William J.
@lrya.bsky.social
“We’re all doomed” but meanwhile: gardening, astronomy, archaeology,
plus climate, politics, Europe and history
plus climate, politics, Europe and history
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Global warming caused by humans is an observed fact. Yes, science still needs to learn more, but it's no more in overall doubt than the theory of gravity. And it's bad. Willful ignorance, enforced by those who choose to deny science, is an existential threat to our civilization.
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Global warming caused by humans is an observed fact. Yes, science still needs to learn more, but it's no more in overall doubt than the theory of gravity. And it's bad. Willful ignorance, enforced by those who choose to deny science, is an existential threat to our civilization.
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Let’s stop calling them ‘medical miracles’, let’s instead call them, SCIENCE. Keep your miracles for your books of fantasy and fairy tales.
August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Let’s stop calling them ‘medical miracles’, let’s instead call them, SCIENCE. Keep your miracles for your books of fantasy and fairy tales.
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"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
August 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
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“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
August 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
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1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.
It’s that simple.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.
It’s that simple.
August 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.
It’s that simple.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.
It’s that simple.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
August 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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“You cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.”
President John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy
August 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“You cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.”
President John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy
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While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.
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"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
August 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
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It's so beautiful when the sky is rapidly darkening but the clouds still hold the last light from the sun. And the moon amongst them 🤗🌛
August 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's so beautiful when the sky is rapidly darkening but the clouds still hold the last light from the sun. And the moon amongst them 🤗🌛
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"I have never wished a man dead. But have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Mark Twain
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"I have never wished a man dead. But have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Mark Twain
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
May 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
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🌳 Walking the Shipley woodlands is a reminder of the healing power of trees
As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair
By Alex Mair
@alexmairyorks.bsky.social
As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair
By Alex Mair
@alexmairyorks.bsky.social
Walking around the wooded areas of Shipley is a timely reminder of the healing power of trees.
As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🌳 Walking the Shipley woodlands is a reminder of the healing power of trees
As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair
By Alex Mair
@alexmairyorks.bsky.social
As our climate hurtles towards total planetary collapse, trees provide more than a precious natural resource; they are an antidote to climate despair
By Alex Mair
@alexmairyorks.bsky.social
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To quote FDR: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."
March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
To quote FDR: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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If “fact checking” is preventing your free speech.
Then what is actually being prevented, is you being a liar.
Then what is actually being prevented, is you being a liar.
January 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
If “fact checking” is preventing your free speech.
Then what is actually being prevented, is you being a liar.
Then what is actually being prevented, is you being a liar.
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
December 3, 2024 at 6:43 AM
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt