My brother Sasha’s Music 10 students in the Northwest Territories put together a collection of 13 original beats created with audio samples and programmed drum loops. My favourite is called “Symph-o-lies“.
Author: Milan
Bones
Things I am seeking
Life now chiefly consists of three tasks:
- Finding somewhere permanent to live as soon as possible, but ideally by August 1st and by necessity by August 28th when non-students must leave the co-op
- Finding any employment to help defer the costs of living
- Finding long-term employment in the fight against climate change, perhaps most plausibly in the clean energy sector
I don’t think life has ever been so open-ended and unanchored for me, which is disorienting and worrisome when there are so many problems in the world and among people who I know.
The most sustainable option for housing would be finding a 3 bedroom unit along with two other people and getting on a formal lease. That would finally free me from the uncertainty I had at 410 Markham and 611A Marlee, where I was only safe as a tenant as long as a prior flatmate who the landlords allowed on the lease was there.
Of course, finding two other people and a place all at the same time is quite a coordination problem. I am also open to an affordable 2 bedroom unit with a lease and a suitable flatmate. I also need to consider just taking over a room in an existing place, given how little time I have to search, but that would likely mean being put back in the precarious situation of an off-lease tenant which has made housing into the stress volcano that I live on top of since Pieter Basedow’s worst abuses began in February 2018.
Theoretically I could stretch to finding a cheap place on my own, but (a) every $100 per month matters in terms of retaining a low cost of living and sustaining resources for future troubles and (b) provided they are conscientious and respectful of privacy, I prefer having the unobtrusive company of flatmates to being alone.
Withdrawal in good order from 611A Marlee Avenue
Hard to envision I guess
Produced with DiffussionBee and the prompt: “In summary, the twelve-year-old student wrote in their school essay, the horrors and anxieties which so paralyzed the politics and culture of the 2020s (or “poopy 2020s” as they came to be remembered in popular history) were largely resolved by improved mental health treatments, political and economic reorganizations favouring resource redistribution and quality universal public services, and the realization by new generations around the world that nationalism and militarism are irrelevant and only a shared commitment to planetary stewardship can be the basis for a thriving and enduring human civilization. This essay was largely dictated by her grandfather as the student sat, interested, writing with a ballpoint pen on lined paper.”
Alberta’s 2023 election
Al Jazeera reports:
Canada climate battle looms as Alberta takes aim at PM Trudeau
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In her victory speech in front of cheering supporters in Canada’s oil capital Calgary, Smith called on Albertans to stand up against policies including the federal government’s proposed oil and gas emissions cap and clean electricity regulations, expected to be unveiled within weeks.
“We need to come together no matter how we have voted to stand shoulder to shoulder against soon to be announced Ottawa policies that would significantly harm our provincial economy,” said Smith.
“Hopefully the prime minister and his caucus are watching tonight. As premier I cannot under any circumstances allow these contemplated federal policies to be inflicted upon Albertans.”
How do we fight for a future without fossil fuel arson when our fellow citizens are keen to sustain and enlarge the fires, even when the secondary effects bring hell-like conditions home?
Safest to blame the dead
Produced with DiffussionBee and the prompt: “After the CEOs of advertising companies were posthumously put on trial in the 2060s, austere living became a new chic among aspirational corporate types who now competed over whose ultralight tent in the park was the most minimalistic and whose boots had been worn for more miles.”
Getting along could mean big big roofs for all
Produced with DiffussionBee and the prompt: “Suddenly, people around the world collectively realized that if, instead of fearing one another and arming yourself against your neighbour, you work to cooperate and build trust, then we can all have much nicer stuff.”
Getting over-optimistic
Produced with DiffussionBee and the prompt: “Nobody could have expected or predicted it, but the solution proved to be painless and brilliantly effective, with hardly any meaningful drawbacks.”
Update on emissions trends and climate sensitivity
Zeke Hausfather has a useful update on how real-world GHG emissions compare with estimates in IPCC models, and the implications for future warming:
So what should our takeaway from all of this be? First, there is some good news here. The world is no longer heading toward the worst-case outcome of 4C to 6C warming by 2100. Current policies put us on a best-estimate of around 2.6C warming.
At the same time, a world of 2.6C by 2100 is still a giant mess to leave to the future, including today’s young people, who will live through that, and warming continues after 2100 in these current policy scenarios. Climate system uncertainties mean that we could still end up with close to 4C warming if we get unlucky with climate sensitivity and carbon cycle feedbacks.
A lot of this optimism depends on governments keeping their promises when all the costs come due. We are all still fighting to keep a world stable enough to sustain something like our current global civilization.