Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

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Climate Solutions: More Regenerative Agriculture Facts

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I’m off to get some gardening done. A few things to put in the ground that will be okay with our still very cool nights. Transplanting the tomato plants to bigger containers while we wait for the threat of frost to pass.  Then pray for me, it’s time to give those beasts a bath. Fun times will be had by no one.

Meanwhile, here are a few climate solutions items I ran across this week:

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Peter Byck has started a long-form video/podcast for more in-depth discussions of the benefits they are seeing across the board for regenerative agriculture.

I know I’ve been focusing heavily on this topic, but the data suggests we have all we need to reduce humans’ carbon footprint. It’s a matter of time and perseverance.  In Europe and China, more miles are driven by EVs than ICE vehicles. China (among others) has been making huge strides in EV batteries.  EVs and their batteries* are lasting 18 years and are expected, as data continues, to last longer. Heat pumps, magnetic cooling systems, efficient, small wind turbines, and on and on, are up-and-coming technologies designed to reduce carbon output.

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Climate Solutions: Small Things Become Big Things

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Hank Green just posted a video of all the eco-friendly products they are introducing to their Good Store website (where most of the proceeds go to various causes).

Mar 11, 2025
https://good.store/collections/ecogeek

Just thought I’d share. If you know of any other good eco-products share a link.  I’ll be interested to know how well their detergent works – I’ve tried others and haven’t been pleased. But I trust Hank, so I’m willing to give these a shot.

The soap refill cubes are really appealing – I go through a lot of liquid soap refills. Most of my other cleaning products are reusable scrubbing cloths and vinegar.

In car news, KIA released a bunch of new car models, unfortunately, many will not be available in the US – but if you’re overseas, there are some good looking, affordable, high-mileage EVs coming soon.  Their van is a game-changer for sure. Especially the fact it can be purchased as a wheelchair accessible w/o modification, it’s one of the platforms available.

Feb 27, 2025

Jack takes a first look at Kia’s new PV5 van in cargo and passenger form. With 16 different variants, cutting edge EV tech and a staggering starting price, could this be the shot in the arm the electric commercial vehicle segment sorely needs?

That’s it from me; I just thought you could use a little good news from good people…

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Climate Solutions: There Is Much Progress

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Saturday is my day to catch up on my renewable energy and climate solution videos and articles. I thought Simon Clark’s latest video was comprehensive enough to share. Not to mention, the model he created is mesmerizing.

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And a reminder, if you need some feel-good viewing, Roots So Deep is now a $10 rental for 90 days. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. Good science, good people, good news.

 

It’s probably a fool’s request, but try and keep the doom and gloom out of this thread.  Honestly, I don’t care. I won’t be around to referee, but I really think there are folks out there who need a respite from the constant, unrelenting comments on how awful everything is right now.

Everything is NOT awful. There is still beauty in the world and good people in the world.  It takes discipline to find it and encourage the goodness.  Give your souls a break, take a breath, and find something good to focus on, if just for today.

 

Climate Scientist Michael E Mann & historian Timothy D Snyder:
Doomerism is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.
It is how authoritarians win. Let’s try to fight the doom

 

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Debbie Maner Artwork in Support of Ukraine a sunflour on a demin blue background
Debbie Maner Artwork in Support of Ukraine

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Climate Solutions: Much Good News

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Timing is everything. I just finished watching the four-hour documentary Roots So Deep as my friends worry about having to evacuate from fire-ravaged areas around Los Angeles. To say I needed the hopefulness is an understatement.

So, I know everyone is feeling a lot of hopelessness around many things, including climate change. It seemed like a good time to bring in resources highlighting what is good and positive.

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Let’s start with Roots So Deep.  I’ve shared many of the YouTube shorts and recommended the first of Peter’s documentaries, Carbon Nation, so I’m not going to do a big sell here. I’m going to tell you that if you want to see a fact-filled documentary with solid science and watch people who you might think would never change how they view the world and absolutely embrace regenerative farming, this is worth your time. The fourth hour is the solid payoff. If you can watch it and not get teary, you’re better than I am.

It’s worth the rental fee, if only to give your soul a break from all the bad news. Rent it here.

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In other good news, several areas in the African Sahel region, where food often comes in the form of aid, people are taking back and healing the land. Creating an abundance where it used to be barren – and not that long ago.

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Policy Reminder

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Just a quick reminder when we think about insurance over the long term:

Premiums are (roughly) EQUAL TO the sum of claims costs PLUS admin/overhead PLUS profits PLUS reserves and variance management costs.

If you want to reduce premiums, there is some space to squeeze on profits if there are exceptional profits that fund hookers and blow.

There might be some space to squeeze on admin and overhead.  Single payer advocatates will correctly note that Medicare pays 4% to 5% of total costs in admin while private insurance companies have 10% to 15% administrative loads AND substantial clinical administrative burden too.  But there is only so much to squeeze here.

The big factor in premiums is claims.  Reducing premiums means reducing the cost of claims by either not covering as much because deductibles have expanded or certain categories of losses are not covered or payments are reduced.

There is nothing magical about reducing premiums.  Those are the basic options.

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Climate Solutions: Rewilding and the Woolly Mammoth

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I thought we could use some news about good people doing good things in regard to climate change. And I wanted to clear out my mammoth files, LOL

I know, I’m obsessed with the idea of bringing back the woolly mammoth – but I believe the research is leading to hopeful solutions for the de-extinction of more recent ecological disasters, as well as making people more aware of the crisis in the permafrost.

The science is pretty interesting, but there are also groups who are not waiting on a giant pachyderm. They are reintroducing reindeer,  Yakutian horses, musk ox, and European Buffalo among many others. One of the best known is Pleistocene Park, pretty much the project of one amazing man  – more info and a full movie at HERE

From the archives: With Arctic permafrost thawing too quickly, scientists in Siberia are considering drastic measures. See this week’s full 60 Minutes interview with George Church, here: https://cbsn.ws/34ZhuTs

 

Deep in the frozen north of Russia’s Sakha Republic lies a place where time is being reversed and a once extinct environment is being brought back to life. How is something like this possible and what impact could it have on our world?  All their resources for the video are listed at this link.

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Climate Solutions: More On Regenerative Farming

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I have so much information tucked away – including some dramatic changes in cooling – which as the planet heats, becomes a bigger problem and emissions contributor. There is also a lot of news out on batteries, new EVs and everyone’s favorite – fixing the grid (if you’re not following David Roberts Volts podcasts, I highly recommend, he covers most of those innovations) I really have not had time to aggregate any of it properly for posts.

But, there are two documentaries out that address regenerative farming. There is more and more data that if we heal the soil, carbon capture solutions reveal themselves.

This one is free to watch on YouTube:

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The Roots So Deep Documentary is now available to rent. It’s on my list, though I wanted to wait until I knew I could watch it uninterrupted.

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