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  1. Nov 2023
  2. Oct 2023
    1. "Iron Eyes" Cody (1904–1999)[79][80] – Born as Espera Oscar de Corti, and came to be known as "The Crying Indian". An Italian-American actor most well known for his appearance in a 1970's anti-littering commercial. Cody pretended to be from various tribes and denied his Italian heritage for the rest of his life.
    1. Part I: Inventors

      I've come to think that the purpose of part 1 of the book is part rhetorical device (ethos). David Lipsky is using it to build up some credibility as a writer. He's covering topics that many are likely somewhat knowledgeable about, but is adding some additional color, details, and information which most surely don't know. This has the effect of showing the depths to which he's researched the topics to be able to weave them into such a story.

      This will tend to pay off as he begins addressing the potentially more contentious (for some) material in the climate crisis section.

    2. https://www.theparrotandtheigloo.com/

      The endnotes missing from the book.

    1. Der deutsche Wirtschafts- und Klimaschutzminister Robert Habeck hat ein im Bundeskabinett nicht abgestimmtes Papier zur Industriestrategie vorgelegt. Zur Stärkung des Industriestandorts Deutschland soll die Wirtschaft um 50 Milliarden Euro entlastet werden. Der Strompreis soll subventioniert werden. Außerdem will Habeck die Abscheidung und Speicherung von CO2 in Deutschland ermöglichen. https://taz.de/Deutsche-Industriepolitik/!5965372/

    1. Die Erde befindet sich bereits in einem "uncharted territory". 20 von 35 Indikatoren, mit denen sich das Funktionieren des Klimasystems beurteilen lässt, zeigen inzwischen extreme Werte. Die aktualisierte Version einer von den renommiertesten Erdsystemwissenschaftler:innen erstellten (und von 2000 Wissenschaftlern unterzeichneten Studie) von 2019 kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Warnungen aus der Wissenschaft, den Planeten nicht überzubelasten, nicht rechtzeitig ernst genommen wurden und das Erdsystem seinen stabilen Zustand verlassen hat. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/earth-vital-signs-human-history-scientists-sustainable-future

      Report: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad080

    1. Die Internationale Energieagentur IEA hält eine Begrenzung der globalen Erhitzung aufgrund des schnellen Wachstums bei den erneuerbaren Energien für sehr schwierig, aber noch möglich. In ihrem Jahresbericht kommt sie zu dem Ergebnis, dass der Höhepunkt der Nachfrage nach Kohle, Gas und Öl bis 2030 erreicht werden wird. Die Energiepolitik der wichtigen Staaten ist aber bei der Umstellung auf Erneuerbare bei weitem nicht so ehrgeizig, als es nötig ist. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/grace-aux-energies-bas-carbone-limiter-le-rechauffement-climatique-reste-possible-affirme-lagence-internationale-de-lenergie-20231024_YF7ZJA7WBFACRFIVCBRONJPKAA/

      World Energy Outlook 2023: https://origin.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023

      Mehr zum World Energy Outlook 2023: https://hypothes.is/search?q=tag%3A%22report%3A%20World%20Energy%20Outlook%202023%22

    1. In Italien werden bereits geplante Investitionen zur schnelleren Errichtung von Offshore-Windkraft-Anlagen mit der Begründung gestrichen, dass die von der EU zur Verfügung gestellten Budgetmittel nicht ausreichen. In der Regierung gibt es heftigen Widerstand gegen eine mit der EU vereinbarte Liberalisierung bei den Energiepreisen. https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2023/10/24/news/decreto_energia_proroga_mercato_tutelato_cdm_governo-418606409/

    1. James Hansen, einer der Entdecker der von Menschen verursachten globalen Erhitzung, kommt in seinem neuesten Kommentar zu dem Ergebnis, dass das 1,5 Grad-Ziel des Pariser Abkommens möglicherweise schon früh im nächsten Jahr überschritten werden wird. Ausschlaggebend dafür sei, dass die Atmosphäre weniger kühlende Aerosole enthält als früher und dass inzwischen auch die Antarktis zur globalen Erwärmung beiträgt. Hansens Ergebnisse werden nicht von allen Klimawissenschaftlerinnen geteilt, aber sehr ernst genommen https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/will-the-earth-breach-its-15c-guardrail-sooner-than-we-thought

      Hansens.Kommentar: https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/ElNinoFizzles.13October2023.pdf

    1. Der Tod vieler Flussdelfine in Amazonien ist eine weiteres Signal dafür, dass das ganze Ökosystem aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten ist. Die Erhitzung beschleunigt die in El Niño-Jahren üblichen Verdunstungsvorgänge. Viele Flüsse sind wegen Niedrigwasser nicht mehr schiffbar. Interview mit dem Geologen Pedro Luiz Côrtes. https://taz.de/Geologe-ueber-Amazonas-Duerre/!5960544/

    1. Zwischen 2016 und 2021 wurden weltweit mindestens 43,1 Millionen Kinder durch klimabedingte Wetterereignisse wie Überschwemmungen, Stürme, Dürren und Waldbrände vertrieben. Bei diesen Angaben aus einem neuen Unicef-Report handelt es sich um Mindestzahlen; die realen Werte dürften weit höher liegen. Der Bericht prognostiziert Verschlimmerungen bis hin zu mehr als einer Verdoppelung dieser Zahlen bis 2050. https://taz.de/Unicef-Bericht-zum-Klimawandel/!5964808/

      Bericht: https://www.unicef.org/reports/children-displaced-changing-climate

    1. Die Europäische Union hat ihre Verhandlungslinie für die #COP28 festgelegt. Dabei ist es nicht gelungen, den kompletten Verzicht auf fossile Brennstoffe zu fordern. Stattdessen wird auf Druck Polens Ungarns und Italiens die Formulierung "non-abated" verwendet, allerdings nur für Verwendungen außerhalb der Energieerzeugung. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/futur-sommet-climat-lunion-europeenne-fait-un-pas-vers-la-fin-du-petrole-20231017_YFNYZ4VUWBCEHKS5PJVE4VLNYY/

    1. ExxonMobil übernimmt den fossilen Energiekkonzern Pioneer für 59,6 Milliarden Dollar. Es handelt sich um die größte Konzernübernahme dieses Jahres. Damit verschafft sich Exxon einem besseren Zugang zu den Schieferöl-Ressourcen des Permian Basin in Texas und New Mexico. Exxon hält unter Darren Woods an einer ölorientierten Strategie fest. 2022 hatte der Konzern 56 Milliarden Dollar Gewinn gemacht. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000190710/us-oelriese-exxon-uebernimmt-pioneer-fuer-595-milliarden-dollar

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita

      During shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden by halakha (Jewish law).

      The sabbath year (shmita; Hebrew: שמיטה, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it (שביעית‎, literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.

    1. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”

      This quote is a feature of toxic capitalism, which should be efficient enough to allow a person to quickly obtain another job to thereby make the issue moot.

      Part of it is tied into identity as well.

    1. Bangladeshs Hauptstadt Dhaka ist von der Erhitzung besonders schwer betroffen. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Hitzewellen hat sich verdreißigfacht. Der Verlust von Grünflächen führt zu Hitzeinseln. Viele Bewohner:innen wurden von Folgen der Klimakatastrphe in die Stadt getrieben. Arbeitende mit wenig Einkommen leiden besonders unter Hitze und Verdienstausfall. Interview mit Bushra Afreen, Kopruduzentin des Films Moshari, die jetzt chief heat officer für Nord-Dhaka ist.

      https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/oct/03/only-rich-can-bear-heat-dhaka-bangladesh-battling-extreme-weather-climate

    1. Angesichts der Temperaturrekorde im September fasst Adam Morton im Guardian die Kernaussagen des Net Zero Road-Berichts der IEA zusammen. Die Erhitzung kann danach noch gestoppt werden, wenn die Investitionen in Erneuerbare weiter schnell gesteigert werden und wenn nicht mehr in die Entwicklung fossiler Energien investiert wird. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/05/global-heating-weather-temperatures-climate-impact

    1. Einer Studie des Thinktanks Ember zufolge könnten die durch die Stromerzeugung verursachten Treibhausgasemissionen in diesem Jahr ihren Höhepunkt erreichen. Die Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien wachsen so schnell, dass die Verdreifachung der Kapazitäten bis 2030 nicht unrealistisch ist. Sie wird von vielen Experten für eine Voraussetzung gehalten, dass 1,5°-Ziel doch noch zu erreichen. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/global-carbon-emissions-electricity-peak-thinktank-report

      Ember-Studie: https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2023/

    1. There are several occasions where the massebah is not associated with pagan worship. When the massebah is associated with the worship of Yahweh, the massebah is accepted as a valid expression of commitment to Yahweh.

      Massebah for pagan worship: - Exodus 23:24 (https://hypothes.is/a/r3m5QmyDEe6SC8eLYcJE1Q) - Hosea 10:1 (https://hypothes.is/a/4PK2GGyDEe6wZg_r2YpVCA ) - 2 Kings 18:4 - 2 Kings 23:14

      Massebah for worship of Yahweh: - Genesis 28:18 Jacob's pillow (https://hypothes.is/a/NF5p8Gx6Ee65Rg_J4tfaMQ)<br /> - Genesis 31:44-45 Jacob and Laban's covenant - Exodus 24:4 - Joshua 24:25-27

    2. in violation of the demands of the covenant, the people of Israel erected sacred stones dedicated to other gods (Hosea 10:1). In their religious reforms, both Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:4) and Josiah (2 Kings 23:14) destroyed the sacred pillars which the people of Israel had dedicated to the worship of Baal.
    3. During the establishment of the covenant between Yahweh and Israel, the people were commanded to destroy the sacred stones of the Canaanites, “You must demolish them and break their sacred stones (masseboth) to pieces” (Exodus 23:24).

      In neighboring cultures in which both have oral practices relating to massebah, one is not just destroying "sacred stones" to stamp out their religion, but it's also destroying their culture and cultural memory as well as likely their laws and other valuable memories for the function of their society.

      View this in light also of the people of Israel keeping their own sacred stones (Hosea 10:1) as well as the destruction of pillars dedicated to Baal in 2 Kings 18:4 and 2 Kings 23:14.

      (Link and) Compare this to the British fencing off the land in Australia and thereby destroying Songlines and access to them and the impact this had on Indigenous Australians.

      It's also somewhat similar to the colonialization activity of stamping out of Indigenous Americans and First Nations' language in North America, though the decimation of their language wasn't viewed in as reciprocal way as it might be viewed now. (Did colonizers of the time know about the tremendous damage of language destruction, or was it just a power over function?)

    1. https://udenver.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuceuspzkuE9VomnEaGva1HH1ra_iS4Eua?ref=jessestommel.com#/registration

      Some related ideas that are suggesting some sort of thesis for improving the idea of ungrading: - We measure the things we care about. - In Education, we care about learning and understanding, but measuring these outside of testing and evaluation is difficult at best (therefor ungrading). - No one cares about your GPA six months after you graduate. - Somehow we've tied up evaluations and grades into the toxic capitalism and competition within US culture. Some of this is tied into educational movements related to Frederick Winslow Taylor and Harvards Eliot. - Hierarchies instituted by the Great Chain of Being have confounded our educational process.

