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<i>[ student activism -- disrupting university sports ] </i><br>
PHILADELPHIA NEWS<br>
<b>Penn students storm Franklin Field at halftime, protesting for
climate and community justice</b><br>
Penn students, who are a part of the Fossil Free Penn organization,
protested onto the field during the Quakers football game, looking
for a response from their demands.<br>
by Isabella DiAmore<br>
Oct 22, 2022<br>
Students, parents, and alumni filled Franklin Field Saturday
afternoon for University of Pennsylvania’s homecoming game against
Yale. But it wasn’t until student protesters flooded the field that
a football game — disrupted for about an hour — turned into a
message.<br>
<br>
Penn’s band was wrapping up its halftime show, and moments before
the third quarter was set to begin, protesters rushed the field,
holding three banners:<br>
<br>
“Save The UC Townhomes” , “Divest from Fossil Fuels”, “PAY PILOTs”<br>
The protesters occupied the center of the field while security
guards swarmed around them. At the top of the stadium, another group
of students held a banner where Yale fans sat that asked: “Which
side are you on?”<br>
<br>
Approximately 75 student protesters, members of the Fossil Free Penn
organization, planned the action after an ongoing fight with Penn’s
administration over climate issues and community justice.<br>
Penn did not comment on the protest, but the students believe the
university knew about it beforehand. Security was high, students
said, and the fences put in place to block off the field Saturday
“are not normally there,” according to junior Sarah Sterinbach, an
environmental studies major.<br>
<br>
The protest didn’t go over well with fans. Prior to taking the
field, the students handed fans an orange slip of paper stating, “We
intend only to delay the game, not end it. We believe Penn can be a
champion for climate and community justice.”<br>
During the one-hour delay, people chanted “Get off the field!” and
booed the protesters. Many were escorted off by security, but 13
students remained, holding the banners, before the game resumed.
Penn would issue a statement later that evening, which read in its
entirety:<br>
<br>
The intentional disruption of today’s football game was neither an
appropriate expression of free speech nor consistent with Penn’s
open expression guidelines. It delayed the start of the second half
by approximately one-hour, frustrating student-athletes from both
schools, disappointing fans and alumni who had come to watch the
Homecoming football game...<br>
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Sophomore Sabirah Mahmud, who’s studying international relations,
said police told protesters “we’re going to fingerprint, take your
pictures, and we’re going to lock you up” if they didn’t get off the
field. “This was a police officer screaming at our faces, trying to
scare us, acting like we don’t know our rights. That honestly
freaked me out.”<br>
Police cuffed the remaining 13 students with zip ties and escorted
them out of the stadium. Those students were then put in a police
SUV. A Penn police officer declined to say where the students were
taken and if they were charged.<br>
<br>
Even as other students watched protesters disappear into the SUV,
they continued chants such as, “Stop eviction, do something good
with Penn tuition.”...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/penn-students-yale-football-game-homecoming-protest-20221022.html">https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/penn-students-yale-football-game-homecoming-protest-20221022.html</a><br>
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<i>[His Holiness in a video interview ]</i><br>
<b>Dalai Lama Has a Stark Warning for Humanity</b><br>
Now 87, the spiritual leader speaks with Emma Barnett about the
critical threat of global warming.<br>
Bloomberg News<br>
October 21, 2022 at 5:57 AM PDT<br>
Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, issued a
stark warning to humanity about the grave threat posed by global
warming while pleading for compassion amid ongoing conflicts,
especially Russia’s war on Ukraine. <br>
<br>
In an interview with Emma Barnett on Emma Barnett meets… from
Dharamshala, India, where he’s lived since fleeing Tibet in the
1950s, the 87-year-old Nobel laureate emphasized the importance of
addressing the climate crisis while discussing war and what he sees
as China’s evolving relationship with religion.<br>
<br>
The Dalai Lamas are believed by Tibetan Buddhists to be
“manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of
Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet,” as described by his
official website. Key among the Dalai Lama’s stated missions and
that of his office are “the cultivation of warm-heartedness and
human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment
and self-discipline.” <br>
In his interview with Barnett, the Dalai Lama pointed to his own
personal experience with global warming, and how he has witnessed
diminished snow in the mountains near Lhasa. He began to focus on
raising awareness about ecological deterioration after having
retired more than a decade ago from Tibet’s government in exile. The
spiritual leader has continued to call for Beijing to improve the
welfare of Tibetans and preserve their culture. <br>
<br>
He recounted to Barnett his encounter decades ago with Mao Zedong,
in which the Chinese leader called the Dalai Lama
“scientific-minded” while dismissing religion as “opium.”<br>
“I was a little bit shocked but I just remained calm,” the Dalai
Lama said. He added that had Mao lived longer, he might have changed
his view on religion, which “really gives you inner strength, inner
peace.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-10-20/dalai-lama-warns-world-could-become-a-ball-of-fire-emma-barnett-meets">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-10-20/dalai-lama-warns-world-could-become-a-ball-of-fire-emma-barnett-meets</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/video-the-dalai-lama-has-a-stark-warning-for-humanity-about-global-warming">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/video-the-dalai-lama-has-a-stark-warning-for-humanity-about-global-warming</a><br>
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<i>[ using the courts for change ]</i><br>
<b>New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry,
Claiming Links to Climate Change</b><br>
ExxonMobil calls the lawsuit a waste of taxpayers’ money that won’t
help curb global warming.<br>
By Jon Hurdle - October 18, 2022<br>
New Jersey became the latest U.S. state to sue the fossil fuel
industry over climate change, alleging it knew for decades that
emissions from its products contributed to global warming, but lied
to protect its profits and deter efforts to curb greenhouse gases.<br>
<br>
State Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced a suit on Tuesday
against five major oil companies and their trade association, the
American Petroleum Institute, saying the industry failed to warn the
public that its products were dangerous, and sought instead to sow
public doubts that fossil fuel emissions were linked to climate
change.<br>
<br>
“They went to great lengths to hide the truth and mislead the people
of New Jersey and the world,” Platkin said, in launching the suit
against ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and the API.
