The first casualty of war is Truth ...

And the winner gets to define what is true.

 

And the winner gets to define what is true.

The saddest possible outcome indeed

 

 

 

This short article puts Gate's claims into perspective:
Bill Gates vs Trees: A Clash of Perspectives

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As noted in the discussion with Mr. Gates above, detractors of natural climate solutions often begin their attempted takedown by saying that trees are not a miracle cure for climate change. However, this idea that planting trees will solve all of our problems is a construct of the detractors, a typical strawman argument. Of the hundreds of scientists, governmental agencies, dozens of studies, and many NGO’s who support the idea of reforestation and planting trees, none of them imply that it is a miracle cure.

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Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., a renowned climate and environmental scientist and executive director of Project Drawdown, says, “It's just so silly; if you just buried dollars, it would make more sense. This has just given big oil decades of talking points to promote a fake solution so they don't have to stop polluting today; it's a huge green washing exercise, and we are falling for it.”

 

 

Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

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A UN agreement from 1967 says no nation can own the Moon. Instead, the fantastically named Outer Space Treaty says it belongs to everyone, and that any exploration has to be carried out for the benefit of all humankind and in the interests of all nations.
While it sounds very peaceful and collaborative - and it is - the driving force behind the Outer Space Treaty wasn’t cooperation, but the politics of the Cold War.

 

https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/08/dic...emmy-winner-age-98-guest-role-days-our-lives/
Dick Van Dyke becomes the oldest Daytime Emmy winner at age 98 for guest role on ‘Days of Our Lives’

"If I had known I would have lived this long I would’ve taken better care of myself.”

 

"If I had known I would have lived this long I would’ve taken better care of myself."

I was thinking that he stole that quip from George Burns, but I was wrong.

 

It was George Burns who said, "If I'd taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral."

 

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How bad can it get?

 

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Never call all of your servers, 'server'.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/10/who_me/
What's in a name? Quite a bit, it turns out, when 50 servers all have the same one

The situation became so tiresome that someone had the bright idea to apply one name to all the servers. And the name that was chosen was “server”.

That may sound daft, but it’s worth stressing at this point that this was a stock trading firm, so time was very much of the essence. A day when a server was not operating because of an expired license cost money. While calling every server “server” seemed fraught with danger, there was a certain logic at work.

 

 

Those 'crazy eyes'.

 

The Wright brothers' powered flight was not the first one on Earth, btw. But the idea remains the same:

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"If you ever find yourself the smartest person in the room, change rooms."