We won’t stop breaking the biosphere. — Imagine for a moment there’s a wet bulb incident in your city. It’s hot. Hotter than you’ve ever felt. You can’t stand being outside for too long. The air is muggy and it’s hard to breathe. You just had to bring in the dog, Daisy’s been panting too fast and…

Some things you need to know. — We’re heading into a near future that will be riven with the effects of climate change. At 1.5°C, 70% of the coral reefs die. The food webs in the ocean collapse. Storms rage overland even as the seas become dead zones. We’re not going to stop climate change. You should…

It’s really useful to build a second brain first. — How does an aging brain approach continuous learning when faced with natural decline? If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll probably know I’m into building a second brain. (The whole Obsidian thing) Why you might ask? Isn’t one brain enough? Grinning. …

Lessons from the train disaster in Ohio. — A train went off the rails in the appropriately named East Palestine in Ohio. As the news story broke, terrifying images flashed up on our screens. A train on fire some 20 miles before it folded up like matchsticks. Billowing clouds of thick black smoke blackening the air. And then…

Oh they exist. We just don’t call them Vampires. — My Granny was the one that told us about the vampires. Fire she said. They were balls of fire that flew through the night skies. You could hear flames battered by the wind as they hunted. Streaking into the shadows between the trees. Eager, hungry, always searching for innocent blood. …

Let’s Make a Group Hashtag — Hiya folks, have you been tooting and joining Medium’s instance on Mastodon? I’ve been playing around with the platform and I have an idea I’d like to throw out to you guys. Does anyone remember Indigo’s Read for Read club? Indigo’s premise was simple but effective. She’d post a list…

You’re not a ‘stochastic parrot’ — Three new followers in a couple hours. Dozens more over the past few days. They all have one thing in common. Smooth, almost plastic articles. Listicles really. 5 Ways to Lose Weight or 7 Ways to Add Spice to your Sex Life. You’d read them too right? But there’s nothing…

I have, it’s glorious. — I received email from Medium and Tony Stubblebine encouraging me to join Mastodon. I’d heard about it sure, kinda like Twitter but with elephants — or something. So I signed up. You can find me @sacredkarailee@me.dm Unlike Twitter, I was unprepared for the number of places I could sign up…

The Universe always opens a way — Have you ever been swept up in circumstances that you could not believe? I’m talking about strange coincidences — things happening at precisely the right time to have powerful consequences for you with no help from you. Things that happen just by you being present at the right place at…