Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15)
@philsharris.bsky.social
Retd. plant scientist keeping a log in accelerating time. Agrarian-minded if/when optimistic about the future. Regrets extinctions & other loss. Updates carrying capacity, LTG, geopolitical crunch & wars, leaving twitter. PoV: 'Predicaments not problems!
“I have worked on the AMOC for more than 30 years. I’m increasingly worried”, states PIKs @rahmstorf.bsky.social. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) carries warm water northward. #climatechange is putting this ocean circulation at risk. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOS...
‘If the final hour comes upon you when you are planting a tree, finish planting it.’ — Prophet Mohammed ﷺ Art by Safialatifpaintings
'The heart is greater, more spacious, more subtle, and brighter than the heaven and the circling spheres, so why would you construct it with thoughts and whispering doubts? How can you make this garden-like world into a prison?' —Shams-i Tabrizi, "Me & Rumi"
The people of Albania are doing something the Americans refuse to do Standing up against the billionaire Trumps and their Saudi backers who are laying waste to a protected wetland off the coast of Albania
"Despair is betrayal" - our saying during difficult times in the Egyptian revolution. And equally applicable to Life.
The Covid Inquiry’s Module 6 report is devastating. Its central conclusion: adult social care was treated as “something of an afterthought”, while “protecting the NHS” sometimes came at the expense of people receiving and providing care. 1/10
Albert is always a good read from the frontline of ecological restoration international with a great track record. My Grandfather Issachar’s War cooldesign.substack.com/p/my-grandfa...
My Grandfather Issachar’s War
Part I: Rediscovery
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This is London... Blake starts here... if Vernon is right, he's back. youtu.be/PNVvhX2HvZM?...
William Blake: A Golden String. A short film with Mark Vernon
YouTube video by Mark Vernon
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Ecomodernism and the Illusion That We Are Separate From Nature www.artberman.com/blog/ecomode...
Ecomodernism and the Illusion That We Are Separate From Nature | Art Berman
Modern society has become increasingly liberated from nature. It’s sad that wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970, but we really don’t need them to flourish. We could pave the Amazon and i...
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Good article; microcosm in the microcosm coming our way, as the global economy twists and turns... "The coming energy crunch may define Plaid’s first government bylines.cymru/voices-lleis...
The coming energy crunch may define Plaid’s first government
Wales is approaching an energy crisis that could reshape its economy, its public services and the politics of independence
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You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. — Billie Holiday
9 years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, we continue in our demand for justice for those lost on that tragic night. 💚
Watch Craig's video. Good folk.The state we are in. Scotland stand clear, no caving in. "Sentencing the Innocent open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
Sentencing the Innocent
Judge Johnson had proved his fascist credentials through rulings much earlier in the Filton trial than his vicious sentencing.
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Important intro to the Israeli surprise attack on Egypt Syria 1967, prior preparation & opportunistic policy goals & continuity to today. "Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1967 jewishvoiceforliberation.org.uk/article/isra...
Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1967 - Jewish Voice for Liberation
The wholesale expulsion of Palestinians and Syrians in 1967 was intentional and carried out on a large scale with massive cruelty.
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It is IMHO more than just a record. "Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do
Like humans, bumble bees can plan ahead when working through a problem, even pausing to consider the solution
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Eye sigh Sighs do not only leave our mouths, they exit our eyes, as well ... like crumpled clouds losing courage, sailing emptily to the ground. ( #art Agostino Arrivabene)
Thousands of you pressured UNESCO through our email campaign ✊ And now UNESCO has finally voiced opposition to forced evictions, in the context of the Maasai evictions from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage Site. But it's not enough.
"Google's own artificial intelligence team just staged one of the most stunning internal revolts in tech history — and it's aimed squarely at a deal the company signed with the Pentagon." via Your Daily Updates
Not the future as advertised? Well researched & written, visible in real time now, an account perhaps of the a-symmetry of perceptions across global industrial roll-out? The Book That Manipulated the Twentieth Century open.substack.com/pub/papercon...
The Book That Manipulated the Twentieth Century
The 1895 French book that taught Mussolini, Hitler, Bernays and Madison Avenue how to move the crowd.
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Connected world... lessons learned, science and public health?
Kit Yates@kityates.bsky.social · 6mo ago“WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there have been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths but numbers are expected to rise given the time taken to detect the virus.”
Explores non-violent governance for Israel... "What I mean when I call myself anti-Zionist www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/what...
What I mean when I call myself anti-Zionist
Anti-Zionism is routinely demonised by its critics as meaning one thing: the destruction of Israel. It doesn’t mean that at…
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Columbia can lead... friends in and of the forest, and sentience. bit.ly/4dyBCjQ
Fundación Loros | Wildlife sanctuary specialized in parrots
Wildlife sanctuary in Villanueva, Bolívar, one hour from Cartagena. Rescue and conservation of parrots and macaws from the Colombian tropical dry forest.
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Cynical enough? How are they going to open the Strait without stopping Israel?https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/2054903749500350685?s=20
Arnaud Bertrand on X: "I know there's a lot of cynicism around - justifiably so - but if there's a single positive thing Trump could be remembered for, this 👇 may be it: going to Beijing and signing a framework that redefines the most consequential relationship on Earth on a constructive basis," / X
I know there's a lot of cynicism around - justifiably so - but if there's a single positive thing Trump could be remembered for, this 👇 may be it: going to Beijing and signing a framework that redefines the most consequential relationship on Earth on a constructive basis,
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