Clean energy accounted for 10% of global GDP growth in 2023. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/228ce6ba?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

Fenrir vs. Godzilla isn't the question.

Going by the claim that Fenrir can't open his jaws fully because his nose hits the sky, the right question is: Can Fenrir *perceive* Godzilla if he steps on him? Answer, no, unless the flame breath is going. Fenrir is longer than Hokkaido and can't even perceive Tokyo's downtown unless it's night and lights are on.

Declines in cancer mortality rates in Europe mean that an estimated 6.2 million cancer deaths have been avoided in the EU since 1988. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://futurecrunch.com/r/2430d371?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

Temperate and polar forests all over the world are recovering. England has more forest now than it did during the Black Death! "We should celebrate our success in slowing a pattern of human deforestation that’s been going on for nearly 100,000 years. Nothing about the damage we do to our planet is inevitable. With effort, it may even be reversible." #ShareGoodNewsToo https://futurecrunch.com/r/22bbbd74?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

New ExUrbe blog post: Tools for Thinking About Censorship.

This is a short distillation from my research on patterns in how censorship works, which I hope will be helpful to many fandom friends currently discussing the concerns over the Chengdu Worldcon Hugo ballot. https://www.exurbe.com/tools-for-thinking-about-censorship/

When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is:

Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem -- which did we fail?