And now, the end is near. And so I face the final curtain… Well - that’s even more portentous than my most purple entries in this series. But indulge me. It’s a month since I started doing these, and so looking back on the purple, the blue etc, is okay. I’ve learned a bit, and... Continue Reading →
Of missing days, sabre-toothed tigers and addictions – End of Days #29 and #30
2023 07 11 End of Days #30 Another double-header because I didn’t get myself together yesterday. Various things are running through my head (as ever), few of them for public (if you can call it that) consumption. The usual rubbish. Various groups going through the motions Is it so wrong that they do? Here’s one.... Continue Reading →
Of orange weddings, doomerism and “rough years ahead” – End of Days #28
Why am I wallowing in dread? The following answers are a) wrong (we have a lot less insight into ourselves and what makes us tick than we like to believe, I think) and b) only of interest to me - and only even of passing interest then. There are “objective facts” around what is happening... Continue Reading →
Of wows, sea-ice and hoping to laugh at myself – End of Days #27
Yesterday someone from my climate action (distant) past read my first blog post in this series and their response was a skeptical “Wow.” Which I totally buy. I mean, as I lampshade, I may well have gone sliding off the deep end into doomerism. I certainly hope I have and that we can all have... Continue Reading →
Of rants, reprogramming and racism – End of Days #26
And here we are, with the temperature records getting scratched (h/t to Kevin Pluck, and embarrassment that I didn’t get it when he made that gag on Twitter). And here we are with the Australian government saying yes to the extension to operate of thermal coal mines (none of the ambiguity you get over met... Continue Reading →
Of #climate denialists, Toni Morrison and not feeding the trolls…
So, one thing that you learn quickly if you stick your head above the parapet on climate - especially on The Conversation, it seems - is that you’ll attract a few positive comments and at least as many trolls/denialists etc. [Addendum - As a white man I don't get the racism and sexism that the... Continue Reading →
On the Antarctic, morbid symptoms and being court in a trap End of Days #25
It will be hard to remember what it felt like right now. There are two options, as I see it. In the first, we return to “normal” weather patterns etc(how? Why? Is this not human-centric thinking, as if the world were made for us. Of course, lots of people believe it WAS made for us)... Continue Reading →
Belling the brown M&Ms, models and hubris, 17 degrees – End of Days diary #24
An experiment (that may help with the Twitter Threads about this that I am supposed to be doing) I am going to do 350 words or thereabouts about three things per day. At that length I can ramble less and maybe throw in some zingers that translate into Killer Viral Tweets - oh yes. Belling... Continue Reading →
Just Stop Oil, purity politics and the “am I a good person?” question – End of Days day #23
There's lots else I intended to write about today (including the heart-breaking ignorance of the VERY basic facts of climate change among university-educated people - 1.) But instead I am going to riff on why people hate Just Stop Oil so much and what that 'means'. It's inspired by a recent unfortunate interaction on Twitter.... Continue Reading →
Of the BBC, Stewart Lee and Just Stop Oil – End of Days diary #21 and #22
Another double header- are the wheels coming off this “blog about what it feels like to live in the ‘end times’” project, would anyone notice or care? And isn’t it interesting that one of the go-to images (i.e. cliches) that our brains turn to is of a wheeled vehicle, presumably travelling at speed. Did we... Continue Reading →
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