Mike Berrow
@mikeberrow.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, British, Barefooter, Naturist, Doomer, Wild swimmer. Lately reading Quantum Physics, Cosmology, Geopolitics and early Cynic & Stoic Philosophy. Some good SciFi. Orig. from Wales but living in California for many decades.
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Mike Berrow
@mikeberrow.bsky.social
· Nov 22
We are not separate from nature. If we treat nature as ‘other’ we destroy our very foundation. Dispensing with clothing and walking barefoot on the earth helps reconnect us to our core reality. We need this shift to save both ourselves and the environment that is our only home.
Nick Alimonos: Nobody can give a rational explanation for anti-nudity laws.
July 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nick Alimonos: Nobody can give a rational explanation for anti-nudity laws.
And so, constitutional democracy ends not with a bang but a whimper. 😒
All hail King Donald!
(or perhaps he would prefer ‘Emperor’?)
theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...
All hail King Donald!
(or perhaps he would prefer ‘Emperor’?)
theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...
Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy
Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authori...
theintellectualist.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And so, constitutional democracy ends not with a bang but a whimper. 😒
All hail King Donald!
(or perhaps he would prefer ‘Emperor’?)
theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...
All hail King Donald!
(or perhaps he would prefer ‘Emperor’?)
theintellectualist.com/black-saturd...
Reposted by Mike Berrow
Even non-tariffed American goods will go up in price in parallel to newly tariffed foreign competitor products. Buy American then the corporates get the difference. If you buy the import the government gets the difference.
So it’s a win-win,
But not for you 😒
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2VCJcMu
So it’s a win-win,
But not for you 😒
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2VCJcMu
#maga #fdt #tariffs #dumb #redhat #trump #viral #usa #canada #mexico
TikTok video by mytwocents_Einer
www.tiktok.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Even non-tariffed American goods will go up in price in parallel to newly tariffed foreign competitor products. Buy American then the corporates get the difference. If you buy the import the government gets the difference.
So it’s a win-win,
But not for you 😒
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2VCJcMu
So it’s a win-win,
But not for you 😒
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2VCJcMu
Naysayers just can’t understand how *important* it is that we become a multi-planetary species for some brief instant 😒
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
March 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Naysayers just can’t understand how *important* it is that we become a multi-planetary species for some brief instant 😒
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
“ I want to die on Mars,  just not on impact.”
— Elon Musk in March, 2013
There’s some good stuff here, but I don’t think that ‘mature’ is the right word. Anyway, why would I need signs that I’m an ‘xyz’ person?
March 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There’s some good stuff here, but I don’t think that ‘mature’ is the right word. Anyway, why would I need signs that I’m an ‘xyz’ person?
In other news, while we struggle with who rules what small fraction of this pale blue dot.
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
March 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In other news, while we struggle with who rules what small fraction of this pale blue dot.
Accurate with very few exceptions.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Accurate with very few exceptions.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
Except for family and true friends.
Except, very sporadically, for “Karen’s” who are irritated when we don’t conform to their world view.
So Sir Kier has made the trip to the White House to pay homage and to kiss the ring. Apparently it went rather well.
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So Sir Kier has made the trip to the White House to pay homage and to kiss the ring. Apparently it went rather well.
When two pathological liars, one a full-on highly experienced dictator, the other a patrimonial wannabe dictator, negotiate to divide up the spoils, one wonders how either one can possibly trust the other.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Putin offers Russian and Ukrainian rare minerals to US - BBC News
The proposal to give the US access to minerals would also include those from territories taken from Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
When two pathological liars, one a full-on highly experienced dictator, the other a patrimonial wannabe dictator, negotiate to divide up the spoils, one wonders how either one can possibly trust the other.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Mike Berrow
Reposted by Mike Berrow
Anonymous: Every legal nude beach began with civil disobedience.
February 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Anonymous: Every legal nude beach began with civil disobedience.
When Elon told us that this vehicle would prepare us for dystopia I did not know he’d also be preparing dystopia for us.
February 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When Elon told us that this vehicle would prepare us for dystopia I did not know he’d also be preparing dystopia for us.
“They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
February 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
Perhaps they never will”
— from ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean
www.npr.org/2019/09/23/7...
The new leader of the free world.
February 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The new leader of the free world.
Well, today this administration essentially threw Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people under the bus and is in the process of driving it backwards and forwards. They also made it clear that they consider our European allies to be irrelevant. 1/ 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Well, today this administration essentially threw Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people under the bus and is in the process of driving it backwards and forwards. They also made it clear that they consider our European allies to be irrelevant. 1/ 🧵
A long but very interesting read.
If this techno-feudalism really does take hold, it will not care about the people as a whole. And that will be the downfall of such technocrats. They will all end up on pitchforks.
So it goes.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
If this techno-feudalism really does take hold, it will not care about the people as a whole. And that will be the downfall of such technocrats. They will all end up on pitchforks.
So it goes.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A long but very interesting read.
If this techno-feudalism really does take hold, it will not care about the people as a whole. And that will be the downfall of such technocrats. They will all end up on pitchforks.
So it goes.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
If this techno-feudalism really does take hold, it will not care about the people as a whole. And that will be the downfall of such technocrats. They will all end up on pitchforks.
So it goes.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
They look like the Nazi SS 😮
February 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They look like the Nazi SS 😮
"Literature is essentially solitude. It is written in solitude, read in solitude, and yet the act of reading enables communication between two human beings."
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Literature is essentially solitude. It is written in solitude, read in solitude, and yet the act of reading enables communication between two human beings."
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Mike Berrow
Am American heroine 🦋💙🦋
January 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Am American heroine 🦋💙🦋
Reposted by Mike Berrow
Must watch!
This fantastic CBS Sunday Morning story on the LA fires, featuring Peter Kalmus, John Valliant and Edgar McGregor was just broadcast here. Great work, CBS!
@edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
@climatehuman.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGW...
This fantastic CBS Sunday Morning story on the LA fires, featuring Peter Kalmus, John Valliant and Edgar McGregor was just broadcast here. Great work, CBS!
@edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
@climatehuman.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGW...
Climate scientist: "There's no place that's safe"
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Must watch!
This fantastic CBS Sunday Morning story on the LA fires, featuring Peter Kalmus, John Valliant and Edgar McGregor was just broadcast here. Great work, CBS!
@edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
@climatehuman.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGW...
This fantastic CBS Sunday Morning story on the LA fires, featuring Peter Kalmus, John Valliant and Edgar McGregor was just broadcast here. Great work, CBS!
@edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
@climatehuman.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGW...