There's a Ridley Scott film (I know I might lose some folks, but stick with it, it will be worth it, I promise (1).) It's called "White Squall" and it came out in 1996. It stars the ever-watchable Jeff Bridges as a sailor and general dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T6WvayGd64 Anyway (and SPOILERS), there's a storm (a white... Continue Reading →
Whoop! Four ball asynchronous fountains are a thing!
So, I am "teaching myself" to juggle. The quote marks are because nobody does this stuff alone - I've had encouragement from various people (plus passive-aggressive criticism from one person, but that is their issue, not mine) AND I am drawing upon the excellent videos you can find online (waves at Taylor, Lauri, Nils). I... Continue Reading →
Fiction: “A Few Bad Men” (At the Hague in 2029, with the PR industry in the dock for ecocide…)
It's the late 2020s. After the Great Rese... nsitisation of 2024, when El Nino led to a magical step change in public understanding of the enormous danger the human species faced, many things happened all at once. Enormous programmes to accelerate the replacement of fossil fuels with renewables began. Everyone radically reduced or ceased their... Continue Reading →
COP27 and the fantasies of salvation, colliding with reality
First thing to say is that it isn't the people on the sharp end of climate change who have been indulging in fantasy. They are not to blame for this. They did what they could, they did not "allow" this, they were simply outspent, outfought, outmanoeuvred. The small island states knew that rising sea levels... Continue Reading →
Juggling, Diem Carpeing, the wife, the apocalypse…
In the order they are in the title I am loving getting half an hour or so of juggling (usually three clubs, sometimes 4 balls) in everyday, normally at the nearby park. Various people have commented/complimented me on my improved skills. I know feel "in control" of the three clubs, able to switch between patterns,... Continue Reading →
Cartoon – The Scraped Knee Theory of Climate Activism
Word-y meme. Thanks to my friend Marc Roberts for the as-ever-on-point image. The longer rant... sorry "considered and structured viewpoint" from which the quote below comes is here. To be clear about what I am and am not saying I am NOT saying we don't need policy change, that we do not need to pressure... Continue Reading →
Fiction – The day before the day before the day before the Revolution
Hannah: “Have you decided if you’re coming to this?” Otto: “I’ll pass, but thanks for the invite.” Hannah: “You don’t care about these issues?” Otto: “Sweet that you tried, but that’s not bait I rise to anymore, sorry.” Hannah: “Oh, you’re doing the ‘I’m so mature and zen thing’?” Otto: “Or my ‘de-assholification’, if you... Continue Reading →
After Baudrillard and Thatcher – we’re in the “soup.” Of images, post-modernism, climate and the world historical defeat of society
It's Saturday night(1), and the people who are supposed to be the experts on this have not got a clue. And they don't even know that they don't have a clue. I at least know that I don't have a clue, which puts me 'ahead' (but on the same burning platform, on the same being-murdered... Continue Reading →
“What can we do, as individuals?” Unpopular answer to popular question
Quickly as ever, bringing two strands together. First, there was an excellent comment on a previous post about why get involved in social movement organisations/what happens if they try. "isn’t there an option about doing what you can, when you can, and doing your best to live coherently, talking to others when the conversation might... Continue Reading →
We need to wake up from “wake up” rhetoric
Quickly, because looong day (but good one) and my guilty pleasure Michael Connelly awaits. THIS SORT OF THING PISSES ME OFF. It implies that "world leaders" are asleep, not aware what is going on. a) that is horseshit b) if it were true, what would it say about the efficacy of 30+ years of academic,... Continue Reading →
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