Tuesday, April 05, 2022

'Time is Runnin' Out' Climate Wrangle


How it started/How it's going:


"Give me all the bad news first, PDid."


That's not the entirety of the bad news.  How much time do we have (for me to tell you just a bit of the worst of it)?


Okay then.  Is there any hope?  Some good news, or suggestions for action?


I'm not convinced that the grand opening later this week of Giga Texas is all good news, but it's probably more good than bad.


And Socratic Gadfly definitely supports wilderness designation for most of Big Bend National Park with a few addenda and observations about that.

With that, I'll wrap this Wrangle with some scenes from the field trips of the SEJ conventioneers, who seemed enthralled and enchanted by the natural wonders of Southeast Texas.  Enjoy.

Monday, April 04, 2022

The Social Justice/Injustice (and more) Wrangle


Let's begin with some of the events from the weekend just passed.


Kimberly Shappley also celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility, and The 19th reported on what TDoV meant for trans folks in Texas this year.


Counter-weighted unfortunately by the ongoing social injustices.


It's difficult to say whether Dr. Hotze's publicity stunts are a social injustice, the rantings of a lunatic, or just garden-variety demagoguery.  You decide.


One thing is clear, as Zach Despart points out ...


Here's another pathetic example of Houston Democrats' foibles playing right into the hands of the raging local conservatives.


Unforced error after error in a midterm cycle that will be dominated by Biden's and DC Dems' failures to accomplish significant relief for suffering Americans foreshadows an electoral shellacking in November.  No amount of demonizing the demons in the GOP will rescue them.


The latest IPCC report has dropped, so I'll have some tweets about that and the #SEJ2022 conference from over the weekend in a large environmental Wrangle tomorrow.  Right now I feel like I need a few calm-me-downs.