th0lk5jz9whseagcqkcjamvqqmlf4fsckpqf0 By pink soba, do you mean this buckwheat? They grow quite well in our Zone 5b climate. https://www.rareseeds.com/buckwheat-rose-red-soba


"Kim Stanley Robinson urges us to imagine the series of actions that could save the world and achieve the future we want, rather than the future we’re bumbling toward. His latest novel, The Ministry for the Future, is a must-read for #climate activists and of real significance to the climate movement. But it’s a good read for anyone, and a riveting fictional introduction to the task of pulling back global warming, the ultimate true-life adventure of our time." https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/08/26/imagine-climate-solutions-book#Echobox=1695892745


"The shortest, most correct answer is: nowhere is safe from climate change." https://medium.com/@climatesurvivor/where-should-i-move-to-avoid-climate-change-4021dd39fc7d

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nostr:npub1x2hupu3dqeekswk4smr28py3mmkxf5yvfjg8l90rxln6439hhnqqtpmgua An image search for the other image brought me to this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/greeningthedesert2/photos/a.785635634885211/5313533435428719/?type=3&locale=ms_MY


nostr:npub1x2hupu3dqeekswk4smr28py3mmkxf5yvfjg8l90rxln6439hhnqqtpmgua I did an image search and found this source with this caption: "The energy embodied in the production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, and consumption of a box of cereal. The lines colored red (oil), blue (natural gas), and electricity (yellow) conceptually illustrate the accumulation of embodied energy and are not correlated to specific values. Source: Post Carbon Institute" https://education.resilience.org/present-food-system/


The image on the right was derived from the original illustrations in Bill Mollison's Permaculture Designers Manual.

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nostr:npub1x2hupu3dqeekswk4smr28py3mmkxf5yvfjg8l90rxln6439hhnqqtpmgua I found both of these on Facebook long ago. An image search might bring up the origins.
The images are both stories about energy. If they are anti-anything they are anti-overconsumption. Also pro-living within the planet's solar budget.


nostr:npub1lfcyftw7pdq6xs40r0d3te8a59gn8dlurt9haemynw8t2c9x3eqquftcpf It's just a chart I snagged long ago. I rarely eat grains anymore as they raise hell with my gut.


For your #permaculture teaching files; ECOnomics
The embodied energy of Corn Flakes breakfast cereal, and
an industrial egg vs a permaculture egg.

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Meme:
"1 A four-hour private flight emits as much CO2 as the average European does in a year. (probably only takes two hours for average USAnians.
2 Private jets are used mostly by the ultra-rich (less than 1% of us)
3 The UN has stated that the richest 1% of the world must reduce their emissions by 97%.
4 Yet the ultra-rich, with their power and influence, continue to fry the planet at our expense."

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#Permaculture magazine's YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/@PermacultureMagazine/playlists

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nostr:npub17sg856x3tpymsx4052aflfrxmk97xt5jgwqavsy56qymvgc3z30s4ehqd5 #Permaculture Magazine, UK. I just found out my UK colleagues joined Mastodon about the same time I did. They're not very active here, so give them a follow to encourage further engagement. (Hi Maddy, or whomever opened this account.)


nostr:npub1qzc8ejmflltq5uuwmvurfcfd4l96t6np6c8fzgj9l2rdfheadydshtyetl It sounds more appetizing than aborted dinosaur salad.


nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf nostr:npub1p9hxd3g330yqj24pk9j2r6g52acdhnu3mkf7caddq7dz25keq2ss8ln3uq Yes, you may.


nostr:npub12n4rk4ghvwxnrcsf2arv2r07kletfqwhcamcdux6vmj0f627fplqttpphu We used a triple wall variety. They were 6 ft x 20 ft sheets.

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nostr:npub13q86glsjvf2fku2hphrwmjnqpkq4whv4yjv93l0x3e2gy3g4xscq6qann7 Some images from my files on the subject.

