I remember the army of programmers in corporates, universities, and the Open Source movement, who worked for many years before Y2K to make sure that nothing too exciting happened.

‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s story

Reality bites
Farms die
People give hope, but we all need to act
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

French lawmakers vote to outlaw discrimination against afros and braids The proposal has met with opposition in France, which prides itself on a culture of universalism that states that all people are equal, and which does not allow ethnic quotas, or even collecting data ...

It is ironic that as the French Lower house passes this reasonable bill, legal discrimination against those who wish to wear headscarves, kippahs or (large) crucifixes in school persists.

'French lawmakers vote to outlaw discrimination against afros and braids'
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

$500K Dune Built to Protect Coastal Homes Lasts Just 3 Days The handmade barrier, which used 14,000 tons of sand, quickly crumbled.

My bet is climate change induced price/insurance collapse in the housing market will become a central issue in the next decade. www.thedailybeast.com/dollar500k-d...

U.S. has warmest winter on record – and no, that's not a good thing From lack of snow to wildfires, a record-warm winter had impacts across the country. Scientists say winters are warming faster than any other season in the U.S.

The lower 48 states just had the warmest winter in 130 years of record-keeping, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Temperatures were more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average.

My 16YO was just telling me most of his peers aren't concerned about the environment because they think the effects of climate change won't happen during their lifetime. 🤨

A constructive perspective on gender from Henry Mance and gender theorist Judith Butler: ‘What are they frightened of exactly?’ - on.ft.com/3wNWHFc via @FT

Texas facing fresh insurance crisis The recent devastating wildfires burning across Texas highlight the state's brewing insurance crisis.

Home insurance rates in Texas rapidly increasing due to climate change. The Republicans probably think it's the woke mob who have taken over Big Insurance, but then again they'll try to keep ignoring both the price increases and climate change.

www.newsweek.com/texas-facing...

Here Sen. Brian Schatz (as far as I know, the only US Senator who follows me on social media) explains well a point that I and other press critics have tried to make for years.

It simply does not get through.

From Brian Stelter's interview with Schatz for Vanity Fair.

One of the best non-technical accounts of modern chip manufacturing I've seen.
ig.ft.com/microchips/?...

Great morning canvass in Skerries for Yes/Yes vote on March 8th with @joefingalgreen Karen Power and Louise Glennon

Gerry Moore on left in jacket and white shirt. Veronica Lambert in pink to right.

A great celebration of the many contributions of Gerry Moore to Psychotherapy and @dcu_shhp and the wider @DCU community, as he retires today.

I use R regularly for analysis, and to compile from source a Fortran compiler is *required* for several key libraries
See github.com/cran?q=&type...

I am glad that you are well, but not everyone is so fortunate.
Vaccines reduce the risk of severe illness from Covd19 quite a lot, and reduce the risk infection a bit, and of long COVID.

Vonnegut says something apt in "Mother Night": "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be."

Watching #Breathtaking on @ITV. Brilliant, immediate, and horrifying in equal measure from the superb @doctor_oxford and colleagues
I'd forgotten how awful the clinical impact of the first few weeks of #COVID19 was for my colleagues, and how weak the PHE (now @UKHSA) response was

That's why you need single payer systems.