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Rudy Sovinee
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Retired chemist, educator, entrepreneur living in a remote rural community. My wife and stepchildren practice permaculture in our yards while I study climate, energy and sustainability options. I'm frustrated by societal behavior that ignores best science.
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Food for thought, 2 books by persona friends:
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... and a link to each of two serious reports.
rudysovinee.bsky.social Rudy Sovinee @rudysovinee.bsky.social · 17d
When times are tough people get upset, protest, seek relief. What unfolds rarely has a design for after removing oppressors. Yet, the 1972 MIT and IPCC report's worst cases are being tracked. The globally dominant human culture causing crisis is bigger than epitomized by Trump.
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"Wild Free and Happy explores our long and bumpy relationship with the family of life. It spans from our ancient tree dwelling ancestors to the rowdy mob of eight billion outside our windows today.” Download a free copy of this book. [https://1wow.org/blog/wild-free-and-happy/] The author, Richard Adrian Reese is sharing Wild Free and Happy freely in native Word docx format (only 670.8kB.) The book is his condensation of nearly 3 decades of his research, reading over 600 books by experts in anthropology, geology, climate, energy and more. Gary Gripp died before finishing his seminal work, a book that tied together his understanding of human cultures and life. Gary and I were online friends. Beyond the personal loss, I feared his keen perspectives would have died with him. Fortunately, Nick Brink took up the effort, assembled the chapters, and smoothed the edges to present “THE CULTURE TRAP.” A few human cultures lived sustainably for thousands of years in a balance with Nature. In a Darwinian twist, unsustainable cultures consistently overwhelmed their neighbors. While many seek to avoid the climate and ecological consequences obvious today, our deeply inherited cultural beliefs stop us. At core is whether we are one with or separate from Nature. “THE CULTURE TRAP” is addressed to future generations as a warning of what beliefs need be taboo. To live sustainably, Gary introduces us to Holonic Reciprocity, and mythic stories that may help us adopt it. It is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Trap-Living-Loyalty-Whole/dp/195474434X The Club of Rome was founded in 1968 by a group of European intellectuals and business leaders who were concerned about the future of the world. They commissioned a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create a scientific model that could simulate future economic and population growth under different scenarios. The Limits to Growth was a pioneering work that brought the concept of planetary limits into the public consciousness. While its predictions were not always exact, its central message—that humanity cannot sustain infinite growth on a finite planet—remains as pertinent today as it was in 1972. The Club of Rome continues to warn that without a fundamental shift in how we approach economic development, resource consumption, and environmental protection, humanity risks pushing the planet beyond its ecological limits. The question now is whether we will finally heed those warnings and take the necessary steps to ensure a sustainable future for generations to come. https://worldhistoryjournal.com/2024/10/14/the-limits-to-growth-a-legacy-of-environmental-warnings/ The 2025 Planetary Health Check report reveals that seven out of nine planetary boundaries have been breached, indicating significant risks to Earth's ecosystems and human societies. This includes the newly breached boundary for ocean acidification, highlighting the urgent need for action to restore planetary health. Planetary Health Check https://www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The most current data shared here came from the 2024 annual report by Berkeley Earth:
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Global Temperature Report for 2024 - Berkeley Earth
2024 was the warmest year on Earth since direct observations began, and recent warming appears to be moving faster than expected.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Spatially mapped, 2024 shows its overall record status by the many areas that had yearly record average high temperatures.
24% of the Earth’s surface set a new local record for the warmest annual average. This includes 32% of the land surface and 21% of the ocean’s surface. Nowhere had record cold.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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The several independent datasets assembled globally differ very slightly. NASA's GISTEMP data says 2014 was warmer than 2010, the warmest year until then. That makes 2025 the 12th in a row string of warmest years, near 2024, the warmest.
What is ominous is where the trend and speed takes us.
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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I expect the White House to be fully and more visibly engaged in hiding the Epstein files once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in. The details must be horrid to cause the House to be sent home early for its August recess, then from her election until now, Nov 12th. Awaiting a full release of the files.
Epstein files return to haunt Republicans as crucial vote approaches
The fight over the Epstein files heats up as Congress returns and Speaker Johnson must swear in the Arizona Democrat who will tip the scales on the Epstein petition. Rep. Ro Khanna joins to discuss.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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toady sycophants.
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Am I misunderstanding something? The stay by Ketanji Brown Jackson was for only 48 hours, reverting to the lower court which ruled to release the SNAP funding immediately. The full SCOTUS need not have picked it up again.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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The senate has passed a bill that restores SNAP payments through Sept 2026. The House is fully expected to pass it on Wednesday, signed by Trump before the weekend. What is SCOTUS proving by this pause? That they too care little for feeding the poor (Even as they tout their Christian values.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Rachel and Bernie list the many bad things about what momentum was lost by these 8 senators caving. 42 Million Americans will see their ACA subsidies vanish, forcing 15 Million to lose this insurance. Deaths will follow.
Who should lead the Democrats? Inequality must be reined, wealth tax is needed.
Maddow: Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (again)
YouTube video by MSNBC
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November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Thom Hartmann discusses one reason (racial) why the USA has resisted a national health insurance policy through the many attempts from the early 1900s till now.
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Is America Finding New Ways to Justify the Unthinkable?
YouTube video by Thom Hartmann Program
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November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM