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Index, A History of the

Book indexers have long laboured in obscurity. Now, they’re getting a long-overdue moment in the sun https://t.co/uc3J1Gicr0 pic.twitter.com/fr0V9Y0ur8
— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) August 12, 2022

see tweeted article, archived*

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medical assistance in dying (MAID) comprises assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia

Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none was life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible.https://t.co/ni5Geo606f
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 12, 2022

see original AP piece, archived*

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nuclear power alternative to back up wind and solar (WSJ)

from TerraPower, 2022-05-19:

Last year, TerraPower was excited to announce Kemmerer, Wyoming as the location for our first Natrium^TM plant, a technology that we developed with GE Hitachi. This 345 MWe sodium fast reactor also features an energy storage system that can boost output to 500 MWe during peak demand. Today, this innovative design is leading the pack of proposed advanced reactors with a projected in-service date within this decade.

The opportunity to build near one of PacifiCorp’s retiring coal plants in Wyoming, and add our technology to Kemmerer’s rich history of energy production, is something we continue to be proud of. Wyoming has a lot to offer as a national energy leader for more than 100 years. Wyoming communities understand what it takes to produce energy, and its highly skilled workforce is experienced in building and operating complex projects.

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Roger Waters pushes back on Ukraine and Taiwan

This is the first time I’ve seen a CNN guest take one of the network’s jingoistic halfwits to the woodshed on Ukraine and Taiwan so comprehensively in such a short amount of time. And it was @rogerwaters. pic.twitter.com/maN4DTdMhO
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 7, 2022

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the Gaia guy, James Lovelock, dead at 103

an interview on CBC at age 90

video from a post two days ago on the CBC website*

James Lovelock, from a Guardian report in July 2020:

the biosphere and I are both in the last one percent of our lives (!gn)

the elephant in the room

the elephant in the room: mass extinction

"Never has a silence been so loud or so resonant. This is not a passive silence. It is an active silence, a fierce commitment to distraction and irrelevance in the face of an existential crisis."https://t.co/QHxbHak0mh
— Dr. Nancy Olivieri (@DrNancyOlivieri) July 20, 2022

see tweeted article, archived*

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Can we talk about it now? I mean the subject most of the media and most of the political class has been avoiding for so long. You know, the only subject that ultimately counts – the survival of life on Earth.
—George Monbiot https://t.co/mWXqzeRVZJ
— George Atherton (@notrehta) July 24, 2022

this civilization is made of lies / Caitlin Johnstone

Download 2022-07-19_ThreadReader_0_caitoz_1549048736587735040.pdf

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Chomsky on the Russia-Ukraine war: “Of course, it was provoked. …”

“Of course, it was provoked. Otherwise, they wouldn’t refer to it all the time as an unprovoked invasion.”

Noam Chomsky, unfortunately, still at it. pic.twitter.com/pHDD3ltgEQ
— Anita (@AnitaM86) July 9, 2022

see quoted article, archived*

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Pilger warned us way back in 2014: https://t.co/mxFbJtgB3G
— The Rt Rev'd Mojito🍹 (@childofeternity) July 12, 2022

Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization

"The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors."https://t.co/lr7OQUc505 pic.twitter.com/pW9ym1GObQ
— Upupa Epops (@UpupaEp55949188) July 12, 2022

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being radically inclusive means tolerating no intolerance

Todd Eklof illustrates this in a sermon worth watching*

Download The-Occupation-of-Americas-Most-Liberal-Religion.pdf

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archived article: Unitarian Universalist congregation in Spokane splits over pastor’s approach*

unitarian spokane (!yt) / watch current and recent sermons on YouTube