Published in ArtfullyAutistic·20 hours agoMember-onlyMy Autistic Life — 03Labels have consequences. — Because I was a “retard”, my father had me sterilized. By the time I was four, it was clear that I was “different”. My father was an only child. My grandmother was in her 30’s when he was born. This was unusual for rural Texas in the 1930’s. Plus, she was a married woman. Had been, since she was 21…Autism11 min read
Sep 25Member-onlyMy Take — 04The Secretary General of the United Nations gave an astonishing speech this week. — It’s worth considering what he said and, what he didn’t say. Let me ask you a question. How honest do you think governments are in what they tell you? I don’t mean that in the conspiracy theorist “the moon landings were faked”, “aliens are in area 51”, everything “they” tell you is a lie way. …Climate Crisis10 min read
Sep 20Member-onlyRandom Thoughts — 08Random Thoughts — 08 Something about gardening. Something to teach your kids. Basil from Whole Foods. Plants drink, just like people. We don’t see it. Because it happens underground. But plants need a lot of water. Most people don’t appreciate how much water plants can drink in a single day. …Gardening1 min read
Sep 16Member-onlyThe Crisis Report — 08 (part two)I’m going to be blunt. We have already locked in 4C-5C of warming. — Climate Change5 min read
Sep 15Member-onlyThe Crisis Report — 07 (part one of two)We look at Global Warming the wrong way. — The Earth is not a pot of water, and we are not frogs. There is a story about frogs in a pot of water that climate writers use a lot. It’s a good story. You know how it goes, we all do. If you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water. It will jump out and save itself. But, it you…Climate Crisis13 min read
Sep 9Member-onlyRandom Thoughts — 07Thinking about Culture and Information Transmission. — Most of what you “know” is incorrect or outdated. That has implications. I almost always have five or six stories going on in my head at once. It’s the way my brain works. There is a constant fizz of ideas popping in my neuro-verse. Like the background fizz of the universe at the quantum level. Constant little pops of IDEA, that flare…Science14 min read
Sep 5Member-onlyLiving In Bomb Time — 27The time has come the Walrus said to talk of many things. — In this case, let’s talk about “HEAT”. I’m working on my next “Crisis Report”. I recently had an insight about how “ass-backwards” we think about the way CO2 works in heating the planet and I’m struggling with describing it. While that simmers, let’s talk about HEAT. FYI, this is going to be an “informal” piece. More stream…Climate Change9 min read
Sep 1Member-onlyLiving in Bomb Time — 26More evidence is accumulating that our Climate Sensitivity models are off. — This is not good news. I love this graph. It has issues because it compresses 500my of climate history into just four inches but, it’s beautiful. This graph represents one of the great scientific achievements of the twentieth century. Think about it. In 1957/1958, when The International Geophysical Year was declared by the UN, none…Climate Crisis9 min read
Aug 28Member-onlyThe Archeotourist — 03Visiting the Yucatan, Homeland of the Northern Lowland Maya — Part One — The Deep Past. The Yucatan Peninsula, shown here, is the easternmost part of Mexico. It is bordered on the east by the Caribbean Sea. On the west and north by the Gulf of Mexico. And on the south by the mountainous spine of Central America. Situated in…Archaeology8 min read
Aug 18Member-onlyThe Crisis Report — 06The Earth’s temperature is rising fast, and it’s not going to stop. — Meanwhile, the US/China War intensifies. A blanket of dangerous heat and drought is settling over many parts of the world. You don’t need me to tell you that, pretty much all of us are living it now. Global Warming is becoming real in a direct, tangible, and extremely scary way.Climate Crisis8 min read
