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Age-Related Sloth—or . . . Focus?

I think the world of my brother-in-law. He’s a really impressive fellow with an array of talents and a keen interest in learning. So I was surprised to hear him suggest that he has recently been feeling like his mind is hardening to new technologies. It seemed somewhere between

The Climate Bootcamp

Recently I learned about Terra.do, which is something like an online bootcamp for climate change. They have a 12-week training course that covers the entire landscape of climate change from weather science to energy systems, to lobbying and activism. They even include courses on the psychological impacts of climate

Pandas is Magic

Pandas is a hugely popular Python library for doing data analysis. After having used it for around a year now I can safely say that it deserves all off the hype that it gets. Pandas is mostly know for its use in the data science space. Since I'm

It’s All about Timing with Dragons

Dragons have been making a move in the Halloween space the past couple years. That seems to be a new thing. Or, at least, I don’t recall seeing dragons associated with the holiday prior to the last year or two. I appreciate that dragon symbolism and interpretation varies widely

The Subtle Joy of Paper

There’s a truth in the texture of an envelope that finds its way to your hand after a journey through the post. And the letter within is an envoy, a pact, a trust. I find that each time I receive one I can’t help but fold and refold

Mind How You Go

Twenty-odd years ago my dad locked me I got locked out of the house. My dad and I had gone out for the lunchtime buffet at Godfathers and came back sated and happy. It was a hot, summer day. Scorching and humid, really. The kind of heat that blankets the

HIT Training (Hopefully It's There)

In the early days of the pandemic there was a brief period of time where you heard people (I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and call them well-meaning people) telling you that this quarantine period was the perfect time to buckle down and execute on something

What about the Birds?

We’re big fans of Hitchcock in our house, and among our favorites is The Birds. It’s a seasonal, spooky watch for us that always garners the same response as the opening credits roll: “Hey, this is based off a Daphne Du Maurier story. We should get that.” Which

Make a Google Doc, Save the Planet (many small synergies)

I've written previously about my winding journey into climate advocacy and how, since finding CCL, I've continually found myself outside of my comfort zone. Some of that journey has involved "big scary things" like lobbying on the Hill or taking responsibility for big technical

Journeys to the Mailbox

I don’t have mailbox. Neither do my neighbors. Instead, our street has a centrally located bank of mailboxes at the turn-in. It’s about two hundred yards from my door. For someone who runs ten miles every other day, the stretch of pavement that separates me from my post