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1ddiscourseoftheday · 5 years

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Tues 2 July

Liam content continues! He announced another performance, Jeddah World Fest in Saudi Arabia on the 18th of this month, we got a first look at a couple pieces from the clothes collection (a shirt with the chevron on it!), and he has a long and very sweet interview out in the evening standard. In it he credits Edward Enninful with helping a lot with his (awful sounding, poor Liam) anxiety issues and helping him be more social again, he says the chevron tattoo (a hot topic with the collection focus on it) was meant to be smaller but he didn't want to correct the artist when it was too big LIAM OMG, he talks about the assigned looks in 1D and not being allowed to wear certain stuff ("I haven’t worn a stripe since I was 15") and he talks about Bear and how much he loves him and the decision to shield him from the public. But my favorite part is him on the STD era fashion: "there was a part of me that enjoyed that the way I was dressing was annoying people- I was like, I’m going to get abused whatever I wear," and if that isn't the lesbian fashion mantra of all time idk what is, where're the "Liam is a lesbian icon" blogs?? A concept whose time has come people.

Louis tweeted about Glastonbury ("incredible! one of the best places in the world!") and other people tweeted cute pics of him and their stories of meeting him there. Consensus- he was so nice! He didn't have to be but he was so sweet and friendly! One girl who tweeted her story responded to a Briana and Eleanor fan account pestering her for details about Louis and Eleanor, 'idk they seemed like friends, isn't he with that guy in his band?' LOL.

Niall, a man who truly knows how to vacation, has moved on to his next activity, playing at the Irish Open! He expressed doubt that he was ready for the course but I'm sure he's having a blast regardless. He also tweeted... a whole lot of stuff idk, just like, stuff, about golf and things, and took some cute pics with fans at the golf tourney.

Industry insider Jeff Sneider tweets that Harry is not just on the Elvis movie shortlist, but is also wanted for Little Shop of Horrors- UMM I want I want I want (but that's crazy).... It's all just talk and pipe dreams, we don't know what Harry wants to do but he's come through for our biggest asks before, how about it babe?? And Liam Gallagher talks about meeting Harry, saying that he's really talented, he likes him, and "I thought he’d be a lot more impressed to hang out with me" AHAHAHA wow. I mean seriously though he didn't seem to understand Harry's level of stardom which is pretty funny TBH. Oh he also said he heard some of his new material speaking of I WANT! Jealous.

I sincerely did not want to talk about Euphoria anymore, but damn Louis' tweet is getting so much media coverage! Like A LOT. And what coverage it is, there are articles laying out the history of Larry shipping, pointing people to freddieismyqueen videos, giving instructions about what not to google lest you find out more about this crazy wild theory, umm. Ok then. Welcome newbies! I assume you're flooding in even as we speak, hello, have a cookie, maybe turn off your anon asks. Meanwhile Billboard, a bit more restrained, just ran an article explaining why Louis couldn't win a legal action against the show.

And RIP me, here's even more Euphoria stuff: I am not quite ready to stop talking about that blog HBO is running- they seem to have realized they fucked up and have been fiddling with it all day, first deleting the bio that says they're 16 yeah you think, then deleting the fics, and now changing the URL repeatedly (it's currently fan-of-stuff1 but subject to change) but they still follow minors (and have who knows how many followers) who may not be checking in to notice these changes and they still don't have it marked as a promotional entity anywhere. If you're reading this, people in charge of that extremely poorly thought out piece of marketing, seriously please just DELETE and, if you must, make a (new) clearly marked promo blog. This promo may be technically legal but it certainly violated some common sense ethical boundaries, just cut your losses.

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filosofablogger · 7 years

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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Ansel Adams

Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity. Dan Lipinski

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Did anybody notice the news last week? In California … about the Oroville Dam, north of Sacramento? More than 190,000 people were forced to leave their homes under an evacuation order. The fear was that a largely earthen emergency spillway could collapse and cause catastrophic floods on the Feather River.

And what of the bushfires and bats in Australia, in the midst of one of the most ferocious heatwaves on record? Parts of South Australia and Victoria reached 46 °C (115° F), while New South Wales and Queensland recorded temperatures above 47 °C (117° F). At least five towns in New South Wales and four in Queensland had their hottest day ever recorded over the weekend. As Ed McMahon used to say to Johnny Carson, “how hot WAS it?” Well, it was so hot that thousands of bats dropped dead from the heat in eastern Australia, falling from the trees. The latest heatwave has led to people being admitted to hospital as well as blackouts due to excessive use of air-conditioning. It has also sparked dozens of bush fires in New South Wales that firefighters are still trying to contain.

