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Willard
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it's all gavagaï to me

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moudhy.bsky.social
"The one who possessed silver,
The one who has possessed lapis,
The one who has possessed oxen,
The one who has possessed sheep --
At the gate of the one who has possessed barley,
Will spend the day there."
- Sumerian proverb

Translation in 2026: you can't eat money.

cdli.earth/artifacts/34...
Photo of a round cuneiform tablet with about 5 lines of text. The identifier "UET 6/263" is written at the bottom in black ink.
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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shreyassudhakar.com
Fun fact: at one point in the 1800s, ice was America’s second largest export, after cotton

www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
How ice harvesting thrived — and then disappeared — in southern Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS
For decades, laborers cut cakes of ice from frozen lakes to store for pre-appliance refrigeration.
www.rmpbs.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
climateball.bsky.social
"widespread" is doing too much work
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM
climateball.bsky.social
Tuta est ok et pas trop cher.
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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sholahoon.bsky.social
A who’s who of “who?”
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
climateball.bsky.social
As for Junior, well, he's not Junior for no reason.

Here he is, resurfacing in contrarians' emails:

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andrewdessler.com Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 5d
Naturally, the Honest Broker makes an appearance when he shows up for a private briefing with the DOE Secretary's staff.
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
climateball.bsky.social
MatthewK, perhaps the less problematic figure, might be a fan of GRRRRROWTH, e.g.

"there is a limit to adaptation, but"

dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

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Is there a limit to our ability to adapt to climate change? Back in the early 1980s, Julian Simon, an economist, and Paul Ehrlich, a biologist, debated whether there are “limits to growth.” Simon, the optimist, argued that on a planet featuring almost 8 billion people with rising human capital and access to venture finance, human ingenuity will play a central role in devising solutions to any emerging challenge that materializes. The rise of the COVID-19 vaccine is just one example. Of course, there are limits to adaptation, and this is why I strongly support the introduction of a carbon tax that rises over time. While I support this prudent public policy, the global collective action problem is so severe that I do not believe that a credible binding treaty will be signed. Global GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions will continue to rise, and thus we must adapt. My work explores the microeconomics of the adaptation challenge. The anticipation of mass misery caused by climate change creates new opportunities for entrepreneurs and leaders who devise private sector and public sector solutions that improve our quality of life.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM