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"It lifted astoundingly quickly. And along that line we were suddenly able to see Germans doing exactly the same thing all out in the open. And we just looked at each other for some time and then one or two soldiers went towards them. They met, they shook hands, they swapped cigarettes. They got talking. The war, for that moment, came to a standstill." General Walter Congreve, who led the Rifles Brigade, wrote to his wife on Christmas Day, describing the ceasefire as "an extraordinary state of affairs". Because the trenches were so close, soldiers were able to shout greetings to each other, initiating conversations. "A German shouted out that they wanted a day's truce and would one come out if he did," wrote the general. "Very cautiously one of our men lifted himself above the parapet and saw a German doing the same. Both got out, then more... they have been walking about together all day giving each other cigars and singing songs."

I don't get this. This sounds like people were there for a job, but otherwise harbored no ill will towards the enemy. Or maybe they did, but it being Christmas and all, they really just wanted to carol and smoke cigars? What was the point of going back to the war with someone you just sang carols and smoked with?

Is stubbornness really the core of climate social problems?

A somewhat analogous case study would be racism in the U.S. Racists were extremely stubborn about giving any social space to black people only 60 years ago. But that has changed considerably since. Racists are still stubborn...and marginalized (though, less marginalized than a decade ago, unfortunately). I think the adoption of non-racist policies and their proliferation made racism less relevant in every day life. Racists could be as racist as much as they wanted, but it just didn't matter. Black folks worked at the front of the bank as bank tellers rather than janitors.

Similarly, I think industrial policy that favors rapid proliferation of climate friendly...stuff is our best bet. Let coal rollers roll coal. If a bunch of people try for net zero or really try to reduce their carbon footprint, rolling coal just won't matter. Activity at the scale of a whole population makes individual activity superfluous in this case. Economic incentives matter and prudent people will generally try to save money rather than go broke out of pride.

In contrast, I think psilocybin reinforces the narrative that we're individually responsible for climate change. It would also be immediately rejected by conservatives as population control. It seems like a good idea if you assume everyone does it. More than likely, that will not be the case. And it'd be unethical to trick them into ingesting it.

The social media campaigns for regular people and our normal problems that can be waged. You don't have to hire an artist anymore to generate compelling drawings or photographer to take heartwrenching photos. You don't need a copywriter or a social media strategist to help you craft your story.

It's all here now, ready to be exploited in favor of higher taxes on the rich, climate change policy with teeth and the will to rip a motherfucker's ass open, and to thwart and gaslight moneyed interests exploiting the ignorance of people just trying to get through the day.

Honestly...I'll sign up to Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok...all of 'em, just to spread that message when it comes along...

I think, like Obsidian, it stores them as markdown files.

Then Logseq. It's an outliner (each line can be it's own...thing...), but it's open source and a direct competitor of Obsidian. In fact, I was ambivalent between the two when I first started with online note-taking.

The amount of Republicans that would go on killing spree because they don't have their porn would be insane. Better they can't eat than denying them hypocrisy.

I believe that most of us, being ambitious individuals, find fulfillment in the joy of seeing our efforts materialize into tangible results,

A man after my own heart...that's why we should eat his rich one.

Lookin' at you Swift and Kelce!

Induction is electric but better than gas in...like every way, except that it doesn't work with some cookware.

if you moved $8,000 dollars—the median balance for US customers

What the fuck? Who has $8,000 just sitting in their investment....oh....out those in the U.S. population with investment accounts...the average is $8k. I thought that was the average of people in the U.S.

God damn it.

The modern washing machines, dryers, and dishwashers that I’ve used are really slow.

You must be more attentive to your appliances than me. I forget about them all the time. So the increased time will barely be noticeable to me.

As someone that is in the process of buying a new home and looking for efficient appliances for the specific purpose of lowering utility bills, I really appreciate the DoE's energy standards. I especially appreciate that energy start certified appliances are consolidated here for browsing. It has so far helped me choose a washer and dryer. Similarly, the EPA's WaterSense program is helpful because I live in the southwest, which is a desert. Water rationing is inevitable, and I'd like to get ahead of the game.

So, it's funny to me that efficiency standards are a culture war target. Consumers opposing these standards are basically arguing for their own exploitation by utility and gas companies.