War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Summer explodes the environment: (Illustration: ‘Heat Dome’ across US Southwest and Pacific Coast this weekend, image found here). Overcast and though a bit warm, fairly comfortable outside here near noon Thursday in California’s Central Valley — it might be pleasant right now, but we’re expecting major heat later this afternoon, especially starting tomorrow and boiling…
(Illustration: Art by Matteo Farinella, written by Jeremy Deaton, and found here). Once again putting aside guns and war and nasty Republican asshole politics this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, maybe focus for a moment on probably the biggest-by-far threat to humanity, coming faster, too, eventually to engulf everybody’s neighborhood — climate change.…
Faded-yellow sunshine peeks out occasionally between off-white clouds this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — cool temperatures, too, in nice pre-summer kind of weather. In the horror of the news cycle lately, deep back-burner stories are forgotten, especially something like the shadow-elephant-in-the-room — climate change. And according to new research released this past…
Heavy-air hot this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re on a schedule now to greater and greater temperatures with days starting to average at least 90-degrees in the shade. In the sun is a way-different story. Direct sunshine in a flat-anvil of a valley creates a scorching heat, nearly unbearable in high…
Warming up outside now near mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — we expect 90-degree air this afternoon, and maybe close to 100 tomorrow. Summer ahead doesn’t look too charming for us out on the Left Coast. And mainly for everyone everywhere. Beyond the violence of white, hate-filled assholes and crazy-ass Russian dictators, and…
Breezy and cool this near-mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — weather just about out of sync with normal reality. Reportedly, we’ll see a 30-degree rise in temperatures by Saturday as the ‘whiplash,’ lopsided shape of our meteorology continues unabated. A circumstance already predicted. And going beyond cruel-ass SCOTUS, cruel-ass Republicans, cruel-ass Vlad Putin,…
(Illustration: “Landscape of Change,” by Jill Pelto, and found here). As the world responds to the war-crime horrors of Vlad Putin’s monstrous invasion of Ukraine, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released a final chapter in its ongoing, 30-year-plus study of our deteriorating environment, which maybe denotes our circumstances might even already…
Noontime Friday here in California’s Central Valley. The weather’s ambiance is already warm touting, thus we’re looking at low-80s later this afternoon — heat the news. So be it — going beyond Ukraine, Putin and asshole, nasty Republicans, climate change also continues its torrid beat toward ending humanity if shit doesn’t change action-wise with our…
Sunshine and warmth this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Spring has sprung so summer won’t be long in coming — words to weed. Meanwhile. Ukraine has tragic consequences beyond its borders. Today, UN Secretary General António Guterres, in a video address to a conference on sustainability run by the Economist newspaper in London,…
Seemingly, our current time zone’s best descriptive word might be ‘unprecedented.’ Joining Vlad Putin’s ‘unprecedented‘ dangerous shit in Ukraine is a shocker in a field where the unusual has become commonplace for years — climate change. A shitload of climate-science research and analysis lately have these few words, or words to the effect embedded somewhere…
