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Today we discussed adaptation techniques to the climate crisis, the slowing of Earth’s ocean circulation currents, and Jim Whitescarver presented some best coordination practices for RChain. Darryl also led a presentation about Facebook and its recent tensions with Australia.
0:00 – Intro
0:01:10 – Nora – upcoming book – David Pogue – How to Prepare for Climate Change – https://www.simonandschuster.com/book…
0:05:48 – Greg response
0:11:40 – Nora – Climate Change is Weakening the Ocean Currents That Shape Weather on Both Sides of the Atlantic https://www.google.com/amp/s/insidecl… Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest in a millennium, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environme…
0:18:24 – Steve H response – Florida Gulf Stream – travels to England.
0:21:21 – Jim Whitescarver – RDev worker cooperative – Liquid Democracy and RVote – Successful Patterns for Decentralized Organizing – the Wanna project – mutual assistance
0:31:57 – Darryl – Facebook and Australia –
https://www.cnet.com/news/australia-passes-law-forcing-google-and-facebook-to-pay-news-publications/ https://www.wired.co.uk/article/facebook-australia-rupert-murdoch
0:39:31 – Shoshana Zuboff interview
0:43:50 – Facebook’s “Groups” engagement algorithm pushed people to extremism because it makes more money. This week, Twitter announces……. “Groups”!
0:47:44 – Discussion