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@ScottSoCal These nutjobs are in a frenzy to out-crazy each other and it’s an incredibly significant problem. We’ve become numb to the constant barrage of outrages and they push the envelope even further every day.

It is scary and I hope we get to keep our democracy.

@SamGodwell
I would add critical thinking - the ability to sift through information, separate fact from opinion, and form a hypothesis based on data.

What are five important core skills every teen should be taught?

Planning: being able to make and carry out concrete goals and plans

Focus: the ability to concentrate on what’s important at a given time

Self-control: controlling how we respond to not just our emotions but stressful situations

Awareness: not just noticing the people and situations around us, but also understanding how we fit in

Flexibility: the ability to adapt to changing situations.

@blue_heathen
It's just their knee-jerk "own the libs" move. CA has mandated that by 2035 all new car sales must be EVs. So, of course, WY had to do the reverse.

JFC. In GQP whacko news of the day, they want to take us back a century in a whole new way.

β€˜Wyoming bill calls for ban on EV sales by 2035’ flip.it/QndkOW

Someday my grandchildren will learn the history of the war in Ukraine. They will ask "Why did they give weapons for so long, because so many lives could have been saved?" The answer will be one "They hesitated and were afraid"

Russian ambassador Yakovenko hosted a lavish party in the gardens of his residence in Kensington with guests who included the former minister of culture, media and sport, John Whittingdale, and Boris Johnson’s now wife, Carrie Symonds

theguardian.com/politics/2023/

#russia #uk #england #conservatives

Here’s my #introduction.
I am a climate scientist who studies the ocean carbon cycle. I also work on verifying ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (#CDR).
I’m a professor at University of HawaiΚ»i at Mānoa, and I’m also an adjunct at Columbia University and Ecole normale supΓ©rieure in Paris.
In addition to academia, I advise companies on carbon offsets and CDR.
According to the New York Times, here are my interests.
nytimes.com/explain/2022/04/22

@ksaust@toot.community
A final thought: Mastodon is what you make it. And, whether you intended it that way or not, the post that got my response on here came across condescending and patronizing. You're oh-so-earnest-and-better because you want to address Serious Issues, and the rest of us are just farting around with cat photos. Not a tone many will respond to with gracious welcomes.

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