Antarctic glaciers melting faster than previously thought
I just picked this up on the AP from this morning and thought I would share it for any of you who may have missed it. This appears to be rather dire news from the South Pole.Study: Antarctic glaciers...
View ArticleFollow the money? Bain Capital's curious financial beginnings.
Years ago when I was finishing up my MBA, I wanted to be a Management Consultant so I did ton of research on potential companies that I could send resumes to. Bain & Company was on that list, among...
View ArticleArctic Cyclone: Happening Now
I initially read about this earlier this week in a post by a University of Ottawa professor. The title of his blog post, The Great Arctic Flush, was enough to cause concern. Reading his post only...
View ArticleThirteen Years
New finding shows climate change can happen in a geological instant(Phys.org) —"Rapid" and "instantaneous" are words geologists don't use very often. But Rutgers geologists use these exact terms to...
View ArticleInteresting bitcoin observation by Country
If you take a look at this website, it shows the number of bitcoin nodes running in each country around the world (these are the computers running to both mine bitcoin and provide the network for...
View ArticleSolarCoin: Do you generate solar?
SolarCoin is a new and interesting venture into the cryptocurrency space. The aim is to grant the majority of coins (99%) to people around the world who generate solar power. 1 SolarCoin = 1 MWh of...
View ArticleSolarCoin: people powered solar incentive FTW
I have been a member of the DKos community since 2004 and I have participated here in fits and bursts over the past decade. My activity here has tapered off in recent years but I still visit the site...
View ArticleTerrified about methane burps and water shortages? Start mitigating right...
If the world stopped burning fossil fuels for energy RIGHT NOW and carbon emissions came to a full stop, we would survive as a civilization. It would take decades, perhaps even centuries, for Mother...
View Article“Their minds can’t be changed.”
That statement is made based on a belief system. It is not a universal truth by any stretch of the imagination. It’s patently false on its face and we prove that to ourselves each and every day. We...
View ArticlePowerful CBC Mini-series: The Book of Negroes
I finally got around to watching this yesterday and it was immensely powerful for me in understanding the human history surrounding slavery, racism, women, cruelty, survival, etc.. I would highly...
View ArticleThey sure are working overtime to eviscerate this woman. She must be doing...
I just clicked on the Time story about Rachel Dolezal. It was the first I'd heard of it and it was the top link on Google News with a pretty decisive title:Everything You Need to Know About the...
View ArticleElizabeth May: excluded and winning
Hi folks! I wanted to write a short diary about something happening tonight in the Canadian Election. The Globe & Mail is putting on a debate and they chose to exclude the Green Party Leader,...
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