…Albuquerque recently started ABQ Community Safety (ACS) for this kind of thing. It’s a crew of behavioral health specialists ready to help. 911 dispatchers are being trained to sus out the situations where they are needed….
11/13/2021
…After lamenting the lack of art at COP 26 in yesterday’s letter, today I saw a video of Little Amal, a giant puppet who trekked from Syria to England to dramatize the plight of child refugees. She met the Pope, encountered warm receptions & harsh rejections in various locales & paraded through Glasgow this week….
11/12/2021
…Did you get a chance to meet Remigio Cabacar at the Veteran’s Day events? The KC Star had a front-page photo of him today. He was among the 260,000 Filipinos who fought for the US in WWII & then didn’t get GI benefits….
11/11/2021
…Have you seen the footage of the 1st ceremony at the TUS? I was surprised to see Chief Plenty Coups of the Apsáalooke tribe of the Crow Nation adorned with his headdress placing his coup stick on the tomb….
11/10/2021
…I just heard Giannis Antetokounmpo talking about believing in dreams, working hard & cherishing family. It’s fascinating that he can pour out his aggression on the court, stomping around with a scowl on his face, & then can be such a gentleman at the WH.
11/5/2021
Psychological Reactance Theory …provides hope that efforts, of the groups in Myanmar who are encouraging Tatmadaw soldiers to defect, will work. By appealing to the soldiers’ innate desires for freedom to resist their leaders, groups, like People’s Embrace, are motivating military families to take the risk of deserting the Tatmadaw, which, by the way, is having trouble recruiting folks. …
11/4/2021
…what should we do to entice the people of Africa to keep their fossil fuel in the ground? Their parents & grand-parents did not consume energy to create the anthropogenic climate change we are dealing with, so why should they forgo the economic benefits of developing their energy reserves? …
11/3/20221
…Cop26 reporting about the new deforestation plan has me thinking about forests. Do you spend much time in the forest? I like to, but haven’t had much of a chance recently….The forest I know best is 80 acres of mixed woods in Dunbar, WI….
11/2/2021
… I understand that you signed us up for the Methane Pledge. That’s great. We’ve got some folks here at UCD who focus on that. A couple of guys look at the methane produced by burping cows. Ermias Kebreab has figured out how to add seaweed to the feed of dairy cows which mitigates their methane production…
10/31/2021
…It’s too bad that a scheduling SNAFU made you miss out on the G20 photo shoot at the Treve fountain. The rest of the gang looked like they had some fun tossing coins over their shoulders. I hope they all wished for a good result from COP26….
10/30/2021
… Are you having fun with the folks at the G20? I continue to be disappointed that only 2 of the 21 leaders in the family photo are women. When ADM is gone, Ursula von der Leyen may be the only one left….
10/29/2021
It looks like you were thrilled to be at the Vatican & you enjoyed introducing yourself to people as “Jill’s husband.” Someday you can explain to me why you do that. If it’s supposed to be funny, I don’t get the joke….