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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 1d

This presentation brings the catalog up to 148.

The full list is on enlight42.com along with some selected video excerpts.

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 2d

Ask

Who elected them?

What are their principle and ethics?

The answer tells you why the USA is in such a mess.

𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 2d

Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 3d

It continues to get worse

Released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, the updated Red List database includes 172,620 species of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction.

And whose fault?

Ours (humans) of course :(

www.iucnredlist.org

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant specie...

www.iucnredlist.org

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 10d

Just another example of how humanity has messed up the planet. Yet again

We changed the evolutionary pathway of these cod.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Genomic evidence for fisheries-induced evolution in Eastern Baltic cod

Growth decline and genomic shifts in Eastern Baltic cod reveal evolutionary response under fishing pressure.

www.science.org

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 10d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 18d

Tax it away

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 18d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 19d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 22d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 23d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 26d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

This is depressing

Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 29d

Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?

A graph of Covid rates. It's more complex than can be described here, but the important bit is that the rates have gone up a lot since late July, nearly to the heights of last winter.

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

Climate change has consequences

NPR @npr.org · 28d

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That's speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe's largest rivers.

Melting glaciers mean an uncertain future for Europe's rivers

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That's speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe's largest rivers.

n.pr

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

Eco Wave Power installed a 100-kW system on a concrete wharf in the port of LA

If the pilot project pans out the technology could — at least in theory — generate power 90% of the time, supplying electrons at a capacity factor higher than most energy sources, except nuclear.

www.ecowavepower.com

Eco Wave Power - Wave Energy Company

www.ecowavepower.com

Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

… and the planet will continue to warm!

Kate Abnett @kateabnett.bsky.social · 28d

EU countries delay deal on new climate goal, diplomats say

EU countries will no longer approve their new climate change target this week, delaying a deal after pushback from governments including France and Germany. What happens next👇
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

EU countries delay deal on new climate goal, diplomats say

European Union countries have shelved plans to approve a new climate change target next week, after pushback from governments including France and Germany over plans to quickly land a deal, three EU diplomats told Reuters on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

… and the planet will continue to get warmer

Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 28d

By me: A planned expansion of military spending by Nato countries could generate an additional 1,320m tonnes of CO2 over the next decade – on a par with the annual GHG emissions generated by Brazil, the fifth largest emitter in the world, according to a new report
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rising Nato military spending to cause huge spike in emissions, report warns

Pollution could be on par with annual emissions generated by Brazil as experts warn of climate effects of war

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

If one state can do it, they all can.

Why aren’t they?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.

It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.

This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

Take it away, and use it for the greater good.

Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 28d

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 29d

Why does he still have a job?

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 29d

That would be getting close to red giant phase!

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Dr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 29d

Is there systemic racism in the USA?