Way back in 2020 I sponsored Pete for his Permanent Residency in Canada. We had been talking about a move for years and finally made the plunge. We got his Read More …

‘How do you write like the Economist?’ a new member of staff asked as he began to compose his first leading article for the paper some years ago. ‘Pretend you are God,’ Read More …

Systemic kleptocracy is in the DNA. Starting with the European land grab, slavery, systemic discrimination against property ownership (red lines). All quasi-legal and illegal. Plus ça change. Sadly. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/this-land-was-our-land/594742/

We collect similar data – it’s controlled by corporations not the government. Not sure I like either option. https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n19/john-lanchester/document-number-nine

Fascinating. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/who-is-shakespeare-emilia-bassano/588076/

DAR (Direct Air Removal) as an interesting alternative to CCS (Carbon Capture Sequestration). With production of synthetic fuels from the captured carbon. No one technology is a silver bullet and Read More …

An interesting theory – the social theory connecting school shootings and riots. Although not mentioned, social media would seem to be an enabler. Malcolm Gladwell writes about John LaDue, the Read More …

Gone since the last ice age, earthworms are moving north. In the short term, they release carbon; longer term they create new soil. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/science/earthworms-soil-climate.html

“THE BIRTHDAY of a new world is at hand.” Ever since Thomas Paine penned those words in 1776, America has seen itself as the land of the new—and Europe as Read More …