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KeithDJohnson

@KeithDJohnson@sfba.social

๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’š Editorial Guild at Permaculture Design Magazine / Teacher-Designer #Agroecology #EarthRepair๐ŸŒŽ
https://www.permaculturedesignmagazine.com/
Born@312ppm CO2 (1952, organic garden farmer since 1975)
#TerraformEarth1st (w/ human-scale #earthworks, #water catchment, #restoration
#Homestead 10 A of partly forested sand in MI with my co-conspirator of 25 yrs, Peter Bane, (prev. #editor / #publisher of #Permaculture Activist, now Pc Design Mag, author Pc Handbook)
Be Fruitful & Mulch Apply

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KeithDJohnson, to climate
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Expect avocado shortages and rising prices. #climatechange #drought https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/avocado-shortage-climate-change-water-b2543950.html?

falcennial, to random
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we need to get better at handling people controlled by fear.

you can spot them easily. they are the ones whose ideology seems to be against shit. I talk like that a lot of the time, and guess why. it's the fear.

berating people who are controlled by fear isnt going to influence them, as you already know from experiences in both positions.

abusing their fear could influence them, but that's not worth doing.

I can identify them. but what's the best way to reach them in your experience?

KeithDJohnson,
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@falcennial Give them better programming?

KeithDJohnson, to random
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"โ€œI feel like if I donโ€™t speak out, then Iโ€™m complicit,โ€ Gore said. โ€œI refuse to be complicit in something thatโ€™s going to hurt children.โ€
The pervasive indoctrination she had railed against simply did not exist. Children were not being sexualized, & she could find no examples of critical race theory, an advanced academic concept that examines systemic racism. Sheโ€™d examined curriculum related to social-emotional learning, which has come under attack by Christian conservatives who say it encourages children to question gender roles and prioritizes feelings over biblical teachings. Instead, Gore found the materials taught children โ€œhow to be a good friend, a good human.โ€

Gore rushed to share the news with the hard-liners who had encouraged her to run for the seat. She expected them to be as relieved & excited as she had been. But she said they were indifferent, even dismissive, because โ€œit didnโ€™t fit the narrative that they were trying to push.โ€" https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/

KeithDJohnson, to permaculture
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" Instructor travels to the City of Bengaluru, , to visit an innovative & visionary project to fix that city's crisis by restoring the city's water table. The Million Wells for Bengaluru project was founded by Home Biome & they already have 250,000 recharge wells built or restored throughout the city. This is a simple solution to a massive problem."

https://youtu.be/jvFk4NsYurA

KeithDJohnson, to permaculture
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I asked a guy, who was tearing up a driveway a couple miles from my place, if I could have the busted "urbanite" for #landscaping, as my site has NO rocks (unless they were brought here). I'm 72 and I really should find some helpers. Every piece gets picked up and set down at least 3 times before coming to rest, not to mention busting up the big piece and fine shaping the smaller ones. It adds up and my knees let me know they are not thrilled. Oh, well. I think it looks nice & I love the work. Keeps me exercised while wearing me down. Like Life. #urbanite #hardscaping #permaculture #gardening

KeithDJohnson, to Futurology
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Water, water everywhere, & not a [safe] drop to drink. More rain & flooding to come. Compound #catastrophes become very expensive.
"The city of 1.3 million inhabitants has been almost totally cut off by the #floods.

An estimated 80% of its population do not have access to running #water after five of the city's six water treatment plants ceased working.

Suzan, a resident of Porto Alegre, said that people in the city had "never experienced anything like it".

"There are thousands of people who lost their houses. Now we don't have water anywhere."
#permaculture #climatechange
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cle07g0zzqeo

KeithDJohnson, to random
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War kills ecosystems / life-support, too.
"...the IDF... attacks against Gaza are targeting not just its civilian population, but also the landscape & vegetation that people need to survive." https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/15/gazas-trees-disappear-showing-a-humanitarian-crisis/

KeithDJohnson, to food
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An image for your / / forage files: A much larger detailed image is at the link below.

Crops of the worldโ€˜

Harvested area globally, average 2011-2021

By Benjamin Nowak https://lnkd.in/eNHg--6W

falcennial, to random
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a like button is some straight 1984 shit. it can mean "I like this thing," or "I like that you told me about this thing I dislike." when something can mean either yes or no, why have it? people either have their own personal rules, or adhere to a convention they know, or don't. why have it? what outcome is it for? what outcome does it achieve? why have it?

KeithDJohnson,
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@falcennial

KeithDJohnson,
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@falcennial

KeithDJohnson, to random
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When dogs vote.
#ClayBennett #cartoon

KeithDJohnson, to random
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@aaron.rupar wrote: "Whatโ€™s most striking in the interview is that Trump, even after four years as president, has virtually no grasp on any policy issue beyond empty talking points, most of which are lies. When asked how he will implement his plans, he waffles, obfuscates, & delivers a stream of non sequitur boasts about how great he is or about how other people have said that heโ€™s great. He lies all the time, but many of his statements on core policy issues are so garbled & gassy they donโ€™t even qualify as lies. Itโ€™s like interacting with a chatbot programmed by a fascist parrot." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-time-magazine-interview-2024?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3MOkdO50_vBK7Yc9CraUP6XXaVvTHANw7RC-maRYC7FHNaHovR8jk1eO4_aem_AWpli_df4RJqgFmhcHdo7EfIiSAFT_HFOiR_Zl2UGeanPXORxU3iDxg6EhH5lVX7xRTDy_E5sV7WPqdo_8bxsG2c

KeithDJohnson, to random
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We're Watching The Elite Panic in Real Time
by Jessica Wildfire

"The #AvianFlu situation is evolving daily now. Farmers & ranchers are starting to show "bird flu-like symptoms," but they aren't getting tested. Nobody is forcing them, either. The USDA is inspecting ground beef, but only in states with outbreaks in dairy cows, & only because other countries started rejecting our beef. As one epidemiologist told Scientific American, "We don't have a good sense of the spread because testing is voluntary and certainly not being done in a systematic way."

Avian flu has been spreading for months in cattle, & none of our government institutions can tell us anything except, "Don't panic."

It's pathetic.

You can look at nuclear meltdowns, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, & pandemics. Almost every single time, government authorities rush out to calm down the population. They censor accurate information. They put most of their emphasis on protecting the assets of the rich***."
https://www.okdoomer.io/were-watching-the-elite-panic-in-real-time/

KeithDJohnson,
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2/ "So, to recap:

Normal people aren't panicking. The politicians are panicking. Their super donors are panicking. The dairy industry is panicking. The beef industry is panicking. They're not panicking about avian flu. They're not worried your cat is going to bring home bird flu. They're not worried your kid is going to drink bird flu milk & die. They're worried about money.

So, they're going to lie as long as they can. They're going to go through this charade of testing cattle, only in places where they absolutely have to. They're going to pretend they don't know that human transmission of bird flu is standing right around the corner, & it might've already started happening. They're going to act like everything is fine, until so many people start getting sick & dying that they have to do something, & what they'll do is mainly manage the panic they project onto us."

protecttruth, to random
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Hot damn. Look at this org chart for The Intercept.

That's a lot of business-side people: the whole left side.

I get why they're needed in today's for-profit disastrous journalism industry.

But the problem is the for-profit disastrous industry.

KeithDJohnson,
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@protecttruth Source: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

KeithDJohnson, to random
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Amy Siskind shared: "NEW: Trump found in violation of the gag order by judge. Fined $1k for nine occurrences. Trump must remove posts by 2:15 pm. Judge warns of incarceration if he continues.
womp womp."

KeithDJohnson,
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@GottaLaff

KeithDJohnson, to random
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I'm a Tenured College Professor. I'm Quitting. Here's Why.
by Jessica Wildfire

"Most of my professor friends can't support themselves. That includes the fancy tenured professors, even at nice schools. They have sugar mamas & sugar daddies. They're married to lawyers and bankers, or IT managers. If they're like me, they've got a secret side hustle.

Here's an irony:

My university forces everyone to disclose outside income. So if you have a second job or a side hustle, you're technically supposed to report it. You're supposed to ask them for permission. They can say no.

That's right, the same university that gave me a chocolate bar for a raise also says I can't take on a second job to support my family. They're worried it would distract me from all the free work I'm doing for them." https://www.okdoomer.io/im-a-professor-heres-why-im-walking-away-from-my-tenure/

KeithDJohnson,
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2/ snip "It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out what's going on. I mean, we know where the money isn't going:

The money isn't going into classrooms. The money isn't going to faculty or staff, not even to reimburse us for all the professional development we pay for. The money isn't going to scholarships or financial aid. The money isn't going into better ventilation, even though the pandemic has taught us the importance of clean air. That would make a difference. That would actually attract students & give them something in return for their tuition.