“These companies put their profits ahead of our safety.”...<br>
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The new suit alleges that the oil and gas companies researched the
link between fossil-fuel consumption and climate change as early as
the 1950s and by the mid-1960s gained a “comprehensive
understanding” of how oil and gas use created adverse climate
impacts.<br>
<br>
It argued that the defendants’ actions disproportionately harmed
people living in low-income areas, including communities of color
that are subject to cumulative environmental and public health
threats because of climate change.<br>
<br>
“Taxpayers will be saddled with billions in expenses to protect
communities … and to mitigate those harms by transitioning to
non-fossil fuel energy generation—costs that should be borne by the
defendants,” the Attorney General’s office said in a statement. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18102022/new-jersey-big-oil-lawsuit/">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18102022/new-jersey-big-oil-lawsuit/</a><br>
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<i>[ good reference ] </i><br>
<b>A USER GUIDE TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT</b><br>
How New Investments Will Deliver Good Jobs, Climate Action, and
Health Benefits<br>
The transformational power of the Inflation Reduction Act cannot be
overstated. This legislation—passed by Senate and House Democrats
and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022—will
revitalize U.S. manufacturing, grow clean energy, and support and
create good union jobs across the country. It will tackle climate
change by reducing emissions up to 42% by 2030 and create the
good-paying, union jobs we need to give all workers the opportunity
for a middle-class life. The Inflation Reduction Act demonstrates
that we can have both good jobs and a clean environment.<br>
<br>
The Inflation Reduction Act will:<br>
<blockquote>Grow clean energy and drastically reduce emissions while
creating high-quality jobs in the clean economy through proven
standards that lift up job quality;<br>
<br>
Make historic investments to expand clean energy and electric
vehicle (EV) manufacturing;<br>
<br>
Transform the industrial sector to reduce emissions and build our
own supply chains for vital technologies;<br>
<br>
Accelerate clean vehicle deployment and a whole-of-government
approach to address this source of greenhouse gas and
health-harming emissions, while also creating and preserving good
union jobs, supporting and growing a domestic supply chain for
vehicle components and technologies, and improving mobility and
air quality in our neighborhoods;<br>
<br>
Establish a host of critical investments in clean energy
infrastructure, transmission, energy efficient homes and
buildings, affordable housing, and resilient and healthy
communities; and<br>
<br>
Sustain and expand high-quality jobs to workers and in communities
that need them the most, including low-income workers and workers
living in communities that have been hit hard by energy transition
or job outsourcing. <br>
</blockquote>
An analysis from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst commissioned by the
BlueGreen Alliance found the more than 100 climate, energy, and
environmental investments in the Inflation Reduction Act will create
more than 9 million jobs over the next decade—an average of nearly 1
million jobs each year (see Table 1).<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/site/a-user-guide-to-the-inflation-reduction-act/">https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/site/a-user-guide-to-the-inflation-reduction-act/</a>
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<i>[ Homeland Security News Wire ] </i><br>
<b>Assessment of Ocean Warming Highlights Future Climate Risks</b><br>
Published 21 October 2022Share |<br>
More than 90 percent of heat generated by global warming is absorbed
by the oceans, and the Atlantic Ocean and southern oceans are
warming much faster than the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. A
warmer ocean leads to more intense storms, more deadly rainfall and
flooding, and more powerful typhoons and hurricanes.<br>
<br>
A research study just published in Nature Reviews provides new
information about how much the planet has warmed and what warming we
may expect in the coming decades. It shows what will happen if we
don’t take action to slow global warming.<br>
- -<br>
A warmer ocean brings tremendous consequences on the Earth. Not just
to sea life but to the weather patterns across the planet and to the
food chain. A warmer ocean leads to more intense storms, more deadly
rainfall and flooding, and more powerful typhoons and hurricanes. A
consequence of warming is that parts of the planet will become
drier, with more heat waves and droughts. Other parts will become
wetter as rainfalls happen in bigger downbursts. Coastal regions
are increasingly vulnerable in association with rising sea levels,
storm surges and adverse impacts on ecosystems.<br>
<br>
2022 already has experienced a wide range of climate disasters: heat
waves, flooding, heavy rainfalls, strong hurricanes etc. If the
current weather is wild, just wait for the coming decades… we
haven’t seen anything yet. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20221021-assessment-of-ocean-warming-highlights-future-climate-risks">https://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20221021-assessment-of-ocean-warming-highlights-future-climate-risks</a><br>
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<i>[ A classic video --- a key, fundamental lecture on climate
science and the early IPCC politics. Watch and bookmark ]</i><br>
<b>Climate Change: Is the Science "Settled"?</b><br>
May 13, 2010 (February 4, 2010) Stephen Schneider, professor of
biology at Stanford and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the
Environment, unpacks the political and scientific debates
surrounding climate change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmlHbt5jja4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmlHbt5jja4</a>
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<i>[ superb video ]</i><br>
<b>The Complete History of the Earth: Carboniferous Period</b><br>
60,481 views Oct 13, 2022 For 65% off with HelloFresh plus FREE
shipping, use code PALEOANALYSIS65 at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bit.ly/3SL189O">https://bit.ly/3SL189O</a>!<br>
The Carboniferous Globe 1:44<br>
Sharks Claim the Sea 4:58<br>
Swamp Monsters and Giant Bugs 7:41<br>
Breaking Ties to the Water 13:45<br>
Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse 16:55<br>
<br>
#historyoftheearth #eon #epoch #geology #paleoanalysis #stemmammal
#carboniferous<br>
Moving forward through time, we now come to a very important and
interesting chapter in the history of life. The Carboniferous is a
time when the land was truly fully populated for the first time with
plants and animals. As a global rainforest spread across the world
and our tetrapod ancestors had to contend with massive bugs super
charged by the high oxygen atmosphere. <br>
<br>
Check out My Linktree to join me on social media!:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://linktr.ee/PaleoAnalysis">https://linktr.ee/PaleoAnalysis</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ATQsL3NMU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ATQsL3NMU</a>
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<i>[ I have noticed a YouTube bias </i><i>"It does push users into
increasingly narrow ideological ranges of content in what we might
call evidence of a (very) mild ideological echo chamber" </i><i>]</i><br>
<b>Echo Chambers, Rabbit Holes, and Algorithmic Bias: How YouTube
Recommends Content to Real Users</b><br>
WORKING PAPER<br>
We find that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm doesn’t lead the
vast majority of users down extremist rabbit holes — but does push
users into mild ideological echo chambers and toward moderately
conservative content<br>
<br>
CITATION Brown, Megan A., James Bisbee, Angela Lai, Richard Bonneau,
Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua A. Tucker. <br>
May 11, 2022<br>
<b>Abstract</b><br>
<blockquote>To what extent does the YouTube recommendation algorithm
push users into echo chambers, ideologically biased content, or
rabbit holes? Despite growing popular concern, recent work
suggests that the recommendation algorithm is not pushing users
into these echo chambers. However, existing research relies
heavily on the use of anonymous data collection that does not
account for the personalized nature of the recommendation
algorithm. We asked a sample of real users to install a browser
extension that downloaded the list of videos they were
recommended. We instructed these users to start on an assigned
video and then click through 20 sets of recommendations, capturing
what they were being shown in real time as they used the platform
logged into their real accounts. Using a novel method to estimate
the ideology of a YouTube video, we demonstrate that the YouTube
recommendation algorithm does, in fact, push real users into mild
ideological echo chambers where, by the end of the data collection
task, liberals and conservatives received different distributions
of recommendations from each other, though this difference is
small. While we find evidence that this difference increases the
longer the user followed the recommendation algorithm, we do not
find evidence that many go down `rabbit holes' that lead them to
ideologically extreme content. Finally, we find that YouTube
pushes all users, regardless of ideology, towards moderately
conservative and an increasingly narrow range of ideological
content the longer they follow YouTube's recommendations.<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://csmapnyu.org/research/echo-chambers-rabbit-holes-and-algorithmic-bias-how-youtube-recommends-content-to-real-users">https://csmapnyu.org/research/echo-chambers-rabbit-holes-and-algorithmic-bias-how-youtube-recommends-content-to-real-users</a><br>
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<br>
<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>October 23, 2007</b></i></font> <br>
October 23, 2007: Dr. Julie Gerberding of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention addresses a US Senate committee regarding the
health risks of climate change. Her testimony was extensively edited
by the Bush White House to dramatically downplay the severity of the
risks. <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/10/23/17139/gerberding-global-warming/">http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/10/23/17139/gerberding-global-warming/</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/earth/24cnd-climate.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/earth/24cnd-climate.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2008/07/08/174078/burnett-cheney-boiling/">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2008/07/08/174078/burnett-cheney-boiling/</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?201698-1/HumanImp">http://www.c-span.org/video/?201698-1/HumanImp</a><br>
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