The Rules of the Economy

A good day to remember that the rules of the Earth system are determined by physics and biology, and the rules of the economy are made up by a small group of self-interested people and could change.

@bethsawin

Links for 6/25/23

Manhattan Beach, California, 1950s

The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

Vicious Accelerating Feedbacks Between Far Right Politics and Climate Catastrophe

Rich people must allow access to a public beach

George Monbiot’s Regenesis — you won’t think about dinner the same way again

D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas

What Happens When You Tax Billionaires at 90 Percent?

‘High amounts’ of flesh-eating bacteria and ocean plastics create ‘perfect pathogen storm’ in Florida seaweed

Why The IndieWeb?

Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Decolonization or Extinction: Indigenous Red Deal Lays Out Plan to Save the Earth

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore – “Superthunderstingcar”

Links for 6/17/23

Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’

Traditional Development – #6 in the Strong Towns Curbside Chat Video Series

A shocking number of birds are in trouble

Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

America’s Radioactive Secret

Refreshments were once served from a giant owl-shaped building in Long Beach, California

@justinebateman wants to see AI contract terms in actor agreements and music folk should be checking, too

Fish Are Not Insentient Dullards

Mexico Could Lead the World On Solar Energy?—?And Why it Needs To

Carl Sagan: a lovely and powerful new short film and automaton installation about the urgency of environmental action (video)

6 things to know about heat pumps, a climate solution in a box

The Animals on the beach in California – a world away from Newcastle-on-Tyne in Northern England

The Floating Basket Homes of Iraq: A Paradise Almost Lost to Saddam

To Fight Coastal Erosion, Design a Bespoke Artificial Reef

Monsieur Hulot’s Parisian House

We can’t afford to choose adaptation over cutting emissions – suggesting otherwise is dangerous

Déplacer Le Silence With Lola Mignot

Stolen Relations: recovering stories of indigenous enslavement in the Americas

Last Waves Legends

Dancers performing “The Nitty Gritty” from the The Judy Garland Show (1964).

Links for 5/28/23

A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you

Doug Rushkoff Is Ready to Renounce the Digital Revolution

no to chrome

Could This Be the Final Frontier for Renewable Energy?

Return to the Water documentary

Are You Using Your Leash Wrong?

@theblakemorgan on AI Bros

Meet the first famous female rock&roll drummer

How to make your wardrobe sustainable

Gov. DeSantis Urged to Veto Radioactive Roads Bill

Grosso Forever: Loveletter To Japan

British Longboard Union highlights reel: Porthmeor Longboard Classic, April 2023

Indigenous peoples caught in the Russia-Ukraine war

Sisters Stacia and Ashley Ahina

Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime?

The Floating Basket Homes of Iraq: A Paradise Almost Lost to Saddam

The Fight to Expose Corporations’ Real Impact on the Climate

Takeshi Terauchi, Japan’s Eleki God

Concern grows over rich nations controlling sunlight

So.. You Can Longboard Dance? 2022 | Memories

The dark side of plastic: understanding the impact on our bodies, ecosystems, and the world

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

The origins of climate crisis

Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

Korean Cowboys of the Old World

Woolight Firewire Sustainable Surfboards

Chokepoint Capitalism: how Big Tech and Big Content captured creative labor markets and how we’ll win them back

When Good Waves Go Rogue

Links for 5/13/23

Listen to Brian Wilson’s isolated vocals on “Don’t Worry Baby”

See Photos of the Hand-Built Boat That Might Sail from Sausalito to Hawaii

Das Meer und der Müll – Treibgut in der Tiefsee – Dagmar Röhrlich (2008)

The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial

See how a quick-fix climate solution could also trigger war

1960s Queensland – ‘Route One: Highway to the Sun’

How We Met: Poison Ivy and Lux Interior

Uranium Stories: the largest nuclear disaster in US history, 43 years later

Links for 5/2/23

Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists

Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption

It’s not just you: The planet wants a 4-day workweek, too

“The Consequence of Style” – with Robin Falxa, Southern France

Little Richard documentary looks at the life and career of the Black queer rock ‘n’ roll icon

The Dangers Of Highly Centralized AI – Clive Thompson – Medium

Native Tribes of North America, Central America and the Caribbean by Michael Mcardle-Nakoma.

What is Ecological Overshoot and Can Capitalism Correct It?

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world

The Beach Mini is back thanks to one German firm

Indigenous Mexicans Risk Their Lives To Defend the Environment From Organized Crime and ‘insatiable, Predatory’ Transnational Corporations

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century

Building

Visit to Los Angeles 1960s (60fps, added sound w/ color remaster)

Returning the Gift

Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Links for 3/19/23

‘Unprecedented’ Surge in Ocean Plastic Waste Could Accelerate in Future

The creeping threat of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

It’s like a cult!

Saab Sonett

Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps

Why Methane Surged in 2020

The Ghetto Brothers: Lost Legends of Rock’n’Roll

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Ancient Mystery SANXINGDUI

To truly reach net zero emissions, we need to transform the business supply chain

Links for 1/8/23

Project Moon Base: The Kirchin Experience (Podcast)

Das Meer und der Müll – Treibgut in der Tiefsee – Dagmar Röhrlich (2008)

Jim ‘The Genius’ Phillips

What’s gone wrong with England’s water?

Must See Documentary: The Way the Music Died: Why You Should #DitchSpotify

The History Of The Polynesian Panthers: A Fight For Social Justice In New Zealand

Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out

A 1959 Cadillac bicycle

The Lost Surfers of the Black Sea

Seeking proof of China’s ancient trade with Africa