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nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf nostr:npub1p9hxd3g330yqj24pk9j2r6g52acdhnu3mkf7caddq7dz25keq2ss8ln3uq Another good source for info on these kinds of systems. Our #permaculture friend and colleague, Jerome Osentowski at Colorado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, uses these kinds of greenhouses at 7000 ft. in Basalt CO and also offers design consultation. https://crmpi.org/


nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf nostr:npub1p9hxd3g330yqj24pk9j2r6g52acdhnu3mkf7caddq7dz25keq2ss8ln3uq I saw that vid about 15 years ago and it inspired our current system.


nostr:npub16mzsp9vtc8h6e986507sw88q3xzq5pfjaff30r5wcgfprksnf03s65uzxf If they can use saws, they should be able to use a nail gun (though it might be a bit more dangerous). https://youtu.be/vssqb-0i2-A


nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf nostr:npub1p9hxd3g330yqj24pk9j2r6g52acdhnu3mkf7caddq7dz25keq2ss8ln3uq When you do get around to designing your greenhouse, plan to make it a Climate Battery greenhouse. It works very well for us here in Michigan and did not go below 45℉ (7℃) with little supplemental heat provided by an adjacent sauna. Also consider a pit greenhouse, if your soils drain well, or bermed if not. Ours didn't go below freezing last winter. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=climate+battery+greenhouse&atb=v375-1&ia=web

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nostr:npub15lp4l7uxppczsrecz348lxzjfjwhtr9vwp6qf32faethgv7wu4fqmhdyul It's hard to put down. Brilliant writing.


nostr:npub1mr5rgwpsdzgyhzh6aytke3zrjy7fxnljdllqnv5vyh6agdj2x2sqvfq879 I'm a native 'Yooper'. It IS a beautiful place. I've resettled in the Lower Peninsula, a few miles from Lk MI, and the ecotone is very similar.


Excerpt from the historical novel, The Women of the Copper Country, by Mary Doria Russell, about the #union labor movement in the ore mines of #Michigan's #UpperPeninsula. Gripping & educational
"...money changes everything, Mrs. [Ella] Bloor says firmly. "It changes how you think of yourself, & it changes how people treat you. That's why the rich hold on to every damned penny, long past the point where they know what to do with all their money. They buy bigger & bigger houses stuffed with more & more things. They hire a little army of servants to take care of it all and to say 'yes, ma'am' & 'yes sir.' Every Sunday they go to church, & when Jesus tells them to give all their money to the poor, they drop a few coins on the collection plate. On Monday they go back to their offices to make more money & complain about the cost of labor. You're allowed to ask them for charity, but if you say 'Take less', they'll call you an anarchist."
https://marydoriarussell.net/novels/the-women-of-the-copper-country/

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Kim Stanley Robinson - What I’ve Learned since The Ministry for the Future Came Out in 2020
"His more than 20 award-winning books over 4 decades, translated into some 26 languages, have included many highly influential, international bestselling tomes that brilliantly explore in a wide range of ways the great eco, economic and socio-political crises facing our species, yet nothing had prepared him for the global explosion of interest in his visionary 2020 novel, Ministry for the Future, which projects how a possible #climate-disrupted future might unfold and how the world might respond meaningfully. It’s also chock full of brilliant science and wildly imaginative ways humanity steps up. Stan offers us his overview of where we currently stand in relation to the climate crisis."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POs0APzpkSU&t=622s


nostr:npub1eavnczg44hkruat47xlr463h5hczyqjqduylj7nlyatx4enn0fzqu7g6f3 Thank you.🍄


Keith D Johnson

🌈💚 Editorial Guild at Permaculture Design Magazine / Teacher-Designer #Agroecology #EarthRepair🌎
https://www.permaculturedesignmagazine.com/
Born@312ppm CO2 (1952, organic garden farmer since 1975)
#TerraformEarth1st (w/ human-scale #earthworks, #water catchment, #restoration
#Homestead 10 A of partly forested sand in MI with my co-conspirator of 25 yrs, Peter Bane, (prev. #editor / #publisher of #Permaculture Activist, now Pc Design Mag, author Pc Handbook)
Be Fruitful & Mulch Apply


nostr:npub1g97duqxjgsj2f7q5nhy75fxxdtncarrgwdt042dayjjwgy9sd38q98y82s Here it is without a paywall: https://www.thelocalreport.in/opinion-trump-attacked-me-then-musk-did-it-wasnt-an-accident/


nostr:npub1g28w5p2ddq8rc4jee3wmn2pxegdz66qdwvlgsnfdhlpzna6yl4xq9g4uw4 PS, I can report that they self-sow handily and volunteer the next year. Save some seeds, too, of course, to share. These are just one of "approximately 75 to 90 species of plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), [both annual and perennial, I might add; I have two perennial varieties that are native to my site in Zone5a, Michigan] which are native to the Americas and Australasia. At least 46 species are endemic to Mexico.


