“A fact is an epiphany of God.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photo by Nicole Ottawa.
This is the beginning of the healing from the addiction – the addiction to oil, the addiction to consumerism, the addiction to that lifestyle which leaves you strung out, feeling miserable and lonely. There is more work to be done. - Doug Good Feather
“The ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay was 25:1 in 1960. Today it’s 320:1.” - Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/lynn-forester-de-rothschild-corner-office.html
Illustration by John Holcroft
“The 2008 bank bailout cost more than has been spent on NASA since it was started in 1959.” - Chris Impey
Collage by Felipe Posada.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny'. - Isaac Asimov
Photo - Isaac Asimov and Family
Less than 3% of reporters and editors in the U.S. — and even fewer elsewhere in the world — have formal training in covering science, health, or climate. — Siri Carpenter, The Open Notebook
Image from https://stemcell.eco/
“In times of destruction, create something.” - Maxine Hong Kingston
Painting by Paul Davey. http://www.mattahan.com/
I've wasted the greater part of my life looking for money. It's about 2% movie-making and 98% hustling.
— Orson Welles
Image: Warrior of the Worlds, a graphic novel series that finds the filmmaker leading a double life as he battles alien invaders, Scout Comics.
“Documentary films are exceptionally good at communicating new knowledge about the world, and since tech giants and algorithms are really defining our everyday lives, it is absolutely crucial that our festival deals with and questions these great scientific and technological advances.” - Tine Fischer, CPH:DOX Film Festival
Source: https://realscreen.com/2021/03/26/cphdox-21-unveils-science-program-of-docs-and-debates/
“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” - Chuck Palahniuk
Artwork by Neslon Makamo
Words and images of others I find idiocyncratic, intriguing and inspirational.
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