David Hulme
@drd.bsky.social
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David Hulme
@drd.bsky.social
· Feb 11
"Be merciful, be forgiving, love your neighbors, be hospitable to strangers, be kind to other creatures, take care of the helpless, love your enemies. We must, in short, love and care for one another and the other creatures. We are allowed to make no exceptions." Wendell Berry
Surviving the 21st Century
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Surviving the 21st Century | Julian Cribb | Substack
A blog by science author Julian Cribb on the existential emergency facing all humanity, the ten catastrophic threats that comprise it and what we can do about them. Click to read Surviving the 21st Ce...
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January 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Surviving the 21st Century
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid | Albert Schweitzer
January 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid | Albert Schweitzer
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof | JFK
January 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof | JFK
One of the lamentable principles of human productivity is that it is easier to destroy than to create | Thomas Schelling | Arms and Influence (1966)
December 30, 2024 at 2:15 AM
One of the lamentable principles of human productivity is that it is easier to destroy than to create | Thomas Schelling | Arms and Influence (1966)
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A resident of southwestern Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu — the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States that has been linked to exposure to a backyard flock.
CDC confirms first severe human case of bird flu in U.S.
A resident of southwestern Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu linked to a backyard flock.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
A resident of southwestern Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu — the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States that has been linked to exposure to a backyard flock.
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“Governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between 5 key areas: biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change”
Agreed! Food production is the #1 global driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss and water use, the #2 driver of climate change, and diets are closely linked to health 🧪
Agreed! Food production is the #1 global driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss and water use, the #2 driver of climate change, and diets are closely linked to health 🧪
IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
“Governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between 5 key areas: biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change”
Agreed! Food production is the #1 global driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss and water use, the #2 driver of climate change, and diets are closely linked to health 🧪
Agreed! Food production is the #1 global driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss and water use, the #2 driver of climate change, and diets are closely linked to health 🧪
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Our own @yalesph.bsky.social @colincarlson.bsky.social reminds us that the next pandemic is more likely to start in factory farms, than in wet markets:
Spanish flu
Mad cow
Swine flu
Antimucrobial resistance
… & more 🧪🩺🛟
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Spanish flu
Mad cow
Swine flu
Antimucrobial resistance
… & more 🧪🩺🛟
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Our own @yalesph.bsky.social @colincarlson.bsky.social reminds us that the next pandemic is more likely to start in factory farms, than in wet markets:
Spanish flu
Mad cow
Swine flu
Antimucrobial resistance
… & more 🧪🩺🛟
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Spanish flu
Mad cow
Swine flu
Antimucrobial resistance
… & more 🧪🩺🛟
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
We’ve been looking for extraterrestrial intelligence for over 60 years. What have we learned? www.vision.org/dark-skies-b... #SETI
Dark Skies, Bright Hopes
We’ve been looking for extraterrestrial intelligence for over 60 years. What have we learned?
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December 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
We’ve been looking for extraterrestrial intelligence for over 60 years. What have we learned? www.vision.org/dark-skies-b... #SETI
One of the finest versions of this beautiful song www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3dD...
Joscho Stephan, Olli Soikkeli, Stefan Berger: Black Orpheus (composed by Luiz Bonfà)
YouTube video by Jazz Club Hannover by Gartenheim
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December 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM
One of the finest versions of this beautiful song www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3dD...
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Another wacko Atlantic hurricane season is over! Details from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I. Helene’s landfall gives the U.S. a record eight Cat 4 or Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane landfalls in the past eight years (2017-2024), as many as the prior 57 years.
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The weirdly hyperactive 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends » Yale Climate Connections
The Florida landfalls of Cat 4 Helene and Cat 3 Milton gave the U.S. a record-tying fifth consecutive year with a major hurricane landfall.
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December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Another wacko Atlantic hurricane season is over! Details from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I. Helene’s landfall gives the U.S. a record eight Cat 4 or Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane landfalls in the past eight years (2017-2024), as many as the prior 57 years.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/the-...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/the-...
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/c... #globalwarming
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why | CNN
Last year was the hottest year on record, oceans boiled and glaciers melted at alarming rates, and it has left scientists scrambling to understand exactly why.
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:05 AM
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/c... #globalwarming
A general should know...
December 4, 2024 at 5:56 PM
A general should know...
What drives us to treat others as we want to be treated? Is it a skill we must learn, or are we born with some sense of morality?
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Do Humans Have a “Moral Sense”?
Do we have an inborn sense of morality—some innate understanding of right and wrong—and if so, how far can it take us?
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December 3, 2024 at 9:47 PM
What drives us to treat others as we want to be treated? Is it a skill we must learn, or are we born with some sense of morality?
www.vision.org/do-humans-ha...
www.vision.org/do-humans-ha...
Some simple advice...
December 2, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Some simple advice...
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Reposted by David Hulme
Reposted by David Hulme
Diplomats at a UN conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.
Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution
Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Diplomats at a UN conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.