from the brilliant Scottish philosopher-cartoonist Tom Gauld in New Scientist I am haunted by this cartoon. Not only because Tom has captured so perfectly our propensity to anthropomorphize everything from pets to stuffies to cars to AI. But also because Tom’s delivery bot seems the perfect metaphor for all of us tragically caught in an unnatural, prosthetic, anxiety-ridden culture we did not ask for, turned into obedient, conditioned wage slaves dreaming of a better world. COLLAPSE WATCH from the memebrary; this article appeared in this Wellington NZ newspaper 114 years ago, based on a report earlier that year in Popular Mechanics (yes, it’s authenticity has been repeatedly fact-checked) Consensus: El Niño — strong — through this coming winter: The latest consensus of NOAA corresponding experts is that El Niño will ‘officially’ begin this month. Last 4 weeks’ average RONI readings as of today are +0.7ºC, a ‘weak’ beginning El Niño (>+0.5ºC), expected to peak at +2.0ºC in January 2027…
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