Why am I writing about this now? What is the connection between a potential dam failure/flood in California and a heat wave in Australia? Climate change. Pure and simple … climate change brought about, at least in part, by the habits of mankind and his obdurate burning of fossil fuels, as well as other things that produce excess carbon emissions, thus causing a greenhouse effect and destroying the ozone layer of the earth’s atmosphere. As to why I am writing about this now … first, the two above-mentioned incidents were widely reported, but little noted here in the U.S., where the masses were consumed by Trumpy Tweets and scandals involving national security advisor Michael Flynn, spokesperson Kellyanne Conway, and the contentious confirmation hearings of Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions. The stories of a heatwave in Australia and a narrowly-averted disaster in California, along with that of six tornadoes in and around New Orleans were apparently not all that interesting.

In recent news, on Monday, 23 January, just after Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received the following memo:

I just returned from a briefing for Communication Directors where the following information was provided. These restrictions are effective immediately and will remain in place until further direction is received from the new Administration’s Beach Team. Please review this material and share with all appropriate individuals in your organization. If anyone on your staff receives a press inquiry of any kind, it must be referred to me so I can coordinate with the appropriate individuals in OPA.

No press releases will be going out to external audiences.

No social media will be going out. A Digital Strategist will be coming on board to oversee social media. Existing, individually controlled, social media accounts may become more centrally controlled.

No blog messages.

The Beach Team will review the list of upcoming webinars and decide which ones will go forward.

Please send me a list of any external speaking engagements that are currently scheduled among any of your staff from today through February.

Incoming media requests will be carefully screened.

No new content can be placed on any website. Only do clean up where essential.

List servers will be reviewed. Only send out critical messages, as messages can be shared broadly and end up in the press.

I will provide updates to this information as soon as I receive it.

Meanwhile, on 03 February, Florida representative Matt Gaetz introduced a bill that would terminate the EPA by the end of 2018. Terminate. No more research, no more directives, no more scientific studies. Nada. Zip. Zilch. The bill is co-sponsored by representatives Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Steven Palazzo of Mississippi.

Gaetz, a freshman in Congress, said the EPA’s rules and regulations designed to protect the environment actually hurt people and that the agency has “violated the sovereignty of the states.” Democrats in Congress are not overly concerned that the EPA will be abolished, as Gaetz’ freshman status likely means that he will not have the political clout to push his bill through. Additionally, to completely abolish the EPA would require repealing a number of laws entrusting the agency with a number of specific environmental responsibilities.

However, Trump still appears to be set to chop the EPA’s budget drastically, and then there are the braying duo, Ebell and Pruitt … . Pruitt has spent the better part of his career as attorney general of Oklahoma suing the EPA … in fact he has filed a total of 14 lawsuits against the EPA. And now he will, in all likelihood, run the agency.

The full senate is set to vote this week on the confirmation of Trump’s choice to lead the EPA, climate-change denier and supporter of the fossil fuel industry, Scott Pruitt. Trump already placed another climate change denier, Myron Ebell, in the position of director of the Center for Energy and Environment. I have written about both Ebell and Pruitt in the past few months.

Recently Pruitt acknowledged the existence of climate change, though he argued that the role of human activity is subject to debate. Just last year he referred to climate change as a ‘religious belief’. During his confirmation hearing, Pruitt was asked by Senator Bernie Sanders about his personal opinion on the link between climate change and human activity, Pruitt demurred, claiming his opinion would be immaterial to his job as EPA administrator. I love Sanders response:

“Really? You are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment, and your personal feelings about whether climate change is caused by human activity and carbon emissions is immaterial?”

Much can and should be argued in favour of continuing research into climate science, additional regulations to reduce carbon emissions, and a number of other initiatives for which the EPA has been responsible, but I and others have said it all before. The question before us today is what will happen to the EPA and how will it affect the earth’s future? Fortunately, other nations are taking climate change seriously and will continue to do so even if the U.S. backs out of the Paris Climate Accord. However, every nation needs to do its part, lest heat waves, droughts, floods, and melting polar ice caps become the norm. It is interesting that the representative who wants to do away with the EPA is from Florida, a state where they are already fighting against rising sea levels.

We can hope that the senate, seeing the chaos the Trump administration has been this past week, has begun to shed its collective rose-tinted glasses and will vote with their minds and consciences when the Pruitt confirmation comes to the floor for a vote, but I am not counting on it. Perhaps somebody should take them, in their stuffy suits and ties, to Australia and leave them for a week … then perhaps they would understand. Probably not, but it is fun to think about, yes?

Did Anybody Notice??? It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Ansel Adams…

#Australia heat wave #climate change deniers #dead bats #environmental science #Louisiana tornados #Myron Ebell #Oroville Dam #Scott Pruitt

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