Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin, USA
2017-07-16 454aaa
“Yep... Biden's Russian sanctions aren't working as planned. UK's inflation is over 11%.
Key Passage:
Inflation rose to a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent last month, increasing the squeeze on households and businesses from the cost of living crisis.
The increase in the consumer prices index (CPI) from 10.1 per cent in September was driven by jump in energy bills and higher food prices, data from the Office for National Statistics showed.”
“Inflation rises to 11.1% on higher energy and food costs
Prime minister vows to tackle eroding living standards “https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inflation-rises-to-11-1-on-higher-energy-and-food-costs-l7bp2dml3?fbclid=IwAR04PYJN7zhUkc_-ghiAro-Dv0LyCyk_J8UVBnAsS7rv4JRHqWqgDJb9TMg
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The stuff is highly flammable:
“Increasingly, renters and homeowners are opting for fast furniture. And they don’t keep it long.
Each year, Americans throw out over 12 million tons of furniture, creating mountains of solid waste that have grown 450% since 1960, according to the EPA.”
“‘Fast Furniture’ Is Cheap. And Americans Are Throwing It in the Trash.
The mass-produced furniture that sold furiously during the pandemic could soon be clogging landfills.”
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Joy Reid:
“Just heard this Octavia Butler quote for the first time and am now obsessed with it.
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.”
Octavia E Butler, Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
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“What the Soup-Throwing Climate Activists Got Right
Plus: Pipeline vandals, ketchup on hot dogs, and a billion missing crabs.”
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“Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang is a brilliant, best-selling critic of neoliberal orthodoxy. But Chang stops far short of taking the necessary next step: questioning the capitalist system itself.”
“Ha-Joon Chang Has Exposed the Fallacies of Neoliberalism”
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“The executives running the bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX, may have broken speed records for how fast they could spend other people’s money.
This is where all that money went...”
“This is Where Bankrupt FTX’s Money Went”
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“Food-at-home prices are predicted to increase a total of 10 to 11% this year, and then slow to a 2 to 3% increase next year.” #foodprices #FoodIndustryExecutive https://hubs.ly/Q01l14rF0
“USDA Predicts Food-at-Home Prices Will Increase 10 to 11% in 2022”
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“Jimmy Carter built a solar farm in his hometown, and it now powers half of the entire city”
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“Everything must have a creator”
“if everything must have a creator then your god needs a creator and his creator needs a creator and so forth for infinity..”
“Everything except god needs a creator.”
“You’re making special exceptions just to keep your false beliefs intact. Your fallacy is called Special Pleading. Look it up.”
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"When you’re talking about bees, that tends to pique people’s interest a little better. So, we’re able to talk about farming without talking about farming.”
“Coming Soon to a Food Label Near You: ‘Bee-Friendly’ Certifications”
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