Some short notes on recent efforts to improve the sustainability of the notoriously wasteful fashion industry – by reusing trash as treasure, embracing the circular economy, and reusing plastic harvested from the sea.
Monday, June 9, 2025
Warning of Solar Geoengineering’s Dangers, Group Recommends a Global Ban
A Harvard team intends to shoot particles into the air to slow or halt global warming. The unknown risks of geoengineering could be catastrophic, and some scientist support an outright ban.
The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
Debate: The ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Movement Is Not a Facebook Revolution
Clearing up misperceptions about the gilet jaunes and the role of social media in organizing.
War on Cash: State and City Governments Push Back
State and local governments are pushing back against cashless businesses, which exclude those who prefer to use or must pay with cash.
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change
The medical journal The Lancet published a new report on the association between human health and climate change.
What the US Could Learn from Thailand About Health Care Coverage
The fact that a low-income country like Thailand has universal health care coverage should put the US to shame….except our elites are incapable of that.
Writers Silenced by Surveillance: Self-Censorship in the Age of Big Data
“We asked Scottish writers how online surveillance has impacted on their work. The answers we got were shocking.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Corn, soybeans, Sanders, Biden/Harris, Warren, Women’s March, CAP, industrial production, retail sales, business inventories, apparel, consumer credit, body brokers, Verizon debacle, Harvard invests in water, cost of illness, Proust, liberal arts, latrinalia, ant nests
Trump Models His War on Bank Regulators on Bill Clinton and W’s Disastrous Wars
Why “partner” is the last word you want to hear from the mouth of a bank regulator.
Brexit: Unicorns Rampant
The UK continues to flail about as the Brexit clock keeps ticking.
