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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SINCE 1900, DAVID’S VERSION

November 5, 2024 by

The presidential vote is tricky to gauge. Some of the guys from 1900 on are cloaked in the fog of history. While this isn’t some kind of ‘last word’ on the subject, it is a reflection of the voting mood. Sometimes you just don’t know how things will turn out.

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GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

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WORRIED WEATHERMAN BLUES

July 27, 2023 by

Worried weatherman? That’s what you get at the top end and the bottom end. It’s either hotter than a firecracker or colder than an ice cube. So everyone else can just relax, right?

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HIGH TEMPERATURE TUNED IN, NOW TURN IT DOWN

July 22, 2023 by

High temperature during a heat wave is no one’s idea of a good time. Who says, “It’s not hot enough,” during a heat wave? You’ve heard it before: “It’s hot, yes, but not that hot.” Who says that?

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CLIMATE WRITING: IS IT HOT IN HERE OR JUST ME?

January 10, 2022 by

Climate writing, climate change writing, global warming writing, are all stories to tell. The problem is those telling aren’t doing a very good job. Could I do better? Me? Hell, no. But maybe you could. Maybe you could tell it so it gets under the thick skin of big decision makers? I have ideas to […]

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MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GENIUS GRANT FOR BLOGGER

October 2, 2021 by

The MacArthur Foundation takes it upon themselves to find people to give money to. Tagging the recipients of a $625,000 grant as genius is just icing on the cake. If getting the grant requires a genius level IQ, I’ll just stop right here. On the other hand, I think an extra, unexpected, $625K would make […]

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Climate Change In My Kitchen Is Real

July 29, 2018 by

  The first step to take when the air conditioning fails on the hottest week of the year, with an even hotter week on the near horizon?   Stop making things hotter. No cooking. Eighty five degrees in the kitchen with nothing on is hot enough.   Thinking of baking a polenta pizza? Maybe flattening […]

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CLIMATE CHANGE DIRECTION: WEATHER HOAX?

June 3, 2017 by

Who needs climate change help the most? Paris, France. That’s right, Paris. The same Paris of the Paris Agreement President Trump rejected. See the problem in the top pic? That’s the Eiffel Tower in the shade, except it’s not shade. Smoggy look for the City of Light. Call it a unity smoking day of a […]

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