Why a “rain check” means you get something later and a “rainmaker” brings in money. http://ow.ly/peX530mJPXz
If your friend says she feels relaxed, but you see that her fists are clenched, you may doubt her sincerity. Robots, on the other hand, might take her word for it. http://ow.ly/ehnq50jCr0Q
Imagine you are wearing an old-time dress shirt with long, stiff, starched, white cuffs. You could write a lot of notes on those cuffs. http://ow.ly/iYOs30mJQ0T
RT @inthemoodfortw@birdsite.link
Les cavaliers de l'apocalypse, rue Roy, Paris, 1er décembre 2018 © Mathias Zwick http://www.mathiaszwick.com/
https://twitter.com/inthemoodfortw/status/1069210953668075520
Food is everything. From the soil, to the water, to the people who produce it.
It deserves some respect. #ZeroHunger https://t.co/zOZQ0qSFK2 https://twitter.com/FAO/status/1069167041033265153
The global food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving the planet towards climate catastrophe. Message from 130 national academies of science peer-review report 3 years in making. - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/global-food-system-is-broken-say-worlds-science-academies
Coal is still king in global power production - https://m.phys.org/news/2018-11-coal-king-global-power-production.html
Environmental study claims 40% of coal plants unprofitable - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-coal/more-than-40-percent-of-world-coal-plants-are-unprofitable-report-idUSKCN1NZ00B?utm_source=reddit.com
Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/02/world-verge-climate-catastophe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
PHIDOC - December 2018
The Book of the Month is Hermann Hesse's Narziss and Goldmund
https://www.phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.html
The Track of the Month is Brainstorm's Maybe
Lod: Demonstration Today in Wake of Demolition of Arab Home #ClassWar http://www.redglobe.org/en/near-and-middle-east/israel/30767-lod-demonstration-today-in-wake-of-demolition-of-arab-home
The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html
Global food system is broken says worlds science academies - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/global-food-system-is-broken-say-worlds-science-academies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Record-breaking heat wave and "catastrophic" wildfires hit Australia. This the first time that Queensland's fire danger has been rated as "catastrophic," which is the highest threat level on their scale. - https://www.axios.com/heat-wave-and-catastrophic-wildfires-hit-australia-1ccb8643-6265-4b91-8b89-e4052789535e.html
Climate, Human Delusion and Our Destruction of the Biosphere: We Aren’t Even Trying! - https://www.globalresearch.ca/climate-human-delusion-and-our-destruction-of-the-biosphere-we-arent-even-trying/5661126
Not a single mention to the @Snowden episode that exposed the US spying the entire world, including their own citizens: "Huawei: NZ bars Chinese firm on national security fears" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46368001