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Category Archives: Communication
AI Slop and the Dead Internet Theory
As is so often the case with my wibblings, this one has ended up being far longer than I’d originally intended. There’s a TL;DR at the foot of this post for those whose attention span is limited (from what I … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Ludditis, perception, Phlyarology, Rants
Tagged cognition, cognitive dissonance, fake news, humour, psychology, science, stupid, technonsense
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What if money expired?
Once again, I find myself with a need to apologise to all of the friends I’ve made in the blogosphere for my ongoing lack of participation here. My life is now very different from how it has been, and my … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Economics, perception, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged belief, money
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How to turn climate anxiety into action
A TED talk by Renée Lertzman, climate psychologist It’s deeply painful to face what’s happening on our planet right now. From forests burning, ocean plastic, species just gone each day, displacement. It’s easy to feel totally overwhelmed. Maybe a bit … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Climate, Communication, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Strategy
Tagged AGW, Change, climate change, climate disruption, cognition, cognitive dissonance
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Don’t. Stop. (Thinking about tomorrow….)
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrowDon’t stop, it’ll soon be hereIt’ll be better than beforeYesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone It’s either you stand for something or fall for anythingGotta give my all, I’m putting in everythingCommon sense ain’t common anymoreYou’d think we’re … Continue reading
Posted in art, balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Strategy
Tagged activism, fossil fools, fossil fuels
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Your call is SO important to us!
I saw this, and it reminded me of my 2007 post ‘Let’s Play… talk to a human‘. Although of course I’m fooling myself, I do like to think that Matt Green stumbled upon that post and thought, “Hey, that’s a good … Continue reading
Finally: climate science humour goes viral
We at Chevron believe that nothing is more precious than life and that the most precious life of all is the dead kind that has been compressed for hundreds of millions of years under massive rocks until it magically becomes … Continue reading
Stepping Outside
It was the title of Russell’s post that grabbed me, as it’s kindred to the title of my poem Step Outside. Though I suspected I’d know the theme of his post, I had no choice but to read it. I … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Communication, Core thought, perception, Strategy
Tagged compassion, empathy, reading, travel, understanding
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The pedantic pursuit of precision: why every word counts
As someone who loves language and the intricacies of its use, I find myself constantly striving for precision in my writing. Every word, every punctuation mark, every inflection, carries meaning and significance that can either enhance or detract from the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, perception, Phlyarology
Tagged ChatGPT, identity theft, omg
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Shell knew (half a century ago!) that CO2 was a problem
Fossil fuels are the very bedrock of our global civilization; but oil and gas ‘production’ is nothing of the sort: it’s not production, it’s extraction. Those who ‘produce’ these resources are profiteering from their historic control of them, and actually … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Communication, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, History, Phlyarology
Tagged climate change, denial, Justice, lies, Shell
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Wibble 