On Coronal Mass Ejections: "The Carrington event was relatively minor. Faced with a surge of high-energy particles characteristic of a Miyake event—one powerful enough to leave its mark in the rings of trees—the induced current would flood the thousands of #satellites that encircle Earth, crippling them for months and possibly years. Power grids would topple immediately, leaving anything reliant on electricity, like lights, electric vehicles, and ventilators, inoperable. Astronauts would undoubtedly receive lethal doses of radiation, and even people on board airplanes could encounter dangerous levels." https://daily.jstor.org/the-carrington-event-of-1859-disrupted-telegraph-lines/


"Humans and pigs easily swap #influenza  #viruses. Worse still, pigs can also pick up influenza strains that circulate among birds, whose viruses aren’t well adapted to infecting and spreading among people. Humans don’t have the receptors in our throats and noses that avian flus can easily attach to. Our isolation from avian flus is what makes them dangerous—since our immune systems rarely encounter them, we have little innate ability to fight them off. Enter pigs. They can catch flu strains from birds (often carrying them without symptoms), mash them up with genetic material from human-adapted flus, and create novel varieties capable of flummoxing human immunity and generating #pandemics. That’s why virologists call hogs “mixing vessels” for novel influenza strains."
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/06/tightly-packed-poultry-and-pig-farms-could-be-incubating-the-next-deadly-flu/
#CAFOs


nostr:npub1lnvzjk6erm8a05g2fs60tmu5ttm45eznezh4dvusepdwa9jz0p8stdjwyn Fani vs Gym https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23941366/jim-jordan-letter.pdf


nostr:npub1lnvzjk6erm8a05g2fs60tmu5ttm45eznezh4dvusepdwa9jz0p8stdjwyn For more on this story: https://sfba.social/@KeithDJohnson/111031381873540680


A nine page roast: Fani vs Gym https://www.wonkette.com/p/fani-willis-roasts-jim-jordans-dick


Bamboozled?
"The team's observations also found no asexual reproduction by the plant.

"All culms died in the study site, with no sign of regeneration by seed, culm, or dwarf ramet production apparent," the team added in their paper. "These results suggest a dark future for P. nigra var. henonis in Japan: the species may be hard to regenerate after flowering." https://www.iflscience.com/bamboo-is-about-to-flower-for-the-first-time-in-120-years-it-could-be-a-disaster-70569


"You #heat  the air by two to three degrees and the actual upper temperature of these leaves goes up by eight degrees," lead author Christopher Doughty of Northern Arizona University told journalists.

If tropical forest's average surface temperature warms 4C above current levels—widely considered a worst-case scenario—"we're predicting possible total leaf death." https://phys.org/news/2023-08-tropical-forests-nearing-critical-temperatures.html
#climatechange


Brain pollution by plastic.
“We expected to see the microplastics in the feces of the animal, that wasn’t altogether surprising,” Ross told Earther. “Then we found them deep inside liver cells, spleen, [and] kidneys. Not just the center of the digestive tract, but actually in the tissue of the digestive tract.”

Because the plastics were found in organs including the liver, spleen, and brain, it meant that the many bits of swallowed microplastics had entered the bloodstream. This is what allowed the microplastics to make their way into organs outside of the digestive tract."
https://gizmodo.com/microplastics-behavioral-changes-in-mice-alzheimers-stu-1850785217


nostr:npub1ne0wjshkyj2ukkk2wjmdf2rfrnl6fd24je2ekwtkl9588vd9ldwq7ep3ud I'm fond of the word 'benestrophe', which echoes the aims of #permaculture.