As humans continue to burn fossil fuels, more and more carbon is added to our atmosphere which leads to further destabilization of our planet’s climate and weather and adds to an ever-rising average global temperature. The effects are not limited to the Earth’s surface, however. Our oceans play an integral role in the survival ofContinue reading “Ancient Climate Change May Help Us Navigate The Climate Emergency Today”
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The Culture: Technology We Can’t Be Trusted With
The Culture: Technology We Can’t Be Trusted With One February day in Dunfermline, Scotland, 1954, a boy was born. From a young age, he enjoyed science fiction, and one day would begin to write it himself. We’ve all heard of Star Trek and Star Wars. For me, they were always missing a certain something, orContinue reading “The Culture: Technology We Can’t Be Trusted With”
Station Eleven & Outer Wilds: Emotional Magic at the End of the World
Station Eleven: A Slightly Brighter Apocalypse
Station Eleven: A Slightly Brighter Apocalypse Note: this review is mostly spoiler free. No details beyond the first two episodes are shared. For being a miniseries, this show is so dense with story and emotion that it’s hard to know where to begin. What I can say is that Station Eleven packs an emotional punchContinue reading “Station Eleven: A Slightly Brighter Apocalypse”
WE THOUGHT WE HAD CENTURIES. WE HAVE 12 YEARS.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD CENTURIES. WE HAVE 12 YEARS. The time to act isn’t today or tomorrow. It was years ago. Today, the world’s climate continues to accelerate as governments cave to public pressure at a trickle, passing piecemeal legislation that only scratches the surface of what needs to be done to mitigate the worst caseContinue reading “WE THOUGHT WE HAD CENTURIES. WE HAVE 12 YEARS.”
PENTAGON TESTS “MASS SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS” FOR USE NEAR US BORDERS
The Pentagon is testing large, unmanned blimps in order to “provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats ” on US soil, according to a recent “experimental temporary authorization” published by the FCC. The solar-powered balloons are similar to a prototype craft that crashed in Pennsylvania in 2015, after escaping the AberdeenContinue reading “PENTAGON TESTS “MASS SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS” FOR USE NEAR US BORDERS”
“WORKING PEOPLE MUST NOT BE DRAGGED OFF THIS CLIFF EDGE WITHOUT GETTING A FINAL SAY.” [UK]
In the UK, worker’s rights are suddenly in danger after Theresa May’s recent resignation and replacement by conservative politician Boris Johnson and his cabinet. Johnson, who promises to ‘Brexit’ by Halloween 2019. “The UK has a world-leading record in protecting workers’ rights, setting the highest standard, and a labour market we can be proud of, with more people in workContinue reading ““WORKING PEOPLE MUST NOT BE DRAGGED OFF THIS CLIFF EDGE WITHOUT GETTING A FINAL SAY.” [UK]”
2019 IS HOTTER THAN ANY YEAR IN THE PAST 2,000 YEARS, AND SCIENTISTS ARE PANICKING OVER EARTH’S PROGNOSIS
That headline is not clickbait. Scientists are urging legislators and corporations to quit dragging their feet over climate change and call a spade a spade: this is a climate emergency, the biggest existential threat to human life in recorded history. “We are living a global cataclysm.” Reads an open letter signed by 200 scientists and numerous others, published by France’sContinue reading “2019 IS HOTTER THAN ANY YEAR IN THE PAST 2,000 YEARS, AND SCIENTISTS ARE PANICKING OVER EARTH’S PROGNOSIS”
WE THOUGHT WE HAD CENTURIES. WE HAVE 12 YEARS
continues to accelerate as governments cave to public pressure at a trickle, passing piecemeal legislation that only scratches the surface of what needs to be done to mitigate the worst case predictions for the climate emergency. When once we thought we had centuries, we now know there are only 12 years left.
Cody Elliot Szaro 