Tod Hale
@todhale
Oberlin College, F.A.U., U. of S. Florida. Ecosystem biology, wetlands. DEGROWTH. CASSE (Steady State Economics). I block idiots, MAGA, ASAP.
Ozzy, gone but never forgotten. The first true heavy metal song, 'Black Sabbath', with the spooky tritone "diabolus in musica".
ECONOMY > SOCIETY > EARTH SYSTEM is how we prioritize our existence. This is not based on science or reality. The repercussions are painfully obvious, increasingly deadly. EARTH SYSTEM > SOCIETY > ECONOMY is the sane path to sustainability. Steady State Economics-CASSE.
🚨 🚨 Question: You may have heard that Republicans plan to gerrymander both Ohio and Texas in order to gain more seats in the House for the 2026 election. But have you heard that the only reason they can even do this in Ohio is because the Ohio GOP… 1/
I see Dean Phillips is getting face time. Just me, or does he give off 'cloaked' narcissistic vibes? He SEEMS to say the sorta right things but I am not reading him like he seems to want people to do. He's looking for an opportunity and ambition whispers bad things in your ear.
Watched the new Superman movie last night. Probably the best Superman movie since the 80s. And Yes… Superman IS WOKE AF.
They turned down the money because of unhinged idiocy.
Despite receiving $10.2 million in federal aid from the Biden administration that could have funded a flood warning system, Kerr County officials diverted most of the money to law enforcement projects. The decision — influenced by local opposition to Biden-era funds and mistrust…
We should look at the global temperature change for a longer period than my yesterday's posts. This is NASA GISS data plotted differently. Even with a recent slight drop, global warming is accelerating.
Around 2050, neoclassical economics will be teetering like a house of cards. It is incompatible with what is coming, learn about steady state economics. Chart is from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, governing body in UK. Actuaries deal with facts, not hopium.
On our current path, the best we can hope for is catastrophic.
This is correct. We know from past experience with state work requirements for Medicaid that this is how they save money: they create a lot of red tape, and then boot eligible people off the rolls for not navigating it correctly.
Beshear: "These work requirements really aren't about getting people back to work. They are about increasing the paperwork on everybody ... when somebody misses that one box, they are kicked off for six months or more."
CANT GERRYMANDER THERMODYNAMICS. The MAGA/Techbro ideology of abandoning governing at the federal level is incompatible with what is coming. This is what happens when you ignore climate change, it will end this movement.
The Bible is a beautiful holy book full of science and history, and is a perfect moral guide.
“[The bill] will create a tax system that is expected to bring in far less government revenue than many experts believe is necessary, all while generating little additional economic growth and still returning the largest savings to the rich” nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/…
Always the STUPIDEST timeline imaginable. Always the stupidest. theconversation.com/mauna-loa-obse…
We’ve had 50 years of real progress: ✅ Food is safer. ✅ Air is cleaner. ✅ Medicine works. ✅ Smoking is down. ✅ Life expectancy is higher. But if you listen to these exposome prophets, you’d think we’re in a chemical apocalypse. 6/
Al Gore with his human exceptionalist TED talk about fixing climate change. No details given but you can bet the forbidden word, degrowth, will never be uttered.
Wake up! ⏰️ Global Sea Surface Temperatures might be even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
Goldman Sachs finds that after 17 years of population decline- Japan’s more sustainable position has resulted in affordable housing for all, higher workforce participation, increasing economic productivity, & a 3-fold increase in wage growth from the 2010s to the 2020s.…