Podcasts about 5C

In this deep dive episode of Courtside Financial, we analyze three major EV market developments that reveal completely different strategic approaches in 2025.NIO's Firefly brand achieves the 10,000 delivery milestone just three months after launch, with European expansion confirmed and BaaS pricing strategy proving successful in the competitive compact EV segment. We break down the monthly delivery progression and what this means for NIO's global ecosystem play.Meanwhile, Tesla's leaked Model Y "Youth Edition" shows dramatic cost-cutting measures - panoramic glass roof removed, fabric seats, eliminated ambient lighting, and stripped audio systems - while keeping HW 4.0 hardware. This reveals Tesla's bet on software differentiation amid margin pressure.Li Auto's i8 launch showcases supply chain innovation warfare, featuring custom silicon carbide modules through their SCO Semiconductor joint venture, achieving 47km additional range through "window area" design. Their partnerships with CATL for 5C charging and Hesai for custom ATL LiDAR demonstrate vertical integration strategy.We examine how these three approaches - NIO's ecosystem building, Tesla's commoditization strategy, and Li Auto's engineering excellence - represent different bets on the future of the EV market. Analysis includes specific technical specifications, pricing strategies, delivery numbers, and market positioning implications.Key topics covered: NIO Firefly delivery milestones, Tesla Model Y cost reduction strategy, Li Auto i8 supply chain innovations, silicon carbide technology, battery swapping vs traditional charging, EV market differentiation strategies, Chinese EV competition, and global expansion plans.Perfect for investors, EV enthusiasts, and anyone following the rapidly evolving electric vehicle landscape in 2025.

Secret to Memorable Presentations Be Funny without Offending: Self-Deprecating Humor Episode 267 (Danny is based in Denver, Colorado) In this conversation with Danny Brassel we explore: how to instantly connect with your audience using relatability, authority, and purpose why storytelling beats bullet points for memorability and emotional connection how to mine everyday experiences for meaningful stories that support your message why self-deprecating humor is the safest and most effective form of humor in today's culture how sharing personal failures builds stronger trust and audience rapport than bragging how business leaders can use storytelling to boost team morale and alignment why sad stories must have a hopeful ending to avoid emotional manipulation how to balance facts and feelings to reach both logical and emotional audience members the importance of a single clear call to action at the end of your presentation how to structure your talk using the 5C framework: Clarity, Connect, Content, Call to Action, and Close ----- About our guest, Danny Brassel: A speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell (www.DannyBrassell.com) has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide. He has authored 18 books, including Leadership Begins with Motivation and Misfits and Crackpots. The co-founder of The WellCrafted Story Workshop™, Danny helps entrepreneurs, individuals and organizations leverage speaking on stages as a client lead-source that converts.  Get your free copy of the Storytelling Blueprint https://wellcraftedstoryworkshop.com/blueprint -----

Adventure Within is a YouTube Channel and Online School of Intuitive Arts. We offer psychic readings, energy healing, workshops, meditation classes and a variety of psychic trainings.Website: https://www.adventurewithin.coSupport the Channel: https://www.patreon.com/c/AdventureWithinTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adventurewithinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventure_within_/Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe, MD is a licensed medical doctor and world-renowned spiritual teacher who pioneered the field of Medical Spiritual Healing—a deeply integrative approach that addresses the root of physical, emotional, and spiritual illness. Bridging Western medicine with Sufi spiritual wisdom, Dr. Jaffe has helped over 50,000 people worldwide—including celebrities, CEOs, and those on the brink of death—heal chronic conditions, awaken their hearts, and transform their lives. A former emergency room physician turned spiritual guide, he offers profound insights into how the heart, soul, and body are intimately connected. Dr. Jaffe is the co-founder of the University of Sufism and has trained thousands of healers, leaders, and seekers in the art of walking a path of love, peace, and Divine presence. His work is especially resonant for those seeking real healing when nothing else has worked—and who long to live from the truth of their soul.https://instituteofspiritualhealing.com/Ibrahim's (2.6k followers): https://www.facebook.com/DrJaffeMD/YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZON8SJkfQSgWbuMXgzdiVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/instituteofspiritualhealing/I'd like invite you all to enjoy The Five C's of Inner TruthA free short video series to help you shift from overwhelm or confusion to inner knowing and self-trust. It explores Consciousness, Connection, Clarity, Cultivation, and Commitment—the 5 Sufi keys to live with peace, purpose, and presence.

