Extinction Rebellion
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Up to a point, then plants stop growing, which, on balance, may not be a good thing.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, such as attempts to eliminate essential trace gases.
Mr. Tea
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I assumed it meant decarbonisation of economies, not the whole atmosphere, which would be ludicrous as well as obviously impossible.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
If the board ever decides to freshen up with a new name, this gets my vote
There are geo-engineering schemes that want to actively pull CO2 out of the atmosphere, regardless of where it has come from
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Well getting worked up about science-fiction scenarios that could result in too little CO2 in the atmosphere seems a little perverse right now.
A phalanx of fruitbats forms a pulsating, ebony cloud over the Spitalfields skyline.
Macaque raiders from Epping Forest target fast food joints across East London. Angry kebab shop owners form vigilante death squads, bushwhacking any unaccompanied primate they meet. An innocent spider monkey trying to get back to Hackney Downs is unfairly set upon and hanged from a lamp post.
Terrified city workers barricade themselves inside Balls Brothers, as an enraged lioness hurls herself against the windows. Meanwhile, traffic piles up on the approach to Heathrow – flights missed and summer holidays ruined – due to a dazzle of zebras taking a middle-of-the-road siesta.
Former mobile phone muggers reminisce about the ‘good old days’ before apes learned to use smartphones and muscled in on the action.
Hospitalised, tearful student, missing four toes, reminds Londoners that the Trafalgar Square fountains contain piranhas.
Yeah, sounds alright, I guess.
Cool. There is a growing body of literature on catastrophic urban re-wilding. e.g.
the zoos opened, predators unleashed by the dozens, hundreds….four thousand hungry wolves rampaging on streets of these hive cities, elephants and bison stampeding, the buildings smashed to pieces, the cries of the human bug shearing through the streets as the lord of beasts returns. Manhattan, Moscow, Peking reduced to ruins overgrown by vines and forest, the haunt of the lynx and coyote again. The great cesspool slums, Calcutta, Nairobi, all the fetid latrines of the world covered over by mudslides, overgrown with thick jungle, this is justice. Lisbon to me always seemed city still inhabited just out of vanity. Let loose hundreds of tigers, companies of rhinoceros, with strong engine of spirit revving in their deep chests, let them bring the justice of the volcano to this world of trash! Bless the passing of the Shoggoth!"
the zoos opened, predators unleashed by the dozens, hundreds….four thousand hungry wolves rampaging on streets of these hive cities, elephants and bison stampeding, the buildings smashed to pieces, the cries of the human bug shearing through the streets as the lord of beasts returns. Manhattan, Moscow, Peking reduced to ruins overgrown by vines and forest, the haunt of the lynx and coyote again. The great cesspool slums, Calcutta, Nairobi, all the fetid latrines of the world covered over by mudslides, overgrown with thick jungle, this is justice. Lisbon to me always seemed city still inhabited just out of vanity. Let loose hundreds of tigers, companies of rhinoceros, with strong engine of spirit revving in their deep chests, let them bring the justice of the volcano to this world of trash! Bless the passing of the Shoggoth!"
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sufi
lala
dunno what sort of literature that might be but that smells bad to me, kinda like this nasty shit https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/trump-immigration-border-wall.html
sufi
lala
Here's a good read on criticisms of xr http://organisemagazine.org.uk/2019...e-your-class-is-showing-xr-has-some-problems/
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
That's really good, thanks Sufi. Strikes a nice tone of pointing out red lines but being conciliatory at the same time (tough balance to strike)
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
While your general point stands, the issues being argued about are certainly not minor points. That's...the point. It's about thoughtlessness mainly, in this case.
The right never really coheres in actuality either (eg the Euro split in the Tory party has been around since the 70s), but it often comes together at times of stress despite its massive differences. Because nothing really matters but money, like you say.
The right never really coheres in actuality either (eg the Euro split in the Tory party has been around since the 70s), but it often comes together at times of stress despite its massive differences. Because nothing really matters but money, like you say.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
That's quite bleak. The left needs to learn to bear disagreements and still carry on (in this it could learn from Dissensus). Pretending people aren't saying things you disagree with, seems a pretty weak alternative. Else you just end up with groups that are carbon copies of the right, with the people who shout loudest and don't listen to anyone else in charge.
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Yeah I think I agree with that, but I'm not sure it's possible without a strong authoritarian leadership. Like even Gandhi was quite headstrong and committed to his vision. When Ambedkar begged him to recognise lower caste Hindus who had mass converted to Buddhism in order to get out of their terrible situation, he wouldn't have it.