With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Benjamin Netanyahu disbands Israeli war cabinet
The Arctic could become 'ice-free' within a decade, sooner than projected, study says
Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet but plans to keep far right sidelined
AI is already directing military drone strikes in Russia and Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere. The U.S. has been vocal about incorporating automated systems into its military operations in the coming years. We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating humans from nuclear decision-making, writes Tamlyn Hunt, a scholar and writer affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The professors turned porn stars
“during a favorable market and a hard elver run, a Mainer may earn a hundred thousand dollars in a single haul.”
Are animals conscious? How new research is changing minds
‘Making this film was forbidden’: how Agnieszka Holland’s migrant thriller inflamed the Polish right
Israel, Hezbollah on 'brink' of all-out war, officials warn
Los Angeles council OKs study of removing police from traffic enforcement
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