Quaranteam-Northwest: Part 1 Pandemic Survivors, Harems and the Pacific Northwest. Based on a post by Break The Bar. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. To combat the deadly Duo Halo virus, the government will change the lives of Harrison Black and his friends out in the hills of Oregon. In return, Harrison finds a new purpose to his life in the midst of losing his family history. The House Guest. I glanced away again, relatively certain that Erica hadn't noticed my involuntary glance down at her cleavage but not overly worried. The grocery store parking lot was only half full, but we were waiting out front and I felt like we were in a bread line in Soviet Russia. The only good news was that it was a warm spring for Oregon State, and a clear day, so Erica and I weren't bundled up in jackets or anything. Of course, we were still getting used to the masks. "This feels ridiculous," Erica said, adjusting the bandana covering her lower face. She'd done her makeup as usual, with soft but smoky eyeshadow, and her thick dark hair was pulled back in a messy bun. Erica was a well-put-together lady, with the hips and bust of a woman who had aged perfectly into her thirties. I'd known her through our late twenties, and I wasn't ashamed to say I thought she'd only gotten hotter with time. Her black jeans clung to her hips and ass, and the black sweater she was wearing unzipped over a ripped band t-shirt accented the v of her cleavage that I'd been trying not to glance at. "At least it's not the middle of winter," I said. "Imagine this going on in January, in a snowstorm?" "We'll never need to see that," said the old man in front of us in line. He was wearing a hunting gaiter, but it was riding low on his upper lip. "This ain't the first virus, it won't be the last. Couple of weeks and the panic will die down. We'll have practically forgotten it by the fall, I bet." "Hopefully," Erica nodded. They'd announced the quarantine two weeks ago, and it had gone into effect last week. My roommate Leo and I had invited Erica, his sister, up from Portland; she was going to be cooped up in her apartment alone for the two-week shutdown and we had plenty of space on my old family property. Erica had made the drive the day before the statewide quarantine kicked in, having locked up the Tattoo Parlor she managed, and it had been a week of sun, hiking and ATV tours through the property, along with teaching her how to throw an axe and shoot some archery. Next week we were planning to show her the ropes on gun safety, and let her try out some of my grandfather's old hunting rifles. Erica was game for it all, and it felt like a mini vacation for all three of us. What Leo and I hadn't planned for was making meals for three instead of two, and so now a week in Erica and I were braving a trip into town trying to figure out exactly what we were and weren't supposed, or allowed, to do. Erica turned to say something to me, but her sentence was cut off by the heavy thrum and backfiring of a pair of ugly pickups rumbling into the parking lot of the grocery store on jacked-up wheels, halfway to 'monster truck.' They parked near the back, near my own truck, both vehicles with the stupid 'truck nuts' swinging from the hitches on the back and one of them with a big confederate flag sticker in the back window. "Jesus, I thought rednecks were supposed to come from the South," Erica muttered. "There are rednecks in every part of every country," I sighed. "Ask me about German rednecks sometime. Those people are weird." Five men unloaded from the two pickups, and I could see someone still sitting inside one of the cabs. I immediately took in everything I needed to know about the men; my brain couldn't shut off the instinct. Five military-aged males, three who looked like they could handle a bit of a fight. None of them were carrying firearms, no obvious sign of concealed weapons, but several had utility knives sheathed on their belts. Not that uncommon out here in the foothills of western Oregon. Three of them were wearing army surplus combat boots, one was wearing what looked like steel-toe construction boots, and one was wearing hiking boots. Their clothes were blue-collar casual. Rough, in other words. None of them were wearing any form of a mask. The debate was still out in the news; first, we were supposed to wear masks, then they said it wasn't going to be helpful, and now they were saying wearing masks might be the most important thing. Everyone seemed confused about the issue, but everyone in line outside the grocery store was wearing one of some sort or other. "Are they seriously going to just?" Erica muttered. The rednecks were heading straight for the entrance to the store, looking to bypass the ten or so folks in line ahead of us and another six behind us. I could see the panic in the eyes of the pimple-faced teen manning the door. He had no fucking clue what to do about it. "Ah, shit," I muttered, already stepping out of line. "Harrison," Erica cautioned me. "It's not worth it. What's the point?" "If not me, then who?" I asked her, then raised my fingers to my lips and blasted a whistle that echoed across the parking lot. Everyone turned and looked at me. All the folks in line, the rednecks as they were about to bull their way past the boy, and the beleaguered kid who I'd already watched bumble through explaining the line to annoyed people, let these alone belligerent assholes. "Hey," I yelled, but tried to keep my voice more friendly than commanding. "How about you guys show some respect to the folks out here and just grab a spot in line?" "How about you suck my nuts? We aren't sheeple, we know our rights," one of them yelled. "Yeah, this place can't deny us service, we've got rights," another shouted. "There's a difference between rights and being polite," I said. "Old folks are waiting to get their groceries, you boys can wait fifteen minutes." "You got a problem with us?" Another one shouted. "You know who the fuck we are?" "Harrison," Erica sighed. "I ain't got a goddamn clue who you are," I said. "And I don't care beyond the fact that you're acting like assholes." Two of them immediately started coming towards me down the line, the other three hesitating a moment before following. Fuck. I'd been hoping they were just some bully idiots, but the two in the lead were way angrier than they should have been. "Take a few steps back and don't get involved, E," I said quietly. "I'll be fine, but you can't get involved, Okay?" "Harry, what the actual fuck? There are five of them. This is a fucking parking lot. We should just call the cops!" she whispered back. "I'd listen to your fella," the old guy in the gaiter said. "We got one State Trooper somewhere in thirty square miles of here; would likely take too long to do any good." "You wanna say that to my face, you fucking fuck?" one of the men said. I'd taken a few more steps out of line, and he got up within a foot of me with his teeth bared and a fist raised threateningly. "I'm a god damned sovereign citizen, and I got every right to protect my dignity, honor and good name against fucks like you." "Yeah," I said, looking down at him as I breathed in deep and let my full size loom over him. The guy was probably 6'1 or so, but I was 6'6 in my stockings and had an extra couple inches over that from my own hiking boots. "I said you guys are acting like assholes, and otherwise I could give one single shit about who you think you are." "You motherfucker, I'm gonna," "Harrison?" One of the three guys in the back asked. He was one of the ones I'd identified as not being much of a fighter. "Harrison Black, right? You played Defensive End at Eisenhower." "Uh, yeah," I said. "That was a while ago though..." "Oh man, dude. It's me, Barry O'Callahan. I was a year behind you," the guy said. "Guys, this dude almost single-handedly ran our high school defense. Didn't you end up joining the military or something?" "Yeah, yeah," I said, squinting and looking at Barry. "Really? Barry O?" "Heh, yeah I filled out a bit since I was a junior," the man laughed, his gut jiggling with the effort. "And then I filled out a bit more. How are you doing, man? When did you get out of the service?" "Well, I'm doing fine, Barry. Been out going on seven years. But this is a bit awkward," I said. The interruption had been as confusing a moment for the two hotheads in their group as it had been for me. They were looking back and forth between us, trying to decide if they were still mad at me, or mad at Barry, or were just giving it up. "Oh, yeah. Uh, don't worry guys, Harrison is cool, Okay?" Barry said. "Dude, are you just in the area visiting or what?" "I've been up at the family place for the last few years since Pop died," I said. "Oh man, I'm sorry," Barry said. "But hey, can't believe we didn't run into each other until now. Who'd a thunk, huh? Here dude, you should come out to the clubhouse sometime. We'll grab some brews, catch a game or something." Barry pulled a crumpled matchbook out of his shirt pocket and handed it to me. The front had a WWII-style blonde pinup girl on a navy background with a white star behind her, invoking the flag. The Golden Beaver and an address was printed in tiny letters on the backside. It would have been a funnier innuendo if they weren't referencing the Oregon state flag. "Yeah, maybe," I said. "Come on, guys," Barry said, slapping his two hot head friends on the shoulders. "Let's get in line. Nice seeing you, Harrison." "Yeah, you too Barry," I said. And then shook my head as the five men headed back towards the end of the line. "What the fuck was that?" Erica asked me as I joined her back in line, and we moved up a couple spaces as the teen at the door let more people into the store. "Honestly, I thought I was about to spend the night in county lockup," I said. "Fuckin' Barry O." "He seemed like a fan of yours," Erica smirked. "Big high school football star, huh?" "I was a little above average at best," I said. "And I wasn't an idiot. Easy to look good when the rest of the team sucks." I looked down at the matchbook again and shook my head, showing it to Erica. She snorted and took it. "Is this real? Please tell me you aren't going to go join their little redneck club." "Not likely," I said. "It's a wannabe militia group. Bunch of swinging cocks with no sway." "What?" "Cause they're so small. It's a tiny penis joke." Erica smirked again and rolled her eyes. "You child. Can you do me a favor?" "What's that?" I asked. "Maybe, for the foreseeable future, you keep the whole Walking Tall routine to a minimum?" "I'm sorry, did you just make a Dwayne Johnson, early 2000s movie reference?" "Yeah, I did," Erica grinned. "What are you going to do about it?" "We need to get you to watch some better movies," I laughed. "Hey, son," the old man ahead of us said quietly. "Seriously, could you have taken those guys?" I glanced back at them at the end of the line, muttering to each other. "Probably, if I was right. If I got three of them, the other two wouldn't have done anything." "Heh. Would have liked to have seen that," the old man grinned. "Don't encourage him," Erica said. "He hasn't gotten into a fight on my watch yet, I don't want him to start now." "Yeah," I said. "But that's mostly because you're the one who usually starts throwing punches at the bar." "Hey, a guy gets handsy, I put him in his place," Erica shrugged. "No 'Walking Tall' shit, my ass," I snorted. "You two make a fine, rowdy couple," the old man said. "Oh, we're not a couple," Erica said. "Just friends," I said. "He's my brother's roommate," Erica clarified. "I'm just visiting." The old man raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "Alright. Well, maybe you two should consider toning down the flirting then. You're likely to attract bears with all the hormones you're putting out." "Erica, Erica! No, you cannot punch him," I said, holding her back. "Hey, Erica? Can we talk to you for a minute?" Erica looked up from her phone with a cocked eyebrow and a pensive smile. I immediately realized how weird and out of character our approach was. She was lounging on the couch in the living room, her sketchbook tossed to the side with a half-finished something scribbled out in frustration like she'd been trying to work but just couldn't get it right. I knew how she felt, having had the same frustrations ever since the quarantine had been announced. "Sure guys, what's up?" she asked. I let Leo sit down next to his sister on the couch as she sat up, and I took my usual chair. It had been my Father's up until he passed; I'd avoided it the first month after he died and I took over the family homestead. Then when my older sister Valerie and her family came to stay for that summer, she practically pushed me into it. 'It's just a chair,' became our catchphrase for the summer as we sorted through the belongings of our parents and grandparents. "I'm sorry," I said as I settled into the chair. "This is already coming off weird. Erica, it's nothing." "You're making it seem like it's something," Erica said. She turned to her twin. "What's going on?" Leo and Erica were both a couple of years older than me, but once you were into your early thirties that kind of stuff meant a lot less. Leo had the looks of a classic Italian paisan with thick dark hair, a hawk beak of a nose and bushy eyebrows. He was built thin and a little lanky, and was usually ready with an eager smile and word of encouragement for anyone he met. That's probably why we'd gotten along so well when we started rooming together; his positive attitude had been just what I needed coming out of the Army. Erica had a lot of the same features as her brother; the thick dark hair, the ready smile, the energetic sparkle in her eyes; but she also had a sensuality to her that I can't say I'd ever noticed in Leo. She was a little more patient, a little more sure of herself and willing to take charge of things. And that control went all the way to her fitness, as she hadn't let herself slide even through quarantine. Leo sighed. "No, it's nothing. Well, I mean I guess it's something, but it's not," "How about we just say it, instead of talking about talking about it?" I said. "Yeah," Erica nodded. "How about that?" "Well, uh, Harrison?" Leo looked at me, which I guess was fair considering this was my house at the end of the day. "Erica, we're almost a month into the quarantine now," I said. "I know that when we invited you down out of the city to stay with us, it was supposed to only be for a couple of weeks. 'Two weeks to flatten the curve' and all that shit. But things don't seem to be getting any better." "No, it's fine," Erica said, sitting up straighter in her seat and pulling away from her brother. "I know I've been imposing on you guys. It's fine, I can head back down to Portland and I'll just," "Jesus Christ, Erica," Leo said. "We're not kicking you out." "You're not?" she asked. I realized that she was clenching her fists in her lap so hard she was trembling slightly. "Not a shot, E," I said. "We just wanted to make sure that you knew we want you to stay as long as you want or need. We love having you here." For the first time in my life, I saw Erica's lower lip tremble. "Really?" she asked. Back in the city she was the manager of one of the most successful tattoo and piercing parlors in the state, herding artsy workers that acted like cats with constant access to catnip. Erica was firm but fair with her artists, managed a clientele that ran the gamut from rich and entitled assholes to meth'd out deadbeats, and kept her own skills sharp with constant discipline and practice. Every time we had hung out in the years before the quarantine, I'd always been struck by how forceful a personality she was; she could smack talk with the best of them, manhandle a drunk in a bar like an experienced bouncer, and laughed loud and full-bellied. Seeing her on the verge of tears was a shock, and I realized we probably should have had this talk two weeks ago. "Yes, of course we do," I said. "God, you're practically family, Erica. I don't think I could let you go back and stay in the city right now. We love you." The damn burst and as thick tears began to pour over her cheeks and streak her dark eyeliner she reached out and pulled Leo into a hug with one arm. She beckoned for me with the other and I crossed the space to wrap her up in a hug as well. "Thank you," she whispered quietly between us. "I know you guys wouldn't; but still. Everything going on out there, and the way the city is right now... I just didn't" "It's going to be fine," Leo said to his sister, squeezing her harder. "You'll see." She kissed him on the cheek, then turned and kissed me on the cheek as well. "Thank you." I gave her a bit of a squeeze in return. "We'll need to go get some more of your stuff, I guess. You only came down here with a duffle bag." She laughed. "God, yes," she said and tried to wipe her tears. "I can go up there. I could use some more underwear, ha-ha." "Too much information!" Leo said, releasing his sister. She sniffed hard to clear her nose and wiped her cheeks some more to clear her spilt makeup and tears. Erica had a sort of post-punk or light goth style, with thick eyeliner and soft but smoky eyeshadow. For someone in the tattoo business, she had relatively few piercings, just two in each earlobe and a single small, silver nose ring on one nostril. She made up for it with a pair of full sleeve tattoos on her arms and a collection of assorted smaller tattoos on her legs. "What, you don't want to hear about me sweating through my bras?" She laughed at her brother. "Come on, Leo, we're all adults here." I laughed at her teasing and she squeezed me to her with the one arm she still had around my shoulder. She turned and kissed me on the cheek again. "I can go down to the city by myself, you guys don't need to risk yourselves for me. All the news reports are saying this thing is extra dangerous for men." "No, we'll help," I said. "We don't know how long this thing will last, so we'll bring the pickup and you can bring your car. And if you get exposed, you'd bring it back here with you anyways, so we might as well try and do it as fast as possible. Three sets of hands will make things go easier." "Okay," she nodded, then with a last squeeze of my shoulders she eased away and stood up. "Okay. Well, damn, guys. This feels like a fucking weight lifted off my shoulders. I've felt like I've been overstaying my welcome, not that you guys did anything to make me think that. I just,” "It's fine," I said. "We understand." "I don't," Leo said. "You've been all up in my personal space since the dam womb. You never had a problem with it before now." "Come here, you twerp," Erica laughed, slapping her brother on the arm. "Alright, alright," I said. "Come on, children. Let's make a plan here. No time like the present, if we get everything ready we can head out tomorrow."   Leo and I had first become roommates when he sublet me a room as I came out of the military seven years ago and wanted to move back to the Portland area. Then, when my father passed and I needed to move back to the family property, Leo had been more than happy to come on up with me instead of trying to find someone new to take over my half of the house lease. The old ranch-style house I'd grown up in had plenty of room, and my mother had died a few years before Dad, so it worked out for both of us. Even before the quarantine was announced we'd both been working from the homestead; my freelance illustration and concept art gigs kept the bills and property tax under control and food on the table, and Leo had swapped to making artisanal furniture in his little shed workshop instead of the house framing and cabinetry he'd been trained in. The old barn made a decent new workshop for him after a couple of upgrades, and once I'd gotten a satellite installed for point-to-point internet service we were... Well, we hadn't exactly been living the technological dream, but we had what we needed. The drive down to Portland from the homestead outside Jewell took a bit over an hour and a half on a good day with moderate traffic. It only took us an hour, in the middle of the day. I drove my truck, the cover on over the bed, and Leo rode with Erica in her car. The highways were practically empty, and for a while the drive almost felt like just a beautiful day out; other than the thick sweater I was wearing, and the work gloves I'd duct taped to the cuffs. I also had a pair of bandanas hung around my neck, ski goggles sitting on the passenger seat, and the hood of my sweater pulled up. It was the middle of a hot spring and I was sweating my ass off in my own truck just in case of death by viral infection. Even in the last couple of weeks, all the messaging online from the Government about what to do for safety felt like it had been conflicting with itself constantly, and when Leo and Erica tried to do more research they couldn't even figure out which politician or government body to listen to, let alone find something useful and convincing. So we went all out. Driving through the suburbs was a bit of an experience. One neighborhood would be completely desolate, not a single person outside and everything locked up tight. The next would be full of people outside on the street, walking dogs and kids running around playing. Most of them had those medical masks on, but it looked like people were out on summer vacation or something. The neighborhood after that was mostly shut down like the first, but one of the houses easily had thirty vehicles parked around it and was hosting some sort of party going on in the front and back yard. Somehow, despite the world feeling so alien, I still found driving through the city even weirder. Getting into the urban center where Erica had a small apartment near the Tattoo Parlor was like we'd hit the end of the world. Even more than in the suburbs, the near complete lack of people was shocking. We could go entire city blocks without seeing another car, and then suddenly we'd come across a food delivery driver peddling down the middle of the city street on a bike. The only other motorized vehicles I saw were one dude on an electric scooter having the time of his life, and ambulances speeding down the streets with their lights running. They didn't even bother with the sirens. Crackle, crackle. "Hey, Harrison? You read me? Over." I picked up my handheld radio and pressed the button. "Yeah, I read you, Leo. Over." "So we need to take a detour. There's a bunch of stuff online about this Autonomous Zone thing. Protestors in the middle of the city. We're going to avoid it. Over." "Yeah, sounds good. I'll follow. Over and out." I shook my head. The protests had started about a week ago. Halfway across the country, a man had been shot by police; investigations were ongoing, but no one looked good in the situation. Not the cops, not the man, not even the bystanders who had filmed the whole thing instead of intervening. It was a shit show all around, and it had sparked protests that I could only assume were fueled by people feeling so trapped in their own lives. Portland, ever a liberal center of activism, had been a hotbed every night. Vigils and marches every afternoon and evening. Then the riots started at night. We drove down a couple of streets that looked like we'd left the United States behind and entered a foreign warzone. I'd seen streets in Kabul during my deployment that had looked similar; the only thing missing from the burned-out cars, graffiti and general detritus were bullet scars on the walls. Windows that weren't boarded over were smashed. Storefronts were burnt out, looted, or both. It took us an extra twenty minutes to drive all the way around the 'autonomous zone.' By the time we pulled up into the alley behind Erica's apartment building, I was feeling sick to my stomach. A pandemic. Riots. What was next, a natural disaster? I'd seen some of the world; not a lot, but enough. Some of the best and worst places. We were supposed to be better than this. Taking the back stairwell was part of the plan. We didn't want to draw any attention from people; for all that Portland was that liberal bed of activism I'd just been thinking about, it was also still an urban center plagued by theft, crime and people trying to take advantage of each other. With no one on the streets, I'd suggested that pulling up out front made us more of a target to people looking to cause trouble, or attracting the attention of overzealous police. I pulled my truck in next to Erica's car and hopped out. "Alright, make sure you lock up," I said. "Harri, please," Erica said, sliding down her own ski goggles over her eyes. We were all bundled up now, with multiple face coverings each. "I've lived in the city about eight times longer than you ever did. I know how to handle myself." "Yeah, I know," I said. "I'm just a little anxious." "It's fine, dude," Leo said. "Let's just get this done." Erica let us into the building, keying in through a back door, and up through the stairwell. We didn't see anyone on the way up, and she led us through the halls to her apartment. As she let us in, one of her neighbors opened their door and stuck their head out. "Erica? Dear, is that you?" It was a woman, maybe in her fifties. "Hey, Dianne," Erica said. "It's me. I'm just here to pick up some things, and I brought my brother and his roommate to help out." Dianne stepped fully out of her apartment. She was dressed comfortably and had her silvering blonde hair pulled back into a bun. Most notably, she wasn't wearing a mask or any other sort of personal protection. "It's so nice to see you, Erica!" she said. "It's been quiet up here the last few weeks. I have to say, I never thought I'd actually miss your early morning banging around, but I do." "Ah, Dianne," Erica said, holding up her hands. She was wearing rubber gloves, duct taped at the wrists to her sweater just like my work gloves were. "We really shouldn't get any closer than this." "Oh, dear, it's fine," Dianna said. "I've been cooped up in the apartment for a week now, the only person who comes over is Mr. Jones from 5C for coffee every few days. I'm sure you've been just as safe, living out of the city." "No, really Dianne," Erica said. "I don't mean to be rude, but we're only here to get some of my things and go. And I know Mr. Jones is probably lonely up there, but it's not safe for you two to get together for coffee. You should really just skype each other or something." "Oh, I already have to do that Zoomy thing to see my grandkids," Dianna scoffed. "But fine, fine. It's good to see you, dear. Try not to take things too seriously, it won't be good for your health." From inside Erica's apartment, I couldn't help but shake my head. "Dianne, maybe you need to take things more seriously," Erica said. "I'd hate if anything happened to you, but more importantly I'd hate for your grandkids to never get to see you again if you got sick." "Well, I guess..." Dianne trailed off. "Goodbye, Dianne. It was nice seeing you," Erica said in that tone of voice that was just shy of 'politely fuck off,' then followed Leo and me into her apartment and shut the door. "God, that woman," Erica said. She peeled down the pair of gaiters she was wearing over her face. The top layer was a winter covering Leo and I usually used in the middle of winter when we were snowmobiling, and the second was a much thinner one we used in the summer when A T Veeing. "We should be good in here, no one's come in since I left." I peeled down my bandanas and sighed. "I'm sure she's nice, but that lady needs a reality check." "I just hope she isn't someone else's reality check," Erica said. "Alright. I'm going to start in the bedroom. Leo, can you go through the living room and grab anything you think we might want in terms of DVDs and stuff? And Harrison, do you mind doing a check-over of the kitchen? I'm pretty sure I got rid of all the immediate perishables before I came down, but I might have missed some things that could've gone for a couple weeks." We split up and went to work. I cleaned out a few old condiments that Erica had missed and collected some canned and boxed food that would travel easily, along with some of the more specialty cooking equipment Erica had made of point of mentioning. I wasn't sure what an 'air fryer' did, but she made it sound like it was a gift from God, so I was willing to pack it up. "All done in the kitchen," I said, standing in the doorway to Erica's bedroom. She was rummaging in her closet. Her bed was covered in clothes and a couple of pieces of luggage, and everything looked like a mess. "Okay, hold on," she said, then she reappeared and dumped what looked like an entire department store's worth of bras out onto the bed. "Can you start packing this stuff up? Don't worry about folding or sorting it, I'll fix it all once we're back at your place. Then I can grab everything I need from the washroom and we'll be done." "Sure," I said, and we squeezed past each other so she could duck into the washroom. Once she was gone, I just chuckled and shook my head at the mess she'd already made. "I don't think this is all going to fit in these bags." I got to work, and soon three of the four pieces of luggage were stuffed full. That's when I made it to the pile of bras. I glanced out the door, and quickly picked up a fancy looking one and checked the tag. "Damn, Erica," I chuckled. It was obvious she was a busty girl, but 36E? I wouldn't have guessed. Then again, I wasn't exactly a bra aficionado. I wouldn't even know if I'd seen D's or E's or what, the sizing just sort of confused me enough that I couldn't care to look into it any further. I carefully began packing her daintier things into a bag, and below the bras was a pile of panties; and only a few of them seemed like they were designed for comfort and not show. There were strings, there was lace. I held a particular red number and shook my head again, trying to do my best not to imagine Erica wearing it and failing. I shoved it into the bag with the rest. "Incoming," Erica said, bustling back into the room with her arms full of canisters and bottles and all sorts of things from the bathroom. She dumped it all on top of the panties in the bag. "Usually I'd be a lot more organized with this," she sighed. "But I just feel... being in the city feels kinda gross right now." "Hmm, I feel it too," I said. I picked up the last handful of her underwear and put them on top of the cosmetics stuff. "Oh my God," Erica said, grabbing the bag from me. "I can't believe; God, this is embarrassing." She was grinning and her cheeks had heated up as she quickly zipped up the luggage and turned to me. "I didn't realize you'd work that fast." "Hey, I've seen ladies' underwear before," I laughed. "It's not a big deal." "Yeah, but you haven't seen my underwear," she chuckled along with me. "At least you saw the nice stuff. I left most of it here when I came down; wasn't exactly thinking about showing off the goods, ya know?" "Hey, anytime you want to show off, you just let me know," I laughed. "I tried not to pry, but some of them looked pretty hot." "Oh, my God," she said, face palming her embarrassment. Then her smile turned teasing. "Then again, we could always play you show me yours, I'll show you mine. I'm sure the girls would be happy for some more freedom around the house." She squished her upper arms together to pop out her chest a bit under her sweater. Now it was my turn to smirk and blush a little. I was just starting to try and figure out what to say when Leo came in from the front area of the apartment. "Think I'm about done up here," he said. "Anything else, sis?" Erica snickered and punched me in the arm. "That's probably it. I was just teasing Harrison about feeling' up my panties though." "Dude!" Leo said. "Oh, come on," I said. "You know I wouldn't." "Still..." Leo trailed off. "Whatever. Just leave my sister's granny panties alone." "You think I wear granny panties?" Erica said, then turned back to the bag and started unzipping it. "Well, let me just show you some of these..." "Nope, no, nada, nyet!" Leo said, covering his eyes with both hands and turning out of the room. "I do not need to know. Too much information for me!" Erica snorted and shook her head, re-zipping the bag. She winked at me and gave me another friendly punch on the arm. "Thanks again for helping with all of this, Harrison." "No problem at all, E," I assured her. "No, no," she said. "Seriously. Thank you. You guys didn't need to come out here; it feels sort of silly to say, but you're technically risking your lives for me right now." "Well, chivalry ain't dead yet, I guess," I said. "I guess not," she laughed. She leaned in and kissed my cheek. "It's nice. Just don't go making a habit of it, I don't need some White Knight savior act out of you or my brother." "Deal," I said. We got everything out into the front hallway of the apartment, and it ended up being more than we could hope to carry down in one trip. The end result was that we made the first trip down, started loading everything into the bed of the pickup, and while Leo and Erica went back up for another load I stayed down with the vehicles. The thing about inner cities, we'd all learned quickly when we originally moved in, was that you took a risk when you left things in your car. Well, if you had a car to begin with, but if you did and people could see in then it was likely your shit was going to get stolen. So there I was, sitting on the open back gate of my pickup with double bandanas over the bottom half of my face and ski goggles over the top, when two men rounded a corner further down the wide back alley and stopped. They looked at me and the cars. I looked at them. One of them was wearing a medical mask, while the other had a knit wool balaclava on with nothing but his eyes showing. I'd never really considered it before, what with us living out in the woods away from most people, but at that moment I realized how simple it must be to do crime when everyone was expected to wear masks. I watched them. They eyed up the vehicles. I stood up. They watched me do it. I slammed the gate of my truck shut. They watched me do it. I walked around to the passenger door of the truck cab, pulled out the hard case I had stowed under the seat, grabbed my Dad's old Colt 1911 and slid a magazine home. The men kept their eyes on me, not batting an eye even though I was now holding a loaded firearm. I leaned against the back of my truck and watched them right back. Eventually, Leo and Erica came back down and I didn't mention the men or the pistol, which I tucked onto the passenger seat of my truck while we were moving things around. I left the door open so that I could keep easy access. Erica and Leo went up for one last load, and I entered another long staring match with the two men. They hadn't moved and were about fifty yards away so I couldn't tell if they were talking to each other. I swear I must have been sweating bullets under my sweater and gloves and various masks. I don't know if my adrenaline had spiked like this since seeing combat while deployed. Not even the grocery store parking lot showdown a few weeks ago had been like this. Finally, Erica and Leo came down with the last load, we got everything stowed away, and got back into our vehicles. I took a moment to unload and re-stow my firearm, and as Erica and Leo pulled away in her car I watched as the two men came up the alley and entered Erica's apartment building through the door we had been using. Maybe they had just been waiting to use the door, playing it safe with us. Or maybe it was something else. I wouldn't ever know. It took three days for us to start feeling... safe wasn't the right word. 'Less apprehensive' is where I ended up landing. Coming back from the city had been as smooth as driving out, but once we were home we all had this feeling of being dirty. It felt silly even at the time, but we ended up hosing each other off outside with the garden hose before heading in to take some long, hot showers. Was that ineffective? Probably. Did it make us feel better? Maybe, a little. When none of us were showing any symptoms of getting sick by the third night back, we all decided to crash and start a new show together on Netflix that night after dinner. I ended up in the living room first and was starting to scroll through the menus to find something we might like when Erica came down the stairs in her own comfy clothes. She was wearing baggy, low-riding sweatpants and a black tank top that I very quickly realized was bouncing way more than usual with each of her steps down the stairs. Erica walked over to the TV sitting area and flopped down onto the couch across from me, absentmindedly reaching up and tying her hair back into a loose and messy bun. "What?" she asked me when she realized I was staring at her. "Nothing," I said. "You just... you look good. Like that." She rolled her eyes. "It's just makeup, Harrison." What she meant was she wasn't wearing any. For the first time ever, even including the month that she'd already been staying with us, I was seeing Erica without makeup on. It was sort of shocking, honestly; whatever magic she did in the mirror, with her kit, it was like she could change the very structure of her face. Usually, she had an almost angular predatory look, with sultry and smoky eyes and sharp cheekbones leading down to a perfect set of clean and bright red lips. Now she looked brighter, more girl-next-door. Sure there were imperfections; soft lines under her eyes, little freckles and blemishes that got hidden by foundation, but her eyes were brighter, and her smile was wholesome. "Just don't feel like you need to be anything but comfortable, E," I assured her. "I like this look on you." She sighed and gave me a smirk. "Alright, charmer. What are we watching?" I tossed her the remote and let her start scanning through the list of new shows. Besides her lack of makeup and apparent lack of a bra, she was still her usual self. Both of her arm sleeves were bared by the tank top; her left arm was a colorful splash of a dozen of her favorite Pokémon from the original 150, all water-themed. Her right was Star Wars themed and focused on a pinup Femme Boba Fett on her outer upper arm, along with a couple sexy lady Stormtroopers, a Princess Leia in the requisite golden slave bikini, and Padme in the ripped-up white arena fight outfit. Not to mention the Yoda on her inner forearm and chili Chewbacca just below her armpit on her bicep. Her tank top also showed off the two heart tattoos on either side of her clavicle, and the half-mandala tattoo that sat on the back of her neck at the hairline. Erica's legs, while currently covered by her sweats, were a more eclectic collection of random and unplanned tattoos dating back from her start in the industry; some were done by her own hand, others by fellow apprentices, and a few even by the apprentices she'd eventually trained over the years. "Heads up!" Leo said, bounding down the stairs in his own sweats and a hoodie, vaulting over the back of the sofa and landing heavily next to his twin sister. "Jesus Christ," Erica said, ducking away to narrowly avoid getting kicked in the back of the head. She turned and hit Leo in the shoulder. "Watch it, you monkey!" "Takes one to know one," Leo laughed, swiping away her hands as she tried to hit him again. Soon the two were involved in a swearing match as Erica was leaning over Leo, trying to tweak his ears and drop a wad of spit down on his face, while he tried to both ward off her hands and push her away at the same time. Their easy sibling rivalry and goofing off usually wasn't this physical, but it still had me laughing and wondering all the same. I'd never had that with my sister; she was about seven years older than me, so we hadn't ever had that sort of a relationship. To be honest, I was also a little interested in the sibling scrap because Erica's tits looked fucking great jostling and bouncing around in her tank top, and a part of me hoped a boob would pop out in the chaos. Unfortunately, I couldn't be so lucky and the duel ended with both of them panting, sitting next to each other, with no boob appearance. "What are we watching?" Leo asked. "I dunno, we hadn't picked yet," I said. "Let's watch this," Erica said, seemingly at random, and selected some sort of a baking show. "Aw man," Leo said. "These competition shows are always so scripted." "They make me hungry," I said. "Maybe I should start baking more." "Yes," Erica said. "Now we're watching every season just so you can get more good ideas like that, Harri." The show was easy to follow and clearly designed like every other Food Porn-style "reality" competition. Other than the deliciously described food, the only thing actually keeping my attention was the host. "She's hot," Erica said during one of the transition scenes, right after the host had finished showing the TV audience the differences between a mousse and whipped cream. It had involved a lot of whisking very fast. "Not my type, but I can see it," Leo said. "She's got too much of a Fifties Housewife vibe going on." "That's just because she's so proper British," Erica said. "Look at her, she's gorgeous. And fucking stacked under those pretty dresses. What do you think, Harri?" "I'm with you, I think she's definitely hot," I agreed. "And I really dig the accent." "I bet she's a fucking freak in bed, too," Erica said. "No way!" Leo argued with his sister. "Look at her. She's all syrup and sweetness. I bet she's dry as a desert down there, and you couldn't fit anything in due to the stick up her ass." "Nuh-uh," Erica shook her head. "I'd put money on her having a filthy mouth off-screen. Just swears like a fucking sailor. And,  Hmm, I bet she probably says she's straight, but has plenty of experience with girls from her Prep School days." "Sure," I laughed along. "Makes perfect sense. Anything else?" "I bet she's got a cum fetish," Erica said. "Look at her eyes when she's talking about glazing. She's practically creaming her conservative little dress. And she definitely likes a cheeky finger up the bum to really set her off." All of us were laughing now, and the conversation faded as we struggled to get control of our giggles. By the time the first episode was over, we were hooked despite the silly concept, and let it play. We got four episodes in before Erica called it quits. "That's enough for me tonight, boys," she said, yawning and stretching her arms wide. Her right arm rubbed roughly against Leo's face on purpose, just to bug him as he pulled away. "I'm off to bed. Good night!" She bounced up off the couch and made for the stairs, her hips swiveling in her low-waisted sweats. They'd ridden lower, and she was showing a bit of a whale tail with her lace thong panties peeking over the waistline. "Dude," Leo said, snapping my vision from his sister as she walked up the stairs. "Uh," I hummed, and slowly raised both arms in an awkward shrug. "What do you want me to do?" "Just... don't make it a thing," he sighed, then flopped over onto his side. "She's my sister. You wanna watch Deadpool?" Visitors The rumble, sputter and hum of the approaching ATV broke my concentration as it cut through the quiet warbling of my shitty Bluetooth speaker long before Leo pulled around the trail bend. The thick foliage up here in the foothills, far at the back end of my family property, created a weird dampening effect so I hadn't heard him until he was almost on top of me. The rumble cut through the thick greenery now and was followed by the crunching of the tires biting into th

Episode 312 People have been given genetically engineered microbes to prevent a common health condition - and it worked. The gut microbiome is now known to be associated with many health conditions - and in this case, the team managed to treat 9 people who get recurring kidney stones. With the gut's links to mental health, cancer and more, could engineered microbes be used to treat more conditions in the future? Is 1.5C dead? It's looking increasingly likely that we're going to breach 1.5C of global warming - the goal set out in the Paris agreement. So do we need to set a new goal now? As scientists come up with alternative numbers to aim for, many are worried that moving the goalposts will kill climate ambition. But is there a middle ground that keeps everyone happy? Where are all the aliens? We may now have a solution to the famous Fermi paradox, which questions why we've never met anyone else in the universe, despite the existence of many Earth-like planets. And it's all to do with tectonic plates - a geological phenomenon that may be rare outside of Earth, helping complex life to emerge on our planet.  Chapters: (00:39) Genetically modified gut microbes (07:03) Setting a new goal for global warming (17:20) Solving the Fermi paradox Hosted by Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet, with guests Grace Wade, Madeleine Cuff, Alex Wilkins, Ilana Seid, Robert Stern and Taras Gerya. To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special milestone episode, Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD reflects on her journey from corporate HR to launching a successful consulting business and 100 episodes of this podcast. Using her powerful 5C's Model ,Confidence, Clarity, Credibility, Collaboration, and Courage ,Sarah shares behind-the-scenes stories, key lessons from mentoring over 250 consultants, and how this podcast became a trusted voice for HR professionals ready to make the leap. Whether you're just starting out or scaling up, this is an inspiring look at what it really takes to build a life and business you love. For more information on our services please visit : www.leapintoconsulting.com

