Video: The philosophy of Antifa

This video by Philosophy Tube is one of the best breakdowns of the Fascism/Antifa issue I’ve seen. It covers the basics of Fascism, how it’s different from other kinds of authoritarianism, and what it means to oppose or not oppose the growth of Fascism.

It also goes into the nature of different kinds of antifascist action, what causes it and what makes it go away, and much, much more. The video is broken down into sections with timestamp links in the description, so you can watch it in sections pretty easily.

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Thorium – the kinder, safer nuclear power?

My problems with nuclear power are more or less the standard worries about meltdowns and waste. In my opinion, those problems will get worse as the planet warms. I also think that we can’t afford to discard nuclear power out of hand. There are some versions of it that seem better than what we have now, including Liquid Fluorine Thorium Reactors(commonly referred to as LFTR):

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How we know what we know: Ice ages

This isn’t a new video, but it’s a good one for people looking for better understanding of ice ages:

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The loss of ice is accelerating Arctic warming

It may come as a shock to some, but as the global temperature has been rising, ice has been melting. In the Arctic ocean, this has meant a decline in multi-year sea ice. While conservatives have been busy pretending that the ice totally isn’t melting, climate scientists have been looking into what follows as the ice recedes. The news isn’t good:

Arctic sea ice isn’t just threatened by the melting of ice around its edges, a new study has found: Warmer water that originated hundreds of miles away has penetrated deep into the interior of the Arctic.

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