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<font size="+2"><i><b>December 23, 2021</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ in case we forgot what a Grinch looks like ] </i><br>
<b>How the climate crisis is killing Christmas this year</b><br>
“It just kind of breaks your heart that you go out there and one day
they’re nice fresh-looking trees, and the next day, they’re wilted
and turning colors. And there’s nothing you can do about it.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/586979-how-the-climate-crisis-is-killing-christmas">https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/586979-how-the-climate-crisis-is-killing-christmas</a><br>
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<i>[ Beyond Grinch-ism -- it is not very smart to have revenue
dominate safety ]</i><br>
<b>How the Building Industry Blocked Better Tornado Safeguards</b><br>
Engineers know how to protect people from tornadoes like the ones
that recently devastated parts of Kentucky, but builders have headed
off efforts to toughen standards.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/climate/tornadoes-building-codes-safety.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/climate/tornadoes-building-codes-safety.html</a><br>
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<i>[ philosophical consideration$ ]</i><br>
<b>The Trap of Climate Optimism</b><br>
Dan Sherrell’s Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World shows
us a new way to tell the story of how we might cope and survive a
future of catastrophe.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/dan-sherrell-warmth-qa/">https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/dan-sherrell-warmth-qa/</a><br>
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<i>[ play the 10 min audio ]</i><br>
PRESS PLAY WITH MADELEINE BRAND<br>
<b>If Build Back Better dies, what happens to climate legislation?</b><br>
Dec. 21, 2021 CLIMATE CHANGE<br>
President Biden’s $2 trillion “Build Back Better” plan appears to be
dying. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced on Sunday that he
wouldn’t vote for it, despite months of back-and-forth negotiations
with the White House. <br>
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Part of that plan includes major reforms to address climate change,
like shutting down coal plants and moving towards electric cars.
Environmental advocates say the policies in this bill were crucial
for staving off the worst predictions of global warming. <br>
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But there are other routes the Biden administration — and even its
biggest thorn, Joe Manchin — can take to advance progressive climate
policies. What can be done now?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/covid-afghanistan-film-beverages/build-back-better-climate-ca">https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/covid-afghanistan-film-beverages/build-back-better-climate-ca</a><br>
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<i>[ clips NYTimes noteworthy article for Kids and Climate Change]
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<b>Bad Future, Better Future</b><br>
A Guide for kids, and everyone else, about climate change -- and
what we can do about it<br>
by Julia Rosen <br>
Illustrations by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas<br>
April 18, 2021<br>
If you’re a kid, almost every year you’ve been alive has broken a
temperature record, or come close. You’ve witnessed huge wildfires,
intense droughts and severe storms. This is what climate change
looks like, and it’s here to stay.<br>
The planet is going to change a lot more in your lifetime. Things
could get really bad. Or, if we take action now, we could avoid the
worst effects. You can help decide. So, let’s take a look at how
both scenarios could unfold...<br>
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If we continue on like this, the planet will keep getting hotter and
the effects of climate change will get worse. Let’s take a look at
this scenario,<br>
which<br>
we’ll<br>
call<br>
<b> “The</b><br>
<b> Bad</b><br>
<b> Future”</b><br>
because<br>
life<br>
will get harder for <br>
many people and <br>
other living things.<br>
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In The Better Future, we would get around in cars <br>
that run on electricity and cleaner-burning fuels, <br>
instead of gasoline and diesel. This would also <br>
improve air quality in many communities.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/18/climate/climate-change-future-kids.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/18/climate/climate-change-future-kids.html</a>
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<i>[ assault on the future ] </i><br>
<b>Manchin Rejects Landmark Legislation, Putting Biden’s Climate
Goals at Risk</b><br>
Senator Joe Manchin III said he was opposed to legislation that
includes climate action designed to keep the planet from dangerously
overheating.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/climate/manchin-climate-build-back-better-bill.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/climate/manchin-climate-build-back-better-bill.html</a><br>
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<i>[ disinformation battle training ]</i><br>
<b>Veritasium: A Story of YouTube Propaganda</b><br>
Oct 20, 2021<br>
Tom Nicholas<br>
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A video about Veritasium, Science YouTube, misinformation and Why
You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now (or maybe not).<br>
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*Chapters*<br>
<blockquote>00:00 Veritasium: A Story of YouTube Propaganda<br>
00:40 1. Driverless Cars<br>
08:07 2. YouTubers for Sale<br>
14:58 Surfshark Spot<br>
16:52 3. Veritasium vs. the Technophobes<br>
24:54 4. Lying With Statistics<br>
34:15 5. Misinformation by Omission<br>
45:22 6. The Limited Futures of youTube Propaganda<br>
</blockquote>
*Some Copy about the Video for the YouTube Algorithm*<br>
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In this month's video, we're looking at a video by Veritasium. One
of the biggest science channels (or, indeed, educational channels)
on the YouTube platform, Veritasium makes videos which aim to
challenge our preconceptions about physics, science and the world
more broadly.<br>
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In July 2021, they released a video called "Why You Should Want
Driverless Cars On Roads Now". The video was supposedly an attempt
to explain the current capabilities of self-driving cars. The
channel's host, Derek Muller, argues enthusiastically that
autonomous vehicles are far safer than their human alternatives and
have the potential to both save lives and greatly improve
contemporary urban life.<br>
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Nevertheless, the video was sponsored by Waymo (the successor to
Google's self-driving car project), filmed in the backseat of one of
Waymo's "Waymo One" ride-sharing vehicles and heavily featured Waymo
staff throughout. In this, it is part of a growing trend of videos
in which companies, billionaires and elite institutions using
sponsorship deals with supposedly educational YouTubers to spread
what is in practice little more than corporate propaganda.<br>
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In this video, I use Veritasium's sponsorship deal with Waymo as a
case study in the extent to which a creator signing up to one of
these sponsorship deals results in them compromising the editorial
content of their videos to the point where education becomes
misinformation.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0aohBfUTc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0aohBfUTc</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
December 23, 2015</b></font><br>
December 23, 2015: On MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports," Bill Nye
discusses 2015's record heat.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bill-nye-reveals-the-science-behind-warm-winter-weather-590808131544">http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bill-nye-reveals-the-science-behind-warm-winter-weather-590808131544</a><br>
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