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Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all
(www.theguardian.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
There are so few good dragons in fiction that most people are likely not thinking of the good dragons first.
I am struggling to think of good dragons.
Edit: I should have thought harder. I forgot about Puff.
Paarthurnax 💔
D&D has the metallic dragons and Bahamut. There's also Falkor from The Neverending Story, the How To Train Your Dragon movie series, the titular Dragon Prince, ...
Easy. Falcor, the Luckdragon.
The dragon in one of the Witcher short stories comes instantly to mind. He was pretty great
I haven't finished the show yet, but John Hurt seems pretty chill in Merlin
What about Puff the Magic Dragon? Or The Soup Dragon?
How To Train Your Dragon is full of them.
And then there's Luck Dragons. Or best of all, The Green Dragon in Bywater.
Ever seen Dragonheart?
Dudley The Dragon would like a word