World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years
https://theconversation.com/worlds-oldest-termite-mo…
Reflecting on Father's Day, I ponder my relationship with Dad and my own fatherhood journey. Amidst car troubles and life's challenges, these moments shape us. Dive into my latest blog post for insights and memories. #FathersDay #Fatherhood
Global Peace Summit will change the world. Live discussion with international experts: https://benborges.xyz/2024/06/16/global-peace-summit.html
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 Trump World Reportedly Flirts With a Return to Mandatory Military Service – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/trump-world-mandatory-military-service-washington-post/
"Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck"
This is not a distant future. This is within the lifetime of people now adult. We need to change course right now.
#ClimateEmergency
Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/will-lewis-records-uk-editor.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240615/p18#a240615p18
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the world would be an impassible
heap of old rubbish were it not for mushrooms and
their capacity to get rid of it. So I wrote to
the lady in Philadelphia. I said, “The
function of mushrooms is to rid the world of old
rubbish. The Buddha died a natural death.”
#JohnCage #indeterminacy90
Dass Deutschland beim Strom eine einheitliche Preiszone ist, um in Süddeutschland die Strompreise künstlich niedrig zu halten, während in norddeutsche Flächenländern hohe Preise gezahlt werden müssen, hat jetzt dazu geführt, dass Schweden ein Stromtrassenprojekt nach Deutschland abgebrochen hat. Es hätte auch in Schweden voraussichtlich zu höheren Preisen geführt.
"Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck"
This is not a distant future. This is within the lifetime of people now adult. We need to change course right now.
#ClimateEmergency
At Saturday’s celebration in Rome, Pope Francis’ image was on cardboard cutouts adorned with flower necklaces. People came dressed as the pope, wore papal hats and said that there was never too much “gayness.”
Italians Respond to Pope’s Slur by Taking Francis to Pride - The New York Times
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