Time Off
November 23, 2021Hey to the way-few readers of Compatible Creatures — I’ll most-likely not be posting for a while. My children will be in town this week — we’ve got an Airbnb not too far away and…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Democracy Dying? — ‘A Moment Of Great Peril And Risk’
November 22, 2021As America wades into the start of the 2021 holiday season there’s violent weirdness seeping into the festivities — along with a fatal SUV attack at a Wisconsin parade, Kyle Rittenhouse walking and a shitload…
Climate Change At Work Again In The Pacific Northwest: Efforts To Combat World Warming Need Bolstering — ‘A Lot Of Inaction That Gets Disguised As Flexibility, And We’re Past That Time’ And On A Short Road To Catastrophe
November 21, 2021(Illustration found here). As weather events are more and more being closely tied to climate change and the short shadow from the just-completed COP26 (which was another climate-action cop-out) is still weighing heavily in the…
California COVID Surge Despite High Vaccination Rates: ‘Still In A Risky Situation’
November 20, 2021Sunshine again this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — there was deep fog earlier but burned off and we found ourselves with a nice autumn day, with warmish temperatures stoked by cool, wimpish…
Scream Against The Night — Republicans Relentlessly-Ridiculously Ruthless
November 19, 2021America is of two camps, one humane and thoughtful, the other, cruel and insane. In the dark shadow of the vicious future of murder and firearm control created by the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal, the House…
Gosar Cesured — Instead of Remorse, Republicans Bullshit-Claimed Nancy Pelosi Has ‘Torn The Fabric Of This House Apart’
November 17, 2021A bit of sunshine finally this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — an emotional good swing from the thick ‘radiation fog’ that’s been enveloping the valley for days on endless days. Sun is…
Democracy In Peril — GOP Gerry-rigging 2022 Elections
November 16, 2021Fog again this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — tule gloom thick and depressing. After days of this shit, life seems to be a little sadder and ominous than even in the thinnest…
Russian Space Blunder Could Put ISS In Jeopardy — An ‘Unconscionable Action’
November 15, 2021(Illustration: International Space Station (art print), and found here). Plenty of action on the news front this Monday — Steve Bannon turned himself in after being indicted Friday for contempt of Congress, calling it “the…
Sunday ‘Get Back’ Serenade — Original Beatle-Juice!
November 14, 2021Putting aside the dismal, depressing political/environmental/pandemic news cycle for a minute or two and making time and room for another Sunday serenade, this time with the one-and-only, John, Paul, George, and Ringo — four names carrying…
UN Chief António Guterres On COP26 Agreement — ‘We Are Still Knocking On The Door Of Climate Catastrophe’
November 13, 2021As the world weathers the accelerating impacts of climate change, attendees to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, finally reached an agreement, though, the entire affair could be another “blah, blah, blah” episode. Nutshell via The Washington…