Want to improve customer experience for more people — and do it in a way that's inclusive, intentional, and backed by data? In this episode, I'm joined by behavioral scientist and data psychologist Patrick Fagan, who ran a fascinating year-long experiment: trying one new experience every single week. His goal? To expand his perspective and build deeper empathy — something all brands need if they want to create experiences that make people feel like they truly belong. You'll learn why customer experience and inclusive marketing are inseparable — and how diversifying your circle of influence can be a highly effective (and often overlooked) strategy for doing both well. This idea is part of my 5C's framework for building inclusive brands — and in this conversation, we explore how exposure to new people, places, and ideas can transform how you serve all your customers. If you want practical insights on creating more meaningful, equitable brand experiences — this episode is for you. Get the Inclusion & Marketing Newsletter - www.inclusionandmarketing.com/newsletter Patrick Fagan - https://www.patrickfagan.co.uk/

Abby Davisson, co-author of Money and Love, joins us to discuss why life's biggest decisions—from careers to relationships—require both emotional insight and rational thinking. She shares her 5C framework for making confident choices, reveals how love and money are more connected than we think, and offers practical tools to navigate values, identity, and financial conversations—no matter your relationship status. Topics [0:00] Intro and Speed Round with Abby Davisson [7:59] What Factors Influence Relationship Satisfaction [13:05] The 5C Framework for Decision Making [22:46] Applying 5C to Different Life Stages [32:23] Balancing Finanvial Decisions and Relationships [39:00] Desert Island Music [45:00] Grooving Session: Identity, Emotion, and Applying 5C to Your Life ©2025 Behavioral Grooves Links More About Abby Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap For Life's Biggest Decisions by Myra Strober and Abby Davisson Join us on Substack! Join the Behavioral Grooves community Subscribe to Behavioral Grooves on YouTube Music Links Beyoncé - American Requiem The Beatles - Come Together

Melbourne Age reporter, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, takes us into the deniers' playbook to help us understand the motives: "How to get the best bang for your climate buck";"Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension is being challenged in the courts. Could it be stopped?";"How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine";"Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming";"A Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool";"Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish";"Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests";"Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn";"Freak wind gusts made worse by climate change threaten airline passenger safety";"West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?";"Beneath a ‘heat dome,' the Washington monument closes and a region girds itself";"Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York's Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy";"Insect Numbers Are Plummeting: Here Are Eight Easy Ways to Help";"Are Sharks and Rays Using Offshore Wind Farms as Habitats?";"How to feel about climate change? A scientist reflects on anger, hope and love.";"The Fossil Fuel Industry Hasn't Come Up With a New Story in 100 Years, Why Do Climate Folks Find It So Hard to Keep Up?";"Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project";"Only two years left of world's carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn";"Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows";"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech";"War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies";"How Close Are the Planet's Climate Tipping Points?".

Shift Key is off this week for Memorial Day, so we're re-running one of our favorite episodes from the past. With Republicans in the White House and Congress now halfway to effectively repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, the United States' signature climate law, we thought now might be a good moment to remind ourselves why emissions reductions matter in the first place.To that end, we're resurfacing our chat from November with Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. At the time, Trump had just been reelected to the presidency, casting a pall over the annual United Nations climate conference, which was then occurring in Azerbaijan. Soon after, he fulfilled his promise to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, with its goal of restraining global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels.In this episode, we talk with Kate about why every 10th of a degree matters in the fight against climate change, the difference between tipping points and destabilizing feedback loops, and how to think about climate change in a disappointing time. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of energy systems engineering at Princeton University.Mentioned: The GOP Tax Bill Is a Dangerous Gamble at a Precarious MomentThe UN Environmental Program's emissions gap reportThe IPCC's monumental report on the risks of 1.5C of temperature riseJesse's post-Trump op-ed: Trump Is Not the End of the Climate FightRob's piece from 2023 on the “end of climate science”Trump's Energy Secretary-designate Chris Wright's speech at the American Conservation Coalition Summit--Music for Shift Key is by Adam Kromelow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 697 - Struggling to make progress in life or business? You might be missing one (or more) of the 5C's—the essential framework for clarity, confidence, conviction, certainty, and congruence. In this podcast, I break down how mastering these 5 pillars can help you get unstuck, overcome self-doubt, and step into your highest potential.Most people stay stuck because they lack clarity on their vision, confidence in themselves, conviction in their beliefs, certainty in their decisions, and congruence between their actions and goals. If you want to create success on your terms, this is your blueprint!MY PRODUCTS AND COACHING:

We are back!It's been a while and  well..  everything is kinda getting a bit shit. We have breached 1.5C, the Labour Party are spent and its not rained in England for two bloody months. Andrew and Lucy got together to discuss all the big events over the last six months and reflect on the local election results in England. We also covered Zack Polanski's leadership bid for the Green Party and if "Eco Populism" is the way to unite the left and send Nigel Farage packing. LinksListen to Lucy's episode of Trash Future here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmPbzlYNYZEZack Polanski's campaign website https://backzack.com/Shout outsGreater Manchester Coalition of Disabled Peoplehttps://gmcdp.com/James Taylor Manchester Unison Support the show

Today on the radio show. 1 - Smoko chat. Adam Sandler Facebook group 5 - Aussie Twins speaking in unison. 8 - Get in my belly. https://shorturl.at/mSyCV 13 - Mindbenders 15 - Aussie smuggles Plutonium into the country. 19 - Smuggling through customs. 24 - How old are you and what can’t you do? 28 - Must listen - Mark Hoppus’ Memoir. https://adbl.co/42IpCXu 31 - Christopher Lee - Mad dog 35 - Toyota City with Robots. 37 - Late mail. 41 - Last drinks. Get in touch with us: https://linktr.ee/therockdrive Westie Lee’s 5C recipe 5 C stands for ‘Creamy Cajun Chicken Corn Chowder’. For 4-6 people. 3/4 medium potatoes diced. 1 medium onion diced. 2 or 3 chicken breasts 2 tins of creamed corn 500g of Streaky bacon cut into size of your choice 1 cup of chicken stock or 2 oxo chicken stock cubes (to be dissolved in a cup of boiling water) Fresh cream Cajun seasoning Put diced potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker. Add diced onion and then cover with cold water so the potatoes are only just covered. Add bacon (raw) and give a dusting of Cajun seasoning. Put chicken breasts on top of the bacon and dust them with Cajun seasoning. Add creamed corn on top of the chicken, and then add the cup of chicken stock and salt and pepper to taste. Whack it on high for 3.5 hours then take out the chicken breasts and shred and put the shreded chicken back in and give it a good fucking stir. Leave for another hour, then add 250 ml of fresh cream. Stir through and serve Goes good with some bread of your choosing. For 2/3 people or a smaller slow cooker, just halve the portions/ingredients. Bone apple teeth.

In Chapter 13 of The Book of Trump, Ghost turns his focus to one of the most misunderstood figures in modern geopolitics: Bashar al-Assad, the “Lion of Damascus.” This epic solo deep dive traces Assad's rise from London-trained eye surgeon to defiant Syrian leader, revealing how Western-backed regime change efforts, globalist proxy wars, and pipeline politics converged to ignite the Syrian Civil War. Ghost connects the dots between U.S. and Israeli-backed jihadi proxies, the CIA-funded White Helmets, and the 5C infrastructure vision Assad proposed to create economic unity across the Middle East, before the Arab Spring was weaponized to destroy it. With receipts endorsed by General Flynn, Ghost breaks down the propaganda, chemical weapons psyops, and false flags used to justify toppling Assad, exposing the international coalition that fueled ISIS and Al-Qaeda's rise in the region. Weaving together history from Lawrence of Arabia to the Sykes-Picot betrayal and the current-day gas wars between Qatar and Iran, this episode places Syria at the heart of a global struggle for sovereignty. It's not just Assad they want gone, it's anyone defying the uniparty's monopoly on power. A must-listen for those ready to challenge the mainstream narrative and rediscover the truth behind the war on Syria.

