Climate catastrophe and (post) apocalyptic TV, notes

Notes

1. Also attributed to Slavoj Žižek. [return to page 1]

2. Though the denial of climate catastrophe is still a robust position, Look up “climate change” on Amazon and half the books on the first page still have titles like The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet and the robust Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas—Not Less, all three by same author Alex Epstein, Koch-funded climate denier. Of the first 15 books on the page, 6 or 40 percent are still a positive recounting of the industry.

3. Lo, Joe (2024). “Day after climate talks U.S. slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels, May 15 https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/05/15/days-after-climate-talks-us-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-evs-and-solar-panels.

4. “Biden dismisses journalist’s question on reaching deal for Gaza captives (2024). Al Jazeera, November 13, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/13/biden-dismisses-journalists-question-on-reaching-deal-for-gaza-captives.

5. This gap between haves and have nots in California is stressed by the fact one of the epicenters of the fentanyl outbreak in downtown San Francisco is on the sidewalk in front of Twitter headquarters (Le Monde, June 7, 2023, 17).

6. “Comcast to spin off portfolio of cable networks including MSNBC and CNBC (2024). The Guardian, November 20, https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/comcast-spinoff-cable.

7. She is Grogu to his Mandalorian and her role as initially being chaperoned before exceeding her caretaker recalls her trip with a guardian through the Game of Thrones landscape. [return to page 2]

8. Ironically, the socialist collective appears at Jackson Hole, site in late summer of a meeting of the chief financial officials of the major Western governments where they decide what new devilry they will unleash on their workers in the fall.

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