    1. Der bisher schlimmste Ausbruch des Dengue-Fiebers in Bangladesh hat schon über 1000 Todesopfer gefordert, darumter 112 Kinder unter 15. Aufgrund hoher Temperaturen und unregelmäßiger Regenfälle haben sich die Trägermücken stark vermehrt. Für das gesundheitssystem ist der Ausbruch eine zusätzliche große Belastung. https://taz.de/Denguefieber-in-Bangladesch/!5964321/

    1. Die EU hat offiziell mit der Einführung des sog. Klimazolls“ begonnen, also einer Abgabe für Produkte aus Ländern, in denen mit mehr Emissionen produziert wird als in der EU. Dabei geht es um Zement, Eisen und Stahl, Aluminium, Dünger, Strom und Wasserstoff. In einer zweijährigen Übergangsphase werden zunächst nur die nötigen Informationen gesammelt. https://taz.de/Einfuhr-von-Stahl-Duenger-und-Co/!5963230/

  3. Aug 2023
  4. Jun 2023
    1. There are now about 22,000 contributorsto the site, which charges between $1 and $5 per basic image

      This reminds me of the article "Wikipedia and the Death of an Expert" how there are also so many volunteers running the wikipedia page. I inserted an article that mentions how many active editors there are on wikipedia so we can really compare the similarities in contributors.

  5. Apr 2023
    1. 2.7-10 Corollary (Continuity, null space)

      For a bounded linear operator \(T\), we have: 1. a sequence converge in the domain of T will converge in the image of T after applying the linear transformation 2. The null space of the operator is a closed linear subspace.

    2. 2.6-10 Theorem (Inverse operator)

      (1) Inverse exists is equivalen to having only \(\vec 0\) for the null space of the operator. (2) When the inverse exists, then it's a linear operator. (3) if dim of T is finite dimensional, then dim of range and domain is the same for T.

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  6. Mar 2023
    1. Nem tudhatom, hogy másnak e tájék mit jelent, nekem szülőhazám itt e lángoktól ölelt kis ország, messzeringó gyerekkorom világa. Belőle nőttem én, mint fatörzsből gyönge ága s remélem, testem is majd e földbe süpped el. Itthon vagyok. S ha néha lábamhoz térdepel egy-egy bokor, nevét is, virágát is tudom, tudom, hogy merre mennek, kik mennek az uton, s tudom, hogy mit jelenthet egy nyári alkonyon a házfalakról csorgó, vöröslő fájdalom.

      a 6. sor első mondata fejezi ki a vers alap helyzetét: Itthon vagyok : ezt a gondolatot fejti ki a költő a következő pár sorban, apró életképekkel: mit jelent számára a haza? ismerős bokrokat, házakat, embereket és ismerős fájdalmakat is, melyeket a háború okozott: a költőt a nyári alkony színei a fehér ház falán a lefolyó vérre emlékeztetik - valószínűleg abban a házban is siratnak valakit, akit a háború szakított el családjától

  7. Feb 2023
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    1. Liquidity ratios are financial ratios that measure a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations or current liabilities using its current assets. These ratios help assess a company's liquidity and ability to cover its short-term debts, and they are important indicators of a company's financial health

  9. Jan 2023
  10. Dec 2022
    1. 2. No hierarchy

      Defang the hierarchy! Flattening all the management levels and leadership.

    2. 1. Total transparency

      All info all of the time available to all makes for a trusting space. Plus, a more active way to help all your people understand what they are seeing.

  11. Nov 2022
  12. Oct 2022
    1. After his retirement in 1947 the Carnegie Corporation of New York persuadedhim to write a history of American state universities, which came to interest him in-tensely. At the end of a year he had written half of the book and sorted his lastnotes. He notified the university administration that he was unable to complete thejob before leaving his study for the hospital where he died, October 24, 1948. Thevolume is being completed by one of his students, Professor Walton E. Bean of theUniversity of California.

      Even following his retirement in 1947, Paxson continued to take notes specifically on education for a project which he never got to finish before he died in hospital on October 24, 1948.

    1. Sometimes a Scrum Team is hired and assembled fully by an organization without any input from the Scrum Team members, and there's nothing in Scrum preventing that. Likewise, there is nothing in Scrum that prevents a group of people from forming their own Scrum Team and organizing themselves into a structure that gives them their best shot at achieving the organization's goals.

      the Scrum Team may be both assembled or self-assembled

    2. In Scrum, the Product Owner manages the Product Backlog, Scrum Masters manage Scrum's effectiveness, and Developers manage how Increments are created.

      this is important, who is accountable for the management of what

    1. who

      is it really about who (customer/user) we're working for? or can we say that it's about what (goal/value/outcome /impact) we're working for?