Get full show notes and ad-free listening at wickedproblems.earth.It didn't take a genius to figure out that passing 1.5C would result in previously-taboo ideas like scaling carbon removals and solar geoengineering would rapidly get traction in the mainstream discourse. I know it doesn't take a genius because I wrote that >18 months ago.And as my bank manager and inlaws will (eagerly) tell you – “wait you're quitting corporate... and… just as the political winds turn against it you're going to…double down on a ‘media thing' on climate and climate solutions?” – I am not a genius.One of the nice things about making yourself an outsider is you're both blithely unaware of the tribal shibboleths you might be violating and just try to follow arguments where they lead.Anyway, here we are in April 2025 and geoengineering – Solar Radiation Modification, SRM, of whatever flavour, is building up to a moment. We've been seeing the signs for a while and you can check out our previous SRM episodes with SilverLining:and The Degrees Initiative:…the Bristol-based NGO acting to make sure that any research on solar geoengineering foregrounds actual science from actual scientists working in the actual countries that have the most to lose from both climate change and from solar geoengineering if it goes wrong.But now we may be headed to a crescendo:Item: Guardian, 7th April, Britain's OG climate hawk David King.Headline: We passed the 1.5C climate threshold. We must now explore extreme options.Item: Bloomberg, 3rd of April with reporting from Will Matthis:Headline: UK Launches £10 Million Study on Blocking the Sun to Reverse Global WarmingItem: the EU's scientific advisors have been pushing for a moratorium on SRM. Tomorrow researchers from a consortium called SRM360 are hosting a panel discussion. Including researchers Peter Irvine from the University of Chicago and Josh Horton of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. So here's my interview with them in case you want to check it out and maybe attend the discussion tomorrow. April 9th, 4:00 pm GMT / 10:00 am ETRegister NowOne thing for comms pros: having thought about it, the debate about whether the best analogy is Ozempic or Chemo for geoengineering is timelier than ever. This was a pretty persuasive case that telling people “we need to do this and it's going to hurt - a lot” might be a wakeup call. But that's going to become a live debate.There's a lot going on, to be sure. And we hope we're getting the balance right here at wicked problems – we sure would love your feedback to let you know how we can serve you better. And we definitely would love it if you helped spread the word by leaving a rating and review on the pod platform of your choice, or Youtube, and if you'd like the full ad-free experience plus the newsletter and exclusive content come on over to wickedproblems.earth. Most of our stuff is free but we really need your help to keep this going. My inlaws and bank manager thank you in advance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show #2381 Show Notes: Communion Verses: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%205%3A12-21&version=KJV  &  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026%3A26-29&version=KJV Psalm 4 : https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%204&version=KJV Psalms 78: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2078%5C&version=KJV Trump stops the money to Planned Parenthood: https://www.lifenews.com/2025/03/26/150-pro-life-leaders-call-on-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood/ International Harvester – Layton Howerton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfrDlgNAJzQ Dave Daubenmire, a veteran 35 […]

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早上不必晨練而是乖乖去教室、上課不准打瞌睡，成績計算未達60分就禁賽……花蓮三民國中正在改寫國內體育班的文化，上課、訓練平衡，補助教學也因材施教。而這一切的背後，校長林國源與教練張志強功不可沒。 2003年中職選秀統一獅第一指名的張志強，在2015年退休後投入基層棒球，來到三民國中體育班。他將12年職棒生涯所學的專業訓練方法帶入球隊，即便一天僅有兩個多小時的訓練，仍確保每位球員都能高效練習守備與打擊。然而，讓他決定投入教育的，不只是回饋基層棒球，更是希望用自身經歷告訴孩子們讀書和打球一樣重要，因為「看到球員生涯終點，才想到要多讀書厚植未來退役的路。」 《報導者》獨家披露體育班學生的國中會考成績單，發現國、英、數、社會、自然五科皆為C的比例，接近全國平均的3倍；若單獨拉出棒球班，5C比例更是全國平均的6倍。許多學生將一切賭在棒球上，卻在畢業後發現，自己看不懂合約、不會做簡報，甚至不知道，除了運動之外，還能做些什麼。 為了改變這樣的困境，除了教練張志強堅持不讓學生佔用正課時間練習，校長林國源更攜手台東大學，一起研發體育班補教教學的教材，並親自錄製數學教學影片，有效利用因訓練、比賽而被切分的零碎時間。短短3年內，三民棒球隊參加國中教育會考成績的「5C」比例，從5成4降到3成6，成績有目共睹。 這一集，和我們走進花蓮三民國中，看校長和教練如何從自己開始，改變體育生的生態，建立重質不重量的訓練、出賽的成績標準、因材施教的補救教學，拓出一條不一樣的體育班路徑。 來賓｜花蓮三民國中校長林國源、棒球隊總教練張志強，《報導者》採訪副主任嚴文廷 製作團隊｜楊惠君、賴育辰、林彥伶 攝影｜林彥廷

In this episode, I break down the 5C's of Attractive Marketing—a framework designed to help web designers and agency owners attract clients instead of chasing them. I share personal experiences, mindset shifts, and practical steps to implement these five key strategies: Create, Consistently, Call to Action, Culture, and Community. If you're looking to build a predictable client acquisition system, this is for you!Timestamps:[00:00] Introduction & personal journey[02:00] The problem with unpredictable marketing[06:00] Mindset limitations holding you back[15:00] The 5C's explained[30:00] Common mistakes & how to avoid them[35:00] Final thoughts & next steps

1.5C. It's THE number we talk about when we talk about climate change. But what does 1.5C actually mean now – and as the world saw record-breaking heat last year, does it even matter anymore? Climate scientist Mark Maslin and environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh discuss. Also this week, new clues about how life may have begun from a dusty space rock called Bennu, and New Scientist's Graham Lawton brings us the science of the week, including AI's ‘Sputnik moment', the mice born with two fathers, and how often do unexpected discoveries happen? Presenter: Victoria Gill Producers: Sophie Ormiston, Ella Hubber & Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth  If you want to test your climate change knowledge, head to bbc.co.uk search for BBC Inside Science and follow the links to The Open University to take the quiz.

In this week's episode Dr Darin Woolpert and Dr Michael Cannizzaro discuss what Generative AI is (and is not) effective at when analysing language samples, and the importance of practitioner knowledge and critical thinking when using AI. Resources: A full list of resources / references for this podcast is available via the SPA Learning Hub. ChatGPT LSA Spanish poster: https://asha2024-asha.ipostersessions.com/default.aspx?s=06-F3-6C-72-52-5C-36-DD-7D-FB-F9-F3-3E-8F-4B-31 University of Vermont CSD department: https://www.uvm.edu/cnhs/csd SPA Resources: SPA Position Statement: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in speech pathology – Ethical considerations: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/resource?resource=935 SPA FAQ: Ethical considerations when using Artificial Intelligence in speech pathology (Members only): https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/resource?resource=940 S6E14: Ethical AI in Speech Pathology, part 1: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/ethical-ai-in-speech-pathology-part-1 S6E15: Ethical AI in Speech Pathology, part 2: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/ethical-ai-in-speech-pathology-part-2-community-voices-s06-e15 Speech Pathology Australia acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past and present. We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Free access to transcripts and a full list of resources / references for this podcast is available via the SPA Learning Hub (https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/), you will need to sign in or create an account. For more information, please see our Bio or for further enquiries, email speakuppodcast@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au Disclaimer: © (2025) The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited. All rights reserved. Important Notice, Please read: The views expressed in this presentation and reproduced in these materials are not necessarily the views of, or endorsed by, The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited (“the Association”). The Association makes no warranty or representation in relation to the content, currency or accuracy of any of the materials comprised in this recording. The Association expressly disclaims any and all liability (including liability for negligence) in respect of use of these materials and the information contained within them. The Association recommends you seek independent professional advice prior to making any decision involving matters outlined in this recording including in any of the materials referred to or otherwise incorporated into this recording. Except as otherwise stated, copyright and all other intellectual property rights comprised in the presentation and these materials, remain the exclusive property of the Association. Except with the Association's prior written approval you must not, in whole or part, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute, publish or electronically communicate (including by online means) this recording or any of these materials.

In this episode of the Antler Up Podcast, I sit down with Tom Fleisher (@PhillyBurbsBowHunter) to talk about the challenges and rewards of suburban hunting in Pennsylvania. Tom shares how his early hunting experiences shaped his passion for the sport and how Pennsylvania's 5C area offers unique opportunities for deer hunters. We dive into the importance of strategic planning, patience, and responsible deer management in urban and suburban settings, where shot placement and ethical hunting are critical. Tom also highlights the value of building relationships with property owners, navigating new state game lands, and fostering a sense of community through his Philly Burbs Bow Hunters page. Beyond hunting strategy, we discuss the role of technology—like cell cameras, which can be both an asset and a distraction—along with how harsh winters impact deer movement. Tom also shares insights on hunting gear, from the benefits of heavy arrows for better penetration to the importance of constant tinkering for improved performance. If you're interested in suburban hunting, refining your setup, or just looking to hear great hunting stories, this episode is packed with valuable insights! So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with Tom Fleisher! Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up! www.antlerupoutdoors.com www.tethrdnation.com www.huntworthgear.com  www.sportsmensempire.com  https://thebowtiquellc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Antler Up Podcast, I sit down with Tom Fleisher (@PhillyBurbsBowHunter) to talk about the challenges and rewards of suburban hunting in Pennsylvania. Tom shares how his early hunting experiences shaped his passion for the sport and how Pennsylvania's 5C area offers unique opportunities for deer hunters. We dive into the importance of strategic planning, patience, and responsible deer management in urban and suburban settings, where shot placement and ethical hunting are critical. Tom also highlights the value of building relationships with property owners, navigating new state game lands, and fostering a sense of community through his Philly Burbs Bow Hunters page.Beyond hunting strategy, we discuss the role of technology—like cell cameras, which can be both an asset and a distraction—along with how harsh winters impact deer movement. Tom also shares insights on hunting gear, from the benefits of heavy arrows for better penetration to the importance of constant tinkering for improved performance. If you're interested in suburban hunting, refining your setup, or just looking to hear great hunting stories, this episode is packed with valuable insights!So, grab your gear, sit back, and join us on this episode as we Antler Up with Tom Fleisher! Stay tuned, stay safe, and Antler Up!www.antlerupoutdoors.comwww.tethrdnation.comwww.huntworthgear.comwww.sportsmensempire.comhttps://thebowtiquellc.com/

Late last year we started interviewing folk in the business of solar radiation management (SRM) - aka one flavour of “geoengineering”. It's a taboo subject. It's sci-fi gold. It's also something we're going to be talking about. Particularly after famed climate scientist James Hansen and a platoon of other climate scientists published a new paper declaring not just the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5C to be in the rear-view mirror, but - as Damian Carrington in the Guardian summed it up: “The new analysis said global heating is likely to reach 2C by 2045, unless solar geoengineering is deployed.”The reason for a lot of this acceleration in global heating, say Hansen and colleagues, is (perversely) the result of successful efforts to reduce pollution. Specifically, removing sulfur from maritime fuel. That sulfur has been causing potentially millions of deaths a year due to respiratory diseases. So it's being phased out. Only one problem - the sulfur was having the under-appreciated consequence of reflecting quite a lot of sunlight back into space. How much? More than the entire energy output of humanity in a given year. And now that it's been removed, enough to - according to the paper - drive half the acceleration in global heating over the past 5 years or so.Hansen is hardly fringe for picking this up, though people don't all agree on the significance. Zeke Hausfather, who was not involved in the research, is among climate scientist who has acknowledge this “aerosol forcing” problem. Some data of his turned up in Nat Bullard's superb annual climate deck:Wicked Problems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.On the call releasing their findings, Hansen et al discussed SRM. Which (even more perversely) often involves ideas for putting sulfur dioxide back into the atmosphere. But on purpose. To cool things off. To buy time.So here is part one of a series of conversations about SRM, featuring Kelly Wanser - the head of Silver Lining, one of the leading non-batshit-crazy outfits trying to do research on technologies that might make it possible. We'll put out part two very soon.00:00 Introduction to the Climate Crisis00:28 The Doomsday Clock and Climate Realities01:57 Hansen's Climate Predictions02:55 Aerosol Forcing and Global Warming05:10 Purposeful Global Cooling08:04 Interview with Kelly Wanser11:07 Silver Linings' Mission and Climate Interventions23:19 Challenges and Ethical Questions31:32 Introduction to Luke Eisman and Make Sunsets31:50 Neal Stephenson's Influence and Geoengineering Concept32:45 Luke Eisman's DIY Approach to Geoengineering34:05 Critique of Non-Expert Interventions35:10 Challenges in Atmospheric Science37:51 Responsible Research and Global Perspectives40:10 The Importance of Atmospheric Monitoring47:56 Global South and Climate Risk Research 52:55 The Montreal Protocol and Climate Agreements54:54 Final Thoughts and Recommendations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 285 New archaeological evidence from Iron Age Britain has shaken up long-held beliefs about the role of women in ancient civilisations. By studying the genes of the Durotriges tribe, who lived in Dorset 2000 years ago, researchers have discovered women were the centrepiece of Celtic society - supporting evidence that they had high status across Europe. Rachel Pope, Reader in European Prehistory at the University of Liverpool, explores the “jaw-dropping” findings. We also hear from author and archaeologist Rebecca Wragg-Sykes, who explains why we shouldn't be surprised that women in prehistory had such power and autonomy. Sudden swings in weather extremes caused by climate change could be to blame for the wildfires spreading across Los Angeles. The effect, known as “climate whiplash”, is becoming increasingly common and has wide-reaching implications, threatening crops, water supplies and more. And with the news that we breached 1.5C of global warming in 2024, we discuss what this all means for our climate goals. The world's first chatbot, ELIZA, has been resurrected. Created by MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum in the 1960s, it contains just 420 lines of code and is a very basic precursor to the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini. The team demonstrates its (limited) capabilities live on the show. They also discuss news of a woman who has an AI boyfriend on ChatGPT…that she has sex with. Hosts Rowan Hooper and Penny Sarchet discuss with guests Rachel Pope, Rebecca Wragg-Sykes, James Dinneen and Madeleine Cuff. To read more about these stories, visit https://www.newscientist.com/ Book your place on the Svalbard expedition here: https://www.newscientist.com/tours/new-scientist-arctic-cruise/  Read Maddie's article on the climate impacts of broken jet streams here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535264-100-is-a-broken-jet-stream-causing-extreme-weather-that-lasts-longer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the blazes in Los Angeles continue to burn, those who have lost their homes are contending with the immediate need for shelter– and difficult questions about whether or not to rebuild in the fire zone. Grist reporter Jake Bittle tells Akshat Rathi how California’s housing market and insurance regulations will shape the recovery. And Nomad Century author Gaia Vince says that in this era of climate instability, everyone should think about how prepared they are to become a climate migrant. Explore further: Past episode about the 1.5C warming goal being surpassed Past episode with sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson about imagining the future role of the UN in fighting climate change Past episode about climate change, conflict, and migration Bloomberg Green story about the aircraft used to scoop water to fight fires in LA Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Michelle Ma, Brian Kahn, Sharon Chen, and Sommer Saadi. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EU scientists say 2024 was the warmest year on record, and the first to exceed the 1.5C global warming limit. Also: Los Angeles residents return to their burnt-out homes, and is time running out for TikTok?

George Lee, Environment Correspondent, reports that the world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists at the European Union's Copernicus agency have said.

In December, Europe’s Copernicus weather service announced that it was “virtually certain” that 2024 would be the hottest year ever. What’s more, the global average temperature last year appears to have surpassed 1.5C for the first time, blowing past a threshold that’s taken on enormous significance in the fight against climate change. Does that mean governments, corporations, and activists recalibrate their climate goals? Akshat Rathi speaks with reporters Eric Roston and Zahra Hirji about what this new reality means. Explore further: Past episode about sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s visions for 2025 Past episode with Eric Roston and Katharine Hayhoe about the extreme weather events brought on by rising temperatures Past episode with the Berghof Foundation’s Andrew Gilmour about conflict and peace-building on a warming planet Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Sharon Chen, Siobhan Wagner, Ethan Steinberg, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/greenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Temperatures as low as -7.5C were recorded last night, with the coldest temperature recorded in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. A status orange warning was in effect for the entire country overnight, except Donegal. We get updates from our reporters across the country.

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber ‘cold-health alert' warning for London amid plunging temperatures and a forecast for snow at the weekend.London plunged below zero overnight, with a ”feels-like” temperature of -4C on Friday morning - and more low single-digit chills forecast next week.Nationally, the cold weather blast has seen temperatures drop to -5C overnight with warning of -8C next week.It comes just weeks after devastating floods caused by Storm Darragh. The Standard podcast is joined by Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin and Mhairi Sharp, chief executive of the National Emergencies Trust.In part two, could a new type of DNA analysis technique on crushed-up ancient bone fragments rewrite of some of Britain's key moments in ancient history?We're joined by King's College London professor of medieval history Peter Heather to discuss the joint research with the Francis Crick Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As notícias relacionadas ao meio ambiente costumam não ser das mais animadoras – e em 2024, não foi diferente. Com os alertas sobre o aquecimento global, as mudanças do clima e a degradação da biodiversidade cada vez mais graves, parece difícil olhar para o futuro com otimismo – mas o ano que chega ao fim também foi marcado por uma série de fatos positivos. Lúcia Müzell, da RFI em ParisNo Brasil, em meio a catástrofes como as enchentes históricas no Rio Grande do Sul ou a seca recorde na Amazônia, a notícia da forte redução do desmatamento traz esperança. Os últimos dados oficiais, revelados em novembro pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), apontam para uma queda anual de 30,6% do desmate da Amazônia em relação ao período anterior, entre 2022 e 2023. Foi o melhor resultado em nove anos, no bioma. Já no Cerrado, a diminuição foi de 25,7%.A ministra do Meio Ambiente, Marina Silva, celebrou os avanços, mas indicou que muito ainda resta a ser feito. “É claro que quando você faz um esforço e consegue um resultado significativo, cada vez mais os esforços vão ficando mais complexos, mais difíceis. Nós ainda temos muito o que evitar de desmatamento até alcançarmos o desmatamento zero. Esse é um esforço em equipe: 19 ministérios trabalhando juntos, e cada vez mais, daqui para a frente, vamos precisar dos ministérios da dinâmica do desenvolvimento, olhando para agricultura, a energia, o transporte”, salientou. “É isso que vai fazer com que o desmatamento tenha uma queda consistente, e não apenas por ação de comando e controle. Mas é muito animador e gratificante verificar que, mesmo com todas as dificuldades, é possível ter política pública que faça o enfrentamento. É assim que quem não é negacionista faz política pública.”Os dados fortalecem a posição do Brasil como presidente da próxima Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre as Mudanças Climáticas, a COP30, que acontecerá em 2025 na cidade de Belém, no Pará. Trinta e três anos depois da Rio92, o país estará de novo no centro das atenções nas negociações climáticas. Na COP30, os países deverão estabelecer novos objetivos de redução de gases de efeito estufa, que causam o aquecimento anormal do planeta.Brasileira à frente da Autoridade Internacional dos Fundos MarinhosNo ano que passou, a atuação do Brasil na diplomacia ambiental rendeu frutos: em agosto, a oceanógrafa e diplomata Leticia Carvalho foi eleita secretária-executiva da Autoridade Internacional dos Fundos Marinhos (ISA), braço das Nações Unidas sobre o tema. A sua nomeação trouxe um vento de renovação à entidade, que estava com a credibilidade atingida pela gestão do secretário-executivo anterior.Leia também‘Relevância' de minerais do fundo mar para a transição será decidida pelos países, diz brasileira na ONULeticia Carvalho tem à frente um desafio histórico: obter o consenso dos 168 membros da ISA para a definição de um código da mineração no fundo do mar, já no seu primeiro ano de mandato. Mais de 30 países, como Brasil, França, Suécia ou Guatemala, exigem uma moratória completa das prospecções nessas imensas áreas submarinas, enquanto o impacto ambiental da atividade não for esclarecido pela ciência, de modo independente. Do outro lado, o lobby industrial tem pressa.“Certamente vou levantar-me na defesa de um secretariado muito mais ativo, que busque preencher as lacunas de informação existentes entre os diferentes Estados-membros, ajudando-os a tomar decisões informadas sobre a mineração em água profunda”, disse Carvalho à RFI, em setembro. “No que diz respeito a essas áreas além da jurisdição nacional, eu queria ressaltar que é responsabilidade primária dos Estados decidir coletivamente a melhor forma de equilibrar necessidades de proteção e preservação do meio ambiente marinho e o interesse do uso comercial dos recursos do leito marinho. Não houve mudança no cronograma até agora, então estamos todos observando e trabalhando no sentido da conclusão em 2025”, apontou.“Vovós pelo clima” têm vitória judicial inéditaEssas negociações internacionais costumam ser lentas e causam apreensão e revolta nas populações atingidas pelas mudanças do clima, que não esperam para avançar. Em 2024, o planeta bateu, de novo, o recorde de ano mais quente já registrado e, pela primeira vez, o mundo experimentou o que significa ter temperaturas 1,5C acima das medições no período pré-industrial. Este é o limite de aquecimento que o Acordo de Paris busca garantir – mas, para isso, os países precisarão fazer a sua parte.Um grupo de idosas suíças decidiu cobrar na justiça que o pequeno país europeu faça mais para combater as mudanças do clima, e teve uma vitória inédita. Em abril, a Suíça foi condenada por inação climática e violação dos direitos humanos pelo Tribunal Europeu de Direitos Humanos. A sentença gera jurisprudência e aumenta a pressão sobre os 46 Estados membros do Conselho da Europa.A Corte em Estrasburgo considerou que Berna não está respeitando os seus compromissos assumidos nos acordos internacionais sobre o tema. As 2,5 mil “vovós suíças”, reunidas no coletivo Idosas pelo Clima, alegaram que o aquecimento global já atinge a sua saúde e as ondas de calor, mais frequentes, as colocam em risco de morte.Anne Mahrer, copresidente da entidade, prometeu manter a pressão para a Suíça aplicar a decisão. Entre as medidas necessárias, ela cita a redução do impacto ambiental da construção civil e dos transportes e o fim das energias fosseis, mas também “visar a atuação do sistema financeiro, que continua financiando essas indústrias poluentes”.“São 300 páginas onde está escrito muito claramente tudo que é preciso colocar em prática e que não é feito. Um país como a Suíça não ter orçamento climático, nem objetivos claros para chegar à neutralidade de carbono em 2050, é inacreditável”, disse Mahrer à RFI, em abril. “Um país rico, industrializado há tantas décadas, deveria ser exemplar – e não é. Quem paga mais caro são os países do sul, que menos contribuíram para a catástrofe”, complementou.Reino Unido abandona a energia a carvãoEntre as economias ricas, o Reino Unido deu um exemplo importante: tornou-se o primeiro a se livrar da energia a carvão. A primeira termelétrica do mundo foi aberta justamente em Londres, em 1882. Agora, o país inova mais uma vez ao ser pioneiro no fim da energia mais poluente.A central de Ratcliffe-on-Soar será desmantelada antes do fim da década, para dar lugar a um "centro de energia e tecnologia livre de carbono". O fechamento é um passo fundamental para o cumprimento da promessa britânica de chegar em 2030 com 100% da energia neutra em emissões de CO2 e equivalentes, responsáveis pelo aumento anormal da temperatura na Terra. Até os anos 1980, o carvão representava 70% do aporte de eletricidade do país, mas caiu drasticamente a partir dos anos 2010 – graças, em um primeiro momento, à substituição pelo gás natural do Mar do Norte e, depois, por centrais eólicas e solares.Essa virada foi resultado da Lei de Energia do governo do então primeiro-ministro conservador David Cameron, que limitou a atratividade dos investimentos em fontes fósseis, em especial o carvão, ao mesmo tempo em que estimulou a produção de energias limpas. Hoje, o gás – das fontes fósseis, a menos poluente – representa cerca de um terço da matriz energética britânica. Outro terço vem do petróleo e o restante é dividido entre nuclear e renováveis (17%).“O uso do carvão é problemático na maior parte dos países do mundo, principalmente nos do G20, onde a Índia e a China ainda dependem muito dele. Os Estados Unidos o substituíram por gás natural, mas eles tinham 40% de matriz de carvão, que por sinal é a média mundial. O carvão ainda é muito presente, é uma fonte barata de energia e vai ser uma dificuldade grande continuar tirá-lo de vários desses países”, antecipa Ricardo Baitelo, gerente de projetos do Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente (IEMA), de São Paulo, e doutor em planejamento energético.Na cúpula do G7 deste ano, as sete economias mais desenvolvidas do globo se comprometeram a eliminar estas usinas até 2035.Outra boa notícia é que, na China, de longe a maior emissora de CO2 do planeta, mais de um quarto da energia consumida já é de fontes descarbonizadas – ou seja, renováveis e nuclear. Um relatório apresentado por Pequim informou que, na última década, estas fontes passaram de 15,5% para 26,4% do mix energético chinês. O país promete estabilizar ou começar a diminuir as suas emissões em 2030.Ansiedade climática abala confiança no futuro, mas pode mover açãoNo cenário global, o ritmo da transição para uma economia de baixo carbono caminha a passos lentos demais, diante do problema. Nas conferências ambientais deste ano, as cifras de financiamento climático oferecidas para os países em desenvolvimento enfrentarem as mudanças do clima decepcionaram. Os países não conseguiram chegar a um consenso sobre como implementar medidas para preservar a biodiversidade ou evitar o aumento das secas, que elevam os riscos de desertificação dos solos. Também adiaram a adoção de um tratado mundial para evitar a poluição por plásticos.Este contexto leva milhões de pessoas pelo mundo, principalmente as próximas gerações, a sofrerem do que a ciência já classifica como “ecoansiedade” ou “ansiedade climática”: o impacto da crise do clima na saúde mental. Um estudo de referência de 2021 da revista Lancet indicou que quase 60% dos jovens interrogados em 10 países, entre eles o Brasil, sentem-se preocupados ou extremamente preocupados com o futuro em um mundo mais quente. Outra pesquisa, publicada por cientistas da Yale-NUS College, em Singapura, revelou o quanto essa preocupação afeta os planos dos jovens de terem filhos.O coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Trauma e Estresse (Nepte) da PUC do Rio Grande do Sul, Christian Kristensen, trabalhou no apoio psicológico às vítimas das enchentes no Estado este ano, em uma das catástrofes climáticas mais graves já vistas no Brasil.“Já há alguns levantamentos iniciais para mapear a ocorrência desses problemas na população gaúcha, mas há também muitos estudos internacionais, em outras situações de enchentes, que nos sinalizam que esses problemas podem persistir 12, 24 ou até 36 meses”, afirma. “Quando a gente passa por evento climático extremo, isso obviamente mexe muito com as pessoas e pode até alterar a perspectiva de futuro. Isso está relacionado ao aumento das manifestações de ansiedade climática”, observa o professor da PUCRS.Alguns pesquisadores sobre o tema avaliam que a ecoansiedade é um motor de ação: quem não se preocupa não muda os seus hábitos, nem batalha para que os avanços no enfrentamento do problema sejam maiores. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, Kristensen salienta a importância do acesso a informações positivas em meio a um assunto marcado por más notícias.“Quando nós estamos num certo grau de ansiedade significa que nos importamos e isso pode nos mover positivamente na vida. Pode impulsionar a pessoa a se engajar em ações sociais, comunitárias. O problema é quando ela se torna algo tenso, paralisante, e acaba trazendo sofrimento e muitos prejuízos na vida da pessoa”, diz o especialista em trauma.“Existem vários exemplos, e é importante as pessoas saberem e os veículos de comunicação divulgarem, os exemplos positivos tanto de ações individuais, quanto coletivas, comunitárias, que podem transformar esse sentimento de ansiedade e preocupação em uma coisa muito positiva, ao criar um senso de coletividade, de pertencimento”, ressalta Kristensen. “É muito importante a gente se dar conta de que é óbvio que a ação humana sobre o clima é algo inegável, mas nós ainda temos possibilidades de ter ações transformadoras.”Fim de plásticos na África, camada de ozônio se recuperandoOutras boas notícias para o meio ambiente em 2024 no ano foram que a Austrália proibiu a exploração de uma reserva de urânio, uma das maiores do mundo, situada sob uma zona do povo aborígene Mirrar. A reserva fica nas proximidades do Parque Nacional de Kakadu, tombado patrimônio mundial da humanidade.A Nigéria, potência africana, adotou o fim dos plásticos descartáveis na capital, Lagos. Desde janeiro, os comerciantes são obrigados a oferecer alternativas reutilizáveis às sacolas plásticas, por exemplo. Medidas como esta se generalizam pelo continente, onde 34 países já adotaram algum tipo de proibição ou legislação para limitar os plásticos, derivados do petróleo.Leia tambémPor que apenas 9% dos plásticos no mundo são reciclados?Pelo mundo, também proliferaram as iniciativas para controlar o turismo de massa, fonte de poluição e emissões de CO2. De Veneza ao Himalaia, passando por Barcelona, diversas cidades adotaram medidas para compensar o efeito nefasto do turismo excessivo para o meio ambiente.E uma notícia animadora sobre a atmosfera: a concentração do gás HCFC, utilizado em aerossóis e na refrigeração, está baixando mais rapidamente do que os cientistas previam. Um relatório da universidade de Bristol, publicano na revista Nature Climate Change, mostrou que o cumprimento dos compromissos internacionais para reduzir o uso deste gás, nocivo para a camada de ozônio que protege a Terra do sol, resultou em um verdadeiro sucesso.O caso ilustra o quanto a cooperação internacional é fundamental para a preservação da vida no planeta. Segundo as últimas estimativas do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (Pnuma), publicadas em 2023, a camada de ozônio, alvo de um protocolo de proteção adotado em 1987, deve se reconstituir plenamente nas próximas quatro décadas.

