There’s a Poem at the End….

….OF THE BAD NEWS:

“Though most of the attention paid to methane emissions these days focuses on that leaky industrial infrastructure and the climate risks of new liquid natural gas facilities, what worries me most is how much of it seems to be coming from natural sources, which may be responsible for 40 percent of the annual total — and the share may be growing, thanks to the effects of warming on emissions from wetlands, in particular, where higher temperatures promote more microbial activities that generate methane.” –David Wallace-Wells N.Y. Times opinion Writer

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BULK CLONING?

“They may have invented a way to clone monkeys in bulk.”….Primates tend to resist cloning. “For some, that is a blessing, since it postpones the awkward day when somebody proposes cloning people.” At present, the only folks making money from cloning are the companies that clone pets and horses.”—The Economist Jan. 20, 2024, “Mass Production?”

QUESTION: Would all good cloned people have a place in heaven, or just the first one? What color would their skin be?

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BTW:

A lot of time and money is being spent trying to make AI recognizable for what it is. “But in the battle between the fakers and the detectives, it seems that the fakers have the upper hand.” —The Economist, “True or False?”

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Sorry, I don’t know if this is a repeat or not…

WHO OR WHAT AM I?

I wonder…

An icicle melting

in warm rain?

Or poppies sprouting

in my brain?

A beat to someone

else’s drum

or sidewalk gum,

that just hangs on?