What a Week!
I believe that Arizona might not be a sustainable environment. Between the wildfires and the drought, what will happen in the future? We have always been optimistic that we had this handled, but our solutions are almost 50 years old.First-ever water cuts declared for Colorado River in historic drought — CNN https://apple.news/AkNbylbGEQX6sKxWOgiXr9A
There are many woman journalists in Afghanistan who are now mandated to wear burkas and gloves, and operate according to shaira law. Clarissa Ward from CNN is the most visible. I want her out of there!WashPost, WSJ and NYT urge White House to help evacuate journalists — Axios https://apple.news/A70T2ijlfQICsMguw8ukuDw
Larry David, a notorious curmudgeon, and Alan Dershowitz, a know-it-all, had a fight at a Cape Cod grocery store. No fists were thrown.https://pagesix.com/2021/08/18/larry-david-screamed-at-alan-dershowitz-at-grocery-store-over-trump-ties/
Good column by Graeme Wood on why we believe that this version of the Taliban is different. TL;dr They’re not. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/dont-trust-taliban/619790/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20210818&silverid=%25%25RECIPIENT_ID%25%25&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily
I actually pay for the Guardian. You may say they are left-leaning, but they have good climate coverage. I want solar on my house so badly, but SRP takes any incentive out of it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/16/climate-proof-home-energy-clean-solar
If you want to buy my NFT, it’s for sale here: https://rarible.com/token/0x60f80121c31a0d46b5279700f9df786054aa5ee5:1194932?tab=details No pressure, but if you happen to have 3 ETH lying around, you can have me. Is this the 21st centur version of selling one’s body? Much safer, I must say. No chance of what we used to call VD.