Monday

With the threat of nuclear war closer to reality than I can recall in many years, I wondered if the Doomsday Clock had been updated reflect that. Nope. Makes me wonder why. Very funny -- things sure are working out the way you hoped, right? C**ksuckers.

Last year’s leadership change in the United States provided hope that what seemed like a global race toward catastrophe might be halted and—with renewed US engagement—even reversed. Indeed, in 2021 the new American administration changed US policies in some ways that made the world safer: agreeing to an extension of the New START arms control agreement and beginning strategic stability talks with Russia; announcing that the United States would seek to return to the Iran nuclear deal; and rejoining the Paris climate accord. Perhaps even more heartening was the return of science and evidence to US policy making in general, especially regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. A more moderate and predictable approach to leadership and the control of one of the two largest nuclear arsenals of the world marked a welcome change from the previous four years.

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/

California going all in on beating the drought: https://californiaglobe.com/articles/department-of-water-resources-announces-49-million-worth-of-water-infrastructure-projects-across-state/

Wow. $49M. Bet that will make a real dent in things. C**ksuckers.