This year is set to be the world's hottest on record, likely shattering the aspiration to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. So where does this leave COP29, the upcoming UN climate conference in Azerbaijan? This week Inside Science is asking, are climate summits really working? What is the point of them - and are they doing enough? Joining Marnie Chesterton to discuss this are: - Joanna Depledge, expert on international climate negotiations at the University of Cambridge - Mark Maslin, climate change professor from University College London (UCL) - Jim Watson, professor of energy policy, also from UCL Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Ella Hubber, Sophie Ormiston & Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth If you want to test your climate change knowledge, follow the links on this page to The Open University to take a quiz.

In 2024, we're set to break a major climate threshold for the first time: this will be the first calendar year in which global average temperatures breach the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold enshrined in the Paris Agreement. Importantly, while one year at this temperature doesn't mean all is lost, it does fire a profound warning shot over our faltering progress on mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis. While every fraction of a degree matters when it comes to the climate, the consensus is clear that above 1.5C the severity of impacts and risk of tipping points like mass coral reef die off or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet become substantially higher. You might therefore expect this to be front page news. Yet compared with its gravity, it has barely made headlines. If, like us, you're wondering why — as it turns out, this was always part of the plan. In this episode, Adrienne and Andreas Malm break down the concept of “overshoot”, how it's tied up with the power of fossil fuels, and the future of climate politics, from ecofascism to geoengineering. Andreas Malm is an associate professor at Lund University, an activist and the author of several books, most recently Overshoot: How The World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, co-written with Wim Carton.

This year's United Nations climate talks, COP29, wrapped Saturday. Throughout the talks, it was all about the numbers. With the help of NPR climate reporters Julia Simon and Alejandra Borunda, we hone in on two. First, $300 billion. That's the amount of money wealthy countries agreed to give developing countries to help them adapt to climate change and reduce pollution. Second, 1.5C. That's a warming limit countries agreed to try not to breach, but that is creeping closer every year. Want to hear the latest in climate news and solutions? Let us know your thoughts by emailing shortwave@npr.org!Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Here's the bad news: The world is almost certainly going to miss the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. The needed emissions cuts are too large and the direction of policy too slow to lead to any other outcome. In the next few decades, global warming will slip past the 1.5 degree mark — and temperatures will keep rising.What does that mean? What comes next? And how should we feel about that? On this week's episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse chat with Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. We talk about why every 10th of a degree matters in the fight against climate change, the difference between tipping points and destabilizing feedback loops, and how to think about climate change in a disappointing time. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of energy systems engineering at Princeton University.Mentioned: The UN Environmental Program's emissions gap reportThe IPCC's monumental report on the risks of 1.5C of temperature riseJesse's post-Trump op-ed: Trump Is Not the End of the Climate FightRob's piece from 2023 on the “end of climate science”Trump's Energy Secretary-designate Chris Wright's speech at the American Conservation Coalition SummitJesse's downshift; Rob's upshift. --This episode of Shift Key is sponsored by …Watershed's climate data engine helps companies measure and reduce their emissions, turning the data they already have into an audit-ready carbon footprint backed by the latest climate science. Get the sustainability data you need in weeks, not months. Learn more at watershed.com.As a global leader in PV and ESS solutions, Sungrow invests heavily in research and development, constantly pushing the boundaries of solar and battery inverter technology. Discover why Sungrow is the essential component of the clean energy transition by visiting sungrowpower.com.Intersolar & Energy Storage North America is the premier U.S.-based conference and trade show focused on solar, energy storage, and EV charging infrastructure. To learn more, visit intersolar.us.Music for Shift Key is by Adam Kromelow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Global heating is a serious problem, but the question of just how urgently to fight it is a fraught one. Should 2C or 1.5C of warming be our limit? Or can we blow past these limits now, and come back down to them later, using technology to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? There's […]

The UN climate summit is opening in Azerbaijan with 2024 set to be the first year to breach the 1.5C global warming limit. But could President-elect Donald Trump's energy policies undermine the goal of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions? Also on the programme: Russia and Ukraine attack each other with drones in their heaviest assault of the war; and Dutch police use a hologram of a sex worker murdered 15 years ago in a fresh bid to find her killer.(Photo: Climate activists project a message onto Tower Bridge ahead of COP29 climate talks in London. Credit: Reuters)

*) Israel's genocidal war on besieged Gaza enters its 400th day Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 43,500 Palestinians, 70 percent of them women and children, and wounded over 102,700 others, according to local health authorities. Analysts say the estimate is conservative and the actual death toll could be around or beyond 200,000, as thousands of Palestinians remain missing or buried under the debris of bombed homes and shops. Another 10,000 have been abducted and jailed at Israeli torture sites. *) Stein and Trump gain surprising support among Muslim voters American Muslim voters overwhelmingly backed Green Party's candidate Jill Stein in the 2024 presidential election, with 53.2 percent casting ballots in her favour, according to a new survey. In Michigan, Stein received even stronger support, with 59 percent of 502 Muslim respondents backing her, compared to 22 percent for Trump and 14 percent for Harris, according to the poll. Frustration over the Biden administration's Gaza policy led to a "sharp drop" in Muslim support for Harris compared to Biden's 2020 Muslim voter base, according to CAIR's National Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. *) US, Canada groups urge leaders to condemn anti-Arab violence in Amsterdam Two prominent Muslim groups have criticised North American leaders and media for ignoring attacks and anti-Arab violence by Maccabi Tel-Aviv fans during a Europa League match. "It has been deeply distressing and disturbing to witness the violence that took place in Amsterdam around the Europa League match last night," The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) wrote on X, denouncing all forms of intimidation. The Muslim group urged Canadian leaders to address the incidents directly. "If Canadian leaders choose to weigh in on this issue, they must condemn the well-documented attacks on Arabs in Amsterdam," the statement says. *) 2024 to be the hottest year since industrial revolution Scientists say that 2024 might go down in history as the hottest since humans began burning fossil fuels. According to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the global average temperature is expected to exceed the critical 1.5C threshold above pre-industrial levels. This would mark a historic milestone, underscoring the dramatic impact of greenhouse gas emissions and climate crisis. The C3S Monthly Climate Bulletin for October highlights that human activities have created an elevated temperature baseline. An El Nino event also played a role in this year's heating but the climate's complexity is influenced by multiple factors beyond greenhouse gases alone, such as solar radiation, volcanic eruptions, aerosols, and natural climate variability, according to the scientists. *) Turkish first lady attends event on Ottoman sufi poet, heritage in Hungary Türkiye's first lady has attended a special programme in Budapest promoting a book on a 14th-century Ottoman sufi poet and the empire's rich heritage in Hungary. Erdogan visited the tomb of Ottoman Dervish poet Gul Baba — also known as Jafer, or the "Father of Roses" in Hungary — which was restored in 2018 in a collaboration between the Hungarian government and TIKA, the Turkish state aid agency. "I am happy to gather around the legacy of Gul Baba, who came from Anatolia and was laid to rest in this land, on the 100th anniversary of the Türkiye-Hungary Friendship Treaty” she says. "It is truly exciting that six years after TIKA's restoration efforts and the establishment of the cultural centre at the Gul Baba Tomb, this spiritual heritage is now being crowned with a new book," Erdogan wrote in the guestbook at the Gul Baba Tomb.

