Everytime I use the calculator on my phone, I think of my 5th grade math teacher saying "what're you gonna do, have a calculator with you all the time?" And yeah, I am Mr. Lorenz.
canceling plans is ok. quitting ur soulless office job is ok. leaving the city is ok. moving to the farm ur grandfather left u is ok. caring for ur crops and animals is ok. not talking to anyone in town for years is ok. giving gifts to a wizard is ok. do what u need to do to cope
You may think the #GreenNewDeal is “too much, too soon.”
But setting climate goals for 2030 isn’t due to some arbitrary political rationale - it’s there due to scientific consensus.
Simply put, we must draw down carbon by 2030 to stave off climate disaster on levels yet unseen.
Let yourself enjoy things. Let yourself love things without irony. Yes, even the cheesy, uncool things. When you’re an old person on your deathbed, you won’t wish you were more aloof and snarky in your 30s.
MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the store
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g —
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail
“It’s almost like you don’t even know these numbers exist. As if you haven’t even read the latest IPCC report, on which much of the future of our civilisation is depending.”
A part from my speech yesterday at the French Parliament.