What Else Is New - Dec 13 2024 (Ep 6)

Feeling a little existentially dreadful today? I know I was. This episode might explain why.

Some truly new things you'll have never heard or seen before.
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WEIN Ep 6 show notes: Friday Dec 13, 2024

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The global threat from the irreversible accumulation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)
https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/670852dd51558a15efbbae16

Creep – Danielle Ponder “I don’t belong here… (4:34 – 5:05)
https://youtu.be/dH0_lwiIkDg?t=274
2nd clip Is there a reason for my life…
https://youtu.be/dH0_lwiIkDg?t=373

12 Things to Keep in Mind When Everything Is on Fire
https://www.wondermind.com/article/cope-with-chaos/

“A lot of our fishing communities have shifted to fishing in the nighttime,” said Pinto da Costa, who advocates nationally for fisherfolk communities like hers

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/overnight-work-extreme-heat-adaptation-agriculture/

EU climate monitor warns 2024 "certain" to be hottest year on record

not new but great summary (what about this channel anyway?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OsLMfWCUZU

https://bsky.app/profile/josephgalbo.com/post/3ld4aohhwsk25

Climate Emergency Forum (COP 29)
Beyond Emissions Reduction
https://youtu.be/KeVs-I7Xt5A?t=178

Unprecedented Global Heat Wave “Hotspots” Shatter Climate Models, Kill Tens of Thousands
https://scitechdaily.com/unprecedented-global-heat-wave-hotspots-shatter-climate-models-kill-tens-of-thousands/

Saving Everything Else
https://climatecasino.net/2024/12/saving-everything-else/

“alt means exist, but when are going to use them?” David Rovics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PpuYO1KrUY
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=
https://www.davidrovics.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rovics
https://www.patreon.com/c/davidrovics/posts
https://www.davidrovics.com/subscribe/

“There’s a really clear path from having agents that are good at planning to loss of human control,” “There’s a real conflict of interest between making money and protecting the safety of the public,” he says.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-ai-agents-and-why-are-they-about-to-be-everywhere/

Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-12-12/environmental-political-collapse-accelerates/

The End of Organized Humanity Noam Chomsky
https://youtu.be/VY9PZvK6CZs?t=118

with a peak discharge rate of 7,200 cubic meters per second – more than twice the flow of Niagara Falls at peak season
https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/12/one-of-worlds-largest-glacier-floods-triggered-in-greenland/

Niagarta Falls live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcUDhRiV1w

‘A death trap’: Striking Canada Post workers explain the job’s toll on them
(opening 17 sec from video)
https://globalnews.ca/news/10908407/canada-post-workers-stroke-job-toll-bodies/

The US Navy wants to use quantum computers for war games and much more
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460443-the-us-navy-wants-to-use-quantum-computers-for-war-games-and-much-more/

Jim Carrey's greatest performance: Silent night punk rock style (2005) new to me
https://youtu.be/SvOK9OSeix4?t=7