Given radical arbitrariness of sign/ signifier, who's to say it’s not highly stylised Dzhongka, intended to mean ས་ཁོངས་དཀརཔོ་དེ་ འགྲུལ་པ་ཚུ་ དེ་འཕྲོ་ལས་ དོ་ཕབ་ལེན་འབད་ནིའི་དོན་ལུ་རྐྱངམ་གཅིག་ཨིན་པས།
("The white zone is for immediate loading & unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone."✈️)

Exiting the airport at Bergen in Norway,one confronts an invitation to what I like to call “contextual existentialism.” The traveler confronts a radical choice on the essence of their arrival space:

Rather be in Kathmandu? Hong Kong? That’s on you, Bud. Places don’t just “manifest” ya know. 🙄

It is briefings day!

We are releasing newly updated versions of our briefings, plus three new ones!

The series covers topics from the constitutional principles that underpin democracy to the role of citizens' assemblies.

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🗓️Wed, October 22
#RunLikeAGirl launches at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social in Montréal with Heather O'Neill. Conversation, Q&A, signing—and time to connect with supporters and friends!

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i’ve read many ecological economics and climate books and papers over the last twenty years, this is one of the very best.

focusing on lithium, a tremendous achievement in weaving an excruciatingly complex topic - the green transition - into a coherent illuminating narrative.

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You mean …I can now clock citations without having to go to all the trouble of writing an article? But this is *wonderful* news!

Thin sliced space-salmon, smoked to perfection, draped elegantly about, and secured in that gravity, with a toothpick skewered caper…

Some melted butter would do it, yes??

In my defence, I have a slight fever.

Guys, can we DO this???! I’m so down with this plan.

OMG, this is the dream.

Folks, who wore it better?

At left, hot buttered sourdough rye, aka my breakfast. At right, the moon.

Authoritarianism on your mind? Looking for a Sunday morning podcast that’s not about Heavy T? Check out @jeremywallace.bsky.social & I on the madness of eco-authoritarianism.

** NO GREEN KINGS! **🚫🟢🤴

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#India saw fossil generation fall in the first half of 2025, as clean power grew rapidly ⚡️🇮🇳

Clean power rose 40 TWh (+20%), outpacing demand growth more than THREE TIMES 📈

Coal generation and emissions fell, even as India’s economy kept growing.

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Last night’s Mariners game Bluesky very much the funniest Bluesky in quite some time.

Had forgotten that. Hmmm. Should I add ‘Medium of manifestation’ to my bio?

TFW you get to write a reference letter for a student you're so proud of, & who you just *know* will go on to do great things for their community.

Bell of a trumpet.

Well, now that you mention it, I *am* in London most of late October. (haha!)

🎉Happy @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org royalty statement day to all who celebrate! 🎉

One fun game is to divide your royalties by the hours it took to write your book. 🤑

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

At a certain point, the ALCS doesn't actually "start." The Jays just show up and take over a dugout from one of these teams and the game continues.

This is why I’m writing a book on apocalyptic politics.

Can anyone recommend a good political history of the early church? (Constantine to 500ish?)

Hadn’t visited X in many moons, popped back and … good lord in heaven.

Finally deleted my account.

That makes excellent sense. Thank you!