Sunday, September 24, 2023

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Jury duty – defendant plastics

Jury duty – defendant plastics
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Plastics have been found guilty in the court of public opinion. We are reminded daily that plastics are the bane of humanity, and that something must be done. We demand action at the voting booth, and we vote with our wallets when we make purchasing...

BIG Wrap

NASA awaits fiery return of asteroid Bennu samples

(BBC News) A seven-year mission to study what has been described as the most dangerous rock in the Solar System is about to reach...

Lavrov decries the West’s ‘empire of lies’ in UN speech

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the West an “empire of lies” and accused it of adopting a neo-colonial...

BIG Exclusives

Use of scenarios in our energy future is a double-edged sword

Use of scenarios in our energy future is a double-edged sword

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Back at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, life was relatively simple. Most people lived a short and frugal life, fully occupied with the...
Are you prejudiced against plastics?

Are you prejudiced against plastics?

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There is a general sentiment against plastic materials, but is it rational, and is it justified? Most important, is it helping the environment? How can...
Hydrogen: the ultimate path to net zero, or a whole lot of wishful thinking

Hydrogen: the ultimate path to net zero, or a whole lot...

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Many people see hydrogen as a foundation of the zero-emissions energy sources envisioned for later this century. Hydrogen burns to create energy, producing only...

BIG Chuckle

Flight of fancy — taking the ‘class’ out of business class

As a father of 7 in the media industry (but, sigh, not Google, Meta, or Amazon), I do not fly on airplanes often. And...

Masks? Hell, no!

Remember the 1970s? Okay, maybe you are too young. How about the 1980s? 1990s? Early 2000s? I ask because back in the 1970s, or any...

BIG Mouth (Opinion)
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The useful idiot – perhaps the most dangerous creature on Earth

Turning off the news is not the answer. Most of us by now are well aware that the mainstream media model is broken. A ubiquitous focus...

Yours truly … and journalistically

Some contemporaries contend that I am a cantankerous contrarian who likes to create controversy by criticizing the status quo. That sentiment is understandable when you...

Learning from pandemic policy missteps is critical

Some people in my network have suggested that our society has moved past the pandemic and that there is no reason to provide coverage...

Featured Member Post

Business and Politics: til death do us part

I regularly see posts on LinkedIn scolding the general network for the sin of posting anything that could be considered political. The wording varies, but it’s usually along the lines of: “this is supposed to be a business networking site, leave politics out of it.” It always gets lots of likes and affirmation in the comments. The problem is, politics and business are inextricably combined. Politics creates the context and the conditions for business. Politics provides the incentives and the punishments that encourage the “right” and discourage the “wrong” kind of business. The same people that buy what they want and need from businesses vote for and are influenced by politicians that represent what they believe to be their values. Overlay mainstream and social media spinning it all to amplify winning sentiments and trends (what it thinks will make them money), manipulating the emotions of consumers/voters, swaying the way they buy and...