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"Earth's Future: We Are in the Anthropocene—Now What?

Most people have a general, intuitive understanding of the term “Anthropocene.” And while it has not formally been declared as a new geological epoch, it is scientifically clear that these new times have only begun to fully unfold. The Anthropocene stresses both the enormity of the human imprint on Earth, as well as its long-term nature. That latter aspect, however, is highly underappreciated among the public. We describe several qualitatively different Anthropocene pathways for the next millennium, some of them depending on our cumulative actions as humanity, some on how the Earth system responds to these human pressures. We highlight how much we are already stuck in a figurative “Anthropocene quicksand”, where only an active pull can free us from consequences like global heating—while even a very modest continuation of greenhouse gas emissions will keep us at high warming levels. Should Earth system resilience, the natural buffering capacity, significantly decline, the impacts of our actions would become even stronger. In a worst-case scenario, shifts in Earth system feedbacks could even surpass human forcing in relevance. But we are not there yet and can still pull ourselves out of the quicksand."

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025EF007730

#OpenAccess #Antropocene #ClimateEmergency

@kibcol1049@mstdn.social
That's one advantage of "floor living":
Sitting all day on the floor (in different positions, that is), you already are on the floor.
So, in case you fall, your fall becomes shorter, thus less hurt- and impactful ;)

Recommendation:

"How I started floor living (without buying anything) | Minimalist Living"

https://inv.nadeko.net/ecjHzhVwAQY

(https://youtu.be/ecjHzhVwAQY)

#GroundedMinimal #Minimalism #FloorLiving #Health #Body

As the tendency is quite clear, I tell you, what this symbol stands for (in Germany), before the poll will end:

It's not about this exact yellow color.
If you see a person wearing some kind of "bracelet" or a band around its upper arm, that shows a yellow circle that contains three black circles, it means that the person is visually impaired or blind.

There can be situations where this information getting upfront is helpful, for both the person showing its impairment as well as other persons interacting with them.

So, it seems that this symbol is quite unknow in large parts of the world.
As far as I know, the German Association for the Blind is in talks with the EU to spread information about its usage.

Update:
A blind friend I talked about this symbol stated that it's usage is
frowned upon as it recognizes them of the marking of disabled persons in the Third Reich (World War II).
That's why many blind people do NOT wear this symbol.
#blind #blindness #visualImpairment #disabled

A story my Dad told me during the single digit years of childhood...

He read in the newspaper about a man who lived in Las Vegas who made his livelihood via gambling every day.

He set down rules for himself, had the self-discipline to never change those rules.

The man would visit the Casino every day, and begin with a budget of $20.00.

Maximum.

Whenever he lost that initial $20.00, then that was it for the day.

He left the casino and enjoyed the rest of his day.

Other times, his initial "Seed Money" of $20.00, via subsequent betting, would grow.

Whenever that Total Daily Winnings reached a certain dollar amount, I can't recall whatever that amount was, this man would cash out and leave the Casino.

No matter how much of a "roll" he was on, or sudden big bet winnings, once he reached his daily target number, or surpassed it, he quit for the day.

He wasn't greedy, nor needy.

He treated this behaviour like a regular Day Job one would go to, work at, then leave and go home.

The man had a house, wife, kid, a regular life, in Las Vegas.

What does this have to do #littleFedi cf. Mastodon?

My first year or so being on my original Mastodon Instance, I didn't realize how many hours I was spending there everyday, I often lost track of that time.

I consider that an "anti-pattern" I wish to avoid.

I wasn't spending "money" as one does at a Casino, I was spending time.

The direction of LittleFedi provides for what I consider "patterns" which I wish to enjoin in.

Accessing the Fediverse via this LittlefFedi approach does not feel like a Casino.

And with that, I going outside to enjoy this Sunny September Saturday around Toronto.