Gaza's polio vaccination campaign in north nears targetMore than two billion people in cities face 0.5C rise warns UN HabitatWHO publishes first list of ‘top pathogens' requiring new vaccines

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Christiana Figueres (the woman behind the Paris Agreement) is possibly the best-known official in the global climate change movement. The former Costa Rican diplomat and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2010-2016), managed to bring together 195 nations to sign the historical 2015 agreement that set the “1.5C” target/warning. She wrote The Future We Choose, cohosts the Outrage + Optimism podcast, has a moth, a wasp and an orchid named after her, and has won countless international awards for her work. In this episode, we challenge each other on whether hope and optimism are still useful given we've passed the 1.5C threshold in February, whether the Paris Agreement is still viable almost 10 years on and the viability of the green energy transition. We don't agree on a number of points, but we come together on what keeps us in the “fight” …love. Listen to the end with this one.SHOW NOTESThe work of rare earth minerals expert Olivia Lazard and energy futurist Nate Hagens supports the energy points I make in this episode. This international team of researchers and this team working out of France show fossil fuels will become net-energy negative in the future. We are spending more energy to get less energy than before—our net energy is “plummeting”.The world's consumption of fossil fuels climbed to a record high last year according to the University of Exeter's Global Carbon Project and NASA. A Finnish Geological Survey finds that “global reserves are not large enough to supply enough metals to build the renewable non-fossil fuels industrial system”.According to a study on societal tipping points, a peak and fall in global oil production would bring down the entire financial and trade system like a house of cards.This chapter of my book outlines the argument in detail.And here are the first two chapters of my book, that outline my position on hope v truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, The Climate Pledge turns five and Tom and Christiana talk to Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, to reflect on the journey of this initiative co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism. At the top of the episode, Tom and Christiana anticipate the frantic and sometimes frustrating weeks ahead in this hectic period for those working in climate, and as wild weather continues to wreak havoc, Christiana and Tom invite us to pause for a moment. How can we listen and better contribute? How can we roll up our sleeves -  with hope - and get to work on having a positive impact and building momentum? In their thoughtful interview with Kara, the hosts reflect on how The Climate Pledge has grown over the last five years to over 500 signatories - companies who share an ambition to innovate, accelerate joint action and collaborate across sectors to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten years earlier than the Paris Agreement. Kara, Tom and Christiana discuss the specific challenges companies face and the solutions and strategies they're adopting to meet targets. Sharing failures has been just as valuable as sharing successes because, as Tom points out, none of us have decarbonised the global economy before. Unafraid to go deep, they question how we would reduce emissions and redesign society if we kept in mind the earth's atmosphere.   NOTES AND RESOURCES   Outrage + Optimism, Live at Climate Week NYC Event Title: It's Time To Unite For Mission 2025 Event Details: Tuesday 24th September, 12:00 - 13:00 ET, Glasshouse (NYC) Event Description: Mission 2025 is a coalition of courageous leaders - mayors, governors, CEOs, investors, athletes, musicians and citizens - who are inviting governments to ratchet upcoming national climate plans (known as Nationally Determined Contributions) in line with the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Described as ‘Defenders of Paris', Mission 2025 Partners arrive at Climate Week New York with a major update of new organizations who are ready to embolden governments to set more ambitious plans and accelerate implementation because they know this can unlock trillions in private investment, scale cheap renewable energy, support industries to compete in a low carbon economy, and safeguard living standards equitably for our people. As a live recorded Outrage + Optimism podcast, this flagship event will demonstrate how these plans can be upgraded by showcasing government and real economy leaders who are driving towards ‘positive tipping points' across the three themes of energy, nature & food, and finance. The event is supported by the Mission 2025 Partners and convened by Groundswell – a collaboration between Global Optimism, Bezos Earth Fund and Systems Change Lab – together with the Climate Group. Registering: Please reach out to groundswell@globaloptimism.com if you are interested in joining this event   The Climate Pledge The Climate Pledge and C40 Cities Launch Laneshift   GUEST Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon LinkedIn | Twitter (X)    Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Welcome back to Season 10! With the hosts together again following our break, Tom, Paul and Christiana are bursting with news and analysis.  Up for discussion this week, the hosts try to understand why the Democrats haven't been talking much about climate change and what drives Kamala Harris' outrage and optimism. They delve deeper into the UK's new Labour Party's plans around energy, nature and climate change.   Plus the hosts scan the horizon for the consequential moments in climate policy, with UNGA, Climate Week NYC and two COPs hurtling towards us.    NOTES AND RESOURCES   Outrage + Optimism, Live at Climate Week NYC Event Title: It's Time To Unite For Mission 2025 Event Details: Tuesday 24th September, 12:00 - 13:00 ET, Glasshouse (NYC) Event Description: Mission 2025 is a coalition of courageous leaders - mayors, governors, CEOs, investors, athletes, musicians and citizens - who are inviting governments to ratchet upcoming national climate plans (known as Nationally Determined Contributions) in line with the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Described as ‘Defenders of Paris', Mission 2025 Partners arrive at Climate Week New York with a major update of new organizations who are ready to embolden governments to set more ambitious plans and accelerate implementation because they know this can unlock trillions in private investment, scale cheap renewable energy, support industries to compete in a low carbon economy, and safeguard living standards equitably for our people. As a live recorded Outrage+Optimism podcast, this flagship event will demonstrate how these plans can be upgraded by showcasing government and real economy leaders who are driving towards ‘positive tipping points' across the three themes of energy, nature & food, and finance.  The event is supported by the Mission 2025 Partners and convened by Groundswell – a collaboration between Global Optimism, Bezos Earth Fund and Systems Change Lab – together with the Climate Group. Registering: Please reach out to groundswell@globaloptimism.com if you are interested in joining this event   Fact check: Sea levels are already rising faster per year than Trump claims they might rise over ‘next 497 years' CNN, June 2024 Trump's chat with Musk on X fact-checked BBC, August 2024 Climate Concerns Dip - Monmouth University Poll, May 2024 Labour Government's In-Tray for Climate Change, Energy and Nature Carbon Brief Summit of the Future Watch Sherman Guity win Costa Rica a Gold Medal in the Paralympics 100m   Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Zac and Phil discuss the potential of Living Wish in the context of 5C control decks. They explore the idea of using Living Wish as a way to create silver bullet effects and have access to specific cards in their sideboards. They also discuss the challenges of sideboarding in their respective decks and the need for immediate answers in the current metagame. Phil shares his experience with using tutors and lessons in his control decks and how they can provide flexibility and access to specific cards. They both express interest in exploring Living Wish further and testing it in their decks. They discuss the need for control decks to have versatile answers in the current metagame, explore the idea of using Living Wish as a tutor package to access win conditions or answers, and how this concept can be applied to control decks. They also discuss the importance of having the correct answer at the right time and the challenges of developing in a format with cards like Wasteland and Daze. Phil introduces the idea of using Luminarch Ascension as a card that requires time rather than mana to establish, and Zac mentions the card Bello Bard of the Brambles as a potential inclusion in decks. Takeaways Living Wish can be a valuable tool in sideboarding, allowing players to access specific cards in their sideboards as needed. Sideboarding in decks with a wide range of threats and answers can be challenging, and Living Wish provides a way to optimize the sideboard for specific matchups. Tutors and lessons can provide flexibility and access to specific cards, allowing players to have answers for a variety of situations. The current metagame demands immediate answers, and having access to silver bullet effects and specific cards can be crucial for success. Exploring Living Wish and other similar cards can lead to innovative deckbuilding strategies and improve overall deck performance. Control decks need versatile answers in the current metagame. Using Living Wish as a tutor package can provide access to win conditions or answers. Having the correct answer at the right time is crucial in the fast-paced metagame. Developing in a format with cards like Wasteland and Daze can be challenging. Luminarch Ascension is a card that requires time rather than mana to develop. Bello Bard of the Brambles is a potential inclusion in decks. Supporting the Patreon provides ad-free content and bonus episodes. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Discussion of Mystery Booster 03:35 Phil's Plan for Eternal Weekend 09:07 The Necessity of Having Immediate Answers 12:31 Optimizing Sideboards with Living Wish 17:13 The Flexibility of Tutors and Lessons in Control Decks 19:12 Exploring Living Wish and Other Deckbuilding Strategies 27:23 The Importance of the Correct Answer at the Right Time 31:02 Challenges of Developing in a Format with Wasteland and Daze 37:23 Exploring Potential Inclusions: Bellow Barr of the Brambles JOIN US ON DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hrC7PxQZTE Ad-free Listening on SPOTIFY! Subscribe here: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eternaldurdles/subscribe⁠ Twitch: Twitch.tv/durdlemagus Eternal Durdles Moxfield: ⁠https://www.moxfield.com/users/EternalDurdles⁠ ⁠https://www.moxfield.com/users/Durdlemagus⁠ ⁠https://www.moxfield.com/users/ForceofPhil⁠ Support us on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/EternalDurdles⁠ Check out our song parodies on SoundCloud: ⁠https://soundcloud.com/forceofphil⁠ Follow us on Twitter: Zac: @durdlemagus Phil: @ForceofPhil We are edited by: ⁠https://gullaudio.com⁠ & ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@PipGoblinBattleCaster⁠ OUR Background graphic: AA-vfx Art Store ⁠https://www.shaharhatfila.com/en⁠ AA VFX- 8K & 4K Most Viewed Motion backgrounds channel @aavfx @aa_vfx @aavfx_art ⁠http://4kmotionbackgrounds.blogspot.com/⁠ Moving Backgrounds, Backdrops, Animated Live Wallpapers! HD & UHD Videos 2160p, 4320p , VJ Loops, VFX Animations! Dozens of playlists: Tutorials, Effects, Compilations: @dvdangor2011

Zac and Phil discuss the potential of Living Wish in the context of 5C control decks. They explore the idea of using Living Wish as a way to create silver bullet effects and have access to specific cards in their sideboards. They also discuss the challenges of sideboarding in their respective decks and the need for immediate answers in the current metagame. Phil shares his experience with using tutors and lessons in his control decks and how they can provide flexibility and access to specific cards. They both express interest in exploring Living Wish further and testing it in their decks. They discuss the need for control decks to have versatile answers in the current metagame, explore the idea of using Living Wish as a tutor package to access win conditions or answers, and how this concept can be applied to control decks. They also discuss the importance of having the correct answer at the right time and the challenges of developing in a format with cards like Wasteland and Daze. Phil introduces the idea of using Luminarch Ascension as a card that requires time rather than mana to establish, and Zac mentions the card Bello Bard of the Brambles as a potential inclusion in decks. Takeaways Living Wish can be a valuable tool in sideboarding, allowing players to access specific cards in their sideboards as needed. Sideboarding in decks with a wide range of threats and answers can be challenging, and Living Wish provides a way to optimize the sideboard for specific matchups. Tutors and lessons can provide flexibility and access to specific cards, allowing players to have answers for a variety of situations. The current metagame demands immediate answers, and having access to silver bullet effects and specific cards can be crucial for success. Exploring Living Wish and other similar cards can lead to innovative deckbuilding strategies and improve overall deck performance. Control decks need versatile answers in the current metagame. Using Living Wish as a tutor package can provide access to win conditions or answers. Having the correct answer at the right time is crucial in the fast-paced metagame. Developing in a format with cards like Wasteland and Daze can be challenging. Luminarch Ascension is a card that requires time rather than mana to develop. Bello Bard of the Brambles is a potential inclusion in decks. Supporting the Patreon provides ad-free content and bonus episodes. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Discussion of Mystery Booster 03:35 Phil's Plan for Eternal Weekend 09:07 The Necessity of Having Immediate Answers 12:31 Optimizing Sideboards with Living Wish 17:13 The Flexibility of Tutors and Lessons in Control Decks 19:12 Exploring Living Wish and Other Deckbuilding Strategies 27:23 The Importance of the Correct Answer at the Right Time 31:02 Challenges of Developing in a Format with Wasteland and Daze 37:23 Exploring Potential Inclusions: Bellow Barr of the Brambles JOIN US ON DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hrC7PxQZTE Ad-free Listening on SPOTIFY! Subscribe here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eternaldurdles/subscribe Twitch: Twitch.tv/durdlemagus Eternal Durdles Moxfield: https://www.moxfield.com/users/EternalDurdles https://www.moxfield.com/users/Durdlemagus https://www.moxfield.com/users/ForceofPhil Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EternalDurdles Check out our song parodies on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/forceofphil Follow us on Twitter: Zac: @durdlemagus Phil: @ForceofPhil We are edited by: https://gullaudio.com & https://www.youtube.com/@PipGoblinBattleCaster OUR Background graphic: AA-vfx Art Store https://www.shaharhatfila.com/en AA VFX- 8K & 4K Most Viewed Motion backgrounds channel @aavfx @aa_vfx @aavfx_art http://4kmotionbackgrounds.blogspot.com/ Moving Backgrounds, Backdrops, Animated Live Wallpapers! HD & UHD Videos 2160p, 4320p , VJ Loops, VFX Animations! Dozens of playlists: Tutorials, Effects, Compilations: @dvdangor2011

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