We know where the money goes:

The money goes to hire new directors of athletics. It goes toward new athletic facilities. It pays for the Starbucks our vice-chancellors love so much. It pays for the sushi bars they think will attract a "high caliber" of student. It pays the inflated salaries of the upper administration, who make healthy six figures even when they're terrible at their jobs."

KeithDJohnson,
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3/ snip "It's popular for universities to hire consultants to solve their problems. But the consultants can't solve their problems. The consultants can't tell them why they keep losing #students. The consultants can only give them the answers they want: Build another Starbucks, and so on...

Consultants can't tell them the truth:

#Education is collapsing.

It's collapsing because nobody really cares about it. As a tenured professor, I'm not supposed to say that.

It's true.

Nobody really wants to admit they don't care about education. Some people get angry when you point out this simple fact. Everyone wants to talk about how much they care about education. They want to watch movies about great teachers. They want to complain about the bad ones.

They want to pretend to care."

KeithDJohnson,
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4/ snip "For a few years, part of my job was to do outreach with high school English teachers. So I drove around all over my state visiting high schools & observing classes. The rich kid schools had tablets & chrome carts. The poor kid schools had textbooks so old they were falling apart.

The rich kid schools had happy, well-rested teachers. The poor kid schools had tired, stressed, overworked teachers.

The same thing happens in higher education.

Hedge fund managers & CEOs have captured the boards of trustees of most public universities. They're funneling all the money to the top, away from smaller satellite schools like mine & away from the arts in general. They're directing all the cash & resources to business schools & STEM programs at their flagships, and they're letting everyone else wither & die. They don't want normal people to get an education, not anymore. They want normal people to do undesirable jobs, at least until the right robot comes along."

KeithDJohnson, to asia
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Peter Dynes wrote, Apr 27, 24:

"Human survivability at its absolute limit in #Asia currently: #Thailand, #Myanmar, #Cambodia, #Vietnam, and the #Philippines. All hit temperatures above 40ยฐC, with some places experiencing an incredible life-threatening heat index of up to 52ยฐC."#climate

KeithDJohnson, to random
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"Scientists cannot yet predict if #BirdFlu will become the next global human pandemic, says Torres. Yet what is clear is that the #disease is here to stay โ€“ and we need to be prepared. "Every time there's a jump between species, it's a signal of potential increased risk," says Torres. "That's why we're quickly acting to try to understand and anticipate its evolution."

Torres adds: "The worst case is it adapts to mammals, with a greater risk of human-to-human transmission." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240425-how-dangerous-is-bird-flu-spread-to-wildlife-and-humans

KeithDJohnson, to random
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"Federal regulators have discovered fragments of #BirdFlu virus in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the Food and Drug Administration said in an online update on Thursday.

Samples from parts of the country that are known to have dairy herds infected with the virus were more likely to test positive, the agency said. Regulators said that there is no evidence that this milk poses a danger to consumers or that live virus is present in the milk on store shelves, an assessment public health experts have agreed with.

But finding traces of the virus in such a high share of samples from around the country is the strongest signal yet that the bird flu outbreak in dairy cows is more extensive than the official tally of 33 infected herds across eight states."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/health/bird-flu-milk-fda.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Po7wicRO54QA_Fzn_370ZU2cQm4KrY0XsD94Fxi4TY1DnksPVN83euQQ_aem_AcUzZWrLiZ_V1b1nD4BEqobjcYuuVHTxxhLOexWEu6LpUrTeYmrRR-gAh7f72kcf16MT4i175Vrf4IKsSSVDVqx_

KeithDJohnson, to Scotland
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About 2m people have in & , figures show
Many report symptoms lasting two years or longer and about 1.5m say disease affects day-to-day activities
"โ€œIf five years ago, we were to imagine that a completely new disease, which for some can cause medium- to long-term, and potentially disabling symptoms in approximately 3% of the population, which is what the new figures suggest, we would be enormously concerned.โ€ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/25/about-2m-people-long-covid-england-scotland-ons-figures?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2sZuhhneQ_JWIoQVlKCbJlMYtmJElWtFUnO1KewHxrbbcWqiFrLQPpJ8I_aem_AcX_8jf0TOm9Awea5yH2ZPehXIYYKni3JhUJlEgtyYgSYuuo2ypIDJfGsaangH9HPJHsrz9HnPaiCuxJol78JKuD

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