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Growth

Raffaello Palandri's Blog

One of the most evident indicators of growth is to stop looking for what we need in others and to start finding it in ourselves.

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Crucial Antarctic ice shelf, Thwaites Glacier, could fail within five years, scientists say – The Washington Post

Until recently, the ice shelf was seen as the most stable part of Thwaites Glacier, a Florida-sized frozen expanse that already contributes about 4 percent of annual global sea level rise. Because of this brace, the eastern portion of Thwaites flowed more slowly than the rest of the notorious “doomsday glacier.”

But new data show that the warming ocean is eroding the eastern ice shelf from below. Satellite images taken as recently as last month and presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union show several large, diagonal cracks extending across the floating ice wedge.

Source: Crucial Antarctic ice shelf, Thwaites Glacier, could fail within five years, scientists say – The Washington Post

Something To Think About …

Filosofa's Word

Since becoming largely disabled due to a heart condition in early September, one of the things I have been able to do is spend more time reading!  Way back in the day, I used to read 3-4 books of an average 450 pages each, every week.  But then … I began blogging, Donald Trump came on the scene, the clowns took over the country, and my days and nights were suddenly filled with trolling the news and writing 2-3 blog posts every day.  Reading for pleasure took a backseat and I was lucky to read 100 pages a week.  But now, being unable to leave my chair for more than a few minutes at a time, I am once again a voracious reader and have read, on average, 6-7 books every week.

One of the topics that is near and dear to my heart is September 11, 2001.  When I…

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Britain Tells Its Big Game Hunters to Piss Off! Britons who Kill Endangered Animals abroad for Fun will not be able to bring their hunting trophies home! — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Britons who kill endangered animals abroad for fun will not be able to bring their hunting trophies home, the government has announced. The proposed law will prevent big game hunters from bringing home body parts of 7,000 species including lions,… Britain […]

Britain Tells Its Big Game Hunters to Piss Off! Britons who Kill Endangered Animals abroad for Fun will not be able to bring their hunting trophies home! — Mother Jones — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Bonfire of the (Advent) Vanities — Kassandra Komplex — Tiny Life — Barbara Crane Navarro

In case you’re a working adult, how often, come December 1, do you feel as if there was just too much time in your hands ahead of the Christmas holidays? That there are just too many unbooked slots in your Outlook calendar, that the evenings are just so empty and bare? That maybe a special […] […] […]

The Bonfire of the (Advent) Vanities — Kassandra Komplex — Tiny Life — Barbara Crane Navarro

Shamanic adventures – « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl »  — Barbara Crane Navarro

illustration from « Amazon Rainforest Magic – The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl » « This second volume of the Amazon Rainforest Magic series is a page-turner and as charming and delightful as the author’s first. The story line continues the thread from the previous book and the characters seem like old friends.  Meromi, a Yanomami girl now 9 […]

Shamanic adventures – « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl »  — Barbara Crane Navarro