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Last month, I had a wonderful opportunity to be a Royal Roads 'Changemaker' speaker, exploring the #climate , #pandemic , #Ukraine , and a need for drastic shifts in values, wealth, and power.

I talked about the vital role of #hope in addressing the huge challenges facing humanity.

‘Global #polycrisis : The causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement’ is a new Cascade Institute paper urging scientific and policymaking communities to address interlinked global crises.

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#Research #Policy #GlobalPolycrisis

'As the war casualties pile up, Putin and top propagandists extol a fatalistic cult of death, arguing that it is better to die in Russia’s war than in a car accident, from alcoholism or cancer.'
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Mike Lawrence, Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University Polycrisis Lead, explains how the 'polycrisis' concept helps us understand why so many things seem to be going wrong today. #globalpolycrisis
theconversation.com/polycrisis-may… via The Conversation Canada

The storm cometh. In the event of Twitter's failure, please stay in touch with me via my newsletter. Go to homerdixon.com, scroll to the bottom and enter your contact information. All information protected by Constant Contact protocols. (Thanks to Dr. Joe for the photo.)

This video is both amusing and deeply sad--and the street-corner interviewees very brave.

2/ Russian forces will likely attempt to blow up the dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) to cover their withdrawal and to prevent Ukrainian forces from pursuing Russian forces deeper into #Kherson Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar102122

Astute assessment of what #Ukraine must accomplish militarily before any negotiations can begin. 'Those seeking enduring peace in Ukraine must resist the temptation to freeze the lines of combat . . . in ways that set conditions for renewed conflict on #Russia ’s terms.'

Insightful assessment of collapse of hard-right elite cohesion in Russia. Mercenaries (Prigozhin) and warlords (Kadyrov) are throwing Russian generals under the bus, weakening Russia's battlefield effectiveness.