George Orwell worried that a shrinking vocabulary would eventually produce a shrinking range of thought.
It is difficult to think a nuanced thought with a blunt language.
You’re allowed to complain about the air quality because it is a health hazard. What you’re not allowed to do is blame Canada as if this is a targeted attack. Everyone should be blaming politicians from both countries who refuse to fund environmental and climate scientists
the thing abt climate change is that the earth will be fine, it always has been. it used to be a ball of volcanic ash and primordial soup. we however will not be fine
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it”❤️🩹
Breathing in hefty lungfuls of smoke as I get explosive diarrhea from salad, the sky turns apocalyptic orange while oil companies drill in protected lands, screwworms are eating cattle alive and the president just paid $6 million for rape. And I’m also able to bet on all of it!
And mind you, none of them were crying over a man, they were crying because they wanted the freedom to live their lives the way they chose, and I think that’s what makes their stories even more beautiful.