    1. Artykuł przedstawia wnioski z badań poświęconych zastosowaniu haseł przedmiotowych i słowników kontrolowanych w katalogach bibliotecznych. Badania wykazują, że zastosowanie ich jest zasadne i potrzebne.

  13. Sep 2022
    1. The song, known as the Black national anthem, was played more than 20 minutes before “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which was written by slaveholder Francis Scott Key and includes lyrics about the capture of escaped slaves who fought for the British during the War of 1812.

      Do you believe that we should countinue with the current national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" or should we change it to "Lift Every Voice" ? Is it wrong that we are singing a song written by a slaveholder towards our country ?

  14. Aug 2022
    1. One year ago this month, the final order of library catalog cards was printed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in Dublin, Ohio. On October 2, 2015, The Columbus Dispatch wrote, “Shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, an era ended. About a dozen people gathered in a basement workroom to watch as a machine printed the final sheets of library catalog cards to be made …”
  15. May 2022
    1. Target Questions: 1. Why is there a second modernity? 2. What is second modernity? 3. How does the second modernity relate to Medellin?

      Outline: Your own heading, subheadings, lists of examples, evidence, your own thinking

      1-4 Second Modernity [Time for a Second Modernity] [Defining Second Modernity]

      “…they found that the ‘repture’ theorized in the literature of postmodernism was more a response to the systemetic and sometimes dramatic failures of ‘high modernism’ …” (1)

      What are the failures of post-modernism and high modernism? It seems that architecture proposed temporary solutions that did not consider long-term issues.

      “… there is a growing recognition that widespread disillusionment with ‘the modern project’— the strategies for carrying out the ambitions of modernism – stops short of displacing the underlying ambitions for a more universal human progress.” (2)

      The ‘modern project’ or ‘modernity’ addresses immediate issues rather than foreseeing, resolving, adapting to long-term issues in architecture and the world.

      5-9 Second Modernity [Reflexive Modernism]

      “The common sense understanding of reflexivity comes from its root ‘reflex’ meaning an action performed in response to a stimulus without conscious thought.” (5)

      “… their design and construction should be subjected to intense scrutiny and their ongoing operation should be subject to reflexive mechanism of course correction including systems of checks and balances.” (5)

      “…research at the intersection of architecture, reflexivity, and informality has so far proven more effective at generating such questions than providing satisfactory responses.” (7)

      What is reflexivity? Reflexive architecture is architecture that perhaps responds to previous “modernities” and issues (political, economic, global etc.)

      9-13 Medellin, Colombia [Library Parks]

      “To make Medellin a city of ‘the most educated’ citizens in the nation, Fajardo’s team invited the demobilized soldiers to enroll in short-term informal educational and business development programs based in a series of community centers.” (9)

      “In contrast, Fajardo and his architect’s have earned the right to speak of design as a ‘vehicle’ for conveying basic human dignity or as a ‘catalyst’ for deep social transformation.” (12)

      Library Parks were created in response to the education issues after the war. Library Parks can be classified as second modernity or reflexive modernity as Library Parks take issues in Medellin, such as education, and responds to them by creating possible solutions.

      Takeaway:

      High modernity and post-modernism provided temporary solutions that did not allow for adaptability and resiliency. Reflexive modernism and second modernity are a proposition to create long-term solutions and adaptability to old issues left behind from high modernity and post-modernism.

  16. Apr 2022
    1. The top 10 percent of households have plenty of other potential for slashing emissions.

      The key is to educate and track.

    2. The top 10 percent is a broad category that includes more than the jet-fliers and yacht-owners. According to the IPCC, the top 10 percent includes households that spend more than $23 (in US dollars, compared using a metric called purchasing power parity) per person a day. The bottom 50 percent spend less than $3 per person per day.

      This is a key demographics to target.