One of the key features of how we have lost the internet is described nicely in this article: More Fires than Mongols: Illusions of Controversy on Climate Change.
Author Archives: Michael Tobis
Public Perception of Climate Change and the New Climate Dice
Public Perception of Climate Change and the New Climate Dice James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Reto Ruedy Summary. Should the public be able to recognize that climate is changing, despite the notorious variability of weather and climate from day to day and year to year? We investigate how the probability of unusually warm seasons has changed…
Not Getting It
http://wtfqrcodes.com/post/18730127220/my-throat-hurts-from-sighing-the-hardest-ive-ever#notes
The Electoral Map, or Texas Messes with Itself
Don’t Mess with Texas, cause we’ve got all the trouble we can handle just messin’ with our own selves. http://www.lettersfromtexas.com/2012/02/redistricting-status-in-texas-from.html
How Oligarchy Works
I love the punch line at the very end. In case you couldn’t read between the lines. Nudge nudge, wink wink, know wh’a’a mean?
Wisconsin Itself is a Subversive Idea
Somebody ought to look for the actual flag of the state before making comments like this.
Via Crooks and Liars, where an interesting video commentary can be seen.
Phone Companies
Sigh… Transcript from an online chat. So far this has cost us several hours and probably a few customers. Please hold for a Verizon Wireless sales representative to assist you with your order. Thank you for your patience. You are now chatting with ‘Lawrence’ Lawrence: Hello. Thank you for visiting our chat service. May I help…
Uncertainties in Global Climate Change Estimates
by Elizabeth Paté-Cornell Climatic Change Volume 33, Number 2, 145-149, DOI: 10.1007/BF00140245 Full text (PDF format) available. ABSTRACT: “The models used in the assessment of the effects of global climate change are based on limited knowledge of the fundamental phenomena, for instance, the role of the clouds and of the oceans (IPCC, 1996). Although a…
Boids
Friend 1: We’re going to count birds tomorrow. Me: Where I come from, counting birds is very easy this time of year. Friend 2: Because there are so many of them?
Donner et al 2011: Preparing to manage climate change financing
Donner SD, Kandlikar M, Zerriffi, H (2011). Preparing to manage climate change financing. Science, 18 November 2011: Vol. 334 no. 6058 pp. 908-909 DOI: 10.1126/science.1211886 Subscription NOT required with these links: <Summary> <Full text> <pdf> At the 2010 Cancun Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the international…