From our Books, movies & music section: Sapiens, a fascinating read on the history of mankind, how we got here (spoiler alert: nothing God-given) & how the future will probably not be what we think it will be…
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A definitely recommended read, by Yuval Noah Harari.
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“Western resort towns being loved to death”: Red Lodge (and many similar towns in our region), are you listening?…
A good read, from High Country News: https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-economy-western-resort-towns-risk-being-loved-to-death? Gardiner, Montana, Colorado, Headwaters Economics, many places not meant for so many...
Eastern Montana Congressman, fascist and freedom-hating Matt Rosendale also hates our public lands, wanting them managed for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2023/05/24/rosendale-calls-blm-activist-organization-ahead-of-hearing-on-land-conservation-proposal/? BLM, conservation, The Mountain Pact
He’s not only racist, misogynist and a COVID denier, wacky Joe Rogan is also a climate-change denier…
From Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/climate-change-conspiracy-theory-about-cataclysmic-changes-earths-magnetic-field-goes-viral Search our site for other Joe Rogan wackiness. TikTok, magnetic fields
From our man-caused climate change section: incredibly, Montana is already experiencing wildfire smoke season, as record high temps plague the Pacific NW, wildfires burn in Canada & the MT legislature makes things worse…
From cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/wildfires-burn-millions-of-acres-in-canada-send-oil-prices-higher.html From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/12/gianforte-signs-climate-change-analysis-ban-into-law/ unprecedented drought, tar sands oil, climate change denial, Gianforte, HB971
Nothing is more disturbing than fascism…
Thanks to Nick Anderson. MAGA, DeSantis, Trump, Hitler, Christo-fascism, Florida, pseudo-Christian
The Republican approach to every problem seems to be the same: prohibit people and communities from deciding what’s best for themselves — the affordable housing crisis is no different (of course, no mention of not advertising Montana, anymore)…
From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/10/how-the-montana-legeislature-tried-to-tackle-housing-crunch/? There are simply too many people in Montana now. Our environment and infrastructure is suffering...